Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-03-12
Notes and Notions.

days Tor New orleans 10 pressure NJ ohe
trials where offenses against the national
election laws are under consideration.
ADvIcEs received at Washington from
Louisiana state that the colored people in
the bulldozed parishes are emigrating to
Kansas and other Western states in large
numbers.
REPORTS from many Of the larger towns
in Maine which held their town meetings
Monday show that the greenback-democratic
combination has been signally defeated. The
fat wave is receding even in Maine.
SECRETARY SHERMAN, after general ex-
animation of the subject has come to the
conclusion that the effect Of the legislation
of the last Congress will be to cause
deficiency for the next fiscal year OF over
thirteen millions.
The New Orleans Democrat (Bourbon)
dominates Mr.. Blackburn for Speaker be-
cause abe has been instrumental in inau'
gurating the bold policy of placing the re-
peal of the United States election laws as a
rider on the appropriation bills
A WASHINGTON correspondent says "The
democrats display an alarming hunger
There are about one hundred Senate offices,
big and little, costing some fifty thousand
dollars annually. The applicants are great
company whom no man can number"
ATLANTA (Ga.) Constitution Now that
the Chinese have got little breathing spell,
we advise them to reform. They should
get drunk, and lie, and cheat, and steal, and
strike for higher wages, as their opponents
do. If they want to get civilized, now is
their time"
THE consttutionaity of the legal tender
act is again to be brought before the courts
in a case made up between Congressman
Chittenden and General Butler. Butler
means to argue the case for himself Senator
Edmunds and William Allen Butler will
argue for Chittenden.
They have made it crime in Colorado
to deface natural scenery with signs and
advertisements, but, unfortunately, they
have not extended the operations of the law
so as to make the patent medicine and bit
tiers men erase the dis6gurements they have
already been guilty of.
VIcKsBURG (MIss.) Herald: awe have
heard people who have been accustomed to
vote the democratic ticket say that Hayes
was decidedly preferable to Tilden, and
that if in the coming race the same oppos
ing tickets should be in the field, as in 1876
they would prefer Hayes"
The democracy of Ohio are in favor Of
nominating Western man. The party ha;
now been defeated four times with candi
dates from New York. tits, therefore, think
time to try Western men. Thurman will re
ceive much stronger support than Tilden oil
any other man.-Congressma Banning.
WHEN the issue of fractional currency wa'
stopped there were Si5,000,000 outstanding
since which time all but SlG000000 have
been redeemed, of which 100000 are il
three and five-cent notes. 1t is estimated
that Sl2, 100000 of these notes have been los
or destroyed and will never be redeemed
| NATIONAL Republican: "The New Yorl
Express (democratic) will not eat crow. l
threatens to bolt and support an independ
ent candidate if Tilden is nominated il
1880. In this respect it is not unlike man.
other Northern democrats, who openly de
clare their preference for Grant over Tilden
BosToN Herald: :" Why is the countr,
to be cursed by an extra session of Con
gress There is simple question. Her
is the plain answer; Because the demo
cratic politicians insisted ON loading dow
the appropriation bills with political matte
which had no more business there than
has in the almanac. That is all there is t
it. Let the blame fall where it belongs"
THE Milwaukee Sentinel has been intel
viewing the Republicans of the Wisconsi
Legislature respecting Presidential cand
date, and finds that the sentiment for Gran
seems to be the greatest, though there are
good many members who do not want hir
again, while Edmunds "gets a pretty goo
following for cold-blooded Yankee" an
Blaine and Ccnkling are Z" heard about, bu
not loudly"
WASHINGTON Letter: "Vice-P residen
Wheeler is an unostentationsly pious maj
and attends church regularly every Sunda
morning. He spends Sunday evening a
ways at the White House with the famil,
whose custom of passing that evening Ell
joying hymns and other sacred music is we
known. | was perverse enough to enjo
twitting the Vice-President Monday NOR
ing with having seen him break the Sabbat
the day before by presiding over the Senat
He said he went to church in the morning