Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-06-11
Notes and Notions.

York World says that Thurman and Ewing
admit Republican majority in Ohio.
THE politicians of the South who bent
every energy to- solidify their section against
the North are the ones who reopened Sec
tiona strife.
NEW ORLEANS Picdyune: ALREADY there
are thousands of far-seeing men in Louis.
lana who rejoice at this exodus as the first
step to white immigration and returning
prosperity"
THERE is one city, at least, in the South
that will not repudiate its indebtedness.
The bonds of Augusta, Georgia, both six
and seven per cent, are selling at pre-
MUM. New Orleans should take notice.
BosroN Transcript. General Joe Johns
ton, with his Decoration Day speech in the
House, and Wade Hampton, with his op.
position to stopping supplies in the Senate,
prove again that the brigadiers are not the
worst fellows in Washington"
A GREENBAcK orator in Iowa tells his
audiences that communism in France means
the same thing as socialism in Germany,
aud socialism in Germany the same thing
as nihiism in Russia, and nihilsm in Russia
the same thing as greenbackism in the
| United States.
PIrTsBURG Pa.) Commercial: aft the
politicians do not ruin his chances, General
Grant is the coming man. lie has that
hold on the affections and confidence of the
people that he will receive all the votes of
democrats that Sherman will, and will stand
as well with hard-money men as the latter.
Grant is the man."
ToLEDo Blade: " Singular how political
conditions will change climates. Twenty
five years ago, when the Southerners wanted
to force slavery on Kansas, it was repre-
sented as the most salutary spot in the
nation for the negro. Now when the negro
wants to go there of his own accord, it is
full of Lizards, and other life destroying
climate influences"
IT is stated that the legal tender test case,
which has been submitted by Messrs. Chit
tenden and Butler to United States District
Judge Blatchford, in New York, has been
decided pro lorna in favor of the validity of
the legal tender law This will take the case
before the United States Supreme Court in
the October term and the final decision may
be expected by January or February next.
SINCE the death in New York of Professor
| Woodruff, the originator of the abandoned
scientific expedition around the world, in
terested parties have made contract with
w. S. Clark, of Amherst, ex-president Of
Smith Female College, appointing him pres
ident, trustee and general director Clark
says the plans are all matured, the money in
hand and the programme will shortly be an
nounced.
BURLINGTON, Ia) HdUkeyc: "The great
West is the Archimedean lever that will
move the American political world of the
near future The states of Ohio, Illinois,
Iowa, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Kan
sas and Nebraska, and ultimately Nevada,
and Colorado and Dakota will determine the
political destinies of the country. In 1872
niue of these states cast one million eight
hundred thousand votes, and in 1876 they
cast two million four hundred thousand, a
gain of six hundred thousand votes"
New ORLEANS Times: Substantial citi-
zens are beginning to realize the fact that
the stern and ugly demands of self-preserva-
ton are clamoring to be heard, and that
they have to face the alternative of &C.
knowledging and suppressing the infamous
ruffanism in their midst, or of allowing
their neghborhood to be depopulated and
their property to be oblterated. They have
borne it long-too long, as they now realize
but they can bear it no further; and thus
the issue between civilization and barbarity
is made"
| MINISTER SIoUGHToN, who returned from
St. Petersburg Tuesday night, says of Nj
hilism that the difficulties in Russia have
been greatly exaggerated by correspondent,
of newspapers protesting to date their letter;
from st. Petersburg. A few miscreants who
think they can gain something by assassna
ton are banded together, but their numbers
are insignificant and their purposes wicked
His opinion, based on his own observation
is that the mass of the people are fond o
their government and of their emperor, ant
the army is loyal.
THE civil damage liquor bill, passed b.
the late Massachusetts, Legislature, has ST
soon met the resistance of the liquor dealers
for which it has been marked from the first
Thomas Scanned of Lynn having fallen dow
stairs while drunk and received severe in
iuries, relative in Boston has sued til,
owner of the building where he drank thu
liquor for damages. The liquor dealers il
that vicinity have retained General Butler
as counsel, and will contest the case oil
points of both fact and law, especially as t.
the consttutionality of the enactment.
HARPERs WEEKLY: "What a part
wants in an election is not the votes that j
is sure of, but those that it is not sure OF
Is General Grant the Republican who vii
most surely win this vote On the cor
Il, trary, is not his name the symbol of what
politically most distasteful to this vote, an
would not that fact, together with the cor
sideration that he has filled two terms, an
that the argument for third term is a
= argument for his perpetual Presidency rel
der him peculiarly unavailable 1t is
kind of orthodox party fashion to insist tina
he is of course TO be the candidate"
Y Tue New York legislature at its recen
e session appointed joint committee to NEE
Il and welcome General Grant in the name o
e the state on his return from his foreig
y tour. Several members of this committe
# were together in an informal gathering tn
other day and concurred in the judgmeu
that they should not go beyond the limits q
l. the state in the performance of their dut,
& That is very sensible conclusion. 1t wi
n be acceptable to General Grant and most b.
IS fitting the dignity of the state. 1t would |
T. well If all who are foolishly proposing
rs unketing excursion across the continer
y would follow the committees example
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