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THE IiUJlLlNGTON, VT., FJKMO PRESS, FRIDAY. OCTOBER 22 ISSO.-TAVELVE PAGES. VERMONT LEGISLATUltH. IMPORTANT MEASURES PROPOSED IN BOTH HOUSES- Another Itallroad Commission lllll lllll Against I'tvn I'iiwh mill Ituulul Ing t'rtdglit mill l'sneiuior U.ilci HUM of Interest In runners, l-'rotn Our own ('oriosponilcnt.l .M()NTl'i:i.li:i!, Oct. 1 1, Another nvu laiiche of hills poured in upon both brunches of the Legislature to day. In the House in I lie morning u lout; railroad commission liill was introduced hy (leu. Klpley of Mention, (tun. lflpley'.s hill is the second of its kind and was prepared independently of Mr. Higbee, of whose hill had the general no knowledge, wlien his own was prepared. In this Mil lis unthorhas endeavored to take from the systems of railroad control in Massachu setts and New York all that is applleahle and desirable for this Slate and it is the result ol loii and careful study, of experi enced men. It attempts to provide an effective, railroad tommi.-sion, guarding against oppression of the lipids of rail roads and at I lie same time looking for tht' interests of the public, it proviihs for a commission of three members to lie nominated by Hie governor and coulinned by the Senate, to hold their ollice six years, and to lie appointed one every two years; vacancies t be tilled by the gov ernor : mi person who is connected wttli a railroad corporation to be eligible, and no number to be allowed to render any professional service for miv railroad. Meetings of the board, or of ii quorum ol two, snail Do Held monthly; and it may examine books, accounts, etc., of railroads sillipti'iia witnesses, eintil.iv experts, and enter ollices and be trurrs- poned in cars oi railroad companies tree. Railroads shall furnish all lutorniation concerning their business rates, contracts, etc . to t lie board, (which maybe made public), on penally of a line of SllllX) or six mouths imprisonment for each refys'il. The board Is to have the general super vision of all railroads whether steam or horse, and see that the charters and laws are carried out and investigate the causes ot accidents. When the commission think that a corporation have violated its con stitutional powers, or any law, they shall Hive notice to tlie corporation and report to the Legislature, and if necessity notify the State's attorney to proceed against such corporation. The commission shall take notice of needed repairs in road-beds, want of rolling stock and its condition, rates, etc., with a view to prevent all unjust discriminations ; notice all failures of proper connections or accommodations, and make recommendations to the rail road company. No recommendation ol the commission can impair the legal rights of the railioads ; hut it the commission think that repairs are needed or that charges and rates should be regulated lor the public good they shall so recommend to the railroad company and fix a time when changes shall be made; and if the railroad lotuses to comply with such rea sonable recommendation of the commis sion then the Supreme Cotut may compel compliance by writ of nutntliiiitiiH and the findings of the board shall be in'mo Uiclc the facts in the case, and their recommendations shall lie considered prima luctc reasonable. The commis sion shall report annually to the I.ogis lature and shall recommend needed legis lation. When any railroad is reorganized or any increa.se of stock is proposed to be made the boaul shall examine the case; and no such ictioii shall be valid till ap proved by the board. The railroads shall establish a uniform system ot accounts. The members of the commission shall lie paid tS per day and expem-es and a clerk may have -SIOU pi r year ami expenses : pro vided that the entire expense of the com mission, including pr nting, cost of ex perls, witnesses, etc., shall lie less than i.iWO a yiar. Tins is to lie paid by the State treasurer and by him appoi tinned among the different railroads according to the time occupied ior eaeli respectively-the pay for the general woik of the commission to be apportioned among all the railroads and to give annual incomes. The office ot rail road commissioner is abolished. The principal bill introduced into the Senate dining the day was the one hy Senator Stoddard of Windham county en titled "an act to prevent unjust discrim ination by railroad companies." This hill prov ides that a table of prices for the con veyance oi persons and freight between tlie different stations of eacli road shall be posted in the offices of the company ; that the rates shall lie the same Ior the same kind and quantity of freight be tween the same points and shall not be ra.sed without public notice of at least 10 days, and that all persons shall be allowed reasonable tune lor the transportation ol freight ; that no passes .shall lie given to any person nor any person be transported without paying his fare, except stockhold ers on the way to and liom meetings of the railroad, employes and directors, and no rebate shall tie allowed in fares or rates lor freight, provided that trip passes may be given to poor and in digent persons or families unable to pay their fate; railroads may make a general reduction in rales and tales without notice as above ; excursion and mileage rates me allowed, and special rates to parties going to special meetings, etc., hut these mile age and special iate must lie impartial and uniform. Section ii. No railroad cor poration sliall charge or receive for the transportation of trcight to any station on its road a greater sum than is at t lie same time charged or received fortlie transportation ot the like kind ami quan tity of lreight from the same point ot de parture io a station in a greater distance on its load in the samu direcliou, and the same rule is to apply to two or moie connecting roads, ("roads" in cluding all leased lines, etc ), and the sum so charged and relened to to Include all terminal charges of whatever kind. Any corporation violating these provis ions shall be liable not only for damages caused to shippers by such discrimination, but also to a penalty ot f.iU0, to lie recover -ed in action ot debt by the party aggriev ed, suit to be begun within one year. The bill of Mr. 1'cckof llrooklleld Intro duced in the House this morning, entitled an net for the protection ot stock, will be of Interest to farmers. It provides that barbed vvne fences shall consist of at least four strands and that a pole or board rail ing shall lie placed at the top ol all such fences. A bill was introduced hy Mr. Kitch of Hlgligate, by request, ami read by its title only, which is an amendment of sections IWIU and :is;!7 of the revised laws and is to strengthen t lie enforcement of the law to abate nuisances. It provides that the lluding of intoxicans kept for sale, or the proof of live acts of selling, or tho hav ing ot a I' lilted States llcunse lor selling liquor, shall prove the place, where such acts proved to have been done, a nuisance, which shall be closed and subject the keeper to a fine of from fSO to f loo, and Imprisonment for three months. Pro cedure may ho had by indictment of the grand jury, Information by the Slate's attorney on complaint by tho town grand Juror; and If either of these officers neglect to proceed against such keeper any person in tho county, upon tiling a statement that lie lias good reason to believe that the place isoecnpled for the sale of Intoxicating liquor, may act as prosecuting officer Tho prosecuting attorney is to get his fees in any procedure under this law only in case of conviction, and one half the line collected goes to the prosccu'or. This bill was teferred to the special. COMMIVI'Ki: ON 'I T.MI'kllANI V., which wero nppoluted this morning by the speaker as follows; Messrs. Williams of lllooinlleld, Kingsley ot Salisbury, Pitkin of Fair Haven, Daily of ltlehford. Higbee of Charlotte, Keynolda of Albtiigh and illldredtli of Newport. A olnt resolution was passed by both llou.-cs to-day llxlng as the day lor the election ol judges ol the Sllpieme Court, Wednesday October Si. at o'clock in the afti rnoon. The time llxed fortlie election of I'nited Slates senators is Tuesday, Oo toiler ill, at 'J::it o'clock In l lie afternoon. To-iiioi row at 11 o'cloi k in the morning, the two Houses meet in Joint assembly to hear the report ol the canvassing com nilttee to canvass the votes for county olll ceis. Among the, thirty bills introduced lo dav were the following; Hy Mr. liill of Albany, making the penalty fortlie llrsl offence of liquor selling ii tine of 4-0 and imprisonment for one month, instead of a line ol tfll), im the law now provides. Sec. i provides tlafe ball shall never lie less than -?t00 ; if foiled, the amount of ball shall ill ncflise be reduced; by Mr. Poland of WHrvlllc, repealing Hint part of the oleetiofWict ot 'M which deprived persons gtllltv of desertions or convicted of felony ol Hie light to vote ; ulso a bill prescribing process in sale of propeily by officers under under chattel mortgage; by Mr. Harvey ol Topsham, providing that all stuns in savings banks and trust com panies above -!! shall be put Into the 1 i t and taxes paid Hi icon. The present law makes the limit l."0li ot amount of tie .ost exempt . also a bill hy same to in corporate the (ireeli Mountain Ilniuii') liat liic Medical college of Vermont, to be located at some place east of tho (ircen Mountains; by Mr. Hansom of I'astleton, limiting the amount of church pioporty exempt from taxation to two acies to one chuicli or cliapel ami llfteeu acres to one paisonage ; by Mr. llaselton of Utirlltig ton, repealing section (i'Jti, revised laws, which limits jurisdiction of courts ot chancery to causes relating to properly valued at more than .."u; by Mr. Viall ol Dorset, changing the method of electing town officers, by providing that they shall be electetl one for one year, one lor two years, and one for three years; by Mr. Uixby of Chelsea, prohibiting the piesenco of minors in court-looms during the trial of any case ot immoral character unless as a witness ; by Mr Knapp of Middlebiiry, piovitling that when a person is before a justice of the peace on trial for being intoxicated, if lie 'akes an appeal, pays the line or otherwise fails to enter his appeal in County Court, the justice shall cause the respondent to come and make disclosure, as now pro vided; by Mr. Kowland of Poultney, amending the section which cieates in lavor of an employe a precedence over a prior attachment on mesne process to t he amount of .."(), mid making it .flUD ; by Senator Pierce of Windsor, that any per son who hy himself, clerk or agent 'sells, or lias on hand with intent to sell, any honor or cider, in violation of the law. shall, upon conviction, pay a line of i'10. The tiistbill passed by either House tills session was Senate bill No. 7, passed by Hie Senate this forenoon. Tills lull strikes out the last clause of section 1 of No. 1J ot theactsof lbM, providing that if a town votes to pay highway tax (otherwise 1.1 cents on the dollar) in labor it shall be L'tl cents. The House also passed Mr. II asel tou's liill to incorporate the Hurlington Cancer Relief association. ;:t,i:t l itis-or mi:miii;i;.s or i onukkss. The third joint assembly of the session convened this alleruoon to hear the report of the Joint canvassing committee to can vass the votes tor members of Congress. The result was as follows : In the Hist ooiitfrcsslniiai district. Whole numlii'i' ol votes east 21..MI Necessary Inr a eliiilen . 1U.77I! .IiiIim W. Stewart li.ul . M.lStJ Waldo lliiitrhain hail .. D.V, T. II, lltowu liail ifrf seattirliiL' nu Majority fur John W Stewart ... . H.TItJ In the second etiiiirresMtiual district. Whole nniiitn.rol votes east 'Ji.'.a! Necessary Inr a choice ... lll.ltil "llll.iin VV . liroiit laid .Is.iiM llai lej Ii. 1'ol-oiu laid S.ITii I '. b. I ouis hail . . i.il Si- itteriiiir . Majority lor William V. Grout. 10,lls I'ltiD.ivs i'i:oci;i:ii.N;s. .several Hills Ontcled touTlilid IK-uilillg I'rol. ililu Ac-tlun on the Vuiious Uull mail ItllK-.V Joint Ass, -ii, I, y 11,1,1 Adjournment Till Monday. Mus i i'i:i.n:i:, Oct. 1.1. Doth Houses of the Legislature held short sessions to-day, though a large amount of business was transacted in inch. The Senate ad journed at noon and tho House this after noon to meet again at 10 o'clock Monday. Two important bills were reported from the Iltut-e judiciary conimitlec and or ileietl to a third reading. One was Judge Poland's lull introduced yesterday which repeals the Ilrst section of No. (10 ot the act of issi providing that persons guilty ol desertion, and persons convicted of felony should he deprived of the right to vote. The other was Judge Hasellon's bill pro viding that State's attorneys in a county where a divorce case Is being tried may, in cases where in their Judgment the pub lic good may require, appear in behalf of the Mate and introduce evidence. House lull, 14, giving to "lire distiicts" the same puvilege as "school districts" have by $ .110 ot the revised laws to elect collector, etc., was also ordered to a third reading. Judge Marsh's dog liill, the lletliel graded school lull and Mr, Rowland's grand list bill were reported against by the commit tee and a tlurd reading relused without debute. The readiness with which t he House voted down a liill after the adverse report of a committee was made, led Judge Poland to state that it was only right when n committee so reported on a bill, that its mover should bo heard by the House, hetoro retusing it a third reading. The House then reconsidered its vote on the two last bills ami ordered them to a third leading. The lletliel graded school bill of Mr. Fisher was made a special oi lier lor next Tuesday at 11 o'clock in the' morning, TWO IMP I IT A N'T III M.S. In the Senate two very important hills were introduced by Senator Spear of Or ange, the Hint, Senate bill No. If,', is en titled "an act to exempt certain properly irom taxation," and provides that all debts tine in tho form of promissory notes securtd by mortgage or conditional deed mi real estate, within this State, bearing luteriHt at a rato not exceeding I per cent annually shall ho exempt from taxation ; and all persons now holding such debts so secured where no rate of interest, or a higher rate than 4 per cent, is specllled may have the benelit of this act by exe cuting to tho poison legally bound to pay such debt an agreement la writing to take as interest a sum not exceeding I percent. Tho amount of loans matin hy savings institutions and trust companies secured hy mortgage at a rate ot Interest not exceeding I per cent, shall be deducted from tho amount upon which such Institutions pay a State tax. Persons from whom an inventory is required shall iiirnishallst of all their debts duo and exempt and a list containing the name and residence ot lie persons bound to pay such debts, the location ol tho properly ami the amounts due upon it. Any person receiving a con sideration fortlie use of money of four percent and exemliiig tho sumo under this act shall therchj forfeit all right to receive either principal or Intercut. No offset on personal estate Is allowed by the act, which lakes effect April 1. 1SS7. The second bill Intiodiiced liy Senator Spear is a provision for a "valued policy" law similar to the one Introduced into the House by Mr. Harvey of Topsham, mill i: si.NA'in iit siNtiss. Other bills introduced in the Senate in the morning weio ; Hy Senator linker of Rutland, an act to prevent the spieading ot contagious dis eases, and to establish a State hoaid ol health of six persons, the terms of office ol two of these to expire every two years. liy Senator Hnlley ol Orange, piovitling that school district No. 1 in tlie town ol Newbury lie incorporated as Hi.' Wells River giatletl school district. llv Senator Fo ter of Orleans, unwilling t! at any person Who nv an lalse m-leuse sliall oiilalu lujiii any club, association, ' sue "ly or company lor improving tlie lir. d of cattle, etc., a ctrtillc.ite ot regis . tr .lion of any animal In the herd register or other register ot any sucn emu, associ ation, society or company, or a transier of any such registration, upon conviction thereof shall bepiihWhed by imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or hy a line not exceeding ju'OO.or by both. The Senate, lollowing the example ot the House, adopted a resolution providing that a special committee of three senators lie appointed to whom should bo relened that part of I lie governor's message which lelates to Intemperance, ami also all lulls on the subject. A joint lesolullon was adopted to day hy both Houses insliuct Ing the committee on the reltirm school to visit that institution, inquire Into Us reformatory methods, sanitary condition anil practical workings and report to tlie Legislature by liill or otherwise. rinTi'itiNs run woman st i t i: t,r.. The Ilrst of a large number of petitions which will lie presented to the Lctfisla title praying for the enactment of a law giving women the right to vote in munic ipal elections, was brought before the senate tills morning by Senator Hunker. It was signed liy Jennie L. Ingalls anil :(ll others li oiii the lint " ol Sheffield, which, as Senator lluii!:"i icm. . i.eu, wasatown so unfortunate as nut ,o nave bei u able to elect a representative by the votes even of men. The petition was read at the le queslof Senator Swain who said : "As Hie petition just piisuted makes way for an important change in the municipal affairs of Hie State and is pretty brief ami concise, anil perhaps a model lor legal in struments when the latlies shall have as sumed their share of tlie civil govern nieiit, I would ask for the lending of the petition." iiorsi: itii.i.s. Tlie bills introduced in the House were as follows : Hy Mr. Mann of Wilmington, providing that one watch not exceeding the value ot t0 sliall be exempt from taxation. liy Mr. Kiiapp of Middlebiiry, providing for compiling decisions ot the Supreme Court leluting to matters within tlie jur isdiction of Probate Court, IKIPO to be dis tributed at tlie expense ot the State as lol lows: Kich Piobate Court ten copies, one to eacli town, and the balance to lie distributed or sold under direcliou of the State librarian. Hy Mr. Wlieelock of ISerlln, providing that if any person receive damage on per son or property hy a barbed wire fence the person maintaining such fence shall lie liable. liy Mr. Carpenter of Washington, pro viding that real or personal property held, owned or used by any church society, or the officers thereot (except buildings i and lands used for public worship and parson ages) sliall not be exempt from taxation. Hy Mr. Millard of Stamford, providing Hint a person may kill any dog that sail tlenlj assaults him, or I hat is lound wor thing sheep, or that is known to lieaddlct ed to such habits ; also a reward of .1 lor killing a dog under the above ciicuin st a noes. Hy Mr. Poland of Waterville, authoriz ing the St. Johusbury and Lake Cham plain Railroad company to build a branch to conni-ot with the Southeastern railroad to run Irom some point in Johnson, Cam bridge, Fletcher or Rakerslieal to some point in liiclilord, thiough the towns ot vV..leivi'lc. lielvnleie, lUkirstlcltl, Knos bitrgh, Berkshire, Richforil, Montgomery and A verj s (hire, tube void as to all ot said branch as sliall not lie built in t -n years. liy Mr. Ilathawaj of llardwick, provid ing that the treasurers of savings hanks and trust companies shall, on or belore the lit 1 1 of April annually, transmit to the listers of eacli town w here depositors re side a statement ol tlie name ot each de positor in said tow n and tlie amount of his deposit. JOIST Assi:vini.V. At 11 o'clock in the morning tho fourth joint assembly of the session convened and heard the report of the joint committee of tlie two Houses to canvass the votes for county officers. In the afternoon Speaker (i rout was absent from the chair lor tlie ilrst time this session and his place was tilled by Mr. Stanton ot Roxhurv. A resolution by Mr. Aboil of West Haven was adopted, leferritu: that part ot the governor's message relating to the State library to the committee on public build ings. Hills weie introduced hv .Mr. Hnggs ol Iiianilou authorizing district No, 1 in ltrandoii to fund its intlebtuess; liy Mr. Lane of Cornwall, it) pay Chillies M. Wild's expenses incurred in p'tisecuting a man by the name of Flint in Addison county; by Mr. liixby of Chelsea, provid ing that selectmen may remove gravel ior road-building III parts of tlie town other than those adjoining gravel pits. Tlie House passed Mr. Lombard's bill em powering West Randolph to bring water into the village, and to issue bonds for that purpose. AvtoNTi Tin: co.vimitti:i:s. Mr. Marsh, chairman of the House com mittee on railroads, has in ills hands tlie two railroad commission hills of Mr. Higbee and (Jen. Ripley. It is probable that the committee will not meet to dis cuss them until next week, as it is under stood that two or three ot her bills on the same subject are soon to bo introduced ur tlie House, and beside these a bill to pre vent unjust discriminations by railroad companies, similar to the one offered by Senator Stoddard in tlie Senate yesterday, it to Do introduced in tho House in a few days. Tlie railroad committee will con sider those hills together. Tho judiciary committee of tlie House ami Senate already have a large number of bills in their hands upon which they are hard at work. Tlie House commit tee seems to bo united in the opin ion that the amount of exemp tions from attachment in trustee process should be changed. Four bills on ou the subject are now in their hands, t.vo raising the limit toqo, one raising tho limit to f 10, and a fourth llxlng tho limit at one mouth's wages iu the case of a man, and two months' wages in tlie caso of women. It is probable that the com mittee will recommend to combine the money and wages limit in one liill ami report iu its favor. Judge Poland's hill to abolish the idea ot a person's having a "legal settlement" in u town seems in its general purport to meet the approval of the House judiciary committee, and a bill will itudoutitedly lie passed substituting merely a "residence," wlilcli will lie dellned as meaning a resi dence for a period of a year or more. Monday's ri:oci:i:i)i.N;s. A .Holiday's llnti-li nl llu.lness-Dkrliiill nl t). s. Senator at Maud T im Kemilt ii l-'fircK"'!" ClIIM'lllNllHl Antl ICiliuuniU .lieu .Srmt-ti mill Ifluliiililed. Mosit'1;mi:i:, Oct IS. Iloth llom-'es met this afternoon, but hardly half of tho members had relumed and the proceed ings'woiu hort and uiiinteieslliig. In the Senate, Seiiati r Ctishlnn ol Windsor In troduced ail net icq Hi 1 1 nu tow lis to lutlilsli text hooks for the Use of schools; and sen ate 'J, io give town treasurers power. to collect all taxes In money, highway taxes not cvccpti'd, was ordetcil ton third read ing. )u the House, Mr. Maimur of ISrlghton iutroiliicd a liill rt quiring I he towns winch have not adopted tlie town system of schools, in vote again on the question in ss7alitl lss,s. Mr. Stafford ol Wliltingham Intioduceil a bill to lelievo excessively burdened school districts, hy permitting Hie select men to pay u portion of l lie expense of maintaining the school, from the town treasury. A lull lor punishing by line persons w ho scatter various noxious weeds, such as tlie daisy, chlcKory, sweet clover and others, was introduced hy Mr. Mansttr of llrlgli tou. II. Ill repealing see. Hi, No. 7s of the laws of 'si) was dismissed, and the House then dismissed ilselt lor the day. rill. si:AIOI!IAI, KI.KtTION. Little excitement, is shown liy anyone regaidiug the election of United States senator to-morrow. Tho result Is a fore gone conclusion and the general feeling among tho members and people Is one ot satisfaction that it Is so. Some arc won dering what the so called "nhti-F.dinunds men" will do. I inlt-1 say that peisonsol tins cla-s are wry difficult to Mini, and when found it is wry difficult to find what lliey propose to tin. Some of them tried to get a republican caucus called, pel haps in order that taey might lie able to vote lor Senator Kdniuiids on the ground that lie was the "caucus nomi nee." lint a caucus could not be brought about and, though now and then a man hiutsnt ominous tilings to happen to-morrow, ino-t of Mr. Kdmutids's few oppo nents talk In a veii undecided manner a-.d say they can't tell what tiiev will do until the time comes. 'I'heir conversation indicates that no confi ned action has been taken nor will be taken on I heir pari iu Die mat ter, and that the lew who do not vote lot Mr. Kdmunds, will give scatteting votes tor Powers, Proctor or some other man. One tiling is certain, that a number who have been claimed as pledged against Kdniuiids. tlo not consider themselves so at all, ami will vote lor him to-morrow. One representative who lias been set down as surely against lMinumls, and who was said to be committed by the"iicumslances ol Ins election to vote against his re elec tion denies both of these alleged facts, This member, Mr. Dally of Ricliford, said tome; "i nave neon put down iu all t lie papers as an aiitt-Kilmiimls man : but ( don't know on what authoiity. 1 never said 1 should votengaiiist Mr. Kilniiuids nor that I was opposed to ins re-election, but have said, on the contrary, that, if tlie maioritv of the tieonle wauled bun re elected, I should vote lor him. 1 was not pledged nor committed In anyway, but was elected liy Hie votes of both lCilinuntls men, ami auti-Kdiuiiuds men. 1 voted against an I-Muiuiitls resolution because I didn't believe iu the idea ot such a pro ceeding, ami so all the papers got It that 1 wa- aga'ust him, which is not true." The democrats w ill vote for Hon. W. II. II. liiiigham. VtU ATKINS Dot llTl'f I.I. V I ONI HIUNT. Mr. Hiram Atkitu returned from Wash ington Saturday night and when asked what luck lie had iu his last searcli for calps at Washington said that he got all reaskwl lor, which, it true, is generally thought to indicate that lie must have asked lor little or nothing winch, how ever is not in m coidance witli Mr. Atkins' usual methods. His final rcm.uk that "Vnii know, Mr. Cleveland never promises anything'' shows that Ills pieilictlons of impending slaughter are b.isid mostly on hope. rrcsidi-ilt Clfwdiuid'H Trips IWaclnnKtini Cor. Huston .lournid.1 Tlie pre-ldeut is unfortunate in the matter of his vacation trips. Ho gave serious offence to tlie committees of the Ohio Legi-latttre last week, who came hereto accompany the remains of the late Chief Justice Chase to his old State, ny declining their invitation toaccompuuy t lie funeral train to Ohio, and even to at tend the ceremony ol the transier of the remains at the cemetery here. Tlie rea son tlie president gave Ior not attending at the cemetery was that he had not re ceived sufficient notice, and was engaged at a reception ; and he declined to go to Ohio bee tilse he could not spare Hu. time frnin his nubile duties. Vet the second day alter he started on a llshiug excursion In all the democratic simplicity ot a pri vate car, to be gone a longer "time than was required to have paid I ho ic- spects ol a chief magistrate ol tlie nation to the memory ot the late clnel nisi ce of the United States. He has also this week given gliive offence to the lieonle of Charleston, S.C.,. who were already verv sensitive nt the apparent neglect of the president to show Ins .sympathy with tlieni m their great misfortune. The president did accept an invitation to go to Richmond, but absolutely declined the suggestion ol tlie Charleston committee Hint lie should extend his trip to Charles- ion. I no suggestion that lie should tlo so was made by some lending democratic politicians, who understand the temoer of the Southern people, and who are anxious, lor political reaons, lhal the president should regain the ground he lias lost in that section. Hut the lilesldent declines to act upon their suggestion, and one ol the reasons which l.e is understood to have assigned is Unit if he should do so, "those newspapers would claim that they had lotted Ii 1 in to do it." KiM.ir. iocs i.tt:i.i.k;i;m;i:. Owing to continued ill health Rev. Kvan Davis lias been compelled to resign the pastorale of the Keeseville liantist church and the Rev. (iiblis liruislin ot liufliliglon, N. J., has been called as his successor. Rev. Dr. (1. L. Walker of Rrattleboro, hat returned from his Kuropeau trip. Rev. T. A, Hopkins of Hurlington has been busy lately iu demolishing the debt of Si. Andrew's church nt St. Joliusliury. He has heen quite sitccessiul and teels conliilent of raising the money. There will lien tueachers meeting und Sabbat Ii school convention at (irotou 1 hiirsthiy and Fridav.Oct. 'Jl and Rev. A.J. Hough will preach Thursday ev cu ing and Rev. (j. W. Norrls of Concord, Friday evening. Rev. J. C. W. Cnxe ot Iowa anil Rev. T. p. hiost will sneak on Sunday schools. NOTi: AM) COMMENT. It is ciiiioits to note tlie unanimity with which the Federal collectors throughout tlie country are coming up to tlie support of Mr. Cleveland for a second term. Collec tor Hradley li. Smalley ot Vermont, says that everything points to a lenotninatlou of Cleveland, iiml lurthorinore lie gives it as Ids expert official opinion that Mr. C. will accept. A'cie FoW. World. How many people ever think of the weakening effect of the word "very" iu talking or writing f There are but few cases where it strengthens au idea. For instance, lake tills sentence : "Mrs Hlank is a very line writer." How much stronger t ho sentence is without tlie "very." To say thai a man Is very well known Indi cates that lie Is less known than one of whom we say, "Ho is well known." This weakening element it a characteristic of Iho word "very " Tho sumo might ho said of nil sitptrllous words, I hough few, if any, me so persistently of that cliarac ter as the won! in question. Unrtttml Time. THE lTNSETTLEI) BALANCE. U. S AUDITOR WILLIAMS'S CLAIM AGAINST VtRMONT. A I nil Male inenl nftlin I'iicIh unit rlglltes (Ion. I'llliliis's Opinion 1 1 Is not 11 l.i'Kiil Claim -'1 he I), S. llnvei iiiiieiit Ours Vermont Alinnt N-.'IOO.OIIO. IPpocl.ll to the Tree Press. MoSTi'lXIKIi, Vt., Oct. Is. Much com tiieut Is tieiug made throughout this Stale hy the statements made in the letter of third Auditor Williams of tlie Chited States wrll ten Thursday to tho secretary of tlie treasury, a report of which was given Iu a Washington despatch which appeared in the Fttl.t: Pm.ss Friday. Auditor Williams says that Instead of the balance of f(;ii,t:io which this State now claims as duo from the I'nited States under tfie act of Congress, ap proved July 'J7, lsiil, to indemnify the States for expenses Incurred by them Iu (he defence of tlie I'nited States, there is an Indebtedness against the .State on the hooks of Hie United States ordnance office lor supplies furnished the State in lsiil, amount ing to ..1t:i,7s(l. Auditor Wil- ! Hams sajs: "In this connection I deem 1 it proper to add that I have information received from a credible source, that the greater pot lions ol these arms and equipments were soul by tlie State, out, ot which she ivali.m about id7i),llotl and Hint was deposited in her tleasitty. 'The Legislatuie ot Vermont is now iu session ami 1 have then-lore tleem il proper to give j on this informational lids lime, iu older that you may lake such steps to bring the subject to tlie attention of t lie proper authorities ol tho Mate as you may lie advised and as may be re quired. Iu tho meantime tlie claims of the Slate miller the act ot JulyUT, s(i, will lie suspended iu tills ollice." This letter of Auditor 'Williams was shown to (ion. P. P. Pitkin, who was quartermaster-general of tills State from the j ear lsiil to 1S7J, and who probably knows more about tlie military affairs of the Slate during tuat period than anyone else; and from his statements, together with a short examination of thu quarter master general's reports, the following tacts iu regard to Auditor Williams's statements were obtained : The jW.isi) duo this State is a suspended balance of claims Hied by Vermont under the act of July 'St, lsiil, amounting in tlie aggregate to '.i'.M,7;f.1, of which -ss.17,M,1 has been au dited and paid. These claims were lor fit ting out the Ilrst six regiments that went into tlie war. The Stale ttiiilormetl these men and furnished lioises tor tlie mounted officers. She also uniformed the officers and furnished them with side arms. The rule was subse quently established tli.it officers furnish their own unitorm and side arms, and the United States government paid back what the Slate paid to liirm-h equipments, etc., to privates and suspended Vermont's claims as to the rest. Tills balance the State has been calling upon tlie govern ment to pay for some time, and tlie re port which came yesterday to tho State officials of an indebtedness on tlie part of the State to the United States of over half a million dollars was a surprise to them nil. This alleged indebtedness is for arms antl equipments furnished to Vermont by the war department in the year lbiH, when an invasion of the United States was tin eatetied irom tlie northern frontier. A large number ot confeder ates and confederate sympathizers were iu Canada anil were concerned iu the St. Albans raid. Rumors ot a more formidable invasion were rile, and theStateorgamzeil twelve miliiia regiments of infantry, three batteries and PJ companies of cavalry. 'The governor, which office was their hold by J. liregory Smith, had power by act of Hie Legislature to bring the militia "into camp." There was no authority nor means for arming this militia, antl they were ueeded.it oi eetn piotccl the frontier, (ioverrior Smith, in company with lien oral Pitkin, went to Secteiary ot War Stanton to see if the United Stales would not equip tlie unlit i.i. Seeietary Stanton Was well aware of the danger threatened from Canada, antl hail been anxious to have the government send troops to the frontier. The tiecesnr number, htnv ever. could not lie spared 1 rum the army, and Mr. Stanton wished to arm and equip the Veiniont militia lor tlie purpose. Tlie only law which arrl horized such ac tion was the olil law of lsos which appro priated an annual .turn ot .sJoii.ihm for arm ing the entire militia uf the United States, the arms so bought to he distributed to the several States in proportion to the number of effective militia ill each, liy his construction of this law Secretary Staulou, on nqussiuous approved bvliov. Smith, ittruislied to tlie State 17,000 rilled muskets, lu'oo hoi -o equipmen's, :t six gun batteries ot Napoleon guns complete, 17oo pistols, 1,100,01X1 cartridges and numerous other equipments of the money value in all of yllO.W4. After the .'state militia were thus .lipped events took place which nrLv-'udetl any neceity for llieir use. The Canadian government under took tlie protection ot the troutier trom invasion and the only military measures instituted on our side were the building of a guard house at every toad crossing Hie Canadian line and the establishing of barracks at St. Alb.iu-. The equipments Issued to this State by the government had been received, however, and there was no authority tor tho set re tar v of war to re ceive i hem hack. They had been issued under a law giving to the State a certain annual amount ot equipments, and under the nicessities of l no moment Secretary Stanton had issued to tlie State not only the quota then due to Vermont, hut enough to anticipate her quot i Inr many years to come. It will lie noted that the arms and equipments furnished to this State at that tune were not lent by the goverinent nor purchased by tlie Mate, but weio issued under an act which was so framed that whatever a State received under it.boluugeil to that State as Us share of an entile amount allotted to all the States, There was no other act by the authority of which Varinoiit could have .received any arms, ami reieiv ing them as she did, they became her pmpertv and were to stand charged against her, not as for value received and due the United States. Inn as against her tighl to have other arms and equipments under tlie act of l -us until tlieyeaisslioulil elapse for which her annual quota had been taken up in advance. "The large quantity or arms und equip ments not issued to the militia were stored by (.iiiartertnaster-lieueral Pitkin in the State House at .Mouipelief until the Mate arsenal was limit, alter which they were kept iu the latter phio until tin autumn ol 1S7U. In tho nieaniiine the style of muskets and equipments had changed so that the olil inuz.le loaders of lN'd weio almost worthless, but in ls70, upon the opening of the Fratico-Russtan war, offers were received by the State fortlie purchase of these arms. Upon the advice of Gover nor Stuart anil other State officers and upon tho recommendation of a board of survey, lien, l'ltklu thereupon sold in market part of them for which about $l-li),u(K) were received and paid into the Statu treasury. Quarteriiiastor-ijenernl l.ynde, Mr. f'itkin's successor, sold a liirlher quantity for which the Slate got from sllioo to fiUKld and the larger part of what remained are still iu tiro possession oft!, estate. Tho original value ol t he at ins and equip ments furnished the State wasfswio.im.atid, deducting different dims ol cietlit which linvo ill el'llei 1 since lstil. Auditor Wll I Hams inakistho present sum which lie says Is due lliilii tlie State lo tho United States to bo -s.1IJ.7sU. LVetl II tlio MillO had been holding those equipments as Pfonertv not her own. hut. nt tin. lTnii..i I States, nothing like this large sum could oe eiiumeu as uue on tneir account I hey were sold at tlie most advantageous tain possible ami brought much more t ,ai they had boon worth belore the -alio, would have been worth at any ti nt since; antl tho most that the i'ovenr merit could claim, assuinui ii ,i im . were not the tiropeilv ol tlie Si tie , , . la.1 thu amount which the Stale i -ciive 1 for them, which Is less than tim oo,, ),,( these arms weie not regarded linn ,,tir have they since been regarded In i.,e guy eminent as issued in any other w.i. ti, m as against Vetmoiit's prospeetn, ,,,,1. under the laws of lsos. Other -tales re reived arms iu t lie same way. and line ligations made by State Librarian H Huso anil General Pitkin show thai not tp of Hie arms ami equipments then i-sned lo the Stale in ISIH, can be churned even against her right to this aritiu ii qiMi An act of Congiess, unproved J.inh 1S7.1, provided that all aims and equip incuts Issued to any State between Janua ry 1, lsiil, and April li, isiy,, under the act of lsiil, and used hy that State in the sin, pression of the rebellion, shall bo credited to her as against the charges made to her against her annual quota, and that if tin Stale lias sold or misapplied any oi them, these latter shall not he credited but re main charged as belore. This act. there lore, on the lace ol it. doc K llllli'. Ullll Dir. claim made by Auditor Williams, that the arms furnished, in wh.vever manm r thej may have been afterward used, were to stand charged again-t theState in some other way than agaiustheraniiu.il qp'jti of arms. Tlie general opinion of all ih.,-e e quaintcd Willi the facts seems to he I , it 'l hird Auditor Williams knows i n,. . what he is talking about when he aliege iin indebtedness on tlie par t ol tins ,-st(.ti to Hie United Stales, (ielieial Pn mo - 1 to-day. "I'heio is no right m ni v s, , claim. Secretary Stanton was nu. rv that ready to liirnish those arms. TlieV wire not purchased by the State nor lent by tlie I tilted States government, but itued under the law ol lsos toward our share of the j-2oij,ouo worth ot arms und equipments annually allowed by that act." AK AIIIIIHON.U, ( t.AIM ON TIIK PAUT III 11 IK sI'ATi:. Ill this connection it may bo interesting to those who have been startled by tho report of this alleged debt to the United States, to know that the State ot Ver mont lias a claim, winch will soon be tiled against the United States of about ?)D,(HK) to which she is entitled tor expenses incurred in piovrdrng utiilorius for tlie State militia m lti,(. The l'J regiments anil the batterks organ i.ed in lsiil for the defence of the J fjtiti-r were uiiitorrued hy tire State, limit r the advise ot the secretary of war who .uhi ed as to the kind of uniforms to be fie nished In this way about -sJOU.oui) was expended by the State to which she is entitled bv act of Congr.sss, approved July Si lsi ' Thus instead ol a debt to the 1 iii'ed States ot halt a million dollars, the Statt of Vermont has just claims against t),. United States of nearly syou.ooii. It l. 11. 311niI-Cures, A correspondent of the Albany Journul, who signs himself "layman," writes as follows concerning the so-called mind cures : I believe in sympathy, but excessive sympathy, and especially with a nervous and emotional woman, is tin unmixed evil. It has been said of women of the higher classes of society, in whom these joint mental and physical diseases are most commonly diagnosed, that at least tour tilths suffer trotn hysteria and nothing else. In nry mind the best criterion tor making a diagnosis, i. e., naming la- dis ease, is Hie sudden disappearance, thrctgb tlie agency of a moral or "mental in llueuce, ota disease which had coiuiniied lor veins and bade tlutlance to all treat meat. I remember while visiting au as) 1 ii in not long ago, of seeing a woman who was under treatment tor Ills. Tht doctor told me her "treatment ' was nt a purely moral character. It was dis tovert.il that her attacks weie quite voilin inrv, anil were to all appearance p. it in in order to elicit sympathy. She was so m lonnetl. The Ills soon disappeared, 'llusc persons crav e s.v inpathy, .iiul are ivted ingly anxious to have it alw.iv - i.iaitr stooil that they are ill, ami iioi m.,, so but that they have to sutler in .in l'o gether unprecedented manner. I li- v arc always talking about their disease. 1 hey are annoyed and made ill by every tn!le, and demand the mu-t constant som ,lu le I rem their friends In many cases tin efficiency ol certain remedies bee mils an in t tele ot faith witli them, and Ibis faith they are cured, equally wln-ih , vv iHi medical or other leiuulios. All pi it quack oiiitmeiits, sj tiipatlieiii am. t'ei g lolls Influences inav have tlies.ui e it' it it it be only possible to create a sialitni.t lv lirm conviction In tlie patient s muni Threats me likewise officinal in si ne ta-es. Often the more seveie symptoms are maiu:e-tcd only vvlieir tlie pat it tit is provoked by soiuo di.-appomtmei.' ur an iiovance, or they may come onlv u t ho night, going to show the great influence t lie inmtl lias on this disorder. TI. i, the-e symptoms are seen generally uno- r sut x circumstances it a most suspicious fait These cases are, then, hysterical, atel the disorder Is hysteria. Whatever im r. ises the will power of these patients i usaii amelioration of the tlisea-e, and "i ' t'a. di-ease disappears by w ill-power is proof enough, if there were no other, tna its occurrence in the tiiM place was ui large measure due to hick oi it. This ,s the trueuitnof moral ami mental treatments. It lias happened that an "arise and walk lias been sitcees-fully said to thiso pa tients, who have lor years been o rid ilen, and wlio appeared no longer able U move a limb. 1 heard ot a ca-e of nt) hy sterical patient who suffered from ntt i ks of convulsions, whom her father cured by a sound thrashing. Tills many sided malady Oiuiltntte imwjlntm-L, of tho French i is really a paralysis of the will, which is controlled by the emotions rath er than by the reason and judgment The faith euro or mind-euro is practiced hy all judicious physicians, hut the difference between such physicians who uphold it from a scteiitille "standpoint, ami those who make a spuialty ot it, Is tin' the former do not reler the results to it,v sii petnaturiil or spn n mil agency, lntiois no mystery about this, tailli i or i el those who pretend that there is ,w In tins very prctotnv proclaimed tli i t , -ire honestly ignorant or are nmtu in ite quacks. There are good plrvsn i.i', r- w inlays who heal those co-os w u Ii le-s h im bug ami quite as much smciss as t.io trained specialist (who pay for a lecture course extending over u o long period of three weeks ut Huston Mi'i'ai disorders require mental medicine rhen llili I'M sick, give tier I'vsto.la, When the wu ChUJ, ehe ensj fur CnitorU, Whea abs liecims MUs, be clang to Castoria, Wfhhwlf?hlldnn. tht (kit them Cutorlik ADVICH TO MOTH HISS. Mas. Wissr-ovv's SooTiltNO Svitl'i1. for chil dren tcctlilru?. Is t lie proscription of one ot tho iK-st temiile nurses tiutl ' physicians In tho United States, tiuil litis been used for forty years with never-l.llhmr success by mllllonsof mothers Inr their children, llurinir the urn. eessol tcith'iiu Its value Is incalculable. It re. 1 lleves the elula Horn piiln, cures dyseuttry ami illurrliie.i. irnpiiiu In the boweK and , wmil-collo. Hy Ktvuu; health to tlie child It Jests tho mother. Price "0c, a bottle. I Aprltnwewlr