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HURLIXGTOX, FRIDAY, NOV. 14, 1SS1. piiit.isin:inv THE FREE PRESS ASSOCIATION, ;. o. hi:ni:iii;t, i:iitr. Terms x'J.OO n j i'ii r, nliwijs In iiilviim . Tlie latest returns show that tlie next House of Representatives will be madu up of ls"i Democrats, las Republicans and'-' Uutler men. Tlie Democratic majority over all will be 4.". a'l... .iMti.hil vuli. of Vi'vinonf. with one n i..i.. u ,.u r.,n.i-u . i.w i lllllll UMt II iiiv.mii, I.") 11.7 .... ........ .... i Maine. Il'.UIIt : Cleveland. 17,!!(iJ : St. r..lm I KitU ; Hutler, 7s5; scattering, I; lllaiue's plurality, i.'.oiiO; Maine's majority, l'.t.CAs ; total vote, .7.1,011. As far as heard from, St. .lolin received tlie not remarkable number of VM votes in Kansas. Hlalne got l'il.ioo, Cleveland 70,!M0nnd Hutler 1 1, U.S. the ollicial returns from I'hese llgures ale tiJof theS'J conn- ties. The remaining SO counties will in crease Mr. Hlaiuu's plurality to a. unit 00,- 000. While the Democracy of New York agree in claiming that the "ollicial returns" give the State to Cleveland, it is to be noted, that no two of the leading Democratic pa pers of New York city, the 'nii, M'oWi?, Times and llrrttlil, agree as to Cleveland's plurality, the variation bet ween the high- est and lowest of their stateinelitsamount- ing to no less than 707 votes. In Xew York city, "William R. Grace, the county Democracy's candidate,is elect ed Mayor by a plurality of 10,IHU. He re ceived !Hi,jj:i votes ; Hugh J. Grant, Tam many, had b5,3'Jl, and F. S. Gibbs, Repub lican, 44,3sl, Tlie city gave Cluvuland liw.oso votes, as compared with 1S),()14 for Hancock ; lilaine M,S47 against l,7;i0 for Garileld ; Hutler:S47( and St. John tUMS. Cleveland's plurality is 43,2a:!; Hancock's was41,'.,S4. It is not an impossible thing that por tions of eacli electoral ticket may be found to be elected in Xew York. Thus far tlie ticket-s hurt; been counted as wholes; but often a voter scratches the name of a sin gle elector, against whom lie has a preju dice, or split tickets are voted. In' the linal canvass all these things are taken J i ,.r. ,,,i in isso il... vniiK f. .Mil in or. I erent electors on tlie same nearly two thousand votes. ticket varied Mr. Win. H. Vanderbilt, in congratulat ing Mr. Cleveland on his election, says: We owe your election, in my judgment, to the fact that the people believed you to be an honest man, anil not to any particu-, lar efforts made bv anv faction of either 1 the Democratic or Republican parties." ' Mr. Vanderbilt is quite too modest. He knows very well that Cleveland owes his election to .l."iO,(HK) given by .Mr. William H. Vanderbilt to Hie Democratic commit tec at tlie last moment, lo be used liy them in the State of Ncnv York. It is olliciallv announced that tlie formal opening of thu World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exhibition at New Or leans will take place December Hi. Ap plications for spacu will be received until November j and exhibits until Decem ber 10. The main building, horticultural hall and machinery extension are now ready. The Government building will bu completed November 1.1, art gallery No vember :.."), live stock building IVcembcr I, steam raise to test machinery Novem ber 'il. Probably few facts aru better estab lished in the -political history of Ncnv York, than that Jolin A. GrisNvoId was elected governor of that State ; and that lie was defrauded of his olllce by Demo cratic inspectors counting bogus Demo cratic votes. Tlie Republicans of New York, on the other hand, have an iinini peaclied record. They aru untitled jirliiiii fdcic to thu supposition that they are not now attempting a fraud. Tlio close vote in New York recalls liko instances in our previous political history. In 1840 Maine gave Harrison only 411 plu rality, and Arkansas gave Van Huren less than 1000 plurality. In Clay carried Tennessee by 113 over Polk, Nvhilo Polk secured Louisiana by (V.dl plurality. In 1852 Pierce had, only 25 plurality in Dela ware. Grant carried California in lbtw by only BOH, while Seymour secured the vote of Oregon by the narrow plurality of 104. In 1870 thu plurality of Hayes in each of the States of Florida, South Carolina and Oregon was less than 1000. Four years ago the vote of California was again very close, Hancock securing only 78 plurality, and one elector for Gnrlluld was elected. A New York despatch says that a largo number of ballots were cast in Nuw York mid Ilrooklyn, from which a portion of thu niiniu of ouu of thu Republican electors find been clipped, and that all these wero thrown out by thu election olllcurs. it is reported to be .Mr. Evarts's opinion thattho courts will overturn tills action as illegal, and direct at least tliat thu names of the thirty-llvu remaining electors bo count ed. Theru are numerous precedents lor this. It is also un open question Nvhother Hutterlleld's name should not bu counted, Tlio Kunv York courts have uniformly held in election eases that thu intent of the votur shall bu taken into consideration. No casu precisely similar to Hutterlleld's lias been decided, as the law only recently wont Into operation, but a test casu will undoubtedly bu taken into the courts. It is estimated that 1800 clipped ballots wuro throNvn in Ncnv York and Hrooklyn. Thu Republican National committee sny: "If .Mr. Cleveland .shall be fount! to have a plurality of even one vote, a prompt acqui escence will follow from llu- Republicans uf tlie United .States. If Mr. Maine shall bu found to have a plurality of only out vote, prompt uciilllc.-eenci' will lie expected from the Democrats or tin- United .States. The belief of the committee, foutiiletl upon investigation, Is that Mr. Maine lias a plu rality of several hundred votes, and If that, be so, every honest man will demand that It be olllclally declared. Until this nlUclal declaration .shall be Hindu, we ask the pub lic to wait and unite with us In an honor able elTort to secure u perfectly fair count. Purity In elections is theonly safety fur Republican institutions." England, like the United States, lias j IsI1) t1L,n nwn-c-ln-il to the Western been suffering from .stagnation of bnsi- Union building hoarsely shouting: ness. The London correspondent of the ji0,i lilouil : .lav tioitld's blood!" It FliinneUil ClmmMc says that "such Is j evidently approves Mr. .Manning's an the stagnation of business Just now, with- m,uricemeiit that "the Democratic State out encouraging sign,, not only In this b()Ur(1 ot ca,lVassurs will see that tlie true country, but also abroad, that dear money V()tu ts correctly declared." It has ills is scarcely possible." The lack of coiill-1 tllctv tu!.-!! tlie g ound that nothing Is deuce, the timidity, and consequent !"--1 0r shall bo "the true vote" but the vote tivlty in business circles, is notcuiilincd to j f()r Cleveland ; and it lias had no word of Grout Hritaiu or the United .states, nut credible advices Indicate its extension to Continental, and een to Asiatic, coun tries. Therefore there must be some cause, outside of political agitation, for tlie universal distrust, which lias allccted America even less, perhaps, than other quarters of the globe. "In two or three days," said Mr. Iicech- er, on Friday evening, "I slmll have lor- . - I I .1 I gotten mat, sucn a uuug as a i-rcsniciiun i election has been stirring the minds of men." Mr. Hecdier may forget this elec tion, for he undoubtedly has a shocking bad memory ; but liu will llud that a good many people will not forget it, nor cease to remember witli indignation that it was Rev. Henry Ward Hecdier, who rallied tlie adulterers to the support of Mr. Cleveland, by the shameful declaration, twice repeat- , ed in public meetings, that Mr. Cleveland had only to receive tlie vote of every man in New York who had broken the Seventh Commandment to get M,n:).l majority in the .Statu ! Mr. Hecdier will also probably lind that his own congregation will not readily forget his recent course ; and it is quite po-isible that they will not let him forget it as soon as he intends to. In the interview, in which lie made the remark n,j()Vu h(j ltlllt,1,1 ,. (l;,.,,,t, of his sixteen church olilcers disapprove his course and the proportion of the church and congregation who have been mortified and disgusted by his campaign letters and speeches is probably quite as large. Tlie feeling that Mr. Hecdier has disgraced himself and tlie church is said to be very strong among t hum ; and it is not likuly that it will disappear in "two or three days," or months or years. The Mormons wmcu under tlie aggres sive action of tlie Christian schools, in which already one-fourth the school clill dren of Utah are taught. The Descret .Vcic.v, thu Mormon organ of Salt Lake City, in a recent issue, devotes a leader of over a column to a furious attack on the Xew West Education Commission, which j is making most rapid advance in Christian 'education. Tlie editorial in question says : "i he primal purpose of the New est I special attention from tlie people of Utah i Latter-day Saints, can you under stand tills y L nder the pretence ol eating your children in liie common du- rudi- ments, these teachers who are establish ing schools among you have for their primal object something in advance of the cll'eets ot the Kdmunds law. UN- promoting dissension, inciting rebellion, biinging about disputes between tlie priests and thepeoplc, opj.osiiigpolvgamy, exercising an inllileuce unit the Mormon faith, they expect to plant the lirst gun on , Mormon soil. These are onlv tlio begin- ning of their operations, you see. Their linal object is the destruction of tlie liber ii.,. nf iiu, m. ...... ..i, , ....... in ,..i r,,n,. eimiolislii.il In- tin. Kilnimiils hiiv nuil tin. entire overthrow of Mormonism. Now if you want to aid in this work of the Ncnv j esi education t oiiiuiissiou seim your children to be taught in their schools." Yet the Christian schools prosper, and are constantly calling for more teachers, so rapidly do the scholars from Mormon homes increa.se in them. Tlie violence with which the Democrats resent the suggestion that thu ollicial count can aiouu determine thu result in New York (on which depends the general result), is characteristic but not altogeth er commendable. Just look at the case. Thu total vote of the State of Nunv York is, in round numbers 1,120,000. Tlie ma jority as claimed by either side is about 1000. A correction or change of thu count, which should take six hundred from one column and put it into another, would throw thu majority tlie other way, A thousand Is less than oue-tentli of one per cent of thu total vote of New York. One-tenth of one per cent of the total vote of Vermont is n.r(j. A majority of iffy yirt'for the entire State of Vermont is equal to a majority of a thousand for the Slate of New York -that is.it would lie the same proportion of iho tot-il. Nonv suppose the result in the State of Ver- moiit, as given by the Press returns, hail been such that a change of twenty-eight liaiige of twenty-eight votes from one column to another. I ''tcasions of this character, is very alit or a deduction of ilffv-ik-e t run, on., i l"'"1 ' Uemocratic. Ouu gentleman, who column, would throw the major-1 ity on thu other side, would it bu bu unreasonable for the side apparently in thu minority to say; hold on ; don't shout too much just yet ; wait for thu oindal count ? int? Tlie official in this city, Inst count ot tlio vote .-September, madu a change ot 45 m a slnglu Nvard. The ofllcial count , of our State, varied nearly six hundred from the uuolliclal. In counting the votes of near ly a million and a quarter of men, cast at nearly two thousand dllfcrent precincts, theru is opportunity for many an honest error and dishonest chango. Thu man or paper or committee that under such a state of things claims that the case is de cided buyond question, and hoots at any suggestion that thu ollicial canvass may change thu decision, simply says in ellect: 'The linal count may give thu result to us we have certainly coniu very near getting it and ue jiriijiDsc tiilmvc It nnyiuiil" That uppears to bu about thu attitude of the Democracy at present. The Now York Times has not quitu gonu thu length of tliu Albany A rutin, which railed for tliu murder ol any ollicial who should undurtaku to certify to a Re publican majority in Nonv York ; but j othei-Nviso it rivals the out-and-out Demo- emtio papers, In tlie Intemperance of some of its language. There Is "no sliadnw of doubt,", it said, a day or two ago, "that Cleveland lias been elected," "and those who doubt It," It said, are waiting for "false returns" tube supplied by a "nam?" of Republican "sharpers." It. lias not in so many words called for tlie mobbing of those who venture to doubt tlie abso lute accuracy of its returns; but it chuckled, in Its news columns on Friday, over tlie mobbing of a citizen who ven tured to say a wold or two for Mlaine from the steps of the Uvrttttl building. It narrated Willi e iniplaceucy how a mob of roughs, whom itdignlllcd with tlie title of "enthusiastic citizens," "surged about tlieolllcuof the Timet" and cheered for iCInvehmd mid lor iliilcliciidi'Ht iolirnal- rebuke for the incendiary appeal to mob violence put forth by tlie Democratic Na tional committee. For those who romcni her what the 77io. was under Henry.). Raymond, It is a sad night to see it wheie It is now. The 7u ion tenders its hearty congratu lations to the Hlirlingtoti Ftil.i: l'ltl, the leading Republican paper of Vermont, upon tlie excellent showing made by the Republicans of the (i recti Mountain .State. Practically complete returns give Hlalne a plurality of omy about U-.'.oon, against a plurality of over -T.uik) for Gurliold. Itintililllli I 'nltili. Thu FltKi: PiiUss accepts the ?.tou'x congratulations; and begs leave to inform its lirooklyn coutempuraiy, that largely owing to tlie rain storm on election day, 1 1 . l- "h? ,mu.' thu total vote in tills State was unusually votes les than in 1SNJ. With the electoral vote ot Vermont absolutely secure for lflaine ami Logan, I many a Republican considered it of small consequence to have tlie majority swelled 1 one, by his vote, and stayed a! home l ather I than go two or tliiee miles in the rain and ' mud, fortlie sake of voting. We have no f doubt that a line day would have added KX) to Mr. Hlaiuu's plurality and given hoped or expected. As it nviis, the imijur (; for Hlalne is over. (i ft' tliouninil more than the tutnl rofc for Cleveland, in Ver mont. Mr. Ulaine would doubtless be glad of a good many more "stinging re bukes" of the same kind. We have nut heard of ten Republicans in tlie State of Vermont that, voted for thu I'lilon' spotted candidate. Some of the Independent papers rival the foulest-mouthed Democratic sheets in ' their abuse of tlio Republican National ' committee and Its eminent legal advisers. Tlio Evening l'ust denounces them as "thimble-riggers," "Ulaine desperadoes" and "would-bu burglars," and insults the 1 eminent statesmen, divines and jurists who have defended Mr. Ulaine from its malevolent and reckless assaults. The 1 Ncnv York Tline.i is equally vindictive. It ' declares that "Mr. Hlalne would no doubt be quite willing to take by theft and iraud that great ollice Nvhlch the voters of the United States have decreed that he shall not have, and nothing but fear Nvill outer thu precious set of conspirators in this city, who are caslingabout for some means of setting aside the erdict of thu ballot, from attempting to carry out their evil purposes." It t'hnrge.sjtli.' Republican lead- i ers Willi making an iniqtiiloiis attempt lo steal thu Presidency, and asserts that "public safety demands that they lie watched just as burglars would be watch ed who had been overheard declaringtheir intention to crack' a bank." Mich insults, could only come fruni journals that have gone over, body and soul, to tlie enemy. M he l.veiuittj l'il lias tang liceti luoru Democratic than Republican, and iiepub licans may now- bid a linal farewell lo thu 7'fiacs. Why t ho Di'inorrats are so Con lid en I. Various things seem to indicate that the Democratic National committee's reliance on getting the electoral vote of New York is based quite as much on men as on votes. Prominent among these, of course, Is Mr. Dan .Manning's aiinuuueenient that "the Democratic Stale. board of canvasser., will see that the true vote is correctly dcclar- ed." The Republicans do not depend upon a Democratic Mate board, but upon the votes a majority of which they are coull- ' dent, have been giN en to tlie Republican , ticket. Another quite siguitlcatit thing is , a New York letter totlie Hostou fiiu',the .leading Democratic paper of that city. Tills, coining from some source very near tlie Democratic headquarters, says : . "There is no Statu north of Mason and Dixon's line where thu Democrats are in 1 such absolute possession of the return as they aru in thu Empire State. Thu board i of canvassers or returning hoard in this i city is composed of members of t he Hoard ' o Aldermen. Tills body is heavily Demo cratic. F.ach ot tlie suli comiuiltces lias a I Democratic caalrmaii. Wuen there is a iuspuio it is me easiest mailer m the worm i to, determine who will obtain thu benulit. A committee with a Democratic chairmai A committee with a Democratic chairman bus been a member of tlie Hoard of Alder men for years, told your coriespondent to-night that he would stake his life that Cleveland would not get thu worst of it when the ollicial canvass in this city was made. The county clerk, Nvitli whom tiles liillies urn itiiiiii.lt.il iuiimi ..I fin. .iw.wl prominent Democrats in tlie city. I The present complexion of tliu Hoard of Aiuerinen is eight i aminany Democrats, .suven members of the County Democracy and seven Republicans. Tliu president Is Win. P. Kirk, a Tammany Democrat. As Mr. Kelly is determined that Governor Cleveland shall have lair play, his hand in the mauitiulatiou of the canvassing com mittees will no doubt soon make itself ap parent." The writer adds that of the sixty coun ties, in thu State, forty-seven aru wholly or chielly in thu hands of tliu Democrats, and he sums up the casu as follows ; It is therefore) very plain to bo seen Hint if Governor Cleveland has carried Now York, and both returning boards aru In the hands of thu Democrats, it is going to bu a pretty hard matter for the Republi cans to obtain the certlllcatu of election, particularly when the Governor himself is thu individual who signs it. It probably will ho a hard matter to un earth and establish frauds, and securu a fair decision in cases of contest or doubt; but tliu National and .State committees have secured legal counsel inovery county and they intend lo securu an honest linal count, if t' uy ci A (Jlniiri' over tlio l-Tolil. Tlie voters of Illinois had the good sense to lelegate Carter Harrison, the Democrat ic candidate for (lovernor, to private life. As Major ol Chicago, Harrison lias been a scandal, and his promotion to the Gover norship would have been a shiiniu and disgrace. In tlie neighboring Statu of Wisconsin the Republicans came very near making a dean sweep. (Sow Rragg of Chicago convention fainu 'pulled through for Congress, but only one or two other Democratic candidates shared his good luck. In New Jersey, thu Republicans gain throughout the State in the local and Leg islative elections. They retain control ot the Senate, and gain the Assembly by 8 to 10 majority, against a Democratic majori ty of b last winter. Fortlie lirst time in four years they control both branches of the Legislature, and will be able to hold a general meeting and elect Republican successors to the present Republican Statu comptroller and Statu treasurer, retaining , to the Part v those two oil cos. the on v in-i portant ones in the State which they now hold. Thu Republicans elect four con gressmen and the Democrats three. Tin; Xi'M House. The present House of Representatives opened its session w ith 110 Republican members, i'.H Democrats, t Hcadjusters, 'J (ticcnlmckcrs and vacancies and ." Indu pendents. The Democratic majority was subsequently somew liat increased by de ciding contested election cases ill favoi" of tlie Democratic contestants. Kuougli is now known of tlie result of Tuesday's election to make it certain that the 1 Democrats will have a majority in the next House, though a much small-. . . I or one man in the last. At pres ent it is set at 31. Among those re turned to the new Congress is Mr. Carlisle nn ho will probably succeed himself as Speaker. The Xew England delegation, with Runny, Rice and Long from Massa chusetts, and Reed and Dingley from .Maine, as leading members, i as before, except Judge Poland of tills State. .Messrs. HeNvitt, Cox and Hiscock of Ncnv York, Randall, Curliu and Kelley of Pennsyl vania, William Waller Phelps of New Jersey, McKinley of Ohio, Morrison of Illinois, and Holmnii of Indiana are re turned. Sonic prominent members of the present House will be missed from thu next. Congressman Horr of Michigan ap pears to lune been defeated ; and among others either beaten or retired are Finerty of Chicago mill Robinson of Ilrooklyn, the two great twisters of the Hritish lion's tail, Keifer, Eaton of Connecticut, Hel ford, Rosencrans, "Calamity" Weller, Hlackburn, nvIio goes to the Senate from Kentucky, Chalmers of Mississippi, and W. P. Kellogg of Louisiana. The Iti'hel Yell. The rejoicings at the South over tlie as sumed election of Cleveland, seem to fall little short of frenzy. In St. Louis at a Democratic meeting, Friday evening, Jell' Davis's name, and the airs "Dixie" ami "Tlie Ronnie Hlue Flag," played by the baud, were uproariously cheered, while one of the orators declared that soon would be heard "tlie tramp, tramp, tramp of tlie boys in gray." F.x-liov. Hrowu, another speaker, took occasion'to say : "Tlie Hag of tliu South went down in war, hut thank God, it did not go iIovn n in dishonor. To night, we rejoice that I he men who bore it have asserted their supremacy." Senator Goulon ol Georgia, who is in New- York city, typilleil Southern Democratic senti ment, Nvhcti in a speech Saturday evening he said : "For tlie lirst time in a quarter ol a century 1 can greet you as my fellow countrymen : for the lirst time since the drums beat on the Held of battle I can greet you as my fellow-countrymen. As a Southern mail, looking back through the dark vista of civil war and looking for ward to-night with a hounding heart, I stand hero to-night to tell you (pointing to the stars and stripes), that is my Hag." This declaration by an ex-Confederate general that the banner of the stars and stripes is his Hag only when it lloats over a Democratic government, shows distinctly where he stands and he is not by any means ouu of the bitterest of Southerners. The lestoration of the Democracy to power in the National Capital Nvill be the nearest possible approach to the triumph of the "lost cause," and the Hoiirhons in tlie mil. lli-iti ill llu. Nisi t nriw. ; South 1 ellect. do not conceal their belief to that Democracy l!a m pa in, While there are many circumstances which are calculated to destroy an. linger ing hope that tlie electoral vote of Xew York muvbe given to Mr.lllaine, onetliing pretty dearly indicates that it probably ought to be, and that is the violence with which tliu Democrats have met any ques tioning of tlie accuracy ot their returns and the distinct threats of a resort to force, to establish their claims. The Dem ocratic National committee led the way in an incendiary appeal to the mob-spirit; and hundreds of Democratic speakers have echoed the threat to sei.u tlie Presi dency by force, if tlie ballot falls them. Said Senator Vest at St. Louis; "We are determined to have Cleveland. Tlio Democrats of the United States will risu and throttle tlie scoundrels who aru plot ting to rob them of their rights." John I. Martin made a llery speech on the same occasion, saying : "Soon will bu heard the tramp, tramp of tliu boys In gray." The Albany A (nx.Mr. Cleveland's organ, opens an editorial with a call on the Dem ocratic campaign clubs to bo ready to light. And In ninety second street, New York, the Deinocratsof the Harlem district liavu hung out mi elllgy of Mr. Ulaine, to which they have attached the motto : 'Cleveland or war!" Many similar dem onstrations, North and South, could lie mentioned. These attempts to over-awe Republicans by threats of violence, and to prevent any attempt to Inquiru Into tliu legality ot the alleged majority for Cleve land, are a distinct confession of weak ness in their case. Thu man who knows that he lias tlie law, tho right and thu majority on ids side, does not need to threaten or resort to violence, mob rule or war. Tho mob that cheered tliu Ncnv York Tlmex and Independent jourallsin, on Thursday night, and clamored for tho blood of Jay Gould, nviis plainly thu same sort of a crowd, which burned col ored orphan asylums, Hung negro babies out of tho fourth story windoNvs.and hung IniiH'ensivo black men to lamp posts, in that city iu 1603. mi: i,i:;isi.ATriti: oiionvs msv, Jlmc lllllstliiiii Ihi l lli Iimi Uelintr III the Senate upon Ilic I.I In u ry Hill, Mini In Hie IIoiiiii iiiiiin tlm Oi'leiiiis County Mi I re Ont'stlon Si'li'illinis rrnni the IIIIN Introduced. Tuesday's Session, Tuesday was the busiest day thu Legis lature lias et seen. Fight bills were In Introduced in thu Senate and thirty-two in tlie House, and a large amount of roiitlnu business was done. The annexation of "Xo Town" to Stocklirldge came upas a special order In the House, and to-morrow tlie Orleans Shire removal bill will be de bated in tlie Senate. In thu House yester day morning, Mr. Halley of Wells River offered n joint resolution authorizing a joint, usseniblv to-morrow afternoon, for the election of the Judges of the Supreme court. Mr. French of Woodstock moved to amend so as to make the resolution pro vide for the election of no more than six Judges, because there are bills now pending IntheHousu alTcctlng the number and salaries of thu judges. Mr. Halley and Mr. Henry of Chester ollereil the amendment Mr. Clark of Halifax anil it was lost ' then fought the resolution; said that there i was plenty of time to elect tlie judges, and I that a bill might lie pas.-ed cutting them I down to live or even four. It was then , lo-t !l7naysto;il yeas. There is very little i doubt of tlie House passing tlie six judges i bill, when they get at it ; but tlie salaries will not bu raised. Tlie New Mali) Library. I In tlie Senate tlie bill appropriating $.7), i(llH) for tlie erection of a building to be j used for a Statu library and other like I purposes, al.-o made a special order lor the i same time, was thoroughly discus-ed. Senator Ide in behalf or the bill very ably staled thu urgent necessity of a building in which could bu stored the hooks belonging to the State and now pile'l in the dome of the State House. He 'i ......I it. ..i il... 1... 11,11 1.T..I. ,1... l.:ll lovu nun me illuming win n lite :iui contemplated would combine the mini mum of expense, safety of the books, feas ibility of Nvarmiug during cold weather, convenience of reference and accessibility of the books, Senators Hcliard and Cliapin also favored the bill and thought that .5o.mo was as much of an appropria tion as the State could now atrord. .-cantors Field, Carney an iGibbssi.okeagainst tlie bill on the ground that no dellnite plans bad been submitted and it was taking a leap in the dark. The yeas anil n-iys nncic called and the bill passed (lie Senate by a vote of twenty-thc to four, after an amendment by Senator Ide, providing Unit the work on tlie build ing should be done by contract, and guarding against an expenditure in excess of tlie appropriation. Orleans t.'oiint.v Mi lie. As Nvas expected, a lively debate took place in tlie House, Tuesday forenoon, over the bill to remove thu county build ings of Orleans county from Irasburghto some point in the county on tlie line of the Passunipsie railroad. The buttle was be gun by Rev. Mr. Parker, pastor of the Uaptist church at North Troy, i the introducer of the original bill, for which thu one under consideration was a , substitute, reported liy the joint special cominlltcu on the subject. Thu main difference between the two bills is that Mr. Parker's untile the judges of the Su preme court u locating committee. Nvhere l us the substitute says that the locating committee shall lie composed of three free men residing out of thu county, to lie se ' lected bv the Governor. 1 Col. Franklin of Newfane offered an amendment, providing that tlie locating committee should not act until a majority of the freemen voting in town meeting next March shall have voted in favor ol removal. Col Franklin's amendment nviis lost by a large majority and the third reading of the bill was ordered for to-mor- row morning, with but few votes in the ni""itlve H is said that the vote against the bill would have been larger had the yeas and navs been called. Several professors and preachers of economy would not Ii.in e put themselves on record as laNoring the lav ing of a tax upon a count) against its will. Judge Thompson, who resides in Iras burgh, w ill defend its right- in the Sen ate, and the late ot the bill is doubtful. Vi:i.'llA V's .slSION. The sK .Indies Hill Killed 111 the Hons,, as w ell as the sen lit i Ad mission In the Kctni'in M-liiml Considered in the Senate Hills imil Hills and Hills Hielllliill Itepoi'l nf Hut I'lsli Cnlllllllssinners. Nonv the Legislature lias fairly become warmed up, it works with a will, and transacts business with great celerity. Tlie Senate debated the bill relating to the Reform School, which was drawn by Lieut. -Gov. Oriusbee, and introduced by Senator Day from the committee, pretty much all the forenoon and a good part ol the afternoon, and ordered it lo be a third reading to-morrow morning, Tlie House tolloNNcd the lead of the Senate in killing the six judges bill and both branches have adopted a joint resolution to hold a joint assembly for the election of judges next Friday morning at 10 o'clock. Tnis time will be changed, to day ; for tlie joint assembly to hear the report of thecauv iss ing committee to count the votes tor coun ty olliccrs upon the i outlet unci- the shrievaltv election in Ueimiugtoii county, must be had at lialf past ten on Fridiij, and everything must give Nvay to that. .sevon.IndKi's to May. As was telegraphed from Montpdier to the Fi;t:i: Pkkss ash Timi:s, last Tuesday night, all the members of the judiciary .committee of the House except Mr. Abell of West Haven reported, yesterday fore noon, through .Mr. Dillingham of Water imry, in favor of thu bill introduced by Mr. Harrett of Rutland reducing the num ber of thu judges of thu Supreme court to six and increasing thu annual salary of eacli to ;sooo. This bill was drawn by Judge Vea.ey, of tlio Supremu court, and Is said to iiu lavorcd by at least one oilier ;e .lllilge Itoss, nvho, nviiii nidge ca.ev. says that liu can nut allom lo stay longer upon thu bench, unless his salary is raised. After two ineilectual at tempts had been made to make thu lull a special order, one for this afternoon, ami one to-morroNV alternoon, it became evi dent that thu House was bound to settle the question "once for all." Mr. Dilling ham made a brief and candid statement of the reasons which actuated tlie com mittee iu their decision to report favora bly upon the bill. Then the battle began iu earnest. .Mr. Prouty of Newport, moved to amend tliu bill so as to leave the number of judges at seven. Mr. Harrett of Rutland, madu a strong speech in sup port ol the bill and against thu amend ment, He said that hu had employed a great many men iu Ills business, and he hail made It a rule mid found that it had ever rewarded him to select the best men and pay them liberally. Hu believed that tlio .Statu should follow tho same rule, lie Nvassatislled that six juilges could do thu work and liu was satislled that such men as NVO nail now upon me- i.uucii were, men . . . i i worth iooo a year apiece. .Mr, l'routy and .Mr. Halley of Wells River, supported Mr, Prouty's amendment, but it nviis lost by a largo majority. Tliu bill honv en - countered a foo who attacked Its vitals oViJiiS Sed !n,K S would leave the salaries at fr00, their present sum. In Its behalf lie made flu ablest speech ol the session. Armed with statistics lie showed that for hair the pay thu Judges get now men like Stephen lioyce, Nathaniel Prelitl'.s. Samuel Phelps and Isaac I. Redlit Id made the Jurisprudence of erm mt Illustrious. He showed that very feu of the hiNvyers of the Statu earned ..i0i) a year, lie argued that there nncic Judges who were clamoring for more pay but some of them lived for 11 years upon it and had managed to be comfortable nil the lime. He said that If the bill should pass, it would not he long before the judges would tie asking to have their number increased to seven and tlie isiijoo retained. lie treated tlie suggestion that any of the judges would resign if their salary should not be increased. Nvitli con tempt. "You could not lire them oil the bench wit li a columbiad," he remarked Mr. Stlekney of Hethel. replied to Mr Henry, and argued that the salaries should tie raised, because tlie judges deserved to liave them raised, and the State could af ford to do it. He said that Isaac I. Redllcld, Judge Poland and Judge Uarrett had been forced to leave the bunch because of Hie inadcqtiacN of their salaries. Mr. Henry in ids rejoinllcr, took Issue with Mr. Stickney's historical statements, particularly in regard to Judge Harrett, ami raised a hearty laugh by remarking that it was not tlie small ness of his salary which caused Jtldgi Har rett to leave the bench. While tlie tit bate was still pending, a recess was taken for dinner. At tlie re as sembly in the afternoon tlie discussion was resumed. Mr. Protttv moved that the bill be dismissed. Mr. Hai-rett. Mr. Pilling of Hennington, and Col. Franklin ot New fane, opposed the motion and aihocated the bill. The yeas and naNs were called and the hill was dismissed liy a vote of 13s to so. This result was very tiiiexpeited, and is a striking illustration of the neces sity of a constitutional amendment pro hibiting the election ol a member of the Legislature to any ollice within its gilt. ItNiastlie pledged friends ol candid ites fortlie sixth assistant judgeship nn ho de feated the bill. I.epurt of the I'lsli (.'oninilsslniiers. Tlie Governor transmitted to the speak er, yesterday, and the Speaker laid be lore tlie House tlie biennial report of tin llsli commissioners, Nvhicli is signed hj lion. Herbert lirainerd of St. Albans, and Dr Hiram A. Cutting, the State gin t The House ordered the printing of j.Vi copies; but more will be needed I he commissioners say that they Iuinc con suited w it li tlie various li-di comtuiss m cis of the Xew England States and ( Hi ndu, as the law directs, and with them have decided to aid in tlie introduction of German carp into .suitable waters, and 3S plants have been made in the Mate under the supervision of proper persons and ten public ponds nave also been stocked pn- i vately, that as no lish wortli catching are now caught it was thought if it nviis not known no ouu would attempt to tMi them out. Many questions asked by the people of the State have been answered m this report about tlie carp and their habits which will be of great value to those de siring information. The prejudice exist ing against black bass is also dlscus-ed and directions given for catching tlie same when desired, that the leding that they wont bitu lie overcome. It is doubtless true as Nvith any other lish that they wont be caught when improper means are Used any better than pike or trout, its you w ill never catch one of these when "you aru aiiL'ling for the other, but proper "manner of tishing is as sure of reward when lull ing for black bass as any other. 1 lie great call lor the enforcement ol thu I "w ""'I thu means used to enforce it ire ! "' stated. Mr. L. A. Drew captured 10 . pound nets llseiiis, s pike nets mid more than loo gill nets used contr ir to 1 iw. tilers have done as well and thus um I "Ircils of nets used contrary to law li i e I l,t'1! estroveil and li egal lishing ureatlj 'diminished. I here is however need ol a ' little additional legislation and a bid I. is , "ecu introduced for this purpose in' i.i'iiiriii s, -in, ,,ia , The bill introduced by the committee on I the Relorni school created consider Ode discussion in tlie Senate yesterday I tie , bill as explained by Senator Day who ' championed it, makes tlie law applicable to girls as well as boys; allow. boNsand girls to lie admitted to tlie privileges, ad- I .....I 1 III. .1... . ..1..W.1 ...1.1. HIIIUKI IU1U IICllL'lllS VII till; SLIIUOl .11111- out compensation, if thu parents are too ; poor to bear half the expense, if the par rents can satisfy the judge of probate ami the trustees that such children are vicious ly inclined and require the discipline of a reformatory institution ; it protects tliu school against tow ns which desire to get rid of paupers and idiots by improper commitments : and provides that boys and giris may be committed up to tliu same age. Tlie discussion arose chiilly upon that portion of the bill which re peals the present law requiring t iw ns to pa lilty cents a week for the support of children fiom such town committed to the school. The friends ot the bill claimed that tow ns were led by motives of ei onoin.N to keep children out of t he school, that ought lo lie there, until ' they had got beyond the age prest rlbeil, ami ilieu they were sent to the Wink , House or State prison at tlie expense if the Stale. Senators Cliapin, Jones ( i -'n Paul, Howe and Thompson opposed ' i bill. Senator Cliapin thought tl n 1 i law would have a tendency to lul 'b school Niitli children who would lie bet ir oil' at home if they did not lia every good mothers, for poor" though their moth 's might lie. there would be still less of motherly kindness at the Reform School He said over twenty children under eight jears of age wero sent there child1 n w ho hud no more idea of crime than a tame crow. And the ide of the Refo, in School standing in the si ad of a mot I er lo three or four hundred i liildreii. reiiii id ed him of the Inn w ho tried to hover with out-stretched wings the twenty-six dock ens which she had hatched Tlie motherly impulse was good but the slid ter was spread out too thin and they pined aNvay one by one and died. The Senate took a recess to ask Lieu' Gov. Oriusbee to address them upon the bill, lie said it nviis conceded that we had the best Reform school in the country, 1 and he nviis sorry so much hostility nnms ' shown to a bill which former and present trustees alike were in favor of Tlie Dd ilngliaius, nnIio might be called the parents of the school, and loriuer Gov ernors-also had urged that such a law be passed. Out of all tlie boys and girls sent out from the institution since the records were burned at Watertmr.N , as ascertained bv letters of inquiry for eacli one, sevetitj live per cent had turned out ill a matiliel creditable to themselves and the Slate, and lie Nvauted the bill passed as it opened the advantages and benetlts of tlie school to all. Iledid not claim that the trustees were any better than three average ilti zens ol the State, but such as they wire I they wore a unit in favor of the i lull, in the atteriioon the bill was ordered for a third reading upon a call for tlio yeas and nays by a vote of 17 to 11 Important Hills. 1 The bill providing for the removal of the shirotoNvn of Orleans county passed the .. ,..,,,.. ,, ...m ..,,, .... ,.. .1,, 1 -...,.. - - i bate in the M-nato this afternoon as u ' special order, i The liill to annex a portion of wlmt was i-..,.,.,.,..!.. i.,rker's mire to the town of SttSl . hl uU'ana I passed without debate in tlio House.