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TIE LEGISLATURE.

We have done our best to sweep up lhe
Oils and ends of The session, though 'ilere
are some things which must be leit lot INC III
tarr. The acts passed are in the names Of
the Secretary of State, at Burlington, SO maj
we cannot give list; but we Will advert 10
,:,e principal things doEe and not done, as lar
-. our memory will permit The two most
;uporiant laws enacted are the act IN rela-
ion 10 Common SGhonis and the act 10 abol'
i-h he State School Fund the :ormer Is III.
tended 10 elevate our common Schools ana
s..rure The best boon 10 the children oil the
SINE which il cnn give To this end sys-
ten of superintendency, which shall hold
teachers 10 some sort Of responsibility, has
long been felt 10 be necessary; and lhis Il Is
III, uurpose of The law 10 secure. WIN The
all of The excellent Stale Superintendent
nhe Hon. Horace Eaton,) and the concur
renee orthe county and town snperiutendents
a,,d The people. this law will do much 10 I'M
n-ovc our common schools; and We trust the
press will bcspeak for this experiment a fair
iIii.
The following Railroad Bills were passed:
[, charter the Tey,nom ami Canada road
from Canada line in Highgate 10 connect
with the Central, Rutland and Ogdensburgh
rad. or wi h either, il the others shall not be
built. This is n very important charter, and
we trust that the capitalists oil Boston and
II unreal will at once avail themselves oil this
eprortuniiy 10 secure their own interests as
VII as that of Vermont.
TO charter the Western Vermont Rall-
road from Rutland 10 Pownal-to connect
with the Western Road IN hlassachnsetts.
T charter the Brattcboro' and Bcnnng-
t,n 70 DIDO connect Boston and Troy ere
bong.
TO li,ide the Passumpsic and Connecticu'
P:-rR. r. Company into two corporations
White River being the line OF dlvIsion--
Thi, hi;l contains important principles touch
mo HE connection Of roads from New flamP
shire. and is intended TO secure liberal ana
iusr policy in both States.
- The hill 10 charter the Northern Extension
Railroad from Lebanon. n. II. 10 conncc
with The Central Road, was suffered by Ia
frie..ds 10 sleep the sleep OF death, upon The
ia',le.
The propositions for county poor houses
10 alter The license laws, (various in number.
ia relation TO the competency OF witnesses
and 10 abolish capital punishment were al
lost.
For tho rest there was an unusually large
number or corporations granted, and various
Iars passed modifying existing PROVISIONS
of which the public will soon be appr:sod by
the official publication Of The acts
The session was unusually pleasant every
way, and tho amount of business done i
ltrEr-W utclmGa.
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THE GALAXY.
MIDDLEBURY- VT.
Tuesday, Nov. Is, 1916.
THE THIRD PARTY rs. ANNEX
ALTON.

The last Vermonts Freeman contains the
report OIL the Annexation of Texas, adopted
by the Liberty Party Convention recently as
sembled in Boston, urgeing the people by
lectures, preaching and circumstances, to re-
sist annexation. This they insist can be
done by Congress by rejecting the constitu-
ton which Texas may present for their ac-
ceptance. For this purpose Committees
have been appointed in each State who are
authorized TO appoint County Committees,
and these again TO appoint town Committees.
The Committee for the County of Addison
CO insists of Jamos NJ. Slade, Aaron Angler,
and B. F. Haskell.
1t is certainly matter Of rejoicing that
the third party are at last aroused to the
fatal dangers of annexation, and to the duty
Of putting forth every possible effort to aid
the Wings in defeating the consummation os
this detestable measure. But we fear theyhave
como into the field too late to be OF any es-
sential service. The die was cast when, by
refusing to vote for Mr. Clay. they suffered
Polk and his slareocrat.c party IN lake poss
ession of the Government. The Wings who
alone are reliabe for opposition 10 the
abomina5ie scheme, are in tho minority in
both Houses of Congress. and the Liberty
gentlemen my be assumed to uSe the Ian
guage OF their address that the neio Congress
irH be as mean spirited as tie last. and that
all the Northern Democratic Locoforos irM
prore traitors" 10 The country, but not TO Alb
oliiionists, whom they have ever indig-
nantly spurned. But, Liberty men the
Whiss beckOn yen forward TO The field of eff
ort. They will never despair while a hook
is left to hang hope on. For twenty years
they have fought manfully against the slave
ocratic domination ofthe South, and during
The last canvass, had your leaders been
as faithful TO their professions as the wings,
annexation would have been thrown to the
mules and the bats But as hostile
and abusive as your leaders have been to the
Wing party, they forgive ySu, if even now
you come heartily to the rescue.
To The Wing Ia ty We would say, ii is full
time to shake the dew drops from oar SUM
beriug energies. Theiparty which by their
folly and madness has rendered the cause so
desperate, should Tot take the lead even in
The present emergency. They are certainly
not entitled to the front rank in this noble
marf Re. Their influence with the Loeofo-
CO party at the Capitol, who have always
rejected them, can be nothing, and with the
Wings who have closely watched the hypo-
critical course Of Birney, Smith and others,
heir present attempts to lock the door after
the horse is stolen will be regarded as mis-
cradle farce played of before the people mere
Iy ior effect.
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MONEY VS.. MEsMERIsM. We understand
that couple OF enterprising mesmelizer
met with mishap at their exhibition in TIM
place on Wednesday night last. At one
point of their experiments, they under'oo'
to mesmerize the arm OF the subject, twn'
was one of our town boys,) and apparently
| fixing it upon the wall; wehreuPon some
thing of this sort occurred:
Mcs'r.-(To the boy.) Take down you
arm, sir.
Boy.-I can't.
Mes'r.-(To the audiencs.) The youn!
mans arm is magnetized. Will some gentle
man be SO good as to request him TO take
down.
A spectator-(In an ironical ione.) TAX
down your arm, Johnny.
Boy-I can't, Sir.
Mes'r If any gentleman will put down
half dollar near the subject, if he IS able II
pick it up, he may have it, aud will return
the money.
(Here a gentleman put down half dol
lar, and two others quarter each.)
Mes'r-Now, Sir, pick up the money ant
you may hare it.
Johnny stopped down, pocketed the cash
and walked off in triumph. He was unmes
merised.-Prou. Jour.
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A Mystery OF PARIs.-The following
strange story is The subject OF very general
discssion in Paris:
Madame c., wife Of mercer who
has lately been succeeded in railway opera
lions, has been for a length of time cnamored
OF play, and during the past winter she lost
almost constantly. Her husband al last re-
fused 10 pay a SOUS Of her play debts, so
that the lady grambler was often in difficult
ties. She returned home few nights since.
after having lost large sum at lansqunei,
and remained up bordering by what means
she could coutrive 10 discharge her obIiga-
lions. Whilst thus occupied. she heard a
noise in an ad o ming closet. She rose al
once, and opening the door, found the eldest
The lock of an drmoire glance, in which
stuck at the appearance of his mistress, and
prayed her most earnestly not 10 inform a
gainst him. An idea suddenly occurred to
Madame c., Listen 10 me- said she, ii
is you who have already robbed me on sew
proves it. You will be sent TO the galleys
ofescaping. want 10.000fr You have a
quuH'!ty VI picaioOhn III Soui udIi. IL ou
open your masters safe and take out thai
sum for me, and no more, | shall say nothing
al oft what have seen 10 night The con-
ditions were hard, but the man consented.
Scarcely, however, had he introduced one
of the instruments into the lock of the sale
when loud detoation was heard, and the
man fell 10 the ground dreadfnlly wounded
by ball from pistol, which NJ. c. had
got fixed inside, to prevent robbery. M.
IC-arrived minute afterwards, and was
the first 10 lift up the man, who still had the
picklocks in his hand. The commissary OF
police being sent for, received rom the thief
full statement fwhat had taken place, re-
moved him 10 the hospital St. Louis, where
he lieg in the utmostdanger. Madame c..
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70 In this free country, there never as,
and there never will be, an excuse for mob
Violence Sentinel & Democrat
There is great deal oftruth in the above.
How cardinal Wing principle ever found
its way into Locoioco organ, it is difficult TO
perceive. We suppose, however, this is
merely stated as general rule, and has its
exceptions. The hero Of Chepachet,' for
instance, when he headed gang Of despera-
does, and was about..to,,s thunder is pro-
gressive' notions from the cannou's mouth,
was not chargeable in any degree, with mob
violence The Democracy undoubtedly,
sustained the hero inquestion upon that
ground. They lament the disastrous fate of
the aforesaid here, under cover Of the
exception. The Democracy of Illinois
have likewise found an exception in demo-
cratic Mormonism The Democracy of
France found numerous exceptions in the
revolution of 1890; and indeed, wherever
you find the pare Democracy there you
will find exceptions, proportioned.t to the pro
erosion which it may have attained.
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live Justice; 3D.. Universally of Provi-
dence. III. Pivotal Attribute,-UNIrr
OF SYs TENS God would conirayene His At
tributions if he employed any other Agent,
than Attraction to direct .and govern the
Universe. There can be no doubt, that
He dis tributes Attraction in conformity with
His three Primary and the Pivotal Attribute
above mentioned
We feel the liveliest satisfaction. that the
doubt to which the Editor alludes, has been
properly solved; at the same time, we con-
(ess we have no kind ola idea what that
doubt NAV be we may be permitted TO en-
tertain doubt whether the Editor knows,
himself We suppose, however, that some
mysterious meaning is skulking under this
nncsuth Technology, the Editor aforesaid
would hive employed the English tongue in
communicating it,iustead Of resorting to jim
doc, Hebrew, or Galmuc Tartar.
1t is really matter of regret, that even our
good old Saxon tongue has not life enough
in its venerable body, to keep up with the
march of mind, and the progress of the age.
These can find means Of expression only in
Magnetism or Electricity. The age is truly
unfortunate, since obscuri,y and misappre-
hension Of terms are the most fertile and
powerful resources OF Iuhdelity and Athe-
ism.
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WAR WITH ENGLAND,-OREGON-
CONGRESS-.

1t appears from the English Newspapers,
that Grea, Britain is very busy in increasing
its Military force, both at homo and in Cana
da. The number Of troops in the latter is
to be augmented, while in Great Britain
large numbers of shipwrights, joiners, caulk
ers and laborers. have been employed in
building ships aud defenccs Of war. A great
excite meHt prevails throughout Ems land with
respect TO The Oregon question; and it is
generally believed by those who ought to
know, that Mr.. Mclean, our minister at the
British court, HAS written letter to his
American friends, in which he says, that IN
less orr Government reirace the steps they
have tax Ell, in regard to that question, rdr is
inerita5le.
MIR. Polk, in his Inaugural, lat the insti-
CATION of,he' Western Democracy, no doubt. !
took the ground that our title to the mhole
of Oregon was clear and unquesionable. ,
The British Government. claiming as it does
some portion Of this territory. was of course,
compelled TO repel this claim with a vehe-
mcnce equal to the fool hardness with which
it was preferred and upon this issue the con-
troversy now depends. The conduct Of the
next Congress il to decide whether this ques-
ton is to be amicably and honorably adjus-
ted, by arbitration and compromise; or
whether The country, and possibly the whole
of Christendom-is TO be involved in a Grim
inal war.
In the western valley, the masses.-par-
ticularily the Democratic masses,-that is
to say, the uneducaied and brutal portion, are
animated with fierce and deadly antipathy
towards England. Any man, whether he
have other abilities or moi, he have been
fortunate enough 10 kill Tecumseh,' or
brave enough against England, is forthwith
the object offervent and lasting admiration.
This feeling of antipaIhy is taken advantage
of by the democratic leaders, and made the
hobby ofpersonal popularity and aggrand-
izement. Ensconced behind the Alleghan-
vs., haying no interest in foreign commerce,
and ignorant of the consequences, the IVES
tern democracy fiercely demand awar with
England. On the other hand, the Southern
democracy of cotton planters, looking with
dread upon a war, which with its non-inter-
course and embargo laws, privateers and pi-
rates, threatens destruction to the cotton
planting interests, recommend wise and
mastery inactivity with respect to our
claims upon the disputed territory. Mr..
Polk is undoubtedly to be acandidate for re-
election, and We entertain no doubt but that
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THINGS IN GENERAL.

Harvard University contains 6l5 Stsdosts.
including all classes and departments. 25O
undergraduates.
The Governor General Of Canada u recov
| erins from bis illness.
| A learned Shoemaker has shown him
self in Leroy n. Y. With coDmendaSIe
sPiri,, he has already rnastefed several Ian
suages, and is DOW al work, in disclosure mo
meuts in acquiring several more. He is reg-
ulsrly al work st bis lap stose. during tho
day; bur Dightly he digs into the books.
THx DUKE OF WEkLrSeros AND TIN
pEaASCE SOCIETIES. Tho iron DIXIE has
issued a general order, to the British Army.
forbiddng tho formation Of Temperance Sc
cietiss in any Of the regiments: tho reason
| assigned il, that Societies OF this sor, arc
used, or may be used, BY designing men. as
instruments for spreading disafection and
sediiisn among the men.
T Some wags, out west, recomrne nd
that The pro fits of the Mckenzie pamphlet
should be sppro Pristed to securing the 'stalod
preaching of the gospel at Sandy Hill
Prentice, Of the Louisville Journal, pro-
poses TO try the cold water cure on several
old soakers ofhis acquaintance.
Northern Ohio is waking up, 10 the inpOr
lance Of common schools.
'PRooREs,.' Tho Alles hany Methods,
Conference lately required that no minister
shall be admitted into this Conference, who
uses Tobacco. in any ofits FORMS exeeP, as
medicine. and in that case, satisfactory sVi-
dence shall be given
President Polk completed his fiftie,h year
on the Fad of Nov.
Tho receipts upon the WestsrDR abroad, for
the FIRST nine months Of l645, compared with
tho receipts for the same time in 1874. show
ed gain Of SEE. 5S5 &c.
By the catalogue of the University Of Yer
mont, We find the number OF students, as fol-
lows: % Freshmen; SO Sophomore; q
Juniors; and 2s Seniors total liz. The
Library of the University contains upward OF
700c volumes the Society libraries s0utsiu.
in the aggregate, 5000 more.
Then. o. Picayune thinks Jonah was one
Of the first unfortunate spectators. because
he was one Of the 6rstto be sucked in.
n ,,. -, yp,sh;noton is ont
decidedly in favor Of pushing our CLAIMS 10
the whole of Oregon, at all hazards. 1t
says, it has no dosbt. that the patriotism vi
Congress will reeogsire the citizens OF Ore
gea, protect them, establish communication
with the1n aud extend to them participation
of our own free republican government.
A, AsvaNee. The eefsoiu Of sieSI"-
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FENELoN.-The person and character OF
the celebrated Fenelon, Archbishop Of Cam
bray,-and one Of the most pure minded and
pious of men, is thus decribsd by French
artist.
This preIate was tall spare man, of 4
good figure. pale, the nose large, the eyes
full of fire and most expressive Of sense and
talent have never seen anything like his
countenance, and having once seen IT. Ii was
impossible to forget it. 1t was full Of COR
trariciies. There were gravity and sallaniry,
seriousness and gaiety; it was as appropri-
ate to the man Of learning as the Bishop, 10
the Bishop as the man above all, there shone
forth in il, as in all the rest Of his person. an
air Of perfect grace, decorum. delicscy, mind,
and, more than anything, nobeness. re-
quired an effort to take your eyes from him.
All his portraits are speaking, without, how
ever, catching the exact harmony which
reigned in the original, or the various delicate
shades of the character collected IN his face.
His manners correspondent with his appear
apce his ease communicated itself to others
there were. moreover an air aud good taste
that ara only acquired by mixing with the
best society, and the great world, which diff
fused themselves over ali his conversations
along with hich natural cloqucnce, gentle
yet nowery, an insinualing polieuess, at the
same time noble and dscriminaiivc, an elocu-
ton, neat, easy ana agreeable, everything
appeared, as it fell from him, clear and per
spicuous; even matters which, in ether hands
would have been thought embarrassed and
obscure. He seemed never TO wish to ap-
pear wiser man than the one he was con,
ves;ng with he put himself within the reach
OF his auditor, without letting him prcceivt
il. so that the effect was like euchantment
and nobody could leave him, or try TO retarl
to him.
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T HELOCOFOCO PRESsFBE Wap
SPIR1T-BEARNEY AND
BLUSTER

The disposition to get into war with
somebedy, is not altogether confined 10 val
oross stump orators, and brave lceofoco etli-
tors Of the West. These, 10 be sure, have
everything to gainand nothing 10 lose in tn,
event OF war. Suchconslderations as hon
or. truth and decency do not enter into The
account with such men, when a President Is
10 be elected, or ihe spoils of Office nre 70. be
secured. The Slaughter st' thousands. the
enormous expense, and the miliioa evils that
ifollow in the train Of war are nething in the
balance, wbsn the political interests Of par
ty are in the opposite srahe. The Iocolooo
press oil the East are commencing the war
already. The Government organ has issued
\ its ball and the party which has swallowed
I Texas, is now everywhere called upon 10
swaloy a war This test of the war spiri,
is daily becoming the test of "Democraey -
the party must come into the measure
"stand oP TO the rack, fodder or pc fodder
The political knife is ready ts be applied to
any individual who denies the justice and the
policy of war. if necessary to obtain the
whole" Of Oregon. Even the press of Vor-
mont has bowed 10 the fat of political prof.
gacy. Ths last "!Sentinel E Dsmocr0t'
comes out in two-column article, in which
the justice Of a war ia advocated, if not about
Oregon, why then about british interior
ence" with South American republics;-a-
bout some imaginary Outraged rights -
al oil events about something, the editor him
self don't exactly know what Hear him.
Bob Acres himself was never SO valient.
1--WE are bound by sur own OUTRAGED
RIGHTS, by our interests, by our DUTY
to those who will fill our places, by our duty
to our sister republics 10 protest against such
interference with the Republics Of This CONT
uTnt, and il need be TO RESORT TO ARMS TO
prevent it'll"
The capitals and points are our own, tho
the sentiment is sufficiently significant with
out them. The article in question, closes
with spiritstirriug appeal 10 the descend
ants of these who Tough. at Bennington, Ty-
cOnderoga, and Plattsburgh," and with trum-
pet tones, calls upon the descendants" aioro-
said to scOur up their muskets, and prepare
TO "gve 'em fits" This foolish gasconade
reminds US Of the genuine paddy, who had
taken a drop" and was seeking little 'di-
version all other eIpodients having failed
to ge, up fight, he pulls off his coat. and
dragging it along behind him, exclaims
"och, 'ciH nobody thread on my coat" !,
would be well enough, for this 9arlike cham
pion to remember, tina. men, 90 sensible as
tho "descendan,s" to whom be rcfors, have
vii enough to
-HEewaTe
The >7sirarc to quarrel"
and usually are disposed TO enquire wha, the
ar1rru! i. about before they On into IL
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Observation-Disclosures SHE
STANDS AND THERE SHE
WILL STAND FOREVER

The election which has recently been held
in the Bay State has terminated in glorious
victory of Wing principles over the combined
forces of Locofocoism proper, Third party
locofocoism, and all the radicalisms, proper
or mongrel, of the day. The fact is, that
Massachusetts has an intelligent population,
her common schools are good, her morals
incorruptible, and her means Of grace inf
nitely ahead Of those at Sandy Hill.
There is no choice, by the people, of Gov
ernor. Gov. Briggs has a large plurality.
The Wings have two thirds OF the House,
and the WHOLE of the Senate The
Wing name stands in no fear of dishonor so
long as
"Old MASSACHUSETTS wears it, within her
lordly crown,
And broad ONO bears il, amidst its wild
Ienown.'
~ NEw-YoRK & MICHIGAN! are joined
unto their idols-we shall let them alone.
The election has terminated precisely as We
expected. BarD-burning Democracy,as usual.
triumphant.
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rich ores and elegant marbles do not e1st
in every town, there is the great necessity
OF seeking the other less attractive, but, 10
our great agricultural interest, not less i'm
portant treasures of lime, mari. and 'vegeta-
BILE deposites which, like other common boun
ties of Divine Providence, are the moro
widely disseminated in proportion as they
are more generally needed.
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that the weakness oil our NorthfFn disn-can;
zers 4 niorc than unridOie enoughlor all The
paisons which rnbid & reckless imbeciI;,,.
can administer.
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THANKSGIVING.

We are requested to say, that the reasons
for fixing the time.of thanksgiving on the last
Thursday of November, instead Of the first
in December, as heretofore, are, that the lat
ter time is found to interfere somewhat extern
sively, with the commencement Of the winter
Schools; and tba, it is desirable TO hold the
thanksgiving, as far as practicable, in concert
with other States. In New Hampshire,
Massachusetts, Connecticut, r. Island, N.
Jersey and Maryland, tits ixe d en- the 9th
Of the present month. In Maine and ~
York, only, on the first Thursday of Decom-
Der.
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-i-f,nce from his wiie.hc eventually succeed
81 in getting between the shoeis.-L Wetump-
ka Wing.
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who denies most strongly The truth oil The
mans declaration, has Withdrawn 10 her
family
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The >n!raEe to a quarrel"
and usually are disposed to enquire what the
qnarrs! is about, before they 60 into il
-"but being in
Bear that the oPposer may beware ofiieas"
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Harvard University contains 6l5 Stsdos1s
iucIudin. all classes and departments. 29O
undergraduates.