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minister VI tne Bospel, III bostuh, anu ~
tor of the Baptist Church which worshirs
in the fremont Temple. On the
evening OF the fifth of January last,
he lectured at Cambridge. lie was accom-
panied to the lecture by a young married
lady, who was visiting in his family--a
sIrs Steen of Brattleboro' Vt. After the
lecture he accompanied her to the Lechmere
House, not altogether respectable tavern
in East Cambridge, where it is alleged he
committed the crime (adultery) for which
he has been ON trial, The keeper of the
House and two men stopping there have
sworn that they witnessed through the
crack of door in the chamber to which Mr..
K and the lady retired for short time, acts
which if truly represented leave no doubt
of his guilt. A committee of deacons of
the Church and trustees of fremont lem
pie, who Investigated the affair, soon after
its occurrence, expressed, in published
report, their confidence in Mr. Kalloch's
entire innocence, and their belief that he
was the victim of vile conspiracy since
which Mr. X. has several times appeared in
his pulpit The line Of his defence
presents similar view of the case. Mr.
Steen, the husband of the lady implicated,
and Mrs. Kalloch, have been present during
a portion of the trial and are understood to
have full confidence in Mr.. Kalloch's inno-
cence. Mrs Steen, who is a estimable lady
of perfectly unspotted character hitherto,
is quite low with cons ump,ion, under
which disease she has been declining for n
year past.
The testimony in the case closed on Sat
urday. Much of it was intended to impeach
the testimony of the principal government
witnesses, and to sustain Mr.. Kalloch's gen
cral reputation for chastity. 1t was testi-
fed that Bailey the landlord, had said in
describing the scene in the private room
If | could have my own way, ! would
have rushed into the room, and taken him
(Kalloch) down fifteen hundred dollars
| 1t was also testified that Giddings, the
other principal government witness, had said
"Now they have said SO much would rath-
er have my right hand cut off, than not have
Kalloch convicted
On Monday K. IL. Dana, Esq, made an
able argument for the defence. The case
was given to the jury on Tuesday. At ten
o'clock that evening they had not agreed
upon a verdict.
Railroad Trustees.
The Legislature Of Massachusetts, has
been giving some attention to the rights OF
Railroad bond holders, us affected by the
arbitrary management of Trustees holding
possession of railway property under a
mortgage. The need Of wise legislation on
the subject is sufficiently apparent Citi-
zens of Massachusetts,, if IL statement in the
Boston journal is correct, now hold between
eight and ten millions Of dollars in bonds of
Vermont railroads alone, now in the hands
Of trustees. The trustees are their own
masters. They fix their own salaries, re-
tain their Offices as long as they choose, per-
petuate their control by filling their own
vacancies, manage everything as they
please, and however ruinous their manage
ment the real owners of the property have
practically no remedy. a bill has recently
been introduced in the Massachusetts, As
sembly, which seems to touch the wants Of
the case Its important feature is the Civ
ing the bondholders the privilege of eietting
their trustees annually. Section four proc
vides that at an annual meeting to be called
by the Trustees. the bondholders may pro-
coed to elect three trustees under the mort
gage, for the ensuing year, each bondhoier
casting one vote for every one hundred dol
lars held by him. Notice is to be given to the
trustees. the Court and other parties in in
terest, and the Justices of said Court have
power to ratify and confirm the election and
make such order and decree as may be ne
cessary in the premises.
Other sections permit bondholders repre-
senting not less than so 900 in amount to
call the meeting before mentioned, in case
the Trustees omit to do so, and make it the
duty Of the Trustees to submit to the meet
ing report Of the proceedings according
to the usual custom Of railroad Directors
to stockholders The Trustees mus: also
make annual returns to the Legislature.
We hope that the bill will pass, and that
the legislature of Vermont will extend the
reform to the Vermont roads, by passing Il
similar act at its next session.