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Religious Intelligence.

Rev. B. F. Ray has been dismissed, by an
Ecclesiastical Council, from his pastoral re-
ton to { e Congrcgationalist Church at Nc
Indoe's Falls.
Rev. Artemas Dean, late Of Newburv. has
accepe ed call from the Congregational
Church in Schenectady, Ny.
The Episcopal Church and Society in Ben
nington are going to repair their Church.
1t ito be enlarged and some $4,000 expended.
The Baptist Church in the same place will
ezpend $500 in repairing their house of
worship.
The new Episcopal Church at Brattleboro'
was eonsacrated by Bishop Hopkins, Sep
tember 29th.
The new Methodist Westinghouse at E.
Athens was dedicated Oct. 7th.
Their is some religious interest prevailing
in Barre, in the Methodist Church. The
Messenger says. 1--WE get a very favorable
report Of the inf Ience left by both the Nor
Wieh and Springfield Camp-mee'ings. An
increasing interest is being manifested at
each of those localities. -
Rev. II. D. Hodge. recently of Campton,
y. II. has accepted call to the Baptist
Church at W. Braintree, Vt
The General Convention of the Episcopal
Church has commenced its session at Rich
mond, Va. One Of the most important
measures brought forward was a proposal
for the restoration of Bishop Onderdonk to
the exercise Of Episcopal functions.
The Annual Meeting of the American
Board commenced Oct 9TH at iladelphia.
The report gives the present number of mis-
sions as 26, of stations l27. Of outstations
l3l. There are 894 IAborers employed. 497
of them being native helpers
1hirty-six prrsons have entered upon the
missionary work within the past year, and
thirteen have returned to their respective
fields, after visiting the United States for a
t'49'i- NIti' -9tA '-AS'ti' di~ utASt du
pPointmeut in this country; but these are
by NJ means sufficient to give a proper de-
gree Of efficiency to our missions.
The receipts for the last financial year
were S3J0,9l5 Is. an advance of Sl6,8 89697
On the receipts of the previous year. Ex-
pendi5ures of the year were 1916, ,4I8 II;
which sum IS in excess Of the receipts S25,
5O3 26.
The entire debt Of the Board at the com
nencement of the present financial year Is
over S66. 600.
The attendance at the meeting was I'M
monse, The platform, galleries, aises, boxes,
were all full. and standing room could hard
y be obtained. Almost two-thirds of those
PRESENT were ladies.
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A HANDSOME BEQUEsT.

SENATOR FooT has presented to the United
States Circuit and District Courts for the
District of Vermont, and the Members of the
Bar, his entire Law, Congressional and MIS-
cellaneous Library, consisting of two 'nou-
sand volumes The deed provides tha' 'ney
shall be kept in the room designed ana ap-
pointed for the use of Library in the United
States Court House, at Rutland, Vermont
and under such rules and regulations as the
members, for the time being, of the Courts
and Bar aforesaid shall prescribe.
The members of the Bar held meeting on
the 18th inst. and adopted resolutions, re-
ported by a committee of their member con-
sisting of H. E. SroUGHroN, ROBERT PIER
POINT and E. j. PhELPs Esqrs, gratefully
accepting this valuable gift ,and promising to
preserve and administer it sin a manner
appropriate to its value and to the generosity
of the giver."
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COH@ANY No. 4, holden on Monday evening Oc-
to5er 3d. the following Resolutions. reported bv
rc- II D ~
. ~ ''''7' consisting 0' '-o H. 0''ILo"' O'
". N0Gsz ana ID. 3. PACK. were unanimously
adootc5
.,--.,,.., s.,.-
"7N''''-' ilo '"o most He'l '-o'e ''.1Hs OF t"lS
oo1' F."; az g Nl ~ 'L '.o'Iei g
'H'il Oh d'h'Iei l"I '.e '-.'s.'o "''c'uie we
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THE UNITED STATES DESCRIBED By AN Eng
LIsHMAN.-A contemporary publishes the
following as an extract from q new history of
the United States, by an Enslishman
Before went to America had heard much
of Americln natural scenery; confess [ was
sadly disappointed when came to see 1t my
SELF have traversed the country from the
colonial dependence of Her Most Gracious
Majesty, in Canada. to the Rocky Mountainsr
and saw nothing that could BE- called wo--
thy of the artists or poets observation. l,
is true that Canada has some charming scene
~, which has been much improved by Brit
ish taste and art-the natural consequence
of the refinement and cultivation Of the
inhabitants; but whenever one crosset
into the States, the country exhibits
either wild forests or naked prairies,
both Of which are dangerous to travel
through, in consequence OF the quantities
of voraeious animals they contain. A dis
tinguished member of the United Stat. s Par
liament informed me that railroad train
last year was attacked by drove of racsoons
while crossing a prairie, and every passenger
destroyed, These raccoons are the terror OF
this wild country, and have depopulased
thousands of miles of its surface"
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And we earnestly hope. that the respecta-
5le gentlemen who are in the management
Of the State and County Fairs, will consider
whether and how far they are compromised
by the present state OF things.
We take pleasure in stating, that so far as
we have been Informed, the duties of the va
rious Towns in the County in reference to
the collection and distribution Of the school
money therein, have been faithfully disehar-
ged pursuant to I.w.
We desire TO call the attention of the
Court to the sclnty and miserable accom-
modati9ns afforded in the County Court
House for the sessions Of the Grand Jury.
The room now provided for this purpose
is some IS feet in width by % in length
and when the Grand Jury are in Session,
they fill the room full; some members are Of
necessity crowded into close proximity with
the stove, while others are shivering under
the drafts of air from windows left open that
all may nos suG5cate together.
All this Is unc1mcr sd'a. u7who'ce7mo.
and as ia cent as it Is.aaec.~ ~, So. .aa
discomfort ANA Inconvenience which wo have
ozprioncaI in our recon, cnHnament for
eleven days, induces us to hope that no other
body Of eighteen men may evc- thus be i'm
prisoued previous to conviction of any legal
offence.
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New Publications.

STATISTICAL AND HIsToRICAL ACCOUNT OF THE
COUNTY OF ADDISON, VERMONT By Saml
Swift. Middlebury a. Copeland, 1859.
This Hi tory Of Addison County was
written, as we are informed, at the request of
the Historical Society, by Hon Samuel Swift.
OF that town, in the year 1855, though not
published till now. 1t is an 8vo. volume of
1872 pages. Asi was an object of the author
to leave, as far as practicable, what would
properly belong to the history of the towns
in the County severally, to the historians of
the towns themselves, he felt himself debar-
ed from the use of great deal Of material
which would have added much to the vivaci-
ty and interest of the work. The volume is,
nevertheless, a very instructive and readable
one. The thanks of the public are due to
the author for his work, and we hope the
publisher will be well remunerated for what
he has done to bring it out. Single copies
are sent, post paid, to any address, on the
receipt of so cents, by the publisher, A. H.
Copeland. Esq, Middlebury, vt.
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HoMF EDUCArIoy y-The discourse of Rev.
WARREN Burton. on this subject, in the Con-
gregational Church Sunday evening attracted
lIrge audience. Mr.. Burton dweIt with
great earnestness and force on the lack of
proper training, moral, intellectual aud phys
ical, in the home, and on the lamentable apa-
thy prevailing on the subject. He urged
that physical degeneracy and moral corrup-
ton in the present day, when every steamer
takes parties, before supposed to be respecta-
bic, fleeing across the ocean from disgrace
and punishment; when d3rilcatilns of men
in high places of trust, and shipwrecks of
character and reputation are announced
by every mail; when terrible tragedies, such
as that recently enacted in this village, are
matters oflreouent occgrronee,-haver reached
a point which makes it necessary that so me-
thing be done to stay the tide.
The remedy proposed by the Reverend gentle
man, is simply that the people shall meet
together and discuss the subject.
Series of meetings, for this object, have
been held in Boston, Salem. Providence, and
other places, with the happiest results. Such
meetings he trusted would be held in this
place, and he named the following gentlemen
as a committee to take the matter in charge.
Rev. Calvin Peass. D. D.. Presdegt, and j. s.
Adams, Esq, Secretary Of the Board Of Edu-
cation, Rev. j. Young, T'oaon Supt., Rev.
erend Messrs. Marsh, Buel, Foster, Stebbins
and Mckenzie, Prof. Buckham and Rev. DR..
Wheeler.
There is undoubtedly abundant need ofsuch
a movement in Burlington, and we hope
that the subject will not be allowed to drop
here.
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CuITTENDEN COUNTY COURT.
SEPTEMBER TERM. 1859.

SEPTEMBER TERM, 1859.
Saturday, Oct sth
The Court having nearly finished the civil
business OF the term, proceeded this afternoon to
pass sentence on all who have been tried and
found guilty or have plead guilty to indictments
against them
Morris Flanagan, convicted Of breaking Jail,
is sentenced to the State Prison for one year His
counsel withdrew the exceptions taken at the
time Of his trial.
Mary McPhillips, convicted of keeping house
of i'll fame, goes to Wiadsor for the same period
Michael, husband Of Mary, found guilty Of
keeping disorderly house, is to spend four months
in the County Jail
Leander Freeman, who plead guilty to a charge
of stealing about IS from the Methodist Church.
is sentenced to the State Prison for the term of
three years.
Thomas Monac and Paul LaPian.e, convicted of
highway robbery arc sentenced to the State Prison
for the term Of sir years.
George Stacy, who plead guilty to the indict-
ment for stealing cattle, is sentenced to the State
Prison for four years.
The saLe, on an indictment for horse-stealing,
towhich he Withdrew his former plea of not guilty
is sentenced to further confinement in the same
place for sevcr years.
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REPORT CT THE GRAND JURY
OF THE COUNTY OF CHITTENDEN.
CHITrES1-N County CoURT.

September form, \. d. 1889. {
To the Honorable s County Court, nor
IN session.
The Grand Jurors hin and for the body
Of the County of CL andsn respectfully
pre-ent, that the existir condition Of the
County Jail is one that. one or more i'm
portant particulars, dema immediate and
earnest attention
lst There are no apar rnts provided
and suitably furnished for the als keeping
of female prisoners.
In conseq lance Of this deicie w., whanev-
emales are for any cause c. nitted
all, they are from necessity, all rised to-
gether in one of the debtors rooms, lat be-
ing the only decent place for them
The results are that in the first pl the
necessarily indiscriminate comming Of
all classes, confounds all distinctions q Ie-
gree in criminality and Il female accus Of
her first offence, and perhaps innocent of
that, if committed to jail at the present time
would if preserving any remnants Of woman
hood, in her enforced association with >trum-
pets and brothel keepers, suff9ra punishment
more severe than any which this Court have
power to visit upon her full conviction. And
in the second place the entire lack Of any
conveniences in the way OF any water closets
&c, throws upon the Jail keeper Il great
amount Of the most odious and disgusting
labor, from all which both keeper and pris-
oner ought in common decency to be excused
%, There is in our Jail, no possibility of
separating the different classes Of offenders,
the old and hardened, from the young and
those not entirely degraded; or those who
are convicted o. offences against law, from
those who as yet. are only accused : neither
is there any opportunity to furnish to any
who may desire it. or TO all whether they
desire it or not, any employment whatever,
but all, old and young, the erring and the
entirely lost, are left in utter and compulso-
nv idleness. to be reduced by evil communi-
cations and vicious and corrupting conver-
sation, to thesame dea /, hopeless level OF
utter debasement.
The Grand Jury OF September term 1858,
presented this matter so ably and fully to
this Honorable Court that we prefer to repeat
their language, and so re urge it upon your
attention.
After giving the names and ages OF twelve
persons then confined in the Jail, with the
cause Of their commitment, they say.
sWh the Jury are aware of the difficult
ties in making all desirable iiscrim-
nations, in the administration Of
criminal justice, they cannot with
old the expression OF their deep concern
the picture here presented. where the old
and hardened criminal, and the juvenile dc
lipouent-the murderer and him charged
with Ietty ohenee-the convicted Of crime
! and the accused lwhom the law presumes 10
be innocent until founo guilty. are confined
and compacted together, with nothing to do
but to learn the vices of each, and to hate the
wholesome regulations OF society and spurn
it's restraints
1t is a great wrong to the individual and
to society, and presents the sad Inconsistency
of making the means of preventing and pun
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Wise ELLAYY Y.


\ HEPoRTER JoNE.-Ao7S51 Q sullivan
ah iriShman' ana e3'a aorat1i Parlamentary
IeNurpr, attached 10 The London HoTnHg
C'ToHioe some hitY years ago, was as re-
m'.fkao.e inr 'iiS h"Hi'f as ms pfoie>sl1naI
''IiI'y. heh' Yer any one on .haeG MOP
ln!' or Eot out oi l'l'r win hllA' ne IN
''IiapIy Ie'aila'el u, ''5 way Oh some lfae.i-
al joAe' '"aC 9I''i"'iE i.'.'' "i' -'',''
m very Iiu'e'l.'Gs Si'''I'' ,,'.N
'lo mum i9' 9'.,i - '',a wa! n'
ono9 "5'.' l' ','','. ii.'.'i7 'i' ''ls
'iiI .lli ".io IN ms
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a, a.. ~ ny o''''' ~ ''S 0"-L ron
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ca =, NM '.', i''' ''. -,'- '1i
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r-' ), nov ~ NJ ~ -
- ci "i,0 VI 'i,o '0'O-'1' GU i0
tS'el ne illeht I'D Wake MN un ii any
'1n- lively came 6eiore the House, and
tlnreup3n went Oh to sleep. Presently Mr..
Niloartorce got upon his legs, and addressed
a T.ry thrilling speech before the House.
As lie progressed a mischievous idea seized
Morgan Q O'Sulivan. which as soon os Wilb-
'r'arce sat down. he proceeded to put IN
practice thus: kousing FInnerty from his
siumher on the benches, o Sullivan exclaim-
'4. jack, Niiberiorce has Just made an
ez.a0rdlnarv speech. % " hat about?
returned Finnerty, rubbing his eyes. About
The potato; the effect Of it on national vivaci-
1F-tae great virtues OF it as an article Of
popular diet: proved that the finest kind Of
men were reared on it, far superior to the
English. "Nilberiorce said that, did he?''
exclaimed Finnertv; "come let me take his
remarks in full from your notes" " "With
pleasure, nay dear fellow, replied 10 Sullivan,
who commenced aS if reading from a note
book. whilst Finnertv eagerly wrote after
aIm. in the following vein "NIr. Wilber-
force then emphaticallv remarked, that it
always appeared to him beyond a question,
that the great cause why the Irish laborerS,
rs body, We're so much stronger and capa-
Ole OF enduring so much more fatigue than
the English. arose from the surprising
virtues Oi then Ir,eoto-'' '.rbet'e what I
ca can eioquence' interrupted Jack Einnerty.
Morgan resumed And have no doubt
commune commune lF; "llh7Toreel thar had it
ny n3' % nave oaen porn and reared In
iI,'''iiN' ""e' my io'd would nave princlp-
any consisted OF that InestImable root. IN
s.1io o. ne,hs the poor, lnfrm. shrivelled
ana s1l s'uIteq creature yoq. sir, and honorable
gentlemen behold me. | would have been a
an enorn,os ,,i'-is o:L4 :, ii rr ,'i9 10 carry
Wilbe,f1rca :, oroia;r.d ~oi-;,o ~. " eli cone
,ac. .,a ~, III .,',''.,' y, 0iSN IL hlgh
Tr,c.o3ed in tho sso ,-.;o >'ri,l'.l e 'ng5
.Ls,.l:.+ - III IN u P.I"oS ana
b,n,5s 49, n' r;nnn. sr'". ,l5s WI'nln the
s,r,II,.,. LA. - N, Lo5 ','',ii'y Weuio
- "a e 'ii-,s' ''i
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- y -','l',l,s, "i.l iIals
% 'II'HHs ~ 1.iS ''o'i'eI iSl
ior tne IieIl.u ClHot'
.l. nus way, turning iiil9 4 la'7Ii ci','e ~
lIouSe ol Gol1ies,S' WI d I'.'''IsI Q.
'-.is OF oig inherent morning pIl'.[S
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? o T 7 L Y
At RICHMOND.
, WILLIAM ALLEN BUTLER, AUTHOR OF "Norn-
ING To WEAR

....,,rr.v ALIEN u1-rIpR. AUTHOR OF 'yorn-
,,.r.,u
-, oeafev
~ n' 1I ~ ,~sst
Below the level landsa1pa Law,
And proudly streamet, from east 10 west
The .,lries the da"aihs day
-.,..l .t,, s+o+.,.s r-svrr,rl gavo
s......'. ~ "a rri.h bl.,lir, heart.
size shorered upon hi' open grave
The lauteis u victorious A4t'
Aal wapt tne lite she could not save
Ill ....,.,;4, t,..
80 - -,,i,l;,-@.
I Leader Of the chosen h"rc'
The n,biest Of the sons oil Time,
With all his future in lls Ae'
,..,,-.. -7.-
~ y. IN. 1,'.tl,..ri,,,.,
Type Of the ja.t, -a.lei'us Man.
Like Aris5ilas, calm and grand.
Within the Rom tu Naticlg.
Nor less hc wears the pttrio5 "reil-'
As whom with bis Dro1hctie breath,
And flashing ewes. and outs,retclci hand,
Tie cried f.r ..Lib.rty OF Dcsth o.
,-, - = a.-l
And. o. the mount. transd-ured see
The Fathers. with whose fame we wed
The eadlgss blessings of tie free.
Bat w3en tA su Amlj ample crown
turned ard slowly pass.-c z down.
With eufi .u, gaze i-.u stree. fo street,
Wcut w4ad ring th-0s "a tae bu.y town.
Ani i-a-ersl "a re ell.,tl- 10 near
VITA l4g-h aaG oatl and empty jeer,
Bgsidesaa. .5r Der which was -wunz
The red Gag 5f the auctioucy..
In trota' IL was a M ''.ey crew.
Tho planter. with his suu5urut hue,
The idle townsmau. and between.
With face unrashed. the foreign Jew
lthln' goa oil grace "1Al 5'aDo
F-o.n ,,55,,-oe,r,I HEIGHT
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Acorrespondsnt If the Hamilton (Canada)
Spectator t3i- the following aaecdote about
Wislen, ons Of the ''Au England Eleven :"
AT the st. Lawrence Hotel, at supper,
some corn was served along with other dish
es. and, being offered to Wisden. he took
some. But, how to eat it? w sIen looked
round the table, bu5 there WIS none pArtlk-
ing oi corn, 50 he was left to his own invent
i've resources. After some meditation, and
a cautious survey Of the table to see if anv
were observing him, he took it up bodily and
stuck it between his teeth end case Imag-
Inc his Disappointment ut finding a cob in
tho middle Of the iasclOus morsel."
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were an inmate of a lunatic asvlum. Il 10
for the dignity Of this house that f.al CON.
carned, for If the honorable members waro
capable of listening to such nonsense. sunnos-
ing me capable ofgiving exprassi N to Il. it
were much more appropriate % call this
thelter for the performance Of farces, than a
place for the legislative ce.ibeations of the
Representatives Of the people"
This was only one instance of many in
which Morgan O'Sullivan paid off to his
hearts content, members of Parliament and
and other potential personages, who had. in
some way or other, provoked the waggish
propens:Jics Of this incarable humorist.
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ture controversy that Judge Douglas has seen
fit to plunge himself, and, of course, in
measure, the Democratic party. into, by his
article in Harper's Magazine. and other arti-
cles and speeches of his. We agree with
Judge Smaley, that no good to Judge Doug
las and the Democracy can come out Of it.
CHIEF
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From the Times of Friday morning.

'' We hope our friends of the Free Press
will believe US when we assure them that our
Railroad articles, and this State House ar
ticle, were written Without any precious con-
sultation Uhaterer with any human being. If
they think the articles so foolish and so erro-
neous, they will find it easier, perhaps, to
believe u.s."
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N U MBER SIXTEEN

the highest interests of the community. and
we trust that the citizens of the County
will give it careful perusal We shall ad
vertto some Of its points more particular;
", another day.
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IHE GREAT Discovery OF OYSTERS. All
New York and Connecticut are excited bv the
finding OF an immense oyster bed in the
Sound, near Norwalk. A New York news
paper thus describes this bivalvular deposit !:
This bed is mile long and two miles
wide, and contains. it is believed, millions of
bushels Of the crustaceous bivalve. 1t las
veteran fellows in it, as big as a garden spade
The bed was accidentally discovered last
week y party Of fishermen, one If whom
sold the secrct Tor five hundred dollars. Since
that time the people al along the Sound
have been in as great Il state Of excitement
as if some one h d found the treasures which
Kidd and the other buccaneers are said to
have buried thereabouts. The oysters are not
Of the finest quality, but il is said that they
viii compare f4vorably with the ordinary
Virsinias, which Governor Wise made such
fuss about some time ago. The value Of
the bed is estimated at FIVE millions Of dollars,
and as il is free to all corners every available
boat in the vicinity isat work upon it.
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\ good story is told OF DR.. Mckenzie.
Some time ago the doctor accompanied some
fair Philadeiphians to the Navy Yard in
Brooklyn. The day was fine but gusty !;
he was eloquently describing on the ferry
boat the beauty Of the surrounding scenery,
when puff Of wind gently lifted the hat of
his head, and carried it like bird tapping
it wing up the river.
Good heavens - cried the doctor, there's
some poor fellows hat in the air. Well
that's joke | always laugh at -
The roar Of laughter which greeted him
all around, and the direction all eyes took to
his head enlightened him.
by the powers, quoth he, it's my hat.'
But his native wit returning, he said, as he
saw it plump itself into the waters of the
East riyer.-'That's true to nature-a beav-
er always takes to the water -
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MELANCHOLY SmcIDE.-Mr. Charles NJ
Leupp, well known leather merchant of
New YORK. committed suicide at his resi-
dence, in tha, city on Wednesday evening,
bv shooting himself through the heart with
a double barrelled fowling piece. He had
shown indications of alteration of mind.