Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1859-11-19
LEGLSLArrRE or HERMONT

LEGISLATLRE or VERMONT
RcpoH Of Senate Committee on Finance on tie
bin prOridiRg for Statue Of Ethan Allen.
TO the Senate:
Your Committee on Finance, to whom
was referred House Bill No. I, entitled "An
Act in relation to the Statue Of Ethan Allen
respectfully report that they have had the same
under consideration, and are unanimous in rec
ommcnding the passage Of the same in concur
renee
Nor can your Committee neglect to improve
this occasion to congratulate the Legislature
and the people of the State upon the opportu-
nifty herein afforded of procuring such an APP
propriatc and enduring testimonial of one who
must, in all time to come, be regarded as the
hero of the "hcroic age" of our State, and at
the same time pay fitting tribute to the skill
of one of Ncrmont's own artists So that, first
and foremost among the garnercd treasures of
the State, shall stand this imposing Statue, at
once and forever cammemorating the vaior and
the virtue Of the Hero of Iiconderoga, the
grand conception and the skiliul hand of the
Artist,-and furnishing specimen of the rich
material which already constitutes the great
item OF the mineral wealth OF the State.
Respectfully submitted,
J. POLAND. for Committee.
During the discussion of this Bill by the
Senators, Mr. Clarke of Braulcboro said:-
That no measure not included in those class
es of practical legislation required by the actual
necessities Of the people Of the State commcn-
ded itself more to his reason and his heart, than
the one now before the Senate He thought it
particularly fortunate that juncturc of affairs
had arisen so propitous for carrying out the
patriotic objects of the bill. We now have the
fame Of the patriot the material for the statue
and the ingenious and talented arist-all es-
sentially of Vermont; and this was the time and
occaSian, he thought, to avail ourselves of this
happy combination of events to discharge
debt of gratitude due from the State to the
distinguished patriot and hero whose memory
and vaor this monument was to commemorate.
Ii was to Allen, and few such as he-but to
him more than to any other man-that the
soNcrci gnty of Vermont was due. This debt of
gratitude had already been delayed quite too
long, and he hoped the Senate would now unani-
mously take this occasion to do Il simple act of
Justice to one of the founders of the State
This Bill was unanimously adopted.
THE BROWNSVILLE WAR.--A letter from the
postmaster at Brownsville, Texas. to the chief
clerk OF the department at Washington, rep
rcsents the difficulty there as war Of races
The cry of death to Americans" has been raised
at Matamoras, and all the lower classes of
McNcans slmpathize with Cortinas There are
nominally 5000 Inhabitants at Brownsville but
only 300 ON the census roll, ard Of thcscthoir
are not over three hundred who are not of Mcxi-
can origin. In fact, there are now but thirty
four Americans by birth, old enough to bear
arms to be found in the place. Now, the great
er part of these 5000 are fugi,i,es from Mexico,
peoHcS, indto",s Nc, an idle, vicious. dcpra,cd.
ignorant and thie,ish population. known 10y the
generic name of peiodos. 1t i this miserable
population, made doubly hostile by the long
continued warfare between Texas and Mexico,
and between the latter and the United States,
that is at the bottom of all the difficulty.
FROM WASnINGToN.-Thcre is no Icrcepti-
bic change in the condition Of the health OF
Mr. Douglas. When first stricken down he was
employed in preparing a repl, to Judge Black 5
rcjoindcr to his llarper's Magazine article 1t
was issued on Wednesday, in PAM hlct form,
in an unfinished state He remarks in note:
i am too feeble to add more. Here let the
controversy rest for the present, perhaps for
ever"
The New Orleans Picayune Of the 18th say,
that two companie, of federal troops are on their
way from Font Clark to Brownsville
Members Of Congress are beginning 10 arrive
in numbers.
The Washington correspondent of the New
York Commercial Advertiser SAYS that among
the republican candidates for the clerkShip Of
the House, who have Teen prominently named
is Col Sehouler Of the Boston Atlas
Destruction OF TIE GRAIN WAREHOUSE
Al BrrFAlo.-The Buffalo Commercial Ad
vcrti>cr says the total loss 10y the fire on Mon
day night, was $3.50 900, of which sou, 600 wa,
in buildings and about 100000 in grain.
The amount Of grain stored in the building
was as follows:- Wheat, l37 900 bushels; corn
f 2I,OuO do; oats, $4,000 DO; barley. 1000 do.
rye, 1900. The actual amount will not, ",
think. vary 5000 bushels Of all sorts from Il
statement. The value OF this grain, at proscn
prices would not he far from Slsj.ou0.
The Advertiser is unable to give the full
amount of insurance, bu, thinks it will rcacl
within 100000 of covering the loss.
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\ PRESENT.-A gentleman in this Village
d who has been married something like quartz
e of century without being blessed with any O
= those little responsibilities, so much coveted
in every well ordered household, had fine plum
A boy left upon his door-stcps ON Monday night
r The child has been taken in charge by the So
lectmen and the parents discovered. Gre0,feh
courier
NORTHAMPTON INSANE IosPITAL.-Theho hos
pital for the insane at Northampton is one G
the best conducted Institutions in the stat,
There have been raised on the farm connccte,
with the hospital the past season, /, 100 bushel
:, Of potatoes, 200 of corn, 900 of turnips, 70
, of carrots and 1000 heads of cabbage beside
u large quantity Of other vegetables.
o
= A COSTLY AFFAIR.-Befurc the close of III
IS present year, the Grand Trunk Railway will b
,- completed to Detroit Michigan, distance {
B. SGD miles in a direct line, with branches in ad
n dition. making 1909 milo Of cnmplete RAILWAY