Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1860-11-02
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MONTPELIER, Oct &c, 1860.


Psspected Free Press:
Matters are getting de-
cidediy interesting. The discussion OF the d.
vorcs Bill occupied nearly the forenoon in the
House, which finally adjourned without coming 10
any vote The discussion was ADLER than that OF yes
,eriay. The arguments of Mesrs MOVES OF Bur-
linrton, RAsyEY of Brattleboro', and SMITH oil
St. Adams, in opposition to the Bill, arc regafaea
&c tho abIest Of the Session thus far. The chief
.,,ororters Of the Bill are Messrs. Field of New
fame. and Stoddard of TOwnshend Mr.. Field Is
one Of the Oldest, and in some respects, aoleSt
manbers Of the House. But his influence Is not,
rs am informed, by any means what 1t once was
There is, apparently at least, lack of that moral
earnestness of purpose without which sustained
and permanent influence over the minds OF men
is impossible Mr.. Stoddard is q ready, graceful
sneaker. and good debater, and though less brill
liant than Mr.. T. carries with him much larg-
~ influence. He is the hope Of the Bill; but
even his speech this morning did not seem to have
+bo oorrcstness of MI conviction. So I regard
the fate of tie Bill as settled. There may, and
doubtless will be, some further discussion, and
there is no disposition to cut it of las the adding Of
TIRE, distinct causes for divorce to those already re-
coonized by the statute, is regarded as matter Of
very grave importance, demanding the fullest
consideration and discussion, and the feeling is
that by such discusson,and consideration muchwill
be done towards making the settlement Of the
matter final.
The Bennington County fight was opened in fine
stvlo this P. NJ, by a running fire Of remonstran-
ccs against making Arlington the Shire, to the
number Of tEty-three one following the other in an
unbroken succession, showing some good general
ship somewhere, and giving promise Of sharp
work before the contest is over. Another matter
was introduced to-day, which promises to make
GOOD deal Of musio-a Bill to incorporate the
Eastern Vermont Railroad Co., and empowering
said Company to build Railroad connecting the
| Grand Trunk from Island Pond with the Passump-
sic at St. Johrsbury or Lyndon, which would
have the effect 10 kill the Passumpsic north Of the
roip, Of junction and Of course will sc opposed 10
tho death by all that part Of the State on the
line Of the Passumpsic Road Completed or pro
iected) north Of Lyndon. The struggle Will no
doubt be interesting, if not pleasant. The Board
| Of Agriculture Bill was whistled down in the
/ House this morning, almost before enc had time
to turn round. 1t seems not to have been well "en-
cineercd." Almost any bill with two or three
active plausible opponents, may meet just the
anne fate, unless its friends understand what they
are about, and arc prepared to meet its enomias'
which seems not 10 have been the case with this
measure. It Is understood that rcconsi ieration
will be moved however hat /. may rcce,de some
thing Of that cons ileru.on which measure Of its
! importance deserves. Il will undoubtedly pass
the Senate, but doubt, after it was fooled with
as it was this morning if 1t can be carried through
the House. The cry against it was tho "orPeese'
and "f4ne5 1qing"-"The farmers Of Yer
mont always have got along well enough without
any such thing, and all they want now is to be
let alone"
Upon tae question Of the third reading Of the
/ Bill aprropriating an additional thousand dollars
/ for Moais statue Of Allen, some interesting facts
were brought ou:. 1t seems that $40 600 Is
the least that any frst class artist has ever offered
To- furnish statue Of Allenfor, Powers having pro-
posed 70 deliver two statues, one Of Thos Chitten-
/ den and one Of Allen on ship 597rf at Le5i7rr for
/ $1,000 This Bill, making up the entire sum to
/ Mead $1,000 binds him 70 see to the safe delivery
and erection Of the statue in such place il the
/ State House as the State shall direct, that il
would seem no one could object to the measure on
the ground Of expense, who has any desire at an
that the state should have a statue Of Allen.
Nrr. NJ. has expended already 5000 upon the
statue, making n account Of his own time The
raw material Of the marble cost 5000 aud weighed
lG tons The statue Is finished to the wsi..
lIr Gleed's Witness Bill has been or the docket
again this p. N. and is getting pretty thoroughly
ventilated The plausibility and popularity Of
Mr.. Gleed viii carry strong vote for it, though
the feeling Is decidedly that it caano. pass. Il IS
made the special order for Monday, when I hope
we shall not be bored with much more talking in
regard to it, though the hope is faint one
\ Bill regulating the Mileage Of Members,
giving six cents per mile each way by Rail Road.
and ten by other conveyance, both by fic pelr,7i
practicable route and one exemptng orc dog from
taxation Gas a kind of rcmonstrance I suppose
against the relentless persecution which the canine
race seem jus, now to be cxperiencing) were other
matters Of interest introduced to-day. Something
in the way Of a Mileage Bill hope will pass. The
dong mileage game onsht to be broken up. The
question Of annexing Concord to Caledonia Co.,
has a hearing before the Committee tonight