The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1861-11-01

I
ly pass it.
Very few bills have passed the Legislature
excepting corporation bills. They are just
at work. 1t takes good while for the ma
chinery to get in motion and though the
wheels all make their proper revolutions
they fear to begin to feed the hopper till the
maximum speed is obtained. Besides Gov
Hobrook was no: in his place on account OF
sickness and we experienced the fate of q
family without head. A bill for the recon
struction of The state militia has been report
ed by the commissioners appointed last year
to revise statutes. 1t renews the ancestral
"training DAYS" and reminds us again after
nearly fifty years of peace that we have nc
! talisman to secure US from the scourge OF
war. Ii will pass substantially as it is. As
it is an unwicldy thing like the Insolvency
Bill it will occupy good deal of time in dis
cussion but will meet with little or flo oppo
sition.
The same commissioners have reported a
bill doing away with the obnoxious Persona
Liberty Bills which have 50 long disgraced
the statute book of conservative Vermont
These bills are both believe in the hands
of committees but will come before the Leg.
islature shortly after the present bore of g
bankrupt bill is battled.
These three bills constitute the main bust
ness before the Legis lature, excepting the at
tention that the war and the soldiers demand
/ This to be sure las taken up a good deal Of
the time that is past of the session and claim,
some attention yet. The bill providing fol
for the payment of seven dollars per month
extra to all soldiers enlisting under the au.
thority or with the consent of the governor
of the state, has passed to third reading in
the Senate. The law of April provided fol
onl y two years and for six regiments of in.
fantry alone. But YOU perceive this includes
the full term and all soldiers whether belong
ing to the cavalry, infantry, artillery or sharp
shooters. 1t is impartial as i, should be.
Perhaps we may find it burden before We
get through the war, but those who think the
state IS getting the advantage of the soldier
can take the soldiers place and profit if he
may BY it.
h.f ,Ia Of L 1
ing the barracks or the Fair Grounds occu-
pied 10y the sixth regiment while in camp
here, is 10 be closed up this morning. The
testimony was all taken and the arguments
made last night, but the justice held his de-
cision over Till ten o'clock this morning.
There is nothing but dubious circumstantial
evidence TO convict him. and he will be &C
quilted think. He looks like dangerous
character 10 set at large, only that he is a
poet, and barking dog never bites"
Something Of an effort has Just been mad e
TO al ourn the legislature on the 18th of No
vembcr sac de. Mr. lIoughton of Pawlct
oIItlt'! 10 lit Rouse lolnt resolution GaN
before Yesterday fixing on that time 1t was
made the special older FOR yesterday at ten
and onc-halt o'clock. when il was discovered
tina: the Senate had the affair also in cons;d-
Grafton. ami had appointed on their part a
Joint committee to report to the Assembly
the earliest possible day on which they could
adjourn. This is putting far of the evil
day in u literal sense. This committee
which was completed in the House in the az
terioon, viii or y serve TO delay the day O.
adjournment instead OF eNpeditinS il. We
have how been here just three weeks and tie
zenith is not Vet reached in my opionn 1t
is possible We shall be treated to a sleigh
ride in the capital this fall. if snow comes in
lis proper tine. There is mass Of unn-
porant though indispensable business Vet to
be done, and there is not moral stamina e.
rough in the Legislature to throw it of
without wasting a long session ON it,
O,ULUS