Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1861-11-21

Every year one or more bllls nave Deen IN
troduced into the House exempting certain per-
sonal property from attachment and levy of ex-
ecution. This year the number of such was
unusually large. The Committee on the Ju-
dietary having them in charge, reported an
amendment to one of them, as sort of substi-
tute for all thus referred, exempting one must
cal instrument and one sewing machine
and pair of horses, or a yoke of oxen, or
yoke of steers, with sufficient forage for the
same during one winter, in addition to all that
was exempt previous to 1859. An amendment
to strike out the musical instrument and to add
one COW to the one already exempted was agreed
to, as was an amendment providing that this
exempted property should not be sold, trans
ferYed or assigned without the consent Of the
wife given in writing. Mr.. Dyer of Salisbury,
moved to further amend by adding the follow
ing section:
"Sec. - All persons having less amount of prop
erty than is hereby exempted shall have right to
draw in money from the State Treasury sum equal
to the amount exempted by the act"
The amendment was of course lost, but the
bill soon follows suit, and thus probably ends
for this year all attempts at exemptions.
The Essex County Railroad project has re-
ceived a pretty thorough sitting and resulted in
passing to be engrossed by nearly so majority.
There is but little doubt Of its final passage by
the House, but the coast is not so clear in the
Senate. Messrs Henry of Chester and Hunton
of Victory were its abest advocates, and Deni-
son of Royalton and Cushman Of Rochester
its orutorical opponents. The road if built is
to connect the Passumpsic ROAD at St. Johns
bury, with the Atlantic & St. Lawrence at Island
Pond. The development of little, poor be-
nghted Essex and the opening Of line of road
from New York to Canada, wree the arguments
in its favor, and the injury to the Passumpsic
the basis of opposition. The length of the con-
templated road is about 40 miles, and if built
the Canada road will have to furnish the prin-
cipal means. But the Charter costs the State
nothing, and this fact helped the project i'll
these days of reform.
Banking business is lively this session, al
. though the discounts are not visible. The Char
tiers of the five Banks at Burlington, and those
of the White River Bank at Bethel, the Wells
River at Newbury and the Black River at
Proctorsvie, have all been extended, and
new Bank has been chartered to take the place
of the present Bank at Orwell. A great fight
over the project of new Bank at'Rutland is
yet to take place in the House. The Committee
will be divided, and the House also-in what
manner it is idle to guess at this time. Be-
sides these there is q bill before the Committee
for new Bank at Johnson. 1t is proper to
add that the Bank Committee have as yet re-
ported in favor of all the bills for extension
that were before them.
1t is understood that r. w. Clarke of Brattle
boro, and Bradley b. Smolley of Burlington
are already selected as Aids.deCamp to the
Commander-n-C Chief Should not the Militia
bill, which reduces the number from four to two
become law, two others will he selected
Gen. Butler has been here the past week ii
relation to the regiment to raised for his Divis
ion. / have heard it remarked, on what author
ity do not know, that this regiment will rem
devious at Brattleboro. {.