Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-11-24
RUTLAND HERALD.
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER %, 1864.
From, the Capital.
MONTPELIER, Nov. 10, 1864.

on LilN :. lll1-I ahu Nastletoh iaiiioau
question. Nj. Sv vail OF Lunenburg
moved a reconsideration for the pur-
pose Of allie wing Mr.. Nicholson an OPP
portunlty 10 Offer an amendment pro-
viding for court commissioners to set
tie differences. Mr. Dorr asked what
sort of redress that would be for griev-
ances that Were liable TO occur every
day, and two or three times day. He
spurned such tardy proviso. Mr..
Hyde of Castleton spoke at length in
favor of the new charter, and by a Sc
ries of interrogatorles ELECTED many in
teresting facts from the chairman of the
road committee, Mr.. Barlow. Mr.. Mar
cy thought it very unfortunate, even
for the opponents of the BILL that the
motion to reconsider had been made at
the present time. He was satisfied that
the bill ought to pass, and he believed
such was the mind of large majority
of the house. On motion of Mr.. George
of Topsham, the previous question was
ordered, and the yeas and nays being
taken on reconsideration, resulted as
follows; yeas "a, nays l46.
.In the afternoon the Senate spent the
whole time in considering the same bill
1.-THE one offered by Mr.. Tracy in behalf
Of the Rutland and Burlington railroad
which passed the house, and finally
passed the same. yeas 20, nays 7. Mr..
Woodbridge in his speech on the steps
of the State House, at the evening cele-
bration, good naturally remarked that
he did not feel like speech making. He
had come here to make gallant charge
in behalf of the Rutland and Washing
ton railroad, but he had been supported
by only "a in the house and in the
Senate, and he had suffered defeat.
EeuALIzING TOWN BoUNTIEs.
The bill to equalize town bounties
(paying not exceeding $500, $500 and
$500 to volunteers, and providing for
ultimate reimbursement was taken up,
and speeches Of great length, fervid elo-
quence and unconscionable dullness re-
spectively, were delivered. Mr. Nichol-
son offered an amendment providing
that towns if they choose might pay
higher bountes, but should not be re-
paid for the excess over the sums speci-
fed. He insisted that this was the only
way in which we could avoid draft on
the one hand, and a depletion of the roll
on the other. Mr.. Rounds of Chester
was opposed to large bounties for the
reason that there were certain EDWARDS
in the towns that would vote any num-
Der of hundreds or even thousands to
save their own miserable necks from the
draft and for the further reason that
these large hounties invited class of
individuals which he could not easily
characterize--sc alawags- good-for- moth
ings-fellows that required three rnen
to take care of one. After three hours
hard Juggling, which sometimes degenerat-
ed i'm personalities, on motion of Mr..
Stew art the bill and amendment were
lai~ ,pon the table in order to give OPP
portunity to amend so that towns might
lift J choose pay their own citizens only
higher bounties than the sums specified
in the original bill. ....
BoUNTIEs IN RUTLAND COUNTY.
Apropos Of bounties; in conversation
with Mr. Ketchum, chairman of select
committee on town bounties, we learn
that the county of Rutland has paid
more than 100000 in bounties to SOL
diers. So much he has ascertained as
having been actually paid to soldiers
named. He stated that he had reason
to believe that thirty or forty thousand
more had been paid which was not so
clearly vouched for.
eel PAYMENT OF STATE OFFICERS.
At the evening session some amend
ments from the Senate to the bill paying
certain state officers were concurred in,
among others one allowing @. M. G.
Davis $4,000 instead of $500. Mr.. Fer
lii Va nIOutpSlICI uui MI, nOuluS VI
Chester paid handsome tribute to the
faithfulness and efficiency with which
Gen. Davis had performed his duties
the former gentleman stating that he
had devoted good deal of time to the
erection ofthe hospital buildings in this
place, and the latter that he had saved
the state some $4,000.
Just before the close of the P. M. ses-
sion, Mr.. Rounds of Chester introduced
q joint resolution authorizing the use of
the annon on the portico to fire sa-
Tut With. Mr.. Deane of Cavendish OBJ
jec to such use. These were trophies
OF ancient date, which il injured or de-
stroyed could not be replaced. Mr..
Nicholson thought they could not be
split in better Congo (larghter) and if
they must be burst AZ al, ne would much |
rather that 1t be done with blank car
tridges than with shotted ones. The
resolution was passed by the House and |
concurred in by the Senate.
1t may not be uninteresting to some to |