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The Burden Railroad.

The Senate and House Railroad
Committees, accompanied by Hon. L.
W. Park, Hon. Harmon Garfield, and
Hon A. Il. Miner, representing the
Lebanon Railroad interest, and by
Messrs Burden and their counsel, Hons
L. B. Englesby of Burlington, and
G.. w. Willard of Montpelier spent
Thursday and Friday Of last week in
examining the great iron works of the
Messrs. Burden at Troy, y. y, and
their ore beds in East and North
Bennington, and South SALISBURY.
The ore bed at East Bennington is one
of the largest in the country. They
employ at other mines fifteen hundred
men, and three hundred horses. They
ship annually from their works seven
hundred tons of horse shoes alone, and
ten times that amount Of bar iron
with all the spikes and iivets. Al
Bennington the Committee examined
several manufactures, most of tho
proprietors of which are opposed tC
the Walloomsac road Mr.. Seth b
Hunt, one of the proprietors of The
large shawl factory, is, however, in ia
vor of the road. and mapifesls consid
cradle interest in the enterprise.
The Committee were handsomely en-
tertained at Troy by Mr.. Henry Bur
den, and at Bennington by Mr.. Parl,
They returned to Montpelier on Sat
urday. and viii soon make a report t
the Legislature.
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APPLICATIONS FOR RAILROADS. Sever
al bills are before the Legislature in
cooperating new railroads in this
State. The Lamoille Valley Railroad
is asked for from some point in st.
Johnsbury or Danviile, to connect
with the Vermont and Canada-be
tween Essex Junction and st. Adams;
the Montpelier and Wells River Rail
road, from Montpelier to Wells River,
connecting the Vermont Central with
the Passumpsic and Concord and
Montreal road; the Fairhaven and
Lake Shore Railroad, from Fairhav en-
to West Haven, Benson and Orwell,
to some point on the west line of the
State, in Orwell or Shoreham, to con
meet the Rutland and Whitehall with
the Plattshurgh and Whitehall Rail
road; the Walloomsac Railroad from
the State line in Bennington, to some
iron ore mines in that town, to con.
meet in New York with the Troy and
Bennington Railroad; the Addison
Railroad, from the line Of The Rutland
end Burlington road in Addison Coun
ty. to the west line of the county
Other applications are to come befor,
the Legislature. Among them, on,
for n Railroad from Montpelier through
Barre, Williamstown, BrookGeld an,
Randolph, to connect with the Ven
mont Central at Royalton. Some {
these applications meet with no oppC
sition, and will be granted as matte
Of course, while others are opposed.
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Hss> The Boston and Worcester and
the Western Worcester to Albany
r. r. corporations have finally been
consolidated under name of the Bos-
ton and Albany, and the joint assem-
bly, of stockholders chose a new board
of directors Wednesday. Chester ".
Chaplin, the late President Of the
Western r. r., will be the President.
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The New LABoRAroRy "a oo..
pondent OF the Vermont Chron,cl,
says:
The new Laboratory of the r..
mont Agricultural College is - doo;j
ed success. visited il tbroo
since, and was surprised TO 500 nys
every table was occupied Tbonyb
opened only six weeks ago, there qs u
already elecen students in tbis 1o,. "lo
ment. The laboratory of the Sea-;
fic School at Yale, has only fonn."
students, and that was started ,, ,(,'i
than a dozen years ago. | was os
sured that every facility is AFFORDED =,
Burlington for qualitative ANALYSIS ~
saying, &c.-everything that csp bo
had at the older institutions ;ut
named while the cost is comnorot;Jy aIo
trifiug. The yearly expense far w.;
ton, re agents. &c, at Yale. il Gve1
now, believe at 1925; at Burlinr,on
the same advantages are afforded q,
a cost to the student Of one ffth bis
sum.
1t must be that many medical stu.
dents, ms well as young men who ms.
pre- to be scientific farmers, will avail
themselves of such facilities, SO cbean.
" offered, when once they come IL
know of them. The professor IN
charge Of this branch has high rem.
tation as n practical chemist. He Ger.
tainly manifesis large degree Of en-
thuslasm in his department. There is
still room in the Laboratory to add
other tables for the use OF students
should they be nee led "
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he was heartily greeted Statutes were
fired at West Randolph and Montpel
icr
Personal.

Col. James Moore, formerly super
intendent of the Vermont Central r..
r., has been appointed chief engineer
of the Newark and New York rail
road.
Mr.. A. S. Campbell, President of
the Connecticut River Mutual Fire
Insurance Company and well known
and highly esteemed citizen of Bellows
Falls, died very suddenly at his resi-
dence on the 18th inst, of heart
disease.
Rodney Lund, late of Montpelier,
was admitted TO practice in the Su-
perior Court Of Massachusetts, in Bos-
ton, on Friday last
Solomon Allen, proprietor of tho
Elgin Spring House at Vergennes, and
Of the well known firm of S & w. S
Allen, poultry raisers and dealers, dice
few days since, of typhoid fever.
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A PROCLAMATION.

In conformity with recent custom
that may now be regarded as estab-
lished by national consent and APP
proyal, /, Andrew Johnson, President
of the United States, DO hereby recon
mend to my fellow citizens that lHuRs
DAY, THE Twenty EIGHT DAY or NoyEM-
BIER MKT, be set apart aud observed,
throughout the Republic, as day OF
National Thanksgiving and Praise 70
the Almighty Ruler of Nations, with
whom are dominion and power, and
who makes peace in His high places.
Resting and refraiuing from secular
labor on that day. let us reyerentially
and devoutly give thanks to oui
Heavenly Father for the mercies and
blessings with which He has crowned
the now closing year Especially lei
US remember that lie has covered oul
land throughout all its extent with tn,
greatly needed and very abundant
harvests; that He has causod industry
TO prosper not only in our fields, bu
also IN our forests; that He has per
mitted rs to multiply our ships upor
our lakes and rivers, and upon th'
high seas, and, at the same time, TO ex
tend our iron roads SO far into the Sc
cludod places Of the continent as t
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guaranty speedy overland intercourse
between two oceans.
He has inclined our hearts to turn
away from domestic contentious and
connections consequent upon a dis
tracing and desolatiug cruel war, and
to walk more and more in the ancient
way Of loyalty, concession and brother
ly love.
He has blessed the peaceful efforts
with which we have established new
and important commercial treaties
with foreign nations, while we have Mt
the same time strengthened our ma.
tional offences, and greatly enlarged
our national borders
While thus rendering the unanimous
and heartfelt tribute of national praise
and thanksgiving which is SO justly
due to Almighty God, let MS not fail to
implore Him that the same divine pro-
lection and care, which we have hith-
erto so undeservedly and yet so con
stantly enjoyed, may be continued tc
cur country and ourpeople through al
the generations forever
In witness whereof | have herewith
set my hand and caused the seal of the
United States to be affixed
Done at the City Of Washington, thu
10th day of October, in the Year o
our Lord One Thousand Eight Hun
bred and Sixtv-Seven, and of TIN
Independence Of the United State
the Ninety-Second
ANDREW JOHNSON.
By order of the President,
WILLIAM ii. SEWARD,
Secretary of State.
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Legislature OF Vermont.
MONTPELIER, Thursday, Oct. p

MONTPELIER, Thursday, Oct "a.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
HOUSE. Special Order. House bin
50, relating to election o. Town Off
GERS, RECONSTRUCTED This bill provides
for the election Of one lister each year,
and the others to hold over alternate
ly.) Third reading refused
MORNING SESSION.
FRlpAY, Oct %.
SENATE "A message from the Gov
ernor, notifying the Senate that he
had signed Senate bill II, ceding to
the United States certain lands ID the
town OF Norton, for Custom House.
Bills Introduced BY Senator Dew
ey, authorizing to exchange coupon
bonds of the State of Vermont for GER
tifcates of registered loan; committee
on printing. The bill provides that
holders of coupon bonds, issued under
the authority of the State, may ex-
change the same with the Treasurer
of the State for a like amount of certi-
ilcates OF loan, TO be issued as prOYld-
cd in the bill it authorizes the
Treasurer to cancel the coupon bonds
Of the State, deposited in the Treasury,
belonging to the Agricultural College
fund, and issue in lieu thereof certlli-
Gates of loan, The certificates OF loan,
issued under the provisions OF this act
are redeemable at the Office OF the
Treasurer at such time as the bonds
would become due which may be ex.
changed therefor and the interes OF
all the certificates Is payable on the
first days of June and December O
each year.
BY Senator Atwood, relating to tax
ing Bank Stock, committee on print
ing. The bill provides that the stool
shall be taxed its full value, without
regard to debts due from the persons
owing the same.
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eesr Medical Authorities have an
nounced that not less than one-ffth of
the entire population of the Uuited
States are afflicted with Neuralgia in
some foim. Surely the man who can
safely remove such vast aggregate Of
pain is great public benefactor. Such
is Doctor Turner, of Boston, in Mass
achusetts. His Universal Neuralgia
Pill' is pronounced, on all hands, to
be an entirely harmless and perfectly
certain remedy for this most tortuling
OF all known diseases See Advertise
ment in another column.
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NV York ELECTION. The Repub i
cans of New York are quite confident
Of success at the approaching election.
Among those on the stump we notice
the following names: Hon f. ID. Gull
yer, Gen. Chas. ii. Van Wyck, Col. n.
u. Axtell of Peru. Attorney General
Martindale. Gov. Hartman of n. H.,
MAJ. u, X Pangborn, G II. John Coch-
rane, Schuyler Colfax, Galusha A
Grow, Lyman Tremaine, and John S
Gilbert.
The Washington correspondent o
the Springfield Republican, says:
Private adyices from New York stats
that within the last few days the Re
puplicans of that State have grow
quito confident Of carrying that Stat
III the coming election. The canvas
Is conducted admirably, and some q
the shrewdest politicians in the Stat,
predict that III spite of the depressin
news from Pennsylvania and Ohio, Tia
Republicans win triumph On tn
other hand, the President is earnestl
assured by the Democrats that the
will sweep the State.
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BOARD OF EDucATIoN The Govern
or has nominated and the Senate con-
frmed in executive session on Friday,
the following gentlemen to serve as
the Board Of Education for the year
ensuing
FIRST Congressional District Mer-
rift Clark, Poultney; d. d. Gorham,
Montpelier.
Second Congressional District-Jona-
than Ross, st. Johnsbury; Edward
Conant, Randolph.
Third Congressional District PHny
H. White, Coventry; \. j. Sanborn
Morrisville
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Buy For acts of charity and benev-
olence, Philadelphia stands prominent
among her sister cities, During the
war she had our refreshment saloons
where thousands were fed while on
their way to the 'front," and now, in
order that the good work may he con
tinued, it is proposed to provide for
the orphans of many of these brave
heroes who fell in defence Of the stars
and stripes. For this purpose the
Washington Library Co of Philadel-
phia was organized in aid Of the Riv-
erside Institute of New Jersey. Here
the orphans of Soldiers and Sailors in
all parts of the country will be gratu-
itously educated and made useful mem
hers of society. The just and honora-
bic plan adopted for raising the neees-
sary funds for this charitable object
has received the endorsement of every
one. Read Advertisement
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Re Union OF the 10th VIZ

There was fair representation of
10th Vt Regiment at Waterbury on
the 23d. The grave of the lamented
Major Dillingham; was by the boys in
a body, where prayer was offered by
Chaplain Haynes, The following OIL
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Reconstruction IN VIRGINIA The
returns of the Virginia election indi-
cate victory for the radicals. The
vote, however, was close, and in Rich
mond the conservative majority
amounted to over four hundred Bolts
was beaten in Culpepper county. Many
colored men have been returned rs de
legates The Convention will be vote,
for by decided majority The color
ed men generally voted en- mass fo
the radicals and in favor of Conyen
ton.
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nRlanroN MAKkEr ~ so.

Beer Catsie.-Extra fat and $50 "a IS.
oxen. $500 sl5, 80; list quality ! .t9ooG
2d quality $3.50 a sl425; 81 go talow
1890, q 100 lbs, on total weiS ~
and dressed beef. ,,rlng
Working Oxen 800 a s
20 value as beef. .ood $50
Miich Cows.-s6O s75; eyl,a s1 s,Irow
a s1l5, without calves, as mayl 'A''"
and ordinary $50 60. nas00C0
sheep and Lambs &c So e
per head. "a al0ci
Dressed, 90 90 cents. Fat l't2
Veal Calves 50 a $40 90 per a. coputr,
hides. Brighton, 10 a lie TA
lots, 8 Il 9ic. Calfskins Zoe '-'
1aIIow. "A a Sic u h.
Pelts. 25 f2.75 each
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FIRE The Baldwin House at Og-
densburgh was totally destroyed by
fire on the morning Of the 28th ult.
Loss: $4,000. Upward of eighty in
mates were thrown out of shelter by
the fire.
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November I.

ton instructing them to inor;.
'. o,Hpedlency of reporting a gep ,n.1
enabling act, to enable towns 70 oI a;d !.
TIE construction of railroads II tb "'u IN IN
their opinion no such legislot;n"' IA
necessary. Mr. Converse evil; -
that the committee were not onn o,ne9
to enabling acts in special cases. r' S,'t
that they were opposed to a ce,a "u,
act as contemplated in the resoln aI, al
BlHs Passed.--H 100 to incorno Yon'
the Vermont and Canada marble n aa'o
pany 'oih'
II ll3 to incorporate to st. Albon.
Brigade Band. N''"lS
II lol to incorporate the Hyde Park
mining company h
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CoUNrY COMMISSIONER. "A bin doing
away with the Office of County Com
missioner under the liquor law, and
providing that the duties of the office
shall te performed by the selectmen
of the towns, has been introduced il
the Senate by Mr.. Hendee Of LamoillG
County.
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NV EDITIoN OF THE ScRIpTUREs.
Petroleum V. Nasty, who runs the
Military and Biblical Institoot" Of
Kentucky, thus records one result Of
the defeat of negro suffrage in Ohio:
The Fakulty nv the Institoot met
next mornin for the purpus nv revisin
the Scripters. 1t wuz desided that
the word white shood be inserted
wherever necessary, and that the
edishen only be yoosed 10y the dimoc-
racy and Conservative Republicans.
We made progress, the folerin bein a
few NV the changes;
SO God creatld a ,chue man III his
own image.
'Whosoever, therefore, shell confess
me before ubite men, &c.
Suffer little ,chite children to come
unto me, for NV such is the kingdom
nv Heaven
Wich last is comfortin, ez it show!
that the distincshen is kept mp al
through eternity. give these merel.
as samples We shell hev it finisht il
a few days, and, eff funds can be raised
shell publish it. Sich yershun NV tn
Skripters is needed
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New NoRK, Oct %.
The following highly important dis
patches are special by the Cable to
the He1ald:
ROW., Oct, 25
News has been received here that
one thousand Garibaldians attacked
Viterbo yesterday setting fire to one
of the gates. They were repulsed with
heavy loss in men and material 1t is
said that among their killed was the
Deputy Acrb.
Citizens of Rome, including many
of the aristocracy, have been armed
and patrol the streets during the
night.
RoME, Oct. 26.
The police on Friday in searching a
house met with resistance. They at
tackled the house with bayonets, killed
fifteen Garibaldmns aud took thirty
six prisoners A quantity of arms aud
bombs was also captured.
FLoREScE Oct, 26
News has been received here that a
desperate battle was fought near Mon
to Rctonda on Friday. Gatibaldi won
the victory With four battallious he
put to flight and pnrsued the Papal
forces, taking one hundred prisoners
and three guns. Many were killed
and wounded OH both sides.
Pans, Oct 81
+ The MonHeu to-day says the fleet
at Toulon has been Kept back at the
request Of the King Of Italy, but it has
now sailed for the Italian Coast, be-
cause 10 Cabinet has been formed at
Florence, and because Garbaldi is
mcnaciug the city of Rome. This nc
ton Of the French Government, it de
clares IS not aggressive Both Italy
and France are interested in the pres
eryation Of order and lho yindicatiol
OF law
FLoRENcE, Oct &c.
Two battles have been fought be-
tween the volun' GERS under Garibald
and the Papal troops The FIRST tool
place mt Monte Rotouda and the sec
ond was fought further South at Tor
rette. In both these engagements
Wnlch were OF Il desperate character
: the invaders were victorious, and Ga
ribaldi has now arrived before Rom,
/ with 10000 men under his command
There is report that Garibaldi ha
received a check at Monte Rotondi
from the Papal troops, who were sud
+ denly reinforced.
} PARIS, Oct n.
The widest rumors in regard to 1t
ally are circulating here. 1t is report
ed that the Italian Crown Prince Hum
bert has put himself at the head of til
y army to resist the French
g Another rumor says King Veto
= Emanuel will abdicate his crown.
Victor Emanuel has issued a prof
lamation denouncing Garibaldi.
THE VERY LATEST.
PARIS, Oct 30-noon.
Gen. Garibaldi is at Monte Mari,
The Italian army has crossed the froI
g tier and the commanding general hG
e commanded Gen. Garibaldi to disari
and dispense his force.
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sas" Hon. Joseph A. Pond, Presi-
dent of the Massachusetts Senate, died
suddenly at the residence of his faith
er in Boston, Tuesday aftelnooon
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se5- Fix. Gov. Andrew af Boston was
srcken DOM with paralysis, Tu' sday
evening, and died the following aiser-
neon.
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A National Thanksgiving.

PROCLAMATION BY THE PRESIDENT.
WAsHINGroN, Oct 2G. The following
Proclamation has been issued by the
President:
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATE,
nF ANTEHIQA
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Ter and White River junction Rail-
road Company.
BY Mr.. Brookins of Shoreham, pc
tition of citizens of Shoreham for a
Champlain and Lake Shore Railroad.
BY Mr.. Mead, of Randolph, in
amendment of sec 1 chap a General
Statutes, fixing the standard weight of
India wheat (at AZ lbs
BY Mr. Leonard, of Dummerston, TO
establish the standard measure of milk
(wine measure.
BY Mr.. Harris, of Dnnville, to change
the name of the town OF Goshen Gore
to Lamoile, and legalizing the election
of the officers thereof.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
BIZ Passed To legalize the grand
/ list of the town of Waterville.
Bills Introduced and Referred By
/ Mr. Freeman, of Waterford, in add
ton to an act Incorporating the Essex
Railroad Company, to committee on
railroads
BY Mr. Ferl'n, 10 enable the town
therein named, 10 aid in the construc-
ton Of the Wells River and Montpelier
Railroad
This bill provides for the assent OF
the towns named at public town
meeting, called by the selectmen, in.
stead of the manner provided in pre-
vious bills of this kind.
MORNING SESSION.
MoNDAY, Oct. %.
SENATE. Bills Gaaily passed bot
= H0uses-An act in amendment of th,
5 general statutes relative TO the sup
port Of the Gospel, Literary and othe
q Associations.
An act to incorporate the Pine Hi
Aqueduct company
AFTERNOON.
BHs faaliy passcS boiA Houses Al
act to legalize the grand list of th
, town Of Waterville
. An act to incorporate the American
stone cutter company
= AFTERNOON SESSION.
Housr BW Introduced and Referred
BY Mr. Brigham, Of Hyde Park, Al
act to incorporate the Hyde Park Min
;. ing Company.
Resolutions AT 3 o'clock the specia
order was taken up, can act to enabl
! towns in constructing the Lamoill
Valley Railroad
Mr. Brigham moved to amend tn
= bill, SO that the question Of bonding
town shall be submitted to majort
= vote in town meetings.
: Mr. Jones, OF Mortified, moved t
amend the amendment, making two
= thirds majority of persons paying tax
= es
{ Mr. Brigham opposed the amend
ment charging an attempt to defeo
the bill
4 Mr.. Jones sustained his amendmen
l9s and repealed the personal eharg,
. made by Mr.. Brigham.
The proposition Of Mr. Jones nal
! ing two-third majority necessary WI
= rejected, and the amendment Of NJ
n Brigham was then adopted and bi
~ passed.