Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-10-21
From MO1ltpeEer.
CORRESPONDENCE OF THE MONITOR. I
MONTPELIER, Der. II, 1872.

CORRESPONDENCE OF THE MONITOR.
MONTPELIER, Ger. II, 1872.
The legislature is now busily engaged
in the work before it. No less than a
hundred bills have already been pre-
scented in the House, and large number
in the Senate. Many of them are of
private nature and will be rejected by
the committees, or will be carried through
without argument and great waste of
time. The abolition of capital punish
ment is now up for consideration, and,
as many have prepared speeches upon
that subject, we may expect a considera-
BILE expenditure of ammunition and loss
Of time. 1t is doubtful whether this leg
islature will abolish capital punishment.
The cruel murder at Dorchester, Mass,
where a gentleman was called to the
door and shot by fiend ringing the door
bell, afforded a pretty strong argument
in the minds of many, that the practice
of hanging should be kept up little
while longer.
A strong influence is being brought to
bear, both by newspapers and by persons
interested, to have the Usury Laws re-
pealed. No definite action has yet been
taken upon the subject, except the intro
duction of bill, making any contract
made in writing between the borrower
and lender, legal. This is the worst
form that could have been devised, if it
is necessary to change the law, for it
makes no restrictions anywhere, and the
unfortunate man who must borrow, is at
the mercy Of those who have money to
lend.
A large number of petitions are being
sent here from various parts of the State,
praying that the Communication money
paid by drafted men, be repaid by the
State 1t will be remembered that gov
eminent allowed the person whose lot it
was to be drafted, to pay three hundred
dollars, if he chose, and be relieved of
the necessity of going to the war; This
is the sum that is asked to be refunded
by the State. The project meets with
little favor, except with few who paid
| the Communication.
A bill has been presented to the House,
providing for the removal of the County
Buildings in Orleans County, from their
present location, to some point on the
line of the Passumpsic railroad, and that
a committee be appointed by the Cover
nor, to make examination of the differ
ent points on the line of that road, as
certaining what each of the towns will
do toward giving to the County lands.
and contributing towards the expenses
of the rebuilding of county buildings,
and to then decide upon some point where
they shall be located. The members
from Orleans County appear to be pretty
equally divided in their opinion as tc
whether such move is called for al
present, though it is claimed majority
prefer that they remain at Irasburgh
What the Legislature will do with the
matter, remains to be seen.
The General Assembly will visit tn,
Reform School at Waterbury, tomorrow
It is understood that the visit is intend
ed to afford them an opportunity to ex
anime the buildings. the working of tn
school, the condition of the wards of tn
State, &C., but not as means of reform
on the past.
Senator Morrill, was reelected OF
Tuesday, by an almost unanimous vote
Sixteen votes were cast for Waldo Bling
ham, by the 1rrepresslble Democracy.
) The Congressional troubles in tn
Second District are not at an end, but it i
thought here that Poland will get tn
nomination, and that Steele will retir
: from the field if he is defeated in tn
Convention.
The State has to-day been made tn
recipient of a very beautiful piece {
, sculpture from the hands of Horace an
Franklin Fairbanks, consisting of
e marble bust of their father, the LAT
' Governor Fairbanks 1t will be place
f in the executive chamber and will ASST,
in adjoining room already filled wit
the busts and paintings of many of I'll
illuStriO1S men of Vermont