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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-10-21
Enforcing the Law.

Party men are alarmed at the bare mem
ton of carrying temperance into politics
and yet with proceedings in all our courts
more or less like the following. how long
will it be, we ask in all seriousness, before
this evil will attain such proportions as to
far transcend all the questions combined
which now divide or engage our political
parties.
We copy from that conservative old Pres
byterian journal, the New York Observer:
RUN RULING THE CITY
The liquor dealers generally have things all
their own way in this city, and especially in the
court Of general sessions. The board OF excise
have procured indictments against numerous
liquor sellers for violation Of the law, and every
effort has been made to procure their prosecution,
but they have been put off and put off up to the
present time.
Every one knows that in such n city ~ New
York the liquor dealers play an important part in
the November elections. II Is therefore fore
gone conclusion that any cases brought against
them in the September or October terms will
either 60 by default or be postponed We are not
surprised, therefore, to see test case brought on
near the close OF the September term by the dis
''''' attorney VII" tue io'o"'iS ana "ou''''s'
eAlc''eu resu''
men charging him Win .eps anor in von,"n Of fine cs.
else aw'wA. qna'hed in the court of general sessions on
Sa"%,msn0 1 to s @ a W s p 5r tosY
Rollins called yesterday for hi. trial on new indictment
an ,c ground hat he had moi had lime to consul,
with hi. client Mr. Rollins replied tha, he should only
offer evidence Of the sale Of liquor to two persons aud that
,e defense had no Coca reason 'oI HsAlns rsposne
s,,nSng s...a ~, ns,aons,,o, :, IN, mai n, h.
cause he had n an opportunity to consult with hi. client
he should grant the request EI-Mayor Hall who is also
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-10-21
Injustice TO Producers.

For several weeks the most welcome fact
has been published far and wide that the cot
ton crop of the present season has proved to
be one of the largest ever produced in the
country This was regarded as a god-send
not only TO the South, but to the whole
country, for the quickening pulse of this
great interest would be felt throughout the
whole land. And not only this, hut the fact
that this abundant crop came upon full
market, created the reasonable expectation
that decline in the price of cotton goods
might be confidently expected. But right
upon the heel of this seemingly natural an
ticipation comes the recent action of the
Cotton Manufacturers Association deciding
to reduce the production of the cotton mills
one-third, for the purpose Of preventing such
supply as would result in reduction of
prices. In this way it will be seen that the
manufacturers alone are benefited by
large crop OF course, they buy of pro
ducers at lower rates, since producers can
not, or do not, combine and hold their cot
ton at such prices as would prevail were
the market poorly supplied. The manufac-
turers, after purchasing the cotton Of the
producers at low figures, enter into a CON-
bination, and agree to charge for their man
ufactured goods such prices as prevail when
the cotton supply is limited, and prices for
the raw material range high. Thus the con
sumner reaps no benefit whatever from the
abundant crops, and the low prices paid
TO those who produce them, the manufacture
ers combining TO prevent an abundant crop
and the low prices paid for raw material
from affecting the prices charged for manu-
featured goods. They buy in from cotton
growers at the reduced figures incident 10 a
large supply, but sell out at figures indicat-
ing scarcity Of raw material. They pluck
with both hands-frst the producer and
then the consumer, TO the end that their own
plumage go unruffied. The law Of supply
and demand is thus set at naught. Is ii a
wonder that people complain, or that other
interests are looking for combinations to
protect themselves against this selfish and
oppressive action Of the manufacturers
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-10-21

THE AUTUMN SCENERY.-lhose who live
in cities know nothing Of the glorious beauty
of the country in October, unless, like a
friend Of ours, they take week to travel
through Vermont every fall With a rare
appreciation of the beautiful, he foregoes
the summer tour, and ON the first of October
takes his family and starts for the northern
hills and mountains. Here, with an unsated
delight, he drinks in the glorics of light and
shade, and of such colors as Titan never
dreamed and Claude never put on canvass
The best architect and the best painter in the
universe is lie who made t,and at no time does
lie decorate His material temple with such
depth, variety and wealth of color as in the
first months of the autumn. There has been
no frost this year to embrown or backen the
foliage and it has ripened and assumed its
manifold hues according to its manifold ma
ture. The immense masses of brilliant
color, as they lie on the hill and mountain
sides, and tops; the flashing patches of color
as they sparkle in the open pastures and
fields, from single trees or groves allure the
eye with resistless fascination, and fill it
with almost unearthly delight There are
no frescoes, or mosaics of ancient cathedrals
that can compare with the bewildering
beauties of Gods great temples now and
here. 1t seems prophetic of that grander
structure which will mingle and blend the
radiant hues Of amethyst and beryl, of opal
and topaz, of pearl and jasper, of the onyx
and chalcedony, with the brilliance of the
glory Of God.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-10-21

RAILROAD LEGIsLATIoS.-A bill was in
troduced into both branches of the legisla-
ture yesterday, entitled ian act to incor-
porate the Central Railroad Company of
Vermont" The ostensible object of the
bill is to incorporate the first mortgage
bondholders Of the Vermont Central rail-
road but we seriously mistrust its real Oh
ject is to distract and delay the consolida-
ton of these interests which is now going
on under the Central Vermont charter oh
tanned two years ago. We notice that two
of the directors of the Vermont & Canada
road are named as corporators under the
proposed charter, and one of them as com
missioner and this fact, in connection with
others, induces the suspicion that the object
is to speculate upon these interests which
the Vermont & Canada has done so much to
depreciate during the two years past, All
the special provisions in this bill are CON
tanned in the Central Vermont charter Of
two years ago, and one charter would GER
tainly seem TO be sufficient. We may have
occasion TO allude 10 this subject hereafter.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-10-21
Senatorial Election.



GEORGE D. tnNrNps VIRTUALLY r-rturrp.
Agreeably to the provisions of the law Of
Congress. aud in conformity with a resolu-
ton Of each house ballot for United states
Senator, for the term Of six years from the
Fourth Of March next. was taken in each
house at hali-past two yesterday after
noon. The widespread interest felt in a
question SO important attracted an unusual
number to the State House. and clothed the
transaction with degree of solcmnity cor
responding to its magnitude. The United
States Senate is the highest legislative body
known to a republican government and it
was no triAiug act for the intelligent aud
loyal state Of Vermont, through her repre-
sentativcs to select the man who should speak
and act for her in that august body Cor the
next six years. And this interest was doubt
less somewhat heightened by general be
lief that an uniustifable attempt had been
made to blacken the fair fame Of Senator
Edmunds, Just at the moment when the leg
islature was to pronounce upon the question
Of his capacity and fidelity by giving him
the customary reelection. In this light the
result of the ballot is Of no doubtful signih-
canoe, and must be gratifying in the highest
degree to senator Edmunds.
The democrats appear to have made siren
uous effort. 90 concentrate full vote upon
their candidate Ion. +. J. Phelps, Of Bur
lington-vho received forty-seyen votes.
Mr.. Gillett, of Richmond, voted for Ed
munds, Mr.. Davenport, Of Wilmington, for
Willard and Mr.. Page Of Rutland was
absent.
OF the thirteen votes cast for Mr.. Willard,
one classes himself among the democrats,
six as liberals and six as Republicans.
| For the details of the election, see legisla-
| five proceedinrs
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-10-21

ISTEMpERANcE AND CRIME. - Rev. f.
Butler, chaplain of the Vermont State
Prison, makes very excellent report, and
includes in ii good temperance lecture.
lie says,
/. The jails and the prlsons are tie legitimate
receptacle Of the victims Of had homes and street
yagnncy Most Of the inmates of this institution
came from such quarters.
2. The repression of drm-dnnking and OF the
unlawful sale Of Intoxicating liquors is Of the
highest Importance to the moral aud material
well-being Of the state More than three-ffths Of
the inmates here are coniessedly addicted to the
use OF strong drink, and large majority Of them
attribute their crime and imprisonnenl dreetly to
the baneful influence OF liquor.
3 Helpful encouragement to imprisoned and to
discharged conyicts In their endeayon To reform,
is an impemiise duty as well Of the state as Of
individuals. The temItsd alaa fallen may yet be
the strong and useful. To treat men ns worthless
outcasts because the iron door has once been
closed upon them, is alike poor philanthropy and
bad policy.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-10-21

CIvm DAaAGEs.-The civil damages Ii
quor law works well in New York, whenever
it is tried. \ father has just recovered
$4,000 damages from a liquor firm in Brook
Ign for the intoxicati0n and consequent
death of his son. The defendants attorney
raised many bubbles against the law, but
Judge McCue, who tried the case, ruled with
great sense aud justice throughout. lie de
clared that the liquor license was no protec-
ton TO the parties, not being contract on
the part of the state, and that it was not
necessary 10 prove the young man thoroughly
drunk, but that legal intoxication was a gem
eral term, simply signifying the condition
produced by intoxicating liquors. Judge
McCue instructed the jury that in the as
sessment OF damages they were to consider
the expense Of funeral aud burial, the prob
able value of the young mans services to his
father up to the age Of twenty-one, and such
exemplary damages as they might think
proper. The Sss York law is very strict,
and applies equally to those sis give away
liquors as 10 sellers.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-10-21

United States, that Il is familiar 10 all. and is ono
Of iho most eminent n Ncuonts grand list of
distinguished names and VI the gentleman have
placed M nomination Is elected he will be- q III
successor io and most ably hll the place his distin
guishcd father formerly held. aud higher urnisc
than this can be given To no one Mr. Phelps i In
the prime oi hici gentleman ofcultufc standing
in the front rink VI the bar of tho stale and the
peer NJ amy whom Vermont has heretofore
honufcd with The scnator-hip.
Mt GILMAN, Of Montpelier, seconded the nom
nation Of Edward y. Phelps, saying.
uu,HKs or Mn. GILMAN, or MONTPELIER
W. Sp,di0--lt Is with feeling Of iustiRablc
pride that tiso 10 second the nomination Of the
Hon Edward j. Phelps, of burlington, for senator.
~ u Wen known Mr. Phelps possesses In an
eminent degree, by nature. education and culture.
those attributes that constitute The man. and 10
eject NM senator would confer greater honor
upon the state than the Individual
Mhuoupon each member as his nnmo was
called by the clerk, rose in his place and voted
riru rocr, as follows.
.rei George Edmund. Ae.-r Abbott. Absll. Adaus
halr Haven, iater hluy. of Guiiord natihaioiae0
ncaue. lemls. Bitues Hfehafd ii,ieot,s,, "a t,,n
hmi,gl lH9Wn of Lowell hnfhlnk nupe.s. Calder,
Churchill of Goshen. Cotton. coming Como co't N
Ciier. Of Ueis,e G1til," T r S"'nI m hhlgrrneld
nmil ,nayr Of heldng Davis Of ST. Anaus, Dixon
fH o salisbury tas. " WarI.i,Sro ftsci of iirdwnip{
i M i ,r',, ~ i.,i Nonigr,,t franklin Fullerton. elc
Gs, i" i y, az inh,1hs. GwNc cray Green. uHnneu,
llaH1i. Harvey lla'g ilcnp ibiai,, Ilcr iIllcheorss
NN,ttH 'lo hint NJ Lgn,nngni9' ildd. Lord. lyi,o.
.on. sash NrNeu. of bower Ncne oi sheiborne Niab"s
H@gie' Ne.,op % hpen i9dlaot lalmer. Parker Of An
INC Powell Of h.hiafi, luin.n, Rood i.uifcv, Robin
l.t, shaw q la.iud ,hgc sinth, II Addi.on smlib
"a .'.i'. i'ei.'ni oi Weston -ianldns uf Wci
T,t T Ia ivv'l 9n' STONE STRONG. ltnnc't
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-10-21

WHAT is Turn ?--lt would be worth
good deal to know just what IS the truth of
affairs in the south. Contradiction follows
assertion SO speedily that II is most bewil-
dering. There is no question as to disturb
ances and ouirages, but who commits them,
or on what proyoestion Is a matter Of dis
pute. We are told that official sources in
form the attorney general that the white
league is determined 10 make the negroes
vote for its candidates, il they vote at all,
and a thorough intimidation is established
White leaguers pretend that they arm to
protect themselves against the armed negroes,
while the other side says there are no armed
negroes. Amid so much uneertainty we can
hardly see that our Legislature is called upop
10 take action on the subject.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-10-21
wAsnrA RlTrn' Tenns. Sent 20. Is.

CAMP FADING LEAF,
WAsHITA RlyEH Texas, Sept. 20, 1874.
am In camp on ths dry for. Of the Washita
River, about twenty miles west Of the one hun
dredth meridian, and, say latitude thiny-Aye de-
grees, forty minutes. The name given TO the
camp is that of an old Delaware scout we have
with us, and is Otherwise suggestive
My command is two companies Of ths Sixth
cavalry two companies Of infantry and two guns
General Miles has distributed the rest Of his
command on the Canadian river, and north Of it,
and left me here with the above, temporarily, no
doubt, he being now on the Canadian.
My camp is in sight OF my battle field, about
four miles off, and my earth works are as gentle
mounds darkening the grass OF the rough
prairie. They viii last till we have each our own
little mound, and ill all the Indians engaged are
dried in trees,
Ben Clark, the ablest scout in this region, and
who was with Custer, tells me that mine was a
harder dght than his here in 1868, was out
numbered at leas, eigh, 10 one, The Comanches,
after hanging to me for three days and nights,
and digging round us like West Point engineers,
abandoned their enterprise and galloped of to the
south, ON the morning of the 18th inst, over the
high prairie at a rate much admired by us.
The feats Of horsemanship they had gatuitously
exhibited us for several days, not only exceeded
in speed, grace and daring, anything ever seen in
the sawdusi ring, but had for Us lhe additional
element Of interest In that the spectacle vas de
signed to divert our attention from the move
ments and fire Of dsmounted men, who were
picking at us behind ridges and builalo-wallows,
at a distance Of about five or six hundred yards
which distance they subsequently closed up to
about three hundred yards.
Riding pony bare-backed at dead run, stand
ing, eyer rough ground, ridges, swales and hol-
lows, with their riae " oAe hand, and, perhaps,
shaking flaming red blanket In the oshlr, iQr u
distance Of from one-fourth to one-half mile, beats
Barnum, think. Sometimes dozen Of my best
shots tried together to bring them down at nine
hundred ysris hut succeeded only IN few cases
where the red man got reckless, and rode within
five or six hundred wards and got his dose, We
don't fancy the continuation Of this campaign into
winter. Cold and wet are not favoriies with my
command,
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-10-21
The Highway Question.

The present legislature is expected to
do something 10 protect towns from the
hardships Of the present forms of highway
legislation, and to render impossible the
frauds and impositons practiced under our
highway law, which are the common expert
ence Of almost every town in the state. The
whole question has been freely discussed in
the papers of the state, and the popular de-
mand for some radical change is strong.
There is no doubt hut that the present
system can and ought to be improved upon
but there always is danger in passing from
an old and wen settled policy to a new and
untred one either in answer TO popular
clamor, or on account Of manifest evils in
the old system We should deprccate an at
tempt to remedy an evil in one place, which
would infict greater one in another.
The exact responsibilities Of towns in regard
10 the SUITE irmc, Of thrli highway ,ha'e never
been too strongly marked out by our courts
and cases of gross negligence on their part
have never been too severely punished and
we suppose no one would advocate a dimi-
mutton Of these responsibilities. The evil
of the old system seems to have arisen from
the fact that there was no legal way to com
pei towns to perform the duties arising from
their acknowledged responsibilities, except
as they suffered punitive damages in private
suits, and so the bill introduced in the Sen
ate yesterday, by Senator Walton, provides
a legal way of making towns do their duty
The provisions Of the bill, so far as they
do this, are important and necessary.
Yet, while towns and other corporations
have rights as well as duties, it would not
be perhaps wise plan for the individual
citizen to give away entirely his own right,
in the exercise Of due care and prudence, TO
travel in reasonable safety from the dangers
of neglected and insufficient highway. Nor
again. would it be Just to shift the response
bility from the corporation to an individual,
or to make the citizen responsible for the
negligence of the town. or its officials. We
need larger and more imperative response
bility for our towns, and simple and quick
method of enforcing it. We need a more
ample protection for our towns from all
kinds Of fraud and imposition. We need
less litigation and less necessity for it, and
if this bill accomplishes these objects, We
hope it may pass-otherwise not. At any
rate we would recommend it TO the careful
attention Of every legislator, and urge that i
any change is made it will be such that w
shall have every interest protected, and no
he obliged to expunge hasty legislation from
our statutes after two years Of unsatisfac
tory experiment.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-10-21

EN-MNoR AIFnuI, Of Chicago, writing from
switzerland to the Tribune OF that city, says that
he has seen hundreds of English ladies tIamppg
ever the mountains, Alprpstock in hand and eyi.
IDENTIFY quite able 90 take care of themselves They
care nothing about q walk Of fifteen or twenty
miles a day, mp q steep ACTIVITY or along mar
row mule-lath skiIting the edge Of precipice.
" But he says whenever meet a woman car
ried on a sedan chair 10y four SWiizers up q
tside il is not NECESSARY tn loo nj her nrodioidis
mass of back hair to know that she is not English,
but American %
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-10-21

\ coUHrfn Of Alexander tie Great pnid visit
to the studio of Apcllc-, the celebrated PAINTER,
and was received with the consideration due 10
his mnk This excited yaldiy aud, uufortu-
posing hls ignomnoe IN % variety Of OF questions
and criticisms Apeles interrupted him ut length
Ia low voice. " DO YOU see those bows that are
grinding my color? While YOU were silent, they
admired you dazzlcd with the splendor of the
purple and gold with which Your habit glitters
but ever since You began 10 talk about what You
do moi understand they have done nothing but
laugh at YOU
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-10-21
Legislature Of Vermont.
SENATE


MONDAY AFTERNOON October ~.
The senate met pursuant To adjournment, and
were called Co order hy the Secretary.
ON motion n senator PAGE Ut lamoiiic nd
iourned
HOUSE
MONDAY AFTERNOON. October 49,
Reading Of the Scriptures and prayer by the
chaplain
journal oi Friday was read and approved
BiIs Mfrwhiced amt REFERRED By Mr. DANEN-
PORT, of Wilmington, IN amendment Of an act in
amendment " section chapter i2G. general
statutes relating to fees Of members NJ the general
assembly, tso changing the lava that members Of
the logslaturo shall moi receive pay for the days
they are not actually In attendance; to committee
ON the Judiciary.
by Mr. DAVENPORT " Wilmington. and Mr.
Nichols, " Dandy. petitions relating o. tolls Tor
grinding grain; referred to committee On manu-
features
Mr. GILMAN, Of Montpelier moved thnt the
house adjourn which was disagreed TO-
By MIR BllKLEN, Of DuNhury. to lcgalzc the
grnd list II the town Of DuNhury for the year
1861, To committee ON the grand list
On motion Of MIR BEATTlE, Of bloomfield,
adjourned
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-10-21


The MILLERs' PErIrIoN.-The following
is the petition Of the millers to the legisla-
ture, which was presented Monday. 1t
will be seen, on reference to the legislative
proceedings, that bill based ON this petit
ton was refused a second reading in the
House
Respectfully represent the undersigned, mlers
and others, that compensation for grinding grain,
as limited by the act Of 1891 still in force is in
sufficient that the cost Of mill privileges the eN-
pense OF maintaining grist mill. with improved
machinery, such as the public demand, together
with the price Of labor clothing and the other
nccessares Of life, have increased much more
than the price Of grain, one sixteenth Of which,
only is now allowed to be retained by the miller
that such compensation has become entirely in
adequate for the work performed, and out Of all
proportion less than is obtained by persons en-
gagged in other occupations, trades and industries
that the legislatures Of the other States have by
their action acknowledged this fact and have,
especially in recent reyisions Of their statutes,
either RETAINED altogether from setting a price
on the work Of the miller, as they avoid fixing
price for the work Of the carpenter and black
smith las being outside the province Of good gov
eminent and an undemocriiic infringement upon
the rights Of the people, or they have fixed
larger limit, and some have fixed limit only
when no contract j. made. In but two other
States Is the limit 50 small NJ In this in five it is
one tenth; in sixteen one eighth; aud ten States
have placed no limit We believe the Limitation
Of toll TO one eighth Of amount ground is small
enough and that the people should be allowed to
contract for themselves. Wherefore We pray for
the passage Of an act allowing millers, when no
price is previously agreed upon, to receive one
eighth Of the amount ground as toll for grinding
the same
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-10-21

BrrcHER gets 81 900 for his lecture in
Boston, and Redpath makes money on him
at that. The scandal has its uses. In reply
TO enthusiastic cheers, he remarked that he
would not pretend TO misunderstood the sig
niGcance OF his reception.