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Forty-Fourth Congress.
SENATE.
WAsHlNGToN, Feb. Q.

WASHINGTON, Feb. Q.
Mr. Edmunds submitted resolutions in
structiDg the committee on public buildings
and grounds to enquire into the expediency
of making adequate provision for the
speedy completion cf the Washington mon
ument in the city of Washington, and that
they have leave TO report by bill or other
wise. Agreed to-
AT the expiration of the morning hour
the senate proceeded with the considera-
tiOn Of the house bill 0ppropriatng ST.
500 900 to aid the centennial celebration.
After long discussion. Mr.. McCrary of
Kentucky offered the following as sub
sttutc for the bill That it be recon-
mended to the people of the United States
to assemble on the Fourth of July next in
such numbers and manner as may be con-
venlent, in their respective cities, towns,
villages, neighborhOods, or wherever they
may be publicly, to testify their joy at the
one hundredth return of that auspicious
day by suitable eulogies, orations and dis
courses, or by public prayers and such re-
llgious exercises and ceremonies as may be
appropriate to the occasion and sanctioned
by their own conscience.
The question being on the amendment
of Mr.. Edmunds, providing that the act
shall not take effect until after the centen-
nial commission and board of finance have
filed in the treasury of the United States a
resolution duly passed declaring their as
sent to the provisions of this act. 1t was
rejected by rising vote. Yeas 10, nays
81.
The question then REQUIRED on the sub
stitute OF" McCreery, and I Eas rejected
Yeas 10. nays As.
Mr.. Edmunds moved to strike out the
preamble. Rejected by rising vote. Yeas
lS, nays "a.
Mr.. Eaton of Connecticut moved to
amend the clause in regard to- the return of
the appropriation by inserting the words,
''to the stockholders on their capital
stock, so it would read, "The appropria-
ton herein before made shall be paid in
full into the treasury OF the United States
before any dividend to the stockholders on
their capital stock, or Il percentage of the
profits shall be paid to the hOlders of said
stock" &c. Rejected,
After further debate, the senate, without
action, at 5.l5, adjourned.
HOUSE
Mr.. Banning of Ohio asked leave to offer
a resolution calling on the secretary of war
for Information as TO the number Of
draught horses and mules in the service of
the army, their cost, place Of purchase,
etc. also, as to the cost of mounting Iegl-
ments of cavalry.
Mr.. Thornburg of Tennessee objected
on the ground that the information called
for would occupy the whole clerical force
of the department TIL the close Of the ses-
sion.
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Bennington County Good Templars

The Bennington county Good Templars
union met at Pownal on Wednesday, every
lodge in the county being represented.
Worthy Chief Templar Henry L. Stillson
presided. The following persons were
chosen
Chief Templar-Thomas Il. Brownell.
Vice Templar-Mrs. Albert Richardson.
Secretary. p, Sibey.
Treasurer-Mrs. Jane Rowe.
Marshal-C. T. Jillson.
Chaplain-B. Il. BrOwnell.
Past Chief Templar-Henry L. Stillson.
The officers were installed by Deputy T.
IL. Dole of Rensselaer, county, NY.
The reports from the several lodges in
the county were encouraging.
At the evening session good audience
assembled. Rev. Henry G. Farrar, the
speaker, was prevented from reaching Pow
nal on account of the storm. The music,
under the supervision Of J. E. Prest, OF
the North Pownal manufacturing company
was fine, especially the song entitled
"Friendless.' The soprano solo was beau
tfully rendered by Mrs. w. Ii. Watson, as
was also the tenor solo by j. E. Prest.
The song "Lead us not into temptation,
the composition Of Fred. N, Squire OF
Bennington, was splendldly sung by Mrs.
II. l., Stllson.
The following complementary resolu-
tions to Congressman Joyce, were adopted +;
WHEREAS, We as Good Templars are
solemnly bound in an especial covenant not
to make, sell, use, furnish, or cause TO be
furnished to others IN beverage, any
spirituous or malt liquors, wine or cider
and
WHEREAS, We are further bound n use
all honorable means in our power to sup
press their use in the community, there
fore,
Resolced, That we notice with pride the
recent action of Col. q. II. Joyce, our
member of congress from this district, 10
introducing into the supreme legislative
body of this nation bill which provides
that no money shall he issued from our ma
tional treasury in aid OF the coming CEN
tennial exhibition ii the sale of intoxicat-
Ing liquors shall be allowed on the grounds
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A Bear Hunt on the Pandora.

Here however, one evening, Joe came
running aft with broad grin on his face
to get gun, saying there was bear swim
ming near the ship. Everybody made a
rush for the guns, and in moment lively
fire was opened on Mr.. Bruin, who, how
ever, swan off under this shower of bullets
unharmed, In the meantime the captain
and Mr' LillingstOn had lowered boat and
started after him. 1t proved to be close
race, for the bear swan with speed had
little expected, looking around at his pur-
suers now and then, and redoubling his ex-
eriions when he saw they were gaining up
on him. pitied the poor brute with all
my heart, for he had not of course, the
ghost Of a chance, and he swan hard for
his life, Soon the boat had approached
within ten feet of him. Then there were
two shots, and he suddenly stopped swim
ming and lay lifeless on the water, shot
through the head. 1t was certainly not
very good sport, as the poor brute could In
the water neither get away nor fight but
the truth is we were out Of seal and need
ed him as a change from salt meat Cor.
New York Herald
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PROBATE COURT.
District Of Rutland.
WALTER G. DUNToN, Judge.
~. z. ROBBINs, Register.


Tho followinC is n SUMMARY of tho brs,
ness transacted in the probate court 10. ecs- .s-
district of Rutland from Jan. 2S,h to Feb
ruary 10th.
Jan. 80. Estate of Cornelia r. Halsey.
Brandon will filed hearing ordered for
March 7, 1876.
Estate of Job Scott, Dandy report of
commissioners returned and approved.
81. Estate of Lydia Mclean, Rutland
will filed hearing ordered February 20,
1876.
Estate of Lewis Bump. Chittenden ac.
count of administrator settled and decree
of residue.
Feb. l. Estate of Alaason Draper, Bran
don Report of commissioners returned
and approved.
Estate of Patrick McCarty, Mendon IN
ventory returned and approved.
Estate of Shubal Lamphier, Rutland
order made for final account
Estate of Levi WoolsOn, Pittsford as
signment to widow of personal property
and account aud dividend settled.
Estate of Peter Ward, Mendon license
granted to sell real estate
z. Estate of Gushing Barrett, Mt. Holly;
commissioners report returned and ap-
proved.
Estate of Betsey Manley, Rutland in
ventory returned and approved.
s. Estate of Willard II. Chamberlain,
Brandon; report of commissioners returned
and approved
o. Estate of Eiwin Graves, Mt. Holly
report of commissioners returned and ap-
proved.
Estate of Margaret Conrolly, Rutland
decree of residue of estate to heirs.
10. Estate of Edward Doolin, Chitten-
den commissioners report returned and
approved.
Estate of Orrin w. Durkee, Pittsford !;
report of commissioners returned and ap-
proved.
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Paying the National Debt

The patriotic idea of paying the national
debt by voluntary contributions is making
headway in the west and south. The sec
retary of the treasury has received letter
from person in williamsburg, Va who,
on seeing that the public debt statement
amounted to s2,244 ,426, ,9S1, ,25, thought it
would be good idea to dispose of the
whole debt during the glorious centennial
year, and to that end enclosed % cents to
pay the last two figures, hoping the secre-
taIy will find five as devoted friends OF the
union ready and willing to tackle the re-
naming ten figures, paying two each.
The letter is signed, "a rebel of 1865 a
patriot of 1876" Mrs. U. s. Grant has
received letter from some person in Gin
cinnati, enclosing dollar, (which" the
writer says, you will please see that the
secretary of the United States treasury gets
for the purpose of forming what shall be
known as the voluntary sinking fund for
the liquidation of the debt Of the United
States" lie or she requests contributions
from one cent upwards, and thinks that In
few years the sum would be "a power not
TO be despised. The letter is signed, "A
Buckeye"
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UNBALANCED BIDS.

1t ia not so long ago as to have been for
gotten, that Governor Tiden startled the
country, and especially the people of the
state Of New York, by his SO called ex-
posure of the canal frauds. 1t appeared,
and it was too true, that in some ten con-
tracts, the actual amount paid contractors,
was 81 ,5GO,769 "a, while the lettings were
for the apparant sum of 1924, 1856. 90. Yet
this excess of over million Of dollars was
due and payable by the letter of the con-
tract. The increase was brought about by
system Of unbalanced BIDS" as they
were called, which were made in this way;
When the estimates of the quantities and
kinds of material are made and published,
the contractor ascertains, in some way,
the kind and quantity of material which
will, in fact, be used. This he does by
fraud and cOllusion with the engineers, by
a better knowledge of the situation, or in
other ways. He then prepares his bid,
Offering to do the work and furnish the
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and out of 94,072 prisoners in confinement
by the rebels, 36, 401 died. while out of 227,
$40 In the hands OF the Federals, only 80. .
1862 died. In other words. nearly two ont
of five, or thirty-nine of each hundred
died in their hands while one in eight, or
thirteen of each one hundred, died in ours.
This shows the mortality 10 be about three
times as great among the prisoners in their
hands rs among the prisoners held by the
federal authorities.
As Jefferson Davis has appealed to the
records, let him be judged by them. Is it
not just that this crime against humanity
and common decency be fastened upon its
proper authors rather than great, brave,
though mistaken people should longer bear
the stigma of these crimes, which surpass
in needless inhumanity all and any crueltes
recorded in history2
II it be urged that the passion and ex-
elements which are incidents of war caused
this cruel treatment of the living, this ex-
planation does not apply to the dead, aud
does not explain the malignant manifesto
| have no space to enter upon the disCGs-
sion Of this 4fubject ~ large, but it 10 snf-
ticient TO say that tho total number Of un-
known dead buried by the Uuited States
authorities Of rebel soldiers held Nv them
was only 72G, while the total unknown
Union soldiers dying in rebel hands was
20,555. These facts and figures show,
more plainly than any mere rhetoric can
show, the miseries under which Union SOL
diers fingered and died.
In addition to this might add testimony
from rebel sources TO show the needlessly
crowded condition of the Andersonville
prison, and that there was no necessity for
the starvation of prisoners; but l have al
ready trespassed too much upon your col
umns in thus dsproving the position as
sumed by Mr.. Davis, by testimony to which
he himself has appealed.
WARREN LEE Goss.
President "National Union Andersonville
Survivors"
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PRICE FIVE CENTS.

during the exhibition prefacing said bill,
as we believe, by an incontrovertible argu-
ment, and thet we hereby pledge him our
mutual support, congratulating Congress-
man Joyce upon the honor he has done
both himself and our state in this matter.
Resotced That this act of our representa-
tive brings prominently to the surface
fact most encouraging TO the large army Of
temperance workers, that our cause has so
far progressed as TO command attention In
our highest legislative body, and that "The
star which never sets" is the first to agitate
this question Of prohibition on the floor Of
of congress
The remaining resolutions ask the CO.
operation Of oil good citizens to aid In
sending from the several towns in Ben
nington county, representatives to the next
legislature, Who will give such amendments
to the prohibitory law as TO render its ex-
ecution practicable in the larger towns,
among which shall be one THAT the
wife may sue in her own name and collect
from the rum-seller all moneys paid by her
husband for liquors sold him contrary to
lav, and that said moneys 50 paid the rum
seller contrary TO statute shall be subject TO
trustee process the same as now provided
by our laws for the collection of claims"
The next meeting will be held at Factory
Point on the second Wednesday of May
next.
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The Agricultural Report.

A subcommittee of the House committee
on agriculture has been before the COM
mittee on printing to urge the printing
of 2G5,0Oo copies of the annual report Of
the department of agriculture. 1t is porb-
able that this will be agreed to, but there
will be a cutting down of the number to be
printed Of Safe documents which are less
in demand. Up to 1873, 265,0OO of these
reports were printed, of which $4,000 cop
les went to the department, and the re-
naming 2i0, 900 were distributed among
members of Congress. The reports fur
nlshed the department were sent 10 its cor
respondents. When the franking privi-
lege was abolished the printing of these re-
ports was discontinued The commissioner
fearing he should lose his correspondents
II unable to supply them with the reports,
presented the matter to Congress and an
appropriation of $4,000 was made for
printing the reports of 1873. The report
for 1874 is stereotyped and can be printed
as soon as ordered by Congress and the re-
port for 1875 is in manuscript and nearly
completed.
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WINDSOR COUNTY.
Woodstock, Springfield, 3 each Chester, 4 !;
Bethel, Hartford. ludlow, Rochester, Royal
ton, windsor. each; Andover, Barnard.
Bcdgcw alter, Cavendish, hartland Norwich.
bridge, Weatherneld, Weston, West Windsor,
each Baltimore, /.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
st. Johnsbury, s; Barnet, Burke, Danville,
Hardwick, Lyndon, each. The remaining
towns OF the county have each, except Kirby,
sheflield and STANDARD, who have each.
cHTrENDEN COUNTY.
=, Burlington, 9; Colchester. q Charlotte
mond Westford, Wlliiston, each. The re-
naming towns OF the county have two each,
except Milton and st. george, l each.
ESSEX COUNTY.
Brighton, Concord, Guildhall, LunenDurgh, 2
each. The remaining towns OF the county
have one each.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
st. Albans, 10 ; Berkshire, Enosburgh, Fair
fax, Higagate. Rlchford. sheldon and Swanton,
eacn. The remaining towns OF the county
have two each.
GRAND ISLE COUNTY.
Aburgh. 3 Grand Isle, 2; South Hero, Isle
La Motto and North Hero, one each.
LAMoILLE COUNTY.
Morristown, 1 WOlcutt, 3. The remaining
towns OF the county, each. except Btlvldere
one.
ORANGE COUNTY.
Randolph, 4; Bradford, Cn elsea, Corlnth
Newoury, Thetford, Topsham, Tunbridge,
each. The remaining towns or the county hav,
2 each, except Fairlee, l,
ORLEANS COUNTY.
Barton, Troy, 3 each The remaining town
OF the county each, except Holland, Salem
and Westmore, each.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
Montpelier, Northheld, Waterbury, Barre
Q. The remaining towns OF the county 2 each
except DuXbury and Fayston, each.
wINDHAM COUNTY.
Drattleboro, O = Londonderry, Rockingham
Naa tpnin q n
the county, 2 each, except Athens, Brookline
Somerset and Stratton, each.
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Probable Homicide by Vermont
Man.
CLAREMoNr, Feb. I.

CLAREMONT, Feb. I.
Thomas f. Mason Of Felchville, Vt,
shot George Dean Of Wcathersiicld, at the
Junction house, Clremont Junction, about
eight o'clock last night The ball entered
the left side, and physicians pronounced
the wound fatal. A quarrel arose about
former quarrel between them, when Mason
stumped Dean out Of doors tor fight.
Dean was about to comply with the chal-
lengG, when he was Informed that Mason
had revolver, and he then declined to go
ont. Mason then fired at him, though he
claims ii was an accident, owing to defect
in the pistol. When Mason found what he
had done, he came to this village for medi-
cal assistance. lie is now under arrest.
He was intoxicated at the time, and was at
the Junction houte to procure more liquor
Great excitement prevails here. Mason is
45 years.old, has wife and two children.
Dean was employed at the hotel, is 20
years old, and has wife.
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State Fair.

A large and enthusiastic meeting of the
citizens of Burlington was held at the
American house, Burlington, Tuesday
evening, to devise measures to secure the
location of the state fair at that place for
the next three years. II was found to be
necessary to raise about S5 900 to secure
aud fit up suitable grounds, and commit
tee was appointed 10 solicit subscriptions.
~, 800 was subscribed at the meeting, and
the remainder will doubtless soon be
pledged.
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A Senatorial Wedding.

Senator Christiancy of Michigan, an old
widower of G3, with family OF grown-up
children, was married Tuesday to Lille
Lugenbeel a pretty treasury clerk of about
10, whom he met for the first time about
six weeks since at the house where they
have since been boarders His colleague,
Senator Ferry, acted as groomsman.
In voting on the postponement of the
centennial bill, when the name of Senator
Christiancy was called, the chair (Mr.
Ferry said, my colleague has paired to-
day and is necessarily absent. (Great
laughter.)
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The Louisville Courier-Journal thinks
that Ben Hill, Tucker and company have
made a mess of it. 1t Is gloomy and, at
the same time, prophetic. Hear it :
"There is every likelihood that the next
house will be hopelessly radical, and
wholly and solely because of their
lack of penetration. They forget
nothing. They learn nothing. They
talk and talk, while the other side
i hies off with the swag Thus far, in
"spite of an overwhelming majority, they
have allowed themselves to be beaten,
overreached and turned upside down on
their particular ground. Even their
" friends are sick and despondent." And
this was all before jeff Davis had written
his letter. How sick and despondent they
must feel now
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The yeas and nays on the motion to sus-
pend the rules so as to vote on the resnlu-
tions of Mr.. Kasson, declaring that the
government, under the constitution, has no
power to make other than specie legal
tender in times of peace and that all cur
rency legislation should be with view to
specie resumption, have been received
Messrs. Joyce, Hendee aud Denison voted
in the affirmative, as did, also, eighty-seven
out of the one hundred and seven republi-
cans in the house. The only democrats
who voted in favor of the proposition were
Bell of New Hampshire, George A. Bagley
and Willis of New York, Durand and Pot
ter of Michigan, Hamilton and Teesc of
New Jersey, Kehr of Missouri, and Powell
of Pennsylvania.
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L1FE's ILLUSIONS.


THE foilow,ns one Of the most beautiful
OF the ro,sgr NJ Alice Cary. who died February
10 ,s-,
- '''i'J
10 tbe v,ry hour and place OF my birth;
MI. Mt have nv ilip whatever 1 ch ise,
And iiva it In anv pnrt of the earth -
Bahlsb mo shadow OF sorrow and doubt;
Have All nv happlneg multiplied,
An1 aiSlfity 'slt1eriug stricken out
Tho bss. nat woman comes to Know ;
Could heve i ad ,vb+tpver Will make her blest.
OrNyl,aietier r ~ q ruin l,s Will make her so
That de bridal Sfe6th and ring inciose;
Aud gained Tie ono ont of all the world
That ny haar as well as my reason chose
Anluthk ~ been, and at 1od tonight
And egx q count in my prayers, for u rosary,
rms III ilhg row OF their golden heads =
kA/
49, miracle such as this
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The law is inexorahle. 1t has called
away so many of the presidents official
household to attend the trial of Babcock,
at St. Louis, that no one is left to carry
messages to congress. The president has
therefore made Ulysses S. Grant, jr., "Mr.
Secretary'-as the president pro temp0re
of the senate is required to call HIM.
This may be good for the cir" but the
fact that the "ofliciel household" know so
much, or are presumed to know SO much,
about the Babcock case, don't have very
pleasant look.
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However much we may congratulate
ourselves that the most exalted are com
PEELED to obey the process of the courts, in
the same manner as the humblest citizen,
as was shown in the Babcock trial, We'd
nesday is 1t not little humiliating to
learn, at the same time, that the president
of the United states, from his intimacy and
personal relations to the accused, should
be considered material and necessary
witness for person on trial charged with
o copspiracY to defrand the government 2
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The democratic character of American
institutions had forcible illustration in the
Babcock trial, Wednesday. 1t was de-
cided, by. agreement of counsel, that the
president of the United States need not ap-
pear, personally, as a witness, but that his
deposition might be taken upon interroga-
tories, to be settled by the court or agreed
upon by counsel. This was matter OF
courtesy, and not of right, showing that the
highest executive officer of the land is sub.
ject to the same process, and amenape to
the same laws, as the humblest Of day la
bOrers
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The senate by extending to the president
pro tenlpore the courtesy OF naming mem
Der of the finance committee, have placed
thereon an opponent of the presumption act.
Henry Cooper, with one exception, when
present, voted in favor of every imitation
measure, and in opposition to every meas
ure looking toward specie payments, during
the last congress, as well as against the re-
sumntion act SO called.
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TERMS IN ADvANoR.

George f. Edmunds and Justin s. Nor
rill, senators in congress- from Vermont,
both, Wednesday,, advocated the bill max
ing an appropriation for the centennial. af-
Arming its consiD~,iionaty, and the duty
of the government to make the exhibition
success bnt each regretted the necessity
which seemed to make the appropriation
necessary
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General Notes.

While in Vermont lecture courses the
present season are non-paying, those of
western New York are successful and pay
a liberal profit. The Utica course, just
completed, has been more than ordinarily
remunerative, as will be seen by the toll
lowing statement, which shows also the
popularity of The lecturers
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The house, Tuesday, passed bill re-
peallng the bankrupt law of 1867, and all
acts ameniatory thereto and providing
that all proceedings now pending, where
there has been an adjudication of bank
ruptcy," shall be proceeded with and
governed by existing laws, which are kept
70 force for that Purpose. The entire YER
mont delegation Msssrs. Joyce, hendee,
aud Ssn'~aa-~ots, Tor the repeal. 1t Is
said that while the bankrupt law of 1874
operated disastrously for the debtors, tho
present law had like effect on creditors
hence the movement for repeal.
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Messrs. Min,oN If Pun ey, well known
by the short-horn cattle bred on their farm,
move to Illinois with their herd IN the
spring.