Occupation.-Farmers 154; merchants 23; attorneys 17; physicians 8; clergymen 6; manufacturers 5; students 4; clerks 4; lumber dealers 2; cashiers 2; mechanic 1; county clerk 1; book keeper 1; hotel keeper 1; no business 1; book-seller 1; iron founder 1; super intendent of State's prison 1; starch manufacturer 1; agent for manufacturer 1; banker 1; drover 1; soapstone dealer 1; stove dealer 1; tanner 1; judge of probate 1; musician 1. Religious Preference.-Congregationalists 60; Methodists 36; No Preference 4); Universalists 31; Baptists 28; Episcopals 8; Free Thinkers 3; Libera's 3; Unitarians 2; Christians 2; Independent 2; Restorationists 2; Presbyterian 1; Religious Student of Nature 1; Protestant 1; Second Advent 1.

Nativity.-Vermont 203; New Hampshire 16; Massachusetts 11; Canada East 1; Scotland 1; New York 6; Connecticut 2, Ohio 1; Ireland 1; England 1.

Oldest member-Josiah Gilson, Cavendish, 71 years. Youngest member-P. C. Ford, Granby, 24 years. Union-213. Opposition-11.

STATE OF VERMONT.

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BY PAUL DILLINGHAM, GOVERNOR.

PROCLAMATION.

At the request of the Legislature, in accordance with the custom of the fathers, and in conformity with my own wishes and purpose, I hereby appoint THURSDAY, THE 7TH DAY OF DECEMBER NEXT, to be observed by the people of this State, as a day of PUBLIC THANKSGIVING, PRAYER AND PRAISE TO ALMIGHTY GOD.

Praise is comely; comely indeed when offered to Him whose mercy endureth forever. To any enlightened mind, to each heart of flesh, the mercies of God in Christ, are constantly suggesting innumerable causes of humble gratitude and thanksgiving.

Looking over the year now drawing to a close we are led to exclaim, what hath not God done for us?

The struggle for national existence is closed, the great rebellion is conquered and its foundation destroyed.

Peace with its countless blessings again smiles upon us; and through the darkness of the past, gleams the light of a great hope-hope of a restored Union and lasting concord. In our own State a promising seed time has been followed by an abundant harvest. Honest labor in any department of life has received its full reward.

Our political, civil and religious liberties have been preserved unimpaired.

Free schools, and a free Bible are ours; each in harmony with the other, counteracting ignorance and sin.

For these and the rich and glorious hope set before us in the Gospel of the ever blessed Christ, let us on that day lay aside our usual avocations-assemble in our several places of worship, and there render to God our humble thanks for all the mercies His love has conferred upon us.

Given under my hand and the Seal of the State, in Executive Chamber, at Montpelier, this seventh day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, and of the Independence of the United States the ninetieth. PAUL DILLINGHAM.

By His Excellency, the Governor,

CHARLES M. GAY, Sec'y of Civil and Military Affairs.

STATE OF VERMONT.

BY PAUL DILLINGHAM, GOVERNOR.

A PROCLAMATION.

A hallowed custom, the dictates of the Christian heart, and our public and individual necessities, alike demand at this season a united recognition of our dependence in all things upon the providence of God. I do therefore appoint FRIDAY, THE 13TH DAY OF APRIL NEXT, to be observed as a day of HUMILIATION, FASTING AND PRAYER, by the people of this State. And I earnestly enjoin upon them that they then abstain from their usual employments and observe the day in the devout spirit of the fathers.

Assembling in our respective places of public worship, prostrating ourselves in penitential confession of our manifold sins as individuals and as a people, and imploring forgiveness of the same, let us also on that day offer earnest supplications to Almighty God;

That our hearts may be penetrated with due and humble gratitude to Him who hath given us the great victory, for the preservation of the life of this nation, and for all His numberless and signal mercies;

That He will inspire all those in authority with moderation and forbearance, with firmness in the right, and with wisdom to extricate us from the perils which still remain, and to establish the nation on the lasting foundation of equal and exact justice to all men;

That He will allay the spirit of strife, restore concord,,and revive throughout the land the righteousness that " exalteth a nation; "

That He will regard with his favor the people of this State;

That He will dispose all our hearts to the practice of humility, benevolence, temperance, obedience to law, industry, frugality and honesty, and all Christian principles and virtues; That He will crown the labors of the husbandman with a plenteous harvest, and all honest industry with success;

That He will stay the pestilence that has recently afflicted other lands, and mercifully spare us from its ravages, granting us the inestimable blessing of continued health;

That He will comfort those who have been bereaved by the calamities of war, and all who mourn, and incline our hearts to relieve the unfortunate and the needy;

That He will preserve our religious, educational and charitable institutions, and our political, civil and religious liberties;

That He will turn from us all those evils that we most justly have deserved ;" and that He will help us upward to the perfect stature of a Christian people.

Given under my hand and the Seal of the State, in Executive Chamber, at Waterbury, this sixteenth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eighteen hundred and sixtysiz, and of the independence of the United States the ninetieth.

By His Excellency the Governor,

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PAUL DILLINGHAM.

CHARLES M. GAY, Sec'y of Civil and Military Affairs.