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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1849-12-13
The Martyrs.

The Patriot groans over the unhcard of cruel
y of our new Sheriff.
The poor jaiier is OUT Yes he was once
kept in bya Wing Sheriff, which the Patriot for
gets. Last spring he was kept in the office of
second constable by the Wings, when one of the
Patriot clique tried to kick him out, The Patr-
OF forget4 that. He had held the office of aIer
several years. and Mr. Howes had applications
of other men for The place, who equally needed
it and ':ere equally able to discharge the duties
of the Office, lie appointed one of them. VIII
the Patriot clique refuse 10 remove him when
they have the power? Wait and sec.
Again: "PadU Rork is out " Hugh Royk
has had charge of the Court Iluuse--a sturdy,
healthy man. Bot another Irlshmln was a can.
dllalc against hlm-a poor lrlshman, out of
health ard lately thrown out of home and labor,
a"G obliged to resort to the charity of the over
seer Of the poor. This poor distressed Irishman
found favor in the eyes of the Sheriff: Mr.
Howes employed him, and thus performed deed
Of real charity, OF which Mr. Rork himself will
not complain if he has The genuine Irish spirit
W BtIltTuSliy uVOul UiIIls w Z llIUk Iduuy
Rork,' as the Patriot calls him, will leave the
Patriot alone to abuse Mr. lIowes for tins. We
believe he is lrshman enough for that.
Again; the Sheriff IS terribly Wibernl Ger.
llinly liberol, according TO the Patriots
notions of liberalty. OF seven deputy sherids
appointed by Mr.. tIowes, FIVE are democrats
and TWO are Wings. Yes, dear reader, our
Wing Sheriff has actually suffered itpo Wings to
hold The Office Of deputy sheriff, to fve demo.
Gratis He has been so liberal AS to appoint FIVE
democras--and the Patrio, complains of llber-
atty! Well-tae people can see what the Pat
riot would do if it could have its way: not a
Wing in the county would be suffered for mo-
ment to hold a single Office The Patriot prob
ably thinks that Wings have no privilege in this
world, always excepting that OF paying taxes to
support locoioco ofiice.hoIders.
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Astounding Developement!!

The last Patriot contains an announcement
which for strangeness is akin to the mystery Of
tho Pafkman murder or the ghostly thumpings
in New York. .4zei Spaiding declines an of.
flee -! Azel, the ex-candidale for Congress S.
Azel, the representative to the Legislature
Azel, the ex-S,ate's Attorney -Aze, the ex-
judge is now xjal commissioner, of his own
free will. Aze perhaps was greved that he
was not martyr to the long ,eam-that he was
nominated by coationsts and unanimously con-
firncd by The Wings and so because the
Wings did not turn him out, he turns himself
out. Probably this mysterious deed was perpe-
rated in u moment of temporary insanity. Who
ever did hear Of snne locofoco refusing an Of
fce---unless it was to get better one? We
say temporary insanity: for the fact is that Azel
actually did hold this snne Office last year. al
though the Wigs helped give it to him; aye,
our afflicted friend does still hold another Office,
conferred upon him by the Wings this year,
Azcl is still justice Of the peace for the county
Of Washington, by the favor Of J. a. Vail and
Il Wing Joint Assembly. Some men may be so
resignng the Commissionership, which is worth,
perhaps, fuu1 and sxpcnca per annum, and re-
tanning the justicoshp, which is probably worth
double that enormous sun: but we can't yield
our explanation; we think that nothing but
fit Of monenlary insanity-of oblivion TO the
first principles Of coalilionsm--c prevent
him from holding both Offices 1t is certain
ly strange that he should give up the poorer
place Which his otua partg nominated him to, and
retain the better place which the Wings gave
INN, without aid from bis own party. Does he
mean to tlrn Wing, That he should ;hus reject
the Office of the condition, and thus cleave to
,ha, of the Wings? Tie Patriot even won't say
that 1T must say that the afflicted man did no,
know what he was about What else can it do ?
We trust the unfortunate gentleman will speed
lily recover, and relieve the painful anxiety into
which his friends and fellow citizens must lie
plunged by this most mysterious event.
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Congress-.

MONDAY, Dec. 3.
The Senate net at noon, aud was called tc
order by Mr. Fillmore. Prayer by Rev. Mr.
Slicer.
The following Senators appeared and took
their uts:-Alessrs. Felch. Hamlin, Jefferson
Davis, Mangpm Downs, Walker, Dawson Cass
Foote, Henry Dodge a. c. Dodge, Jones, But.
Ter, Hunter, Mason, Atchson, Cooper, Jonn Da.
Wis, Green, Phelps, Smith, Upham, El1ll, Clay
Norris, Sturgeon, Bell, BALDWIN, Miller, Clarke
Chase, Badger, Corwin, Pierce, Calhoun, Whit,
comb, fulec-3S, Ga motion, the Senate re-
solved 10 meet at twelve.
Mr., Underwood presented the credentials nj
lion. lieny Clay, who, after being duly qlahli-
ed, took his seat.
Mr.. Shields credentials were also presented
by Mr. Mangum, who also took his seat. The
Senate then being organizeJ an Adjournment
took place.
HOUSE Mr.. Campbell the Clek OF The last
House, called the roll: 2l9 answered 10 their
names, The absentees were Messrs Wilmnt OF
Pennsylvania; Sheppard, Wing, North Carolina
King Wing, of Georgia; Julian, Free SolIer, OF
Indiana Aston, Wing, and Hubbard, Den,o-
Graf, of Mississippi; Gentry, Wing, of Tenne,-
see; Boyd, Democrat, of Kentucky aud Nor
ton, whlg, Of Virglni. The House then proceed
cd to ballot for Speaker, with The following re.
suit:
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WHY

We observe that Locus B. PECK is not free
soer enough to vote for Root, or Giddings, for
Speaker; bnt on every occasion, SO far as we
have yet seen, he cast his vote for Cleveland of
Connecticut who was (lke Mr.. P.) Cass man,
and became a coailionisl last spring. What
sort of free solcr Cleveland is can be learned
from this
A correspondent of the Journal of Commerce
says;
Gov. Cleveland, of Com, stated that the
North would vote tor Democrat lpithOut insist
ing that he be an adpOcdts Of The ProciSo. lie
had voted fr Mr.. Potter aud Mr.. Thompson,
without knowing their precise opinions upon mat
question. Many Southern men called upon Mr..
Potter TO ascertain his views. lie SIMPLY SAID
he would be- governed by no sectional ends
Why, then, does l.. b, Peck vote for man
who toiH not make The Prcpjso test? Are the
Iocoioco coaillonists OF New England intending
to play mlse with the Free Soilers' Perhaps
the Patriot ana Freeman can enlighten the pub
lie on matter which seems to be ennently
worthy of consideration.
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The Convention.

We add the hamcs Of few more delegates,
deferring a complete list until we can give the
official and correct roll
Londonderry, Sem Pierce,
Benson Loyal C. Kellogg,
Rochester, Artemas Cushman,
Weston, Stephen Smith,
Bristol Iloratio Needhnni.
Lunenburgh, Reuben G. Benton,
Cratsbury, Nathan S. Hill,
Troy, Frederick Fuller.
The Patriot claims any where from 2G to 40
majority OF the old liners and coalitionis,s over
the Wings which renders it more than proba-
BILE that the coalition 10 quite as much in the mi
nority as the Wings, the old liners holding the
balance of power. And that Is oH the victory
the ,rickslcrs could win with the Wings fast a .
sleep. The election, under such circumstances,
only shows that the Wings when wide awake are
invincblc.
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Pap!

The Patriot fears that tho p1p is in dancer.
and talks Of the "paronage that beionged 10 the
North Star, Freeman, Patriot and Vermont Ga
zelte" belonged! thereiniies the only prnci-
pie for which tho Patriot cares a siraw-to wit.
pap. Who but the Patriot ever before claimed
that the advertising, &c. of the county and pro-
bate courts belonged TO any particular presses ?
But the Patriot has let out the secret of its dis
tress about the long team, and we improve the
opportunity to say word about it, Until the
Patriot j1nlo hod the power 10 the county of
Washington, the nvarable rule of the courts
was to publish notices tchereuer The parties inter
eSfed wished. Even under locos, tins Just and
proper rule has been to considerable degree ac-
ted upon, and we believe would alwoys have
been acted upon had not the Patriot men con-
stantly been aiming to change it and monopolize
the patronage Of the county officers in despite of
the wishes Of tho people Interested. Last year
even, when Wing Judge of Probate and Reg
lister were appointed in this county, the Patriot
men had the hurdihood to insist that they should
prefer The Patriot in Mtir paironage, on the
ground that they were indebted to the loaos for
tlCiT OhlCe5' w q Clu not then CLAIM, and never
did diam, that this patronage or any other should
be gwen to US ON piriy grounds: our claim was
that the fair, just and honest Wing rule should
be adhered TOTO W.T. that the advertising should
go where the persons interested preferred. This
we hold to now; on this rule We hope Whir Of
fcers will always act, aud leave official mean
ness of every SOFT to be monopozed solely by
the managers Of the Vermont Patriot and such
tools as they can find for their work. That they
have attempted TO find such tool even in q whig
officer, we know; and we have a right to infer
that they have claimed it from ocofoco officers,
in this Lnmole and Orange counties Still we
have had degree of patronage from locofoco
officers in those counties We believe ia spite of
the Patriot: and we now request the Wing Off
GERS to act justly and consult the best interests
of those really concerned, in all the patronage
that is not entirely left TO their discretion. For
that, we certainly lhiui! the Patriot men have no
sort of claim Whatever. Ii does not "belong''
to them any more Than 10 or any body else, and
we trust the officers who have the patronage to
give will scout every claim TO a monopoly, come
from whom ii may.
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3 O'Clock the House I'D Journed,

December 4.
SENATE Vice PresiIcn, Fillmore presiding.
Messrs Dayton, Sebastian kusk aud Turney
appe ired aud took their seats.
HOUSE. The bulloung Tor Speaker was re-
sumed, and on The first ballot, Messrs. Cobb and
Winthrop received the same us Yesterday
Whole number Of votes 224 On the second
ballot, the vote was Cobb, l0l Winthrop % ;
Gentry aud Hopkins 3; Wilmot 5. Whole
number 22I. On the third bnllo, the whole
number of votes were 223 MIR. Winthrop had
~, and Mr. Cobb 100 On the fourth ballot,
Mr.. Winthrop had 81, and Mr.. Cobb 80. Fifth
ballot, Mr.. Winthrop had ", and Mr.. Cobb 100.
Sixth ballot, the vote stood Winthrop ~, and
Cobb 90
The House adjourned.
The Senate authorized clerk for tho Vice
President.
In the House various unsuccessful attempts
were made to elect Speaker. Mr. Stanton pro-
posed 10 limit the number of candidates to four,
aud on the next ballot 10 the Two hIghest-ost,
Dec 4.
In the House, after some debate on resou-
tons which were LAID on the table, Mr. Stanton
offered the same resolution submitted by hun
yesterday. The bautlng then proceeded.
Flrsr Ballot. Cobb 50, Winthrop l0l, Tuck
6, Richardson 0, Potter 10, Cleveland 2, Gentry
5, Bucuck !, Allen |. Whole 2l5
Second. Cobb 3D. Winthrop 100, Potter 10,
Richardson H.
Third, Winthrop 100, Cobb .66, Richardson
25, Potter -.
Fourlh.-W inthrop 100, Cobb 60, Richardson
26, Potter Is, Tuck 0, Gentry 5. No choice.
Adjourned.
On the 7Ih and Slh, Mr.. Winlhrop's vote was
l0l or l02 through The several btrotngs the
rest scattering, On the 2S;h ballot Cobb had s.
Potter OF Ohio 7G, Boyd of Ky, 10, Richardson
Of Illinois 4, Scat IL total locotoco vote, I07
winthrop l0l, Gentry 5-Whis vote l06; VIII
mot free soll) z. On Monday the l0h VIM
lhrop run up to l0i the rest of the ballot mol
reported.
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o. We arc glad 10 see one of our oldest
and most successful merchants once more in bu-
slness. OF course we alude to john SPAL-
supply, SO that leamslcrs aud others bringing
freight here can always find suitable articles for
a return load. New moves in trade also at
Yves, Lebanon, Waterbury and Burlington: see
advertisements.
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From California. Two steamers have reach
ed New York, bringing The mails and gold to an
amount between one and two millions. The
constitution has been adopted the elections
were to come OF early in Novomber provisions
scarce and rising rapidly gold reports as usual
The cholera had reached Mazatlan.
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collected for the past and cur
rent wear, l75OOO
Securing balance on Both of
June. 1850. of Ss5S7lO 81
RATES OF POSTAGE.
II seems lonu To have been n received orincinle
in Ibis DEPARTMENT. that ils exDenses should nj.
WAYS be kent within the income furnished by
posta ue and all exerions at the improve,ncnt and
extension of The service are TO he limited TO. and
fall within. such reccipts.
The opinion of the community, without the
Department is believed to be that the General
Post Office being for The dissemination of intel
ioence, and advancement Of business, is not
proper subject of taxation
That no burden for public service should bear
it, aud that the rate of posluge should only be
such as will pay the expense of the care, convey
ance, and delivery of the matter on which the
the poslege is laid.
Those views are in no way incompai,be and
may both be successfully regarded, provided a
reasonable compensation be made To the Dep TT.
ment for the service it performs, by those for
whose bensiit such service is rcquired.
1t must be quite obvious that there can be no
practical method of ascerlanng the expense of
mail service on each particular letter or paper,
as it fluctuues with the cost in each different
section OF The country; but what is the p.oper
o
with rood degree of Justice, if when ascer,aiued
il is 10 bear IT'S fair proportion md thai ony.
Tho classes of service now required are three:
The care TRANSFORMATION md dehyerv-Iit of
letters 81. of newspapers and pamphlels; Sd.
mater carried without comn,nsa,,o,.
II i, bv pos,ape ON the two first class ps oC SER
vice Thai the whole EXPENSES of The Denar,me,t
are now sustained.
The whole number of letters charged with
nos,aqe passing through the mails the mast wear
reckoned ON The postage received ngrrenbly tn
basis heretofore appToycd. umouutsd 10 si,,y.
On all these letters the nostane collected was
SO 9S2,762; on newspapers and pamphels,
SSIV.OI6 Il is well known ,lr,t Inc pos,aoe on
the newspapers and pamphe,s. in proportlon to
their weight and numbers. ia in a very great de-
gree less than the letter postage so that they
do not nav their proporlion of The expense of the
service.
1t therefore follows, that the letter postage
oovs now. not onIv for ia own cost. bus also for
what the MINER postogc G,ll4 short of lis propor.
ton and also for all Inc other onerstons ind ser
vices of the Department. Including The expense
of all the matter carried for The public wilhou,
INV from Governmnn, Th;s hrincs us 10 en-.
anna what 10 tho ny,on, Of ,Ii cIoss of service
rendered wilhon, nnv from tho onolovers
| FIRST. What ia The nature and nnnppt of this
| RANKED matter
The Leods of tho difIsrcr, De,.r,,,on,s frank
al ,ho nail n,a,,er sam, ,roa, ,ta;r ,nsnoc,;ve
',nn..I,. 'I so..o','o ',o''' ''." Ill.,.
T'L''a ,s aS 'ee. 'n W '"uu' 80 N.Y.,
ton, hv he p"s, 0ftice IF ,ho c;, u" ae W"sbin%'
,op' Of ali sucb mater receiUcJ Sv tho DnnnT,.
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Report of the Post Master GEN.
eral.

We give the Report of the Postmaster Gen.
eral in full. It Is well drawn, and next to the
message the most interesting TO our readers.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1849-12-13

Foreign .Nt,es received to Nov. 9th. Ire
land is distressed aud disturbed as usual at thi:
season of the year. The autocrat Of Russia has
knocked under to Tu,key-the Hungarans car
come TO America if they please, and many will
do 80. Indeed, few have already arrived.
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Boston. John F. BIgelow (whig) was elected
Mayor on Monday majority $40
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sssl ,Gs2 70
Thus showing the sum of S69l ,6s2 20 mex
pended, of the revenues of the past year, ircln-
ding The former appropriations granted to this
Department for the transportation Of free matter
of the Departments
ESTIMATES FoR THE CURRENT YEAR LNDING
JUNE 80, 1880
Tho provisions of the laws of lS45, for redu
cling the cost of mail service, having produced
their entire effect on all the contracts las all have
now passed under their inhueDce) before the
commencement of this year, it was expected
that in the future contracts a clear and decided
advance ofcost would ensue. This expectation
was in some measure verified by the letting to
contract, last spring, the Northern section, inciu-
ding New England and New York.
The aggregate cost for the service was at
that letting much increased. The whole cost
for the service in that section under The
contracts made in le45, including A.
gences was S53l4l2
The whole cost for service in that sec
ton by the contracts of ls49 is 62s, 1893
Making an increase of S96,9Si
One cause Of this is that more service is now
contracted fer there TO be done. Instead of
0,9l9, IVA miles OF transportation per wear. H.
56S, 1926 miles is performed, being an in. rease OF
649,65l miles per annum. Another cause and
the greatest, perhaps, is owing to tho change of
mail service from coaches to the many newly fin
ished Railroads IN that section, which is much
more expensive service.
The service in that section in carriages or on
horseback, which was open to free competition,
has been let at even mare reduced rate than
before, and amounts only to about three cents
for each mile the mail Is transported. On the
other hand, IN the railroad and steamboat service,
where monopoly excludes competition, the ex-
panse Is Increased, and the transportation u.
mounts to nine cents for each mile the mail is
carried, even under the law OF ls45, fixing max
imum OF price to the classes of service
The expenses OF the service of the Denarl-
ment for the current year ending with June mex,
will therefore be increased by the amount of in
crease in the Eastern section $96,96l; also, by
the cost OF new routes in other sections ordered
by Congress, $57 1888, and by extension and i'm.
proyements ordered by the Department, about
$2s,OS3; TO which must be added a probable
SUN Of $4,000 for California, and a sum to meet
other contingencies OF $4,000 These add
lions 10 the expenses of the service of the last
year VAL constitute the amount of the curreil
expenses OF this year as thus stated:
E ssP,dn as las, year, sa,f7O,oi0 L
section, on a3i n
New routes let in other sectioD., 5S'33s O
New service ordered, o. asa d
Expense for California, bOO0u %
Expense VI mail across lsthmus, 1902 d
publishing edition Of Post Office laws, 5000 o.
Other misce haneous items, 25 900 y
Whole expenditure Of The service Of the De-
paTtmeni for tho current yesr, Si,75O 1888 l
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10 The Central Road was opened to Rich
mond some ten days ago.
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Hurry up he big pigs. Dec. 3, a. Smith of
liardwck killed pig eight months old, weigh
ing 81 pounds.
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Montpelier and Connecticut Riv-
er Railroad.

10 THE EDITOR OF THE PATRIOT:
Enclosed send you for publication The repor.
of J. n. Dewey, the Engineer who made the
preliminary survey the .ilontpe!ier and Gomez.
ticut Riuer Railroad, for which charter was
granted at the last session of the Legs lature of
Vermont. 1t will be seen by the report, that the
route is very favorable for the construction of Il
Railroad, the report showing that the summit is
9O3 . 100 feet above the track of the Central
Railroad at Montpelier, which, as viii be seen
By the survey, is ) feet above the waters of the
mill pond at Montpelier 1t will be seen by the
survey that the Central Railroad track at Mont
pelie: is 81 feet higher ban the Connecticut and
Passumpslc River Railroad at Wells River
The other facts sufficiently appear from the re-
port. | will in a future number of your paper
give further information on the subject. Other
papers friendly TO the Montpelier and Connecti-
cat Rivec Railroad, W.. please copy the report
Of The Engineer j. a. Wing, for Committee.
Plainfield. Dec = 1910
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Excess of gross revenue for tho year,
The appropriations under the 18th section of
The act of3d March, ls47, remaining in the
Treasury undrawn, exclusive of the appro-
priation for the past year, already noticed,
amounted to
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to frank, 6,564,500, which are estimated at one
ounce each, a ,53l pounds the one half Of This
shows the annual amo0nt from the House Of
Representatives for the past Two years.
THIS does not include the written correspon-
dence of the menbers nor the mail matter by them
received.
No report direct from the Senate is received
but by report from the Post Office in this city
it appears that during the yeur ending June 30
1910, The number OF
Free written mail matter sent was 1920
4" received, Sl9,29}
Making l,3O3,503
Printed Senate speeches $4,000
" Documents I707i5{ 5GS,3I5
House 3,44S,250
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RA l. ROAD SERVICE.

This is constantly increasing service. In
the currcn. year, the length OF ralirold routes il
6l3o miles, being an Increase within two years
OF ll49 miles, aud it Is almost daily increasing,
as new roads are being completed. On these
routes the mail is now transported, 5,749 0l0
mlies annually. 1t Is true that this service is
done wltn more despatch than the same amount
OF service IN uny other way, yet II is ut much
greater cost. The law of 1915 requiring this
service to De cassed, and fixing the maximum
compensation, has IN some degree reduced the
cost There is one feature pi this service which
frequently embarrasses the operations of the
Department. la all The ordinary malI contracts,
provision is made that The time Of arrival and de-
pprture and connexon OF the mails Is subject to
the order OF the Department. This feature has
never beeu admitted by the railroad proprletors
TO be inserted in their contracts. 1t Is provided
in them that II any change is made without their
consent, they may abandon the contract. This
often deprlyes tho Department OF tho power to
make such changes aud improvements in the
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This amount will be subject to a
still further reduction OF about
$4,000 payable to Grea, Brit
ain for the balance Of postage
collected for the past and cur
rent year,
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Free written mail matter sent was
I" received,
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From tho appropriation made by the 18th Sec
ton ofthe act of Sd March, Is47, for mail ser
vices to the government, 100000 90
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S5,763Sl9 20
Deduct expenditures before stated, 4750,l35 Is