The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1856-10-25
LETTER FROM THE CAPITAL,
Correspondence of Cbr Cdlr0ouiIu.

LETTER FROM THE CAPITAL.
Correspondence Of Cbe Calroouiau.
| MoNTrEIIEE, Oct 30. 1856.
| The Legislature has not advanced with ne
ru''arIv astonishing rapdify since nv last
| he Joint Assembly made its election of
State Officers as ! anticipated. except the
SerSeant-at- Quite a number are af
ter that office, and as the incumbent was M,
under the suspicion of a resolution of in1ui-
~ mo hts expenses fer the last wear, it was
thought no more than fair towards him Ia
suspend the election until he coud have A
chance to justify himself The r.sul, will,
think. be favOra BILE to him.
Nothing has We been done in The matter
OF electing judges. An attempt is being
made to bring back our jn,li'iarv TO the old
rrar'ice; the Judges presiding at Ni>i PriuS.
and sitting IN zane as Supreme Court IT
is urged a. having tendency 10 improve the
law Of the County Court. and the common
sense of the Supreme Courts general
prlnriple-and it is also expected 10 T. f.ril
tate the business of the Courts. This l,.t
reason tor the change is not quite 50 obvious
a. the oth.-
Tue House have an ardent impa.ienre to
pass a resolution torhldinc to The General
Government the use of our als and prisons
tor the detention of fugitive slaves |; seem,
TO be an example Of useless le,r>lat;on. that
Is very near to folly. For ali practical p,r-
poses, we m: ght a> well forbid the inh.l,tant>
OF the moon the use of our iails for a kindred
purpose One woul1 he As likely to come here
TO catch fugitive. as the other But in these
Kansas Border Rufian fines. We ma, be par
doncd little violence in Icgi>la'ion
On Friday of last week. the members o.
the Legislature men most notcd for wl.1 Nm
and vlr'ue'-bcinS quite worn down AMI IA
tlGued with their eight DAYS of aho,ious lie.
c>laton. took a short recess of three DAYS
winch grew to four before they returned ito
recruit their exhausted energies: and Friday
afternoon Montpelier >hrank TO its ordinary
population. The whole 2:,o members Of the.
House and Senate turned their faces home
ward. and the ho.els looked like a church ,t
ter service
Quite little stir was made last week. about
'he Senator in Congress. Foot. getting li,i,,
frightened. iIiand Hall and Daniel Eot
rr,S were said to be in the Fl. 1T. Foot made.
speech TO the members of the I.eci>lature
and on subsequent evening Roberts advcr
Used himself. Bo.h acquitted themselves
quite creditsilv. Foot will no doubt l,e re-.
elected, and cannot learn of any good rea-
son why he should not lie has faithfully
and ably represented the State.
The weather having smiled for all the time
the Legislature was here we tool. occasion. as
soon as it adjourned. to be having some of
our usual October weather. and accordinclv
SATURDAY was as disacrcealle a dav As one
could tndure-rain and mud from mornino
ill night. Sunday 1t frightened somewhat,
and to-day has been again perfectly glorious
"a magnificent day Of the Indian summer
The members are here pretty mnch to nigh.
looking quite recruited. There was not
quorum OF either body present This afternoon.
An attempt was made last week 20 rush a
resolution through the House. cersurinc Con
gress for raising the salary of it. meml-rs.-
1t finally got referred. Yet these same men
would soon enough jump at the chance Of in
creasins their own paw We have all great
horror OF extravaganza when none of the mo-
ney wasted gets into our own pockets.
All parties here have had general good
time over the election news Of last week. all
having cheered the news favorable to their
side. 1t is quite plcasan, TO us Republicans.
however, TO feel that we live IN a State thar
Federal patronage and Federal Courts cannot
larry with their money and their manutar-
urcd votes
You may expect to hear that this Ler;s|a.
ure, now it is so much rested and recruited
will accomplish a vast amount of business
his week f: and in any event hope thew will
urnlsh more matter for an interesting letter
SPFCTAToR.