The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1857-10-14

childIcn have received Instruction during
the past year, at the American Asyum
for the Deaf aud Dumb at Hartford
Conn, and the Perkins Institution FOR
tho Bliud, Mt Boston, MSS These oli'd
rou arc subjected 70 a thorough coui.
of education in oil The branches of lea
ing taught in our Common Schools
Academies. and moreover are ins'rl-. 81
in some useful kind of mann labor.
adapted to their unfortna' -,nditian by
which they will h. e141lcd to support
tbemselvea 81 Ugh life. Their progress
| have good reason for knowing is cred.
table to themselves and the State. b.
the p'eans of this noble charity many of
our youths, who otherwise would have
lived aud died in intellectual and moral
darkness, have been rendered Intelligent
aud useful members of society The an.
nual appropriation for this purpose is'not
entirely exhausted BY those who arc now
enjoying its benefits, There is therefore
an opportunity for the education of a few
more beuefcaries from this State. at
each Of said institutions, and [ hope. if
any cases of necessity for public aid in
this respect exist among our people, ap-
plication will be made TO me in their be-
half in the manner prescribed BY law
In conformity with an Act of the
General Assembly, passed at the last
annual session, to provide for completing
the Geological Survey of tho State,
appointed Rev. Edward Hitchcock, D.
d., Of Amherst, Mass, as State Geolo.
gist. The survey of the State has been
prosecuted by Dr. Hitchcock and his
associates during the past year. For an
account OF the progress aud result of the
survey | weuld refer you to his Report,
which will soon be laid before you. |
have no doubt that the thorough inves
tigation and exploration of the geo logi
cal and natural history of the State, con.
templatcd by the act referred to, will re.
suit 10 valuable scientific discoveries and
great material profit to the Common
wealth.
In pursuance OF the Act of the Spe.
cial Session of the Legislature. providing
for the re building of the State House,
| appointed Hons. George P. Marsh
Norman Williams and John Porter a
Committee to prepare plan according
to which the State House should be re-.
built These gentlemen have discharged
this duty, and their report is submitted
to you with this communication. l ap.
pointed Hon Thomas E. Powers. Super
intendent Of the work provided
for by said act He Immediately com
me need operations and the work has
thus far proceeded with extraordinary
dispatch. The present advanced state
Of the new building affords conclusive
proof of the energy of the Superintend
ent and his peculiar fitness for that posi-,
ton | congratulate the people of Yer
mont upon the agreeable prospect of
soon having Capitol more beautiful
and commodious even than the splendid
odifce, the recent destruction of which
we all 80 much lament.
In order properly to discharge the du.
ties imposed upon me by the Act of the
last Legislature, entitled " An Act for
the relief of tho Poor in Kansas" |
caused full inquiries to be made into the
condition Of the people Of that Terrific.
ry. l directed the Secretary of Civil
and Military A fairs to write to Hon
John W. Gcary, at that time Govern or
of Kansas, informing him of the action
of the Legislature, and that | stood
ready to extend the aid contemplated by
by said Act upon proper proof of the
existence of cases of necessity. The
letter of the Secretary, and Gov. Gea-
rvs reply, arc transmitted to you with
this document | also MADE inquiries of
numerou. private gentlemen, we'll &C.
quaintod with the condition of the PEG
pie of Kansas, and used every means l
could command to ascertain whether
such necessity existed as would justify
the expenditure of the appropriation. |
learned from various sources, to my
complete satisfaction, that the private
aid, which last autumn was so bountful
ly extended to the oppressed aud ex
hau'tsd people Of Kansas. by the chart.
table and liberty.loving citizens of the
North, had been amply sufficient to sat,
isfy the immediate wants of the poor of
that Territory, and that there was
therefore no occasion for the food and
clothing provided for by said act
Though no portion of the money thus
appropriated has been expended, am
still proud of this act of bcnevolence on
the part of the Representatives of the
people of Vermont, and shall always re.
member with grateful exultation that
that they have placed thus publicly up.
on our Statute Book the evidence of
their sympathy for the oppressed and
destitute victims of the aggressive spirit
of Slavery.
Nothing has occurei during the past
year to diminish the indignation and
alarm, shich the great majority of the
people of Vermont have felt at the rap.
id increase of the Slave power and the
extravagant nature of its demands Ga
the contrary, by the recent decision of
the Supreme Court OF the United States
in the case Of bred Scott, if the opin
ions of the majority of the judges as
expressed by them are to BIO received as
law, there is little hope left that the
spread Of Slavery will ever be stopped
under our present form of government