Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1857-02-06

SPEAKER BANKS AND rHE CoRRUPrroN
Committee. The Washington Union, speak
| ing of the investigation now going on in Con
grcss says
"All agree in awarding to Speaker Banks
praise for the iudicous selection Of COM
mttoe, and their conduct has already fully
indicated the justice Of this praise. If they
effect no more, they will have achieved a
great good in bringing upon the statute book
law which will hereafter enable either house
to vindcato its character for pnrity and intcg-
rity. 1t is law which cuts up by the roots
the outrageous idea that witness can listen
TO dishonest proposition, and, when called
TO testify, that he can shield himself under
the plea that he received the proposition in
confidence. The very fact that the witness
would receive such a communication va COM
fdence places him in am attitude so suspicious
that Senator Toombs was well warranted in
characterizing the obligation as the code of
honor among roguos The law passed abol-
ishes this code, and opens the way to restore
congressional legislation to that purity which
it must maintain if the government is worth
preserving
Tm UNITED STATES SENATE. Eight years
: ago, when Gov Seward first took his scat in
the Senate of the United States, there were
but bCo members of that body who avowcd
: any kind Of sympathy with the political sem
timcnts he was known TO represent Next
: winter there viii be ia that body tpcoiy Sem
aturs, acting openly and steadily with the Re
publican party. II is not easy 10 believe, in
the face of such results that the cause of hos
tiity TO the extension of slavery has made no
progress.-N y Times
A correspondent Of the New York Tribune
asks its readers to ponder the fact that the
editor of the Newport .Ky.) News, an anti
slavery sheet, has lost 100000 in the last
seven years. by incendiory fires and the strug-
giles to establish his paper, and that it will re-
quire $4,000 now to insure its triumphant CON
tnuanco.
The highest salary of Governor of any
State in the Union is paid in California, $40,
600 and the lowest is in Vermont, S7jO.-
Louisiana pays $4,000, and Virginia $4,000.
The u. S. Navy, in November, 1856 con-
sisted of 4 ships of the line 43 lrigates. II
4 sloops of war, 8 briggs, / schooner, screw
steamers of the first class, of the second
class, ? Of the third class, side wheel steam
crs of the first class, of the second class, 3
steam tenders, 3 storeships, and permanent
receiving ship. Total-75 vessels, carrying
22i3 guns
The Minnesota Legislature met few days
ago. IL. H. Edwards, Republican, was elect
ed chief clerk of the House, over Frank War
ncr, Democrat. The remaining officers of the
House are as follows assistant clerk j. l..
Jones. of Winona enrolling clork Geo. y.
Proper, of Kansas scrgcant-at-arms Thorn
as Burton, Of st. Paul printer, DR. Thomas
Foster, of Hastings.
Eight thousand dollars will be required to
pay three of the companies of Kansas "mili-
tia, employed to sustain Border Ruiianism
in that Territory during tho disturbances
The returns of the other companies have not
been received at the War Department.
FINE WEDDING PARTY AT DEror House,
BETHEL.--Few nicer, happier. social gather
ings, in all the series of our Vermont, winter
amusements and entertainments, can be found
than the one which came off at friend Dow
lcy's-'mine host of the said Depot House.
Forty in eompany-young beautiful and
81 happy-rom East Bethel. made a very agree
able descent upon the said landlord And a
charming time they had of it, we can assure
you The landlord was in his glory-aud the
dinner he served up on the occasion-you had
better beleyc-was one of the best the sea-
/ son has afforded But the fun and glory Of
the whole thing was, that friend Dowloy sent
for the most sociablc clcrgymen--wo had like
to have sad-in the Stato-and Mr.. S. II
Brooks of Bethel and Miss Emma l.. Smith
!, of Randolph, Mr. Geo. 4. Green and Mis-,
Betscy NJ. Paul, both of Bcthcl,-Mr Jane.
g II. Buck of Tunhridge and Miss Martha NJ
Lougcc of Randolph, were married, right or
the spot We submit, then, that the sale
4 party would bear comparison with any thing
4, of this kind unless You go rery tar "dowI
2 East or "od West'-lt certainly was gooc
j., enough for oar climate oar education Mucl
happiness and prosperity to the newly mar
ried pairs, and many more just such parte'
~ at the Depot House this very winter anC
* month.-Icpperancc StaHdard
Bristol has now postmaster-T. Il. Gage
e pice VIM. G. Munson, resigned.
y Fatal CAsUA1rY.-I Warning 10 Parenis.-
u Alonzo Lock, child Of Almcrin and SALLY
80 Ames, of Marlboro, came to a shocking
death. few days since, by inhaling steam
u from the spout of tcakottlc that was stand
y ing on the stove. 1t lived in great agony fo
y thirty hours. Parents should take warnin,
= from this.-Bratieboro Pheair
D. The OGDENsDURG RAuRoAD.-The Trus
i tees of the Second Mortgage Bondholders o
rs the Ogdensburg Railroad have made a repor
Is of the operations of the road for two year
ll ending Sept. 20, 1856. The sale of this roat
ID to the Second Bondholdcrs leaves them unen
le numbered one or two cases in regard to liza
l. bilitics being before the Courts except by tn,
1t First Mortgage Bonds, amounting to s 800,
2 900. The total earnings and expenses of tn,
D. road for the past two years have been as fol
be lows Earnings S997,S3O 20 expenses S687,
y d3l net earnings S3l6,l90 20. After pay
t. ing interest on first mortgage bonds. &C. tn,
re balance on hand is S3S, $50 r. The renew
" ais of iron, &c. of the two years. it is est
II mated, exceed the appropriation by the sun
IN of SS3,G07. In the view of the Trustees th
l. future Of this road is encouraging.
+ A FAT w-Mr. r. X. Dewey. of Roy
'r alton writes that on the 3Oth of Decombe
'' he slaughtered a COW which cut up as follows
d beef, GIL lbs; hide, IS lbs rough tallow
Is is lbs; tried tallow, 20 lbs.-Standayd
lloRRrBLE MuRDER.-Neig York, Feb. |
~ DR., Harvey Burdett, dentist in Bond st.
was found murdered in his bedroom yester
day. lie had been ~tauglcd, and was stab
!, bed in fifteen places, The perpetrators ar