Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1857-02-27

were looked for, invited by legislative action,
and openly and properly made.
5th, There was talk of buying members
as if they we're cattle, without the least
showing of any ground for it.
9th, A great deal was said about the
morals of Burlington, and even the intro
duction of bill, last year by the member
from Burlington to promote good order
when necessary, was named as proof
of special disorderly state of society.
In his view the real points OF the case
were few The State is unit. 1t should
be so regarded The general benefit was
the only thing This embraced several par
ticulars. First convenience. The talk
about mileage in his view amounted to little
any way. If the members wanted reliable
view of that subject appoint an able com
mittee to examine and report.
Second, Beauty Of position was by many
made ofno account. 1t ,rdS of great account
God implanted the sentiment Of beauty in
man-it would not be got rid of. No man
of any discernment and cultivation ever
wanted to get rid Of it. Montpelier had
been spoken of as peculiarly ermont-like in
the character of it's scenery Every man
acquainted with the State knew letter
rarely could so confined place among the
Mills be found in the State. Even when
the last State House was built, so dcsirous
were the community to have it in more
beautiful place than could be found there
that the hill side was blasted down to make
one. The whole sentiment of the world was
in favor of putting pubic buildings in
commanding position for view andsurround-
ings. A place where the nobest mountains
in the State formed the back ground and
the waters Of the Lake were spread out
before was peculiarly Vermont.
Third. The moral influence of the capt.
tai was thing of great moment in the
case. The fame of the opposition of Mont.
pelier influence to some of the most impor-
tant enactments of the State to preserve
the State from the pcstiferous influence of
strong drink, was all over the State-and
when in spite of them wholesome laws were
enacted, they had been steadily resisted at
Montpelier. What an influence was this to
be felt throughout the State 1t was idle
to assert the same OF Burlington. Notorious
ly it had stood on high moral ground on that
subject, and the records of the courts
showed that the peopl, were in earnest -
The gentleman who spoke as counsel for
Montpelier (Mr. Dillingham; spoke of the
exposure of the capital to the enemy at
Burlington. There was deadlier enemy
to the State than could come in tho shape
of cannonballs. The poisonous fumes which
come from the dstillery are a thousand fold
more to be dreaded.
The Election OF County Commissioner
The friends Of the Prohbitory Law. in
our County. need to beware lest the very
confidence in their strength occasion re-
verse. Last year, but eleven votes were
cast for any one but Mr.. Seymour,-a fact
which shows how strong the law is in this
County. On the other hand last year less
than five hundred votes We're cast in all, "
fact which shows a dangerous sense of Sc
nlrity on the part Of temperance men The
Haw has its opponents, who will try their
strength if the friends of the law neglect to
vote.
Mr.. Seymour has been unanimously re.
nominated lie has faithfully and accep-
tably performed the duties of the Office, and
we urge the Temperance men of Chittenden
County to see to it that his reelection is not
suffered to be lost by defanlt,
The TESTIMONY introduced on the part o.
Burlington, in the Senate, on Friday, and
barely alluded to in the report in Walton's
Journal, was the aidavits of Mr.. Woolett
of Albany, n. Y. an architect Of large ex
perience in the erection Of public buildings,
of Mr.. Randall, another architect of re-
putatior, of II. X Campbell, and OF Gen.
White, the builder of the new Custom
House in this place ; all showing that the
State House cannot be rebuilt on its pres
ent site, and of its present size, for less
than 100000, while some Of them cstmat-
ed the amount required at considerably over
that sum,-that the present walls would
doubtless have to be taken down before re-
building, and that the value of the mate
rails, as they stand, is from el5 900 to
800 900 together with the ailidlvits Of DR..
5. W. Thaycr, and DR.. II. Hatch, stating
that after long experience as physicians,
in various parts Of the State, they had found
no place more healthy than Burlington, and
few or none equal to it in that respect.
Such stateme nts cannot but carry weight
with candid men.
A RUNAWAY MARRIAGE IN IIIGu L.TE.--On
Monday 10th runaway marriage took pla c
in Grace Church. New York, which exctes
no little commotion in fashionable circles
The bride is an heiress, worth in her owr
risht $3.50 600, and is but fourteen year!
and eight months old. She was an inmate
in fashionable seminary in New York
The bridegroom is Six, a well know
naJitue of Fifth Avenue salons, of tn,
.nature age of thirty-one years, No name
are mentioned. The pair have started on {
Southern tour.
The FLOOD at Albany continues, tn
water still standing from four to six fee
deep on the floors of the warehouses on rh
docks A committee appointed for tina
purpose have examined the dam of ice Il
'Castleton, below the city, and report tina
q r
miles from bottom to surface with "a con
pact mas of ice, which ailprls no hope {
success in any effort to remove it by artiti
rial means.