Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1858-11-27

the state, invited his nelghbors to help nm
raise barn; after the "raising" was complete
he further invited his neighbors into his house
and there furnished them with such drinks as
he had on hand. This man was prosecuted for
giving away liquor contrary to the force and ef-
feet of the statute but under the ruling of Judge
Poland, he was acquitted. The bill aforesaid
was referred to the General Committee, of
which Senator Nicholson, of Rutland, is chair
man. That Senator reported with character
istic amendment, striking out section one and
inserting the following -
The premises designated by the words "private
dwellings or other dependencics,' and the words
"such dwellings and such dependences" rected in
the first section of said act shall be deemed and held
to be place of public resort whenever the RESPONSE
bic or proper occupant shall directly or indirectly fur
nsh or supply intoxicating liquor to be there drank
beverage by any Of an assembly Of persons tenn
porarily gathered by invitation or otherwise for any
purpose or in any character capacity other than
bona de guests upon purely strictly and exclusively
social or hosptable occasion.
Who is to decide whether the occasion be
strictly, purely, exclusively legally, morally, UNI
qualifedly, undeniably, lgitimately, entirely,
and altogetherly, social or hospitable is not full
4, upPuiShb llOhi uhtIulucHl. Ildu u pro-
vision for the appointmentof an inqusitor gem
eral been therein incorporated, the excellence of
this amendment and the facility with which its
provisions could be executed would be apparent
to the most careless observer, or pertinacious
doubter.
The hearing before the Committee on Public
Buildings, in the case that has arisen between
Mr.. Superintendent Powers and Mr.. Architect
Silloway, has, after an almost interminablc ex-
animation and argument, been brought to a
close. As have had no opportunity of hear
ing either testimony or argument know of no
better way in which to post YOU in the merits Of
this controversy, than by calling your attention
to the summary of the points considered, which
| find in the correspondence of the Daily Free
Press. So far as / am informed they are sub
stantially correct, and will be fully borne out by
the report of the Committee which will be
made in few days. The following is the ma
terial portion of that summary
The first point tthe arrangement is mine) is to as
certain the position Of Mr.. Silloway now holds The
evidence is clear and admitted on both sides that he
was employed at the outset as Architect TO do the
whole work of designing, planning, &c. for stipuat.
ed sum (S2650,) by DR.. Powers, with the advice Of
the Commissioners The DIR. claims that he found
Siloway incompetent, and dismissed him and emnloy-
ed another Si!oway claims that by advice OF the
Commissioners, Geo. =. Marsh especially he insisted
upon holding his position, and has in many things pro
tested against bad work Mr. Marsh testifes that he
has had long correspondence with Mr. Silloway
amounting TO 40 letters received and he believes him
to be thoroughly competent. Mr. Merrill said "Thc
whole trouble grew out Of the fact that Thomas +
Powers wanted to be Corporal Sargent Iieutenout
Captain, Colonel, and General"
The second point is the faults in the work =
LIST, there Is crack IN the wall In order TO put a
steam boiler in the basement Of the East wing the in
side of the old wall the sides of the cellar which
was uneven and rough must he made even by break
ing oil the projecting rocks with the hammer Thi.
work loosened the wall, and afterward a crack a.
cracks, We're noticed above, which Mr. Marsh Sillo
way and others, attribute to the hammernr and loos
cning. The DR.. denies this to be the cause of IN,
cracks. ""
3D. The boilers are dangerous. They paay exnlod,
and hoist the senators, in the room above. Power
consulted the Commissioners and they said il womb
do y men of practical experience should so say
Powers says he did so get the approval Of pracica
men The other side say he got only the approval o
the Contractor who is 10 put the boilers in
Sd. The chimney. This deformity is the work o.
The DR.. alone. No one advised him, only Mr.. Rich
ards, his new Architect, assented to it, That's "thC
house that Tom built" a
4th Certain iron beams are too small They hav,
already sagGed one half inch. The Dr. ordered them
the affirmation Of the ntractors for them that they
were large enough. sneway says he asked to accom-
pany the Dr. to New York to advise in the contrac
for them, hut was refused by the Doctor
9th. Wooden Stairs used above the second floor
where the Commissioners and Sioway ordered stone
or iron, that the whole might be made fire proof
9th Burnt and patched stone are used, against Sill
loways advice. as well Mr.. Marsh's. They pre-.
vented however by protest, (Which the DR. saws new
err reached him) more than few being used. The
columns are patched, "to transmit rs Mr. Brndle,
said Ntlc civilization and Of
to the generations to come in sheac and paste instead
of solid granite"
9TH The trusses to support the dome, authorized by
SnIuway and prepared have been pronounced bv ner
supposed to be competent to jude, insufficient and
new ones have been prepared. Mr. Siloway of course
claims that his are sufficient, and has proposed to hav,
them thoroughly tested. This was declined
sth. The bank behind the house has not been re-
moved as the Commissioners ordered. This was Il
give space for the steam boiler fo heating the build
ing or course if the boiler is tC be in the basement
space is needed back there and the Dr. took de re-
spons6itty TO neglect the neutrality-suspicious. ties
tfying that he did not know what the Commission
ers did ORDER
The results shown by the completion of tn,
Grand List for 1858, are instructive and inter
esting. For twenty years preceding there ha,
been constant and handsome increase not on
ly in the value of personal but of real estate
but the financial crisis of 1857, has this YEA
changed the figures. The total decrease in tn,
valuation of the State as compared with that fo
1857, is STA, 2SS,Sl. In some of the larg,
business centers this depreciation is Marked
Burlington shows a loss of 1921 900; st. Johns
bury a loss of S77,2O9; Rockingham loss o
S30,466; Montpelier loss of S5. 1861. On tn,
other hand Rutland shows gain of $4,000
Windsor gain of sl6,3s6; Springfield gail
of S15,676; and, "a fact that will be gratifyin,
to our own town pride,) Brattleboro a gain o
S34,637-nearly double that of any other tow
in the State
Last Saturday morning, the telegraph brough
to Montpelier the sad and startling intelligence
of the death of JOHN SMITH of St. Albans-
He retired to bed the night previous in his us
ual health, and in the morning, without any ap
parent premonition he suddenly died. But tw
or three days previous to his death he was her