Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1858-11-05

The omission Of the Committee ON Rules to pro-
vide for the usual and very important Commit
tee on Public Buildings" | have no doubt now, as
you say, was from mere oversight. A resolution
for a committee to take into consideration all mat
tiers pertaining to the ,rpenduWss Of the new
house, and how much will be required TO complete
II, was adopted on the morning Of the 18th. IL
was seen that to this committee not given scope
enough to include tho construction Of the State
House, and in the afternoon Of the same day mo-
ton was made to amend this rule 30 as
to restore the clause requiring the APP
pointment of n Committee on " Public Buildings"
Whatever elimination" there was in my letter had
reference to the Commute, expenditures, and to
no other.
Last evening We had a rare treat in the address
es before the Historical Society. Mr. Whites nd
dress on the Life and Services Of Matthew Lyon,
was an hour in the delivery, but by the simple
unadorn.d statement of facts in thi. wonderful
mans life, the audience held with close atten-
ton. / had often heard the name of Matthew
Lyon, and anecdotes Of him in print But
never before had any conception Of the large part
he took in the early history of the State-of the
long period he served in the Legislature of Yer
mont and in the Congress of the United States
Neither had 1 any idea of the enterprise Of the
man in developing the industry Of the State, and
in resisting and overcoming difficulties, and pre-
sumo many others may be as ignorant as was up
on these points. Mr.. White has put us under
large debt of gratitude by searching out such Z
mass Of reliable information and putting it into
form instructive, and suitable to preserve Ms il
Illustrative of our early history.
, Mr.. Hagars address, the Marbles of Vermont
though not possessing literary merit, very in
structive and entertaining to all who interes
ted to know the vast, varied and rich treasures
our State. lie exhibited some 40 or 80 specimen:
mostly in cubic blocks about three inches tn
side-and highly polished. He said the marble
u of Vermont of six classes, the NerdAntique-
y the Plymouth,-the Black, or Isle La Mott,-tf
l. Swanton or Dove colored the Winooski, an
= the Vermont Marble, embracing the different VI
l. rieties of White Marble. Each of these he exhi
Il tied as having distinct characteristics and y
. several Of them containing within these clear
u marked distinctions great number of varieties
In the Dorset and Tinmouth quares, these varieti
l. we're found in strata lying directly upon each OF
err, to the number if l remember right, of sevcntee
Each stratum is a we'll marked variety, to viii
the quarrymen give specific name; and in the t.
quarrics above mentioned, the order of the strata
n alike. Mr.. Hagar spoke in high praise of t
Winoosk Marble found at Nal Bay-hop
the builders Of our New State House would &C
slider the claims of own ornamental Marb
$, which surely equal to any, and superior
ID most that the world produced, not excepting t
marbles of Italy, and Of Egypt.
ID The Legislature this morning ordered 5000 cop
of each address to be printed at the expense of
" State-and the Governor is authorized to circuli
ID them to other States.