Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1858-02-19

"it There is general feeling Of excite
mcnt at once dccp-seatcd and alive 20 every
movement of the crisis while there arc still
some who rest careless and indifferent nm
der loose impression that because the Union
d" has survived so many periods of danger
there is nothing really 90 fear now"
This, you will sec, confirms in the main
the opinions | have expressed Southern
mcmbors will rod for their constituents to
act their constituents will cai awhile, too,
| approhcnd, when The point is really pre-
sontcd
add one more selection from this news
paper. It is a valuable witness
Tho Democratic delegations from the
Northern States arc the best Of them, On-
" certain IN me mpcHdng contest
This is too true of too many of thom.-
There arc enough Of them whose real iudg-
mcnt is against the Locompton outrage
enough. mean. to defeat it but so many of
them are so uncertain in the impending
contest" that the result may be considered
doubtful. This very uncertainty in their po-
sition affords a strong temptation to improper
influences.
The Recording Anga.
Something more than year ago young
man Of Bratilcboro' Lari,in g. Mead, Jr..
made statue OF s"o" which excited the adj
miration Of all bcboldcrs, and brought the
youthful artist to the notice of friends of art.
Under encouragement from one OF these Mr.
Mead has put this statue into marble and 1t
is now on exhibition IN the capitol Inc
Judgment OF critics is hlshiy ia'oraOlo' as
hrst WORK. ana I'D inc highest Po'nt-the gc-
MUS to conceive and the ant to express the
p"t of the recording angoI-this is a sue
cess
Hn~r" by l'4mor' Heabe's.
" The """s'' Feb D. Petition Of citizens
OF Vermont Tor grant OF lands to the States
for agricultural college presented by Mr..
Royce, and referred TO committee ON public
lands
In The Hovs', Feb o. Petition of Nathan
Whitman, of Addison, w.. for pension for
injuries received at the battle of Pittsburgh
presented by Mr. Walton, and referred TO
committee ON Invalid Pensions.
In Senate Feb. g. Mr. Foot presented
petition, nomerously signed by citizens of
New York, for law to prevent tufic and
monopoly i'm the public lands, and that the
lands be laid out in farms of limited size for
the exclusive use of actual settlers not pos
sossed of other lands. lnaamuch as such "a
bill Mr. Foot'sl had already been reported,
at Mr. rs suggestion the petition was laid
on the table,
In Senate, Jan. 80 MIR Foot proposed
an amendment to the Pacific Railroad bin, for
a road from the western boundary of Mime
sofa to Pugets Sound in Washington Terri
tory. The bill reported provides for only
one road Mr.. Foots amendment gives am
opportunity for two-one by the Northern
and the other by the Southern route.
ibo blue Booh tor 1891
The Blue Book contains the names of all
officers and agents of the Government, civil,
military and naval, on the aoth September,
1897 and the amount Of their pay. This
book has just appeared and propose to gath
or irom 1t some items OF interest to Yer
monters'
From sale estimate mot actual account
ind that the roll OF federal office holders
exceeds hlty-threc thousand being about
three times the number Of mon in the stand
ing army. Add IN the army, 10000, and for
the navy $500 and the result is that over
cigl,y thousand men are directly under the pay
Of the government, through the Executive
OF these, $4,000 are ofhce-holdors, of whom
moro than $4,000 are dependent upon the ia-
vor OIL inc HAecu'''e LOT continuance IN once
flity-thousand ms are thus directly subjected
to Executive influence For every man ga. IT
will he sof, ~ cot down ot lo,st throo ont.
VINO WiSh 10 Bet b' ana VINO are equally
tempted to win favor by subseryienoy Here.
uon ,1Lg;,., ,t, .r,,,,. ,,1 ,... ..
huuupeu thousand men VINO are d"co"y under
Executive inhucncc-boing more than one
I tenth of the ontiro democratic voto cost in tho
r's' ! ''S'"'u'''' ''o'''"n' ~" n'"ch lor an
Inadequate conception of Executive patronage
Now for items.