The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1859-11-12
LETTER Prom THE CAPITAL.

/ Deys, has passed lhe Senate, and will without
doubt pass the House, tumors Of enormous
/ fre-bills-of indictments ingeniousy multi
. plied-of petty offence. hunted up and pros
ecuted flr the sake of the pas, by attorneys
sho used lhe office % make money and not
+ 10 make themselves, or the office, respectable
or 20 yindIoate lhe mujesly Of the law-hayc
F led 20 the very general opinion that 10 will
/ not do 10 leave the salaries dependent upon
f the amount Of crime that an ingenious, mou-
sing, rnoney-making officer might hunt up
during the term u HE office, had no idea
l Of the quasi peoulalIon that had been com
mon IN This office until il Wa brought 10 my
knowledge through the discussion Of Ihis hlll
/ Il /. not, perhaps, singular that tho old tatrs
attorneys who are nov members Of she gem
/ eral assembly are pretty generally iu favor ul
/ the law, deeming it necessary 40 stop tho
| leaks IN the treasury, Il has been virkodJ
/ iogmAted that they are sharp iu this reform,
;p6'Nhe principle that old rogues know beat
2 what tricks young rogues will be- up to.-T
+ However this may be-, the bill, am peuua-
dcd, IL right, and viii work we'll in practice
lite biII' providing salaries for judges, and
regsteFs Of probate, doos not have 10 much
to recommend Il, as she hiIl relating 20 states
attorneys, yet Il will pass the Senate and may
become a Law,
There seems am glad TO cay general
disposition not 10 disturb our present excel
lent Law relating TO the Board u Education,
uulcss IN points making it more che,euL A
feeble attempt was made to amend 10, Tor 1hc
purpose Of weakening IL, but the proposition
was not hyorably received. ] hope, and oil
friends not only Of rdueatou, but Of good
morals and good behavior friends Of good
ueighborhoods, good towns aud a good con-,
mon~caIth, ought TO hope that no step
/ backward will be taken ia this good cause.
We are advancing now, aud nothing should
be dpue TO mar, or in the least cripple, lhe
work which the friends Of education have -
successfully commenced.
A bin visiting the slaudcrcr with the same
penalty which by law is now provided flr che
offence with which he may charge another,
Was to-day indefinitely postponed IN the Sen,
ate, Mr.. wilkins the COED looking and able
senator from LamoilIe foreibly, and pointed
ly, and cloquently advocated the bill; but 70
would not go, The tongue /. an uuruly
member, but people enjoy indulging il IN It's
unruliucss, without the danger of fines and
imprisonment.
The bill making an appropriation To pay
( Dr. Powers Tor his s,r,iccs as Supcuutcud,
en-, Of the construction Of the State House,
at the rate Of $500 per year, came up to-
day in the House. Aicr considerable dis,
eussion npou both sides, the. amount named
in the bill vas cut down 20 Stt2j, or $500
per years aud IN that shape the bill was -ur.
dcrcd TO third rcadiog a large minority
Scre strongly in favor Of voting the larger
sum. All admitted that the superintendent
had done his work faithfully and well, ard
the objection 10 the amount first reported was
stated TO be, that IL was too much Tor any su-
prrintcndrnt don't know whether the
doctor will be satisfied with the amount as IL
now stands, or not
The railroad bill has been reported 30 the
Senate with some amendments, agreed upon
by oil parties, and will go through vi,hou,
Any further opposition. Senator Chlrcudcn
Suit to-day, that II MIA now Aatislsctots TO
him and to those he represented, aud it it
be 90, and at the same time satisfactory TO
all the roads interested, it ought, "a think
II will be, satisfactory 10 everybody. Hon.
10. d. Hatch, formerly Senator from Wind. :
sor county aud who is now understood to be.
IN the employ OF the W. 4 Canada road, has
been here during the session, aud done much
by his pleasant face, gcntlemanlys bchayior
and constant attention to the matter, 10 bring
about state Of good feeling among all int.
rested in a fair and equitable adjustment Of
this hitherto vexatious controversy
find that | was quite out Of my reckon.
ing last week respecting the amount Of bus.
mess before the Supreme Court here In.
stead OF getting through in s-.week,-or
being through now, Ms | anticipated
will undoubtedly DO kept by petitions for
new trials, long chaneery causes, as inter
minablc AS Jamdyce md Jamdycc, oXccp-
tions, motions, aud so forth, ill nearly
Thanksgiving 7. 4. Washburn, esq, and
Hon. julius Converse, from. the Windsor
bar, and Hon. Daniel Kellogg, J. Dorr
Bradley esq, Charles X. Field, esq, and
Others sf the Windham bar, are in attend,
anee on the court During the last week
nearly all the bar Of Caledonia county were
here.
The committee Of ways and means last
week reported bill making an appropriation
of something over $1,000 to pay the debts
still instanding against the state as shown by
the Superintendent report. 1t has made TO
progress, however except to get printed, and
seems to be in bad way. The members
appear to be exceedingly well pleased with
the new State House, as matter Of taste,
but paying for it is quile different business