Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-10-07
FREEMAN AND THE TIM & :

res ,ticeable articles appear in the
u..i T freeman of this week -7wo ar
ji in that paper. the third is copieC
ln editorial intrOductlon,) from th'
a-t N Inns. We copy them in thu
IN which they stand in the Freeman
,.l,w them with a few words of oul
vs-v choice and Characteristic notice o.
g.! 70 lier, in the Burlington inns. de
pacuniary compens ttion. and th'
I'D, Of Montpelier, or some persons OF
. behalf. would NJ doubt Immediately
.ri the dimes and dollars to the Times
didn't s. happen that they have Just
DAT all their coppers for new State
H.4sr. But as they can't pay in coin fol
complimentary notices, common fairness re
uuires US to give the new Burlington toan
1aiu the benefit OF our circulation.
fhi~ .ountaIn is situated in the centre o.
81. f. nous c ,ntral Park of B arlington. Gnl>
g. k is a large and exceedingly varied, PIC
r.., -qle and be utiGul enclosed area. Inc
.>I-s and entrances are either two or iour,
SID we are not .rtain which; but as that
OIL, stion will be settled under the head
o. Park" in the l4th Volume of the New
r.yclopa1ia, accuracy is not OF much con-
. .i.ience here. There are two liberty poles
.his Park, one owned by the Republican
..a one bv the Democratic party. Inc de-
IN Of the fountain has been described IN the
TINS, bat we have mslaid the paper, and
sh rot attempt description OF our own
: lhce it to say, that it Is some sort OF a
athen god with the water squirting all
.,ant HIN. The water is brought in a
-nnal underneath the Lake from what a
f.rmer representative of the town called the
.,Arondack Mountains 1t cost the moder
ate sum of $500, which was raised by volun-
tary subscription in Burlington and the ad
Dining towns in the incredibly short space
of three weeks. 1t is in sight Of the AmerI-
can House. ana has increas d the attractions
It that hotel nearly ten-fold. 1t marks a
new era in the history of Burlington, and
-yill. without doubt. cultivate a Taste IN Its
rising generation at least, for pure water.
This will be a great benefit to the College,
and cannot injure the town. We shall be
Had to notice any other improvement in
he town"
IMPORTANT II TRUE.
We have recently heard, by way of the
All mite legraph. that the Great Eastern,
BESIDES visiting Portland ami New York,
sill also visit Burlington, in this State, on
first trip. She will be m t at the wharf
by Clpt. Burton, Gen Clarke and Squire
Emunds. when the officers Of the boat-at-
-er she has been properly secured to the
dock by rope-will be escorted by the
Howard Guards through the principal
streets Of the town to Che American House.
where Hon. Geo. F. Elmunds will make one
Of his neltest amt n Ist appropriate speeches,
welcoming the immense boat to Vermont.
Til, will b responded to in a handsome
manner by the Captain in charge OF the
boat. when the officers will be shown to their
rooms in the fourth story OF the hotel, that
being the best that can be done for them,
owing 10 the crowded state OF the House On
the next day alter their arrival. the officers
will be taken to the Fair Ground to see the
Ethan Allen" fire company play through
800 feet of hose for "A purse OF ten dollars
They VIII then be taken to the top OF the
College, where all the Kingdoms of the
world and the glory Of them can be SEN Tor
o consideration too triaing to mention. In
the evening Il fancy costume bail, or mas
auerade party, will be got up, PARTLY tor the
amusement of the CUES 5, and partly Tor the
benefit IF the Medical Coll re fund. The
next dav the Great Eastern will leave by the
"Mallett's Bay route, going west OF Col
chester Town House, " taking Mr.. Chltten-
den along as far as Milton, as pilot, Tor
fear Of running into the zig sand bank. The
pilot will then be discharged, and the great
steamer will return to England by way OF
Montreal and Quebec
1.-THE LEGISLATURE AND THE NEW
STATE HOUSE.
In the Burlington Times Of Tuesday, Octo-
Der 4th, just as We are going to press, we ind
an article upon the new State House, which
Puts forth ideas unexpected to us, most Ger
tlinly from that quarter. Burlington, the
first to compel Montpelier to build the new
State House, the first to ask the State to re-
fund " every dollar 50 paid" Personally we
thank the General for his mercy upon our
pocket But there is one idea in the article,
which we give entire below, that is not ex-
actlv correct. The remark that Montpelier
secured the location by out-bidding, will he
found hv the records to be entirely Incorrect.
Montpelier neuer bid higher than Burlington
and not at all until compelled TO do 50 ny
bids from other towns. The Capitol was To-
Gated upon the merits of the question alone
for the bids were equal.
From the Burlington Daily Times of October %th
THE STATE HOUSE.
There seems TO be no doubt that the new State
House isa superb edihce and a credit to the state
With the exception of the LIBRARY, which is IN
c,ll IS nhrcf n
whole building undoubtedly reflects credit upor
the architect, Mr.. eilloway, and upon the superln
tendent DR.. Powers. 1t is certainly as me
State House as there is in the Union, Inc No
presentatives Hall is a model Of beauty, and tn
Senate Chamber is an admirable impro' ement up
on its predecessor: and the entire Arrangement
the building, as respects the Executive oihces tn'
Clerks and Committees rooms, ard the apart
ments Of the Sergeant-at-arms and bis assistants
is admirable. The designs of the very com eten
Architect have been we'll carried out by the gu
perintendent Except as TO the wooden stairs ano
the wooden arrangements in the Library ROOM
and Vermont has State House when does LIE
great credit. .,
And now. ,rho shall pay for II? We have al
EavS b.en Of the opinion that the State shoul
build its own State House, wherever II might o
located We hold that opinion now. We iuiA
il would be better for the State If ITS Capitol wer
Burlington, and tried TO make the Represents
tiVee of the people MINK SO, Two years DN
they diin think so, ami again located the Capl
tol at Montpelier, greatly influenced, no douo'
BY the generous offer of Montpelier TO provide
new Capitol free Of expense to the State. Our owl
opinion was that the location of the Capital OF tn
State, as between burlington and Montpelier
should be settle on the merits of the case solely
and without reference to the bids But 1t wa
not so settled, and Montpelier by the highest BID
secured the sta,e House. We are disposed TO &C
uuiesce in this matter. and let the past take car
Of itself The State has LOT magnificent otiu
House in Montpelier, and now We ask again
tch, shall pau far If We say, emphatically
The State and l5ody else. Montpelier (by sin L
gent c,,npulsion to be sure) has built the edlhc'
and has done il in a manner creditable to IN
State, as well as 70 herself, We have one OF IN
finest State Houses the Union, and the question
of location being definitely settled, we ought
pay for IT, 1t is simply ridiculous for the Legs
lature of Vermont TO sit in anything but ITS oW:
State House. II is wholly Incompatible with II
dignity and self respect TO be indebted to any on
of the towns Of the State for the edihce IN Wine
ii celebrates and legslates for the people OF tn
whole State If the Legislature had fixed upol
Burlington for the Capitol of the State, we shout
have insisted shat the State should build and fui
nish its own Capitol, and we insist upon the sam
nom. Our Montpelier friends made considera
lie mistake in announcing that they did not dreai