Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1860-10-20
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MONTPELIER. Oct. is. 1850.

DEAR scissors: In the early days of YER
mont Legislation it was the custom, am told,
of the Governors of this State to naugurate
proceedings by an address from the executive.
This old custom, so long in dcsuetude, has been
revived by Gov. Fairbanks who now, as in 1852,
delivered his address in person to the General
Assembly. The two Houses assembled in the
Han of the House of Representatives, COM
mittec consisting of the Speaker of the House
and the Secretary Of State was appointed to wait
upon His Excelency and inform him that the
General Assembly were ready to hear his adj
dress Soon the Governor elect made his APP
pearance preceded by the committee aforesaid,
with the soon to be Ex-Gov. Hall on his right
The oaths of Office were administered by the
President of the Joint Assembly, Lieut.. Gov
Underwood, and the Governor proceeded to read
the annual Executive Address. As your read
ers will have the document before them l will
not attempt either synopsis or criticism.
The "whecls of legislation" to use a by no
means novel expression, now fabricated by the
message and the appointment of the standing
committees, begin to roll with their accustomed
freedom Bills of all sorts, commencing with
the irrepressiblc "dog bill' of the gentleman
from Morristown, and continuing with bills for
the changing of names, bills to restrict fishing,
bills for the alteration of town and county lines,
bills to lcgalizc circuses, and bills which are in
tended as sure specifics for certain ailments
and good for almost all other complaints Incl
dent to bodies polite or corporate, are coming
in with unexamplcd rapidly. After a severe
and animated contest in which a good share
of the best speaking talent of the House was
enlisted, it was decided in accordance with the
recommendation of the Committee on Rules,
to print all bills of Il public nature 1t was n
wise conclusion and will preserve in print many
rich but not rare specimens of apprentice legis-
lation.
The House is unusually rich in ability and
experience, to such an extent even as to en-
barrass the selection of Committees. The most
important of these are strongly constituted as
will be seen by the following:
Vans and MeanS--Denison Of Royalton,
Wright of Castieton, Moves of Burlington,
Mouton of ST. Johnsbury aud Thomas of West
Fairlce.
J,tdiciay-Field of Newfanc Child of Hyde
park, Smith of st. Albans Colby Of llartand
and Gardner of Bennington.
Banks-Pingry of Wcathersfeld, Johnson Of
Woodstock, Shepard of Montpelier, Green Of
Richmond. Dickinson of Chelsea.
Roads-Stoddard of Townshend, Garfield of
Arlington, Waite of Braintree, Miller of Pom
fret, Wright Of Shoreham.
/ PUJiic Bmiihgs-Smith of st. Adams,
| Moves of Burlington, Farr of Cabot, Ross Of
Weston, Waterhousc of Brighton.
(i1imS-Allen of Rutland, Morse of Roches-
ter, SAKE OF Sheldon, Baker Of Newport, circuit
of Roxbury.
/ Lbra,y-Seymour of Ncrgennes, Stewart of
/ Middlcbury, Ranney Of Brattleboro.
/ The chairmen Of some of the committees are :;
Miller of Pomfret, on Education; Dickcrman
of Charleston, Under the 18th Joint Rule; Can
field of Arlington on Elections; Davis of Cav
endish, on Military Affairs; Granger of Pitts
/ ford, on Manufacturers Wright of Shoreham,
on Agriculture; Myers of Jamaica Of General
/ Committee; Gleed of Morristown, on Corpora
tons; Howard of Chester, on Town lines; and
Bovnton of Orwell, on Grand List
At caucus of the Republican members of
the Legislature on Monday evening the Hon.
JACOB CoLLAMrR was unanimously and by ac-
camation, nominated as candidate for United
States Senator for six years from the 18th OF
March, next This nomination was followed,
the next day, by his almost unanimous election,
he receiving 30 of the 80 votes cast in the
Senate and l9S of the 222 in the House. Paul
Dillingham; was the unfortunate democrat who
received the full support of his very lean party
for the same office.
The following elections were made in Joint
Assembly, on Tuesday:
BENJAMIN W. DEAN, of Grafton, secretary OF
States
ERAsrUs S. CAMP of Montpelier, Sergeant
alarms
JEPrnA BRADLEY of St. Adams, Auditor oil
Accounts;
HIRAM HARLOW of Windsor, Supt. State
Prison.
NORMAN WELLINGTON of SALISBURY, BAR
RON MouLroN of ST. Johnsbury and CARLOS C.
MARTIN of Ferrisburgh, Directors of the State
Prison.
On Wednesday the list was completed by tho
election of DIR. GEORGE a. HINMAN Of llol
land, Commissioner Of the Insane;
A. ]. RowELL of Troy, Bank Commissioner
The official vote for State officers as reported
; by the canvassng committee is as follows:
For Governor Erastus Fairbanks, 34,lSS
John &. SAKE, l,I96
Robert Harvey, 2,ll5
For Lieut. Gov'r Levi Underwood 34,2l9
{ Stephen Thomas, l 1868
= Giles Harrington, 2,0i3
} For Treasurer, John b. Page, 33,9i6
J. Thurston, IL, 5S4
Samuel Wells 2,lll
The scattering vote of II for John Wheeler
and 3 for w. II. Shafter, is the present strength
of the Belleverett's on the one hand and tn,
ultra radical Aboitionists on the other. 1t !
barely possible that the votes of these tS
parties may be slightly increased in November
Since hearing from Pennsylvania, Indiana anc
. Ohio they will not be likely to suffer any grea
loss with persistent effort they will probabl.
hold their own. c.
1t is said that President Buchanan intends t.
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