Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1869-05-04

thus illustrated the effect
Of the present system of office seeking
on congressional independence:
"For example, l want the secretary
of the treasury to give my man an Of
fee. l go up to the department and
wait there for an audience, long or
short, as the case may be. The sec
rotary speaks encouragingly. Next
day l go up again, and he is not quite
so sanguine. 1t is by this steady per-
sistence that offices are obtained here.
Not merit. nor recommendation, nor
impulse, but ding-donging obtains the
offices. Well, the secretary has fnan-
cial policy, perhaps. How can |, as
a senator, speak independently of his
policy while my man is in state of
suspense. Thus, the executive part
of the government paralyzes in a
great degree the legislators indepen-
dence. We must reform this alto
gether, or the political state of the
country will be degraded beyond re-
covery."
The VITAL STATISTICS OF SCOTLAND.
The annual report of the Registrar
General of Scotland shows that in
1868 there were registered in that
country 1853 births, 1886 deaths
and 1883 marriages. Compared
with the estimated population, it APP
pears that the proportion of births
considerably exceeded the average of
the ten previous years, while that OF
the deaths and marriages fell below it.
The 1853 births is the largest an
nual number ever entered on the Scot
fish registers. Of the 1853 births
1914 ,407 were legitimate, and 1926
were illegitimate, the proportion of IL
legitimate births being greatest IN the
rural districts. Of the children born
during the year, 59,375 were boys and
56,298 girls, showing that the proper
ton of the sexes at birth was 1854
boys to every 100 girls. The Regis
trar General says that the success OF
the Scottish Vaccination act may be
said to have been complete, inasmuch
as upward of 81 per cent. Of the sur.
viving children of 1867 have either
been vaccinated or otherwise accoun-
ted for under the provisions of the stat
ute. Never since the Registration
act came into operation, nor within
the memory of man, has small pox
been so rare in Scotland as during the
past year, when the number of deaths
from that disease is believed to have
been under twenty-five.
TERRIBLE SHIPWRECK-200 LIVES
LosT.-The loss of the Pacific Mail
steamship Hermann with 200 lives,
has been alluded to. Capt. Newell
states that when the vessel was about
seventy five miles from Yokohama he
discovered breakers ahead and order
ed the helm "hard port" The ship
at once answered the movement of the
helm, but was caught by tremendous
roller and thrown with tremendous
violence upon the rocks, striking first
forward and then aft, when raised by
the following swell. Successive seas
breaking upon the ship with great vi
olence forced her over the reef the wa
ter filling the ship, meanwhile rapidly
Three boats were lowered and filled
with passengers, but the heavy sea
Swamped them all. About midnight
one of the tunnels fell forward upon
the hurricane deck, causing loss of litt
to number of people collected there
Before the chimney fell, the foremas
had gone. The sea reaching the hur
ricane deck, broke up the whole of i
forward, but the after portion foateC
OF almost entire, and remained in thi,
way alongside, and seemed to save
forty or fifty people. Some of the
people were washed off-some tried tt
save themselves on pieces of the float
ing wreck. The boats being mostly
life boats, altho swamped, still tloated
and were washed into the small ba,
by the surf, and those persons who
chung to them were saved. Capt
Newell speaks very highly of the con
duct of the Japanese on board. Whel
the ship struck, these brave men, sue
denly reused from sleep by the awfu
crash, seemed to comprehend thei
situation in a moment. No stamped
no disorder. From the first the
were quiet and cool, retaining wonder
fully their presence of mind, and calm
ly awaiting the commands of their leaC