Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-12-01

ed IN sneh Questions l. submit statement
of their present compensation as shown
by the appropriations, viz;
Per annum.
First Comptroller. 5000
Second 5000
Second Auditor, 5000
Third >" 5000
Fourth " 5000
Fifth 5000
Commissioner of Int. Rev, 5000
Three Deputies " leach) $500
Register of Treasury, $500
Chief Clerks of each Bureau, 1000
The First Auditors salary has already
been raised from three TO five Thousand
dollars since the 1ast appropriation. Also,
the Chief of the Bureau of Engraving
and Printing has been promoted within
the year from three to five Thousand dol
lars, and has an assistant at three or three
thousand Eve hundred dellars, and g
brother employed as Corresponding Clerk
with from ten to twenty letters to write
daily, at a salary of eighteen hundred
dollars. A salary of three thousand dol
lars is not great by any means, and might
with propriety be increased, but those re-
ceiving five thousand-the same as Sem
ator or member of COngress-snd especisl-
ly where the subordinate positions are
given to relatives, ought to be satisfied.
Increase of salary in the cases of the lower
graded clerks who have the hard labor to
perform would be matter of justice, but
in these times, calling loudly for economy
and reform. to increase the pay of already
well paid officials seems inconsistent.
Improvements at the Capitol are pro-
crossing rapidly in an of the
coming busy time. Mr.. French, the
Sargeant-at-Arms of the Senate is engaged
in laying a new carpet. of Wilton English
manufacture, upon the Senate floor 1t is
of green ground work, resembling the
soft, green turf, with ovals, formed each
of four oak leaves, in the scar Of the red
and yellow. Closely contemplated, the
beauty of the lawn and the symbolic
strength of the oak harmonic well with
each other, and well with the dignity of
the association, but viewed from the gal
leries the effect will, fear, be lost, and
the selection be criticised uniustly.
During this week Vermont has received
not little distinction at the Bar of the
Supreme Court OF the United States in
the trial Of the notorious marble case, or
the case of the Rutland Marble Company
w. Ripley and Barnes. The trial lasted
three days, and such is its magnitude and
volume that it is difficult attempting to
give anything like comprehensive ex-
position of its merits here, but 1 presume
it is already known to many readers of
the HERALD. Great wealth and talent
of Vermont represented at this Bar can
not fail to enlist the interest of all Yer
monters. The case was conducted by
Hons. BENZ. r. Curtis of Boston, E. J.
Phelps of Burlington and L. P Poland,
counsel for claimants-Messrs. Curtis and
Phelps only advocating at this Bar. The
defence was conducted by Hons. Wm. III
EVarts and Geo. Z. Eimunds
1t has been my pleasure TO listen 10
many advocates at this court in the past,
and have witnessed the display Of the con
centrated talent of this great nation, and
while my State and my people are upper.
most in my affections wish, for the good
of both, that every Vermonter could have
the same opportunities of comparison. It
is true that we can claim Mr.. Eysrts only
as We could Mr.. Douglass, by birth, nor
am aware Of our having any shadow Of
a claim upon Judge Curtis, bat the others
are Vermonters in the strict sense.
The pleasure of listening TO the maiden
sffort of Mr.. Phelps at this Bar, was mine.
had never seen him before and at first
him TO be from New York.
What particularly impressed me upon a
casual glance was the force and ease of his
demonstrations in argument, and his
youthful appearance, a. compared with
he generality of practitioners here. OF
lis talent it would be folly for me 10 at
empt to write to Vermonters; but can
ay that before the highest tribunal of our
nation his effort was calculated 20 reflect
treat credit upon bis State as one of its
Using stars; and as for bis youthful ap-
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PERSONAL responsibility for that, a. once
lid another illustrious individual, and
will, presume, give ample security for
overcoming it in time. "K"