Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-04-03
(From our Regular Correspondent
Washington Letter.
WAsHGSGToH, Maj

which had Just been received from Mi
Rufus T. Smith, one of our assistaH. Conf
missi0rers 10 the Paris exposition, in
which that gentleman makes lengthy
and very favorable report of the progress
of the American section nj the Paris expo
sitor, to be opened on the first day ofMay,
next, and which will surpass in grandeur
any previous International exhibition,
with the exception, possibly, of our own
great " centennial show" which covered
more ground, at least, than the one about
t. be opened in Paris. / am thus enabled
to present 10 your readers, IN Advance, the
first official and authentic report on the
subject.
As ut our own exposition of 1876, each
nation represented at Paris will have II
building of its own, located on the Champ
de Mars, in close proximity to the main
building. 1t was the desire of the French
commissioners that each nation should
construct building which would be, in
some way, characteristic of the country to
which it belonged; task not easy in the
construction of distinctive American edi-
lice (unless built after the pattern Of an
Indian wigwam). Hence, as the next best
thing, in the absence of an 4" American !"
style of architecture, it was decided to
make this building on the plan and general
appearance of handsome villa. such rs
one may see in any of the fashionable sub
urbs of our larger cities, and ornament ii
plenlifuly with emblems of our " liberty
and unity" quite possible and in good
taste now, when France is a republic. The
building will consist of two stories sur
mounted by cupola or dome; the looms
up stairs to be used as offices by the Amer.
lean commission, while those on the first
floor will be handsomely furnished as re
ception rooms, where Americans will at
I'LL times be sure to meet friends and re-
ceive a hearty welcome. 1t will be erect,
ed close to the United States annex and
from the balcony surrounding the cupola,
there will be superb view of the exposi-
ton grounds. The spaces between the
windows on the front side. or facade, will
be divided into thirteen panels, on each of
which will be represented, on an ornament
I'll escutcheon, the arms of the thirteen
original states of the Union and along the
cornice, above these panels. the remaining
states will be represented by smaller es-
cutcheons carrying their armorial bear.
ings; the arms of the states Of California
and Colorado occupying Il central position,
directly over the main entrance. A flag
pole, seventy feet high, will be erected in
front of the building, from which the stars
and stripes will be thrown to the Partisan
breeze,
At the exposition, we will, all things
considered, make pretty fair display, es-
pecially in agricultural produce and i'm
PIGMENTS, edge-tools Of all kinds, hard
ware goods generally, and electrical APP
paratus. One very interesting exhibit will
be the complete process of making shoes
by machinery: the machines being the
same as those which recently carried off u
number of prizes in Belgium. Among
the states, California is prepared TO make
the most snowy display, and her exhibition
of minerals will be the finest the world has
ever seen. A pyramid, twenty feet square
at the base, and sixty-seven and Il half feet
high, will represent the 100000 cubic
inches Of gold which have been produced
on the Pacific coast This mass woull be
equivalent 10 Il solid block OF pure gold us
large rs square room sixteen feet in
height length and breadth. Encircling
this pyramid there will be fifty plate glass
show cases. in which there will be artis-
lcally arranged the mineral wealth of that
favored section.
The appointment of Judge Scofield of
Pennsylvania, TO the registership of the
treasury department made vacant by the
sud len death Of the late Register Allison,
md his acceptance, has caused not II little
comment in official circles here. The high
social and political position heretofore
neld by Mr.. Scofeld in his state, his long
md very prominent service in congress
his candidacy for the office of secretary o
the treasury under Grants administration
and for the .iudgeship Of the United state!
district court, these facts, coupled with hi
nndoubted legal aitainments, have had th'
effect of casting ridicule on him for accept
ing a place purely elerical-a sort of chic
book keepership--whose post arduou
luties consist in signing his name on Il,
.verage of thousand times & day. If h,
does make himself AT all familiar with tn,
= record and reG-tape system of accounts o
\ the Office over which he presides, it will
require years Of irksome labor to get tn,
d run of the machine; and even then h
e will have to confess himself inferior, u
"A to posting, TO many of his subordinales
u who lave entered the department as mes
G sengers. But the regislership. with ii
| Sdlii Va loui thOuStHu uOlldLS pcl duluuI
is a soft shelf for broken-down or break
!. ing down politician; yet it appears TO M
n that if political hacks are to be provides
: for in that way, it would be well to selcc
e poor specimens Of the animal, and no
: wealthy ones like Mr.. Scofeld, worth
e hundred thousand dollars. or more.
Senator Paddock of Nebraska, who j
J. chairman of the senate committee on agri
IS culture, has, with commendable energy
v been engaged recently in collecting tn
+ statistics of the diseases which affect hogs
). He has in consequence, become alarme
O. at the number and violence of these dis
eases and the frightful mortality whic
prevails among these animals. With
view of checking this yearly dead los
~, of capital, which, he believes, can be a
i tributed only TO the ignorance which prt
. walls in regard to this matter, he propose
to draw upa bill asking congress to ri
point u commission of three of the be!