The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1838-04-24

Two MILES AND QUARTER OF WOMEN. Miss
Grmke stated in lecture in Boston last week,
that petition for the Immediate abolition of slave
ry in the colonies of Great Britian, 10 be
presented to queen Victoria, signed by females
alone, whose signatures extended over list--taco
miles and quarter long
Sutherland has not been found guilty by the court
martial, in consequence of some informally in the
proceeding. 1t was expected he would be soon dis
charged. Lount and Matthews, who were TO have
been executed on the 18th, it was believed would
be pnrdoned, at least deferred till The pleasure of
the Queen should be known, Gen Teller, John
Montgomery, &. f. Wordon and J. Anderson were
! ordered for execution the 18th.
a person calling himself Farnsworth, and repre-
senting himself Dry Goods Merchant in New
Hampshire, was arrested in Boston on Monday, for
passing counterfeit bills. About 2o0 of such biIs
principally country banks, were found in his pos
session.
A story is going the rounds of the newspapers
that General Ripley of Louisiana is dead This is
a mistake orr gnaiing with a New York paper, which
COMPOUNDED GGn. Ripley with Gen Ashley
Gov. Marcy, of New York, has made commu-
nication to the Leg sIa,ure Of New York, in which
he maintains it to be The duty of the State to put
forth It's full strength in the of its credit for the
protection of its banks npon their resumption of
specie payments.
1t is said by experienced far that lime stone
ground like Plaster of Paris, and srewed upon grass
or ploughed lands, will greatly increase their fer
lility.
Breach OF PRoMIsE.-The case of Laura
finn M,ta8on u.s. HuStiugS, on reVlew, Tor
BREACH of PROMISE Of Marriage, came up for
trial on thursday last. The examination OF
Witnesses, being near sixty on both SIDES, t'ie
case occupied the court the week out. lie was
ten u'cnrk on Saturday night before the case was
aiyeu 10 The Jury. Council for the PlnnliIf
Nlessrs. LnsIy, Clark, md Harrington--for the
| Defendant Messrs. Holmes aud Ormshy,-Ies -
terday morning the Jury returned.a Verdict OF
8 ,425 for the fair Defendant The verdict was
Il ljltIe larger than the former one.
We did not attend this trial in the exafnina-
! ton, but had the pleasure to listen TO some OF
the argument Of the ingenious cOuncll--and The
charge of the Court. There was one point in
the charge which created "A trihng sensation
among some of the "sngle gentlemen" who
came to listen and learn, probably, how to de-
| fend n broken promise, in such case made nnG
provided. 1t substantially this, il we I'M
derstood his honor comectIy-That it did not
require an explicit promise to bind the parties
to marriage contract. The long unbroken and
somewhat exclusive addresses of suitor TO n
lady was quite good evidence of intended
marriage as u special promise. -Rualand Herald.
LORD DExrER's Mock FUNERAL.-Dexter's
tomb was in the basement story of a handsome
summer house, erected on slightly position, sur
rounded by shrub flower and tree The tomb
was well lighted and ventilated--a mere pleas
ant retreat, after LIES fitful fever" should be
over" After the tomb had been prepared, and
the coffin finished 10 his taste, Dexter, with few
Of his cronies got up a mock funeral, supposed
by many at the time to be Il real one. He had, by
giving to his wife, son and daughter, suits OF
mourning and money TO boot, engaged them, at
last, TO acquiesce in his within. Cards were sent
10 certain persons in the town to attend the III
neral. Some who had no misgiving, and all who
desired frolic, came a. the hour appointed
Some wag for he could not get priest to perform
tine burial service, read it and pronounced eulo-
gy on the greatest man of the East The pro-
cession moved to the garden vault, the collin was
| deposited, and the door locked. The assembled
mourners returned to the large hall, where a
sumptuous entertainment had been provided, and
the choicest wines were poured out like water.
Some one hiuted that Dexers ghost was seen at
an upper window while the procession slowly
moved TO the vault but this passed away, when
n loud complaint was heard in the Kitchen 1t
was Lord Dexter Gaming his wife for not acting
her part as she should have done in the ceremony.
She had not shed tear! She should have cried
to think il was not reality. Dexter had been so
tnnch pleased in his concealment, in hearing of
his praise, that he entered the wake room with
the highest glee: shared in the wine, and threw
small change from his window to the gaping
| crowd of boys who hnd gathered to witness the
last solemn scene. There was however, draw
back to his experiment; not single bell tolled,
when he expected the whole ofthem would nave
sounded knell for his passing soul. That was
nor all; MOI requiem was sung. except by the
wag who performed the funeral services; he gave
one that some bacchanaian had in former times
composed for himself to be sung before his de-
parture. Dexter expressed himself satisfied with
every thing but the absence of the tolling bell,
and his wife's dry eyes. His son had performed
his part to admiration, being sufficiently drunk
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