The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1838-10-09

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the palace of the Montez umas before six months
roll round" Gen Lamar has been elected Pres-
dent of Texas, by an almost unanimous VOTE
The Tran script states that several persons paid
so many visits to the striped pig in Dedham that
their heads ached the next day Worse than that.
One man visited the pig so often that he fancied
himselfa pig, and went off on all fours.-- Boston
Times - ~ ata
The New Yorker says the members of the New
York bar numbers six hundred strong or about one
lawyer TO every five hundred citizens.
The receipts of the Great Weste IN, during her
last trip from Bristol to New York were 1927, $50,
For passengers $24 500 Freight $2, 1863, and let
ters $1,000. a#
The Waldo Me. Patriot says--"M orc than 5000
of Isaac Hills men from New-fIampshire,
brought into this state, in order to vote at our re-
cent election for Governor. Between and two
hundred of them voted at Bangor and Old
t0wn.
BEAT THrs.--Mr Samuel Bishop, says The Bur
lington Sentinel, has shown us putatoe, raised at
Richmond weighing tsoo pounds and screen ounces.
A Stove has been invented in New York, called
the '.poor man stove, which the patentee offers
to flrnis h together with the pipe, and coal enough
to burn through the winter, for fifteen dollars,
HARD PusHED.--Mr John @. Adams, in letter
to his constituents, states that the payment Of The
fourth insalnent of the surplus was postponed till
the first of January, 1889, that unless Congress-
in the first month OF its session, take other orders
upon it more than eight millions must be distrbut
ed by the General Government to the various states
on the LIST Of January ncxt-achite there is not a
shilling in the Treasury.
The loco focos in Mass. have nominated their ev
erlasting candidate, Judge Morton, for Governor,
and Theodore SedgwIck for Lieut.. Gov They
may possibly come within 90 goo votes of being c.
lected.
A man in New York, in quarrel with a woman
on Friday, threw her from second story window.
She SO badly injured that it was not expected
she would live.
The Maysville Monitor asks why we refuse to
call the Loco Focos Democrats. For the same req
son that we refuse to call Old Scratch a Christian
| LOUISVILLE Journal.
| A KILLED OWN wIrE.-A man nam
| ed Leet, living the road between Nashville and
Clarksvle was killed on the 9th ult., by his own
wife, In one of his fits of drunkenness he com
menced whipping hor, according to custom, when
she seized knife, and with a single. blow severed
the principal veins and arteries of his neck. He
died in few minutes
The Governor of Tennessee has appointed Eph.
rain A Foster Esq whg, to fill the vacancy in the
U. s. Senate, occasioned by the resignation of Mr..
Grnndy Mr. F. had been previously chosen by
the Legislature senator for six years from March
next
TIRE.-On the morning of the 30th ult. the
Green Mountain House, Burlington was destroyed
by fire. The inmates escaped by lcaping from The
windows of the second story.
Sun srRucK-The Philadelphia Times mentions
that lady in that city watching the APP
proach of the recent Eclipse she thonghllessy re,
moved the smoked glass from her eyes and with
out any shield gazed upon the blazing The
effect was that PROSTATE her almost instantly TO
the earth, and deprived her entirely of the power
| of sght--from which she had not recovered.
EMIGRATION TO CANADA.-The number of Emf
grants that arrived Quebec last year up to TO the
18th of September, was 81 ,649. Up to the same
period this year, only 2636 haye arrived or 49,
013 less than last year
1t appears from the official returns submitted to
the British Parliament that, the year 1903
three million five hundred and fifteen thousand
slaves have been carried to the continent ofAmer-
lea and the West India Islands.
| MIcHIGAN,-The Executive, is determined TO
carry Michigan at all hazards. The Chicago Amer
lean says, the the very day after the close of the
Illinois elections 500 Irish laborers left tho public
works in that place, taking up their line OF march
4 for Michigan, The Michigan election takes place
on the first Tuesday of October The travelling
political Loco Foco Missionaries bound from
Illinois to Michigan are kept upon Government pay
for Government service. They have just perform.
ed duty by voting for the Loco Foce in Illinois and
are now bound to Michigan.
Since the defeat of the Sub Treasury system
and consequent breaking down of the admins
tration, the banks have resumed specie pay
ments, the country has gained and business is go
ing ahead! The ID majority of the peoples Rep
reseniatiues against the administration IN its dar
ling measure, was the signal for returning pros
Iperity, after two yours embarrassment and suf-