The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1838-03-13


editor Of the Coldwater Observer.
Our Country IN lG87.-What will this I'm
ion be fifty years from this day The cloud by
day and the pillar OF fire by night, for the world
to follow in their march Of civilization and re-
| tinement The morning Of 1887 will dawn up
on this nation doubled in extent, with Michigan,
Wisconsin and Iowa us the centre of civilization,
and tho unbegotten states of Oregon, Macedon,
Columbia and Paciicus, stretching along the o.
cean, called the Pacific states with another tier O
the slstelhood lying along the Rocky Mountains
known by the name of the middle states. What
now are known as the western, will then receive
the appcllation Of the eastern states while the
western will be those bordering Oh the Pacific
ocean. Fifty millions of treemen will look up
on the light Of that morn, and glory in the name,
yielded by France, Of tie "Grcat Nation"
Splendid cities will then exist where DOW the
Indian, the lord OF the dark forest around him,
lies prone upon his copper face dreaming OF the
happy hunting grounds of his fathers, with whom
must soon dwell the whole Indian race. On that
day mere handful will be lingering on the Dor
ders Of the great deep that must ut length on
guph them. Where will then be the capital of
Michigan? IN some inland city near her centre,
will its columns rise in maguiiiucurc and splun-
dor Branches oftho University of Michigan
will then be flourshing and iinparng their cheer
ing influence in every county throughout the
State. Each county will have its temple of lih-
ery, whose altar is the Printing Press, and each
town its temple Of worship aud its numerous
schools, the nurseries Of freedom, instructed by
a well taught teacher, at fifty dollars month
Then, perhaps, the schoolmastcr vii. be
tCcmcd equal TO the cook on board The steam
boat--a happy epoch in the march of human
Improvement. Where then will be the capital
Of this Union? Possibly in the valley Of the Mis-
sissippi-SSt. Louis may be the favored spot, or
oven the unbrokcn wilderness still farther west.
And where, alas, will he the present citizens Of
Our great Republic? Then viii
each in his narrow cell fsrcycr laid;
The rude lorciathcrs ofiho hamlet Steep
The present jewellers of the earth will have
then ceased their huste-hut lille space will be
acid by them, and new race Of mcn-our chill.
drcn and our chidrens children will then man
age the machinery of the world.
The above is not the language Of prophecy,
but That OF rational deduction from know ledge
OF the past and present. Even the holdcs flights
Of Imagination, fifty years ago, coIId scarcely
have been equal To the reality al the present
hour. And may Heaven permit RS to continue
our glorious career ill all the nations OF the
earth become even us we arc-"cXccpt' in the
language Of the great apostlc-"hcse bonds,"
the bonds of the once proud sons Of Africa, the
rival ofinpera Rome.
DAvY CRocKETT lad wonderful memory,
of which Col. A., whom he once run against for
Congress, lately gave the following nnecdoc in
proof. 'Whcn we began our eIectioncering
speak very well catcmPoyc or rather not ut all, I
wrote ont a speech with great care and com
mitted it to memory. | delivered it at three sew
cral meetings, and was good deal ggaliGed ia
believing ii was pretty well received. had al.
ways spoken first, but at the fourth, which was
very numerous one, Crockett proposed that he
should take the lead. He accordingly mounted
tic stand, and to my utter amaZemeut recitCd
every word OF my speech, and only changing, |
very slightly, sentence or two to suit his own
case. have never felt more awkward in my
life. My turn to speak came, and my speech
was gonc--socu-used up--and was left with |
ont word to say. Aud to complete nay mori- /
Gcation, the rascal was chucklng and laughing /
as ifhe had done the cevercsl thing in the world,
AN EXTRAORDINARY MoNuMENT.-The ccln.
bgOred De Lamarline, on his return from visit |
TO the Holy Land, in 1888, whilst approaching |
Soryia, the last town on the Turkish frontier,
says, " | saw large tower rising in the midst Of
the plain, rs white as PHran marble. | sat under |
it's shade, TO enjoy few moments rcpose. No
sooner was seated, than raising my eye to The
discovered that these walls which .
] supposed to be built of marble or white stone
were composed ofreguar rows Of HUMAN SKULLS
bleached by the rain and sun ana cGnened hv
n little sand and lime, formed entirely the ui-
umpial arch which sheltered me from the heat
Of the sun. A number of Turkish horsenleu,
men, who had come from Nesse 10 escort lis into
town, informed me, that the skulls were Of those
fifteen thousand SerVians who had been put to
death by the Pacha in the last instruction of
servia. l paid my tribute of respect to the NOM
DRY of those heroic mon, whose decapit0tcd
heads are the boundary of the independence of
their country !"
WHEAT AND FLOUR Wheat is abundant at
81 per busheI which is Il shade too high when
it is considered that -four will not command SIS
per barrel in large quantities. The great guam
tiles of -four in stores ut various points, and the