The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1839-11-19
MISCELLANEOUS
II e X A S

It's independence is unde rstood to be ackrow
lodged by France. If the French government
knew what crew ofrenega.|oes had assembled
there they would regret the step, both for their
own honor and the honor of the civilized world.
Whoever robs and gets his weasand in peril of
the halter, whoever kills and cannot stay for fear
of pursuing justice, whoever defrands a bank
and is scented by the police, whoever owes
large monies and cannot keep out of Jail with I.
out paying, i'm short whoever has irretrievablv
lost his character 10y villiuny, goes to TeXas.-
a precious collection truly. II there any who,
like Audubon among the birds, or Pursh among
The plants, are ransacking creation for specimens
Of the natural history of deprav ed humanity.
surely he need only go 10 Texas and make head
quarters there for a season, and he would com
plee the SCIENCE. After all it is rather an in.
teresting experiment to see whether acommuni-
~ made up of such materials will consolidate
into permanent government, explode by
its own volcanic action. Sel'preservaton is
The first law of nature, it is true, and operates a
Wong the depraved, acting in bodies, TO a certain
extent, and it is possible the wickedness there
may agree to forego some objects of desire, for
the saiie OF retaining others more desirable on
the whole We cannot but think, however,
that the government will one Of these days ex.
podc, and its vesiiges no longer lie found
Reader if you ever held in your hand one of
those curious glass toys called Prince Rupcrt's
drops, somewhat like Il cocks spur in shapeand
produced by dropping melted glass into cold
water,-if you have ever held one of these in
your hand, and broken the extremity by ever
so small particle, you have seen if, Instantly,
fly into million of pieces. To such Il cntas.
tropho we apprehenl the government of Texas
is momenarily exposed and that the present
generation will live TO see 1t.
From New York, you say {?
yes, from New York, direct
Name Wright, eh =
FAy, Wright
tWhat called in New York :?
why Wright, to be sure
Then you're wrong here, nobody wears his
name here in Texas.
The above is the tail of an anecdote we saw
lately in some newspaper which we take to he
s f'i1 There is honor among Iiive'
that NAV be there is shame. ANA thcTe st'o"'u
except like Audubon to find what ne" pe"s's
more are extant. not yet described and classea'
--Winds0r Tunes.
Acnn,osIrY,-A gentleman informed us a
c,v dovs since thar, a short time previous,
white in nIrs,,it Of wild turkeys, III Hart county
Keotur(v in company with friend they us
covered on the Summit OF knoll or cieVat'oi
large hole lhnt would admit man noay WIN
amt much difficulty Curiosity Ied them 10
.,.L,, ,,rruorn,ious and by an accession, they
uttered This mysterious place. AT the deP'p vi
81 feet they found themselves III s'th'Gt'"neo"'
cave or room. apparently cut ou' :" o"''" Gov,
through which they had pasFe" many NV. NV,
(which '|N-N
.p.n,ni,t was the first that entered the room,
md he was not a Iito surprised that the mrs.
object that met his eyes was human sNuD;
,yitI all the teeth entire. Upon further oXa'nl'
nation, it was found that the whole place WnS
Glcd with skeletons of men, women an" chill
tiren. L;n ,hay
FINDER the small aperture through winch 'hsy
descended, the place was perfectly dry, ana 'he
homes in state of preservation. An .."
skeleton of the human body was o' ,,1 "a,o,
They concluded TO examine how deep the p1 '
laid and penetrated through them in one pace
between four and seye" feet, but hn, 'I hers ~ sr
ed to rise an offensive eflluvia rs they approach,
ed where it was a little damp. Ihere was ~
outlet to the room, and large snake w vi u
they found there, and which appeared TO
perfectly docile, passed around the room sew
eral times while they were in it. The discover
is subject for the specua ton of p hosop" a
tending this ancient charnel house-Ce"'
WatchtoWer.
r. Tn the night OF II