The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1839-04-16

king to the scaffold, and established the Com
monwealth, Sir Edward Hyde-for he had
held a government post, and bad been knight
ed--was too prominent member OF the royal
lists party ID escape the ennlity fthe new rulers
and was obliged to reside upon the continent till
the restoration. When abroad, he was so much
esteemed by the exilea prince afterwards Charles
III AS to be appointed Lord High Chancellor of
England which appointment was confirmed
when the king was restored TO his throne. Some
years afterwards Hyde was elevated to the peer
age, first i'll the rank of Baron, and subsequent
iy as Earl of Clarandon, title which he made
famous in English history.
These events so briefly narrated, occupied a
large space of time during which Lady Aylesbu-
ny passed her days in quiet and retirement. s he
had now the gratfca ion OF beholdng her
daughter, Countess OF Clarandon, and of seeing
the grand children who had been born to her,
mngng as equals with the noblest in the land.
But sill IA more exalted fate awaited the descen-
tants of the poor lriendless girl who had come
TO London, in search OF service, in wagoners
van. Her grand daughter, Anne Hyde, young
lady OF spirit, wit, and beauty, had been appoint
ed, while her family stayed abroad, one of the
maids of honor 10 the Princes'of Orange, and
in thar situation had attracted SO strongly the
CARDS Of James, Duke of York, an brother of
Charles III, that he contracted private marriage
with her. The birth of child forced on a
public announcement of this contract and ere
long the grand daughter Of Lady Aylesbury was
openly received by the royal family, and the
people of England, as Duchess of York, and
sister -in-law OF the sovereign.
Lady Aylesbury did not long survive this e.
vent. But ere she dropped into the grave, at a
ripe old age, she saw her descendants heirs pre-
sumpliye of the British crown. King Charles
had married, but had no Legitimate issue, and,
accordingly his brothers family had the pros
peci and rights Of succession. And, in reality,
TWO immediate descendants of the barefooted
country girl did ultimately fiji the throne-Mary
(wiie Of William IlI.) land Queen Anne, prin
cesses, both of uslrous memory.
Such were the fortunes of The young woman
whom the worthy landlady of The Goat and
Compasses was fearful of encouraging TO rash
hopes by reference to the lofty position which
it had been her own fate attain in life. In
one assertion, at least, the hostess was undoubt-
| ~ rgh-that success in life mu st he labored for
| in some way other. Without the prudence
/ and propriety of conduct which won the esteem
and love of the brewer, the sequel of the coun-
try girls history could not have be en- such as it
| is
| New ENGLAND. A writer in the Charleston
Courier bears the following testimony, TO the
worth ofthe inhabitants of New England
"The very steriIity of New England, by i'm
posing upon all classes the necessity of labor,
gave strength and energy 10 her sons, and sabil-
arose much more from her own tolls and trials >,
Than from her puritan ancestry; and batting the
hyory and miserable exclEsiveness which a
mong The vast majority of her sons, can find no
greatness or worth beyond her borders, she con-
fessedlv stands among the highest of sany people
upon the face of the earth, for the possession of
those attributes Of character from which any
beneficial and blessed liberty can spring"
''RETRENcHMENT," Sc. The whole amount of
the appropriations made at the last session of
Congress $36;S62, 2427S. New offices,
clesksi,ips, &c. were Gated with salaries
Itj,r, of tt,D
ldent's "principal gardner WAS increased from
$1,000 to $1,000. This "prncipal gardener
who, We take it, keeps The Kitchen Cabi-
net" in "sarse,' -tnust lie pretty important
sort of character Ills payis equal to the
salary of tue Chief Magistrates Of some of the
largest Suites in the Union! Since Gov Hill is
soon quit the Gul,ernatoral chair OF this State,
and us he has turned his altention to geoponics
and knows IA Thing ortwo about 'sGrse," he had
better put in a claim for the ofiice,-Dover En-
qu'rer.
Revolutionary .qrmy We find lie following
in an old Vermont piper.
The number OF Regulars furnished to the Rev
dictionary Army were
By New England I47,441
BY the Middle States, Sc, 57I
BY the Southern States. 56,997
1t appears by the above, that New England,
consisting of New Hampshire, Massachusetts,
Rhode island, and Connecticut furnished
troops for the defence of the country,
than the other nine states, 1872. The number
of the troops furnished by South Carolina
6l4S-by Massachus, its 67,907-by Georgia,
269S-Connecticut 81 1891
BrsHops. All bishops not fatterers In
The first division If Ponud, in l775 the bishopric
of Ermland f to Prussia, Bishop Krasky,a
man ofgreat learning and wit, and a severe sui
ferer on this occasion, had frequently the honor
of dining with his majesty. The king one day
said pleasantly to the bishop, "be pleased, when
you 20 to heaven, to take me under your man
ie." Upon which the bishop replied, "your
mniesty has been pleased to curtail much of
my revenue, and, in consequences, much of
Tho length of my cloak, that fear shall not be
able to cover your .naIesty's feet, and shall be
detected in the ACT of smuggling contra0and goods!
Mr. John Kenwor,hy brought to our office
III. ,u.,nk nnunds of butter, of an eX-