The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1839-10-29
ErOm The MatchiLoches Herald.

recollect that publication appeared IN our pa
per OF the 24th Of August under the signature OF
Gen. Francois Gaenne, Stating that he iiaA re-
ceiveG information that General J.. II. boss'er
had represented II certain hostile conversation
which took place at tho house OF Mr. .. tIhchai,
is such manner ms TO impress the I'"nnc VIZ"
the belief that he.( Gaiennie,) had beeh me
insulted purity, and not Gen. Bossler' Zen ",
lil,en proceeacd to state that he had procured
The certificates ofseveral gentlemen, s'ninS ihaI,
on the contrary, Gen b. had been grossly lllS"'t'
ed 10y him. =.
Gen Bossiers reply 10 the above appeared IN
our number Of the 3lst August; II CohHlhcd
statement of the conversation at Mr. Karhal
and an allegation that he General Bossier,) was
about to give Gen. Guennie Satisfaction on Inc
spot, but desisted at the request OF me son CT
The latter, Mr. V. GaIennie. General boSSer'
further stated that the certificates optlheI ny
General Guienuc did not contain his Gen. II =. J
answer to Gen. G.-that the only persons to
whose testimony he could appeal, were certain
ladies who were present and upon Wliom he
di not think it proper 10 call ioI Their cerili-
Gates. Gen. b. concluded by intinating lllal he
| held himself in readiness 10 accept challenge
| from Gen. G..
In our number of the 7th inst. General Ga;en.
MES reouder appeared, together with IL state.
,nent under the head of Mr. V. Gaiennie. The
former alledged that he had reluctantly called
upon The ladies referred to, procured their cert
! tcates, had them IN his possession, and would
publish them in good time Mr. V. Guienne
stated that while his father put premedaed
insult upon Gen. Is. the latter exhibited 'eXrnor
ordinary passveness.
Here the paper terminated, and it
! followed by Il hostile message from General
BoSsicr. The challenge accepted, and the
parties met on Wednesday morning last, short
distance below town. They fought with rifles, AT
forty PAGES. Gen Gaennie fired ut the word
one, and missed; Gen Bosser fired immednle-
ly after; and his fire took fatal effect the ball
,I,,G E,,nrt
: Gaiennie's arm, and penetrating to his Ieor
He fell almost inslantaneously.
0FeTo the working men--to those who think
the sub.treasury is calculated for The benefit OF
the lnboring classic those who support Van
Buren,, the following article from the New York
Times, comments itself. The destructive ten
dency Of the sub treasury scheme is well desert
bed:
A VOICE FROM UNDER THE WHEELS.
"EYhdt tOould be The operation ofthe sub treasury
on the Tutoring community"
The Sub Treasury is war measure, it is the
great engine of political hostility, designed TO
crush popular liberty, and all tho generals in
this war, are hard ulonicd men, and for putting
an end to the dynasty of banks The answer
ITO this question must be drawn, trum the past
and present generation of men. And first, ii
nay tie asked whether labor was ever reason.
AMY fSWartleu IN amy country where lllpES WIS
none but netaiic money? Aud this question We
answer in the negative, and we say that labor
never properl y compensated in any country
which had not banks and incorporate irstitu'
lions to enable the great mass OF the people to
sustain the m elves against the combined ma.
cl.inery ANA congregaIed strength OF the Cover.
ment, except in cases where labor was increased
in price by the events of war, and which increase
ceased with those events. The men at the head
of the govern ment WELD the congregated power
r. Il,
" invested with these great and incalcuahIe
powers that they may provide for the common
defence land y, on!otC the common wCtarc' If,
in violation Of these trusts, they use their great
powers to crush the liberties and busness OF the
country, do not ak see that "thc people will
he scattered from the cities and the laborng
community he reduced to one shilling II day
which is about three times the amount ofpay
given to the lahorcr in Germany, where IL man
VINO hires himself ont to work farm can only
earn twenty dollars year out of which he
must clothe himself A man working on a
farm in the State Of New York, can get hum
dred and fifty dollars year. The banks have
nude all this difference in the price oflnbor. If
we let in the sub treasury the Executive Con
! erals will then he enu bled TO crush tho banks s.
J there will be nothing to reward labor bat the
little metallic money, and then labor must and
| will come down to Il shilling Il day, and perhaps
much lower. Labor is four pence a day in
Germany and Germany is a hard money conn
try. In Egypt, which mas ha' gold ana SILVER
currency only, ever since the days ofhe palr
arch Abraham, boat of thirty tons, with a crew
| of ten men, can be hired for about ten shilliugs
Il day, and they tind ves-which if di.
vided among the mem only, snying nothing OF
the boat, would be but three pence piece.
Tho war wascd by the snb-treasriryites, is not
! Il war against the banks, but war against the
people and against the labor and business Of the
country. They will destroy the banks ifpermit
ted, because they cannot otherwise strike down
labor. and while lahour is sustained and reward
ed, the peo pie invunerable. If you would
sustain labor and make lis reward sure, put down
the SUB TREASURY
THE TABLE TURNED: Arrest Of Ruez and
.Nontez. Senior Ruez and Senior Moutcz, the
Spanish gentlemen who were found with the AT
ricans on board the Amisad, and claim them
as their property were arrested at New York on
Thursday, at the suit of Jnqua Tor Cinquez)
and Ellnh TWO of The A(ricnls of The AniStiIu