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The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1841-01-12
TIiE FRESuET.

We do not learn that the freshet OF last week was
very destrucrivc--u few bridges have been swept
off, but they were upon the smaller streams, and
not very costly. Two small bridges only in this
town wero carried off, and three four in Lyndon.
From below all that we learn is the following from
the Iaverhil Wing
Two or three bridges abovethe Oliverian Village
have been carried away, and some damage has
been sustained at the mills, tnnnery and car
inse shop at the village
On Friday afternoon report came TO tho village
that a portion of Piermont bridge, erected in
1899, over tho Connecticut, had been carried Il
way by the immense body of ice and water.
From the South we learn that the bridge at Or
ford has sustained some trifing damage, and that
portion Of Lyme bridge has been carried off entire
ly. Two or three small bridges, spanning the
stream running through Permont village have
yielded to the force Of the current and gone hence
From III North we learn that two bridges in
Lisbon, at the village and that at Barnes Mills,
both very costly and heretofore considered perma
nent, have been carried off, ~ heFactory atLlsbon
considerably damaged. Wo also learn that n bridge
across Wells River, al the village of that name in
Newbury has been carried away.
Many of tho bridges across the brooks have
sSwartwouted but i: is needless TO paricularize.
Post Office, Monptiicr.-The Montpelier Yer
mont Patriot says, awe understand that Ed,cin S.
Merrill has been appointed Post Master in this vii
lago, vice G. w. Barker resigned"
\ special election, by the appointment Of the
Governor OF Virginia, was held in the Norfolk dis
trct on the 18Th Of December, to elect member
of Congress fer the remainder Of The term of Mr.
Hollcman, resigned. Dr. f. Mallory was the wing
candidate, to whom there was no organized oppo-
stiop and he was of course elected.
Death in Church. young lady, on the 20th
ult. taken with coughing in church, at Hall
tax and be fore she could be removed she expired
Fare in Quebeo.-~On the night of the 22d ult.
several dwelling houses, two stores, warehouse
iieI with valuable goods, and various out houses,
at Point Levi, in Quebec, were des troyed by fire,
caused by the carelessness of a servant, Canadian
girl, who persisted in the flames.
Lynching.-The Presbyterian Advocate says
"Recenly the Rev Thomas Kendall, a respccta-
BILE m mister of the Associate Church, tarred
ami Feattcred for reading and explaining the let:
ter Of the Associate Synod, on the snbjec, of sla-
very to congregation IN South Carolina.
Duty american Wheat and Flour. An at-
tempt now making by number of landed pro-
prietors in Canada, to induce the English Govern
mcnt TO make protecting duty on the productions
of the United States imported into that province
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1841-01-12

s'a"a U. 5. Senator. Hon. John Leeds Kerr
L'''ed' on Thursday last, by the Maryland
der .r,ue, Senator in congress Tor the remain.
''e term Of Dr. Spence, deceased.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1841-01-12

Tb7liE Stockholders Of the Bank of Caledonia,
e. are hereby notified 10 meet at the INN of
NATHANIEL WEST, Tuesday ID day Of
February next, NJ one o'clock, p. NJ. for the pur-
pose of electng five Directors of said Bank for the
year ensuing. F''.' "ra 8, f-ssrasrt
Per order Of tho Directors. .t .y
HENRY MATTOCKs,c g: ash.
Dnnville, Dec. %, 1910. I79w3
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1841-01-12
4 s 4 I i.
EDassvampsic Medical society

yuyYE Members o4 the Passumpsic Medical Socl.
4 ETY. are hereby notified 10 meet at, Fletcher 3
Inn. Lyndon Centre, on Friday tho 18th day &C
January I9aI nj 10 o'clock, a. M'
A pnnctua! attendance Of an tho members Will
be expected. W. W. N"i'7Ct,
I7Sv3 Secretary.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1841-01-12
STATE OF VERMONT.

STATE OF VERMONT.
DisTRIcT OF ESSEX
VT is ordered by the Probate Court for the dis
Il rict aforesaid tina; all persons concerned be no
tilted to appear before said Conrt at Session there
of Feb ruary next, to show cause, # any they may
have. why the liberty and authority requested in
the foregoing Application should not be granted
and that for that purpose tho said Application to-
aether with this order be published in the Caledo
man, printed at st. Johnsbnry, three weeks sue
cessively as soon as may be.
+ In witness whereof have hereunto
)I L. { affixed the zeal Of snid Court and sub
}~NS scribed my name at Gulldha, IN sutd
District this 4th day of January, A.
-. 1S4l
1sov3 JOHN DODGE, Register.
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1841-09-30
DuIL TInrs AMONG rur L,wvrus-

DULL tIMEs AMONG THE LAWYERS.
We are sorryto say that the times, how
ever thriving among the merchants, are
deemed very bad among the gentlemen of
the bar. One and all bitterly complain.
Many gentlemen, who have been il prac-
tico for years, are leaving the profession,
and have engaged in different trades, and,
as we learn, with great success. Some
have set up tanneries; others mills soma
are manufacturing agents few have
turned mechanics, end many merchants,
and more farmers. Tho Bar Of New
York, owing to immigration from all the
States, has become exceedingly crowded.
The fees by legislation have been reduce d
So low as to be no longer decent reward
for the services rendered. The bar here
has 100 members. They cannot, with
the present situation and depression of bu.
siness, get living. This has become
self.evident. A vas. number have left
the city, and if the times don't improve,
500 more will leave or change their voca-
ton during the ensuing year. Those gen.
,lemen who arc possessed Of small estates,
independent oftheir profession, will be the
last to leave. Others not so fortunate
will be compelled to abandon city life for
the country, and there, doubtless, many
will go and probably attain that success
they have failed to find at home. Y.
American.
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1841-09-30

NoRTH EASTERN BoUNpARy.-The In
telligencer of the 10th contains letter
from j. d. Graham, u. S. Commissioner
for making an er parte survey Of the u.
s. Boundary line, addressed to the De.
pariment of State, FOR the purpose ofcor-
recting the erroneous statements in tho
public prints, concerning the exploration
in progress under his direction. He SAYS
that both himself and his officers have
generally met with civil treatment from
tho British subjects residing near the line;
and that no excitement has at any time
arisen from their proceedings. Il is not
true that the principal stations are mark
ed u. S. boundary Line as has been
stated, but u. s. Err Parfe SURVEY
with The date affixed. The question Of
Jurisdiction has been in no wise interGered
with, but the operations of the party have
been strictly confined TO the objects
pointed out in the instruction Of the De-
partment.-Rich. Com.
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1841-09-30

BooKs-Accorling to Professor Park, the to,ai
number of the different books printed, down TO Inc
present date, is estimated at 0co,o0u volumes 70
The German language, 100000 in English, S,neu no
ing twenty-five thousand AmerIcan) ana ooo ooo
IN all other languaeos-making total OF } 000,-
600 da.ren, volsme., or say 1000 600 different
works. Allowing only 1900 copies ct each wo'K
to have been printed, and supposing all the volumes
TO be an average size they would form solid Piie'
larger than the largest Egyptian pyramid, although
It ia 500 feet high and $50 feet square at the base
covering acres of ground The annual number
OF new publications in Germany is said TO be 1000
lin France it is probably 5000--in Great Britain
3000-and in the United States about 500 works
OF 700 volumes, of which about three ffths orr
ginal American Produetions.-Ph ilad. Lnq.
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1841-09-30

A USIoS OF PRAYER THROUGHOUT THE WoRLp.
A number of Christians in England recommend
n Union of the Christians of all denominations in
p,a,er. between tho Cd and ,th Of October of this
wear. The suggestion is that, from Saturday tue
%. TO Monday. the lth October, l84l, inclusive,
the hour bctwixt eight and nine in The morning and
nine in The evening, or as near that as possible.
shall each day be given to prayer Ca Saturday,
the % October. il is recommended that fasting
should be conjoined with prayer, and ms much OF
The day as circumstances will admit gwen to reIi'
gious exercises; and that Monday the llth, being
the last of the ten days, should be observed as lar
"a NAV be, as day Of Thanksgiving. Ph'iad. ing
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1841-09-30
UNITED STATES BANK BuILprSs.

UNITED STATES BANK BUILDINs.- -
The extinction OF the U. 8. Bank leaves
that magnificent edifiee in the hands Of
the assigrees, as a part of lis available
property. To what use j: will now re-
vert, isma,ter of conjecture. This splen.
did pile was commenced in 1919. 1t was
five years in building. The original ex-
pense was 100000. but when the old
Bank charter expired, it was sold 10 the
present institution for 100000. The
building is purely of white marble, and
both inside and out scarcely any wood is
TO be seen. From Chestnut street, the
Bank is reached by lofty fight Of mar
BILE steps. 1t presents splendid front OF
eighty feet in width, with eight doric
columns, four feet six inches in diameter
and twerty seven feet high. The build
ing is l6l feet long, and the porticos at
each end correspond. Both internally
and externally. the style and finish are
equally massive and beautiful. The
principal banking room is As feet wide,
and 81 feet long, with an arched ceiling,
by rows of marble columns.
Aside from this, there are a multitude of
for the use Of the different
Officers and Directors, as well as for en-
gravers and copper plate printers. |, is
admired for ITS beautiful proportions, ms
well as for its imposing size AMI classic
architecture. Phila. North American.
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1841-09-30

AN EscApE.-The Albany Advertiser
states that the ferry boat which plies be-
tween the east and west bank of the river
at Hudson, took fire on Friday night
while crossing, and burnt TO the waters
edge. The passengers and teams were
landed upon the fats in the middle Of the
river before the fire had made much pro-
gress. Just afier the ferry boat bad left
the wharf Tor Hudson. two wagons loud
ed with POWDER were driven down TO ihe
ferry stairs, fortunately moment too
late to cross 10 the boat.
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1841-09-30

FROM HAVANA correspondent
oil the Philadelphia National Gazette,
writing from Havana on the 25th Of Au
gust, says rumor was circulating, that
England had demanded from the Spanish
Government, fulflment of the treaty Of
1928, for the suppression Of the slave
trade, and required the. Government Of
Gpba to give up all slaves imported since
that date.
Also that 5000 troops were to embark
Immediately at Cadiz for Cuba, and that
the Notifications OF The island were 10 be
put in "a state of efficiency.
1t was reported also that the Canary
Islands had declared themselves indepen-
dent Of Spain.
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1841-09-30

A DEEP ARrEsIAN WELL.-A well
has lately been dug in the City of Paris,
that is screnfeen hundred feet deep. 1t
was commenced eight years ago by the
direction of the Municipal Council, for the
purpose of supplying the City with water,
and the single expense of digging has cost
100000 francs. Four years after its
commencement, and when il had been
sunk to the depth OF thousand feet, the
enormous instrument with which the Dor.
ing was performed, broke, and the lower
part oft, weighing 500 pounds, remained
at the bottom Of the we'll. After working
for fifteen months, the Engineer succeed
ed in boring hole in the upper part OF
the broken instrument, and in screwing
thereon a rod Of iron, strong enough TO
bear its own weight. and by this means it
was drawn up.
The water Of the well is quite warm,
being about so degrees of Fahrenheit, and
smokes like a boiling pot. The hole IS
small, not to exceed three feet in diameter,
and the amount or water afforded is about
a million Of gallons in "a hours.
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1841-09-30
NEw LINE OF STEAM SHIPS FROM Bny

New LINE OF STEAM SHIPS FROM BRy.
MEN TO BosToN.-We understand that
Mr.. Charles Keutgcn is now in this city,
acting as agent Of the /" Bremen Amcr-
can Steam Company" This company,
we are told, propose to establish line of
steamships between Bremen and the Unit
ed States, touching al the Isle Of Wight,
or perhaps some port in England. They
have already obtained the necessary
funds, and are ready to commence tho
construction cfthe first ship. Mr.. Keut-
gen has also been in New York, with
he can obtan>there, AMI is now pursuing
similar Investigations at Boston. The
probability is that the line will come to
this port Bunker Hill Aurora.
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1841-09-30

LOUISIANA SUGAR CRoP.-The New
Orleans Price Current, has the following
statement Of the amount Of the last sugar
crop, and the manner in which it has been
disposed OF: hhds.
The crop is estimated at $1,000 81 900
The Northern and other coast.
wise markets have taken 1889
The West, rs nearly as can be
calculated, has taken $4,000
The consumption Of the city has
been $500
Shipped at Attakapas, for Mobile,
Apalachicola, Charleston, &c. 5000
Balance on plantation, and in The
hands Of groccrs 1000
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1841-09-30
EPIGRAM.

EPlGRAM.
There is a good deal of point in Dean
Swilt's lines on the early death OF child;
"Peter regrets that God has givea,
To his poor child life so short,
Consider, Peter. he's in Heaven
lis well to have a friend at Court"
Contrast this with Coleridge's beautiful
stanza on the death of an infant, and you
have a key to the different characters OF
the men:
Ger sin could blight or sorrow fade,
Death came, with friendly care, :
The opening bud 10 Heaven conveyed
And babe it blossom there.
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1841-09-30

PEACHES The editor OF the New
York Journal of Commerce says 10 fIi-
teen years that We have resided IN this
city, we never before knew peaches, in
the season OF them, to be either so few, 50
poor, or so dear, in this market, as they
are at present. peach which in COM
mon wears would not be considered FIRST
rate. now commands Cd. and it is difficult
TO obtain them at any price. Melons are
supera buncant.
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1841-09-30

n. w. Jones, tho dcfaulting Teller OF the Mer'
chants and Mechanics Bank of this city, was taken
by officer Russell at Detroit and brought back TO
Troy yesterday afternoon. Mr.. Russell reached
De,roi, at II o'clock in the evening, and found
Jones at a hotel He had about $1,000 in money
with him He 10 nov in confinement awaiting his
examination, Troy FkiR.
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1841-09-30
Ss,239

The shipments to the west last season,
amounted TO nearly $4,000 hhds; with a
difference in the supply, therefore, of 90.
600 hhds; the stock on hand there must
be very small.
With respect to the growing crops, il,
would be difficult TO form any correct es-
innate. A great deal Of newly cleared
land has been planted this season, and in
this the canes are very fine, but the ra.
toons and cane on lands long under cul-
tivation, are generally poor, the long
drought having injured them; the late
rains, however, have in some degree re-
NEEDED the evil, and with tolerably favor
able weather, fair average crop may be
expected,
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1841-09-30
VOLUME Az.
THE MARTINSBURG GAZETTE,

,.,,h,,.h.d .xe,v Thursday morn'ng at = -
DOLLARS per year gT CENTS within the
DOLLARS A ns.s noLLARS at the end Of the
year M Nc rs' snss
are PAID ekcrp will be Inserted three times
H. ncr square Of sixteen lines, and at
=, oae Cents for each sub.equen,inserton
wen,y Of insertions must be marked on the
maouseripi. or copy Of the advertisement sent or
!, viii be continued until forbid and charged &C
rnrdingly.
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1841-09-30

II i, stated that since the opening Of the Birken'
head and Chester Railway, England, in SePtemoe,,
Of last year the TRANS have traversed upwards OF
three millions of miles, and carried 2979so Passen'
gers, and not single accident has happened
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1841-09-30
POE N R z Q

THE LAY OF THE LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE
Monstrum horrcndum inforne, Engines, cui lamet
sdemptpm.
'fShe seems fiery dragon sent,
Frae some Internal region
What scuds like any fend dement,,
And shrieks like half legion Hooe.
See how strangers draw near,
And regard with fear,
As I glowing. but passvely stand
And their looks seem to say,
I'm more mighty than they,
Though I'm fresh from humanitys hand
Yes. you are NY makers, / know it mankind
was formed BY your skill and conceived by youi
mind.
Oh, that wonderful gift,
Like the lightning so swift,
With its reason sublime,
And it's power DER time;
With strength yet unknown,
And a will OF its own.
Man, IL can control thee
As thy will controls me
follow its dictates, acknowledge us sway;
But seoT at the weak little bodies Of clay,
As | take my depsrture--awny, awny'
Permit my MASTER
Now, faster and faster
rush through the yielding air;
Like monster of thought,
l am not TO be caught,
Whilst under the owners care.
l astonish each child,
And the cattle look wild,
And the grazing sleed bounds at my sight
And the rock hurries by,
With wondering eye,
And the roadside resembles a liquid stream,
And the ynortsls behind me lquail at my scream,
As shout out beware 7 from my spirit OF steam.
My conductor looks grim,
But care not for him,
For his power only rules my speed,
Should his watchfu eye fail,
Or block the rail-
Unlike me how the creature would bleed!
But I love the black stoker,
With shovel and poker,
Who supplies my consumer with coal,
. And it blazes 50 bright,
As | run in the night
And it fires my watery SOUL
Though so often we've flown,
" ere not fully known
We've as yet begun our career;
But a time may come,
That while fatal to some.
Shall Gil all the country with fear;
You've had small taste
OF ovcrwrough t haste.
When swift as "a comet we've sped,
Till we've sprung from the ground,
With an unsirthly sound.
And many lay rnangled and dead.
And many shall die with blow aud crash,
For We have no feeling, and men will be RASH
I've been called from my birth,
Hell in harness earth;'
And | think shall merit the name
Though don, get my will,
Yet many can kill,
If they'll ride in the second class train
Last night in the cold,
When the moon day DID,
dashed onward with fiery speed,
And my great eyes 40 bright,
ktd an owl with shrght,
And shouted too. boot! Mt the deedi
And a the rails crossed,
Who his hearing bad lost,
(He was vending bis way to his wife,
In thought | was past,
But that thought was his LAST,
And | shrieked at the loss OF life.
And EDWARDS went,
With n breath never spent,
And a far.soundlng voice loud and long;
And they stoppd me at last,
Ere the barrier pass'd,
Or Id battered their bulwaIks so strong
But I'm not 10 be done,
And NAV yet have some fun
IL my boiler don't burst, I'll sstonish the town.
By a blow that will knock the whole terminus
down.
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1841-09-30

Mr.. Walsh, in one OF his latest letters from rar-
i, 10 the National lntelligencer. says hat MI S'e
phens' Incidents Of Travels in Central America
arc TO be Immediately translated into French aha
publisbed in that capital.
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1841-09-30

Mr.. Cambreleng, our late Minister to
Russia, arrived at New York in the Great
Western, on Thursday evening, 10th IN
s.ant, alter an absence Of two years IN
Europe.
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1841-09-30

The CASE OF MARY G. ROGERS. AT
fairs are now in such train as will ere
long lead 10 the discovery Of the peIpe-
traitors of the horrid outrage upon this un.
fortunate girl. A Mrs. Loss, who keeps
small tavern on the embankment near
Weehawken, has been examined before
the Mayor Il this city and states that
Mary was at her house on the evening of
the 25th Of July last, in company with
several young men, a. d that she drank
some lemonade offered by one of them.
Mrs. Less also Identifies the clothes found
in the woods near there, as part of those
worn by the unfortunate girl on that oc-
casion. Whatever other clue may have
been discovered has been kept profound
ly secret, though we have been gwen to
understand that great hopes are now en-.
tertained OF the ultimate success of the
endeavors to ferret out the authors of this
dreadful tragedy. Boston Times.
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1841-09-30

The l1agerstown Herald Of the 18th
instant, says: We are happy TO announce
to our readers the success of the HARRI
SON MONUMENT. On Friday and Satur.
day last, large portion of our citizens
assembled upon the ground, each engaged
zealously in the work before them, with
an earnest OF their patriotic devotion for
the memory Of the ilustrious dead. The
foundation was laid upon a solid bed Of
rock, projecting above the surface of the
ground; u more advantageous location
could not have been selected, the work
having progressed upwards of five feet.
DANIEL WEisEL, Esq, delivered very
handsome and appropriate Grafton on the
occasion, which was listened to with pro.
found attention.
We are authorized to say that the
building will forthwith be put under con-
tract to competent workmen, and in few
months we shall view its top, towering 10
the heavens--a token of the respect and
love entertained in Washington County,
for the memory of a patriot and states
man, gathered to the home of his fathers.
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1841-09-30

terms.
Travelling agents will find this work one well
calculated to advance their interests.
4 remittance (pos,age paid) must always accom-
pany an order for the work. Address
MORTON MoMICHAEL,
No. 81 South Third St. opposite the Girard Bank,
Philsdelphia.
September l6, l84I.