The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1842-12-20
VOL 6. No. 81. Whole No. 2S1.


agtaled by the wind. During some minutes longer,
Il strange sort Of melody was heard-a harmony COM
pared, by ofthe eye witnesses Of this unparal-r
| lecd scene, to the murmur of tho breeze agitatng
the foliage and by another, to the sound emitted by
the breaking of harp string. All agreed upon one
point, the duration of the apparton, which they stat
| ed TO have lasted about ten minutes
The black drapery the decapitated victim, the
stream OF blood which had inundated the platform, all
had disappeared with the phantoms; every trace had
vanished, except crimson spot, which still stained
the slipper of Charles, and which alone would have
suiIced to remind him of the horrid vision, had it
been possible for any effort it from his
| DRY.
Returning to his private cabinet, the King commit
ted to paper exact relation Of what he had SEEM
signed it, and ordered his companions to do the same.
Spite Of the precautions taken conceal the contents
Of this statement from the public they transpir-
ed, and generally known even during the life
time Of Charles XII. The original document is still
in existence, and its authenticity has never been qucs
! toned: it concludes with the following remarkable
words: ''lf, says the King, call that have just de
clared is not the exact TRUTH renouncc my hopes of
happier existence, which may have mcrited by
good actions, and by my zeal for the welfare Of
my people, and for the maintenance of the religion
ofmy iuhers.'
1.-THE reader will call to min d the death of Gusta-
III and the trial Of his assassin, Ankarstroem,
he will observe an intimate connection between these
events and the circumstances Of the extraordinary
predict on which have inst detailed
The apparition of the young man beheaded in pres
ence Of the assembled states pro suoscaed the exe-
cution Of Ankarstroem.
The crowned corse represcn ed Gustayus III, the
child his and successor, Gustavus Adolphus w.
And, lastly, by the cd designated the
uncle to Gustuvus ". the Duke Of Sudernluna,
gent orthc Kingdom, and afterwards Ling, upon the
| deposition Of his nephew.
EuEUMATIsM The following recpe will be
found upon trial, 10 be simple but invaluable rene.
dy FOR rheumatism. Take pint of the spirits oftur-
pentine, to which add half an of camphor; let
it stan TIL the camphor is dissolved, then rub it on
thc part affected, and it will fail of removing
the complaint FLANNEL should be applied utter the
part has been well lonlented with turpentne. Re-
peat the application morning and evening II is said
to be equally available for burns, scalds bruises and
never falling ofsuccess.-Erchange paper.
A lady asked her physician whether snuff was in
! furious to the brain "No,'' said he, 'lor no one
who has any trains ever takes snuff A severe
pinch
| The Cincinnati Chronicle puts out the strong and
sensible paragraph, in an able article upon the cur
rcncy to onr mind i: is true in every word.
| Gen. Jackson's term Of Office expired the 9TH
of March, 1897 and lie congratulated tho country
that he had left prosperous and happy. NIcmora.
bic words On the 9TH Of March the first explosion
was head atsNew Orleans. The blow fell FIRST here
perhaps because the exporters Of produce England
had in their distress drawn their correspondents
there for sums greatly exceeding their consgnments.
These drafts were not accepted, ard thus the OUT
break commenced. In two days, houses in New Or
leans stopped for an aggregate amount Of more than
$27 goo ,0C0. 4 delegations Of New York Merchant
waited on Mr.. Van Buren,, in May, and requested
the recall Of specie circular, stating that the value
of real estate in that city had in six months deprecn-
ted $l0, 900 900, that within two months there had
been than 220 failures in its trade, and dc.
cline of SEA, COO, coo Is local stocks he Penn
| syvana DuuA Of the United States anxious to save
its debts, accepted Of its debtors, securities immense
amount OF State and other stocks, which fell dead
its hands in few months, ard thus, by the hands
of the Government, in short year, persisted pee-
( pie, banks, credit aud prosperity"
! LARGE THROAT. The Morning Star publish
ed at Cincinnati, relates the following anecdote of a
! young gentleman ofthe South who has expended
! large fortune-money, lands, negroes every
| thing, in a Of intenperance and profigacy
lie had just paid last years grog bill Of $500. Ono
day he walking in the street very lesurely, when
seeing physician the opposite side, he called out
! to him. saying he wanted him to over. "Doo.
| or' said he, Il wish you'd just take look down
my throat" 81 don't discover any thing, sr'' said
the doctor, after looking very carefully. ''You don't!'
said ,why that's strange; will you be kind enough,
sir, to give another ook7'' Realiy, sir" said the
doctor, after second look. "i don't any thing"
'Not? why doctor, there ia farm ten thousand
dollars, and twenty negroes gone down there -
.Massieu, deaf and dumb pupil Of the Able 81.
card, gives the following beautiful reply to heques-
tons put to him:
@. VIVA, is Hope.