The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1842-01-11

the several States, the power Of selecting TIE lands
coded TO their rpspeclivos State ior internal IN
provements.
The following Bills were passed. a Dill as~inE
a draw back merchandise exported Ia the onE,aal
package to chihuahua and Santa Fe IN MvHicni I
allowing pensions to certain invalid Cherokee war
riors under the treaty Of 1885, add for the relief ~
VIM. Rand. The plan Of ETohequsr was further
debated by Messrs Bates and Barrow.
GTLooK Our. Couprerfsit 81 bni, Of ~. Ga.
eda Bank, Utica, N. Y. are in circulation u shes .
quarter They come this way from Essel ouuniy .
GrTho capture Of the Santa Pc sSped,iisn 10
| fully confirmed, and we sorry 90 add that DOR
friend kendall, of the Pieayune, - among TIE
prisoners. 1, seems he sent forward a.
one of the aUaunt counters, to announce The arrival
Of the expedition and its objects, 10 the auhorrs
Of Santa Fe. They wern however, atoneo sorEsd
and all but Kendall Instantly shot down. The o.
socia,e editors Of the Pcayune, have we leaiushuf
tered IA vessel and gone to Mexico TO effect Ken
dall's release. Mr. N is son Of Captain Thadd~us
Kendall OF this place, and personally well known
to many of our readers. Darlington Pres Press
North Eastern Boundary-elOssrg ths surrey foy
tho Winter by Major Graham 81 .--MsJnr Grab su,
who has been employed in the ardu0us service ~
surveying tho North Eastern boundry line passed
through this city yesterday on hs way 10 AuEasia.
and thence to Washington. lie has had during
the las: summer about one hundred men 10 BIS
employ. The trees on the line have been removed
on the tops of the hills TO a space Or about one
hundred feet, and essening ia width down 10 me
valleys, and the whole line cleared AMI pushed
The survey has been continued few miles shove
the Grand Falls, very whilh the 49, 3. food
to run. The old lire has been found very crooked
and the new running, with the straight line, takes
in several houses in tn country below Grand Fails,
and in some instances portions Of the cleared fields
of tn" farmers there. Some Of Ihem would at times
get exaspeTaed at the proceedings but most ug them
were rather calm. ABOUT SIXTY miles Of tho line
through unbroken orest still remains % be SUI
veyed
} We look with much anxiety for the report Of the
) Commissioners, although, we.coniess, that the i'm
mediate settlement ofhe question OF boundary upon
this basis of SO is rather smslI-Ro"gO1 BAig.
SANTA FE EXPEDITION. An arrival at New
Orleans direct from Yucatan, fully confirms abe
capture OF the Santa IN Expedition. IL is stated
with some more plausitilily, than was the uncon4i
tional surrender Of these brave Americans. So faI
from "not firing shot they fred good many 49,
When within two dayp journey from Santa Re.
= they were encountered by1200 Mexican Volunteers,
300 regular troops, 800 rancheros or herdsmen.-
This body Of 1900 the .Ex petition" fought fpr
twelve killing ovor320 Mexicans and lJsies
only two ofther own Humber. They fired away
every ounce Of their smunit iuu. and surrendered
from that cause only. T'his il ,.uly in accordance
with the Anglo Saxon character mud bears on It's
lace the aspect of sadder truth than any other
port thence which has obtaned circulation. The
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whence nothing but warlike expedition against
Mexico will releasa them.
Child ATTACKED LEOPARD ~ NEW YoRK.
, Distressing accident. Gu Saturday evening Mr.
David Watkins went, With his wife and child, to
SEQ the performances at The Bowery Amphitheaire
New York. On arriving there he found the public
entrance so blocked up by the crowd, that he
attempted TO pass round through the back ems
trance, and had nearly approached the arena,
when young leopard, only. fastened by a chain,
sprung upon the chilli dragged it from lis mother,
crouched in n corner with it, and, as the New E.
ra tells us, had its head m its mouth, when the
shreks of the mother eAs,l the keepers to the spot
and they succeeded in eHIrcating it from it's terrible
condition. The audience was horror stricken, and
most of the women left the house.
= On surgical examination 10 appeared that the 70.
rocous animal had lacerated the head Of The ch Id
severely, and almost tore out Of its eyos. The
ch,d's recovery is hardly possible The leopard
had always been considered perfect. docc,
so much so that no eonfnEaent beside tbs chan
was though; necessary for ia but its native feroci,y
was aroused by the bright r'd dress Of the child
CONFESSIONS OF A CouNrgRFEIrER. The Up.
per MississIpian printed at Rock Island, Illinois,
contains long aruele which purports TO be the
fessons of Samuel Chase, counterfeter, reesu-
tly sentenced to the Alton PenitentIary Tar fpu.
years. lie seems 10 have figured very largely as
bogus'maker and eoantsifeitcr of bank notes.
and estimates the number oil persons engaged in
the business about three giAadTed-scatered over
Missouri, particularly 10 The Platte country Illinois
Iowa, Indiana and Michigan. lie gives many
particulars of his oPerations-.names persons and
places in all the states and II true unfoIds
of depraSity in persons whu, for aught we know,
are respected as good ciIizons films