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The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1842-01-25
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In Peacham, Jan. 3, Of canker rash, MARY ELIz
ABETH, daughter ofJosoh Dana, I'd, aud Mary s.
Dana, aged years.
In Bradford, l4;h inst. Joel J. Whittcmore aged
Is years.
In Guildhall, Jan. l7lh, ANNE ELIZA HUBBARD,
only daughter Of Horace Hubbard, Esq aged "a
In noticing her death we cannot lei il pass with
out some memorial OF her excellence. Few per-
sons possess so unblenished character AS she
sustained. She possessed uncommoniv amiable
dispositon--a cultivated mind, and an agreeable
person and manners. She possessed much native
kindness, simplicity and sincerity OF mind, aud
ease and sracelulness of manners which rendered
her the delight of all her friends and acquain,ances
she appeared TO love every body and nil loved her
In Turn Few and perhaps none Were more univ err
sally beloved and esteemed For some months
previous to her decease she was afflicted with Il
painful! disease ,Qhe dropsy,) which she bore with
calmness and resignation to the very last She
saw her sun daily declining and The day of her
lie petceptbly drawing to Its close, not only with
composure but with JOY, for she christian
There was evidently great change in her views
and feelings some months pruvIous her departure
like others Of her age she was formerly fond of
gay companions and amusements which she great.
ly lamented in her last days, though she was no,
more so than what is common for young people.
she constantly appeared 10 regret the time she had
spent in this way and the influence she had had
upon others and desired her surrounding friends to
warn her young associates to avoid sinful ompany
and amusements and to attend to the things oi re-
llglou. Her dissolution gradual, and she
seemed TO see with ntuiiive certainty the events
that were TO take place and her final end She
considered her disease incurable from the very first
and only desired that she might be prepared for the
event, she asked of the Lord time for preparation
and the gracious influences Of his spirit upon her
heart to purify and sanctify her and she would will
Gngly 20 whenever he should call her away Her
desires were answered, an she gave evidence 10
all that she was prepared for higher and purer
scenes than this world affords. At times she seem.
ed raised above sense of her pains and distress,
by the happy and triumphant prospects. She al
ways declared that she wished 10 live, and us
she expressed it when dying "G'r to live is
Christ, TO die is gain.
I'rhe Editors of the Claremont Eagle, Vermont
Chronicle, Coos County Democrat will please pub |
lIsh the above.J FRANCIS z. SMITH
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1842-01-25

GLORY IN PKosPECT-A writer in the New Or.
leans Bulletin proposes to take Mexico, in revenge,
Tor the capture of tho Santa Fe expedition flo
says;
"Ehere are twenty thousand men in the valley
ofthe Mississippi, who would start at the sound
OF the drum, and neither give sleep to their eyes
nor slumber to then eyeds, ill they knelt at the
God of Battles in the Temples Of the Montezu
mas. for one would willingly lead where any
dare follow; aud | call upon General Combs, of
kentucky whose son was IN the expedition, and
the friends Of the Picayune, to rally AT und tho
standard of freedom, and come to their rescue
Before an August sun shall gid the towers of the
ancient city of Annahuac, we will give civil and
religious liberty a suffering and oppressed PEG,
pie, and expel every tyrant from the soil,
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1842-01-25
'A6 FOUL AND FIENDIsH MURDER
Az, IN NEW YORK

Hb,, s'"'er OF those foul and unnatural, ,urdora
erp',, often disgrace the city of New York. wSs
|he deed u. :" mat city on Thursday evening last
b Jane. Al committed by an Englshman NAM
fM H. Auams' on the body of his unofsnd;no
clock O,ox. ' 10 MS house at about half past FIVE
Paaed A nO abused and insul,ed woman
fbe, ,b,a" norman, who was setting the sumner
Tnit and swo.p p."'e at her head, seized carving
FHe who ,v.. '"a' ne would have her life. His
ply he had ,s OuSy in the yard, coming in, asked
F'OId Servo hos The plate, when he replied he
both or,S. e' so too, and would have The lives
Fien up VII. one replied she would have him
Ng knife ;a' lie advanced to her, thrust The car
20 thrust i, n Tght breast four inches, and
'''"Ha t'rno 10Th great fo,cc through
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1842-01-25
STATE OF VERMONT,

ORLEANS DISTRICT,
The lon. the Probate Court for the District OF Or.
leans-To the Heirs and all concerned ia the
Estate of MEDAD s. HITCHCOCK, late Of
Westfield. deceased, GREETING.
DATTY HITCHCOCK, Execurix of the Will
II of said deceased, has filed in this Court her
account against said estate, and proposes to render
final account of her adminsti ation--Therefore
You are hereby notified TO appear before the Pros
bate Court for the district of Orleans aforesaid at a
session thereof TO BIO holden at the Probate Office
at lrasburgh, in said District, the first Wednes
day of NJ arch next; thatyou may be heard in the
premises if you
Given under my hand at Irasburgh, this l2 day
of January, A ID. l942.
233w3 GEO. NYE, Judge.
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@ A@ARA GBG

In Charleston, Jan. 10, Mr. JoRN BLY, TO Miss
ANN CATION.
In Concord, Jan 20, by H. G. Fry, Esq Mr.
LEWIS SIAs, of Newport, to Miss BETsEy Men
OILS, of c.
In Danvillo, 10Th inst. by Rev. f. Adams, Mr.
Jeremiah Hutchinson, to Miss Martha Lane.
Also, by the same, 18th inst. Mr. Richard w.
Vance, Of Danyille, to Miss Lydia M. Prouty, of
Northhridge, MS
In Walden, 18th inst, by Rev. L. II. Stone, OF
Cabot, Mr. james Bayley to Miss Mary Cate.
In his town, I'd inst. by Rev. Mr. Doxtor, Mr.
l.. b. Walker, 10 Miss Celia, Harm gton.
Al ST. Johns Church, Hghgate, 9Th inst. by
Rev. Mr. Haisey, Col. Ira ii A len, Of Irasburgli,
to Miss Sarah c. Il Parsons, OF the former place
and niece of Samuel w. Reyes, Esq.
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neT corset 0oard and the centre of the Jreast bone
INTO me right 0enticte efMe heart. She screamed
MURDER when he left her and pursued Ann Cor
man WIN knife, but she escaped by eaping
'hrough The rear window into the yard and ran
round INTO the house of Mrs. Tanner, followed by
Mrs Adams, who screaming and bloody, sat down
on chair and died In eight or ten minutes after
wards-soon after the physicians arrived. The
'iend was Immediately arrested and fully commit
ted for trial
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1842-01-25

Mr.. Duncan X. McRae, Of Fayetteville, N. c
is said to have been appointed the bearer of dos
patches to the American Minister at Mexico, in
relation to the American prisoners taken by the
exMicans at Santa Fe.
Two of the negroes concerned in the murder of
MIR. Cunningham, OF Jefferson County, Ga men
toned about ten days since, were hung the 9TH
and three others the 10th.
Nor TO BE BEAT. Mr.. Henry Mutt of Montpel
Ter killed calf last week. 81 months old, and
weighing 700 pounds, when dressed.
RELICS OF THE RED MEN. The whole num-
Der of Indian tribes west of the M ssissippi is As
The number these tribes, is 236 ,799 In various
parts ofthe United States, there nine tribes
from whom79 ,44S have been removed to the west
of the Mississippi, and 62,043, still remain east.
There are also tribes remaining east, from whom
none have yet been removed. The entire num-
Der east and of the Mississippi is estimated at
1894 ,595.
FATAL ACCIDENT. We learn from the Portland
Argus that ,on w ednesday last, Mr. Aaron Rhoades,
of Marlborough Me-, was instantly killed by the
premature discharge ofpowder, while engaged ia
blasting rocks the Railroad track, about half
mile from Saco. MIR. William Goodwin, ofBidde
ford Me and Mr.. Prescott, were at the same time
considerably injured,
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1842-01-25
N office.

FENHE Board of Commissioners for the instruc~
Il ton of the Deaf Dumb and Blind, in the State
Middlebury, on Wednesday the 9th day OF Febru-
AIRY 1912, for the purpose of designating Beneficial
RES who to receive aid from the State, and for
the transaction of any other business pertaining
their duties
The civil authority Of towns, and county clerks,
are earnestly requested 10 refer to the 18th chapter
section and 5, revised Statutes, relating to their
respective duties on this subject.
HENRY STOWELI.,>
CALVIN JEWETT, : Commissioners.
0. p. CHANDLER,
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M Cd n, n O. H

VIE proprietors Of Willoughby Lake Turnpike
Il are hereby notified to meet at the dwelling
house Of Henry Gates in Westmore, on the second
Wednesday of March next, at ono o'clock, p. M.
to transact the following business, viz.
l. 10 choose a moderator to govern said m eetlhg
9. 10 choose Clerk and Treasurer.
3. to choose a Board of Directors.
A. To choose Committee to lay out and survey
said Turnpike road agreeably TO an act to incorpo
rate the Wioughby Lake Turnpike by the Gener
al Assembly ofihe State of Vermont, approved
Nov. 8, 1871.
s. to do any other business proper to be done at
said meeting.
PETER GILMAN,
ISAAC DENISON
WIN. GILFILLAN.
Westmore, Jan. 10, lS42. 233w3
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1842-01-25

NICHOLAS BIDDLE & Co. BOUND OVER. The
examination of Nicholas Biddle Samuel Jaudon,
Joseph Coperwa;he, Thomas Dunlap and John
Andrews, before Recorder Vaux, at Philadelphia,
was brought to close on Monday evening, and re
suited in their being bound over, in the some of
$4,000 each, with two sureties, TO appear at the
Court OF General Sessions, answer TO the charge
brought against them by Austin Montgomery, Of
conspring TO defrand the stockholders Of the U. s..
Bank.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1842-01-25
Hank--Eglue and EB1ack.

nj L w and Superior Blue Writing Fluid in
L small and large bottes-also Currier ~ Halls
black writing fluid, may be obtained at the Caedo-
nian ofiice-byth single botleor in large quantities.
The blue ink is of The Manufacture OF Messrs
Carrier IL Hall, and superior To any made or
sold in the United States.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1842-01-25
NOTICE.

M|HEREAS, SALLY. my WIFI refuses to live
w with or do the duties of a wife, there.
fore this is to forbid all persons harboring or trust,
ing her on my account, as shall pay no debts Of
her cont acting after this date.
HORACE RATTAN
Concord, jan 1S, 1842. 234w3A
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1842-01-25

AN AMrRIoAN BARON. The st. Louis Gazette
states that citizen Of that place has recently "come
10 his fortune, by the devolution upon him of a
baronal ttle with large estates, besides ready mon
ey in the East indies, amounting to the com Portable
sum of 81 900 900.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1842-01-25
STATE OF VERMONT,

ORLEANS DISTRICT, SIS.
VENHE Hon. the Probate Court for the District Of
Il Orleans-To the Heirs and Creditors and all
persons concerned in the Estate of IS S +
SPAULDlNG, late of Lowell, deceased,
GREETING.
FHELPHA SPAULDlNG and ABEL CURTIS,
IA Executors of the Will of said deceased, have
filed in this Court their account against said estate,
and propose to render account Of their admins
tration-
Therefore, You are hereby notified to appear be
fore the Probate Court aforesaid, session there
of to be holden at the Probate Office Irasburgh,
liz said district, the first Wednesday of February
NEXT that you may be heard in the premises, if you
see cause.
Given under my hand at Irasburgh, this 10Th
day of January, A. d. SAG.
233w3 GEO. NYE, Judge.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1842-01-25

Good Joke. During the crowd at the Presidents
House Of New Years Day, Gen. Scott attempted
to enter, but in consequence of the throng, aban-
doned the enterprise. The metropolitan ways are
now quizzng the General. Scott, the say fried
TO get in at the White House, but had back out.
Mtary men should never show their backs to the
enemy.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1842-01-25
BRIGHTON MARKET-Monday, ia

BRIGHTON MARKET-Monday, Jan. II.
From the Boston Parrot.
AT market 800 Beef Cattle, 1925 Sheep, and
$50 Swine.
PRIcEs-Beci Caule-A few yoke of choice cat
tie sold on the hoof, at a trifle, probably, moro
y at so rs; socondlquallty rs 25; third
quality SO so a A SO.
Sheep-Store sheep from 81 10 50; stall fed
from 70 TO 3, very fow fine at a higher price.
Swine--No lots sold 10 peddle. NJ retail from
A 10 5 1-2.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1842-01-25

FENIl f subscriber has fist rate Durham Bull, OF
4 the best blood in New England, four years
old, weighing Eighteen Hundred, and perfectly
docio, which he wishes TO dispose of, cheap for
cash, good young horse.
Any one wishing to improve his stock, both as
to size and for mixers, will do well TO call upon
the subscriber soon. LORiN KtNNE.
Passumpsc, Jan is, 1912. 233llp3w
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1842-01-25

A LII persons indebted to the late firm Of M. X.
IN PARKS ~ co. requested to make pays
ment to M. X. PARKS on or before the first of
March next, as all demands due said firm that are
not paid by that time, particular contracts excepted,
will be left for collection
Waterford, Jan. 10, 1912 233w5
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1842-01-25

NOTICE. The Caledonia Anti Slavery Society
will hold its annual meeting, at Danville, Tues
day, tho 9Th day of February next, in connection
with the convention to be holden at that time and
place. MIR c. c. Burleigh, popular lecturer, is
expected to be present. Let the friends of the
cause of the down-trodden slave BIO there-as ii is
designed to discuss subjects of general interest to
it, in the convention.
The North Star respectfully requested 10 give
the above place. J. MORSE, Sec.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1842-01-25
Stolen Gso Lost.

~ r NJ the Inn of Geo G. Barney, Alclndoes
N Falls VT, common sized bellows top leather
Trunk, containing clothing and sundry Other arti
Giles. A label WAS put on the end Of said trunk,
address as follows, o wit, edmund Brown Ian
caster, N. H. This tiunk was taken from MI.
Barney ioesaid, on about the 18th of Dec.
last Whoever will give information where said
trunk may be found. shall be Literally rewarded,
EDMUND BROWN
Jan. 7, 1919. 232w4
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1842-01-25

NOTICE. The members fthe Bar in Orleans
County, notified that their next meeting will be
held at the Court House, the 3lst inst. at l.
o'clock, A, NJ Lecture by N. S. HILL, Esq
s. d. COLBY, Sec'ry.
Derby, Jan. ] 1912.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1842-01-25
D.. ED E a. ~ , y Hs

J.. ED e "A ~ JHs.
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
LUXEMBOURG CORNER, vt.
DRACTICES in the Counties of Essex, Vt and
n Coos, N. III. Business from distance prompt
ly and faithfully attended to, and all orders in the
legal line gratefully acknowledged.
Lunenburg, jan Ia 1S42. 233w10~
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Sabbath School Book HbepOsE-
fOrY.

THSHE undersigned has taken the agency for the Mas
l. sachusetts Sabbath School Society's Books for
the northern part of Vermont, and will furnish ,up-
on reasonable notice any of the publications of the
Society at the price Tor which they sold 10 Bos
ton.
Catalogues OF the books may be obtained by ap-
plcation to u.s.
Beside Library books, all Of the Question books
published by said Society may be obtained on the
same terms.
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N ID II 4 q IL

Westmore, Jan. 10, l942.
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The Sabbath school Visitor,

A most excellent work Tor Teachers and Schoi
ars, edited by the Rev. ASA BULLARD, will be sup
piled at the subscription prce-5O cents per an
num-and sent 10 most of the towns in this region
without expense TO subscribers.
The Vol. commenced in JAM Subscriptions will
be received for the whole Of the present year com
mencing with January.
A. G. CHADWICK
CaIedonian Office, Jan. 1912, If
Blanks for sale OF this Office
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Blanks for sale Of this office,
The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1842-01-14

the different portion Of tho Union produced nolh-
ing alike, but were mutually dependent on cach
Other In ,iis point Of view, what was the attitude
Of this question: Let any gentlemen con'e''p'"
tic effect Of raising up an issue between me ulHGT
ent portions If the unOn. What originated me "
Mon. Mutual Interests and benefit, common l!ner-
ty, and due regard to the rights Of ALL kalS!hS
m hostility in one section ofthe Union against M
Other. and the Union falls, aud he could not but
yievv hi, ottempt 10 excite this hostility with alarm
When, lhp Gncstion came Of surrendcrng the O-
Grille, Of llis South and her principles held Sa-
c,cl lhi, Union must 20. When gentlemen rose
in his n,Nr and on !. question oi TAXATION, he'n
Tint the rreo labor is to protected against the slave
labor, they put the torch to the constitution.
The doctrine Of equal rilht4 was the doelri7e OF
free trade; the dUaIlnc O! free trade the doctrine
of Christianity; aud the doctrines CT CmISianiil
tlase Of peace. Under The influence Of these our
destiny was a glorious one: the words would De
bent into n p.o0gAshare,' we should know wal
no more aud NIL portions vi the Union "ouu po-
progress in harmony; bat II The opposite prhc'P'S
we're hroached harH and persisted in, war must
coro and with i, oceans of blood. Bat should we
not hope our destiny was higher and ho.ler'-
sbouM we not take warning from the fate Of other
nations and, adopting the principle of equal tights
nova on united? # was said that South Carolina
was occupied by hereical theories; bnt all these
great theories which lay At the foundation OF Amer
ian liberty and the Constitution, he would hug To
his heart; he wonld no, give them for the sceptrt
Of Caesar, Our destiny, he rcpeacd,as a great and
glorious one because ii WIS ito do to others us We
would they should do to us, and oar course wouit
hn onward with liberty; bat let the interest OF on'
portion of tha country be regarded rs those OF an
other, and American liberty and glory would set
and set forever
The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1842-01-14

is better than another, and have right to ex-
elusive privileges. Does the Press take that
ground
1t is not the shoemaker, the blacksmith, the sad
der, or the halter, who are so loud in their calls for
tariffs. tariffs! 1t is the Ordyand overgrown spec
ulutor in wool, the wealthy manuacturer;you shall
hear them advocating these schemes for taxing the
people, which they call tariffs, all the time. And
well they may. They are for their exclusive BEN
eft. A tariff Of revenue is tax to support the
Government, which the people bear patiently;any
Thing farther than that, a tariff of Protection, is a
tax for the benefit orsome one particular class, an
exclusive privilege, which the people will not bear
depend upon it,
The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1842-01-14
S:s&)trit cf Tbe GCe.
WOODSTOCK, VERMONT:
FRIDAY MORNING. JANUARY "A, 1872,
THE GOOD TIMES

The Patriot aays,-"Thcre was n public nuc-
lion in this vicinity, last Monday, where sales were
mndc ms follows:
Hay ri per ton: pair Of 4 year old cattle,
grlmg feet inches, $50; pair 2 year old steers
&i3,50;2 year old heilers at $50; good r'rrcw
COW $3.50; oats q cents per bushel. Sc 3tc.'
Have our Cideroractic friends forgotten, Tint,
during the great cider campoign, list of Glow
prices" was carefully made out and paraded in all
the "'rip and Ty' papers, charging the cause of
them upon Mr. Van Buren,; appended TO which
were fiery paragraphs, compounded Of "ihe war
upon the people, 'ocofocosm,' seeking to reduce
the labor of the mechanic and produce Of the farm
or" &c, Sea-
No ono charge was made by the Cidercrats 50
yaun,ingy as that Mr. Van Buren, was the direct
cause Of what was then called "hard times" II
was promised BY all the Cilorcm's, in their news
papers, in the work shops, in the field and bv the
highway that the moment Gen Harrison was cleo
ted, wool would come up labor would come up,
produce would come up, everything wcu'd come
'p.,,. ,,,,u"-u"c, Observation-Disclosures, itiiue5s, M
promised their "sagc drivers" their "hands' and
lheir"hired men, Fan immediate increase Of wages
on the election of cold Tip" When, however,
"Od Tip" was elected and the higher wages
were called for, the applicants, were told, sit
isn't quite time ytt-we hny'nt got going, wait
a day or ,,co:" and now, that the times nrc hard
or than ever, "'0ld Tip is dead. If he had liv-
ed, times couh have been easier, but we cam,
do "a thing now" Thus the poor dcuded vic
tim of hard cider, after joining in the too success
ru attempt to remove Mr. Van Buren, as the cause
Of hard times finds himself deeper in The slough
than ever. Such times have never been known in
this section ofthc Uni, n. The prices Of everything
are down to nearly nothing, money cannot be OBJ
tanned land assignments and ou-andoul failures are
every day occurrences. So much for the ''change!"
Are the poor men Of this State, are the farmers
satisfied with IL Do they get higher wages
more for their produce than they did while Mr.
Van Buren, was President Have they gained any
thing by being led into war upon the Democrat
ic party' II they have, they probably know what
and how much.
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Men differ greatly in their notion, Of The r,o

Men differ greatly in their notions of the proper
nature and business Of government. Same look
npon II as cohrivance for distributing officers and
salaries; others, as an invention for making rail-
roads; o,ners,as machine for granting bank char
tiers; and there Is another set, who hold that IT'S
proper and principal duty il to increase the profits
OF those who own shares, in manufacturing esiab
ment'. Mr. Fillmore, oiihe House Of Represen-
laii'es, Is an active and jealous member OF this po
lllical sect This gentleman is in favor Of sccuring
The greatest good 10 the greatest number, but he is
for doing il in peculiar way. Whatever YOU give
10 the owneis Of factories, according TO this gentle
man, is for the benefit Of the whole community
Fatten that member and Won nourlsh the whole
body polite There are persons who will tell Won
The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1842-01-14

CoRgress,--In the Senate, the Exchequcr has
been the chief subject of discussion for the last few
daya
In the House, Mr. Fillmore, Jan. 9th, chairman
Of the Committee of Ways and Means, gave no.
lice that The U. s. Treasury was BANKRUPT
and propOscd-what, do Won think dear whig' the
immediate issue of those awful horrid, ,ocoioco
lions, Who does not remember, how loudly the CT
dercra,s denounced MIR Van Buren, because, under
his administration TreasuryNo,es were issued!'and
now, here we have the same things! Whggcry is
very consistent! very.