The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1845-11-29


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We learn fonm The Kecno Republican that Mr.
Wnlter blacksmith, of AIstead, n. II went DOT on
Sunday evening with his wife, and on returning homo
found his house Ere, md three children smnhered
to DEATH On the same evening Mr. Asa Marsh's barn
was burnt by an incendary; loss $1,000, insured
$500
TRuE As THE GOSPEL When a young man
has acquired love for eaIug,o and of health
ful relish for intellectual pleasures, he has become
possessed Of Of the best peservalves against dis
siPaton. A fondness for low comPany,and 'nemPer
ate pleasures, is most generally the consequence Of
ignorance and want OF taste.
The Governor of Mssissppihas appointed Joseph
w. Chalmers to the seat in the United States Senate
vacant by the resignation Of Mr. Walker
HoNoR TO GENERAL JACKSON. On the llth
inst Mr. Anderson introduced resolutions into the
House OF Representatives Of Tennessee, providing for
the erection of monument to General Jackson, at or
near Menu his; also for the procuring Of marble
statue of the hero, to be placed in the Capitol.
We learn from The New York Express, that the
great gun, brought by the John r. Skiddy,
aligned to Il. Thomson Esq the friend of Capt Stock
ton, weighed tons; or oboat IL 600 pounds. The
duty it amounted 10 SlI00 The freight on il
cost about $3.50. The eonsgnee, u. Kermit Esq
paid $50 FOR hosting and landing the wharf. II
took large truck I4e,en eight horses, to move il
The ladies of Virginia. who have united raise
money q statue fIlenry Clay announce that
they have been successful in obtaining the necessary
funds; and that they have selected Joel s. Hart,
native of Kentucky, 20 make the statue, .-
ANrr-RENrrRs' SENTENCES COMMITTED. Gov.
Wright Of New York, has written n letter to the
SherifTUr Delaware county, communicating his de-
cision commute the sentences Of the prisoners in
that officers cusody -John Van Steenburgh and Ed
ward O'Conner--from that Of death pronounced by
the Court to that OF imprisonment in the State Prison
during the Of their anal lives.
The Chief of Police has reported to tho Mayor Of
New York 800 houses Of Ill: fame with tho names Of
their occupants
The Wings Of Georgia attribute their success at
the recent election to the fact that the Iocofocos Of
.fia5dma s!dia al home.
PouLrRY The Providence journal, says our
friends in the NHrngansett country are beginning to
send their annual contributions of poultry the Dos
ton market, for thanksgiving Al the Westerly depot
so ,A33 pounds of poultry were received for Boston
last Saturday.
VERMONT HERALD This is a new weekly,
hailing from Woodstock and is ''Levoted to Temper
auce, Mora'hy, Education, Agriculture and General
Intelligence" NJ. p. Parish, Editor.
Hon, Hopkins l.. Turney, the new United States
Senator from Tennessee has defined his POSITION in
letter Briefly he is in favor Of Revenue Tariff,
but will favor the Distribution of the Proceeds Of the
Public Lands.
The Directors Of the Lowell Manufacturing Com
pany, at Lowell, voted last week to erect new
MILL $40 feet long and 200 wide, s stories high, FOR
the manufacture of Power Loom Carpets II will
contain so Brussels and $50 Ingram Looms
The Albany Evening Journal says: "Flour and 9th
er produce crowd in OUT city in unprecedented album
dance, The receipts by Canal on Monday were 81,
I2l bills. of flour; 376, 900 los Of bn,,er, greater
quantity than ever arrived in city before in any
one day" ."
CHILD KILLED BY iloG.-On Friday last as a
little child of Mr. George Adams about three years OF
age was PLAYING in the yard of his dwelling, in the
neighborhood Of Blackwoodtowu, Camden country,
IN. J. it suddenly set upon, with great fury,
by one of Mr. AS hogs, and before efiectual asss-
lance could be rendered. literally torn TO pieces,
and immediai ely killed. An older sister, in attempt
ing to the child also seized by the hog,
and had her arm seriously mangled. ~. ,
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