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The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1845-12-06
OUR RAILROAD.

/ OUR RAILROAD.
The engineers hive nearly finished the survey, on
the Passumpsc and Connecticut River route from Or
ford Bridge Wells River, and it is expected they
will be rendy report the meeting Of the stock
holders to be held II: Wells River on the 9th OF Jan.
| uary.
tETSThe more moderate Of tho Polk prints speak
! in terms Of condemnation Of Mr. Folks Organ at
/ Washing on-the Union-in claiming all Of Oregon.
! They say we have no such clam, and insisted upon
! will bring war. They take the ground assumed by
/ the Whigs-that we have claims there, and those
! claims must he maintaned, and that fe-
is altogether unnecessary and should be avoided
J6T@IIon. ID. NJ CAMP hns been appointed
Superintendent of Common Schools for Oreans Coun.
y. The Judges Of Caledonia County failed to meet
agrcenby to the law aud consequently appoint
ment made at the limo specified in the Common
School Act.
IEP Gov. MoLculie, Governor General Of the Can.
: adas, sailed in the Britannia for England last Mon
day The Governor has been granted discharge
account orhs health. cancer has side
Of his face so To expose the jaw bone and teeth.
Fears expressed lest he should not be able to
reach his home Lord Cathoart, commander of the
forces, acts as Governor until successor reaches
Canada.
tEPThe Boston Post has TO tlIa conclusion
because the people Of Vermont and Massachusetts
have moi elected their governors by the people, tina;
therefore majority in both States ia favor of
The admission Of Ier0s
So it has been-Pok and his party, slave holders
and aldo not count the Sd party as opponents Of
Texas but reckon their vote MS for Texas, and de-
clare the measure of annexation popular because the
Wings were unable to vote it down. We glad
to belong plrty that is so thoroughly anti-slsvery
as to be claimed by the advocates Of slavery
/ being their friends.
| FLOUR AvALANcHE. We counted in our hur-
I Dor this morning 10 Canal Boats loaded with Flour
! These carry, learn at the collectors office,
from 45O to 500 barrels each, averaging ut least 600
barrels. This would make total or l02 900 barrels
Add TO this amount 10 large Tow boats loaded, and
several vessels loaded and loading, and il will make
I n total Of about so 900 barrels aAont Many rods
of the dock covered four tier deep with FlOur-a
least 5000 barrels Besides these items immense
tows have left for New York for the last three days.
and all our Flour dealers have their ware houses pack
ed From these data, some idea may be formed OF
the immense Of this all important article which
has been poured into city for the last or 10 days
| 1Tb1D Erripp Journal.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1845-12-06

IT. Both Houses Of Congress organized on Mon
day, and at noon on Tuesday tho Message was de
vered, MIR Davis, Of Indiana, was elected Speaker
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1845-12-06

IrEJ~ Hon. ID. NJ CAMP hns been appointed,
Superintendent Of Common Schools for Oreans Coun-
ty. The Judges Of Caledonia County failed to meet
Ngrcenbly to the law and consequently no appoint.
ment made at the limo specified in the Common
School Act.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1845-12-06

The engineers have nearly finished the survey, on
the Passumpsic and Connecticut River route from Or
ford Bridge to Wells River, and i, is expected they
will be rendy report Mt the meeting Of the stock
holders to be held II: Wells River on the 5tr OF jan
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1845-02-15

FATnER SMITH AND MA'AM JoNEs-Wid.
over Smiths wagon stopped one morning be-
fore widow Jones' door, aud he gave the usual
country signal, that he wanted somebody in the
house. by dropping the reins, snl setting de u
BILE, with his elbows on his knees. Out trip
ped the widow, lively as a cricket, with a tre-
mendous black ribbon on her snow-white cap.
Good morning was soon said on both sides, and
the widow waited for what was farther 10 be
said.
"Well, Ma'am Jones, perhaps you don't want
to sell one of your cows, no how, for nothing,
any way, do you!"
"Well, there, Mr.. Smith you couldn't have
spoke my mind better. poor, lone wilder,
like me, does not know what to do with 50 crit
tiers, and I should be glad to trade if we can
fix it,"
So they adjourned to the meadow. Farmer
Smith looked at Roan-then at the widow--at
the Downing cow-and at the widow again
and so on through the whole Forty. The same
call was made every day for week, but Far.
mer Smith on Saturday, when widow Jones was
| in a bury TO get through with her baking tor
Snnday--and had sever so much to do in the
house, as all farmers wives and widows have
on Saturday, she was little impatient Far
mcr Smith was as rresolute as ever
THAT ere Downing COW is pretty fair cre-
tur"-but he stopped to glance at the widows
| face, and then walked round her-not the Wild
ow but the cow.
"That ere short horn Durham is not bad
looking beast but don't know"-another look
at the widow.
"The Downing COW knew before the late
Mr.. Jones bought her." Here he sighed at the
alluson to the late Mr. Jones, she sighed, and
both looked at each other. 1t was highly in.
teresting moment
"Old Roam is faithful old milch, and so is
Brindle-but have known better" A long
stare followed this speech--the pause was get
ting awkward, and at last Mrs Jones broke
out
"Lord Mr.. Smith, if I'm the one you want.
do say so ~
The intentions Of the widower Smith and the
widow Jones were duly published the next day,
as is the law and the custom in Massachusetts,
and as soon as they were "outpublished," they
were married.
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1845-02-15

Mr. JoHN SMITH, mate OF the ship Sally, one
rainy night at sea, while stapding on the wealth.
er side OF the quarter deck, with his back a.
gainst the rail, mufilcd up to the nose-end in
monkey jacket, and his eyelds gently lowered
down by way Of keeping his peppers warm, the
captain came on deck, and suspecting that Mr..
Smith was asleep, approached him quite silent.
y, until his nose almost touched that Of the
mate, and then inquired in very gentle tone
of voice--"Are you asleep, Mr.. Smith ~
"What :" exclaimed Mr.. Smith, in a voice Of
thunder, "do you suppose that I'm d--d
horse to sleep standing up!" The captain star.
ted back, and re,rea'ed to the cabin, laughing,
and left M Smith to finish his nap in his own
way.-BOs,On Post.
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1845-02-15

A LEARNED DEcIsIoN.-Some Of our south.
western Justices are s rely puzzled al times.
a pig from Stokes Johnson, witness for
Stokes, swore positively as to the guilt OF SIN TN;
Jnkins, witness for Smith, swore just as posi-.
lively to his innocence. The justice was in a
quandary. The business, like the lrsemon's
opinion of the French language, looked to him
"a good deal Mixed so finally dismiss'd the
suit and sentenced tke ,oitnesscs fopay az the
costs
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1845-02-15

WHOLESALE SLAUGHTER OF WITCHES
During the seventeenth century 10000 persons
are said TO have been put to death for witchcrat
in England alone In Scotland the number
was probably, in proportion to the population
much greater for it is certain that, even in the
last forty years OF the sixteenth century, the
executions were not fewer than 1900. In
1871 the madness may be said to have reached
lis highes, pitch for in that year occurred the
celebrated case of the Lancashire witches in
which eight innocent persons were deprived of
their lives by the incoherent falsehoods OF mis-
chievous urchin. The civil war, far from sus.
pending the persecution, seeT,s, # possible, 10
have rcdoublcd it. In lGl4-i5. the infamous
Matthew Hopkins was able to earn comiurla-
ble subsistence by .he profession of witch fnd-
er, which he exercised not indeed without oc.
casiona usrlcron, bu, still with general sue
cess. A.d even twenty years later the delu-
sion was still sanctioned by the most venerable
maize tthe English law; for it was in l64l that
f, the excellent Sir Matthew Hale, after trial
conducted with his usual good sense, condemn.
ed two woman to death as witches, both OF
whc,a were executed accordingi Ediaburg
| RepicD.
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1845-02-15

Cotton says, Il once heard a gentleman
make very witty reply 10 one who asserted
that he did not believe there was an honest ~ "A
in the world. ST. SAID he At is quite mPos
bic that any one man should know all the world,
but it is very possible that some one shouid
ka1w h.lnsnli'"
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1845-02-15
WINTER HAS COME AGAIN.
BY n. T. WILLIS

Winter has come again The sweet southwest
Is forgotten wind, and the strong earth
Has laid aside its mantle 70 be bound
By the frost fetter. There is not sound
Save the skaters heel, and there is laid
An icy finger on the lip ofstreams.
And the clear iciclc hangs cold and still,
And the snow falls as noiseess as thought
Spring has rushing sound and Summer sends
Many sweet voices with its odors out,
And Autumn rustlcth its decaying robe
With complaining whisper. Winters dumb !
God made his ministry silent one.
And he has given him foot of STEEL
And an unlovely aspect, and a breath
Sharp to the senses-and we know that lie
Tempercth well, and hath meaning hid
Under the shadow his hand. Look up.
And shall it be interpreted Your home
Hath temptation now. There is no voice
Ofwater with beguilng for your ear,
And the cool forest, and the meadows groom
Witch not your feet away and in the dells
There are no sunny places TO lie down.
You must 90 in. and bv vour cheerful fire
Wait for the offices of love, and hear
Accents OF human tenderness, and feast
Your eye upon the beauty of the young
1t is a season for the quiet thought
And the still reckoning with thyself The yea
"Gives back the spirits of the dead" and Time
Whispers the history of its vanished hours;
Aud the heart, calling its affections up,
Countcth his wasted ingots. Life stands still,
And settles like fountain. and the eye
Sees clearly through its depths, and noteth all
That stirred its troubled waters. 1t is well
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1845-02-15

SINGULAR FooD.-A COW, belonging to Mr..
Baker OF this borough, was slaughtered on Mon
day last, and there were found within her
paunch, 33 nails, | iron buckel, and piece Of
iron about an inch square, weighing in all over
6 ounces - Gettysburg, Pa. Sentinel.
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1845-02-15

Ak ARlTHMETicAL PROBLEM SOLVED "A
new cab being introduced, to hold three inside
and driver on top, Punch says It is new pro-
blen in arithmetic, that three can 60 into one,
and huve one oler.
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1845-02-15

Az EXPENSIVE Jop--A gentleman passing
a country church, while under repair, observed
be an expensive job.
"Why, yes" replied he, "bu, in my opinion,
We shall accomplish what our reverend divine
has endeavored 10 do for the last thirty years,
in vain"
"Wbat is that :" said the gentleman.
"Why, b'iag eH he village 10 repentance
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1845-02-15
FORESTVYLLE
RRASS EIGHT DAY CLOCKS.

vIEHE subscriber has just received for sale, a lew
of the above celebrated Eight Day Clocks
which will We sold at very reduced prices Tor cash
Also. superior 80 hour Clocks, of the best make
and quality. which will be sold for cash, at 81 80.
Also, superior Brass 80 hour Clocks, at 81 90.
Dec. . ls43. H.B. MASSER
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1845-02-15

A DEPrcs uoING our or THE JURISDICTION.
BY opr law, SAYS the Boston Post, If a credi.
tor has reason TO believe that his debtor is about
Ia leave the state, he may make oath that he in
tends to do so for the purpose of avoiding pay
ment, aud have him held to bail to abide judg-
ment. This law, we are informed by a lawyer,
was most curinusly taken advantage OF some
days since. \ creditor made the usual oath, and
got ont his writ ofarrest but when the officer
went In serve it on the debtor, he found him on
his bed, dying, being in the las, stage OF con-
sumption The constable immediately left the
diving man, and went To the plaintiff, to
whom he said The man you have sued is actu'
ally dying, How could yon wake oath that you
had reasonable cause for believing that he was
going out of the city > The replied
Lord love you, my dear man, when saw him
last night, though, he would have left before
this time, and didn't suppose it made auy dit
ference in law hoS he left
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1845-02-15

The following quiz is circulating il the
newspapers
"NEw FASHIONS dress-makers of
New York have started new style OF dresses
very high in the neck, to which they give the
name OF Otderdonks. They require bishop
to make them set we'll"
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1845-02-15


Boil Iron, (and not over Plank as n'nriy>hve
of every one hundred now in use and Tor sale
made,) with first rate Locks aud David Evans
.tpntaKey hole Covers similar TO the one exh''lt.
at the Philadelphia Exchange, ET three months
the summer Of 1912, when all the Keys were at
,erty to he used, and the Chest not opened, al
,oueh the experiment was tried W a, least 1900
.,rsoas. One Of the same Locks was ued hy
,hhers, at the Delaware Coat Office, in Walnut
rect, above Thnd. hut d,1 not succeed.
CT Hosting Machines, Iron Doors, superior
,cCks. and all kinds Of Iron Ratings, Seal and Co.
wing Presses, anI SmIIhworS generally, on hand
lr manufactured at the shortest notice
NJ CAUTION II do hereby caution oil per-
,nns ag inst making, using, selling, OF causing I"
he sold, any Kryh0le Covels for Fire Prooi Ches,S
" Doors, of any kind similar in principle I" my
a,ent, of 10Th July, lsil, and also agolns' Lining
Pefrieerators with Slate, for which my Patent Is
dated 26th March, lsii, as any Infringement will
,e dealt with according to law.
DAVID EVANS.
Philadelphia, April l3, ls4f.-iy
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1845-02-15
Vol. 5--NO. 2l--WhOle No, 229.

we may hope in the spirit of prophecy-were
remembered ancr@ard by more than one who
heard them.
God will reward YOU she said, "a. cannot
lie will do great things for you in return for this
days work, and the blessings of thousands, be.
sides mine, will attend you
And it was SO. For to the hero OF that hour
were subsequently confided the dcstinies of a
mighty nation. But throughout his long career,
what tended perhaps most TO make him honor
ed and respected beyond all men, was the self
sacrificing spirit which, in the rescue of that
mothers child as in the more august events OF
his life, characterized our WASHINGTON.
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1845-02-15

ASTONISHING A COcKNEy The Rev. Doc
tor breckenridge, in his travels in Europe, re-
lates the following amusing anecdote:
"A gentleman.like and wcll-informed Eng
lisllman, who was in the stage coach with me,
and who found ont that was an American, af
ter dlla'ing on the greatness, the beautiee, the
majesty, in short of this nohest OF British ri.
vers, Uhe Thame>,) concluded thus: Sir, it
may seem almost incredible to you, but it is
nevertheless true, that this prodigious stream
is, from its mouth to source, not much if at all
short of one hundred and fifty miles long! |
looked steadast,y in his face, to see fhe jested,
but the gravity of deep conviction vas upon it.
indeed John Bull never jests. After composing
myself n moment, | slowly responded-per-
| haps, sr, you have never heard Of the river o.
hior Il think have Perhaps of the Mis-
souri, = Il think so, though not sure Ger.
,ainly OF the Mississippi oh yes. yes
We'll, sir, a man will descend the Ohio in a
steamboat OF the largest class thousand miles
'Ot what sir! How many, sir! "A thousand
miles-and there he will meet another steam
boat, of the same class, which has come in er
opposite direction, twelve hundred miles dowr
the Nississippi--he may see that food of w.
ters disembogue by fifty channels into the sea.
had made up my mind to be considered a cheat
so went calmly and empha'ically through The
statement. As progressed, my companion
seemed somewha, disposed to take my story a
personal aflron,, but at its close he let dow
his visage into con,emp'uous pout, and regu
larry cut my acquaintance"
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1845-02-15

FEMALE ENTERPRISE AND MIsFoRTUNE.-A
young woman LETT Philadelphia for the South
some years ago. and by her industry and bust.
ness TACT soon amasscd fortune. 1t seems
that, very lately, she became embarrassed in
business and failed. A correspondent OF the n.
York Herald writing from that city thus speaks
ofher failure. "The failure ct Miss -, of
Mississippi, falls heavy on the merchants here,
to whom she owes S600O0. Several houses
are in for large amounts from $1,000 10 5000.
The commercial enterprise and career of this
woman has been mott extraordinary. Her ere.
dit was unbounded for years. She has made
her regular visits TO this market, and taken off
large amounts of every description of mcrchan-
disc, and always paid mp punctually She was
estimated TO be very rich. She is a woman of
masculine proportions, and when size used TO
| attend the auction sales To make her purchases,
| would crack and enjoy joke with any man,
and was always the occasion of great deal of
mirih aud iolity. She was famous, every time
she left this city, for taking off with her half a
dozen pretty girls, as clerks in her great West.
ern Bazaar, whom she could not keep in her
! employ much longer than season, as they
were certain to get married oft to rich South
/ erners so that if a girl wanted TO get well set
! tied in the South, she had only to enter the ser
! vice of Lydia But, with all her tact in
/ marrying others she could not succeed in getting
off herself Many rich jokes are told of her
/ The following has had wide circulation That
! she took fancy TO one Of her ncighbors, and
/ inviting him into her place of business, pnt in
/ his hands roll of bank notes, and told him tc
/ count them. lie did So; the result was Sl0O
! 900 in bills of one thousand dollars each. She
told him they were his, providing he would take
| her with them; hut the bait did not answer
/ In fact Lydia was rather hard subject. lleI
! total Liabilities are Sl5,000, and what dividends
the creditors are likely to receive, you can ina
gine us well as can, when inform you thai
she has made an assignment to young lawyer
in Mississippi"
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1845-02-15

A TRuE Flsu SroRy.-Dr. Gardner (and i,
is said that he can be relied upon) thus speaks
of the fish in Columbia river. II is almost
worth trip to Oregon, just to wet line IN
such waters. Hear the Doctor:
81 have ascertained already the existence of
six different species of salmon in the Columbia
river; the period of spawning of each is differ
ent; they are found to run up to the very sour.
ces of this river, rapids and caaracts to the con-
trary Notwithstanding. 1t is common to find
them in the months of November and Dece H.
Der, at the heads of these streams, in such guam
titles as to choke up the current, end die by
thousands" Farther, he adds, "such are their
efforts to ascend, that they not only become e.
macated, but actually wear off their noses in
the severity of their struggles"
Doctor franklin says Pride is as loud beg
gar as Want, and good deal more saucy.
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1845-02-15
PRICES OF ADyERTIs1yC.

squHto WsettiOn, ~ 30
do 2 do rs
I do 3 do | 90
Every subsequent inscrtion, rs
Yearly Advertisements one column, S25 half
column, SIS, three squares, Sl2; two squares 50 /;
one square, S.. Haif-yesrly one column. SIS !;
half column, Sl2; three squares, S.; two squares.
So; one square. So so.
Advertisements left without directions a. TO The
length Of time they ,ro to be published, will 10
continued until ordered out, and charged accord
ingly.
C~rSixteen lines make q square.
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o. 76 Souththird 81, opposite ihe ErchaRge e
PHIL pEIIA,

,~S-e MANUFACTURE and
u ssssEI <. - - - eep FOR sale Dawn Evans
i5.5SsgNk1 IA s5tccehTs,ed Water aud Provl-
~ ta1.Ea sion G.. oilers, and Patent Pre-
x ssesg's n b Imium Fire and Thief Proof l.
!. j ESkyass5 ST fbrnn Chest, for preserving
lss f-zS Books, Papers Deeds, Jewely,
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1845-02-15

Doctor franklin says Pride is as loud beg.
gar as Want, and good deal more saucy.
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1845-02-15
Every subsequent insertion,

CrSixteen lines make q square.
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Philadelphia, April l3, ls44.-iy
Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1845-10-20

1t began to be feared that the mmlrts Leflwch Of
tbaccn lame. was To desert this vcinage which had
tmed tine OF his old "slanping grounds" Not sp.
kwever, as we are pleased 10 learn Those who yaue
mm io his contributions In the stock Of fine chewing TO-
Geo. Will take heart upon learning that he is in the
nd of The living and proposes TO here again
ITey will particularly rel know thai the season
Virginia. has been tine one for tobacco, especially
'hose qualities suited Tor manufacturing. Lafwich
Us scasn th,nks he has done hnselt and he has
N" en- rode tor this port saapes Of what he calls his
Sr"fa II -Four Aces, which he thinks will throw his
cuSo ners into ecsaces and seduce others into The
~ Of the weed Now this last effect we would resist
man can get along without qnld Of tobacco in his
m"h, 81 much the fortunate do we deem him:
The appetite be 81 strong upon him that he ,nus
feew, then lei him the best and we certainly know
no lharco nor have We ever heard Of any supenr 10
| Aal Ut Leftwich. I.New Orleans p;cnuuuc
ft Col. Lefiwieh has presented as with sample Of
IN Victoria brand. which is certainly of very superior
nvr. 1t might almost tempt her Majesty, after whom
rs named. 10 indulge in the rather uniemuine practice
nascatns the weed.