The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1846-06-20

CIV, will make two votes difference IN the
Senate on the repeal of the Tariff This may
save il this session.
U5sWo are not sure that ''Candor" does not
misapprehcnd the purFprt ofthe Waterman
remarks To ms they seem 10 point to the
"getting over the White Mountains, and not
to any project contemplated in Vermont
However, as to this the reader can Judge
We have never seen any reason to look upon
the London Meeting in any other light than as
the result of the labors Of persons this side the
water, who, from selfish motives, are anxious
to defeat the ST. Lawrence and Atlantic X. X.
Co, in all their projects. This meeting was Il
most signal failure; otherwise, Wilmer d
Smiths Times, interested in other schemes,
would have been able TO have put forth some
thing besides a mere shadow Of a ghost, as a
representation oft.
STRAWS. Mr. CHADwIcK:--l notice the
following editorial in the Vermont Watchman
of the 4th inst;
"Thc St. Lawrence and Atlantic Montreal
and Portlund) Railroad Co. seems TO have met
with n severe rebuff. II seems that on the
4th of Nav meeting Of the English stockhold-
tutcd ali the available stock in England, and
the propretors of 1900 of these shares deter
mined TO have the concern wound up, and the
money returned 10 the stockholders. We have
never had much faith in this enterprise: too
much of the country through which the road
was 10 pass is entirely barren, and besides
there are serious obstacles in getting over the
White Mountains.
The Waterman remarks are based upon
an article from late London paper which may
be- found copied entire in the VI. Chronicle of
June 10 This article states that ga meeting
of the shareholders in the above Canadian
scheme was held at the st. George and Vul-
ture for the purpose Of ascertaining whether
they had any chance of getting back any por-
ton of the deposites they had paid
SONY eight or ten persons ioere Presen;-Mr
Aggis was called to the chair" &c.
In the course Of the proceedings this Mr.
Chairman Aggis announced, "thut persons
holding $500 out of 2633 paid up shares had ex
pressed 20 him their desire to have the concern
wound up alt was ultimately resolved that it
was iaeryedior to proceed with the measure
and that the money ought to be returned to the
shareholders"
Upon this authority the editor of the Watch
man ventures :he assertion that "the proprie
tors of 1900 Of these shares determined TO hare
The concern toouRd up" a letter usi received
from one of the Directors Of the st. l.. n A.
r. II. Co. regards the matter in very differ
ent light lie says that the London meeting
appears TO have been ga very poor affair, and
unless better evidence than has yet been pro
duced comes forward, he shall notbelieve that
they re present the body fthe English subscr-
bers That he has no doubt but some Of the
subscribers would be glad TO have the money
refunded, owing to the pressure in the mon
ey market, but that the majority Of the stock
is held in the Province by parties anxious to
have the work proceed 'sIndeed,' says he,
81 do not believe we have the power, If we
wished, to dissolve
The Editor of the Waterman says 'we have
never had much faith in this enterPrise---
There are serious obstacles in getting over the
White Mountains
II is probable the friends of the St. l.. * A.
Rail Road have never taken this broad view
of the suhectA They were chartered by the
Canadian Parliament to build a Rail Road
occurred to them (whatever may have been
the views the dsafected English share
holders) that they would be compelled TO level
the White Mountains of New Hampshire. If
this had transpired at az earlier day probably
they would not have had ''much faith in the
En- terprise.'
They are authorized TO build r. r. from
Montreal to Sherbrooke and thence to the
Line TO connect with r. r. from Port
land and also to onnect with any r.
r. reaching the Province Line in the County
of Stantead from the State of Vermont.
Now the construction of the ST. l., 81 A.
Rail Road will not depend upon the question
whether the White Mountains can be crossed
If the Portland interest can obtain means to
reach the Line, the Directors ofthe St. l.. &
A. Company will endeavor to meet them
while they are equally anxious to meet the
Connecticut and Passumpsic Rivers Rail Road
at Stansteud, nor is there any great reason tc
apprehend that they will fail to do it.
The Editor of the Waterman characterize,
the meeting of some ''eight or ten" of the
shareholders in London n ''severe rebuff
to the St. Lawrence and Atlantic Rail Road
1t may prove But TO an unbiased mint
acquainted with the modern mode of n,anutao
turing public opinion, the affair after all, doe
not appear very important.
Suppose few NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. il
the Vermont Central Rail Road--were to cal
a meeting of the ''shareholders' ofthat Corpo
alton at Montpelier for "the purpose of ascer
tanning whether they had any chance of get
ting back any portion of the deposites the,