The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1847-06-05
G57Jncob f. James, Esq, Wing, has been
elected Mayor of Manchester, N, ii.

within the past few days. Wheat has los
its iaundiced face--corn has discharged il
sallow compIexion-and the sweet blossom
ing fruit trees whisper amid sweet zepliyr
of plenty and pence in the autumn, and Joy
ftness in the song of"Harvest Home"
FIFTY Miles OF CANAL Bears! Abou
1000 new canal boats are estimated to have
been added 10 tho New York canals, the
present seasonv-mnking, with those previ'
ousIy registered, say $500. These, at so fee
in length 10 each boat, would make line of
boats over fifty three miles in length
The New Orleans Delta gives the names
ofseventy four soldiers who died in the hos
pital of San Francisco, at Vera Cruz, during
the month Of April.
The Washington Union says "thNt the fate
of unborn millions depends upon the com
ing elections" We advise (repIies the Lou
isyile Journall the unborn millions, in case
the locofocos carry the elections, TO remain
unborn
The Troy Wing says that John Tyler polk
ed his head out of oblivion about ten days be-
fore the Virginia election and tried TO defeat
his former bed fellow, John NJ. Bolts. This
demonstration is supposed to have added one
hundred votes to Botts' majority.
A gentleman upon being asked whether
he was seriously injured when steamboat
boiler exploded, is said to have replied, that
he was so used to being blown up by his
wife that mere steam had no effect upon him.
SCARCITY At MADEIRA. A letter from
Madeira, March 25th, published in the N. Y.
Journal of Commerce, represents the market
for bread stuffs as completely barren, with
no prospect of supply. About 100 barrels
offiour, which had recently been received
from Gibralter, were selling at "a dollars
barrel! There was not grain ofIndan corn
in the Island.
An exchange paper says that the father OF
an interesting family near Detroit, who chews
SI4 dollars worth of tobacco yearly, recent
ly stopped his only newspaper because he
could not afford to pay for it!
AND STILL THEY COME. Our country is
likely to be pretty well repIenished. We
perceive emigranis have been arriving i'll N.
York for the past fortnight, at the rate of 1000
a day. And this is only the beginning of
things.
CATTLE. Ii is stated that one quarter of
all the cattle reported at the Brighton mar
ket for the last two months, have come from
the valley of the Connecticut, and been car
ried over the Connecticut River Rail road.
The battle of Cerro Gordo was fought on
Sunday. War ever trampes on religion, and
pays no respect to its ordinances.
General Taylor has been made n "Life
member of the Western Home Missionary |
Society,"
Ii is stated IS out of 100 pews oftho church
recently erected in New Orleans for the Rev.
DIR. Hawks, formerly of Boston, sold at auc-
ton for Sirty three thousand dollars.
1t may be positively assumed that no man
is drunk who can distinctly pronounce the
words.-"temrorary relief" and "National
InteIligencer" These expressions are per-
feet inebriometer.
EMANCIPATION. Forty nine emancipated
slaves passed through Washington, Pa, on
their way to Ohio, recently. They had been
the property ofMr Cochrane, of Hampshire
county, Virginia, who gave them $500 with
which to emgrate. The slaves were well
equipped for travelling, had four horse
wagon, &c.
STRIKE AT RICHMOND. The white work
men upon the iron works at Richmond, Va,
have quit their employment, in body, main
y because slaves were employed in some of
the establishment.
Attorneys are grow1ed at because they
charge, fue per cent. for collecting bad debts.
What will the people say to James X. Polk.
who is about to charge them one hundred
millions of dollars, or. fUe thoaSandpe cent for
two millions from Mexico?
The Impartial Of Smyrna, states that the
Egyptian Government has recently promul-
gated law, for the abolition of slavery after
the space offifty days. AT the slave mart
there was in consequence decline in prices
of60 per cent No sales could be made, as
after this interval of SO days, every slave will
be free to stay with or leave his present own
er at pleasure.
Miss Beecher, the daughter of the Nenera-
BILE Dr. Beecher, is untiring in her efforts to
promote the cause of education at the west.
She will shortly meet at Albany, twenty six
young ladies from New England, who are to