The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1847-04-17


diers when pressed by overwhelming num-
bers, and to leave them to what they deemed
certain death! 1t was the Arkansas troops
which fled to Sntillo, and reported, falsely
and baseIy, that Gen. Taylor was in full re-
treat! --.NeiO York Courier.
THE STAGE ACCIDENT AT SHAR-
ON. We find the following statement made
by correspondent of the Temperance Her
aid. The Survivors have also confirmed the
/ Statement by publishing a card in the Mon
lreo, Herald in which they say the driver was
under the Influence ofardont spirits. The
whole matter wifi doubtless be judicolly in
vestigated upon n suit by The persons injured
| for damages, and should it apPeor that the
driver was careless from intoXication or other
causes, the Stage company will have 10 hand
over to them some $4,000 or $4,000. The
law, latlcrly, seldom lets of such acts ofcare-
Iessness with slight damages, nGd it should
not. The correspondent ofthe Herald says:
The following particulars were given rae
! by two Of the sufferers: Mr. Phelps and Mr.
McFarInn, wealthy and intellgcn: mer-
chant from Montreal. Ircgard them0s more
Important 10 be known thnn the general facts.
! will give the substance ofmy conversation
with them. The same questions were put to
them repeatedly, but their answers were es-
scutnlIy the same.
Question. Was the night dark?
! Answer. Not very; we could see MIR Nc
Far!au. ! saw the limb ola tree, aud Jump
ed to catch it,
Quest. Did he drive flriousy?
! Ans. Very; we were afraid to ride.
H., Il, 4,
Ans. Should think he was.
Quest Did YOU see him drink?
Aus. Heard him three times call for liqu-
or ut Sharon, | should think of the ostler;was
refused. He swore horribly: said they had it
| in the other room. He would have il; next
time he came would bring with him. The
driver went into the other room, says
Mr. Wright, he saw something given him TO
drink by the landlord.
The carriage was emphaticnlly driven off
so near the precipice did the wheels run that
when they struck the log laid on its edge,
they graZcd the lower side Oft. In relation
to the width ofthc road, actually turned my
horse aud sleigh in the narrowest place with
out the least Inconvenience. So far rs we
can Judge. with sober, careful driver, all
would have been WELL
0FF@Our friend Of the Bellows Falls Ga
zett is using his best endeavors TO stir up the
sleeping patriotism ofthe Polk party in this
State 50 that they will enlist and fight in the
war for which they voted "without why or
wherefore" The Gazette discourses as fol-
lows:
A requisitior has been made for one COM
pGny from Vermont to serve in Mexico dur
ing the War; Democratic officers have been
4 4
ting Offices have been opened. Democrats
of Vermont, you lent your aid to place Mr.
Polk on his lettering pinnacle. Iyou believe
you were right. now is the time 10 show it.
He calls upon you uowto join his standard
now is the time Of need. Surely YOU will
not desert him! Wheel horses OF Norwich,
to the rescue; Il long pull and n strong pull
Game cocks Of Montpelier, on with your
gives: give an everlasting hutter, and show
your pluck! Ye braves of the lIl Congress
sonal District rush to the command Of Ma
ior Ransom, and pluck bright honor from the
Mexican swarthy rancherO! VIII the trum-
pet voice of Democracy be stiIlcd and those
who have so long and SO loudly denounced
Wings as traitors, be deaf to the call Of Cap.
tain kimball? win the Patriot, the S5tu', the
Democrat, the Sentinel, the Republican,, the
Gazette, with their noisy editors turn away
their ears unheeding from the alarum!
Democrats; your gallant leader-not your
country, nor your country's intercsts-calis
YOU to the tented field ''DURING THE WAR"
Make your testameutary dispositions, and o.
hey the call. Surely you will not have others
to follow him whom you have appointed and
decline to follow yourselves! Can you de-
cline?- viii you fllter? The slightest hest
tation will be construed into an abandonment
ofyour Chieltain, for self preservation and
your country's interests. What Democrat
dare do this? "Traitor, coward, turn aud
hee"-if you dare to do it now.
Jaync's ezpoctorant, Mr. Ebcnezer Webster,