The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1849-02-03
sTAGERoBBERY.

vita much nn&iriy
STAGE ROBBERY.
Tho Whitehall stage on leai ~ Hut yiii-;.s,.;,
yesterday mpruing about . o'clock, while
puHsing covered bridge, wus robbed 10y
some person or lrrrour, supposed 10 have
hren concealed therein, Tie straps ~ the
rack we're cut aud the lngguFe consisting of
five lruuks prccipilutrd into the road, When
about five n,il.s from Whitehall Tie tobhcry
was discovered aud on returning, the trunks
were found IN tho road. broken open, aud
rilrd ofillriT most valuable contents. One
lady lost about SO Ia money md Other prop.
orty WINS missing from The several Wuuks 10
the umouut ofhelWrcn one aud Two hun
drcd dollars, No clue rs the robbers Inns yet
been discovered JoRtmH,s pGmoniG,
GF'l'he Mayor and Common Council OF
I Washington Guy hare peitioutd Congress 10
fmPoirT them, directly or Indirectly 10 abolish
/ NE Stare Ttadc Ia he Distyio qfCoimJiq. Ma
jos Gaines, Of Kentucky presented lhe pct.
lipu ~ Iliu House. on Monday, This H. az
important aud glorous sign. II Is taking
hold of The sulyeci IN the tight way. Boo.
ono LrGIsLArUWr. A lolcgrnplic despatch
/
Mc,srs rugh nud Pierce, tho Democratic
claimants Of seats from Hamilton, have brrn
! recognized us representatives., 10y vote of;i2
to 81. The Wings have minority IN the
senate.
CoNonEssIoSAL NoNiNtTioNs ~ Nrw H.,
At ne Wing Convention, held NJ Prlorboro',
ou I'll ursday, Gen. JHmcs Wilson was nop,ig
uatcd hv reclamation ~ the candidate for
RcIrcsct Iuiive IN Congress for District No. 2.
CANApA- Lord l5leu, Governor General
OF C,uada, in bis recent speech ,o the Cam
dian Padiam ems. suid thut il was the intention
Of llc Crown TO grant u general amnesty To
those persons engaged in the rebellion IN Is
BIS. liz allud, ~ lot,llc- !mpouancc of the
FREQ navigation ofIhc - Lawrence. The
restrictions on the uso oflhe Ffcuch language
ARE to Ice removed aud other liberal reforms
granted,
O}"Rerolu,ious were recanly Introduced
into ltolh Branches Of ihe Iowa Legislature
iusTucIiug their Senators aud requesting
their Rcprcsculnlivcs 20 vote for Ne Wilmot
proyiro..,,,Ei,oy were killed byn tl'jct party
vote, the Whigs voting Tor aud the Loco Fo'
cos against ubcnL
B JANIS DENN, J.. J.. u. formcrly~prhC'sso
OF Mathematics aud Natural. Philosophy in
Vermont University, dio,t 1T Burlington j. u.
20, aged z! ycars.~IIe was early mcm4c-
ofrhc American academy of Aria aud Sci
enccs, BItdconlrbutcd several very valuable
articles to The publications oriha, soCtUTy.
FLoGcING ~ rur NAVY. The House of
Representatives IIaye appended to the itom
providing payment of The SALARY oirhe Secrei-
lury orNnty, in the General Appropriation
Bill,u proviso directing him to issue an order
FORTHWITH 0bolisr1ug TiOgstTg In rthu AN5uvy..
we nrc glad ,o.see move made TO do away
with this bnrl,a, ons- practice. It ;nny still 10
deieutod, however, in the Senate.
CnAGREs AHb PANAMA. on in Chngres
should be pronounced as ia champion; the !
az ns IN rag; aud tho res ~ IN trees only shor-
ter Attach the & 20 the first ~ lublc. Chag-
res.
Panama should he accented on the last I
syllable, which is pronounced like Ma, when !
used as n substitute for mother. Attach the !
to the first Syllable. Pam is pronounced
Ike the English word pan. Pon-a-mah.
0-sTeThc Tribune says that Caleb -. Smith
stands fir chnuco of being Post Muster I
General, in tbs. new Administration. ~