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


Tie lotFrwriuan by he Judge aud lor
which act l'oolo assaulted him, was ~ rolar-
ruro 20 tho Compromise BILL 10 called, touch
Ing lho subject Of slavery IN 'hc Territories,
lle declared rln'ey 10 be- tie creature Of
municipal or state law, aud lIni Congress
could not lcgai2e slavery 10 Territories now
free Gom slavery or Laws rorniuor slavery
10 exist, A opinion Of Ihis sou from q
lourued Judge ofiIo Supreme Court nelled
lIlr Mississippi slavery oSicntiDnu',
THE SOUTHERN CAUCUS AGAIN.
81 tho general caucus the address of Mr
Berrien WIS presented. II IL al nd,lress to
the whole country hul wns not ullrn enough
for lhe Calhoun faction, "lhercssion open.
ed (says the account of IA Milli llir reading
Of Sennror Brrrion's address,
Me- Mason rose and proceeded 90 oppose
HE nddrcsH NJ sorne length, lie said il was
unllliug more lhnu petition aud not u dee.
lala,ioH ef riglHA-
Mr Hoolc In 'Ncurrly speech sustained he
nddrcss.
Mr. Brrrirn here advocated llr postpone
mont ofhic Convention until the 23d Of Feb
tunfy
Ancrun animated fli-cus,inh,- WlGch Wns
prolonged 40 late h0ur the question 90 the
adoption Of Mr. Berdon'r uddrcs- Wns lAken
hyycis uld nay and decided 10 lhc negative
by yeas lG-uuyt D.
Mr. Culhouu's nd,lrcss was Then odoptcd,hy
gems 30, nuys lo,'
Only ono Wing Mr. G,le dr Alabama, We
Tod Tor Mr. Calhoun'S ndilcss. Il WAS hdop-
ted hyu vote of9 to 10. The snmllncss of
the vote shows lhuI grcnI many Southern
Wings were not prescut Eighty siN yotrs
Mere cast last week nov ouly fifty one. From
first 10 last, wc believe no Wing member
from Notl, CotoIinu Ind part or lutccl IN
the Affair.
Forty members ofCouercss have sigLcd
the Address--oll lccofocos except Gayle Of
Alabama and Tonpkins Of Mi.sissipp
Q-T@Gcn C,s, was elected loIhu L. States
souutc Y tho lcgi-lInrc Of Michigan, on
the 20ll, Jasunry. The vote stood 81 To IS.
22 Of The Nays were gycn'hy locofocos; So
the accounts state.
RAILROAD OPENING.
The opening mud connection or the Sullivan
Railroad with lhc Vermont Central, wis eel.
ebrated at Winds.F laai "Wednesday IL lLis
connection the caaiu Of roads is a.DplcioG
"om No6hU,ld 10 ncs,ou, Jur ears OF uIe.C 'cu.
trail starting from Norhf,Id vill pava over ,ht
Sullivan, the Chester aud r,tchburgh roads
to Boston. Such was an curly arrangement
among the managers of these several road,
aud we presume It win be- carried ont The
distance irou The mouthuC White River TO Boz.
ton over The Northern aud Lowell or Chcshicr
ana rtchhurgb Roads s. nearly the. -lmc,
jhoush.l r. said the latter route is .somc five
miles the shortest
PnrrAu,riov, soU Hrsu>G G7rr.-4'i-..
lNh Article ofthc By.l.awssor "Thc Guujj,~'
STATE lhovinr It's head quarters, we believe,
At l!'nave;,} Trading, Mining and Agrcul.
tutSl Cpmpary," requires each member 10 be
armed aud equipped NJ follows ~ good RI.
10 with Bullet mould, 10 O., q rhcathc KuiG,,
n brace of pittols, Cr' Rev Divers, q. Knnpsach,
drinking Cup, leather Belt, with powder
ElaAl, Lnllet Paltsh, buirc Sheath and pistol
CASE, attached; also, on OH e'1th-covering for
R.Ao,' Really, but rnrthctQnikcr cog.
nomen of this Association wr should have /.
inferred their object toLo blood hunting rather (
than gold.hunung-,h disrmhowcllns otlncn
or beasts, rather than the sagd. bcds aud noun /
tnins Of California.
hrws rNoM ORrGoN Dates are received
from Oregon to the 18Th Of July last. The
friends Of the Rev George Atkinson aud Ia.
~ Formerly N-~rbery, e5tr.- witt t,,.
gratiGed olcorn that they had arrived safely !.
at their dcstnalion--to labor as Missionaries
IN Oregon.
RAND Docs. The papers make frequent
mcgtIon OF the appearance Of rabid dogs and
Of persons aud cattle having been Uticn by
.hem. OF late, the number of persons who
have died of hydroPioba has been uncon.
monty large, and the consequence is, the cx,
'itrmcn, ~ some places against The poor
logs, rahid or not, j. greater than the "ycllow
ever" The cry is, slay thrm The rabid
logs certainly are proper subjects for the hand
If slaughter, but we suspect il would be n diff
'ult muttcr 10 convince the owners Of some
logs that an indiscriuriuntc slaughter is advi. \!
able.
NJ The Rev. Rurrs C.sr, Pastor OF the
Congregational Church Mt the East Village in
his town, wo understand, preached his fare.
veil sermon 10 the people of his charge on the
asst Sabbath, Circumstances connected with
leheaIth of the Pastor, have, we arc inform.
d, induced hisi TO ask Tor separation from
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