The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1850-08-10

great disHurr, dud -iuor the Fuh-lcrn an,
hNAhF-lunE prov iurrs are thr cstirmiN ni
lhcW country lt is % mistake tu tuuIius,
llc clu-iauu "a hr thr South pole. Iruly ",
ought tn hear this explanation and hrlir,o 10
lHE NlTIp NrArE--At first th,
English TOOK possession Of North America
drove out thr nations, aud cultivated the for
NC lhnd, kuprluis from ihc three island.
England. srlfod thr country English
men huwcd tlithcr Ike water. People from
France Holland, buumarl, and Sweden ~ h,
'''''' ''' ''-'-rt'-THt iT1TUUl rWnVIc1 m thip
nnd removed thcfr,daily opening the country
awl PREPARING thc rich ,oIl Tor cultivation
The English appointed o0iecr. to br,oritc
ht the rlucs AMI towns on tho -pa-colsl, g.
icNy iHNo7 for thr u-r of government 'ltui,
wa. Iuuu7hiu' and wealth wa. rapidly ar
quircd,
During kocn-lmp'. reign, (which COM
mrnc'l \, H. 400, thcw was wir iur ,',,
cNl yrar brtwcuH lhr Eualis 70 and French
Every place WIS HNod, and the taxes CON
iiuurl lo increase. T. wl. au old rule. that
ttc importer ut ict alone shodd hr-taNcI. .Lul
the English surd uu order that the pureha.
-,f ,h"uII a'-p pas a ttN on tho salur article
l.s Ali.-ll-.lll- -.-.--I H. do tlia. aud iu ihg
'",h,lh }r'i "I hr"nuur. \. y, l,,51 ih,
'hirl men and cldrr- l-.rmI'ol and request.
fffF'ffrffffH ffff
vruur, who refused. The t1yps cnuGuusl al
pre-" 'ull moro hp'iIy lill che people wcr
'nufrdl entered thr ship and east g. oatgu
of tea overheard. Jhoy then consulted anI
raised force against thc English,
GEuNyE NA-IuNGroN. There was nj
that time Washington, IN American Of an
other province, born iu the ninth wear of
lun9- Ching, \, u. 1852 llis father died
Whrn be- wa hut ten wears old. llr was th,n
trained up by his mother. When small. hc
had great views both IN regard to ciyil and
military affairs, aud cNrpllrd in strength and
courage, Washington hcld commission in
tho war ol thf English aaaiu,rthc Frrnchlvd
ont hls troops against the native ulundcrcrs
at the South, aud successfully sulducd them.
iiui the English general did not report his
worthy deeds HlscouutNmcn, uo'Withsiaul-
-'-'-1ir-ifTrrr 7T ITIUT77i 7i 7TTTT,,
over th'm, hut sickness ca!uuulleI him to r.-
tire within doDr-. So thti hc ,lid not go out
At lhc timc whom tho people rrbollrd "a.
gaiu-i the English, they pressed Washington
q" hrromo their general, ~ then immcdi.
avly cn'crcd ON III. Office Without arm.
or provisions, Washington .tmu-
lttrd his Counttymon 10 action hv "A riphtc-
Gus spirit Tie pitched hi- cn,np near the
provincial city Boston. M the same tin,r
ul"-f fnaH-h general lfr- roilrrird.L .Li. .lii.- Of
war just outside OF ih" same citv. Wa.hiug-
i9U,1tlrkcd and took possession or the cit,.
thcm AorrNa'rtir' ,srpo.,r.., q. J,,,..,. ,--.i
lc.trd his forces and drove Na,hugiou from
his position. ~ This hi, .oldirr- were grca'-
4, terrified and vishtd to hr di.haudcd' h,d
bee. with thc ,4m' spirit qs at first, having
and unit,d hi Amy, again attack
ed tho'l,uslish with surrcs-. From that t.mc,
duriug eight years OF bloody conflict while
hi, army WI. often reduced and weakened
Wa, a,hiugiuu's spirit was uudimni>hcd, and
thg En-i.L- -lLull -4..----i-i7 frr--
Frcuch raised an army and crossed the sea,
and iuiuul Washington against the English.
Spain aud Holland with their armies admon-
ishcd tu peaceful The English, unable To
oppose concluded trraty with Washington,
10y which the Northern part, a cold country,
was givca mp 10 them, while the southern
part, a f. tile region, reverted to him.
Wa shnrstop, having established the king
dom; di,hludrd hi, army, and dcsircd 10 re
turn to the husiuc. OF mshanary; hHt all
worc unwilling and urged him to brcumc
thcir ruler In reply. before the assembly,
Washington said "To obtain Kingdom for
ones self. To transmit TO his pQslcrity, j. sci
fish. la becoming the peoples shcphc,II,
such ought to hc chosen as have NJ
tHe. A. to Washington he Was an uncom-
mon man, lie conquered more rapidly than
Shmg and kwang, and in courage he was SUI
pcrior to Tsaou and Lew men ufmuch re-
nown in Chinese history Sciliug the two
rdarl sword of three cuhits long. hc -cpcncd
the country ten thousand lc. lie then re-
fused 10 receive n title, or 10 secure one for
his po.tcriiy, prclorring to establish an cleo
tive administration. Patriotism to bc COM
menlcd lmdCr tho wLnle hcaycnl Truly.
like the three dynastirS ilca, Shang aud
Chou, mostly included in the traditional his
tory or The Chinese, previously 10 ttIC 1Er ut
Contuoius. In administering the govern
mciit, he iu,tcrcd Nirtuuu- customs,aud avoid
ing war,madc his country superior to all 9th
or nations. | hUvc scruhis portrait. Ills
countcnaucc exhibits great mcntal power
All! who would not call him an uncommon
man
pEorIr or ruE UNtrEp STATES, The
Americans are all descendants of Europeans,
mostly from England, Holland and France.
-6tthcsc ttTCc kingdoms, those from Eug-
land arc far the most numerous, and there
fore i;rt,tttr,,t ,ti,,- tttl, -3ttte
as those Of the English. The cmigrauts re-
,.t-is,., their land iay eultratinu fruIr- the alb
origincs, where they were willing; audwhcrc
they were unwilling they removed to other
places Their merchants and mechanics are
all white mem They are mill and kind in
disposition, but Considcratc and skilml IN
trade They navigate the "four seas" They
all receive VA 500 kaou, RI. e., all Protcs-
tants. They are fond of making their relig-
ION matter of conversation and of instruc-
ton. Their schools are everywhere Their
learned men arc divided into three classcs;--
ministers, physicians and lawyers. The first
class give themselves 10 astronomy, gcogra-
phy and the doctrines ofthc lasoo; the sec
oud to the healing dfdiscascs, and the third
10 tho administration utthc inws.
This is all we have room Tor at prcsCnu-
There il in the book recognition of all the
important events in our Scripture history and
a tolcrablv correct presentation made to tho
Chinese otthc different systems OF religion.
ATTACHED ny a RArrLEsNAKE.-A'
Mrs Enoch Bryant, of Sonth Danvers, Mass.
was taking a walk in the garden ON Tuesday
afternoon, she was attacked by rattlesnakc
which sprang and caught her by tho foot
Her sJ-rrams brought her husband to the spot
who succeeded in killing the monster. For
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