The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1851-06-21


per country aud the region Aroand BuFiinR-
ION, tell Of disaster and destruction.
HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION. vote on
The Homestead Exemption Law, submitted 10
the people At the last election, was as follows,
70 far AZ returned For the law I 1 ,6s5 A.
gainst IL, 7,72s-majority for (he law, 9,762,
The bill provides for eSemDhing the home
stead of families from attaslat.sal alld los 90
sale, TO the amount OF Eve hundred dollars
A majority Of those inclined 10 vote on the
question having decided i. favor OF 4, the
Legislature viii probably pass the bill ht
once Concord ON NJ Patriot, ish,
az The Bloomer dress has also made IL
appearance in this village. Two young ladies
walked out on Saturday last, dressed in the
now costume. We would suggest 10 those
who arc about 10 figure In this new fashion,
the propriety Of practising little ia the art
Of walking before making public demonstra-
ton, As they might in their unusual Attrhc-
tons create some littlo merriment among the
'oui-siderr'-AU!ora, NfnI"ry. yIf
or The body OF Joseph Antoine, one Of
the unfortunate persons in the Minot's Ledge
Light Honso n the time ~ ~ destruction.
was found on CohAsset Beach ON Tuesday last.
The flesh upon his skull was entirely gone,
as also were his front tooth. The bones Of
only one arm we're entire, with the exception
of the hand there remained only stump Of
the other arm, which appeared to 10 brok en-
or just below the elbow, -,j.f fg
O. Az the races at Cambridge, Mass,
last Tuesday, Mr. Poole undertook TO run &c.
bee" railes ia an hour and forty minutes, lie
"cnvcd in" ut the end of the lSth mile, hAy-
ing run that distance in one hour, twenty
seven minutes, and eight seconds.
7 o. The cholera is raging to eonsiderA-
bic extent at Fort LeAvcnworth- Twenty
cases bad occurred among regiment Of T. s.
troops bound to Santa Fc, ~ ofwhich proved
fatal
/ ~ Queen Victoria is just kirty-threc,
and has rcigned fifteen years
THE SECESSION STArE.-The Charleston
Is. c. Mercury argues thus ;-"By our 6rst
secession we threw of our colonial Deepen
dence on the parent country by our second
we broke up the oppressive system OF taxa
ton fastened upon us by The North; -hE- eas
third, we will either restore the. Constitution
of the United States to,vigor,by now guaran-
ties, or we will dissolve the Union forever
Secession has always been successful"
C. In the House Of the N. II. Legisla-
ture, on the 7th, proposal was made and
entertained, 10 enact law for the protection
OF the people ofthe State against imposition
and injury by persons pretending b hold in
tereourse with departed Spirits
= A freight train with critic wan T1r-rei-1=
itated down q high embankmcnt ON tE re- Mid
dletown Railroad, Conn, on the 18TH inst,
killing the conductor and seriously injuring
the fireman. -'--------a1J -
Ca A late elopemcnt from Cincinnati hos
caused great excitement in that city The
man who ran away with the wife Of one of
Ais 'Ts- q merchant &c high standing,
connected with two of the leading firms Of
tho West. He len his own wife and four
children behind, but carried or the funds of
his partners.
e. During the last week, ending juno
l7,therc passed the Weigh Lock nj Rochester,
10000 bbls flour, 81, 300 bushels wheat, 2s5,-
200 bushels corn.
Ga'r Tho various nominations for public Of
ficers in the Cherokee Nation are so numer-
Gus that it is evident the Indians are as much
given to office-seeking az their white breth-
rem. Among the candidates for National
Counsel, are the names of Spring Frog, Spir-
it BOT, Laugh-atmush and Lightning Bug
For Sheriff the name Of Fish Tail and Peli-
can Tiger are quite prominent
Ga A'man intoxicated at Mill Creek in
Huntington County, Pa,,) few days ago,
resolved 10 fight the locomotive. He took
position ON the track and waited until the To-
connective was near him when he sprang for
ward to make battle, but the cow-catcher
struck him and threw him OF the track, ffac-
turing his skull and otherwise iniuring him,
so that it is probable he will die.
ES- Look out for counterfeit threos on the
mattapan Bank, Dorchester, Mass There
arc no genuine threes in circulation.
E7- Mr. Milton Davis, of Keone, ". H.,
aged 2S, was attacked with an spopiectic fl,
while walking the street on the evening of
May 80, and died ina few hours, Hp'
Ia There is to be great Mechanics Fair
y Lowell, Mass, commencing Sept. 10th and I
probably two weeks, preparations
nave already been commenced on an exten-
i've scale. The railroads leaaiagto Lowell,
ave with great liberality agreed to transport
.rtieles TO aud from the Fair, free from OK
'ense The building of Che large structure,
o be nsed for the great Fair, has commenced,
N the lot between the Machine Shop and the
DWELL Company's wool store. IL is to be
so feet long by ~ in vidtb-antf two stories
irb. - ta-