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The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1851-03-01

Tnr New TEST PARrY.-Thc n. Y. Tri-
bunc remarks that most Of the Northern men
who have signed the "new test" have filled
ola recollection to Congress. Others still are
near the end Of their pditicatlivcs. Il isap-
propriatc, then, to assign to- this new party
the melancholy but mclifiuous hamc--'eSfd-
TT77, II y0u don-IT IKE tTat You may dub them
-tcSty.- Ndiclmnn.
3D..
Ga The locofoco Legislators of Indiana and
Illinois have re e.inded the free soilre-olutFaa-
Ut la.t year.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1851-03-01

DRuRY HFFATR-SINGULAR SUfr-In
the Common Pleas Court, on Monday, in
Boston, Mr. w. w. Wilson, Engraver, gain
cd verdict nf "a % r..i..st Stf,ttt.i rurv,
senior, of Astoria, Long Island, for services
~ tst'ffg tn rTIHUut and aiding in the con-
yictipn of Bristol Bill, alias VIII Darlington,
the celebrated burglar, nov confined in the
Windsor State Tri.on.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1851-03-01

SULLIVAN RlNILRoAD.-~The running of
the cars over the Ashuelot Railroad has been
recommended, and travellers can leave this
place in the morning and reach New York
City the same day For particulars, see thc
advertisement of the Sullivan Railroad in
our paper.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1851-03-01

~" The Union Wing states that the Gran
vile, q. " Insurance Company has or'Ier-
ed an assessment of 26 per cont upon the
nsdps OF It's insured members
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1851-03-01

important boz rlr.y spring io eHc0n0mise thc
roam iu che Aql bsls, lhry are fr,f transpar-
'd fran liie 'rei bed IN vacant SPACE in che
hot bed, s.E inrheupsr and WHEN Ton large
% stand ~ closely, ihry arragaiu transplant
rd twelve inches apart and when thr wealth
~ Is rght hry are taken up and placed iu
fhr open plGi where lhry are % insure A.
one picking III tomatoes, this season, a2 Lush-
rls were oIToinod, which from their earliue-s
sold a. sl,7i per bushei- Pole beans are
produced early by digging large deep holes
inT hil' aud Cling them partly with fresh
lnl hnfsr manure over haia suitable ooy-
orinF n earth T. placed, aud che lcau- are
planted. For az early vegetables rhc ground
u Hoully dressed with lat hare manure,
which j. plowud in, and which, by i,s lcruicp-
iation, keeps the land warm and mellow, and
brings thu plants along very fast Early Pc
ntDos arr hrl started oiher on manure heaps
undergoing fermentation or IN bot basis and
when the weather will admit and sprnutsH re
siy 20 eight inches long, tlicy arr carefully
u,kpu up by haud and trsn-planlrd Ia the
drills IN the opog pla's, This proros' for
ward. the crop from Gtecu Ia twouiy days
On one quarter Of an acre, managed In THE
vb,, this season, NJ bushels Of marketable
1olatoo. we're dug, which. Tor tlpir oarliursH
sald at sl,,6 pee bushr, o. At ihe rate N
s56' peracre,
Thclolal cN,h rcocipls for lho sale offuip
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1851-03-01
abr GaIrnuniuu.

llnnr shulithd rrn-s tho Peoples ughts maiutaiu,
istfrd liF Influence Hnh tiIiTibrH by Fiiu--
illr IHfrM lUfh hlr glorious peprpis draw
l'irdy.l iu lirI.nHi. Liberty nui lHW.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1851-03-01

To,h vegetables ofolI Aiod'. g.aso =

Fdhfh ~
, These are certainly largo receipts to dori'c
foam I'r products nj twcUW'iN ocrcsor lund
Il .trlo that Nlr ricre.- has lhe advantage
ofA ready market and pupl priccs hut aitor
making every allowance that exists, or can
hc Thought III, think we must all conrludr
that high cultivation !, lhc tide Asloiuj that
hffV ~ mo syir,ms to tH
IStru'iyr fields, and nm them No.
llr moro one fertile acne Yield,
Than the huge breadth ofburu dolis."
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1851-03-01

rz- The father f T'rc.aapt Fillmore etigh.
" years Of age, arrived ut Fhc White House
IN Friday evening >Sl.ilr The President Ayes
holding III. usual Friday, lTtcc-,
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1851-03-01

H8'-ht meeting n the Board Of Diroc-
tors oftha Connecticut and rassumpsc Riy-
ers RAILROAD Company holden az &c. Johns-
bury, Fah. 4, 1891, the iullowng resolutions
wers unanimously adopted
Resoiped, That il Is with deep emotion and
unaffected s0rrow that this lioafd records the
sudden and iamented death Ut their early aud
devoted aAs~iHieI Mn ADDisos GuNoRF.
Resoleed, That W. cherish melancholy
pleasure Ia the recollcciious nj bis friend
ship, his sincerity n purpose, his great enor-
~ u character md biz pusulad integrity
Hesoired, That the Corporation Of which
We are the Executive Board owe debt Of
gratitude a. Mr. GILMORE for his indefldgable
labors aud his constant fidelity Ia the promo
tion Of its interests,
HssDipsd, That tho President Of this Cor
poration b. requested 10 communicate Ia Mru
Gilmom copy Of the foregoing resolutions
and Ia assure her and her children, IT our
deep sympathy in their anlictipns and our
deyauf solieude ior their future welfare,
DENTIsTRY.--uur roadun win notice In
another column tiie ad,euisemouto IT pr., kub1uub
Dentists, They Hos have pleasant aud extern
siyo establishment adloiuiug oar Office, with every
facility fur manufacturing anh inseuing Mineral
tealh AID, sa Gar ~ We can Judge Nom our own est
i-ri6ngT, and their 0puiailun No 'hayg no doubt
that they equal la skili and judgment n tic bosi
dentists in tie cltios. lhe care, taste, and penna-
nsnoy that mark their operations, and aso Dis
elimination and coruct al ooe In reference ~ die
eases Of the teeth, and me appropriate remedies,
eylncc devotion N their profession which render
these gentlemen worthy the confidence ofan inlclli-
Fent public. A. f1r tina pl. killang4l Glllas-, ve
think they surpas, anything wc have ever seen iu
their hardness and miirirlke polish npon tie
surface. Sometime aRo We had tooth hllri, and,
a. We Thought, we'll hcd, bat when Ne
came To- have f,e decay removed, around tie
hlhuF and me tppth r-nllrl n their peculiar style
~. ss'e -ai'silri oi the prrruVpi nVrvrmeuturer
ihc old, in uio0r muunerof hpg. Ihi. method b
known only 90 few ~ ihr best dentist. In the cit
be-, Dr. X. uhe resident memher Of the nun) oh-
tainei h by being in hc employ ~ one of i. class
y number of yeurs in Rosion. You TINT have hn-
teeth give him trnl, aud our word lur II, you AIN
noi hc dissatisfied
Ono ding moro 10 our readers. while 0u this suh-
icr', md ilmt ..hyuiii u 90 ys~..Ar manner employ
ur one Of tho-c tmyclluFsrifHVlod dentists thr'
you know lltc'or nothing about for uiuc tcuths ~
them are quncksi aud n. ~. Klhouni hn, moved
here To reside permanently, We have, iu tl,is Gei
guaranty thar ho will do hi. work hithhlly. 90
ls sklll there !. no duubt.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1851-03-01

CARD.--rhc undersigned, Committee In Ice
halfof persons Ia the employ 1T the Mc,,r' Fair
banks u this iaSt, ib view of tlc recent excursion
to White River Junction. would respectfully tender
t,elr thanks h. the above named FvutlcmrH iurthcr
lihorality IN furnishing them Emud"n.ly with tick
ci.-io COL Mutt, proprietor aid AIr Appleton, the
keeper of the Junction House Gr the ample provls-
lon and elegant arrangements lor their nrcomm0dn-
i"u, and a-o ~ llr Halo, agent. Mr Mpruau. Eugi-
ncrr,nnd Mr. button, Conductor fnr the .pee.t snf--
~ and gp'd order attending the discharge " thcr
iut.rs IN connection with Tho conveyance ~ ~ l1rr
u number ufpa'seurcr, 6llng -ryen car., and. con-
,stng ~ over thrcc hundred and nnv pcr.ons. We
would not omit 20 nckupvlcl -a aur harhielao.s 'a
Arthur ia'huin, E.q, PROPRIETOR of the Foundry,
Machine shop anl Car M1uuficiorv. NJ TINT place,
Tor hi- Kind attention and aid 20 the Committee of
Auaet"meut; also % hc ST. iohu.buy Brass
Rand ror their attendance, which gave cheerful
ting ~ we'll ~ h'se % thc uccn.iou
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1851-03-01

~ The Directors Of the White Mountain.
ttUrtruIf nave ddyortigcd tdr proposals fur
building the road from Wood,illc to IAtlle.
ton, distance Of twenty miles.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1851-03-01

EsCArE OF PRisoNEWs. Icnry Chase
and John w. Ross, prisoners in the Orange
County Jail,at Chrlsca,cscapcd last saturday.
The Jailcr offers a reward OF $50 for either.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1851-03-01

60 IN tl,e SENATE on Monday the debate
upgn the "raAcue" was closed, and che fresi-
deRt's Message referred. Towards the close
several Senators expressed the oplnlon that
the State legislature oughtto Legis'aie FOR
the delivery Of Fugidyes, Upon this point
Mr Dickinson, Ut New York, said
'Ile believed il 90 be- tie duty Of the Free
States 10 irgislatr Tor the execution Of the "a
gidye slave law AMI that they should provide
Tor the SUMMARY punishment ~ any man WHO
would assiuInt 10 cSecutiOn."
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1851-03-01

80 The South Carolina Ordnsnce Do
partmeui have ordered cannon % b. cast lor
two batteries Of field artillery, consisting Of D
and ? pounil howtzers. The ne'd question:
is, IN the war of Modification, will the "niR-
gen" fire the oauuOnf
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1851-09-04
From the Galena Qlll Advertise
The Selkirk Settlement.

In the year 1870, Charles the Second
granted all the territory in North Amer
lea, subject to the British Crown, that
was drained by waters flowing into Hud-
sans Bay, to the Hudson's Bay Compa-
ny-and among other privileges, the ex-
elusive right to deal and traffic in furs
with the natives. Beside this territory
they have extended their jurisdiction over
the lands watered by the rivers that flow
into the Arctic Ocean, and also that vast
country west of the Rocky Mountains
Their territory, in fine, embraces all
North America, with the exception OF
the Russian possessions in the extreme
northwest, and Greenland in the north
east, each of which is, separately, about
ten times as large as this State, that lies
north of the Canadas, and the United
States and its possessions. The south
ern boundary of the Company commen-
ces on the Pacific coast opposite to, and
including Vancouver's Island, and lati-
tude 40, and extends on this parallel to
the southeastern point of the Lake Of
the Woods, thence on the highlands that
divide the waters which flow into Lake
Superior and the st. Lawrence, from
those flowing into the Hudson's Bay, east
to the Atlantic Ocean. So much for the
Hudson's Bay Company and its posses
sions, both of which may become objects
of interests in few years to us and oul
neighborhood.
Lord Selkirk having obtained a grant
from the Company Of territory exten
ding from Fort Gary an hundred miles
in a circle, on certain conditions, came
out with his colony in 1913. They -four
ished and increased for sometime. II
1925, 1926 and 1927, the Red River
overnowod It's hanks--and produced uni
versal distress, so much that many Of
the most wealthy and influential citizens
left the place; party of whom, consis.
ting Of Messrs Francis LANCET, Philip +
Schrimer, Louis Chetlsin, Peter Randi
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1851-09-04

more tangible shape; and to her properly be.
longs the immortal honor of having made
the first decisive step towards freedom in its
most extensive sense.
In Congress, in June following, Richard
Henry Lee moved that Congress do declare
the colonies free and Independent The mat.
ter was postponed; but in the meantime q
committee was appointed to draft declara.
ton, of which MIR. Jefferson was Chairman
On the 9Th and 10th of June, the subject was
again taken up and again dropped. On the
26th of June, Mr.. Jefferson reported his draft
and on the 1st of July the celebrated Virgin.
la resolutions were passed. About one-fourth
of the original draft was stricken out, and as
amended it was passed by-a unanimous vote
with the exception of Mr.. Dickinson, oi
Pennsylvania, who had perhaps contributed
(strange as it may appear) as'much to the
declaration as any man, and was afterwards
warm and efficient advocate of the inter-
ests of his country. On the 4th of July, 1776
the colonies were solemnly declared free and
independent The delegation from New
York, signed the declaration on the 18th Of
July. Among the paragraphs stricken out
was one censuring the importation of Slaves
which was done to accommodate the delegates
from South Carolina and Georgia
After the Declaration was signed, copy
was sent to each of the colonies, to be read
publicly to the people. The reading was
generally accompanied, with the ringing Of
the bells and firing of cannon. The Con.
tlnental army was then in New York and
Washington ordered the declaration to be read
on parade, where it was received with marked
demonstrations ofapprobation.
On the 2nd of August, the Declaration
was engrossed on parchment and signed
which is the copy in the Department Of
State from which the common fac SMILES
are taken.
In conclusion, Mr.. Sparks observed, that
it seemed specially ordered by Providence that
the Declaration should be made just at the
time it was; for that few days after British
Commissioners arrived with offers of reconci-
liation, and, had the measure being delayed,
it is impossible to tell what might have been
the result.
No one, indeed who closely remarks the
history of the American Revolution, can fail
to trace the finger of Providence in its most
important events.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1851-09-04
JOE Pm Nc
Love of other Years.

BY EDWARD J. PORTER.
When summers flowers are weaving
Their perfume-wreaths in air,
And the zephyr's wings, receiving,
The love-gits gently bear;
Then memory's spirit stealing,
Lifts up the veil she wears,
In all their light, revealing
The loved of other years.
When summer stars are shining
In the deep blue midnight sky,
And their brilliant rays, entwining,
Weave coronals on high;
When the fountains waves are singing
In tones night only hears,
Then sweet thoughts waken, bringing,
The loved of other years!
The flowers around me glowing.
The midnight stars pure CLEANS,
The fountains ceaseless glowing,
Recall life's fondest dreams.
When all is bright in Heaven,
And tranquil are the spheres,
To the sweet thoughts are given,
The loved Of other years!
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1851-09-04
He I,ad Him.

A hoosier from the far West was stan.
ding on the steps of the fremont House
the other day, when wag who had some
how obtained an introduction to him,
stepped up to the verdant chap and with
a very impressive flourish asked him
"My dear Sir,-akem-what is the
physical, mora, and intellectual condition
of our great country that you came
from!
The fe low scratched his head a mo-
ment as if puzzled, and then broke out
as if he had perfectly comprehended the
comprehensive interrogatory.
"WaH," said he, "as fer as heerd from,
l believe it's comm in putty .fair.2
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1851-09-04
The Total Eclipse of Ihe Sus, as
seen on The Coast of Norway

Efle Total Eclipse of the SUss, as
seen On The Coast of Norway.
The Scotsman has very interesting COM
munication from the Astronomer Royal of
Scotland, who obtained a steamer from the
Commissioners of the Northern Lighthouses,
and permission from the Swedish authorities
to land on any part of the coast of Norway.
He was accompanied by Rev. DR.. Robinson,
of the Armagh Observatory. A station was
selected on one of the outlying Blue Islands,
in lat. 81 deg. 20 min. This was in the
centre of the line of shadow, and clear no.
rizon in the direction of the sun at the time
of the eclipse was obtained. The weather
was very inauspicious, the morning being
cloudy, and Immediately after the total OBJ
scuratiOn deluge of rain fell. We copy the
main portion of this account:
"The instruments were landed az an early
hour, and there were sufficient glimpses
of the sun through the clouds to obtain the
necessary observations for time and for
latitude; and before the commencement
of the eclipse each observer was told off
with his instruments prepared, and with
code of instructions. These, too were so
arranged that, by division of labor, it was
hoped that, although the important part of the
eclipse was of so short duration and the num-
Der of phenomena to be noted so many and
various, yet none of them, whether referring
to the purely astronomical bearings of the
case or to cosmical or to terrestrial physics,
could be well lost sight of; that is, weather
only permitting but this was by no meaus SO
favorable as could have been wished. Still,
was very fairly observed, and sufficient was
seen during its progress to enable the observ-
ers to take accurate notes of some spots on
the sun and of mountains on the edge of the
moon, so as to be prepared to state their de-
gree of connexion, as regards place, to those
wondrous tongues of light and the variations
of the corona, inexplicable and the most i'm
portant of all phenomena presented during a
total eclipse. Further, the instant Of COM
plete obscuratlon was observed very accurate
ly, and some interesting features were re-
marked, tending to explain anomalies per-
ceived in former total eclipses, and indicating
rapid fuctuation in the degree of brightness
of the suns surface.
Immediately after this, however, the clouds
became SO very thick that the emersion Of
the sun was not seen at all, and heavy rain
beginning soon after, continued through the
rest of the evening. But the terrestrial phe-
nomena. to which more attention could be
turned, on the loss of the celestial ones, were
of nature abundantly sufficient to satisfy any
soul capable Of entering into and approaching
the awful and the sublime.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1851-09-04
Oar Country.

HISTORY OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPEND-
ENCE.
This vas the subject of a lecture some time
since delivered in New York, by the Rev.
JARED SPARKS. Perhaps there is no man in
the country better qualified to give accurate
information on this interesting topic. Mr..
Sparks states that it was long time after
the struggle commenced, before the Ameri-
can people had the remotest idea of claiming
their independence. Indeed, no private letter
has vet been found, written before l775, in
which the idea of independence is ever allu-
ded to. The colonies required reconciliation
and redress, and these were all they for long
time claimed or contended for. In England,
however, the matter was agitated as early as
IVA; and Colonel Cartwright, and others,
wrote pamphlet entitled "American Inde-
pendence,' and urging parliament TO declare
the colonies free. Dean Tucker also earnestly
contended in the same spirit. 1t is said, how
ever that Dr. Franklin was anxious that the
q
rs early as 1774; but even the Continental
Congress was for reconciliation, and Mr.. Jay,
John Adams, Jefferson, and Washington, all
declared that the colonies did not desire inde-
pendence. But subsequent events, and fur
ther oppression, reused them to a bolder
stand, and individuals assumed loftier and a
more indignant tone.
On the 4th Of June, 1855, General Green
in letter to a friend, recommended the i'm
mediate declaration of Indepence; and as
soon as the news of the battle of Lexington
reached Mecklinburg County, North Carolina
the authorities assembled the inhabitants in
convention, at which resolutions were drawn
up and signed by 81 declaring that "these
Colonies are and Of right ought to be free and
independent" These resolutions were lost
sight of and when again brought before the
public in 1918, they excited great deal of
surprise. BY some, among the rest Thomas
Jefferson, they were thought to be spurious.
This excited considerable feeling in Moth Ca
rolina, and the Legislature of that State ap-
pointed committee to investigate the matter
and report The result was that they were
proven to be genuine.
In l716, Thomas Paine published his Es-
says, entitled "Common Sense" which were
widely circulated, and read with avidity. In
them be urged the necessity of declaration
Of independence and none, said Mr Sparks,
dare deny him the honor which is due him
for these powerful efforts, in one of which
he held the following language: "The pre-
sent state of America is truly alarming to
every man capable of reflection. Without
law. without government, without any other
kind of power than is granted by courtesy
legislation without lava constitution with
out name--and what is truly astonishing,
perfect Independence struggling for depen.
dence :" ssN
The first legislative movement for indepen-
depce was on the 7th Of April. l776. in the
Legislature of North Carolina. About month
afterwards, Virginia backed The measure IN a
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1851-09-04

"Mr Jenkins" said mine host of the Swan,
''as you always come in late, have you any
objection to this gentleman occupying your
bed until the sage goes out?"
"Not in the least. | will be infinitely
obliged to you if you put him there, SO that
the bed bugs can have their supper before
retire."
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1851-09-04

The wretch deserves to be bow-strung
who being pressed to stay little longer.
replied II will, fifteen minutes will make
no difference;-npy qette is ,,o,0 as mad as
she caa hcp
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1851-09-04
The Quin,esscnce Of Eeye,

The New, York Day Book says:
eff our wife wanted to run away with
anotherman, We would bid herGod speed,
for We think too much Of her 10 see her
want for any thing
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1851-09-04
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