The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1851-10-04

$4,000 to 100000, to be paid by the City
and State,
rl- According 70 the Boston Post, up
wards Of one thousand baskets Of champagne |
wSe used during the harbor excursion Of the /
Boston city authorities with their Canadian
guests.
CosVERTEp CATnoIIcs.-TheG German |
'Methodiss Of Cincinnati have recently com
pleted a spacious church odiGco for the ae-
commodaiion Of a church Of 100 members,
mainly composed of converted Roman Cath
olics, under the pastoral care Of Rev Mr.
Mast, M eloquent German preacher Thisis
the second church Of lhe Kind established 10
I Cincinnati,
UNIvEHsALisr CoLLrGE-The Univer-
salists held a national convention In Dosion
last week, At which tins they voted 10 leave
IL with the trustees 10 locate The new college,
The sum Of $4,000 has already been sub
Gribed for H.
60 The Railroad from st. Petersburg 10
MoscoY was opened by the Emperor In per
SON. 'on tho ait Of August The Emperor
leil 81. Petersburg At halfps-t o'clock AN.
and arrived At Moscow NJ ] pm, Of tho same
dsy. Tho distance betwoon the two capitals
by the usual route heretofore, isA7s miles, or
something greater than from Washington 10
Boston. The length Of the railroad Is not
given.
e ~ II hppcarz L. lha- rGIaaEi ~ lee -(.Es4.d
Lodge of Odd Fellows of the United States.
recently in session at Baltimore, that the Or
der now claims 1870 900 members IN this conn
try, and 1000 LODGES During the pnst year
there were $4,000 limitations Receipts for
the year about sl,225,ooo
, TRgGTf CONcERNING CURA,-TheWash.
ington lntelligcnccr contains an extract Of a
. letter received by the Africa, which states
that Spain France and England are nogoia-
T ting treaty respecting the guaranty Of Cuba,
The conditions are, that Cuba shall have a
local legislature a representation in the
Court Of Madrid, and that provision shall be
, made for the gradual abolition Of slavery in
b the island,
s--ifr. Gov Shade, the agent uf' the National
, Educational Society, was AZ Buffalo on Sat
urday afternoon, having in charge some thir-
! ~ young ladic-, bound westward, as Teach
crs. The Society has sent out 10 the west a.
bout two hundred and fifty teachers They
are distributed through the States a Indiana,
, Illinois, Wisconsin and Iowa. Quite a mum
, Der, however,, IL Is said. have entered the "U-
: nitcd State Of n,ntrimony.
, ca The Vermont Central Railroad, has
/ voted to issue 81 ,20O,O 900 IN ak per cent
e bonds, payable in three years and to be sold
at discount not exceeding ten per 0tnL--
, They arc to be first offered to the siockhol-
dcrs,.
r ~ Tho Now Workers arc removing the
obsructionsA t "lIcll Gate" at the public ex,
% pcnsc This passage was spoken Of several
hundred years ago "a being wide bA II
seems to have been found insufficient to he
, commodatc the increasing travel from Co
, than.
LYNcHING AN AnoLrIoSIsr.--Th Wig
lance Committee of Grayson county, Va, ON
the lih nlt. Arrested Lola Gasa..-i- ifi.i..l
,e Br,vri, the ehiu 4 yufitiuufyt, ana required
him 10 renouncc his abolition sentiments,
which he refused 10 do. They then stripped
him and tied him to a tree, and after receiy-
] ing dozen laShcs, he agreed to rcnounce alb
g olidonism, sell his land and cgrocsAnd leave
\ the State The committee are in pursuit of
others, aud great excitement prevails
FRoM TExAs,-Later news from Texas is
to the effect that a revolution had commence
cd in Rio Grande, aud the insurgents, after
. capturing the government funds, had march
p ed To Join Cara Babel, who was concentrating
, his forces near Monterey.
p ATTACK on Gov. JoHSsToN On Mon
day night last, as Gov. Johnston, of Pa, and
a small party of his friends were approach
ing Pottsville, Pa, a murderous attack was
: made upon them with stones and clubs, and
, pistol was fred, within n few feet of the
Governor, the ball from which passed within
4 feet Of ms person Several Of the Cover
nors party were severely injured No rca-
, son is assigned for the attack, and none of the
, attacking party have yetsbeen arrested.
&c The Telegraph says that General Scott
has addressed letter in reply to one receiv-
cd by him from Committee of the Pennsyl-
vania State Convention, relative 10 the Pres
idency, in which he declines giving his opin-
lou on the questions of tho day, aud refers
them to. his past life and services.
VS- The Providence Journal, in speaking
t of the "swcct swan of Erin Miss Catharine
r Hayes says, "She is an Irish Jenny Lind, with
, out the Barnum."
gS- Mr. Henry Grinnell, Of New York says
the New Bedford Mercury, has received let
ter from l.al,s Frarklin.in which she Annonn-
ces the return of the English Arctic Expedi-
ton, and now places her whole reliance upon
his vessels. 4..r
The PRosPEoT IN PENNsYLYAS1A Re
liable intelligence, says the North American
of Friday, from all parts of the State, assures
us that the prospects of Gov. Johnston sue