The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1851-10-11

DisrHEssIsG AooIDEsr.- English papbfs
relate the particulars Of an awful accident At
ballyelaTei ireland, Al audience Of some
hse hundred had assembled ia the lofl OF An
Old paper MILL b. hsar a Lecture on biology.
The lecturer had fOine seven or eight persons
on tlie stage Tor experiments when the audi
enee made rush Tor the middle Of the room,
aud the hoor giving way the entire congrega-
ton was precipitated into the room below, a
distance Of about rs feet. Twonty-siH per
sons were killed and forty wounded.
60 MoCormiok's American haaping Ma
chine, We learn from the London Times, has
been making the tour Of England aud has
been tried under all circumstances and on all
kinds Of ground, The Times, ohronieling
the result Of the tour, says that the general
success Of the machine Il established beyond
doubt and that "there never was all AgH-
cultural implement, which, on ia first eKhi-
bition, obtained the approval Of practical far
mers 20 generally a. this has done. Every
body wonders that piece Of mechanism 10
simple effective aud useful waS never Invent
ed before"
TnH HAY CRor.-We are sorry 10 learn
that many farmers IN this section, have ALLEN
short Of their usual crop Of hay, by nearly
one half Ia consequence Of the raVages Of
field mice, One farmers tells "a that be had
last year but twenty 6Ve-AnotheT that hg
iilled two large barns last year, aud the pres
ent year, and the present year has scarcely
enough b M one, The mice gnAw away the
bulb at the root Of tia herdlagraHa, or rather
Pnaw II out for IN their burrows, These bulbs
are sometimes collected together, In large
quantities, ~ a winters store Of provision
They are plentier upon the hills, than the
lower lands, aud upon the intervals, have
done very little mischieC--[Coos Democrat
DIsAsrRous SnlrwREcK. IA letter dated
Singapore, Aug, /, says "The Peninaular
and Oriental Company's steamer PachA, from
Singapore for Calculia, was sunk July 22d.
by coming in collision with steamer Erin, OF
the same line from Calcutta. Eighteen lives
were lost The Erin damaged all her cargo,
100 chests opium, The PachA hal on board
~ boxes gold, 10 boxes gold dust, 30 boxes
dollars, and one case diamond rings.
81 The New York Tribune is informed
by a gentleman Of Portland, Maine, that tho
whole number OF commitments 10 the City
Prison, since the commencement Of the new
liquor law, has decreased from an average OF
6 per month, to X in three months. II also
slAleA that tho CauHiy jail, sslial, usoally has
about 80 con,icts within is walls, is now per-
fcctly empty.
uG Tho New York Express VOWS that in
answer 10 an advertisement for wife pub
lished in that paper, more than one hundred
applications were received from ladies Nnx-
ious to enter into the matrimonial contract
60 Miss Mary Legarc, sister Of the former
Attorney General of the United States is en-
gagged in the lumber trade at Cedar Rapids,
Iowa, aud adycrtises to supply any amount
Of building lumber, boat, plank, &c.
CD The Opposition papers rcproaoh Mr.
Fillmore for not interfering 10 prevent the
execution of the Gfly captured individuals at
llavana-only about half Of whom wcru A.
mericaus when the fact was the account Of
their capture aud execution reached the Unit
cd sSt5tsrr NJ tho 1E-IfIIT TING