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The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1851-04-05
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The tomb of Moses Is unknown but the
traveller slakes his thirst at tho well of jacob.
The gorgeous palace of the wisest and veal
thicst OF moaarchs, with the cedar and gold,
aud IVORY, and even the great temple OF Je-
rusalcm, hallowed by the visible glory of the
Deity himself are gone; but Soiomon's res.
ovoirs are rs perfect as ever. OF the ancient
architecture ofthc Holy City, not ono stone
IS left upon another; but the pool of Bcthes-
da commands the pilgrims reverence at the
present day. The columns of Pcrsepolis arc
Wondering into dust; but its cisterrfg> and
! aqucducts remain TO challenge our admiration.
The golden house OF Nero is a mass of ruins /.
hut Aqua Claudia still pours into Rome its
limpid stream. The temple of the sun at
Tadmor, in the wilderness, has fallen; but
its fountain sparkles as freshly in his rnvs, as
whom thousands of worshippors thronaed it's
I lofty colOnadcs. Itmay be- that London Will
SHARE the fate of Babylon, and nothing be left
TO mark its site, save mounds of crnmbling
brielS-woFk,# The Thames will continue 10
flow az il does now, And IL any work of art
should still rise OVER the deep ocean of time
we may well believe that il will be neither A
palace nor a temple but some vast aeaussluct
oi reservoir; and II any name Shnull- atIll
flash through the mist of antiquity, will
probably be that of the mun who in his tiay
sought the happiness of HE follow men, ratb.
er than their glory, mud linkrd his memory
to some great work OF national utility and be-
nexnlcncc. This il tlh cLory which ontiiyes
all others, and shines with umdN,inu luabe
from generation TO peEcration iripaiting to
L..---lLl.2csncthing oi ~ own Immortality. and
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Ca John A. Calhoun, son of the late John
G. Calhoun, was defeated badly at the late
election for delegates "a the State Convention
in South Carplipa. lie is in favor Of State
socnssinn
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which oyeTiaken the ordinary HlonaInenta Of
historical tradition ~ mars magniieeneos-'
EdiHLtH1h Hepiei0.
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80 ~ No lady viii be a,Iinitted to tho nqxt
Womanis Rights Convention wh6 docs not
smoke sRayc and sing bass tn, officers
--1l gApcctCl tc Mr.u wL.akuls-
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nv n. @. CHADWICK.

TfhNsw ei,hs pgr almun, f paid within tlis
years $500, n payment be- delayed bey6hd thai
ulas, NJ papof dHoeniiHued unhi Hli ariearagei
hIa I,aid, 0zasIf a tho option oftho publisher
,AnynintsEiflArs inserted NJ the ufuhi piuos-
1hHsisui advertisements must bo paid f,r hn nj
Sanoo Adverfls'HNeuii sh6lfd htmmkei theTnm
har u tlrRes % be inserted dimrvlse tieY wili b
senunuad until fofhii CDr AZ no option of the pub
hsherj nlh rharged aeoordingy
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JOB PRINTING.

V, u. PALMER ls authorized 10 receive Adver
hssmenls and Subscriptions at hL Offices In Ro'
lpn, Gew Yo'S. and Philadelphia. s. M,PETTKN
GlLL, IA also authorized 70 do the sumo for NJ Il
boston.
NJ Letters tothe Editor IN orler b. receive ai
tsniion, must he Jssf phil
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The BOOK TRADE OF THE UNITED STATRs-Ac-
cording to an estimate in The Book Trade, an ex-
cellent literary journal published monthly in this
city, by II. Wilson, the number of volumes Issued
in the United States from the 1st Of July, 1885, to
the same date in 1851, was 1898. The number Of
pages in these volumes amounts TO 2l3 ,049. The
distinct works composing the volumes JIG
or these volumes SIT were published in New York,
223 in Philadelphia, and 203 in Boston The de-
partment OF fiction, including every class Of novels
and tales in prose, comprises 249 distinct works.
or juvenile publications, there 81 of gift books,
80; and of poetical works, including hymn books
for the use of churches, So The number of reli-
gious and theological works is ITO. Comprising
under one head, general histories, travels and
works descriptive of countries, not strictly geo.
graphical, we may put their number at l2l. OF
biographies there 90, of scientific works so,
and of metaphysical treatses, strictly so called
8. OF mathematical works there are II; clas-
steal books, q; dictionaries and treatises (not
grammars) on language, Is; school-bo 90; le-
gal works, 43; medical works. AZ; agricultural 20;
practical mechanics Is; artistic, 6; architectural,
8; political, To- commercial, IL; oratons, g. works
entitled essays in general, ii; manners and morals,
strictly 30 called Is; social economy, comprising
cook books and works for housekeepers, 49, natu-
raj history, 8; miscellaneous embracing works not
within the scope of either of the above divisions,
and often possessing considerable literary mer-
ii, -.
This list 10 valuable showing in part the char
acter of the mental aliment most in request with
the people of this country. It's interest would have
been enhanced by O comparative statement Of the
dence of the degree OF native literary productive
ness. Another important item would have been
the proportion Of female writer's, which, we ina
CINE, in the of original American works. ia
larger than can be found in the literature of any
other country .-Neto York Tribune.
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William NJ. BurweIl, Esq.

The following tribute to the talents and pub
lie services of WILLIAM M. BURwELL, esq,
is from the Petersburg (Va.) South Side Demo
crat, and is but one among many evidences of
the high position which he has attained in the
estimation of the people of Virginia:
''The address of the Mercantile Convention to
the people of Virginia is understood to be the pro-
duction of William NJ Burwell. esq, of Bedford
county. From this announcement one might ex-
pect paper displaying a familiar acquaintance
with the varied resources of Virginia, its CONNER
cial advantages, and the proper means of develop
ing these resources, and turning these advantages
to account During his long service in the Legis
ature of the State, Mr.. Burwell has confessedly
been the man most conversant with the multfari-
Gus industrial resources Of the Commonwealth
The address of the Mercantile Convention is alto
gether worthy OF Mr.. Burwels reputation. 1t is
decidedly, the very ablest exposition of the COM
mercial advantages of Virginia yet published"
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quences soon to come upon US with overwhelming
force, unless the people will rise in their might,
and arrest, at the last moment, the irrevoca-
BILE and fatal step"
The committee, therefore, call upon the citi-
zens of the State to pronounce in the most EN-
phatic manner against the proposed measures,
as alike uncalled for and impolitic.
The candidates nominated by the committee
for the Southern Congress are the Hon. WIN.
AIKEN and the Hon. W. d. PORTER.
The Charleston Euening .Nelos, received by
last nights mail, declares that ''the numbers,
responsibility, intelligence, and moral worth
which characterized" the above meeting, "af-
forded demonstration no less gratifying than
We feel assured it will prove effectual." We
opine that this view will be concurred in by
nearly the entire press of South Carolina.
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New YORK Democracy and ono compromlae.

We commend to the Union the following
paragraph from the Albany State Register:
"Previous to the Democratic State Convention at
Syracuse, MIR. Nafew, of this city, Hunker Demo
crat, wagered hat with Mr.. Davis, also of this
city, Wing, that the convention would endorse the
Compromise measures. After it had adopted itsp plat
form and adjourned, MIR. Davis claimed the hat on
the ground that the resolutions did not approve
endorse the Compromise measures. Mr. Nafew
claimed that they did, and thus dispute arose,
and it mutually agreed to leave it to Peter
Cagger, esq, chairman of the Democratic State
Committee, and George Dawson, esq of the EUen
ing Journal, good and competent men, to decide
the question The arbitrators thus chosen have de-
cided that the Democratic resolutions, adopted re-
Gently at the Syracuse Convention, do not approve
or endorse the Compromise measures of the last
Congress, and accordingly awarded the hat to Mr..
Davis
How does our neighbor propose to get out of
his difficulty2
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Virginia Elections.

The first election will take place the 23d of
October, when members of Congress and of the
State Legislature to be elected, and vote to be
taken for and against the constitution. At this
election voters under the constitution are en-
titled to vote for and against it's adoption, but not
for members of Congress and the Legislature.
The second election, if the constitution be adopt
ed will take place the Sth Of December next,
when Governor, a Lieutenant Governor, an At
torney General, and Senator'S and members of the
House of Delegates, will be voted fortbe seats Of
the members of the Legislature elected in October
being vacated by the adoption of the new constitu
ton. At this election every white male citizen of
the Commonwealth, the age of twenty one years,
who has been resident of the State for two years,
and of the county, city, or town where he offers to
vote for twelve months next preceding election
and other person-shal be qualified to vote
but no person in the military, naval, or marine
vice of the United States will be deemed resident
Of the State by of being stationed therein,
and person will have the right to vote who is Of
unsound mind, or pauper, or non commissioned
officer soldier, seaman marine in the service of
the United States, who has been convicted of bri
berry in an election, or of any infamous offence.
Fifty Senators and one hundred and fifty two
members of the House of Delegates be elected
in the State at the first election under the
stitution. The election of judges, clerks, survey
ors attorneys for the Commonwealth, sheriffs, ma
gisrates, constables commissioners of the revenue
&C., will not take place until such time the next
Legislature may prescribe.
We gather the foregoing facts from the Rich
mond Dispatch.
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DiyIsIon In the Cnmn.

In noticing the proceedings of the Charleston
Secessionists the other day, we cited admis
sions of more than one hotspur to show that
the South Carolinians are far from being pre-
pared, as a people, to venture on the ruinous
step which is now being urged upon them
The Charleston Mercury of Wednesday last
now brings us report of the proceedings of
great meeting, held in that city on the pre-
vious evening, to deprecate the proposed ''sep-
arate secession of the State" Never" says
the Mercury, "has there been exhibited more
enthusiastic and overwhelming demonstration, !"
whether in regard to numbers or enthusiasm.
A long address was presented by the Com
mittee Of Vigilance and Conference, in which
they reason most cogently against the suicidal
plan Of separate secession, and declare their
own determination to resist it to the utmost of
their ability. They say:
1--WE have deliberately interposed ourselves to
the further prosecution Of the separate secession q
the State, because it brings to US promise OF
good, but much OF evil. In il we can only discover
the beginning of that, the end of which must be
our ruin, if not our utter dishonor. II secession
is proper remedy for existing evils, it must be
because it operates as a redress for the injuries
they produce. We see in il remedy for the
wrongs which are complained Of; and, more than
this, il is surrender Of all thoso rights that are
yet untouched, because of some that are now in
vaded. Il is urged, and with perfect justice that
the legislation Of the Federal Congress has been, in
regard to the slavehoding States, opposed to the
letter and spirit of the Federal compact, in attempt
ing prohibition Of privileges to which they are
entitled. The remedy Of secession by withdraw
ing the State from the Union without combina-
ton with her sister States, alike aggrieyed, con
firms that prohibition, by a voluntary abandon-
ment of the only arena upon which battle should
be fought; and 10 a concession to opponents o.
every advantage their ingenuity could have de
yised, or their rapacity desired"
They 90 on to argue that the grievances 0
which. in their Judgment, South Carolina has
right to complain, are shared by all the slave
holding States, and that if she secede 1t shoul'
be in conjunction with them, not in opposition
TO their wishes. The position in which TIL
Secessionists have placed South Carolina !
fully appreciated by the committee;
1--WE stand, then, upon the verge Of revolution
without perceiving it, we have been brought
that poin. from which we can view the 'eonse
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denim unwise and uniustihabe the hostility mani
tested by portion Of the southern people, not only
to the Compromise but TO the Union ITSELF wedeclare
firm determination to uphold the honor and in
terests Of the South. We value the Union and the
Federal Constitution as the surest and strongest
safeguards of the liberty and Happiness of the
American people; but warn our brethren Of
the North-Whigs as well as Democrats-th these
can only be preserved by faithful Observance of
the obligations they impose, and by cherishing
anew those sentiments Of fraternal regard which
have heretofore held us together united and
happy people"
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New BooKs.-Messrs. Ticknor, Reed Fields
Boston, have issued this month a new Catalogue Of
their own publcations-choice in its appearance
as are the books its contents speak of. Out of a
list ofone hundred and thirty seven different works
embracing science, religion, fiction, education,
and juvenile books, &c, &c, ninety nine are ORR
ginal American and thirty eight reprints. II is
particularly pleasant TO notice in the choicest de-
partment, bellies ettres, that out of ninety four
works OF poetry, romance, fiction, essays, Sc,
sixty four are original American and thirty Eng
lish Here, beside the names of Wordsworth, De
Quincy, Leigh Hunt, Tennyson, Browning, Bal
ley, &c, are read Hawthorne, Jongfelow, Whip
PIE, Sprague, Holmes, Whittier, Lowell, Sumner,
Tuckerman, Grace Greenwood, Giles and Bayard
Taylor.-N Y. Litsrary World,
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The Nsw BEDFORD WHALING LIST contains SOME
interesting statistics, from which some idea of the
extent OF the whaling business may be formed
The greater portion of the business is confined to
Massachusetts. The whole number of vessels en-
ployed is six hundred and five. New Bedford has
two hundred and seventy five ships and barques, and
more than half the tonnage Nantucket, New Lon
don, and Fairhaven have about equal interest in
the business. There one hundred and
thirty two large ships and barques in port, fitting
men for officers and crews; the total amount of pro-
perty invested in the whaling business must be be-
tween twenty and thirty millions of dollars The
first months of this year there has been land
ed about 800, 900 worth of sperm OIL 500 900
worth of whale oil, and s 200 900 worth of bone:
making total of S6,50O,O00 for the first seven
months, giving for the year nearly S150OO0O0
IN. y Tribune
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REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIER " yesterday evening
we had in our office an old gentleman, named
Mcdonald, who says that he was born in Will
mington, moro than one hundred and two years
ago. He lost one of his eyes at the battle Of the
Cowpens, in South Carolina, during the Revolu-
tionary war. After the British surrender at York
town he went to France, and served in the armies
OF that nation first under Louis XVI, and after
wards under Napoleon until his first abdication in
1914, when he returned to America, even then an
old man. He is making his way to Charleston to
see his daughter, who is between sixty and seventy;
he has a son living in Tennessee nearly eighty
years ofage.
1t is strange to hear him talk OF old times and to
notice how readily be recurs to the scenes of his
youth and earlier manhood, while of more recent
events he hardly ever speaks, perhaps takes
count. He belonged TO Washngton's cavalry, and
is, perhaps, the oldest regular soldier OF the Revo-
luton now living. We tried to get him to give us
some "reminiscences of Wilmington in his young
days, but with the wandering peculiar to extreme
old age, he would diverge into some thought or
story OF his own He lives too much in the past TO
take sufficient note Of the present, even to make
comparison Wilmington (N CO. journal, 24th.
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p. w. ToMPKINs, formerly Representative to
Congress from Mississippi, (says the Mississippi
Republican, went to California a few months since
decided Southern Rights man, The editor says
he has late from him to the effect that he has
become Wing stumper in the FL Dorado coun-
try, and renowned his resistance" doctrines At
a great Wing meeting in San Francisco lately, in
which Judge Tompkins took part, resolutions in
favor of the Compromise measures unan-
mously adopted.
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The Union wishes to learn of us what laws
of the United States it has repudiated, and in
what manner it has indicated the right of the
invaders of CUBA to do the deed they have done?
To reply to the latter interrogatory first
our contemporary journal has repeatedly vindi-
Gated the right of the CUBAN invaders, by the
citation ofMr WEBsTER's letter to Mr.. Fox, as
an entire justification. 1t has contended against
all the facts that CUBA was in a state of prosper
GUS revolution, and that the followers of LOPEZ
had right therefore, under the law of nations.
to join the revolutionary party. Still it persists
in presenting this view of the case, notwith-
standing we have abundant proof from all quar-
tiers, by letters from CRITTENDEN's command,
and from individuals who remained TO the last
with LOPEZ, that there was no sign of insur-
rection in the island, and that from the first
to the last they received no countenance what
ever from the troops, or the Spaniards, and
were joined only by t,co CREoLEs.
This statement demonstrates that there is no
resemblance or analogy between the case put by
Mr.. WEBSTER and the recent expedition Of
l-ofEZj anu Jet 'iihc dHu gain Tie ltLleI Ol
Mr.. WEBSTER has been cited by the Union as
precisely in point. If this is not an attempt to
vindicate the right of the CUBAN invaders to
"do the deed they have DONE" we are at loss
to know what may be so considered
We are glad, however, that the Union has
at length come to lis senses; and that it is now
assuming the position, in contradiction of Its
previous course, that the expedition of LOPEZ
was an illegal and unjustiiable adventure. We
hope the Union will adhere to its present view
of The matter, and not relapse incontinently into
its old heresies.
Now as to the reputation of the law: If
the Union could habitually vindicate the pro-
priety of the CUBAN expedition, commend the
motives which prompted it, hail it as gallant
and meritorious movement of ''Lberators" like
LAFAYETTE and KoscIUsKo. rithom repudiat-
ing laws of the United States, passed for the
expressed purpose of preventing expeditions of
this nature, it must have exercised an ingenui-
ty in its arguments and in its mode of present
ing distinctions without differences for which
we cannot give it credit The whole tenor and
spirit Of the discussions Of the Union on this
subject have been at war with the spirit of the
act of 1918, and the conservative sentiments
repeatedly expressed in the messages and pro-
CARNATIONS of our PRESIDENTS, and in none
more emphatically than in those of General
JACKSON.
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THE RAILROAD CONSPIRACY CAsE.-The jury in
the railroad CASE after being out nearly ten hours,
came into court at nine O'Clock the evening of
the Goth instant, and rendered verdict of guilty
as to twelve of the prisoners. Annexed are the
names Willard Champion, Lyman Champion, E.
j. Price, William Garvin, o. d. Williams, Aaron
Mount Erastus Smith, Ebenezer Farnham, Army
Fiby, and E. Price. Smith and Farnham we're
recommended to the mercy of the court.
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TME SPANISH PAPER, La Union, at New Orleans,
having been obliged to suspend in consequence of
the destruction of its printing materials by the
mob, new Spanish paper, called FL Peiayo, has
been commenced at that place. The French paper
La LelnGine in the same city, also devotes three or
four columns to articles written in the Spanish Ian
guage, and commenting on Spanish and Spanish
American affairs.
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SUPPOSED ARREST OF PINcKNEY, THE SLAVE OF
Ma. GoRsucH.--A man answering the description
of Pinckney, with three others, supposed to have
participated in the Christana outrage, were ar
rested on the 25th nstantin Baskerville, Dauphin
county, Pa, and committed to prison. The e1a-
mination was to take place before Commissioner
McAllister at three o'clock p. m. of the following
day. All admitted themselves fugitives.
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OFFICIAL.
Notice 10 Mariners.

Mariners, and others interested, are informed
that the FLOATING LIGHT which for some time
past has been stationed at Carysfort Reef. ON the
coast OF Florida WILL on the lst of November next,
be removed to Brsnton's Reef, Rhode Island, and
will exhibit hoo tohite lights.
TREAsuRY DEPARTMEHT, September 81, 1851
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REPUBLIC OF SIERRA MADRE.-The Houston
(Texas) Telegraph, of the 18th instant, thinks the
failure of the Cuban expedition will help on the
new republic of Sierra Madre, and says the Ameri-
can Government cannot prevent its citizens from
emigratng to the northern provinces of Mexico. 1t
then proceeds to say:
ain one or two months the new government of
the Sierra Madre republic will, in all probability,
it's independence against the whole power of the
central government of Mexico will display its
victorious banners in the valley Of the Rio Grande.
When the republic s established, who is to
Independence fitting out, in their own ports and
under their own flag, expedition capable of sub
verting the power OF Old Spain in Cuba9 fthis re-
public were at this time established, who doubt
that army of five thousand volunteers could be
concentrated at Tampco or Matamoras to aid the
Cuban patriots?"
We shall see.
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SAnTAIN's MAeAzrNE-The October number of
this periodical is astefully and well got up. There
is beautiful scene of the burial of De Soto in the
Mississippi, line engraving of two pretty girls,
and numerous other embellishments illustrating
scripture history, the fashions, &c Published by
John Sartain & Co.. Philadelphia.
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Col. PRAeAY, the New York Tribune states, was
not killed in the battle of Las Pozas, but badly
wounded. Afterward, seeing the Spanish soldiers
enter the military hospital where he was and feel
ing that he would probably be massacred by them,
he took pistol and blew out bic brains
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SENTENCE or DEATH Joseph Clark, Michael
Mulvey, and James Sullivan, have been severally
sentenced to death in New York, for the crime of
murder. The jury having recommended Muvey
to mercy it is possible that his punishment may be
commuted to imprisonment for life.