The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1851-10-25

DINER fhHfpr hnd fouehcd " oiit-it disCbArn-
81 and lac and another man by the name of
Harris FASTENED 90 the spot and arrived Inst
~ the scrond explosion took place. II Il
doubtful whether Mr. Day will ever recover.
having one Ofhis eyes enlirrly blown oui and
his iaee aud head terribly gsshed and hruis-
ed Mr. Harris Is not 20 badly huFt.--Afid-
diebgry Register,
FArAL ACCIDENT AT EIIcIlaIsRs,--l,
grind stone burst at the scytho mandatory
Of Croasman & Co, Fitchburg, on Saturday
last, throwing man, who was At work ai H.
up through the roof Of the building, lie liy-
eel only about Gltecn minutes, Ills name was
Hiram Wilcom,of Thornton, N. H. lie leaves
u family.
60 a convention Of the friends Of Mr.
| Webster IN Massachusetts is 10 be held In
Faneul Hall, Boston. on tho 25th of Novem
Der, to nominate him for the Presidency,
a. A despatch from Cincinnati states tina
on the mornipg Of the 18th inst. the Orphans
Asylum or that city WAS totally DESTROYED. 10y
| fire. There were Mt the time one hundred
and six boys In the building, many of whom
saved themselves hy jumping out Of tho win
dowS. One hundred Of tho children were
saved, and six, Il is feared, persisted in the
flames. Thrrc bodies Of the six have been
found 10 the ruins.
| MIssIsTrrI ELEcTIoN.-In this State, ~
/ far as heard from, the majority for the Sub
missionisls, In the popular vote. I. 1000, their
majority of Delegates in. the Legislature is
So. H
/ SouTH CAnoLINA ELEcrIoN.-- Out Of
4o.340 votes polled in this State, tho Co,op-
Grafton majority is 1892. Five counties re-
main to be heard from, which will consdcra-
bly, increase this majority
HSNcw Orleans dates nj oc,. 81, have adj
vices from Northern Mexico TO the 10Th
Gen. CarayaiAl WAS within ten miles Of Nat
Rmoras, with force of 0, 900 men, including
400 Texan Rangers, and one company Of
discharged U. s. troops. The Revolutionary
army was expected to attack the city on.thc
morning of the 18th inst.
rS- Advces from Havana to the 9Th arc
received. A letter states that in consequence
sf tire-urEvUt representations Of the Spanish
minister at Washington 60 the Captain Gen.
eral !, the latter was induced 10 grant quarter
to the prisoners sent to Spain; and also that
he may, at the solicitation of the British con-
sui iberate those now confined at Havana.
FIRE. Autograph despatch daecd Calais,
Me-, goth inst, states that the Union Saw
Mills, at ST. Stephens n. b., were destroyed
by fire on Sunday. Four gang saws and four
single saws, together with 100000 feet of
lumber, were also destroyed. Loss about
$50, 900, upon which only $4,000 were iusur-
cd. The property was owned-by Messrs +.
II, Todd & Co, w. f. McAistcr, Joscrh
Granger, Abner IIill, and Chas. Hatch,
STRANGE SCENE. A correspondent Of
the Boston Traveller states that on Sunday
the 18th inst, at tho Dartmouth College
Church Mr. Thomas b. Mncl, n senior, enter
cd, just after the sermon was recommended with
CHASTITY countenAnce, and in his night cloth
Us, and proceeded to hisaccustomed seat He
was sick Of typhoid fever, and in his delirium
escaped during the momcntary absence of
his attendants He died the next night. Mack
belonged in GilmAnton, ~ IT.
ND Inc Oarulhcr (me) transcript SAYS
the crop of winter wheat in that State this
season will yield over 900, 900 bushels--flr
exceeding the wheat crop of any preceding
year
ESrGe Robert Davis of Concord n. H.,
fell from the gutter of his house, distance
of about 8 feet, and was severely injured.
EDDavid Parker, revolutionary soldier,
and an early settler of Ira Vermont died at
his resideaqe on the Sd inst, at the ADVANCED
age of 80 years.
MURDER AT EAsTPoRT. A man named |
Phelps, soldier stationed at the fort at Fest |
port, stabbed man named Sullivan, to the |
heart on Saturday evening, about o'clock.
The murderer was knocked down two or
three times with brick bats, Sc, by a party
Of three or four Irishmen, among whom was
Sullivan, the murdered man, and Oh getting
up Phelps thrust his hand back with the
knife, which entered the lower part of the
heart of Sullivan, causing his death in about
m hour. Phelps was arrested Immediately.
pS- Mr. HenrK Grinnell has received from