The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1851-07-19

since on board steamer, bound for TeEAs
On the officers approaching him he resisted
them and drew bowie knife, They howey-
or, shot At him, aud finally secured him, lie
Is now on bis way to Virginia, When arrest
ed, he had his family with him, and also slor-
900 In good money
81 Gen, james Miller who served with
distinction Ia the last war with Great Britain
died at Temple, N, H., on Monday evening
last Amer the war, Gen, Miller was appoint
cd Governor Of Arkansas Territory AFTER
wards for a long series ofyears he held the
Post Of Collector Of the port Of Salem, resign
ing Il in 1910. since that time, be has hsen
resident Of his native State, Now Hampshire,
The immediate cause o. bis death was apo
plexy.
a. Tho Republic says that the new Capt.
tol buildings 10 be erected are 10 be each one
hundred and forty two feet eight inches In
front, by two hundred and thirty eight feet
eight inches deep, They are to be placed at
the distance Of foriyfour feet from the present
Capitol on tho north aud south ends,and will
be united 10 IL by connecting corridors. The
Senate chamber will be seysai weight feet by
one hundred feet In the clear and the Hall
OF the House Of Representatives one buodred
by one hundred and thirty feet Both Of these
chambers will be placed ia the western end
Of the new buildings,
Tnr HARVEST cRoPa, &r,--The wheat
-,rei, T. Tea generally seenFed throughout the
| grain growing Southern States, on the Ohip
and Mississippi Rivers, and judging from our
exchanges,it has been an unusually abundant
one, Very few complaints have reached Us
/ from any quarter ola short crop, and when
VIZ take into consideration the vast surface Of
soil cultivated, there can be no doubt but the
crop will be the largest eyerproduced in the
United States.
or The Beaver Island Mormona, Acquit-
ted at Detroit on the charge Of obstructing
the mail, still remain under indictment for
dcprcdations upon Government lands, and for
making counterfeit coin Of the United States,
upon which indictment they will be tried at
the kslomn tCTm and in the meantime the
tpTisuuurs will be- Mt iurF- upon bail
rgThc majority, rs officially reported, in
favor ofthe new Constitution Of Ohio, is stat
ed at 1929, The majority against licenses
for retailing liquor is sosl.
HSThero were nineteen deaths from chol-
era the past week in Cincinnati, Ohio.
EB- A mammoth white flag was suspended
from one of the windows OF the Charleston
Mercury office on tho 4th inst, on which was
a lone star, and n rAttlesnako with is head G.
rect Mt the foot ola palmetto tree, Ns-H about
to strike. a portion Of the military drcw up
before the office, presented arms, and gave
three cheers for the flag of South Carolina.--
The rattlcsnake is good emblem II makes a
noise a long while before it bites.
r8rIt is stated that the administration have
determined TO prevent French interference
in the affairs ofthe United States at the Sand
wich Islands
CT A stem Of Strawberries, ten in number,
thciargest measuring inches in circumfer-
cnce, and the smallest one inch, was picked
a few days since in the garden of Mr. james
rfayUtt, tsuuuiugtun ' t---------------'
POSTAGE TO CAnFoRNIA.-The present
postage rates to California ,arc--lettcrs, pre-
paid, cents; unpaid 10 cents; transient
newspapers, cents an ounce. The former
:, rates were for ettors, 80 cents, and for pa
, pers cents each.
ST William Darling, the young man who
was committed to Jail at Keene for burning q
, barn in Chesterfield a few month"; ago, was re-
minded by the festivities oftho 4th that fibcr.
ty was among mans inalienable rights, and
he accordingly proceeded on the night OF thai
, day to liberate himself 10y saving off the
CRATES of his window, which were about al
inch square. He has not since been hear
from.
! PosT OFFICE CHANGES IN NEW Eng
| LAND,-The following Post Offices have re
Gently been established. South Carthage
Franklin County, Me, w V. Tainter, r. NJ.
West Washington, Lincoln Co, Me-, Henry
b d. Doe, z. NJ. Crawford's House, Coos Coun
. tY n. H., Joseph L. Glib, p. NJ; Glendale
Berkshire CO., Mass, John H. Strong, p. 81
. Lewis S. Eddy, has been appointed Postmas
c ter at Rockingham, VT, in place of Seymour
: Childs, resigned.
p AT the settinE OF the deus on the last Der
h by, (England) race it was stated that Sir 10
c seph Hawlcy and his party had won 10000
independent Of the stakes, which amounted Il
Z" upwards of $4,000. One million and twent,
FIVE thousand dollars gained by ono man OIL
ono horse race.
New JUDGEs.-Two new G. p. Judge
= have been appointed under the act of the las
. session in New Hampshire, Mr. Geo Y Saw
!, yer of Nashua, and Mr. William =. Wheeie-
r of Keeffc .---,a--s-----aa
e MiDbLEBURY CoLLEGE.-On- the 25tI
ut., at a meeting of the President and Eel
lows of Middlebury College, MIR Joseph Bill
J, linger was elected Professor of Rhetoric anC
d English Literature, and Of Intellectual Phi
$ lnsnnhY To ell thn -chnir yncnted hv the rea