The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1851-04-05

extracted thereirom purse with two cents
in il, steel pen, half pencil, tailor's bill,
n rent bill an omnibus ticket and a dickoy.--
lie requests the robber 10 sell the vsluables,
pay the bills and keep the rcmaindcr him
self
az A couple Ia Green County, Ohio, the
husband ~ and the wife 10 years Of e,who
have beon married about four years, have
two children one Of which Is over three years
and the other over one year old,
SEyEHE SENTENCE ron KIDSArPING.-
In the Court Of Quarter Sessions At Philadel.
phiS, March 92d, Geo, =. Albert and james
r. Price, were each sentenced 10 ten years
imprisonment In the peuitentAry, for kidnap-
ping free eolorod boy, and selling him "a
slavery. Tho former was Also fined $1,000
and the latter $500, for the use Of the coun-
" and the prosecutor. Judge Parsons IN
rendering the sentence was very severe in
his remarks TO the prisoners.
DRD OF GRIEF.-Mr George Spencer,
the builder Of the houses which fell down in
Twonty-Gnt street. New York, about two
months since, died on Monday night, owing
to grief il is said, superindueed by that mel.
ancholy event
81 AZ n dinner given 10 General Quitmhh
he declares his innocence Of all participation
in the Cuban affair; but admitted that 20 have
led the opposing forces, and TO have aided in
the final success Of the expedition would have
afforded hin, great nleasuro
or Prof Charles II. Haddock, Of Dart
mouth College, len Hanover on the gath ult..
for Lisbon, in Portugal. 10 assume tho post
Of Charge d'Anhirt. lie was intending 10
sail from New York in the packet ship Gar
rick, about the Goth ult,
HSr The books for receiving subscriptions
for shares in the White River Bank, will be-
opened at the Bethel House, in Bethel, on
the 2sth day Of April, A. d. 1881, at ten o..
clock, a. NJ.
or Tho Rutland and Burlington Railroad
CO -hAs commenced tl...--is-rir TIrT uyEJTr
Mortgage Bonda The whole amount Of the
issue TO be covered by mortgage win be ST.
100000, and the financial policy OF the Com
pany, TO sell the new Bonds in such amounts
and at such times as may be necessary To pay
the Bonds now outstanding and maturing be-
tween this and the year 1866.
GEN CAss a CANDIDATE ron rur PRrs-
IDEScY'-Advices from Texas TO the 18th
inst, announce the receipt Of letter. by n
gentleman at Indianoa, from Gen. Cass, in
which he says he will be candidate for the
Presidency, at the ensuing election, IL nomi-
mated by the National Convention of the DEM
ocratic party.
DARTMOUTH CorLEoE.--Abiel Chand-
Ter, ESQ, late Of Boston, deceased, has given
by will to Dartmouth College, mn thousand
dollars, to establish department for instruc-
ton in the useful and practical arts Mr
Chandler was native Of Concord n.
H.--vas in business in Boston until
TWO years since, when ne retired 10 waipoir,
N. H., at which place he died few weeks
ago.
nE The Lawrence Courier takes ground
for GrnSssl Scott, aud concludes LEADING
article thus:
We should rejoice TO sec the dcstinies of
the nation placed in his hands, feeling that
the Union in whose defence he has shed his
youthful blood and periled his life in after
years, would find in him an able and patri-
otto ruler. t'
UNITED STATES NAvY.-aThe Navy of
the United States at present consists of sew
enty-fve vessels, carrying two thousand and
eleven guns These comprise twelve sbips
Of the line, fourteen frigates, twonty-one
sloops-of-war, four briggs, FIVE steam fripates
and ten steamships, of which three are first
class.
R% The Army Commissioners have pur-
chased Woodley, beautiful country seat
near Georgetown, owned by Colonel Loren
20 Thomas, Assistant Adjutant GENERAL, for
one of the new military Asylums, The price
paid was $4,000.
BENEFIT ron KossUTH.-Tbe receipts
Of the Chestnut street Theatre, Philadelphia,
'n Tuesday evening, are to be devoted TO
he wants Of Louis Kossuih and family, tho
exiles, in Turkey, so tho Penn |
'ylvanian says.
90 The Boston Daily Mail, one of tho old I
'st and most able oS the penny papers in Mas
echusetts, and paper, too, that has always
consistently sided with the Wings, although
lot party nspcr, has a capital article in re-
,ard to Gen, Scott and the Presidency.
&E'The Kcnnebec journal la, como out
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