The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1852-04-24

IN the Common.
SHow.-The Concord (N. H.) Patriot
mentions that there were inches OF snow on
he ground at Concord, on the 10th. In
his place, there were l6 inches, vet four or
five DAYS afterwards, in the streets in the VI
.initv of our office, the ground was settled and
lrv. and the walking good. 1t is not so, how
ever. to a great extent, but generally the
highways are muddy and the travelling tedi-
Gus.
DEATH OF THE VENERABLE BIsHor
Elijah lledding, senior
Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
expired at twenty-five minutes past noon on
Friday, at Pou.hkeepsic, in, We believe the
I'D wear vi his age. And truly may 1t be
said that a standard bearer in the Metho-
distic Israel has tainted
Bishop IIcdding, We believe, was native
of Vermont. We at least know that at very
early period Of his life he resided at Shelburne
in that State At that time he lived IN the
family of Hon Mr. Mcacham, pursuing what
NAV be termed an agricultural educahon--
50 s,ronr. however was his thirst for knowl-
c,lGe. that whatever money he acquired was
spent in the purchase oi books, and though
the study OF them was never permitted to IN
,,ricrc with his other duties, they formed the
DELIGHT of his leisure hours.
He entered the itinerant ministry OF the
Methodist Episcopal Church IN lool- and was
elected Bishop in 1874. Few men III any
sphere of a life have passed through the Va
ricd experiences or accomplished an equal
anoun; Of labor with the venerable deceased
II i bat within last three wears. We believe
tina; he has ceased TO perform his share "i
the oncruu> physical and mental labor d"voiv-
ing u,,on the episcopacv OF the Meth"di>
Church. Tha; he ALWAYS performed tho>'
duties in the spirit of lis Divine master, cal
nr testified ly his brethren throughout th'
ministry of the denominatlon.-to mH"ctH
1dcUti>u.
JArAN-Thr Washington Correspondent
Of IT,. Atlas under date oil the 18Th SAYS
In the Senate. Yesterday. The President o;
the United States communicated several i'm
ror,ant ot,;cial Documents in reference 10 ia,
existing relations between the United State:
AMI japan. Among these was a letter from
President Fillmore Ia the Emperor of japan
This letter refers to our important commerce
between China and California, which is con
>tamtiv passing alon. the shores otJapan. anc
~. .lp-D..- et.,.--- ; - -~~h~i
IN that coast. and a.kin- tor Kindness for oul
men, and protection to thc property Of our
people, Among other things, the letter ais
asks that harlor NAV Lc selected by tn,
Emperor. at which our vessels NAV Ice at Ito
crtv 10 stop and purchase coal These doru,
meats were ordered TO lie printed for the u,
Of the Senate.
'.FAEM WORK For ArLII."-T nrl,.r this
head a Massachusetts paper yivcs the follow
Ing directions. They viii not hc altogether
out of place in our meridian: Now clear the
SHOW from YOUR hot beds, shovel walks from
the house TO the highway, make a walk for
the cattle TO 90 ont and take the air and
browse. and prepare seeds and tools for plant
ing in July, in case of a favorable change in
the weather"
EE The ears were late "Wednesday night
The Manchester and Concord roads had been
injured by rains so as to impede the up trains
that day.
GRAFTON CorNrY CoUET.-The Grand
jury were discharged on Friday morning af-
ter returning Ia the Court twenty-siN in,hrt-
mcnis-eishtccn of which were for selling
iquor-two on road caSes-one against Beth
lchcm and one against LYMAN. Nicholas
Murrev was indicted for an assault. wound
Ing one Timothy Kelley at Warren, plead
rot suilty-tricd and found guilty, and scnten-
ccd 10 two months in the common jail Job Ca
nary. Benton, breaking into the shop of iona.
Sticknev and stealing fifteen gallons of gin
Plead "uiltv->entcnced TO State Prison
three days solitary, and three wears at hard
labor. Abner ii. CLYDE Of Lyme, torgcr-
plead guilty, sentenced to States prison three
days solitary and three wears hard labor
James Duly for larceny in taking pair Of
steers from Seth Tcnney of Hanoyer-plead
not gmlty-jury found him guilty and the
Court sentenced him TO five years hard labor
IN the State Prison.
State against Franris l.. Stanley. and f.
bridg q. Wilson. both of Bristol for perjury.
Bonds and recognisinces torieitcd-to be re-
nlittcd if respondents appear at plymouth in
Nav
The action Ross vs.. Powers orc-,,icd some
three DAYS when the parties settled the case.
The eases llazellon ". Powers and Woods
". PowcrS-kmown a. the Path wool eases
were also arranged and disposed of.-Idrer-
hill Repubican.
SUFFOLK BaNk.-The Committee of Di-
rectors o. the Suffolk Bank. having closed
their investigation of the accounts with tb,
country banks. find the amount of ,lctalration
chargeable TO Brewer and Rand-the default
lng Teller and Book keeper-to be S2l4.5l5.
Notwithstanding this deialcation. the larye
surplus, reserved on former dividends. ena-
bles the bank to declare their customary div
idend of = per cent. with remaining surplus
of Sll0,uu0. This large profit. compared
with that of the other hanks in the CITY. is
the fruit OF much larger and more RESPONSE
BILE business so far As regards the manipulation
OF money, than that of any other hank in the
country. The bonds of the ,lcfauitin. par
te> are orl Y 5000 each. 1t is not supposed
that the money clmi'ezzlel, 10 any consi,!rra-
bic amount. has been taken away hy Rand,
who has ai>condrd. hu, that most of il WIS
sunk as it was taken bv the parties. in stock
specuiations.-DdIy iGrcrt;ser.