The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1853-09-24
TIE MAINE ELECTION.

Morrill, ocos. ard 5 frccSoilcrS, leaving the
regular locotocos in a minority of thirty in
the House. Crosby. who. it is more than
probable will be chosen governor by the leg
stature. The vote for governor. in all but a
few towns not heard from stands as follows
Crosby. (whio) 25.9o3
P!I~6urv Ooco) 33,145
Morrill,, (loco) 1l.7is
Holmes, GrccsoiD SG3l
Majority against rillsburv, 1927
DISPLAY OF IIoEsES-Fridav. the day
after he close oft State Fair at Montpelier.
the show grounds were given up to the Jock
evs, and the fast horses were brought upon
the ground. We expect some minute ac-
count of the trotiingS will appear, but have
not Vet seen any. "Flvin. Morgan owned
in Massachusetts. was pittcd against Nor
rill Horse. owned by Mr. French MoErILL.
of Danville. They went over the course
twice, and the spectators generally agrcc in
saving that it was about meek and neck
with them, though some say The Morrill, Horse
won victory. These two horses were con-
sidercd the fastest trottcrs on the ground
We heard it >5ri1 at Montpelier that Mr. Nor
rill was offered $4,000 for his horse.
nISc0EpANT Subtitle locofocos of
New York arc hardly a unit vet. Their re-
cent State Convention at Syracuse divided
and held sessions in different halls. ard nom
mated separate tickets. The party is divided
INTO Soft" and ''IIar,l Shells, John Van Bu-
rem lca'!inr the former. and Gen. Ward, ap-
parrnliy, the latter The excitement runs
high in the State and the prospect Is alto
Gcther unfavorailc for n union or the factions
hereafter. Gen. Piece has filled thu, G,r in
rcconciling the two wing Of the party in New
York
Ml>>ACuU>ETT-.-T free soil, rs of
Massachusetts have nominated Gen. Wilson
for Governor, and AMhSA WA1krE for 1t
Governor.
NFM HAN"snirr STATE F>1r--Thc
fourth annual State Fair Of the y. II. Safe
Agricultural Society will I've held a, Nanrhrs-
trr on the 9TH. 9Th ar'l 7th of October. We
thankfully acknowledge the receipt of com
p}imrnfary Rad.". and an invitation to attend
from II" others of the Society.
GREAT M"ErA''ry.-Thr dv>cnfcrv il
It's most severe f"rn,i> prevailing in the wc>
tcrlv art of I.urrnhursh. In one >r!oo
district. - persons have recently died. Il
prevails mostly among children. though scyr
raj adults have died In one family Their,
were five cases, four Of which provo. fatal. -
This was in the family Of Mr. Olja, lIartwcll
he father died. tw" sons and one laurhirr.
cham. vice J. NJ. Martin, removed Worres
ter HUT. M,iuloc> Fails. vice AFRO Dalton
removed; :. Il. Mattock>. Dan,lir. wee e.
~ Burbank, resi- med st. bloomsbury. Geo
{. Barney. vice Joseph E. Fuller. removed.
u WN. HcE, ESP. has resigned tn,
>hrrt'aity of E->cx County. and las beer
appointed Deputy Collector at Canaan. y
W. fEl>'u. Esp. h. been appointed SHEER
i'll OF Essex County. in order 10 accept VIII
he has rcsiguci the office Of Postmaster a
luncnlurct. Rather an agreeable kind OF
rotation III Of e, we should Imagine. this 70
tatlmg from a cool Office into better
RAILROAD AccIrF>Is.-O On the 18Th
near Poughkccp>ic.o ON thrIIud>on River Rail
ro.d.a collision occurrci,h' which two work
u.cn-a fireman and !. Acman, were klli
cl. \ passenger train WI @oin- down an'
an engine gong u, take down train. Boil
engines were snla he'd, the baggage and frs
passenger car considerably broken, but N
passenger was c,.ally injured. On the I'll
two more workmcn were killed ON the SAM
road. by coming in contact with a proicctin!
BRIDE timber The Hudson River Road ha
been quite lucky in regard to accidents an,
considered one of the fest for travellers
sHAvE WE \ BLACK HAWK AMONG L ?
A locker on of the exhibition of horses Of
Wednesday, at the State Fair, would natu
rally raise this inquiry The several breed
Of horses were cla>scd separately and pa>>e
around in turn before the Judges, but n
Black Hawk appeared, either sire. mother @
son at least we heard of none The BIac
Hawk blood was nevertheless so clearly iii:
, cerniJlc, that no one could mistake it in Sc,
, eral of the ''crack horses. vet it was III
, known in name. Why was this : Last yea
, ''Black Hawk" was proud name at the Fa
and it was in the mouths of the multitude
, Not so this year Another, though not a ne
. race Of horses. wore the feather at the Mon
Q pelicr Fair. The Morgan. with some sort G
5 an adjective for prefix, was ''all the 20
: The Black Hawks, during the pas: year ha
t all been metamorpho>cd, and the horses a
e passed as ''Gitfor'l Morgans,' "Woodbur
a Morgan~, ""Bulrush Morgans," or some otl
@ err Morgan. The Black Hawks have bee
aJsorbcd, somewhat as the locofocoS of We
y mont ar attempting to absorb or take in
d themselves the free soil party.
It Have we Black Hawk among US? Wi
n Putnams Monthly answer the inquiry?
"a 1t is rumorcd that, for fair cor>ide
! alton, duly inserted in Tie bond, T. D. EAr
HER has entered into an engagement vii
: the ocotocos to iarJeri,e the free soil part