The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1853-01-22
nee 'ttAc Vt. chronicle.
GOLD.


DART. COLLEGE, Jan. II 1888
:'ln"c my la>t,Prpt. Hubbard has read me- =
letter Just received from d gentleman in AN.
ada. employed IN geological surveys. maxim
inquiries concerning the gold found on the
tlUcchcr River, in view o. til" connection it
may have with the cold region on the Ch,n-
deere, the rcgion OF his explorations. He
states that the Chaudicrc and its tributaries
hld fair to hc productive in gold that he ha>
traced three parallel veins on that river
that 1t exists in the bed OF the RIVER d., oun
and that he has traced the formation INFO Or
leans county, Vt. Tie stream that flow,
down the eastern slope of Troy mountain.
Hho>c waters run into the M>>i>~lnni River
he says, is rich" in gold He states also that
gentleman Of hs acquaintance has found
recently. upon the bank of the Mrmphr,ma-
COG River, near Sherbrooke. a nuglct Gin
plain English. lumpD Of gold wcishino
fourteen ounces. (>omr >2JO). He states
further that he himself has found uol in
Franronia, in the bed Of the stream near III.
turnarc.
The observations thus far made. and thc
facts obtained. demonstrate. in the opipion
of thus gentleman. that the cod oflllat rcuion
has its origin, not. a has been asserted. IN
the DRIFT or glacial action, Nhat is, hrnurht
from the north pole sonI"whrrr nr.yinus r.
The Year onr.) but belongs To- the ORIGINAL for
ma'ion OF the district, and that it is part of
the auriicrOuS formation which extends thro
vermont. An Inspection of a ncoloriral ma,
Of tins wh"I" r""I"n. in connection with the
several points III which gold has been found
The ChaudIcrc Magog re"ion the Que
ch"c ant points farther >outh-wilI h, in
>trnrtivc to tho>" interested in this snlirct
he report Of the cold operations of the
'haudlcrc for five months, in the wear ISL
t>rr >Iilman'> !ournal) shows product Of
1920 p"nnywright,. What the facts Of more
recent operations are. am not informed 49,
Bat that amount obtained in one small dis
trict, originally from rocks in siu Is impor-
tan;, and more so in connection with the state
m"ntS OF the letter above mentioned the
writer BEN" man OF science and worthy Of
consideration ! r
II; The following is an extract of a letter
ln>t received from St. Petersburg and dated
the 2lS. of December:
There Is report that the Plague has en-
tered Russia. and is prevalent at A~trarhan.
and another place. The Emperor has order
'd military Gordon of sixty or seventy thou
sand men to prevent lis advancing further in
to the country. Some alarm is felt at 81. Pc
'rr,hnr". though in former times, as in the
reign OF Ca'hannr, 1t stopped at Moscow"
"LITTLf Benny. zen, Picrcc's son was
great tavorltc with the Concord people
lie was agreeable, kind and generous. and
much beloved by his plavmatcs. When ask
ed the other day, "Wcl Benny, how do Won
expect to like living in the White House -
ne replied, Il don't know abont Hyinr There
at all. | would rather 90 out to live on 4
farm"
He ASE or WILSON TIT ENGRAyFH.
In the IoI"c court Yesterday, the case Of
William W. Wilson, the cncravcr. was bro,
NJ for examination. Justice Russell on the
bench There were five complaints against
hn. charging him with making and and lorc-
lng : 10 bill on the Merchants Bank: hay-
ING IN his possession plates in the si,nil.ule
OF the Merchants Bank, Boston. and Trades
mans Bank, Chelsea. with intent to use, or
to cause aud permit 10 be used and employed,
IN forging or making false and counterfeit
bulls or notes; with having in his possession
Tor similar purposes. four mould> adapted and
designed for making counterfeit coin in the
>"milt"de Of American dollars. halves. quar-
t"rS and dimes: also counterfeit CONS. also
hank bill plates of the IIouSatonic Bank. and
the State Bank Of Indiana. The compaints
III relation 10 the counterfeit bank bill having
the tall plates "t'thc Merchants and Trades
mans bank. and the dies for conntcrfritinc
CONS were the on ones examined into
pom two of the complaints, he was held for
'naI IN $4,000 each; on one $4,000: and the
other two, 5000 cach-n all. ST., 000 and
Ill default of bail in that sum ne was commit
tea to Jail. The counsel for the Government
stated that there were three more complaints
20 he brought against Wilson. but they had
not vet been prepared.-EoSton .fHIs.
~ John NJ. Weeks has been appointed
postmaster at Lyndon N ri.,, q sid, Iioush