The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1853-08-27
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WIFI W 4hOHtf)elicr Is talked oi-tue cOHul- !
ton being that $4,000 shall be contributed |
towards the erection of buildings, &C., by the !
citizens of the latter place. About $4,000 !
has Jccn already subscribed.
sag, \ beautiful silver pitcher was present
ed by the graduating class in Middlbury Col
lege, to Professor Bttenger, on his retire
ment from that Institution.
EY~ Four Editors in New Orleans have /
died victims to the yellow tever-two of the
Picayune, one OF the Delta, and one of the
Crescent.
IaS@ The young men of Mobile have sub /
scribcd 81 900 for the relief of the sick in
New Orleans. and in New York the subscrp-
tons have reached $4,000.
e5T Secretary Marcy is deeply afflicted by
the death of his son Abraham, aged about
twentv-three years. lie died on board the
sloop-ot-war Preble, on her way to Fayal
Azores
TIE INDIAN FIGHT.-Genteme from
Fort Laramie, inform the St. Louis Republi
can, that the battle between the Pawnecs
ana the CheyenneS, the principal tribes en-
gagged in it, was very inconsiderable affair,
though great number Of Indians participa-
ted. The Chevennes were whipped, losing
some twenty of their warriors the Pawnees
lost five Or SIX of their warriors and two or
three of their women.
esg" Cary II. Boatwright, of Indianapolis
recently married his tenth wife.
~ y female worshiper in the congrega
ton of the Methodist Church at Camden, y.
j., died while in the attitude of PRAYER, dur
ing the service Of last Sunday evening.
81 Chains have been placed under the
wreck of the steamer Atlantic, at the
bottom of Lake Erie, and it is expected that
she will soon be raised.
Is" \ man having intrudcd himself into
the bedroom Of lady in CINCINNATI She at
tackled HIM with apaI OF >calding water, AMI
the poor ScounLrcl is gong to die Of the eli
fleets.
E3557 1t is SAID that a telegraph line from
Portland to Montreal, by way of the Atlantic
road, is rapidly .oing forward. and will be
completed in the course of a month
e." The Albany Evening Journal of the
eth announces the completion of the North
crn Railroad, connecting that city with Rnt-
land 1t says the first passenger train came
through on the previous evening and the
train that morning reached Rutland in good
season.
Bridging THE ST. LAwEENCE.-Mr
Stephenson, the engineer of the tubular
bridge over the Mcnai Straits, has gone to
Canada. to survey the ST. Lawrence. with
the view bridging it at Montreal, for the
Grand Trunk Railroad. This gigantic I'M
drrtakiug is roughly estimated at : .,0o0,oo"
The railroad itself is, W" believe. TO cost
,oi..c s5p.pYr,o3y. Tie capital is to come
rom Ea-iani.
rs The condition Of the New York mar
ket is one of depression. Money rules at a
high figure, say to - per cent
& Accounts from Mobile, which are sup
posed reliable, report the fever to be on the
increase though the authorities and press
cndeavorcd to keep the matter aS silent a.
possible.
Ea5' \ contemplated insurrecton of the
+ slaves in Nottoway county, Va, has been
discovered and suppressed. Their intention
: was to murder all the white inhabitants.
| SUICIDE IN RoYALToN.-A man. accom-
panied by his wife and three children, arriv-
ed at Royaton on Wednesday evening last.
+ and took rooms at the Hotel where they re-
= NAMED until the next dav. On the forenoon
: OF Thursday the man went to the tavern
barn, and hung himself He was from Con-
=. necticut, but his name was not known to our
:, informant.
= President Pierce and his Friends
E Amongst the papers in the Union which
: gave Gen Pierce his most effective support
= for the Presidency, was the journal of Com
>. mcrcc, in the city of New York ; a pape,
{ which gave to Gen p, last year, all its inhu
:, cncc. This paper, of the 9th instant, con
. tanned one OF the most ably written article.
n we have read for many day, reviewing at
V length, and severely cenSuring, the apparen
: policy and the known appointments of tn,
t present Administration. The article i.
i vouched for the editors, as being from al
u eminent New York Democrat who support
d ed Gen. p. last year, and as truly retlectin.
X the feelings and opinions of nearly or quit,
!, the entire body of the National Democrat
t, Of the State of New York. The editors civ,
d near a column in their exceedingly spaciou
II journal to the long article of their CORES
# pondent fully approving its tone and ten
It dency.