The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1854-12-09

SiibS ara water was getting exceedingly
scarce.
The great hospital iii Srpas!oi,ol was set
on fire ~ Tie >hci of the allies, and was
burnt to the c~our' with all It's inmates, 1900
sick and wounded This frightfuI occur
renee is passed over as lightly as possible by
The English .nd French papers.
VERMONT NEWS.
FnrNn DrAn-Mr Lewis Russell, Of f..
Montpelier. was found dead on Sunday morn
III. l.st. in The raa,! lctwecn tbs village and
his fathers house His age was 81 1t is
probable that he was thrown out of h;s wac
on in descending from the bridge at TIE Hatch
farm, and his 'kul! was broken either by hit
ting he whii''t or by kick from the
horse. We are sorry that we are obliged to
add that Mr. Russell was rot temperance
man, and that there is too good reason for
supro>in" that he had obtained liquor on Sat
urlay in this village. Who is responsible for
Tie deatl, of Lewis Russell . Montpelier
Untclmun.
81 \ woman! Eve shall not give the
namc,) in imitation of rich, and respectable
men. has Frequently been selling liquor in
this village. Last week she was tried. found
guilty, fined twenty dollars and costs. and
sentenced TO three months imprisonment
She is the mother Of four chIdren.-on an
infant. But the sentence will not he carried
into execution. we understand. if this mother
rras's TO sell liquor. Who con.l execute the
law in such case ?-Rulund WyuI.
G." James Con!in took lol.rc s in the
Hu.land County .'ail. two months since. for a
*aryn Of six months. because he lad sold H.
nor oftcntimes contrary to the laws of this
State Last week. under complaint enter
rl previous to his incarceration lie was tried
for selling liquor, found guilty, fined $50 ard
costs, and sentenced to six months npriSOn-
mcnt. At tn" expiration Of eight months
Jimmy can 60 forth again to SCI! liquor, i'll
chooses. ID.
81 1t is stated that the Stark Bank, Il.
Bennington, which suspended last Monday
may ultimately redeem its bills, the Director:
being held in bonds to the State to insure tn,
result. The bills now sell for fifty cents or
dollar. The current reports are that til,
bank lost largely in Ohio.
g. The Rev. Allinus johnson has rclin
pushed the charge of The Methodist churyl
in " Waterbury, in consequence Of ill health.
e. Rev. Preston Taylor, who has bee,
for number of years a faithful pastor of tn
Congregational Church in Sheldon has re
moved with his family to Parma, Mich, hav
ing previously accepted an invitation to sctt
over church in that place.
C." The Milwaukee Sentinel saws that near
~ eight hnnt'red illegal votes were offered a
the different polls in Milwaukee, at the cleo
ton on the 9Th, and TIE Sentinel adds:
with scarcely an exception these votes wer
for the straight Democratic ticket: and wcr
kept ont of the balot-box only by promp
and determine! challenging"
eg Hon Levi y. Villas, formerly of thi
state, is elected to the Wisconsin Legislature
After his failures in the line oil ,...,itics il
this state, success where lie is less known /;
doubtless very gratifying TO him. The SIX
Of the hallo's by which he was elected j. M
known.
e. The Boston JomnM remarks that i
has been customary in the House for til,
Speaker to APPOINT upon each committee
member OF every political party, and hint
that the Know Nothngs design to carry Gu
this principle to its fullest extent in the com
ing Legislature, and by working the one dem
ocrat 10 death. destroy the last lingering rel
ic of Tie demo rate party.
e" Saunders has undertaken TO REGULATE
the Swiss Federal Government. a lonr let.
ter Las Saunders written to that august body
blaming it exceedingly for something
Or other-no matter what. Mr.. Fay, tie A.
merican Charge dAi'aircs at Berne. has
informed the Federal Council! that his GOV.
srnment has disavowcd the imper,inencc of
Saunders, and Tie contents of his communica.
ton.
e. 1t is pretty evident that wien a man
buys a hundred dollar handkerchief for a
"duck Of wife," that he is a goose of L,,s-
band"
q An Individual was arrested the other
day in Cincinnati, cndeavoring to pick a
mans pocket. lie said he was MT use to fine
business ard was trying to get his hond in.
Ey The last society spoken Of in CaI.or-
MIA is the Pay No,!inss" 1t is said to be
alarnlingly PROSPEROUS. The password is
''lend me d dollar, the response "brckc."
CLAYroN.-Mr. John NJ Clarion did not
attend the late X. y. Convention at C;ncin-
matt. nor Does he bcon. to the ORDER lie is
evidently ;r!in: the double dodge, and means
to mite. i! possible, :h- sweets of roinc into
the !o'9e, and Tie profits Of STAYING cut
"a 81 am an Owe Nothing" said a ncirh-
bras he PAL! ~ lis newspaper Ill.
"a The Civ -. Of C:..y...,., s;,sneuJeJ
on Tuesday. Had it been situated ia ..us-
,ra IN liz ,,r..- III. al ,.,'.ir,. ve.!! ,3y.
itea su.r,ul,l "a W.1i..-:4:.