The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1854-01-28


sirable or commcndallc in Russian domestic
life The girls were formerly married at IL,
but now 1G is hy law established as the ACC"
There is little evidence of sincere affection
among the pcasantry; the wife is whirrcd and
abuscd-tlc husband singing at the same
time,
IL beat scu Ike my coat.
Hove voli s;kc 1iiv heart.
At death the prizes: writes passport to kcav-
en-. and the bishop puts i: i'll the hands ct the
dead
The scrfs lead an easy INDECENT life and can
only I've sold with the soil They number
10000. 900. half belonging to the emperor, the
remainder to the mobiles. The Siberian cx-
lies after the first generation are 10y far the
mos. contcnfrd and happy Of the Russian
population \ part work in the mines; Others
In factories.
Not much was known of Russia until the
llih century Peter the Great was the real
founder Of civilization in Russia. He ,li, all
he could to advance and cnnollc hs-. The
nine successors since have not only never C.
,r,al!cd him but only made autocracv more
absolute Though there is much to make
Russia proud there is also much to make he-
bIu~l,. There Is no crca: evil rcsultin. from
her ;;,rm of government. bat the laws are III
very impcrict.: and ,:nsHstcmat'z'd c""di-
t;op Their rrli.ion !, that o. the Russo
Greek church; they have 10 patriarch a> NC
emperor acknowledges no higher power than
hi<. The priesthood are corrupt and nrcill-
gate, lily adapted to elevate a people. Ed
ucation is much neglected They are behind
in every thing but in the matter Of securing
competent military officers. Their army con-
>i>t> of .oo,o"o infantry and 10000 cavalry.
with a navy Of 1000 Guns. or twrc a lar."
herself very little exported. Her great
wealth is in her mines Her eol,! mines weld
Sl5oooo" yearly Russia is distinguished
for her illu>triou< and terrible deeds. her
monarch> and her crucliicS United with
Great physical achievements arc great iollic>
and great crimes. Tho present autorrat
thourii the best of her sovcrei@n~ in moral
|, worth fears the faint Of liberal ideas and
imposes great restraints 10 prevent his sub
icctS from coming in contact with ciyiiza-
ton.
GE0"TuE D'G>IrN OF LABOR will he
the subject Of Mr. PARKS Lecture before the
Institute next Tuesday Evening.
, SMALL PoN IN IIoILANp.-Thcrc are
D numerous recent cases of small rox in the
: town of Holland 1t spread into that town
j, from Derby. where there are several cases
In Holland several of the cases are consider
cd dangerous. We hear that in one family
!, there are seven eases. and IN another five
: Many others have been exposed tv comm. in
. contact with the disease.
= SUDDEN DrATH.-A vounr man !v the
q name of I.ackov. died suddenly at T.. Charles
l. ton last week. He attended a dance in the
evening an,! died about one o'clock the next
! morning. He was at work at East Charles
= ton la. sc are not informed as to the place
Of his residence
Il The new city government of Boston
are adeltin. :, >tcmatic measures for The en-
iorccmcn; of the an,i-li,iuor law of the STATE
Ffftt.-Seen after SHUTDOWN ott " rtit,c>,l,r
4 black smoke was Observed issuing from the
Academy building in Danyllc. The alarm
was Immediately given. and the people raj
he'd promptly and repaired 10 the >ccnc. and
tv strenuous cxcrtiors.without any AID from
the fire cnrinc which. for some cai~c did
not arrive on the ground unit! The fivc was
cNiin-Ui>hcI succeeded in rc>cunr the val
nihic bnliinG from destruction MANY C.
males. notwithstanding the intense cold were
ont the -ronn,l and Contributed their rxcriinn>
IN bringing wa:cr. 10 save the huil'lins
The IL" seems Ia haze occurred in co,l>c-
Iucncc Of >trc,ir heat in one Of the slaves.
heating the stone or brick foundation on
which it stood 81 as TO ignite H.. t',,rr and
wood work. The loss will probably not .x-
coed >ioo. Insured in the Vermont Mutual
Ef Isn't it Il pity The Vermont S:ac Ten
pcrancc Socictv has not a Pru3eutial Com
mittcc?
THE WEArMNE.-U n,il TUESDAY last onr
winter had been uncommonlv mild. the rnrr-
curry had not at any time fallen lower than
or > degrees below zero, and to that point
tut twice The fall of snow also had been
light here, and 40 or 80 miles north Of Us
STAGES run on wheels until within few DAYS
l;l,: the Frost King vcmturcd ont Monday
night apparently determined 10 make amends
Tor the past Tuesday mornin. at :. the
mercury was down to -. Wednesday morn
inr at the same hour POI at nj ght at /" O.
clock II stood at IL below and the next Thnrs-
day. morning. at e o'clock. at I. below
During the nigh, the weather changed. and
aLou; two inches of snow fell.
\ CASE IN T"wN.-The small pox has
appeared in three of the towns bordering up-
on this, hut not in town till afcw DAYS ago
\ child of Mr. kcniston. residing at the Cen
fro N,llauo has tho I;so,-o To ,,,ra,t-