The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1854-04-01


caucus or two and a Cabinet conference or
two, but the bill will sleep on. The New
Hampshire election has fixed It.
The correspondent of the New York Times
tcllsthe following Col. Benton says, speak
inp of the Nebraska bill, We shall beat them
The ONLY fear have now is, that they wont
hold it up long enough to knock it down
SIR
FROM CALIFORNIA, OREGON AND
THE SANDWICH ISLANDS.
The steamship Northern Light, Capt Church
i'll. from San Juan de Nicaragua. arrived
at New York on SATURDAY morning. bringing
California papers TO the l<t Of March.
The Northern Light brings 3s2 passengers.
ard about seven hundred! thousand dollars in
specie.
Our san Francisco papers are to the IL
inst.
The poli;ica. news Is net Of much interest.
The excitement still continued relative 70 the
election of l.. S. Senator, but there has been
no acton thus far. Sacramento has been
designated as the state capital and the Leg
stature was TO meet there on the lSt inst
This action cave suc!, offence to the authorl-
ties at Brnii. that they refused to let the
>tcam'oa.. ordered to convey the state rec
or,l>. !r ut the wharf until "larg" Of 500
was ;',h.
The Ala California Of the lst inst, furnish
IS The following summary Of mining lntc..'-
.-nr".
TIE we:ti.rr has not. at any ;::;.r since The
discovery 81 ro'I. been 30 favorable tor MN
inc as ,iurin" the last nooF. and there Pro''a-
bly, was never comparatively 50 lars" an a
mount Of 60! dug,
Daring TIE (; rtni.!,t there has been three
or four DAYS ot i.rr, rain. and .Ilc mines con
tiuur to be nicn'iiui!y supplied with water.
The Chtr,nr.. Fiat Digging, have proved to
y. uu;, as rich IA r",nrtrl. and j, even said
20 :r tl. richest eyer found in III. State
Three thousand dollars we've taken o';t n \
lew hours. i. the shaft. when about - feet
deep. filled Nth water 80 ra,IA,y that The
ccrianv cat,r,rt work vi'1nu; sean, ,,''ni'
:, c:irry I'll th.- water ihout l., acres on
The ia, have lc"n ~rakrl oil in claims. .o:,,e
"t y.'.icil arr paving "vc,.,.ti;n-;v well. M
,.vri:,n,". ~i.,.i.r 10 tha, "a: lS;r prevailed.
y. l,w. III ,rN.Nrr o.: 'urnr'> lave
been n.i.. nv! IT,, .e~'h Ia been found ur-
usually !irh.
\ u,l.- n.rmt for 5 : 900. l.arin. three
per cent monthly interest. was rendered
a...irs. Col J. {. Fremont. in tie D:>:~ic,
Court "t ~en Fr.Hri>ca ON III" 18TH. The
orror!nf WIS for certain iil'> lawn y, g. "
Harl"rr Indian agent 1871. upon ~. So re
ta,y ot ;'l.. Interior. and Nv the latter de
!n,nrc,l
Nr Nathan H~''. aged aNcrt fi'.v. tar
.!i"r,v Of Rhode Island. va, mur'.r, /,
three Mr\icans. near ,uar:zbury. Two ci
,E,n had been captured. and were hun, b,
lie miners ot thc ,i,initv. The commission
.,lr dec! WIS confessed. and Ike iurcu,ir,
20 it was STATED :" ID" 4 r,nort Tia. NJ. Pratt
had two or three hun rcl dollars buried m
der h. hearth.
I.rwfE CAritnE<iA-T Los Angle
Star oi Feb lIth anl l>:h. record, ri, h col,
discoveries at san anita. about eighteen
'''li'> 'l'"i ~. Il iI't.
FROM OErGuH Axn W.~nlxGroy.--Th
advice are to the 18th of February. TIL,
Legislature of Oregon had adjourned
The initi.l step has been taken toward
the formation of SAFE Government in Or.
econ. \ y"t: viii i.r taken in .!uuc 10Y az,
against The measure. II in favor &: il. 4,
election tor members OF Convention VII! tax,
,Iacc IN September. AL the Con,cn.;c: l.
10 meet IN February nc>.
The returns Of the Con grc>>ional clcciio:
in the Territory 81: Wa>i.:n.;on .rr lao. COZ,
,lctr hut there was la !'u!: that .!ul =.
r,.',.r.:hu !.l:::.:~',r VS. ..lc successful can
Il kate
1t was thought that there woli,l be small
whir maioriv in the legislature.
FrnN rII!. SANDWICH IIono
lulu papers to the III. of February had been
received at : ~ Frame so.
The Polvnc,ian. in answer to an article
in the Friend on the >,.I,irc; of the anncxa-
ton OF the i~,in!> 20 The United States. saws
~Our friend knows. As well a. we. that ne
Government action has been taken on thi,
highly important topir. nor does there seem
much probability tia, there will he. until the
mcciin. OF the legislature in April. |, viii
then doubtless, he lronrlt to the notice OF
;hc legislature ly His Excc!lcn,.v tie Min
istcr of Foreign Relations. and The action of
the Government upon il viii be duly rromn!-
gated"
CAN SLAVERY EXI>r IN NEBRASKA? II
is often asserted that it cannot, and that no
practical issue is now before the people: Lu.
the Washington correspondent of the New
\ DIRK National Democrat said. on the oi.b
u!t:
In the conversation which had this morn
iii" with Col. johnson. the accredited repre-
sentative here OF the people of Nebraska
and who. hv the way, is fair snccin.n of
the In'iomIfahr pioneers of the West he in
formed me that M"r. are ulrrndg hu,,,!r,h> Of
T"r's m that 1rf1'orY. About a hundred
ar" owned there, and the rest owned hv people
IN Missouri. who lease them to settler. in Nc-
bra>ka. So it will be seen that. contrary "a
the general impression on the subject tbc
question is one o! immediate practical. impor
lance
We presume the testimony of this witness
vii! not be impcached by the friends of the
measure National Era.
SCALE OF REPRESENTATIVE
Few OF our community are aware of the
extent to which the Shareholders power in
congress Is increased by the principles on
|
winch representatives arc apportioncd under
the Consultation.
The present number of Representatives Is
tV law %! nj vI;cb 10 ,r, ..<. 4. -.