The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1854-09-23
Morrill,


men. ,J&eed and Morrill, are anti Nebraska.
The rorfM vote thus far anil it will be
changed, relatively, hnt slightly. hy the bal
ancc TO come in - stands as follows III :'Si
towns:
Parri. and Carey. Administration. 1851
Morrill, & Reel. Anti Administration. 5000
Majority against the Administration. :6.SS9
j.. Compress All the member. Of Congress
are anti Nchra>ka. The reiority ly which :
tlcv arc elected over the Pierce candidates:
or rather. the vote against the Pierce cand!-
date Is about the same As that given for Nor
rl and Reed
Tur LrGISLATrEr.-Not a solitary Nd
ninisration nan is elected. frcn present az
r.aranccs. to the STATE Senate. The House
stands. anti Nebraska. 1o.: Administration.
81 Ten towns yet TO be hear! from. Light.
at last. s!rrs from thr Elst.
EE "ti W. Grandcv of NcrccnrcS. j. 5.
Wa>hlurn of Woo.!sock wings. and I. Bart
lett .Jr of LYNDON democrat. are anon" the
leading members elected TO the Assembly. II
does not seem likely to have much talent in
it,"
We cut the above from he Coos D,mocrdf.
from IN article HHen Tie Vermont election
ltncc'ls no lengthy comment. 1t is perhaps
q mcttcr of some regret that Lancaster is not
on the Vermont sale Of the Connecticut. that
tho editor Of the Usmo.ro' might grace Che
Assembly Hall of,his State with his brilliant
presence. 1t would then seem likely 10 have
much talent in it, Really. it is SINGULAR
that any New Hampshire locofoco should talk
Of = lack Of talent in the Legislator" Of Yer
mont one we mean, familiar as the editor
ofthc Democrat is with the administration side
Of the present House of Representatives ofhi
own State In looking down from the "allc-
~ upon his political friends in session time.
he surely must have been reminded ofthc an
sci!ote related hv the late John Holmes. of
Maine, of the dog 50 ;rfct he co"d bn'R' only
BY leaning against q 're. But to hc more So
rious New Hampshire has TIE honor of be-
Ing represented in the White House in the
person of the Chief Magistrate. We are con
fdent that the people Ct Woodstock, repre-
scn.ed by the Mr. Waslhurn, one of the mem
bcrs Of the Assembly alluded to by the Hrm-
ocrat. would not he very proud Of their rep
resentative If they did not believe he was
man considerably taller than Franklin Pierce,
In all the characteristics which 90 to make up
the man and the statesman. Besides NicSsrS.
Washhurn, Granny and BARTLETT Burlington.
Nn,llcbury, Bratt'cboro. Cabot. and other
towns, are represented ly men of some con-
sheraton in the minds Of the people of the
State, though they may he unknown to fame
In Coos above the upper Coos"
The Manchester (N. H.)
American says that potatoes short time since
were - cents peek at Manchester, but are
now offered from wagons in the street at 80
cents per bushcl. a Salem (NIass) paper
remarks that the potato cropin Essex County
10 as COOL as it was last year. The latter
rains have had great effect upon the crop ev-
cry where, and the prospect is that there will
I've an abundance of potatoes in all the New
England States, as we'll as elsewhere. They
will doubtless maintain so high a price in
digging time that starch makers will hardly
feel safe in purchasing largely, consequently.
though the crop should prove to be below the
usual average. the supply for other purposes
viii be ample. The yield in our vicinity,
aided by late rains. is quite good equal to an
average crop in some places but less in 9TH
er.. The quality is excellent.
1owA.-Thc official returns show that the
Wing (Clarkc). is beaten in the 1st Congress
sional district of Iowa, by Hall. Nebraska
democrat. by majority Of Ia votes. The
official vote is. Clarke II. na2 Hall II POO
II i. said, however. that Clarke will contest
Che election. on the ground that some of the
democratic election officers lave rcrrctratcd
fraus-rcjcctine votes for Clarke and count
ing illegal votes for Hall.
IIorS.--Wc hear that hop growers fin
thc Weld unexpectedly large The price toc
is hinh in consequence of foreign demand
created by a partial failure in Europe. Woe
& Proctor, of Boston, in their circular of rri
cos current. say: New hops are now ar
irving with SINAI! sales at 35c per H. There
il considerable inquiry for export 10 Grca
britain. and li-l,er prices are expected. Th,
crop this year promises a !ar.cr yield thar
for some years pat.
FE.>r-- We has, frost last Saturday ant
Sunday n; :ht, the first OF the season. 1t wa
not severe croI-:, here 20 i,,;rre any Int tit
more tender c'a-. a. vegetables.
Wcln""i'y ni-hi it was quite serene
DE"wNIn.-Cai.n T. Smile. Of Ialnc.
was drowned in California. willie bathing, Q,
''c a;h Of August. lie vas in Tie 2l,t yea
ii his age.