The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1854-07-29
T HE CAL DO II A N.
Raur.pOAD MEETING.

/ RAILROAD MEETING.
The annual meeting Of the Passumpsic
Railroad will be holden at White River juno
ton next Monday, for the choice of off,
GERS and for other business that may come be-
fore the r'cc,ing. The subject Of extending
the Road to the Line is not forgotten, although
circumstances are such that no active meas
ures to that end can be adopted just now
These circumstances relate to the stringency
of money matters in the cities, the high price
ofprovisions, &C.. and are such as 20 deter
men not mad, from undertaking to build the
Road, with the means in command of the COM
pany. 1t cannot be done so cheap by % or
80 per cent. as the same could have been
three years ago; and stockholders, even if
means sufficient were available, would not
desire so large capital as would be required
to complete the enterprise at the present time
The purpose to build the Road is nnatercd ;
and to build it as soon as it can be DONE
Something NAV I've done even this fall, but
the prospect for that is not so favorable as we
could wish. The friends of the projcc: must
possess their souls in patience 1t is bound
to 90. 1t must 90 Courage and pcrsevcr-
ance, with change of times, will put it
through. There are men enough to take the
contract Of doing the work. but they cannot
do it at prices which would Justify the officers
in closing contracts
: The Middlcbury Register saws that Dr.
Powers opposition to Judge Royce is exhibit
ed because the Judge did not answer all of
his inquiries. So we think. The Doctor
letter TO the Judge was inquisitorial and in
solcnt, 50 much so that no man with any
measure o! >clt-rcspcct could consistently an
>wcr all his questions. ami we doubt not the
letter was shaped as it was purposely to make
it offensive. The Burlington Free Press. re-
tcrrlng to the subject remark that it can see
no Reasonable objection to Judge Roycc's
letter I" Mr. Whiting. We can see plainly
continues the Free Press, "a reason why Dr.
Powers would Object No mans language Is
satisfactory To h!m which does not agree ex-
act,y with lis own wishes. no man ha. more
TO LAY about '>criliiv TO party ,ic,a,ion than
he has vet no one demands "a more affect
>crsIl:iv 20 his individual will. \ more I'M
ivtlou> iii t,tor can not Tee found IL, tween ,l,,.
Equator and the North pole. Car \icho-
Ia> is a baby To HIM"
l''''">''' ii I"
ii u ''''' man ny th' ram"
'>'" w. ''>'oh'"'> recently Killed III
"h''c i'''in" tr""s also. NAT
from c,,in, .o,ro,h;,, ,,,;o,,...
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''i''"Ni". Jonathan W iiiard. son o; Mr.
''''''! Is ha'rh"dcr OF North DAn,i!lr.wa>
crowned IN I'll" f>>nInl>r river, ahou, 80
rods north ii The residence Of Lambert Hast
ms. ESQ., IN tins village. at about o'clock
'"'''"v afternoon. WIKI his father be was
'''"'N' W '"'> town. "h" III '":n-
bath. IE.c. ,I,.,
wafer VIII, H.. h,, .,,.,, .,;.,..c,,
feet from the shore L.. REACHED deem water
and called for L.J., H.. ;, .,,,rI ma,
swim. and therefore. co,,,, ,s., =, ,.l,
liz fastened 10 the nearest ,r,,.. f,r assist
ancc. but none reached H., >no, short ofh,li
an hour Immediate scarf, w,. mad, and
the body found in aho;t ,br,e hour, IN e..
teen feet Of water some two rods below where
lac wen, INTO the >,r,,,, H.. WIS fifteen
gE' \ cali was got ny in Chittcnlcn Coun-
~ TO nominate county ticket by individuals
opposed to the union ticket. The Free Press
SAYS there were Is or >" persons present.
about half OF whom opposed action. Several
attempts were made I" place candidates in
nomination when 1t was found that not half
dozen ...'>'rc! to dissent from the regular
ticket. and an anr.:~.rnment took place with
out proceeding to nominate.
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Sheldon, on SATURDAY. was a union Conycn
ton of the opponents of Slavery Proparan-
'i'sm. The number in attendance was about