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The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1854-10-07

Lac expedition il IKE Cri:r"a has >ail.l -
il was III" i.r",>t naval force EYER co,c.,,I,,-
!'"' consisting a seven hundred >,ips. carry
III" II one '".'"' ncn. with horses. "urS
l"'"'""i''. "iiH"lS. tents. lto,i>icu<. a,,i All
ire ri''F''f g: war TIE flee. i r,.,,,: l.,
200" s"aIl"". a:il carries 5000 cannon
i:'' iand tore" comprises -. o,Io Ernl;.b s,l-
a'''>' ''''''" / r'irh. l",oco Egyptians. :iou,i
'nni>iar>, Az! 5''''' other Tu,hj-h >n,li,rs
"a: tue 81. The greater Tar; Of the Ep.,T l.
squadron, with the British troo1,~ @, Lo,rL
a =, on he 9TH, Marshal 81 Arnaud and ,lc
"FNi>h r''' OF Ike force. left Narna to ION
''.r 'Nr'"il"n al ihlor'a. or SERPENT i>;au,,
c'i The month Of III" E.n,ii,r. am, o,,,,,,.;.,
f-upa'o'ia III Ike Crimca. The emilia, k,;;on
WIZ tax" place at l,ont near BALM, near
t' nGu'h "i The river ka;cIia. where tlcr.
- !'''''i '"''i"aiS water. Once landed. H..
"''''> Wi. cfitrcnch themselves. The Er. Sims
n;n>i next =" driven frc.n .lr field and ,l.v
viii occupy the heights above III. city.
J rom III" S'a. Fort Constantine. MOUNTING
ne guns vii! i~ The principal ol,jec, of al
'"'k. lo>li"n has aI:ra,iv been discover
e" ny winch the Russian fleet can he emilia
"'"' an" either set on fire in the harbor or
."ii''iicd t" come out and fight. Not uu,cb
=, :, Known Of The Russian preparations. Prince
'!'h'h'N"iln person will conduct the defence
q: Nria>t"n".. He attaches great importance
TO roriS 0yzakeii and Khcrson. and ahort :,
thousand men arc engaged in >trcnr.!,cn;ar
these places. Continual rc-iniar,.cnrn,s Az
rive at o':tsss a"d pass on. co,oVo men are
sad TO be in camp, LcSilcs full garrison in
the CITY
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1854-10-07
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.

r. The Rev. I. 5. Hubbard has been lis
missed from the pa,tcratc Of the Conerrea-
tional Church in Chelsea.
The General convention of the Uni
ver>al>ts Of the United States commenced at
Philadelphia on tic 2"ll. Rev Gorlon f.
Mason cfPcni>. lvaria presiding. Delegates
were present from a large proportion d. the
remaining states Of tie Union.
&" The ir.nhcr of students row aided b,
:hc American Edu~af;onsl >o,etv. is larger
than ever beforehand .l.,sc include more than
half the students AZ ii,!o,cr. Bangor. and
East Windsor. About three Hundred now
receive aid.
e." \ great deal Of religions interest lia>
for some fine existed anonc the E,i>co;..li-
ans. Ea;,'i>t>. Mcthodi>'> and other ,:.Ilomi-
nations in South Carolina and Georgia. and
large number Of converts have been made,
In some OF the Baptist churches in ll!. latter
state, hearty 500 persons have been receive ed
ilv immersion within a very >hort TIME
er The Autumnal convention Of Initari
ans in America will Ec held in Montreal
Oct 1oli. and q large representation Wi
probably lie present from the United State.
and Canada
~ The Vermont la, ti>t Assertion lcIt
is G9ih anniversary in Rutland on the ii
and G;h instant. TIE number of ,.liurclc,
connected with the hoiy is ten.
e y o.gc<,ondclt Of the CA5is-,aa Il s..
<'tg'r says la. the late Cam l,"rri,.- a.
Iog kin"'iam. Vt. was ATTENDED! with r, ,ult.
which cali iog de-. out thank >ci,inc "Twcn.
ty-ivc AZ least for the first time ,oucht and
"italac', forgiveness of sin: Mere thar IA,
number entered INTO state q. entire ,.i.c;i-
iira':on, and a considerable number nor,
were reclaimed from tn h>l,lcn condition. :
H"..AI Ei;iViI.-fhcrc has been noirc
on !or some i!i.c i'll several of the S!c.lo IL;
Ei'i>"orai churches. AID perhaps ali at tl.cm
IN Washington. a.. extraordinary revival Of
religion. The n,micr oi converts is al! To-
he unusually large for ,ac!. meetings. Tl.ou.L
the ladies lre'.on.ina'e amon.. he converts
there are MANY ci lie >.c:itcr SIX Who ,i,,,i
10 '!ic eloquent an cal~ o: tic ministers arl
>""" who Srn' 10 ''>eoii. remain 10 Iray."
According 10 all accounts there la~ nc,ol
hccH 80 great a revival - ihi> before III Wash
III ton ltn>li.n..,. ~. InLiA.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1854-10-07

!r>i"X PAkrY-Thc lo,,;oco nr.S.
objects to the fusion OF parties to oppose the
administration. As President Pierce Ia,
disappointed everybody. he must expect On.
position from all quarters. But when Won
tax o:tl'>i"n. look at his Cabinet. a, ,L.
iiarifori Conrlnt describes it: One M,s,a-
chuSetts tcaliionis'. one New York sol, o,o
pennsylvania Catholic. one Free Soil M;,I;-
gan man, one Kentucky Union man. ON,
North Carolina Old Line Democrat arI ,.r..,
~ ". ola at iI'at, ard oneNis>i~sppi Fire Eater,
!" as '.ert ever such specimen Of fusion.
IN our land
Il Good apples are selling in Fitciburs
az one ''oiiar tarrel, and potatoes at torty7
"' cents a h'shcl.- Holyoke Freeman.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1854-10-07

! CoN>isIf> The editor OF the Tempe
rance .NG"!of! refuses to learn wi>,!,m.-
FIRST he opened bitter warfare upon jude
lsu,cc because he hr did no, answer Dr. Pow
er> questions. TLcn Lc Nominated Mr.. kj,
irr'i%c Tor GoNcrnor without any questions.
declared lin to tie .'pcrtr,tv sound and r,ii
able, and bolcd over in ii paroHy>.n of ,,;u-
Gus wrath because we Ncn;urc,l to >unoc>,
that the consistent coul>c would have been IA
pat .!ud 9" kirrcd1c through the ,.at,.cii>m
as well as .Iud &c Eoycc and Mr. Clark. But
A!r. kitilcd.c. without being ca:cc,.izcd. SAW
fl: to write ti.c editor of the >;ncr,,i a letter
which fell ike bomb she'll in Dr. Powers
magazine. He dared not publish the letter
before election. EH: Withdrew .Ji!tloc Fit
trcd"cs name. imIyin: distinctly. however.
that he intended still 60 vote for him. Flee
ten canic on. and The ball of Freedom roll
cd Ike an avalanche over the Nebraska de-
mocracv and their feeble co-adiuinr of the
Sf0."|'tr|. and now, hen it would seem IN
he The part "i prudence To he quie: and call
as little attention as possible to his ,,i>com-
f'Hrc, he publishes AIr. ki.tredre's letter
and accompanies it with a twocoirmr article
from which We find that Judge Kitiredqc. in
stead OF being perfectly sound and reliable
upon the great i>>res oi the day" as he was =
lew day before, bows TIE knee to q political
haal, sinks the man in the politician and
IS committed back to his political brother
hood, the "wirc-pulcrS," party !.a, is, and
'i"!:iical .iua"'er>, who ill the Offices. and
control the entire press q! til" c.,hc Sfait-
""'" r>ccp'cd. Now if judge kiitred.c's
i'''er i.ro'cs HIM 10 he such {; man IS this
Why did DR.. Powers, oj.4' IT, had receir,dMe
'et": >i.l! 10y ini'iiya';on, maintain him as
candidate and advise his followers to vote for
illi!l. es they did :-E.,. E,.,x.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1854-10-07
SAA| i.f ANh III. rnAri. n,.,.

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ersl wears : '.'a :'.'.di:,- l.,.i.
rcn, n,9.ir q, a.. r., =, =. rt'.! ~, a, Tie
taw nation ,,f F;',.s been ras-c!frt:..,f.aa
to >',,,. - ing instruction. i,;ra -.
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maniii cncc before T. ,.i ...'.''' % : ':'L.-.
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will ,bo... ,.i.,. = al 10 nod Ap t-l..a.i-..
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lbr;>t> ,;,.. l.I'I '''''''''' OF those nAo. IN
'h"nI." l. ''A'4 alt'
Tie rc.ult Of tbs ,r.;., -,
aaoa- the Cho-raw< will ,r,t '''.' u 100
tfai>'er ih"lu 10 the ola ..l..i, ' "a '''
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ih' Fr<s.
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i,y th,. r,i.el ,.,~.... ,+r...I. ~ mEa3,!
Turkey. i ,a,J ~ !. - anu ran" az
Thousand. AMI f,,,-,.,.' 800. me- Aa'...-r.
the historian. ,b,, -. ~ Il is 81! g..
country v,s ;,.,,l.i,. .'l>. .-
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Discussions ay,anr ,,,e b.. :. :.
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ia:n oi o;.i.lion that a. a sta:.-,.., r.
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The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1854-10-07

t'tit"tV ~ Ediu lictLt. was cay II .t''''
ors to Tic fruit buds in our vicinity. The
consequence was sma;! crop of trait; yet
there was some good fruit raised. The spec
linens OF apples at eur County Fai: were ex-
relcn!, and there were several of :hcm.-
Mc>srs j. A. Gould of Waterford, l.. Brown
of this town. L. W. Miner and c. Farrow of
Peacham, and T. Buchanan of Barnet. ard
perhaps others. bet these are al! We are al,.e
10 call 10 mind. exhibited varieties of choice
kinds. fair and Of good size. These spcri-
mems we regard as the first fruits" of al ct-
iOrt in ;'lis County to ra;>c the best kinds of
apples. The cultivation o: good fruit has
been greatly neglected among Us bat TIE at
tcn;ion recently bestowed upon The mater
Will result in a great improvement in this par
ticu'a"; ana to the pccun;ary advantage o.!
those cnCacin. in it in favorable lo.ationS-
The ioal demand for good fruit is consider
able. One man from Greenfield, Mass. re-
Gently sold to one o! our croccrics 80 bar
rcs. This demand NAV as well be supplied
by our OWE county people as l'y Nassachn-
sets producers. The grating OF cid
and The planting Of youn- would soon
supply. in part, at least. the home demand.
SrECIE.- The Pacific. which sailed from
New York last Saturday. took out : .So2. 800
IN specie, to pay for the goods, a.. which ;:rc
bought IN foreign countries. and used hv our
people. 1t is not marvellous that. While >rr-
ric Is leaving TIE coantfH at this rate money
Is worth Il; AMI Is per cent in our c,.cS. .!.I
the times look little l!uc Where should
We he but Tor the receipts Of specie from Cal
lorna: This source o; supply is lc>scninr
every month
"F' ~1">. = The people o; i. -ton an,
Char.r>'own have vot. / 10 unite the two II
ties. Boston til>t voted. hv !ar"" majority.
'"r "tcn. ,n;.l!v>toNn iy a .or;;y OF o:!,
29,,.
S""r BEEAkI>o.-I The shoe Shop q
hcnc>>On < CARTS. OF 81 .Jol,..>lurv Center
was 'r''rn in:o Oil the night Of The a:H:h u!,
aud about :" pairs o. boots ar,! 10 pairs g.
.lcrs t,l., ,J..~.,;o., H., .
i'Y The front door, 'y i.!-c key. y reward
81; So is offered f,r ,hr ,,,,r.I..,.:,. 80. H..
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The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1854-10-07

IN OPENING FOR ANXIOUS LADIrs -
The LdI'or of the Kaasas U,iui,l. raner
published at Leayenworth, Kansas. ha, de-
voted his leisure to the taking Of the census
OF the place, which he gives as follows: pop
ulatlon l0o: mc:i 50, women |. babies q
The New York Sun has been conne,I-
cd i'y The high price Of paper to reduce its
SIZE The sun is the eldest penny paper in
the United States.
q IL 1852. l.crcc> plurality il the fourth
ward ct ticrcand was l99 At an election
ioT Councilman last week. Stanley. Whir.
hea; his Loco Foco competitor s. votes.
StraHs show the direction, Of the wind
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1854-10-07

SAr'N.-ihe Trans rii, 81 -.
time since. Gen. Pierce. wi>l.i,.. 10 ....' e..
DISCUSSIONS among tie n,n.c,ra. :,
sent message l,r friend t. A.. + :
'iI. rcl!fcl ' sorting hi> all il. >.....r...,
r.e"'i"n O. reiish!, h,.m,.ra,.. r..
States Senator The r,l.i, ii tie
Governor was-"Tc!l Frank lr:.-.,1s
profound !e>icc: Tor ms milit4., .r...,
ia,a 81 oi,i;.ion that a. a s,4:.~,.., =
Ham, i IS lar.e a 1o.,i = =. -.
10 manage.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1854-10-07

tIEE.-1he roof of the building in which
the IermoM Patriot is printed. was DESTROYED
by lire on the night OF Saturday last. The
County Court was in session. and the Jury
being discharged about l / o'clock the fire was
seen by them bursting from the root. Bat for
this timely discovery the loss would ineyita-
b.: have been heavy.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1854-10-07

$50, ArltES"tl.ii. i'.\la. "
from the ST i.au:- irl~'- Ia. IL '''-','
tie" in l"haii OF la,nlar >''r'''-
place in Weston. 30. al1.- at'-'i.-
\ well hnoan merchant al Ina -
.accd ia >c,.ir. cou.l> to llc' -
settler. wlcn a resident "i tn ;''.a g..
the store and babe the customer. 2''.
10 he oil and mcrcr shaw III fac .t %
a"ain. unless ic wanted i c4lt e.. -.
Tiers. The individual ns> a-c". -
Defensive Assoc afi"n OF W L.
barely concluded his speech "''A !.
chant lea2ri OVER the co':f'"-, IA.
hand. and commenced n.. f,' D."
such prai>cwcr;hv ,i.ur lbai la
forgot the responsibility whi'a e.
him of mai:i'mnin. The la,1'r "a:
>ivc t>>oriaiion. AMI i-no''t i..
store. leasi:" free. lorglar >''-;'-..-
ter a; the field.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1854-10-07

IN rr;N..N.- Tie i~ u;.-,.n O.. =,
peninsula OF he trin.ra. hos, j..i,'.. ~
- the HHl'''l forces 81 England FL. - d e .
Turkey * >al 10 le ;l..s. ~. u a. 49,
thousand AMI d Various o,;-iin il i....i4
th" historian. that. she H.r|s... 80 -.
roalltrt wa~ ln'aie.! or cor.fl~r,,l :, $685..
X different nations. Tn, i l.,;.,,.l.
n" first attempt from the W. a. F.
he ''imea was hr!l T., lie Y ,,-.', +.
thirteenth century >,:l,inu..... II 8. .i..r
IN i'i5. and odd to l:fi,,::a IA l.>.. J.
l'!i!rr-.. that the Tartar irh.l....,-. 49,.
affected 20 the i,r,>c;., rillc:
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1854-10-07

(: lie hmorralir papers aye rrioicin.
VA, Merritt Clark Receives a heavier ,o',
N Vermont il.an PIERCE dill in l>s.. IN.
reason Is plain ,hou.h. they consider Mr.
ihrN a superior man 10 President Pierce
nd woH!d "isr hima larrcr woe for III,
f..> derry. W...tlL
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1854-10-07

S""r BEEAki>U.-I The shoe shop q
hcnc>>on < Curtis. o! ~. .Joh>!urv Center.
was 'rck'n ln:o Oil the night Of III" ..;:h nix,
ard about :" peir> q. boots ar! 10 pairs @,
shoes taken thcrc!ioa.. The entrance va
'H the front door, iy a tale key. y rcwa.,!
Of - is offered for ;hc apprehension o: Tie
TO-: t:l ;hc Recovery Of tie proper ;v.
Washington sentinel., 1854-04-02

Massachusetts has that been the case Last year,
indeed, Boston was an exception. But Boston is
q literary and peculiar emporium. Through.
out the Commonwealth the excess was 814 in
favor Of the males. During the thirteen years,
from 1889 to 1851 inclusive l04S65 boys were
born to every 100000 girls, in England and
Wales, and yet to every 100000 females living,
there were but 96,74l males living. The fe-
males avoid our late unreasonable labor, our
heavy suppers, and hard drinking; they escape
our accidents, and the thousand perils which
beset the path only of an outdoor laboring pop
ulation. In this way, spite of their few births,
they generally outnumber us on the census.
Fifty years ago. and now, in Great Britain,
there are thirty-one living females to thirty
males, and so many of our sex are away to the
wars, treading the deck, climbing the mast, and
messing in forecastles, that in the United King
doms there were twenty-one females at home
to twenty males. The disparity in the sexes
at home is still greater in Scotland, where,
when the sexes mean to be properly represent
ed at gathering, there are fifty-fve females to
every nifty men. Accordingtothe census of Great
Britain In 1851, there was to be found at the
barracks one female for every five males. At
the warehouses the sexes were about equally
represented, there being about 55,7S6 of each.
In the prisons, the males were nearly three to
one of the females, being but 6,366 of the latter
In them all. "We are born to go astray," but
not in pairs. In the commission of crime there
is but one female in every company of four
rogues. Females were in the majority in the
lunatic asylums, there being ll,26l Of them,
and 9,753 OF the sterner sex. Life's troubles
fall so tast-faster upon them than upon us
we do not wonder that more of them are de-
prived of reason. Theirs is more delicate or
ganization. Watts speaks of man as q harp
OF thousand strings" Woman has at least
dozen added strings; the music she makes re-
quires at least that additional number of leger
lines.
We should suppose that the hospitals would
show an excess of female inmates. But there
we are mistaken. The males are 5,S93, the
females 5,754; and, in other charitable insti-
tutions the males were nearly fifty per cent.
more numerous than the females. So these
light clippers stand stormy seas better than
your old hulks and are more likely to gain an
offing, while the latter are being towed into
port for repairs.
But strangely enough, our late census
makes an excess of males in the United States.
Of whites, between the ages of Is and 20,
and between the ages of 10 and 100, the
females are in the majority. At other ages,
the males exceed. In 1900, there were here
100 males to s5.3 females in 1850, 100 males
to 50. So the other sex is increasing upon ours
though they are not yet up to the British ratio
1t behooyes US all to be respectful to them
they may master US yet.
Washington sentinel., 1854-04-02

Col. Shillington has, with his customary
kindness, laid on our table the most popular
monthiies, comprising the Kinckerbockey, Har-
pers', Graham, and Godey's.
THE KNIcKERBocKER, as is always the case,
comes teeming with literary treasures. This
magazine we have greeted with gladness for
fifteen years, and it is not the less valued on
account of the antiquity Of our acquaintance,
but every issue serves to strengthen the tie of
friendship between us. Among its contents
are: "Skull and Bone Sketches = Passion
Flowers" "Things Remembered !" "Gipsies of
Art;" "My Duel with Captain Elliot" &c.
Among the dishes of the Editors Table"
we find extracts and remarks on "Thanksgiv-
ing Sermon" by the Rev. DIR. Smith, before the
Presidents Mounted Guard. Mr.. Clark thinks
1t presents singular medley Of horses, mad
men, blind men, cartridge, band, and ballot
boxes; and so do we.
hARrERs NEw MONTHLY opens with an
article on Travels in New Mexico at this
time peculiarly interesting to American read
ers. These descriptive sketches are growing
deservedly popular with the reading communi.
E. "The History Of Bonapartep and Tback.
Washington sentinel., 1854-04-02

Office Report, which amounts to $1,000. We
contend that the two parts of that document
does now, as it always has, constitute one re
port, being only divided for convenience, like the
Presidents message and accompanying docu.
ments, SO that double composition cannot be
charged. This will require deduction Of
$1,000, leaving emily $500 of the estimate.
True, if it should be decided that the report
shall be divided into two documents, then the
$7OO additional must be paid by the govern
ment, and only in that event.
As to the other documents mentioned, they
have all been ordered and disposed OF, and no
proposed enactment will affect their cost; so
that as far as they are concerned, the govern
ment can lose nothing during the present ses-
sion. But we must say, whilst making this
statement that there are some unimportant
documents which both houses may probably
order, but they will amount merely to triae.
Congress can, however, control the whole mat
ter. 1t can make its composition cost what it
pleases-a million of dollars, if it chooses We
however reason from the past.
Looking to the next session, the calculations
Of the superintendent may be more reliable, if
the Compendium Of the Census and the expense
of dividing the Patent Office Report be de.
Quoted.
Washington sentinel., 1854-04-02

GBWe extract the following article from the
editorial columns of the New York Times. 1t
contains matter of interest to the general
reader:
WoMAxLY STATISTICS. -" The ladies" is
the unfailing toast at every dinner; they are
the first and best teachers of our children"
Men never get toasted in the general. Nobody
drinks their health nobody says: "God bless
them" Singly-one or two at a time-those
who have fought great battles, made good
books, been promoted to high offices, are drunk
with the honors. Men never grumble at this
omission the ladies are very apt to pout about
theirs, rs if this nominal recognition of their
worth were a kind of labored apology for some
previous neglect. Nature has way Of check
ing and balancing which succeeds in keeping
pretty nearly equal classes that would other
wise get the advantage Of each other. The
whale drinks down whole schools of little float
ing insects at draught; but were the great
crowd Of suffering insects aggregated into con-
vention, there is no doubt that they would out.
weigh, by tons, all the whales that spout in all
the seas. The magic of numbers makes them
superior to their monstrous enemies and to
outweigh them, So the ladies will pardon us)
nature generally equalizes the sexes by MAX
ing the females outnumber the males, who are
stouter, vainer, and presumptuous enough to
deem themselves superior. Nor is il by caus-
ing the births of females to exceed those Of
males as has generally been supposed. In no
year since the establishment Of registration in