The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1855-12-15
ONE DAY LATER FEOM EUROPE.
ARRIVAL OF TIE ARIEL


BY the steamship Ariel. Capt. Lcfevre be
longing to NanlcrbIt's line of am-pack
rs. we receive one days later news from
England and Europe.
The Ariel sailed from II.yre on The morn
ing of the 23d u!t., and on her arrival off
Cowes, where size embark ed her ENGLISH mas
sengerS. &r.. copies of the Second Edition
Of the London Times were placed on board.
The British officers who are in Vienna
have already sent 1900 horses down the Dan
uhe to Bu." aria. 500 OF the horses are Of
superior quality, and were bought for the Ar
tllery Of the Anglo Turkish Contingent.
The Vienna correspondent Of the London
Tines says:
The rev COncor,lat meets with no mcr-
ry at the hands OF the German journalists.
who view IT IN exactly the sa,lie light as It is
regarded by az least two-tirls OF the popu-
lation OF this empire. Tire organs OF the
clerical party in Germany are at great pains
10 show that the close union between the
Church OF Rome and the sword Ct Austria
is death blow to the Vaccinations of the
revolutionary faction in Italy, but law Con.
servatives predict that sooner or later the
cOncor'lat will lead to the downfall of the
AUSTRIAN Empire. The effect ptoiuced on
the people by the convention with Rome !. 50
extremely unfavorable. that the heads Ct the
Church have directed their subordnates 70
act with extreme crrum>rection. and grad
ua'ly to accustom their il1cks to the new or
der Of things"
The Berlin correspondent Of the same
journal saws:
The 'insufliciencv of the harvest in Rus
s'a. as the Jo"nnl de II. Pttcr<jurg lately
stated IT, is further proved by the circumstan-
res that considerable quantities of corn are
tein. imported by the Russian Government
from this country for the supply Of the West
ern PROVINCES In Court!and. LELAND, ard
Finland the harvest is understood not to s,it.
nee even tor the wants Of the population.
The fn.'owin" curious piece Of information
ia from the same authority:
:" The Government o: the United States
Of America has lately .iyen considerable or.
'ers TO a Rhenish house. f,r delivery next
Spring. of bullet-proof steel curiasses."
There is to be an Exhibition in Vienna in
1859. but only for Austria the German Zol.
verein States, and the Italian States, which
have the same Customs Tariff as Austria
The elections in the Canton of Geneva.
Switzerland. had resulted in the triumph of
the Liberal or Anti-Goyernment party. The
consequences o. the election. ii is said, can
not be otherwise than advantageous.
The conviction Of O. L. Caldwell. con-
ductor on the Burlington and Chicago rail
road.for enbezzllng money received for fares,
has caused great excitement at Chicago The
blackleGs are taking such an interest in the
matter as reveals too clearly tie cause which
led TO the ruin of the unfortunate man. 4
motion for a new trial has been made, and
the blacklecs Of Chicago have threatened the
Judge that it he did not give new trial and
recommend the prisoner 70 the mercy of the
governor, he, the prisoner. should re;cr be
taken to Alton. 1t is sal that Caldwell has
1t in his power to maze disclosures respecting
the extent TO which gaming is carried on in
the city. and to which clerks and others in
confidential positions experd money which
they could not possibly come honestly by, as
would startle the community. if they did not
lead to as extreme measures as were adoptcd
by the people Of Matches few wears ago, in
the gamblers inthe matter
Perhaps the most noticeable feature of
the late California news is the glowing ac-
counts given of the new gold discoveries in
Toulumne county. Table mountain is the
grand deposit BY tnnneling this mountain
IN different directions, immense gold depos-
its have been revealed One account esti-
mates the amount of gold in that mountain to
be greater than all that has vet been taken
from the whole Of California. 1t is stated
that 1000 feet square Of the "pay dirt" or
river gravel, from this deposit. actually Weld.
ed one hundred thousand do'lsrs,
AN ITEM FOR MISUNDERSTANDING
the last month, the Illinois Central Railroad
Company has sold land to the amount Of one
million one hundred thousand dollars-nine-
teen twcntieths of which has gone into the
hands Of actual settlers, who are. for the most
part. men OF substance-men who will add as
much to the moral and intellectual as to the
material wealth of the State chicago Tri6- .
..ne.
Worthy OF NOIE.-Thc Cairo (Iu.)
LINES Of the eth flies at its head the name
Of Stephen A. Douglas for President, and in
'he same number advertises runaway Ten
nessee slave, described as follows:
40. aged about So years, feet or !. in
q hes high. straight hair. and ,-oulH pass reN
NV . Ttite nan"