The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1855-06-02
VIRGINIA ELECTION.


No election for some time past, has been
regarded with so much interest as the one in
Virginia, which took place few days ago
Henry A. Wise was the administration can
di'latc for Governor, and Tourney the Know
Nothing candidate. Know Nothingsm was
the principal question in the issue, and in a
State where there are scarcely a hundred
lorei cncrs to vote, it is surprising, almost,
That the result is so disastrous to the Know
Eothncs, as it is We looked for "A different
one. Wise is elected hy from 1000 to
1000 ma oritv, and the administration candi-
dates for Congress have succeeded in nearly
every district.
N" RAIN YET. - The "early rain vet
holds back. The opening season remains drv
and if it continues so much longer The grass,
as we'll as some other crops, mus: s::ilcr. Ear
ly sown grain, and early planted corn and
potatoes are sprincinS up, but the later seed
/
speedy rains, will doubtless fail The a,mo-
sphere is Dog Day-li the sun, morning
and evening, presents golden appearance ;
and all the 81 gns of drought are visible. Yet
seed time ard harvest never failed. and we
must trust, for the future, the pron>,. O; Him
who is always true, that it never will AL
though II Is dry III our vicinity it is gratifying
to know that in other and not far dist ant pla-
ccs, recent rains have refreshed the earth.
\ Lucky ESCAPE. - The c. l.. Andrews
named in the annexed paragraph, is son of
Col. solomon Andrews. late a resident Of tL;s
village. We learn that he has nearly re-
covered from his injuries In falling 12:5 fee.
he struck twice upon projections Of the moun-
tam. His escape with lie is wonderful.
tt'Aa Ms N.,r Nirn PnHn}ina
ACCIDENT /" STUDENTS. - Two young
men. students of Yale College. nance! :. II.
Lee and e.. i. Andrews. went TO Mount Car
mel. lIamt!rn. on Srurlav afternoon. for re-
creation. They proceeded To III" top of the
highest bluff. and then attempted 10 descend
space OF about twenty feet hv holding. on ~
twig and placing their feet in the ,lc.t< Of
the rocks. Andrews. before he had rci. l,,.,!
The point he was aiming at. found h" could
neither ascend nor keep himself from falling
lie chung to small shrub moment or two
then relaxed his hold. and fell distance Of
one hundred and twenty-five feet. H. was
taken up Scnsclcs> aud cunvcyc,! to An al
ininin" hou>" His body was con,iI,ra. ~
laccrs'rl. and his heal badly bruised. L. i
Thought that with care he may survive his
injuries.
NoTICr.-S"mc OF our customers rc>i,linr
on E.i'roal-S'rcct request that Ike Calcdoni,
an he left a: DR. llovtS Dru- Store. Here
after we shall send The papers Of all orr sub
srri!,r,. upon the: stree: as above. on rr:lav
forenoon of each week Ii any object to
this arrangement: we VII. accommodate them
in any other way they desire.
/ Boy DEUWNrp. - Edwin. son of Mr.. II
Elcktor'l. of st. .JoAn>hurv Centre. was
drowned in the !aSsumr>ic near the resi-
,lcncc of MIR. Irvine Gorham. ncarl, two
weeks ago. The body was found hy a connle
o: boys last Tuesday. The bow, it appears,
was fishing. Tue BOYS discovered his fishing
pole, and snricsi"g he was rear exam
med the river in tie vicinity. and soon dis
covered one of his feet raised above the wa
TER. He was about eight wears Old.
AMENITIES OF A IrrTrE.-Thc par
agraph which follows. giving the advcn-
lures of letter. is curious cnoucb lut wc
can relate the adventures of another letter
equally curious. Some fifteen wears aco th,
lady Of the house where the teacher of the
Young Ladies High School in our VILLAGE
boarded, wishing to invite her ncichbors 10
an evening visit. asked the teacher to make
ont cards ct invitation to such and such rcr-
sons She did so. Among the Ladies invited
was Mrs. l.. Several wears afterwards tho
daughter of Mrs. y. was shopping in the city
of New York. and purchased. we think. 4
pair Of gloves. The gloves were wrapped
by the seller in small piece of paper. Up-
on taking them to her stopping place the pur-
chaser found the wrapper to be a billet to her
mother, in the handwriting Of tbc f.r,,,..
teacher referred to above. Its identity was
unmistakab!c :; but how it came in the hands
of shopkccpcr in New York city never was
known.
"a The Tolland county, Conn Gazette
gives the following particulars of curious
affair connected with the Transmission of let
tcrs:
"A letter was written and duly mailed at
the post office in this town, directed to a lady
in New York Statc-,hc town VIC do not re-
member. Nothing was heard from it, and the
writer had no means of knowing whether it
reached ITS destination or not Some time
after one OF the paper mills in this town re-
ce'ved IRON Boston a quantity of waste pa
per Nc., III bales, to be used as stock in their
mandatory. One of the bales was found to
contain lot Of letters, with the post office
stamp, indicating that they had been mailed.
1.-The letters were mostly sealed, and the
workmen amused themselves by OPENING
them In some of them was found money in
small sums, and, strange to say, one OF them
proved to be the identical letter mailed in
this town anil directed to New York. The
iette: was returned to the writer, after hav-
ing been tor some months in the care of the
United States Post Office Department, and
at last returned to paper mill not two miles