The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1855-04-21
YER MONT NEWS.

RUM'e DOiNt;S.- On Saturday last. a
party OF seven persons consisting of a man.
his wife, two children, and wt,S father
mother. and sister. came over the Rutland
road, destined TO F,rhburg. At Ga>srtt>'
the man got oil. and the rest Of the party
came of to this lace. where they stopped tc
wait for the one who got of at Ga>>ctts-
Dat OF compassion. they were taken in and
provided for bv phi ate family in the vii
h.c. In che evening. the trnant came down
on the freight train. On sunday. they visit
ell Walkers GROCERY on the New Hampshire
SIDE of the river. ard came away much in
toxica,c,l. On Monday. thcv were cal,.,lla-
ting to 90 or their wa. bat while WAITING
for the down train. which was late. they
arain wendell their WAY TO Walkers On
their way back. they crossed the Cheshire
Railroad Bridge. and The head of the party.
whose name was William Cain. got on the
water box between the two tracks, and at
tempted to walk that. He was 80 much.
intoxicated that he took hut a few steps ere
he pitched forward and fell l.',werr the
tra' ks on 70 III" rocks below. distance Of
some fifty feet. II" struck about four feet
from the water and bounded oil INTO il. when
his body was carried over the falls, since
which no traces Of i. have been discovered
The party was from ria,t,bury, and were in
most destitute circumstances We under
stand that whrn the man came here he had
about : 20. but thai was all core Throurh
the cxcr'ions of 7. X. Chsnllrr. Esq. the
nerr>>itirs of til" family were provided for
i;.Iou.s Fails .lrguS.
MAINE LAW IN Inform
alton having been obtained that John llUr-
lev. an Iri>l.lnan was in the habit Of putting
the bottle 10 his ncinhhor'> lips for the pur-
pose Of cain. a warrant was issued for search
inc his premises and officer Dewey aHd pos
81 were Dispatched for that object. They
found a few gallons Of >tril. an seized it
Hurley was arrested. examined before John
Sibev. Esq, and fined so and costs: Iut
for want thereof. was committed TO the kind
offices of the i,iior. We regret that rlru
will toy the palfrv >ixp"ncc be led into the
violation Of statute law in this respect. bat II
they will do it. Will, tncir ewes wide open to
the penalties they incur, they cannot reason
49, complain if they do occasionally find
loo! incs at the public. expense, or he maIr
TO fork over fine now and thcn.-Henntnq-
tan Ea,,n,r.
In another liquor case in bennington
John Morrisv j. H. Newton and Pa'r, k
Tracy were each fined for resisting an ciii-
Ger >eizin. their liquor til" first named WI
fined 5000. and the last (assi>ant>). 80
each The lilnor was spilled. and Morri>v
the owner, was fined 800 and costs. tut fai
-, 10 ,,,v r,- ;uu,.i
Ey"lI. {. Dwight Esq. has been removed
from the office OF Postmaster in Ncr>hirc. he
cause he was suspected % being h. v
Ills successor is Peter w. Swift. who la,
hitherto been known As Whir.
e95s"Wc see stated that the GOOD people Of
Walden. rot satisfied viii, having voted dow,
the X " at the rcrcnt election. have arrest
cd the leader OF the order in hat town. an'
had him bound over for trial for Violating tn,
statute Of the STATE. against III" admini>tra-
tion of extra Judi iai oa'hS. H., :" hc tric,
a: the June term o: the County Court.
For KAxsAS-Ata mrrti"c of the Vas
inq'on Coun'H Emig,om .IW CoDli"p. hold
". at Mont,rlicr, on ihc 10Th inst ten mel,
signiied their determination to emigratc to
Kansas this Spring: and Tuesday the 18th
April, was fixed for The ,lav TO start Two of
them were from Wliam>town. one from
Brookfcld two from Berlin. two from Mont
rclirr. two FROM Waterbury, ard one from,
Moretown-al t'nm'r>.-
BHokE JAII.-J,mcS McEnanv. Joseph
',arrow. Nelson putirr. Richard Wool and
Ben iamin Con,v. having hcccmc tired of
confinement. made their escape from the
i,il sometime during The ni"ht of Saturday
last Their t>ra;'" was effected through a
window having first sawed oil one Of the
IRON bars to make room for their exit. II is
generally supposed that assistance WIS rem
,,rrrd them v some Of their outside friends
MrEnanv. t,arrowanA Putlcr were in confne-
mrnt for refusing to pay a fine imi,oSr'! AT
'hc p"crmlcr term of the Comfy Court the
TWO FIRST for a~>ari; and battery. and the last
tur theft Wood and CORY were, haunl u,
20 the County Court for theft With the cx-
rcp'on of t,arrowS. all were boys No,hinr
has been heard Of their wl,creaoou'-. bu' il
!, supposed that they are in Cdna'r. Is they
were seen .oinr that way about o'c!ork or
Sunday morning. and cannot be brought
back AS the offences with viii, h they are
charged TO rot COM. Unlr the treaty sti;,u-
lation~. No blame Is AT ,"hch 10 the Sheriff
We consider il GOOD jail dc.iyerv.-N. y
bans Messenger.
TIE MAINE LAW PEo,.Hr -eIN,;-Or
Sa'urla, of last week Curtis PIERCE. was on
complaint. brought before Justice BradIcv
charged with the violations of the Liquor
Law II" plead -uiI'v to the char.e. ard
vas fined 500 and costs On MonlIv 81
the present week w. ". iIo>mcr. a. IIarar.
Moses Warner. G.. Jacques. and J. i. G,l-
AR were arraiurcd before Mr. Bradley Tor Vi
"IafInG the law They all plead "uiItv-
he first named was fined zoe and costs NE
others. CHARGED with >ellin. lcer and cider
we're each fined 100 and costs We under
>tand that there are Severa, other eases on
and for trial.-Y. tWnns M<>enger
Later from California
The steamship Northern Light arrived at
Wv ork the l:,tl bringing dates from san
rrIri>ro up to the 9th ult. ami $40, o0o