The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1855-09-08

Startling Scene in n slave Case:
The case Of the colored men charged with
assault and battery by Col. Wheeler, at the
time his woman Jane was suddenly enamel
pated in Philadelphia. came up in the Court
of Quarter Sessions in Philadelphia on We'd
nesday before Judge Kelly. Wheeler, not
fearing contradiction. testified very strongly
against the prisoners but on Thursday fore
noon, to the astonishment of every body. Jane
johnson herself appeared in court. She
was put on the stand, and her evidence utter
ly and entirely DESTROYED that Of Col. Wheel!
cr The Tribune saws:
But it was a bold and perilous move or
the part Of her friends, and the deepest arpre
tensions were felt tor a while tor the result
The Jrited States Marshal was there with
his warrant and an extra force to execute j.
The officers of the Court and other Sta.c O..
ficer> were there to protcc: The witness and
vlndvate the laws OF the State. Nani, kr
the United States District Attorney, swo,c
he would take her Tie State officers >wore
he should not, and tor while it seemed that
nothing could avert bloody scene l. was
expected that the conflict wou!d take place
at the door when she should leave the room
50 that when she aad her friends went on.
and for some time after. the most intense
suspense pervaded the court room. She was
however allowed to enter the carriage that
awaited for her without disturbance She
was accompanied by Mr. NJ Kim. Secretary
of the Anti Slavery Society Larrt,ia Mott
and George Corson, one OF or r!o.t manly
and intrepid police Officers The carriage
was followed by another filled with OH .,rs =
guard. and th.i> escorted She wa> taken
back in safety to the house irom Which She
lad been brought; Her title to freedom un-
der die laws of the STATE viii har!!v arain T..
= brought into question.
Great cr, ii, is dc Wa l.. Man. at
inH attorney general ;or the manner in which
a. has behaved in his ca>. H.. las d.nc
uncA TO vinaicatr The horo. of ,li,. safe ana
tie >anc,ity o! tie ,ourt OF Hhi :. he i ~ Of.
tir,r. JUDE Kelly. .oo. ha~ h.ha,,a WIKI
Eat dg'.i;y a'.l !n'ra!tit:'v.
- k0-sl!t!. addressed 4 IA, :!ie,i,' f. Pres
dcu; Fierce about wear ago. viii H. l.c com
plans IL" government has not had tn" CON-
tr>y to acknowledge He states that while
he was in this country. Nj. Webster. then
secretary OF state, gave him assurances that
in the event of an effort o: the people OF En-
rope to establish free governments. a tiplo-
matte representative o. thr nitcd states
>nol.d be >tni to !,,"-l.Ic n ::.s r;'"nN.'"".
.. such governments at tac earic>. nnri",'.
Ap>:u,h Complains that thc present almi,~
'ra'ion has ia..c'! TO equal its Predecessors in
the rromptnc>s and llbrralt, of it, fore; ~
policy, Eo such occasion as Mr. Wch,.,r
contemplated has vet occurred. But the
weakness Of the administration is that il has
no policy foreign or domestic |, is drive
at random by the changing gusts of passion.
personal influence and temporary party ne
ce>>ti S No idea of its future can be formed
from IFS past. Both To friend and foe alike
it is a, uncertain As a capriciou~ woman.
ANtErcAN ASSOCIATION Tor III
AnvA>rtNENr OF ScIiNcr- Ills body
closed it. anniversary at Providence. OF, Wei.
n.s'iay last BY public dinner. Top~tS were
given ard speeches were made hy Professor
Pierce, Of Cambridge Prof W. r. Rogers of
Boston. Dr. Way'and, and DR.. Torrcv. Of
New York, the President OF the A~soria'ior.
and others. The anniversary is SAID to have
been one OF the most interesting ever held
by the Association The papers read have
been of the highest order and value, regard
ed a, contributions to science The next an
niversary will be held at Albany.
The Springfield Republican states
that on Saturday, the 25th nit, as Miss Mar
,ha Burrows of Bernardston, a vounr lad,
fourteen years of age, was driving horse
and vehicle over a crossing of the Connect
cut River Railroad, her attention was attract
cd by the music of neighboring organ grind
er, and she did not observe an approaching
tram Of cars. The locomotive struck her
carriage at high rate of speed. shiverinc it
to atoms and killing the horse, while Mis-,
Burrows was taken off by the engine and
seated on tire railing in front of tie smoke
stack, where she was found, unframed, when
'hc train was stopped. She had received no
serious injuries.
The horse was not killed, but was able to
get out Of the cow-catcher and stand up, As
ne Sam-Eps CHRox1cIE.1
-iIOW 1T HAPPENED. Prof Alex
ander has submitted theory of the origin of
the asteroids, which excites sensation. Bv
the skiltul use Of delicate circumstantial EVIL
dence he makes out a probability little short
Of certainty that the asteroids between Mars
Jupiter we're once,n not globe but disc,or
plate, 10000 miles vide, and eight miles in
thickness, revolving in about three and
half days. 1t met such fate as might have
been anticipated from so thin body wbirl-
ing so rapidly, and burst as grindstones
sometimes do Astronomers have found and
named IS Of the fragments and there arc ma.