The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1855-09-22
NEWS ~ THE NAILS

lied. chrstcned the "Montczuma Assoc;,-
ton. and Commodore Mathew {. P.rry
was chosen President. 4 dinner was ais
hS,l at Dclmoniro'S, at Witch were assembled
large number of officers who served in the
Mexican war Col. Burnett Ward presided
Among ;he volunteer toa>.S was one hy Go,
Ramsay. greeting Commodore Perry as -.
future President of the Republic.
On "Wednesday. the 18th instant. wbiIo
the Cabinet was IN session. ron>iirrinc ,la
question of thc Danish Sound dues. the Prs
ident received from Kansas memorial SION
eli bv 4 large number of the earliest sc.tlar.
Of the territory. and protesting against the
eacar haste shown hv Gov. Shannon IN do
ciarinc himself IN favor of slavery. The me-
mortal wa immediately presented TO tn,
Cabinet for its action.
-TnE LIproR LAW N NrwIT,yr,IArr
w llian Il. Preston. 4 highly r,.s-er.all,,
druggist Of Portsmouth, has been a-ros..,,
and brought before the folire Court IN th,.
citv. charged with selling Pint Of alrolnl
10 Mr. Pickering. 10 he used for ,,1.iin, T.,
his wife. who was quite sick Mr. Preston
was hound over. and gave As sureti,.> g.
DIR. Burroughs. rector of ,he Eri>rer.,
church. and Rev i,r reaholv. master 81, r..
Unitarian churci..
1. y. Derrill". ionrnnvman printer h,.
been arrested for liramv in Lawrence. H..
No. is a resident of Montpelier. VI
A despatch from o>wero. 18th inst
states that it is aScertair,-i thar rL..re ar.
now 36i 600 bushels Of What and al.o.,. ton
coo bushels OF corn ailoat from the u,.,rr
lake ports bound TO O>wcro.
-ANFEICANS IL PAEI>-The pari> ro-.
rc>ponticn: of the Boston Has writes
d" There are a great many American fa-a-
lies now in Paris. NAV mention amans
them the wifi, of Gen Winfield Sro... VIII F..
travelling with her sister. Mrs Caholl. o..
Virginia. and Miss Gibson. of Wa>Linr-cn. d.,
daughter. | understand. o. Gen. Gibson t,,.r
Scott him>e. is expected over t,.torr lon, -
Mr.. ex-pre>i1ent Fillmore and Mr.. Ca-..--
an were YESTERDAY presented 20 the En,,Dra-
Tie widow Of Dr. IIoron-r. Of phi!a,l,.',l;t
and family. Mr.. Robert Sn;:h. NJ. ana u.
Hare and Mr. and Mr. .Arnorll. ar. a. a.
mon- III" representatives sent here tran = 4.
city. There ar $40" Americans now here.
j. ~ Rowe and j. Il. James were, ,,-sUr-
I'd on FRIDAY last. tx tie uii>e;,inr of bt7r.
at Ilamp.oa Falls. y. II.
- ANOTHER RAIIEoAp A,,lprxr
The engine Of the Camden and Amov Raj.
road. Pilot line" Was disabled near N,w
Brunswick. FRIDAY evens. and the tan. .liI
not reach New York nil O'clock >anaa,
morning. All ihe passengers bound South
wer" consequently detained until SUNDAY
evening.
-FFVrE NroEr-M Norfolk. on Fri
,lav. there were - deaths. aud on S,.urd,,
only about 80.
NJ Portsmouth. 'hc deaths on FRIDAY mum
hcrci Is and on SATURDAY. II
There has been a great decrease in n.
number OF new ra>c> in ho,h CITIES
-tlrAEANTINr AT Niw Ynrk.- Thcr.
Is considerable excitement on account of H..
1uarantini.r OF Baltimore vessel, a, Nv
York. S-vera! s ufh-rn and Wr>,.rn nlrr.
chants have signed and published a earl. ,i,.
nouncinE II A an ontrag.- on Baltimore. AM
!cclar1n" that they have never found til
city more healthy than Al present
Tin MI~~I"N Ia JArAN.- The H.
ais " a>hii-ton correspondent writes. vo,-
tcr!av. that " NJ. Townsend Harris. Cons,
General japan. leaves MONDAY Tor NV
York. Sinre Mr. Harris ha~ been in Wa,h-
inrton. he has been CHARGED with MAKING =
new Commercial tr-a'v with the Kingdom
of sam 1t aHpear> that the treaty with -h..
Power. made tx Mr. Roberts. is of no vain.
IN consequence of the absurd wav m whi,h
the tonna-" duties were levied. aud the Rov-
al monopole> Mr. Harris has been ins,-r,.
ii TO make such A treaty As will open TIA;
rich country IN the enterprise of our me-
chants. He will travel overland 10 one of
the Indian ports. when he viii proceed in til.
steam trirate San .|acinto 10 SIAN. A.,
thence. Via Hong Kong, 10 japan.
Nav TtNrrIsNCr MnNrurxr
G"Ek-A new ana important Tolirira NOV
ment was inanrura'ed SATURDAY e,rnln,
the temperance people. Five ,i..lcrat,.s :r.r
each Ward We're chosen As Genera Com
mittce. 4 strong platform oi Temperance pm
clplr> was adopted. IN which the Maine hR.
and all forms of coer'ive legislation ar c.r-
dcmned. and the moral >ua>ion policy recon
ncndcd.
Several speeches were made. in whirh H.
'ialne law Of that State was pronounce. 4
allure. and the enactment of A >,rina.n-
-enSe law was urged. The Carson Iea-1.
and Temperance Alliance were Severed, IL
nounced. and a general Ward and City o.-
advocated
Mr.. Elc> T.. Elierv presided. and Mr. IA
than NeSf,it explained The OF i.,-t of the move
mrnt 10 I've a thorough organization OF Il"
Temperance party OF the city and county o:
New York
Baltimort. Sept. IL Dor O. FIT
Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows OF the INIT!
States met here this morning.
Am FOR TIE yellow FFvFI SrrF-
tREES.-On SUNDAY. the Rev Mr.. Macon.
IF Grace Church. gave notice that on ley,
Lords Dav he woulI take up collection
or the Norfolk and Portsmouth, sufferers
This Is the first movement oi the kind, NJ
,elieve. in anv church in this ririnity. r.
Salem Register saws the contribution IN IT,
ialf Of Norfolk and Portsmouth. commrn''l
n that city on FRIDAY last. viii reach nca-'
n quite 10000.