The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1855-02-17

vi ~ "s wen as IN Massachusetts, the ma I0r-
iv OF the Il. rs vii. not come in collision
with the rnti-Slavcrv sentiment.
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.
u; Rev. Alfred Il. Swift, son of the late
lion benjamin Swift of St. Adams. VT, was
ordained to the Christian Ministry, and in
stalled as pastor of the PRESBYTERIAN
Church IN Middle GrandyiIe, y. ", last
week
z DR.. Woodhouse of Rutland has rccciy
ed al invitation to take the Pastoral CHARGE
oi the lnIvcr>ali>t Society in st. bloomsbury.
The Society i'll st. Johnsbury is coo,: one
and III good condition. 1t is supposed that
Br. W. VIII accept the invitation. He is GER
talIly rood man for the place-or for any
other, where they wish for a MAJ, Of ,y,ol
common sense. sound discretion, and aco.lc
maaly adlress.-i''j.,>i.ory,
IN unusually earnest state of rc!irious
feeling cX>'> i'll the Methodist Church in this
place, attending protractcd meeting con-
Quoted by Rev. Mr. Pur,lv, revival preach
cr OF some note in the Methodist dcuomiua-
t;on.-!&. .Itcu~ W >~r,3,r.
& lanes VI. lIoyt, Esq, LAWYER Of
Cleveland. Ohio. Of eminent success in lis
profession. has entered the Christian minis
''fE' lis Nr>t sermon was preached in the
:lTsi Baptist Church in that city two or three
weeks AGO. Mr. Hoy, has taken this step As
the result Of iong-considrrcd question of du-
~.
- We are Clad to learn that efforts are
on foot to procure corn To be DISPOSED Of to
me poor III tins vicinity al cost. The scarcity
OF brra!>,uiis, and the cu,i,,itv OF holder, o:'
thcm render 1t extremely difficult for the
poor to keep the wolf from their doors
NohSfeod ./OuuM.
PENNSYLVANIA SENATOR - Unf,Lun1
fch ID he Joint convention me-: 10 DIV
tor Tie election of t. = Senator. o..
hundred and tlirty members were, present.
hc Necessary number for a choice. was &C..
Cameron ha,} -, I:uck>lcw IS. j. p. .Jorc,
,. balance scattering. On the second b,,(o;
Cameron had IS. \ motion to postpone Tho.
election for two weeks, prevailed yeas e..
nays II.
CA!H"EIA ELECTION. |p<Iiuqiou. Fob.
l".-i'v private despatch trom New Orleans
We have the rc>,.I, OF the I'D ballot for L. :.
Senator IN the California Legislature. which
was as follows Edwards, Wing. SO: Gwin.
pcm. -. MrCork!c. Dcm., 10 RroIcrick
Dem. -; Mrnougal ,: Latham ! Buri,c,
|. All the ballots were about the same.
E."" ~ a. -----' Il, r.-,.
'hc dwelling house, barn and shed OF Mr.
JOHN Savage of Lancaster. y. H.. was de-
stroycd by fire. Only the bc,'iinr and mos;
of the wearing apparel were saved = al! hr
provisions and hay Were CONSUMED. !.o,,
about ~j""-no insurance. The fire ori.ina
ted by ashes being lett in the she'd. - too>
NMOc7fV.
Ew""Lr.-Thc almini>tra,ionists called
meeting at that place on Thursday the >,l
which was addressed hv Mc><r> Duncan ari
Hartman who repeated Tie same harr!ncrc,
Which they have @ivcn at other Places Ell
nuhd Burke was present and addressed IT,.
mcc'in. IN opposition to Mc>,r>. Duncan and
l!rrriwan,and denied certain of their STATE
mcn;>. In reply to remark Of Mr. IIarr:
man thai Gen. Pierce was elected to The Pres,
Acncy unsolicited by Lin>c.fMr Burke drew
from his pocket letter which Gen. Pierce
a'i'rc>$c'! TO him >oli,.iling his AID IN securing
the nominate II. The discussion continued a.,
both SIDES until o'clock in The moru;u,
Before the adjournment Mr. Burke presented
a resolution rcpuliating the administrator
OF Franklin Pierce. the Concord CLINE and
AL It's aIirnt;>, which passed bv lar.e ma
.Ion'v. This was done in democratic NEE
t'n@. an! i, but an instance oftl., honest dem.
ocra'lc feeling throughout The Statc.-Do;1u
.lWcrI'on
Professor Charles IIa,!,!o.k. torr,or,,.
OF dartmouth College, but more recently T.
y. NharHc q AilarrS at PORTUGAL. has ia.
turned to the residence OF his wife, f,,hcr
~ west Lebanon. He brought home with
HIM the remains of his SON. who EcJ ,,,na.1
x Many doubtless think of an u,l.r-
ground railroad as mere Grur. Of s,crcl
ana not rs vcritablc fact: Int we learn ,r,n,
, ..u "'''fS J"'""" that there are in Srhuv
Niit county, Ia, about 10 miles g: rood suj,.
SANTA! r';Iroa!, which are underground. be-
ny oOi'' ior The use of the various coal mines
Il, '!'a' country. \ great many ,'o'oy,ed ,1o-
P'r travel on these roads but they are co!orcd
WITH coal "ust,not with African blood.
@ The locofoco newspapers, iust now,
are hcafiA" The most gratifying intelligence"
l" regard to the prospects of,hc Admnistr,-
f'on IN New Hampshire. On the other hand
The Concord Independent Democrat predicts
''at there viii not be 'ten friends of the Adj
'''''i'>'raIIon elected to the next Legislature
w 'e''c'c t!iit we are on the eve of a more
sweeping political revolution than :his State
ever Witnessed"
lHE hAIE RAILROAD SrolrAGrs. st.
Louis papers Of various dates are at hand
and contain fearful acconnts of sutlcrincs in
the lower divisions of the Illinois Central and
other railroads. Trains were entirely buried
IN the snow, and the passengers were in a
state OF starvation. The thermometer fell to
AZ degrees below zero. and the cars were
burned to prevent the passengers from free
zIny - death.