The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1855-03-31

TACK Ven. I-lprdnuI, anu then fully invest
Sebastopol.
1t is also rumored that Srhamv. in con-
junction with the famous Male Mahomcd.
will invade the Crimca. by the way of Ana
pa and the sea of Azot.
Specula.ions sill exists rcc,r,linc the
French Fmrrror's visit TO the Crimca. Il is
said that Earl Clarendon hal persuaded
Lous Napoleon from hi. project
a The new prohibitvc liquor bill of Maine
passed the Senar unanimously, and the
House by a vote Of 90 TO 30 1t provides for
imprisonment for the first offence. for the
third not less than three nor more than six
months and for the fourth and every suisse
qucnt conviction, {: 900 fine and one wear in
the State Prison. The bill las received the
signature of the Governor
eg Gov. Baker, of New Hampshire. has
appointed April ) as a day for fasting, l.umil-
ia,ion, and prayer. Apri! 9TH is also fast day
in Massachusetts.
KnLEr.-in an atirav with the Indians.
near Klamath bay. Oregon, caused by an at
tempt to take their guns tio,n the natives.
Charles X. Proctcr of Proctorsyiie, w., with
four other whites WAS killed
According to the Philadelphia Bulle tin.
recruiting Office has been est .b!i,hcd in Phil
adeIphia for the British army in the Crimea.
RAsCAIIry BELOW PAE-Barnum's book
is failure. Books sellers advertise to sell it
lower than publishers wholesale prices
IMPORTANT MAIL AERAxGrMExrS.-T
Canadian Mails brought by the Cunard steam
ers, have heretofore been forwarded from
Boston. over the Vernon. Central, and other
connecting roads. to Montreal An arrange
hereafter by the way of Portland and the
Grand Trunk hallway
q There is said to be in Illinois at least
twenty per cent. more acres iii wheat at the
present time than in any previous year. The
winter has been exceedingly favorable
O. The Worcester Spy chronicles the
following signs Of sprin. in that city. viz:
blue birds in the woods, shad and Holsters in
the market. and hand organ in the streets.
a. The T.. s. District Attorney in New
York has called the attention OF the Marshall
Of the district to the breach of the neutran,y
laws in the establishment of a recruiting office
Cor the British army and promises co-opera-
fon in any measures necessary for the sup
preston of the Office.
EE \ bclateh snow storm has ust paid
thc interior OF fI,,uth Co-oIiua a visit 1t is
thought that all the crops except negroes are
snjurcd.
a The Prohibitory Liquor law, forbid
ding both sale and Importation. has passed
both branches Of the New Brunswick Lccis-
latnre, and goes into operation JAN L. 1856.
The election in Kansas Territory will take
place on the 3oth inst. a despatch from Mis-
souri, states that ten thousand residents of
that State have departed for Kansas. and
that they will arrive in time to participate in
che contest
81 Four more deaths have resulted from
the explosion at the Midlothian coal pits, in
Chesterfield, Virginia. making forty-twO in
all. nine white persons and thrty-threc ne
groes.
EEr Some hunters in Ellsworth, Ne. lately
captured three bears
S"LpTtEs FOR CrBA.-A despatch from
Madrid. dated March s. saws that a battalion
of marines left Ca,liz that dav for Cuba -
5000 more men will leave in May. The ar
nv at Havana will be augmented to 10000
men.
Erro.--Gov. Barstow. of Wisconsin, has
vetoed the Prolibitorv liquor law
Doro;'. March ..-DrATI or AN TX
Thomas Fitzgerald, once t. $.
Senator from this State. died on Sunday.
ELrCrroH.-Thc Know Mornings carried
the charter elections in New Orleans
PROFITABLE SABBATH BrSrxrss-Tn \
York. on Sunday last. it is ascertaned that
two hundred and ninctv-two classes of liuuor
were sold. The fines on tlcs. will amount
to S2.92O One establi, Imc;t have 10 paw.
in fines. $500.
e. Rev. J. Il. Graves. an estmabe and
talented Bapti~. clergyman. was found dead
by the roadside near Columbus. kv.. last
week, with bullet hole in his head Posi-
bly, he was mistaken for a Yankee school -mas-
Ger.
es \ man named Jordan. ran away with
his witc's sister. leayin. his wife and four
children in Albany. pcnnlcss and fricndleSs.
We hope Jordan will find a hard road to
travel.
- During the present session of the North
Carolinl Legislature, charters have been
granted for three important railroads. to form
connections with Western roads. North Car.
DINA is no longer entitled TO the sobriouet of
"Old Rip Van Wrinkle"
\ man named Pleasant Field was rob-
bed by means OF chloroform of SI40O in bar
bers shop at Dunkirk, " Y. The robbcr.
mu'a';o barber, well known on the western
rivers as a thief ani gambler. made his ESCAPE.
and was last seen in Cleveland
q y boy in Trrre IIaute H., ha, r.cov-
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