The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1856-03-15
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= ' " '''1'na''d IN an assault; made bv a.
, ~, student on one Of the citv Guard -
- he student had the worst of il and his e,l.
~" STUDENTS were rallied in his favor. Thcv
we're hhally quoted for the npIt. The
mex. morning. tn" President proposed snb
NUN" the case to tie in'lrmert Of twelve
.r"'.then; but the students r.t,..J .o,,.
r'itt"d fresh ou'rares and oct ,.,s..ss;o., -,
''',, -, '''rs ot'o'"'n- TO the Co!Icyc company.
Ne scene thus presented was >nch As Co.
'''''"'H never hri"re saw. Two hundred
armed c''i@c's' with guns loaded with bali
ra'ridg"s, opposed 10 more than hundred
enra@td Young men, with rifle, j.. ,b.;r
hands. The order to take aim WAS o;v,.r
ahd fire might have followed had not Col.
on"i ''oodwEn and others thrown themselves
between and called on the citizens ,.or to fire.
AMER much persuasion by the Faculty, The
students were induced to return TO the Cal.
lcue
Matters remained in an unsettled state for
TWO GAYS when on the rcqnistion of the
noarh tone account SAYS on the threat of the
u"Vrrnor that he would fire upon the stu
"enfS') they gave up their rifles.
he masters of the College COMPANY are
directed to tie suspended and the proprietv
OF suppr"SSInG and disbanding the Colleoe
company Is referred to committee. 70 renort
next Nav
Letters from Conmhia. of March 3. state
that the disturbances at the College IN that
place ar" not over vet. and the exercises had
been temporarily suspended. On Thursday.
the students threatened to rebel unless the
trustee returned the arms to the College ca
acts The Governor interposed and partial
" dnIeted them. but few Stil hold ont. 4
lar"" number Of students had left the CoI,eoe
ana others had been suspended. so that ONLY
thirty or forty retain their connection.
- GENERAL IInUsroH on PrFs1
DENT PIrECE.-A recent speech made bv
the hero Of San Jacinto. at Austin. Texas. he
paii his respects to President Pierce in The
following terms:
II charge Mr.. Pierce with having trtlrd
with th" best interests of the country. He
has produced a degree of lisarranrement in
the political elements OF it which was I'M
known to any former period The old Jack
son democracy >too" upon principles They
were conservative. and adhered to the Con-
>ti'u'ion aud the Enon 1t would seem al
attempt had been made to ennrait upon them
Others that were alien in principle. and could
not ne rcl'"" on without portion OF the
'loaves and fishes whilst the capital of Pat
rOna.c was expended in bounties to enlist
new recruits. to raise force sufficient to So
cure HIM victory in another Presidential
ramralgn. Not relying upon principle. he
has had recourse to eXpedicncv. and finds
himself AT this time in the most dcplor,h!c
CONDITION that has been known TO any former
President His enemies have reason 10 re-.
lolcc AZ his discontinue cannot rejoice Al,
his >i'u,'ion. 1t Is my country that su>tain>
The blow. and no matter whether it results
from his inc0mrctcncy, or from misfortune
INGREDIENT to the tunes. or a want of capacity on
his part 10 govern the country. | must de-
plore its unfortunate condition."
-SLElGH RIDE "A friend of ours
gives the following as his experience in sleigh
riding during the present winter. First. ne
drove out four miles to Burt SCOTS. tied his
horse. went in TO warm himself horse cot
loose and started for Butlalo-Startcd after
him-hor>c got IN ten minutes ahead with a
coupl" OF NP|lntFrS attached 10 him. represent
me ii" rest ~ h'c cUt'r. Expense eighty
iv" dollars. Second. mad two-hor>c slcirh
got two miles from the citv-oif horse com,
menred "itciino his cereals" -mani.t,,cd his
delight toy kicking out the front of the >leirh
DESTROYING Ill his mH1,jpuiu'tnns both of the
"geeSe nccks, he finally broke loose from
The harness. and disappeared in the direction
OF Lower Canada-drove the other horse to
town nn1d|m. Expense twe,tv-rirht dollars
Thirdly, took gentle horSe-six miles ont
he cot not only gentle but tamp-he laid
down. and protested an entire Discrimination
TO 90 any further. Lai,! the buffalo skin o.
YER him. and walked home and gave TIE a
iarm-liverv mar went-cv-rv thing gone
Damages not assessed Have ronrlu,!,d 10
give up >Iri .hrc!ine IN io'o Good conclu
hnG'''o HrqI'jr.
Man AND WOMAN KrIIEn.-Thc
dewn mail tram over the Cheshire road ON
Saturday afternoon, while passing through
the snow cut Just below A>hhurnham. ran
over and killed man and woman. They
were walking on the rack and the cut being
on curve in the road and so deep and mar
row that it was impossible for them to escape
NO blame is attached to the engineer. as the
instant he discovered them every effort was
made to stop the train; but it was too late
The unfortunate persons discovered their
danger and closely huygcd tn" bank, bat
there was no room for them The man was
badly cut up and Instantly killed. The wo.
man was less d>i@urcd, and unconscionSIv
Ha>pcd for Il few moments. They were Irish,
and probably between 30 and 80 wears old
When the tram left it was not ascertaincd
who they were or where they belonged
BruEj'boro Pbonir
- ATTEMPTED MURDER - Richard
Ravcrott. a prisoner in the House of Correc-
ton at East Cambridge attempted to murder
fellow prisoner last SUNDAY morning, bv
Stab5ing him with knife. The prisoners
were marching in file, when he stepped
quickly from the ranks and struck two blows
at a negro named Thomas Sargent alias Sam
Felstead Only two slight wounds were in
tlirted. The knife was a common case knife
Raycroft declared that it was his intention to
cut SarGentS threat. He gave as a reason
Tor committing the assault that Sargent cali
ed him "a State Prison pigeon nights, and
he was not gong to be hollercd at every
night by him. Sargent is said to be quiet
and unoilending man, and Raycroit has at
times signed insanity.
- LIFE MD SPEECHES OF Henry
CLAY-New York Miller. Orion & Multi
gan. The memoirs OF so eminent an Ameri-
can as Henry Clay can never fail to be inter
esting to students of American history. For
many years one of the acknowledged leaders
OF his party. and the idolized cicttain Of a
large section OF it, he welded an influence