The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1856-06-07

us tor Advertising and .Job-Work. We
need the money by the first of July.
and expect that those indebted to us will
promptly respond There still remain
unsettled many accounts due to CHAD
WICK Il RAND. 1t is highly desirable
that these should also be paid imme'li-
atcly
The June term Of the County Court
is now in session at DanviIe. We shall NIB
!ISh the usual report next week "Bris.ol
Bill was on trial Wednesday and Thursday
for the attempt six wears ago to a,sa>,inate
Bliss n. Davis, Esq. Considerable interest
- manifested in the case, but up to the hour
OF going to press We have learned no partic-
ulars.
We notice with pl,a the continued
and increasing prosperity of the scale bust
ness here. AT no time since its commence.
ment has II manifested such great activity AZ
it now does. We learn that during the FIRST
three weeks Of Nav, more than twelve hun
dred portable scales were sent of bv rail
road, much larger number than was ever
sent before in the same space of time. A
large share of these were sent to parties who
bad actually purchased. the remainder to a.
gents on sale. One hardware house at the
West which buys scales to sell again has al
ready ordered more than thirty thousand dol
lars worth this Sprin. To meet the de
mands of their increasing business, Messrs
f.. Il /. Fairbanks x Co. are now max ing
two large additions to their shops, to furnish
room for the new workmen they are obliged
to employ. This increase of business is all
the more gratifying. since II takes place IN
the very face of a competition which IS fresh
energetic. and 10y no means scrupulous as to
the means that it uses 10 luid itself up.
The committees Of the Senate and
House appointed to investigate the assault,
upon Mr.. Sumner have made their reports
The Senate committee represent the act a.
ian assault with coa,d,r0Ue violence" -
The House committee Judge that the assault
was preme1ltated. made with deadly wear
on, irfcting wounds calculated TO enlancer
Mr.. Summers life. and probably with that in
tent, or at I'll" very least. with perfect reck
lesSness as to the result
-.Advices from llavt state that formid
able instruction has broken out in the yicin.
Ifv Of Aux Cayrs. against Soulouqne. and
that great alarm existed among the citizens
ofthaf place in consequence Of the threaten
ed attack Of a body oftwo or three thousand
Of the insurgents
j. II. Lane. hailin. from IIardwick
went to Mortified, engaged board at Mr.
Roulstone's, broke into the trunks of three
Of the boarders. stole money and clothes. and
disappeared. He was pursued and captured
in Marshfed. and tie property recovered
lie was committed to Jail in Montpelier. in
default of 500 bail.
From ErHorE-The steamship India
with Liverpool dates TO Nav 81. arrived a,
Quebec on Tuesday. The political news Is
unimportant The English Government is .
considering the Central American question.
but the result is not vet arrived at
The LEGISLATURE of Ma>>arhusct.. has
backed down on !hp resolution which wa
introduced in the lower House to approrri-
ate $4,000 for the benefit OF the citizens of
that State now in Kansas who have been re-
duced toa condition OF suffering hv the acts
Of the Pro Slavery maraudtrs After doub-
ling the amount first proposed. the reSolu
ton was Land on the table and the attemrt
yesterday, to take 1t up again prove inetlec
tual
The Brattiehoro Thnn;J saws that on
Monday the 2Grh inst. little son Of Elmer
.on Barrett of Ward>horo, had his right arm
taken off by pianin, machine Mr.. B. had
retired to shut the gate, leaving his son in
company with two men who were at work in
the shop. One Of these soon discovered the
boy on the floor beside the machine ewing
for help. The accident occurred so sudden
" that they did NOT see how it was dome
The arm up to near the elbow was cut into
very minute fragments d.. F.. p Burton
Of that place dressed the wounded limb, and
the boy We understand is doing we'll
"A correspondent writes the burlington
Sentinel from Wallinoiori, this State, that
the north part of that town and the south
Iart OF Clarendon was visited with severe
hail storm, accompanied with perfect lorna
do, on Saturday last. at about ? T. NJ. The
general direction of the tornado was from
northwest to southwest lasting but few
minutes. but in the meantime doing consider.
able damage to fences. timber and buildings.
l'' width was some two miles, and it was ac.
companied with hail some of the hail.Stones
we're three-tourihs OF an inch in diameter
1T blew down barn belonging TO. Thomas
Stewart. Esq, Of Clarendon in which two
men had taken shelter there were also two
horses IN the barn, but remarkable TO relate.
neither the men nor the horses were killed
or fatally injured. They were rescued from
the fallen tImhers. in dangerous POSITIONS
1t DESTROYED barn belonging to Harry
Stewart, Esq. and killed a horse. 1t also
destroyed several buildings belonging to Cal
WIN Crosman. nnrooted a number of buildings
belonging TO different individuals. and de.
stroyed large quantity of valuable timber
in its track, besides doin. considerable other
damage.
WEST POINT CADEMY.-The following I
IRE the cadets appointed BY the President.
at large" and from Ike District of Column q
ba for 1919