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The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1856-07-05
"GIvE 'EM JESSIE"

AT An impromptu gathering of Fremon.ers
up town the Other evening, an enthusiast
advocate Of the Rocky Mountain candidate
put 1t to the crowd. whether it were not bet
ter to send man to the White House wbo
had completed his humanities by marvin,
an accomplished woman, than to send there
s1ch rusty old bachelor As Buchanan. whose
domestic hosPitalities could only be seasoned
with the doubtful graces of a hired house.
keeper! At this inferrocatory. gentleman
present, who remembered the maiden mann.
o. YRS. Fremont (J-sSie Benton) shouted.
Wen gre EN- Jessie ~ This frIiritous dcub.
lie ertendre only needs tn b. published 10 he
come the watchword of the campaign: and
the Mirror takes the liberty of addinr. that
1t the galantrv of the country demanded a
Qneen at the head of the nation. the lovely
lady OF the Republican nominee would COM
mand the universal SURFACES of the peopIe
She Is a woman as eminentlv fitted TO a!orn
the White House, as she has proved herself
worthy to be hero's bride. The splendid
compliment paid by Burke to that ill-fat.d
Queen OF France whom he first saw As the
DauPhiness at Versailles. will apply to Mrs.
Fremont Beautiful. graceful. intell.c,ua;
and enthusiastic. she will make more nrose.
lytes TO the Rocky Mountain platform in fit.
teen minutes, than fifty stump orators cau
win over in month.
Among the objects most sacreily cherished
by the great Pathfinder. are a mapn;fir.nt
sword presented him nv the State of South
Carolina; and beautiful miniature of his
wife. attached to faded pink ribbon. the on
~ thing OF value preserved about his person
when he first arrived in California. The
Col. keeps these souvenirs of love and glory
IN his library locked in glass case.
1t has been limited bv some of the or,os;.
ton press. that Fremont commenced his "a.
reer ny "taking away an old mans dauch.
ter" in violation of the conventionali,ies Of
social life But since the elopement of Hell.
en- OF Troy. no man conld have been more
strongly tempted than Fremont; and let old
foey fathers fret ard fnme as they NAV about
these matters. the svmpathies of the world
always run with runaway lovers. Who has
no: shouted at the triumph of Young Lochin-
var or tremhed at the periIous fight of Lord
Cllin's daughter. who could
MEET the raging of the skies.
But not an angry father
Surely young Amerira" will think ,one
the less of the gallant Colonel for his bril-.
liant coup famour. Who will write ms .
song tor the occasion" to the tune of
''Iessie, the flower of Dumbane ~,
N. Y. Mirror.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1856-07-05

=" Hoorsr for Boo-cannoa snd Broken
Bridge J" shouted On Irishman tie osher nishA
Thas isa'Y "shs bridge" tAss will carry -
safely over.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1856-07-05

To Book AGENrs.-We would call the
attention of this class of our readers to the
advertisements Of Miller, Orion AMI Null.
gan, in to.dayS paper. To show that these
books are "the books for agents." We would
just state, that young man was in our Of.
flee few days since who informed Us that be
had sold one hundred and twenty-five dol.
lars worth Of their books at his own home,
and that village of less than sixty dwelling
houses.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1856-07-05

"BUcK AND BREcK."-The rallvine cry
OF the Democracy is suggestive. The follow
ing satirical hit is too truthful to be pleasant
to the supporters Of Buck and Breck." 1t
is from the Berkshire County Eagle:
I've know what to look for when Arnold
Douglas drives the Democratic team, with .
Haze, Buck! Gee, Breck! Glang there,
dang ye!
-Franklin Pierce was elected 70 the Pres.
'dency by an overwhelming majority Of the
nation because he was not known. He has
been dropped BY general consent because he
Washington Organ.
Some unknown poet has perpetrated the
following:
How happy Ffanklfn Pierce must ~.
since he's rrRSHD well;
For ne can leave Cd var, and
In peace and Coscoap dwell
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1856-07-05

WHENEVER THERE IS A SUB.
STANTlVE GOOD TO BIZ DONE
WHENEVER THERE IS A FOOT OF
LAND To BE PREVENTED FROM
BECOMING SLAVE TERRITORY, /
AM READY To ASSERT THE PRIN.
CIPLE Of THE EXCLUSION OF SLA.
VERY."-Ddniei Webster.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1856-07-05

"AND you TOO, BRUrus The Sa-
vannsh (Ga) Republican, after quoting the
extract from the Ostend circular which an
peared . few days since in the Evening Post,
says:
"The atrocious proposition hero advanced
that, it Spain will not part with Cuba for a
price, We should wrest it from her! This is
the argument Of the brigand, Who proceeds
to take the purse ofthe traveller Who has the
t:"er'ty to refuse to yield it up. Whatever
else may Be said If Mr.. Buchanan, We do not
think that this chapter in bic history will i'd
vance bis claims 10 nodention and conserve
tism."
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1856-07-05
Gtt Californian,
sr. J0nNsBURY, JULY s, 1850.



Of. JOHNsBURY, JULY 8. 1850.
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t''cments and Subscriptions at his Oices in Boston
New: DIRK. and Philadelphia.
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the same in Boston and New.York
lob Printing.
Wear now prepared 10 execute nearly all kinds
Of Printing used in the countrv-PIA1x and URNA.
NrxrAL.-in the VARY BEST STYLE and At Low
Rms. Merchants and others who desire BILL
hsADsor Circulars ofany kind, printed in neat
ssyte, may rely upon entire satisfaction.
Orders sent rs will be promptly attended to.
RAND, STONE & co.
CorrespOndence.
We sOlth VOLUNTARY COMNuNlcArroxa from o1l
P'rse The country upon matters Of interta. kems
Of NEWS, in particular. uiA be htankfaYy received.
AnOnymOus Comuaunies tisns
VIII receive no attention. Marriages. Deaths
Items Of Sews &C., should always be accompanied
by some responsible name. Obituaries of more
than five lines will be inserted at the same price as
Advertisements.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1856-07-05

"A great majority of the Young men
and Young women Of New Hampshire are
TOR Fremont. Some of this partalitv is At.
tri6uied to the circumstance that NJ Ru.
chanan Is an old bachelor of nearly 40 wears.
while Col. Fremont is a middle-aeed man.
with wife of the same energy of character
as himself Mrs. Fremont (Jessic Benton)
Is like her father in domestic habits I'm in
the morning. early as the lark. and suffers no
cohwebs to he formed in her DWELLING
In New York city the other evening, when
the crowd gathered around the dweIin. of
the Republican candidate for the Presiden.
cy, after Col. Fremont had paid his respects
to the multitude. they called for "Jessie."
and would not take No for an answer. She
came forward in response to their request.
1t would not be surprising circumstance
at least no more surprising than thousands
of events in human affairs-if Col. Fremont
shall be indebted, as one of the procurinc
causes Of his success in this camraign. 10 the
tact that he has an energetic LADY, for his
wife. Everybody knows that the Great Ma.
Poleon would not have made the figure he
did as Emperor hut for the inimitable grace
and loveliress Of Josephine. He at last.
however. cut that prop away. tottered and
fell himself, and the divorce, in the dispense.
ton OF Providence. became curse to the
Emperor, instead Of the procedure nv which
to perPetuate the NapoIconic succession.
Col. Fremont is not indebted to his wife
tor his success thus far in life. for he has
within himself energy and great executive
capacity; but the fact that he has wife of
similar traits will add greatly to the interest
in his behalf The young men and women
are for Fremont and Dayton.-N H. States
man.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1856-07-05

II the business Of President of the United
States was to search for passes through the
Rocky Mountains and roast Buffalo meat on
a pronged stick, We should say next to Kit
Carson (who is bis superior in everything
save education) Mr.. Fremont would make
the best President that could possibly be
scared up-Boston Post
u the business Of President of the United
States was to extend slavery over free terri
tory at the point of the hayonet, to suhiusase
the North to the condition of province of
the South, and embark the country upon
general policy Of slavery in its domestic, and
Ostend hIIibusterism in its foreign relations,
We should say that next to Franklin Pierce
(who is his superior in these respects, except
that the people have tried him once and will
on no account try him again. } Mr.. Buchanan
would make the best candidate that could be
scared up.--PrOridence Journal.
- The factory girls Of Lowell have p;ven
expression to their feelings upon the late
Sumner outrage, by sending to P. S. Brooks
thirty pieces Of Miver, 6 cent pieces, a rome
and grinding sheet, With letter expressing
their sentiments.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1856-07-05

-1mpromptu on bearing that Fremont and
Dayton were nominated for the Presidency
and Vice Presidency BY the Republican Con-
vention:
If-in Presidential fight,
Some shout for ''BUCK" and "BRECK,"
And.-"loving darkness more ttan light"
Our liberties would wrecks
We 20 for JUSTICE, free and fair, =
Aud with one voice would say, -
While our rejoicngs I'll the air,
Hazzo! for "FREE" and "DAY!"
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1856-07-05
TWEEN u. =. TROOPs AND MIssOURrANs
80 FREE STATE MEN DISARMED.

80 FREE STATE MEN DIsARMED.
ST. LOUIS, June 26.-Advices from Kan
sas state that Gay, the agent to the Shaw
nees and Wvsndotte Indians, was murdered
by party Of Indians. on Saturday last. Mr..
Gay was accompanied by his own son, who
escaped, severely wovnded. On Monday
the mur,lerers we're still undiscovered.
It is reported hat Mr.. Brown, the editor Of
the Herald Of Freedom, has been killed.
The report comes from Westport
1t is also reported that Colonel Sumner
had fight on she 18th instant, With party
Of Missourians. He lost two men. Several
we're killed and some wounded on the other
eide. The result was that Colonel Sumner
drove the party back to Missouri, and sta
toned his troops to prevent their return.
1t is further reported that Colonel Sumner
had refused to LET party Of 40 southerners
come from Westport, to settle on their claims
At Hickory Point, where they had laid out
town.
1t is also reported here that . company Of
about 80 men, Who recently left Chicago for
Kansas, bad their Sharpes rifles and revolv-
srs taken from them ct Lexington. Ii is
said they we're insolent on board the boat,
threatening what they would do under cir
tain contingencies. No violence We offered
to them.
A letter % The Democrat, 18th, says that
Deputy Sheriff Lyman, ct the besd Of %
srresst On that day Mayor Heys,
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1856-07-05
LAWRENCE. JUNE Is.

Mr. Brown, editor OF The Herald Of Free
dom, Gov. Robinson. and two or three other
reasonable individuals, are still 1t Lecomp-
ton in charge Of Col. Summers troops. 1t is
astonishing how facile is the process of be-
coming smenable to the law for the highest
offence known to our government. Such
things we're formerly fashionable in monarch
ical Englsnd-wben state prisoners filled
the dungeons and cells Of castle-prisons, and
the whole power Of Government was on the
alert to prevent lsvless tongues from wsg-
eioe; but We had really thought that such
things in this section of the world bad be.
come obsolete. However, With Q corrupt
and debauched Judiciary, what can be ex.
pected, even in . model republic3 Col.
Sumner says the Territorial laws must be
enforced-the people Of Kansas, If We are
not much mistaken, will say, "Never !" What
will be the result We leave to the calmer
judgment Of observers. II Congress does
not oct in the premises, Kansas must become
the battle-ground Of Freedom in earnest.
The cowardly and aggravated attack upon
Senator Sumner in the Senate Chamber did
not produce very much excitement here. It
b only little touch Of Border Rufianism
to the halls Of Congress
specimen Of what ore everyday occurrences
here. We think that tie people Of the East
would appreciate the condition Of their brsth-
rsa here I'll the better ii they could zee such
, practical DEMONSTRATION occasionally.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1856-07-05

Wnlcn mas aOOpteO Dim, out rather upOn his
administration of the Government for the
three years which succeeded the death of
President Taylor. The !" Compromise meas
ures Of 1850" we're not the product of his wis.
dom, though he giories in them they we're
the inevitable sequence Of that memorable
calamity by which the country lost brave
Southern President, who cared nothing for a
reelection. and had no interest in any scheme
for raising the price of slaves. The logged
independence Of Tay lor could resist, where
his northern successor in office-even if he
had been made of sterner stuff than any that
enters into the composition Of Mr.. Fillmore
could only yield. Fortunately. or unfortu-
nateIy, Compromise measures nv which all
questions about slavery we're to be forever ST.
fenced. and which we're commended to thou
sands Of conservative men by the mighty in
Auence Of Clay and Webster. are less popou.
lar now than they we're four wears ago. In
them was sown the seeds which grew IN in
the Nebraska bill, and Of which We are now
reaping the dreadful harvest. The foreign
policy Of Mr.. Fillmore. IT. he could be elected.
would doubtless be- conservative and respect-
able, but his antecedents give us no evidence
that in his domestic policy there would be
any security for freedom against the agrees
ions Of slavery. Nor can We forget that Mr..
FilImore's administration, while he held the
reins Of government, was managed with
keen regard to the interests of the Buffalo
firm Of Fillmore & Hall, attorneys at Law. 1t
would be curious story, if We could have q
full narration Of the process by which the ju-
Nor member Of that firm. having been Post
MASTER General and chief dispenser of pat
ronage under the administration of lis re-
'pected senior. came At last into the judicial
of6ce with alife-tenure.) which Judge Conk-
ling had been persuaded to ex change for the
Embassy TO Mexico. And yet We are not
lure that President Of the United States,
The Westerly echo, & Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1854-1858, 1856-01-24
SchenCkis Mandrake Pills.

Will be found to possess those qualities necessary
TO the total eradication Of all bilious attacks prompt
To start the secretons or the liver and give health
tone TO the entire system. Indeed. IL Is ordi-
nary discovery in Medical Science, to have invent
ed a remedy for these stubborn complaints, which
develop all the results produced by q heretofore
Tree use OF calomel-a mineral justly dreaded by
mankind-and acknowledged to be Obstructive in
The extreme to the human system. That the prop
critics OF certain vegetables comprise all the virtues
OF ealome. without its injurious tendencies, is now
an admitted fact, rendered indisputable by scien-
Pill. will be fully satisfied that the best medicines
are those provided by nature in the common herbs
and roots OF the fields.
The Pills open the bowels and correct all bilious
arrangements without salvation or any of the in
furious effects of oalomel other posons. The Sc
creton OF bile is promoted by these Pills. as will be
seen by the altered color Of the stools and disappear
ing OF the sallow complexion and cleansing Of the
tongue.
Ample directions for use accompany each box OF
pills. and the price Of quart bottle of the Sea
weed Tonic and box of Pills combined Is only one
dollar. But separate boxes of Pills can be had oi
any Of the agents for rs cents.
These remedies are prdparcd under the persona
supervision Of DR.. J. ii. Schenck, proprietor o
Schenek's Pulmonie Syrup. the we'll establishet
| remedy for Consumption. Bronchitis Coughs. Colds
&C. &c. and the inventor of the celebrated Respir
ometer. for examining and detecting all diseases o
tho Lungs, Heart, &c.
WHOLESALEAGENTs
= Phiisdeiph ia-Gnbert, wentz 4 Co, lit n. 7hfrs
| Street.
Ne~ Y~k.-C. v. Cliekner 4 Co., 81 Barelu,
Street
| Boston.-Redding L Co. No. 8 State Street.
Ande every respectable Druggist Throughout tn
United States.
The Westerly echo, & Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1854-1858, 1856-01-24
DIR. J. SCuENCK'S
PULMONIC SYRUP,
For the cure Of Consumption.

| The proprietor Of this medicine was himssH
many wears ago, reduced so low as to be given up
nv his nh scians nd friends in the last stage OF
Consumption When all hopes of ever getting well
bad fed. he strongly rectmnendee 70 use
syrup made from an old Indian receipt amen sue
ceed,d in efeetuslIy curtlng him. lhe fanny
ph VS. eians and large number Of rttpectGblt gen
tiemen certified to tn, facts OF this case sLd eooh
the Pulmonic sytup obtained reyntauon never
equalled in that section ofths country. eItaung;
a. this ease did sensation second TO mat OILY o.
a miracle DR. sohe mex WAS waitto uIob BY hany
simila arly Athlete d. to whom he adniphtftd ths
Syrup with the same bentfeial r,suts In hN,
such was the notori.ty Of this mtdieins NAV en-
inent practicing physicitns had their attention
drawn toward the rising reputation u IT, htn hav-
ing witnessed its curative powers. and freely sx
tended the hand of frieIdship and ehcouraGensnt
to Or. Schebck and introduced the neaitine teths
public, and used it in their daily practice
No other medicine operates Upon the sYsteD II
the manner that the Fulmonie syrup does hprs-
duces healthy action upon the n'sroia paitt, ~
purify ing tn, m frCm diseases Il promotes the e1-
atoms allays the sougb IpeEs lbe matter N
the lungs and when ii is discharged. II meals the
ope ming that the breaking Of the tuberect CT sb-
scess produces and the lungs become feupo anu rs
sumo the performance of their natural functions
1t also soothes the iertated portion of the n spa
other organs and thus sesto these Bass To hesn
A superior property that the medicine possesses
over all others is that it contains NO opium eais~
mel or any other deletrious medicine
In lS41 Dr. Schenck removed from Fleninetonr
New Jersey. to Philad,lphin. and commenced the
reputation exctlled by none, in curing a dheass
that had heretofore been deemed 'ncuraole ana ne
has since then daily presentad to the Wofld incon
testible evidence of his success. 49,
Both Of his parents died With Consumption, Hhich
appears to have been hereditary dis.ase with his
fathers family All his brethers and sisters .1eePt
one died early of this disease. none OF them bus
the one brother, reaching the age Oftwenty
Thus left. nearly the last OF hs family, he natur-
aly felt some alarm as one aft another were con
signed to the silent tomb by this fell destroyer.
The Westerly echo, & Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1854-1858, 1856-01-24
A Ho0sier at the Ast0r House.

met on the train an elderly Hoosisr
who had been at the show case exhibi-
ton at New York, and who had also
seen the III po drO me, as he called it.
Did you remain long in New York,
said 1.
Well, no. he answered thoug ghtfully,
'only two days, for l saw that there
was a right smart chance of starving to
death, and I'm opposed to that way ol
going down. put up at one of their
taverns, aud allowed l was going to be
treated to the whole
Where did you stop = said I, inter
rupting him.
AT the Astor House. I allow 70,
don't ketch me to no such place again
They rang the goog, as they called it
fsur times afore breakfast, and then
when I went in to eat, there wasn't mar,
yittles on the table,
What was there p vsntured to in.
quire.
'Wsll,' said the old man, enumerat
ing the items cautiously, as if from fea
Of omission, there was a clean plat,
wrong side up, knife, clean to,osl, I
split spoon, and hand d-bilI, and wha
was worse,' added my com panion, tn
insulting niger up and asked me wha
wanted. Vittlss,' said I, bring Il
your rittle, and I'll help myself"
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Voluntary testimony.

-cribsrs. residents oil tl.mihgton. Dc
We, the SUD- we are well acquainted WIZ
hereby eertiiy ina. 20 was attacked by disease
DIR. j. IL. Schenck. h. ted in PULMONARY Con
which. we believe, termina. n, which h. was re >
sumwtion under the operation y. his he'd for =
due SO low as to be unable to lea aast recoy.ry
long time and to all appearance was ,eyer Ia n
IL is now perfectly well-hs ;ough shu n as opr
left HIM and we feel justified I'M declaring sn,tsa
belief that these salutary effects na'~
from the use of the Pulmonic Syrup
MEMBER OF FcoNoREss.-Isaac q. Farley.
COUNTY cLERK.--Joseph Benson.
suRRoGkTE.-G &. Seymour
JUDGES OF THE EeouKT.-SamuelHill, Robt. r. Read
ing, A. G. Davis.
mEMBrRs OF THE BAR.-Peter J. Clark, vn. II.
Sloan. G. Bartles Nath1 saxton, George A. Allies,
Jas. N Reading, Alex. Wurts.
PHYsICiASs-J. Y. Schenck. NJ. D., Geo. p. Rex,
NJ. D., X. d. Mershon. M. d.
MERcHAsrs.-J. @. g. J. II. Reading, Augustus
Frisbie A. v. Donnell, VIM. p. Emery, J p. Farlss;
cLFRGr.-Jas. NJ. 0lmsted, q. Batolette.
rosrMAsTrR-Geo W. Risler.
cIrIzFSs.-John N. Capner. Mahlon G. Hart. Pc
ter Ewing. Asa Jones, VIM. X. Moore, p. W. Bvrk
Hugh Capner. John L. Jones, Thomas Gray, a. J.
Holcomb. David Durham, Hart Wilson.
At this time there II not town or village In the
United States but in which can be found more or
less wonderful cures by the use Of Sehencks Pal.
monte Syap.
DR.. Schenck is the inventor OF the celebrated
Respirometer for examining and detecting all dis
cases of the Lungs, Heart. &c.
WHOLESALE AGENTS
Phiiadclphia.-Gnbert,W Wentz Co, l7TN. Third
Street.
New Y.rk-C. V. Clickner L Co., 81 Barclay
Street. ..
Bosfon.-Redding 4 Co. No. Q state Street.
And every respectable Druggist throughout Ne
United States.
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~ A few nights siscs, says tn,
Trey Budget, a we'll ll-dressed man, sppa
rently a stranger in that locality, sauu
tered into the uatch-houss, and called
for glass of brandy.
Don't keep it here,' remarked the
rsundsman you'll havo to gs to
some place else if you want brandy
The stranger walked towards the Off
cial, and, with a nod and a wink, gave
him to understand that if he sold him
some brandy, be need not fear exposure
on account of the prohibitory law.
/ tell you We don't sell and brandy
hsrs,' reiterated tho roundsman, in a
vehement tone.
Don't sell any brandy remarked
the stranger, looking curiously around
the room, and walking with an air o
suspicion towards the door don't sci
Any Brandy achat do you aOant to keel
open so late for, then p
Soon after, the Indignant stranger
left the watch house for more genia
quarters.
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MARBLE YARD,

THE subscriber would respectfully yinform
the citizens ofStonington and neighboring
towns, that he keeps constantly on hand q
large assortment Of American and Italian
Marble, for Tomb, Tablets, Monuments, mad
Grave stones, made to order, in every shape
and form, at his Marble Yard in Stonigton
Borough, where he offers any thing in
the marble line for sale as low as can be
purchased n the New England states. Those
in want Of the above articles, will do veil to
call and examinefor themselves before pur-
chasing elsewhere.
ALI orders, either byletter or otherwise
promptly attended to and faithfully execut-
ed. A share of the public patronage is re-
spectfully solicited
Particular attention paid to the setting OF
Monuments Tom lbs II ablesand Ora. estones
soll from ais Yard.
ORR|N DC"Y.
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