The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1856-01-19


W.. inie.en. Ea,,e. cones tie present
*, tive II AZ ln;'ei States: No:.e::l
ma, Nv !irth lard O. the banks OF tie
beautiful ,:t::linaeI, <. Sowing down rom The
NnuIty-luvi.. El,!n;,..n-crests Of View ltaTp-
s...re: ntar tn, hcn.es Of Har,lt q stark.
81 Hh.,,,ir. q thornton, AMI ot'i-r stern
OIL: ,.eeo;, Il tie Ecyu,u.tc near TIE ear
" home Of Da:ie! Webster, Che, too. alter
lon. ME spent in tie service Ct his co"ntrv.
made I'D tor sectional votes, with how
mournrul result J - e!ucatcd il Free
STATE. ami! institutions originated and sus-
tanned hv Free Men; where Patrick iIenry's
elo1uence resourds in every school-boy's
mouth, "Give me liberty or give me death -
where Thomas J.ticrson's words in the De
y,alatiun of Independence, that I" All men
are created free aud equal, and endowed with
ter'ain inslienablc rights. among WHICH are
LIrtHrY and Ike pursuit Of happiness" ar"
believed to cm;,,dv living truth. and not d
speculative theory; from a State Of free
schools. tree Bibles, free Gospel. and free
mon. comes th, Franklin Pierce, and makes
4. lid whir'. cit anythng) can place him in
ia. Prrsi,.. chair lot another lnadruple
CT years.
AID 40 tiiiiiny sum does tbs rl.n Oiicr--
lie sacrifices upon the altar Of a mean am
L!;ion everything held sacred by most other
mer. Official station, manhood, intellect,
honor, conscience, humanity, trut,. and what
ever other name goes to make up the sum to-
tai Of a MAS.are all thrown to the !our winds,
that Southern influence may little longer
override humanity. law, and much abused
"ordvr." Old calumnies are revived, hi.tO-
nv perverted, facts concealed. false.oods adj
yocatcd, and all the tricks of sophistry re-
sorted to, to conceal the real questions in.
volved. and deceive the people u!on the one
important issue. \ great parade Of patriot
ism is made to cover the most l,trnicious scc-
tionalsm, and ho,iu defamation 70 convey
TIE Aini,icst arguments.
Such is the bid mad. Tor the Presidency
hv the present incumbent. lie is not Xix ely
to be- undcrtit!. Senator Jones of Tennessee
saws he has gone farther South than any
Southern man ever went. There let hin,
stay; the North is preparing to legis'a'e 70.
the country without the ali! of srrh as he.
The tie severe snow storm hpHan. as
the telegraph has enabled us satisfactorily T.
prove that al northeast storms b: gin. in the
opposite direction from the point Of compass
OH. c! vi: n it came. Ii opened III NORTH
Carolina very early on Saturday, and FRO
/. cteA-l ra!ua:'y north. reaching this plac,
about sun-,.:. and not opening q: HALIFAX ii,
the next or Sabbath morning. lis creates
severity was along the coast as it proceed
inland, it fell Of in tury and in the depth Of
snow il deposited a, New York. Providence
and Boston much moro snow fell ti2r in Nj
ncighhorhood. The accumulation Of SNOW
in the narrow streets OF those cities was 81
great IS to make them almos. altogether i'm
:,assable all last week Las: Sn'ur,i,v nigh
' about 5000 persons passed the hiy!t in tn,
cars on the roads leading Cat Of 10 ten, t..
ing unable to reach home. Nh Mcrriam,lii,
Brook !, n weather clerk, says tia.'. as rear a
he can estimate. twent: inches fell CT
level. This il twice VIA, FL hcre. :.
| Providence, the journal says:
We have not had such y storm since IN /.
of December 90. 1858, and both Of thr,
rank with TIE great storms ct January IL
1891. and February 20, 1929, which are re
membcccI with 50 mach honor in our meteor
o.cc:c al annals 1t is diflicalt to say I, VIA
,,.,,th the srow fell on a level The ir;'i
w"rc in somr Places ten an! tw.lrc .>ct l.gli
an! scrsc Of thca, were piled u, ;i-..ias: Ii;
very church doors, 50 that he GOOD people
eou!J not ger 20 worship, even !. ,',ny ro!l
force their :say through the streets"
In New loi;;, tie Herald SAWS there la.
rot been such stor II for ten years. and ;ht
cars Of the eli. railroads beng ;.rah.c % RI:
On Monday morning because OF iic snow.
thousands of uptown reo,.lr were deprived,
o.! their ordinary means Of citing 70 t;eir
scenes of busi;ess. New York rarely gets
such a season Of sIci.!:ng as ,his storm has
afforded, and The people are eni vi, . it with
an enthusiasm that approaches 70 fury. It is
the har,es: Of livery keepers. and the purca-
tory Of horses. The Herald saws ten and If
teen sud even twenty dollars is the tariff for
a shor, sleigh ride in New York; Half if
not two thirds Of the entire Union is now
covered Will: thick mantle Of snow; perhaps
there las not been time for v.a-s when so
vast breadth CT our territory has been tahus
clothed at The same time. At the West, it is
but light compared with the quantity that lies
upon New England. bat it is there in suni
cient abundance 70 afford s!e.lr;ny, aud give
a biting edge TO the winters air.
-POEk AND Flour Wrsr.-The
Traveller has the following letter from Gin.
cinnati. January 'th.
"The Hog crops nc: yet all in Hogs
commencing this season at the unprecedent-
ed price Of : per hundred, have declined to
S5,l5, st which sales were made this d..v.
Eastern buyers appeared in marke, early,
and the principal part Of the pork was pack
cd for or purchased by them. No very large
amounts have been held by parties here,
| though many have tried the markets east by