The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1857-04-04
VARIOUS ITEMS.

Daniel c. Lin'ley, Esq. of Middle
bury has been appointed by the Secretary o.
of the Treasury. Superintendent, of the new
Court House to be built at Windsor.
The empress Eugene Of France, ride,
behind a horse that few months aro, drew
daily loads of red and black republicans, in an
omnibus between Boston and Charleston.
A "blind man" led by little dog had
his dog seized by some rogue in the .trse..
Of Paris; whereupon he opened hi. ewes,
gave chase, cudgeIled the wretch soundlv.
took his dog, shut his eyes, and wen, on
again.
Frederick Douglass, coloreJ man, and
formerly slave, addressed the citizens Of
Portland on Monday evening on the bred
Scott decision.
The Hon. Robert J. Walkers acceptance
of the Governorship of Kansas was announ-
ced to The cabine. on FRIDAY. 1t is under
stood that lie will proceed to the TERRITORY
about Monday week.
Frederick z. Stanton has accepted Ii.
office of Secretary of State of Kansas.
-Rev. Charles Beecber, of Galrsbury. H..
is preparing biography Of his father. and
requests ali persons possessing letters OF Dr..
Beecher, TO forward copies TO him, to be Used
in preparing the work.
\ REWARD FOR GEN. WALKER.-h il
stated by the deserters from Gen. Walker.
that Gen. Mora. the Commander of the Costa
Ricans, has offered $4,000 for Walkers
head, or 100000 if he can be captured and
brought into their camp alive.
There is a strong minded young lady who
takes wood to the Louisville market 10 sell
She drives in. sitting on the top Of the load,
and whistles Pop goes the weasel and other
popular airs. The father is worth $4,000,
but she chooses to cultivate manly accomplish
ments in vindica,ion of the rights of her sex
THE PREDICTED CoMEr-Proses.o,
Pierce, of Cambridg &c, has written letter
scientifically confirming the view which al
sensible people have taken in regard to the
predicted collision of terrible fery CONE:
with the earth. next June. viz; that there i,
no foundation for such prediction, and no
man of science has probably made such an
assertion.
1t is said that 1000 Filliousters have
found their graves in Nicaragua since Wax
er's advent in that land
The colored student admitted to Wabash
College sometime since. has been Withdrawn
on account of the Indignation of studentsa and
that institution is not now open for students
of that class
The Postmaster General reports the pro-
bable number of dead letters for the pas;
year TO be three millions.
Men and women consume too much food
and too little pure air. they take too much
medicine and too little exercise.
Died At Burlington, Mass, SO,h ult-
Mary, widow of the late Jane. Bennett
She was in her ninety ninth year. with . re-
markable preservation of her mental and
physical faculties, which led her friend, 70
hope she would reach her hundreth, whens
few days since fall which fractured her hp
fastened her end in severe suffering. Her
husband was an officer in the revOlutionar.
army, and was at the battle of Bunker dill
The Manchester Ladies presented an
earnest petition to the City Government OF
n. H., few days ago, in which they set forth
I" the fearful fact that more than three-fourih'
of the poverty and crime in that place
caused either directly or indirectly by the
use of intoxicating drinks. They pray The
Government to take measures TO suppre"
the illegal traffic Of liquors in that CITY Inc
petition is forty five feet long and was syn
ed by 1920 ladies of the place.
On Saturday evening, Just previous 10
the commencement ofthe opera. at the lh'.
adelphia academy, a worthy member OF 'o'
female chorus died suddenly in the green
room, of disease of the heart. The sinse"
shocked as they were, forced down their :.
motions. and went through their parts WIZ
apparent composure.
We are apt to think Yankee droIiefs
sufficiently extravacant, and western hu'r
still more hyperbolical. But an old ''Tee'
episrammatist beat the Americans all ho.iO'
lie describes man whose nose was 90 ions
that he was unable to hear himself snseze
"A good lady at Cincinnati offered 10 d.
the bag of besgar woman with corn me-.
NO, ma am :" was her offended reply, "isD
poor enough, God knows. but can't 50 coFl'
meal; when come 10 that mean 70 s'a''''