The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1858-07-10

,els-s-fi s-saaasssaasss-azzaaaz-.zs
River "a battle, They yenturod into tbe ~.
Ger where q was deep, and being poor sviu,.
mers, were both drowned HeDosifory.
~ That "Free Convention Of the friend.
Of Human Progress" Of which brief nen,,,..
was made by us few weeks ago, came og y,
Rutland, on last Friday, Saturday and Sun.
J day
Our knovledge Of what was said and dooo
10 derived from the reports in the A. Y n,-
peTs, A. the gathering was the first one ~
the sort, We believe, in Vermont We homo /,
will be the last one also ="
The tumble Of topics introduced for Jis.
OussiDH indicates more Of insanity than con,.
mon sense in whoever concerted Ia and ,L.
same may be said Of the manner In Whit
they were treated, We do not wonJe, ii.
the decent people Of Rutland we're anrorod
az the presence Of the CQASeution. for Ne ,'
not remember 10 have read Of greater e,l.
bltlon 81 mingled nonsense, indccency, insan.
ity and blasphemy than appears Ia bays
been made by H., We shall not deRle 49,
columns With any extracts from the reports
Of the proceedings, Whoever wiaheJto learn
! particulars can hnd whole page ia the n
! Y, Times and n, Y, Tribune.
The active materials Of the convention
seem 10 have come from other states and
| We are glad 90 say that we do not find named
. 10 the report single person from this ,ieiui
/ y from which We infer that they were Who'll
/ " silent or said nothing which mffe any
} AehhHuNll on TIE Heterogeneous and disorder
~ aasemblage' We hope thatal in this re-
gign who in any way COuntenanccd the aGLr
from mistaken belief that advancement IN
human progress Ia any right direction can be-
made 10y such means, will have gained Wis
dom by the oAperimcnt-HuliHgfgn Fres
Press,
UNiyTHsITY or NiBMuNT. We learn from
the Tree lTess that the following sneaker,
from abroad are 10 speak before the Sacicties
connected with the University, IL the an
preaching Commencement Rev. DIR. Harris
Of bangor, Nc, before the Society of Re
ligiGus Inquiry Rev, Dr.. Storrs. of Brook.
lyu, n. Y, before the Literary Societies and
ltoY, Mr., Cutler, Of Worcester, Mass, before
The Alumni The Germania Band Of hos
ton, have been engaged for the occasion,
OuE Posr OFFICE Thursday morning
Mr. Dalton resigned the keys Of the post Of
flee into the hands Of his successor. Nh
Asher Spencer, the new appointec IL o man
well known IN this community and one who
witt rUdcHvur 70 discharge his duties faithfully
aud 20 public acceptance. lie has appointed
~ his clerk VIM, S, Guild. who during tho
last three years, has been in the 81. Johns.
bury post office, aud I'M. Ind ample expert.
enec In thatdcpartmcnL-B raHicbOro Phgair.
DRowNEp,-Mr. James McFecter's son
Willie, Was drowned in the Mississquoi, in
sheldon, last Friday, aged about II years.
A French boy went IN 20 battle with him,
some 10 wears old, and though he saw him
IN danger, he was 80 frightened as TO fail Of
giving him any assisiancc.- Messenger
THE Rom TO LIMIT OTsrmNG-Tbe
a - tlNf az al
week, adopted, AFTER foil debate, the follow
ing platform
Rcsoircd, That the most sacred and i'm
portani right OF woman IL the figh, TO decide
for herself when, how often, and under what
conditions, she shall assume the cares Of ma.
tcrnity.
Douglas Jcrrold, once writing on the idea
contained IN this resolution, said:
lis il not wonderful that down To tho
present time, women have never discovered
their own tremendous strength They have
only TO be- of one accord, aud in some
hundred years, 90 most the human rarc will
fade clean q ON the curth--fiac like an old
sum from school boys slate"
ScALDrp To EATI-Two weekg ogo to-
day William Dillon employed in the Wooden
Factory OF MesSrs. llnrdiugs, at Winooski,
VAS putting wool Into vat of dive, "A tenn
peraturc of lij o fell into the scalding liquid.
lie was assisted on Immediately, aud cold
wntcr applied, buC his injuries proved fatal.
lie fingered in intense suffering until ycstcr-
day when death came to his relief He was
nn lrishman, % Years of age, and leaves a
small amily.-tree Press, J,me 2OM.
Ia Seven men, three Of them brothers.
and all carly settlers of that ncghborhood,
met at ilincshurg, near Burlington, on che
-'d ult'' The eldest being % years old aud
TIE ftitfnFrst tfIr- TIatTIHTUt was f1f
oily years town clerk Of liincsburg, voting
irst FOR Washington and last for Fremont.
DIsGmcuuL On Friday morning the
"a inst, our usually quiet village was thrown
nto quite an excitement by discu,c ring that
ne OF our highly respectable Citizens was
iung IN eilgy. This was done during Thurs.
lay hight, by some ill-hrcd, lnw.mindcd un-
irneipled "Runn.'' Such acts are disgrace.
al To our village, and insulting 10 our
'itizcnS- bradford Telegraph.
RoanEUy At LirrLrroN.-We learn thu,
he railroad station in Litileton, was entered
N Thursday night hy n gang of burglars. tho
ne opened 10y false keys, and 500 stolen.
about $500 which was in the same drawer
where the above amount was placed was
overlooked by the robbers in their haste.
large jack knife was left under the window,
ihieh was used To hold il up while the
entered the building No trace,
I the perpetrators up to this time.-RepuJ-
can.
PAINFUL AccIpENT-We learn that Mr..
alter farnum, young man employed on
ne Montreal railroad, had his leg dreadfully
hnttered, on the morning of the 9Th inst
Wells River by the bursting Of a cannon,
hue engaged in firing a morning salute