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The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1858-02-27

4 X kF7STTyFF tvFt-T1JTF A EBHthpTrJ FuJJs
tlcmau owned a slave, very intelligent fel-
low, who waSa Univcrsalist. On one occasion
he illustrated the Intellectual character Of his
religion in the following manner: A certain
SLAVE had obtained license of the Baptists,
to preach. lie wns holding forth in the pres
cncc Of many of his eolorcd brethren at one
time when he undertook to describe the pro-
cess of Adams creation. Said he when
God made Adam, he stoop down. scrape up a
li,,lc dirt. wet il little, warm it little in de
hands, and squeeze it in de right shape, and
den lean it up against de fence to dry
Top dar said our Universnist darkcy "you
say dat az dc iustcst man eber made Sartin
said the preacher. "Dcn,' said the other
lies tell a fclcr whar dat ar fence came
from !" "lIush" raid the preacher "two
more questions like dat would sple all dc fe-
ology in dc world"
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1858-02-27

los, famous fnr iis luycly girls, pTcssrvo ths
blood Of the MOnH D caursrrs boz state nf
nature the Andalufiou maid atiaint her per-
feeii0n # form, bt the sde nf the most syU-
mctdca siceds of the Peninsula % Aleckleu-
burg you behold the pured blood 0f Germany Z
and whom phalanx " amaz1us Rullup alnug
the avenues Of tho London parks, the dnzzlcd
oyc cannot GX ilapf with iudife enco either
on tho ecuyerc, or the animal ou which shc
d mounted. Let young gin draw 2 her
horae beneath lniiy nee, anA you viii coh
template, grouped Ia a single picture, u
throe maryelf ofEngland. HouFehoh Words
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1858-02-27

ENGLISH WOMEN, TREES AND HORSES
England produces three objects which are met
with everywhere; but which, in this island,
are remarkable for their marvellous beauty
the women, the trees, and the horses. More
over, every place which raises II race of horses
worthy Of admiration, is also peopled by pret
ty women. What is the cause Of the c0inci-
dence, it is not easy to say but this strange
correlation is not the less real. Georgia raj
tses the best horses of the East, The plains
of La Camargue, in The ncghbcrhood Of Ar
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1858-02-27

tV' Lucy Stone said she honorcd the wift
of George Bancroft, who, when the Episcopal
clergy man pronouucing tie service over her
came TO the word obey, said, ." / wont" The
clergyman said hc would not marry her, but
she said she could wait. Mr.. Bancroft said
he had not chosen awoman who was not able
10 command herself Her father commcndcd
her spirit. and the clergyman concluded TO go
on Musical World.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1858-02-27
Tho Pipea at lucknow.

Pipes ~ thf misty WuuriHHd,
Voice of the glen aud hill,
The drOnc ~ highland torrent
The song u lnNlaHb1Y
Not the brace Of hrs1Ei fud heather
nor tho mountains I4Jlt with rain
Nor maiden hover nor border tower,
Have heardyour sweetest strain
Dear 10 the lowland reaper
Aud plaidrd mpuutAinccT,
To the cottage and the castle
The Scottish pipes are dear
Sweet sounds the ancient plhrnrh
Der mountain, luch, and glade
but the sweetest ~ All music
The Pipes at Lucknow played
Day hy day the Indian tiger
Louder ycllcd. and nearer crepti
Round aud round the Jungle serpent
Near and nearer circles swept
" Pray Tor rescue, wives aud Wpthefh-
Pray to-day the soldier shid,
"Tu-morr0w, deaths between us,
And the wrong aud shame we dread
Oh they listened, looked. and waited
TIN their hope became despair
And the sobs OF low bewailug
Filled the pauhes uf their prayer,
Then up -pake a Scottish maiden,
with her ear upon the ground
"Dinna yc hear u i--dinnR yc hear u
The pipes o. lla,elock sound
flushed the wounded mau his grooming
flushed the wife her little ones
Alone they heard the drum roll,
And the roar ~ Scppy guns,
but 60 sounds of home and childhood
The Highland ear was true
A" DinnA Sc hear IL its the slogan
WIN ye no believe It moo
Like the march NJ soundlcssmudc
Through tho visions of the seer,
More Of feeling than of hearing,
OF the heart than Of the ear,
She knew the dronng pihrooh,
She knew the Cnmphcll's call.
clark hear yc no MacGr'gor's--
The grandvst o. them all
Oh they listened dumb and breathlcss,
And they caught the sound at last
Faint and far beyond the Goumtcc
Rose aud fell the piper's blast
Then u burst Of wild thanksgiving
Mingled woman a voice and mans
"God be praised - The march Of lIayelock
The piping Of the clans
Louder, nearer, fierce a. vengeance,
Sharp aud shrill Ns swords at strife,
Came the wild MacGrcgor's clau-call,
Singing all the air TO life.
But when tho iar-oh dust cloud
To plaidcd lcRions grew,
Full tendcrly aud blithsomey
The pipes Of rescue blew
Round the silver domcs of Lucknow,
Round red DoWlah's golden shrine,
Brcathcd the air TO Btiion's dearest,
The air Of Auld Lang Sync.
Der the cruel roll " War.dnms
Rose that sweet and homclike strain,
And the tartan Glove the tutbanl
Al the GoOmtee clcNcs the plain.
bear ~ tlr- ir,--iu-,-l r-rt,-t
And plaidcd mountainecr,
To the cottage and the castle,
The pipcr's song II dear
Sweet sounds the Gaelic pihroch
U-ci mountains, UtCu and gtgdc,
But the sweetest Of all music
The Pipes at Lucknow played
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1858-02-27

LOVERS TAUGHT ENGINEERING. - From
Smiles to the Station of Kisses is five hund-
red sighs; from Kisses to Pop-the- Question
is one thousand FIVE hundred sighs and from
thence to the Terminus of Pas Consent is
two thousand five hundred sighs--making a
grand total of four thousand five hundred
sighs. To the arrival at Pas Consent, how
Uvur, tho Uugiur of Love fruS to usrrnt n steep
incline, the gradients OF which are enormous
two in thrce-causing vast number of
signs TO be heavily drawn in reaching it
Some sentimental surveyors have therefore
proposed TO facilitate tho commune alton be-
tween Pop-the Question and'the terminus OF
Pas Consent, (which may easily be done, if
they can raise sufficient capital,) or, failing
that, to form loop-line to Mas Being per
sonally'intercsted in the undertaking, We wish
it success, with all our ho0rt. The estimated
saving Is not far short Of thousand sighs.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1858-02-27
JOB PRINTING.

Our Printing establishment was mover ln bette,
condition than nov, aud increased attention vii
be given 90 this brapch' u business, We kcrp
constantly on hand Paper and Gard Stock, and are
noh prepared tG print llaHdbills, Programmes,
Auction Hus Hill Heads, Labels, Circulars, buhi-
mes and Wedding Cards, Sc, So, AZ short notice.
Ofiefs by matt viii hr carefully attended tut uud
the work forwarded with despatch,
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1858-02-27

THE Sous POwfR oyRR TiIE BopY.-
DIR, Kane's biographcr asked him once, aiier
his return from his first Arctic expedition,
+" for the best proved instance that he knew
uf the SOULS power over the body an instance
that might push the hard baked philosophy
Of mntcraism % the consciousness Of its own
idioey." lie paused a moment, and then
said, with a spring, The soul can lin the
body out Of It's boots, sr. when our cap
tain was dying, i say dying, have seen
scur,y enough to know,-eyery old scar in
his body was running ulcer. II conscience
testers under IL wounds corrcspoudingy, hell
!, not hard 10 understand. / never saw q
case 40 bad that either lived or died. Men
die Of IL usually long before thoy are so i'll as
he was, There was trouble aboard there
might bo mutiny. SO soon as the breath was
ont Of his body We might be at each others
throats ! felt thhi be- owed even the reposc
Of dying tn The service. ! went down TO his
bunk, and shouted in his ear, Muiiny cap
tain, mutinyr lie shook Of the cadavrric
,tupor Set me up he said, and order these
fellows before me lie heard the complaint,
utuvtvu puutAuutvut, anu nom tuC huuf con-
valcsrcd Kcep that man awake with danger,
and he wouldn', die OF anything until his du-
Is was done
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1858-02-27

AIR AND ExERcIsE.--A young man should
walk in the open air six miles every day. A
young woman, three or four. When still, We
use five hundred cubic inches of air in n
minute; if we walk at the rate of one mile
an hour. eight hundred; two miles an hour,
one thousand three miles an hour, one
thousand six hundred four miles an hour,
two thousand three hundred: If we run ut
six miles an hour, three thoushnd trotting a
horse, one thousand seven hundred and fifty;
cantering, one thousand FIVE hundred DR..
RddclV6e Hall
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1858-02-27

W During the last presidential campaign,
in Pennsylvania, Il western orator opposed to
Mr.. Buchanan came down upon him very Sc
verely Says he, :" he is tolerablc good
man so fur as intclleo' is concerned he has
a good mind and aeclear judgment, but he
haint got no heart--narry bit of in'ards of
that ere kind "
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-07-30

Nor so FAsT.-The Washington Union,
in order to ward off the effects of Mr.. Crit
tenden's charge of extravaganza against tho
Administration in its estimate of expend-
lures for the present current year, took Mr..
Ietcher's estimate, and stated the appropria-
tions at S6S,000,000. II did not irclude Mr..
Cobb's estimated balance in the Treasury at
the end Of the late fiscal year, amounting to
Sl6,500,00O. Add this, sand we have IS, 100000
instead of 6S. There are other items, too,
which carry the figures TO ten or twelve mill
ions higher; but we have not the documents
at hand. The expenses for the fiscal year,
ending the 3Oth of June, 1859, will not fall
very far short of SIOO,Oo0,OOO Pretty fair
this, Cor an Administration, the head of which
had such horror Cor the prohigacy of John
Quincy Adams, who in his whole four years,
spent but $54,O0O,OOO
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-07-30

PERILs OF ST. PETERsBuRG,-Itism is melan-
choly to contemplate the constant danger in
which this brilliant capital is placed. Ii Mr..
Kohl's picture is not overchNrged, the occur
renee of strong westerly wind and high
water, just at the breaking up of the ce
would at any time suffice to occasion an In
undaton sufficient TO drown the whole pop
ulation, and convert the whole city with all
its sumptuous palaces, into n chaotic mass of
ruins. The Gulf Of Finland runs TO point
as it approaches the mouth of the Neva,
where the most violent gales are always
those from the west, so that the mass of wat
er on these occasions are forcibly impeled to-
wards the city. The islands forming the
delta of tie Neva, on which st. Petersburg
stands, are extremely low and fiat, not more
than twelve or fifteen feet above the average
level of the sea. A rise OF fifteen feet is
therefore enough to place ali st. Petersburg
under water, and n rise of thirty feet is
enough 10 drown almost every human being
in the place. The poor inhabitants are there
fore, in constant danger of destruction and
can never be certain that the whole 100000
Of them may not within the next twenty.
four hours, be washed out Of their houses
like so many drowned rats. To say the
truth, the subject ought hardly be spoken Of
with levity, for the danger is too imminent,
and the reflection often makes hearts quake
in st. Petersburg. The only hope of this
apparently doomed city, is, that the three
circumstances may never occur Simultaneous
ly, viz: high water, the breaking up of the
ice, and gale of wind from the vest
There are so many points of the compass for
the wind to choose among, that it would
seem pervese in the extreme to select the
west at so critical moment; nevertheless,
the wind does blow very often from the west
during the spring, and the ice floating in the
Neva and the Gulf of Finland is Of n bulk
amply sufficient TO oppose formidable OBJ
stacIc to the water in the upper part of the
river. Had the ancient sages of Okhta kept
meteorological records one might perhaps be
able to calculate how often in thousand
years, or ia ten thousand years such food
as we are here supposing, might be likely TO
occur. As il is the world need not be at all
surprised TO read in the newspapers one of
these days, that st. Petersburg, after rising
like bright meteor from the swamps of
Finland has as suddenly been cxtinguished
in them, like mere will-o-the- wisp May
heaven protect the cily?-FOreign Quar-
'eriy Rerie'o.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-07-30
EAnNY NfRN WrAR1Na rnE RnrrcnF

FANNY FERN WEARING THE BRErcHEs
In last weeks New York Ledger, that au.
dacous daughter of Eve, Fanny Fern, boldly
confesses that in the recent rainy spell, which
made walking in skirts impracticabe, she
donned full suit Of the male Ferns habili-
ments, and thus equipped, took long eve
ming walk, to her eminent comfort aud de-
leclation. Her husband, indeed, accompani-
ed her, but whether in her cast-oif integu.
ments the record saith not. BE this as il may
Fanny ayows in the face of a sneering world
that henceforih she will wear the breeches.
When last heard from she was seeking re-
IinbIe taiI0E.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-07-30

GooD.-At the Fourth of July celebration
held at Lexington the following toast was
offered Hoops and Tight Pants-Thc un-
qualified representatives of financial ex-
tremes. May the charms of the ladies
be rs boundleSS as their skirts; and may the
gents never get as tight as their breeches.
sB- The Kansas Herald of Freedom gives
discouraging view of the times in Kansas
1t says:
We pity the man who is now compelled
TO raise money in Kansas. We were told by
n money-lender the other day, that he was re-
ceiving from 10 to 30 per cent, per month for
tho use of money, and had been paid at the
rate of 90, 25 and 80 per cent, per month
to discount notes. The lowest rates on good
security for the use of money seem to range
between 3 and per cent, per month. Busi.
ness in all our Kansas towns is nearly sus-
pended. Men with $4,000 or S25,000 can
not sell property at any price TO realize even
n few hundred dollars. Real estate can be
bought at ruinous rates, persons feeling com
PEELED to sell TO realize ready money, perhaps
TO save their credit. Hardly any branch of
business is sustaining itself.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-07-30

BLooD THIRsTY.-Last week the adjoining
county of Dyer was the scene of several
bloody tragedies The first was a cruel and
brutal murder committed for the love Of
money. Two men, named Vail and Spicer,
were by appointment waiting for another by
the name Of Melton. When the latter came
up, without the slightest cause or the least
warning, he cooked double barreled shot
gun and discharged the contents Of one bar.
rel in the body of Spicer, which killed him
on the spot. He then wheeled and shot Vail
through the arm, after which he beat the
brains of the unfortunate man out with the
gun. After this demon had murdered two
men, he repaired TO the house of his last
named victim and forced the newly.made
widow to give him all the money on the prem
ises. Melton is still at large.
The next tragedy occurred at Dyersburg.
We know not the particulars but are credi-
bly, informed that Mr.. Edney was killed in
an affray by two brothers named Pritehard.
The parties were related 10y marriage and the
difficulty grew out of some arrangement OF
family affairs.-7rcnton Standard.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-07-30

The "HoLLow lloRS"--A Tompkins
county CORRESPONDENT writes as follows:
"phe disease in cattle known rs 'hollow
horn, is causing m animal loss TO be estima.
ted by millions of dollars in this State alone
This disease is spinal, caused by the hide oi
the animal adhering TO the bone of the back
and preventing circulation; and may be
cured rs follows:
Grub with the hands with as much force
and friction as possible, the hide of the ami
NAL, on the back bone, from the tail 10 the
horns, thereby restoring circulation.
"Every animal should be examined and
subjected to this process every February and
March, to prevent this disease.
"Yours, ULYSSES, of Tompkins."
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-07-30

PAYING $4,000 WITHOUT LEGAL ODLI-
eArIoS.-West g. Caldwell, dry goods deal
ers of SO Broadway, New York, were oblig-
cd to suspend during the crisis. Their cIed-
iiors appointed n committee 10 investigate
affairs, and unanimously consented to necspt
fifty cents on the dollar. That amount was
poid and the firm discharged from all obliga-
lions and started anew. On the first OF Ju-
" the firm, having been successful paid in
full with interest on the dollar which had
been thrown off by their creditors the Ng-
rrcrate amounting to over thirty-six thou
sand dollars!
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-07-30

Icy. The fire marshal of New York has
recently made his huf-yearly report, from
which we learn that during the past six
months there were l6l fires, involving loss
of 464, ,l57, en- which sum insurance to the
amount of S355,720 was paid. Compared
with the previous six months, there was
dimnuton of "A in number of fires, while
the loss Of property is less by about one
half
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-07-30

SOUTHERN MERcHANTs.-A letter from
Boston says:-Very little is done here on the
credit system at present, but the Southern
merchants appear to get far more indulgence
and accommodation than any other class
understand that they meet their payments
more punctualy than the same class from
other quarters.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-07-30

LONGEVITY OF MULES. - The Medical
World says there is mule now in the pos
session Of n farmer, near the Balingloss, Ire
land, which has been employed in the transit
of ammunition, &C., to Vinegar Hill, since
l7Os. There is saying that white mule
lives longer than any other mule. Some
years ago one of that color on Col. Middle
toms estate, in South Carolina, was over 80
wears old and still Mt work.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-07-30

PROFESSION AND PRAcTICE.-It may not
be amiss, in these "revival" times, TO say n
few words (says the New York SUM regard
ing the difference between profession and
practice:
"lf religion consisted sinply of n profess
ion of belief in the existence and divine at
tributes of the Creator;if it imposed no NOR
al dulles, nor required any restraints upon
the actions or professions, all men, probably,
would be religious. As it is many do not
90 beyond profession, and hance /. is their
conduct is 50 Inconsistent with the moral
precepts Of religion, that thew furnish sub
jects of of ridicule for the skeptic and the
It, ss s@rood I'LL dishonored by them and
Conduct is the truest test of religious
character. Profession is Of little value un-
less it influences the conduct. Theoretical
religion, unaccompnnied by the practical OBJ
servance of IFS moral duties, is barren and
Improbable. If, therefore, men desire 10
possess and honor religion, they must prac-
tice and illustrate IFS precepts. They must
be kind, generous, benevolent and just in
their acis. They must avoid the vices which
degrade and corrupt, and cultivate tho vir-
tucs which elevate and purify. If they would
show that their religion is not mn empty
name, they must be upright in all the rea-
tions of life, honest, truthful, industrious,
and misunderstanding no evil or speaking
no evil of their neighbor, but loving all, and
desiring the happiness Of ALL"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-07-30

SERVED EN- RIGHT.-At ST. Paul, Mnne-
sofa, recently, two fast young men treated
two fast yoang ladies' TO ride some miles
ont of town. After they had enjoyed their
company some hours at a hotel, the young
men suddenly left, and the girls were COM
PEELED to walk home. Upon reaching the
city they procured couple of rOw-hidcs, and
finding the gallnnts, dashed them over the
face and shoulders till they were glad 10 beg
for cessation of hostlilies. Young ladies',
out West, are dangerous when they get
wrathy.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-07-30

A FINISHED CrTY.-A recent American
traveller, when in Venice, expressed a curl
osity to know how the remarkable palaces Of
that city were built, and on what foundation
they stood. When told they stood on piles,
he desired to see the pie.driver. "There is
model of IL in the Dogc's Palace some
where" replied the guide; "5ut it has not
been used, for we have had no house built in
Venice for three hundred years" Making
due allowance for the guides accuracy of
computation, the anecdote will serve to show
the stagnant dead-sea aspect of many East
en ncountrirs, whose exploits history has EN-
blszonrd.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-07-30

IxFALLIBLE Cure FOR FLux.-Tnke two
heapng teaspoonfuls Of Flour of Slippery.
Elm, and one teaspoonfull of Ilenry's Cal-
cined Magnesiu, (or three teaspoonfuls OF
common Calcined Mngnesia,) snd mix them
in water ill they together assume the CON
sistency Of 'clabber," and drink three tunes
0 day.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-07-30

CEors IN lEDASA.-The Indianapolis
(lnd.) Sentinel thinks that, on the whole, tho
crop Of wheat in that State will exceed that
of last year. In Laporie county alone il is
estimated that there will be suplus of 700.
600 bushels for shipment. The grass crop
is fine all over the State. Oats are unequal
in some localities mn average crop while In
others there is almost n total failure.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-07-30
NEW IoRK, July .

NEW YORK, July 70.
Tho steamship North Star, with Liver
pool accounts to Wednesday, July 7th has
arrived.
liverpool Cotton Mdrket--The sales for
the past three business days renched $4,000
bales, at nm advance Id. and closed lirm.-
The principal Improvement has been in fair
and mddling qualities. Spectators took
1000 bales.
London Money Mdrket.-No change re-
ported in the money market Consols were
quoted at 95t n 95s.
The Telegraph Cable parted 1000 miles
from the coast of ireland.
No other news received.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-07-30

tB- Joseph L. Buckingham the once bril-
liant editor Of the Boston Courier, writes to
tha, paper n beautiful letter of two columns,
which concludes with the following pathos
For me the problem Of immortal life
or eternal sleep will soon be solved. The
great caravansea is in sight, the steps which
conduct me to its portal will be few, and, |
trust unfaltering.
"Nightly pitch my moving tent
A ,Iav ma home -
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-07-30

ry- Two rare examples of longevity are
recorded in the Naples journals which state
there are now living in Sannrica a brother
and sister, the former Of whom, named Nito,
was born in November, 1898, and the latter
in November, I74l-thus counting between
them two hundred and thirty-seven years
Nto employs himself in travelling over the
mountains, emitting heath for making brooms
and during the summer, walks from ten to
twelve miles every day with his load. The
sister also takes long walks every day.
CRops ABRoAD.-Tho weather has been
favorable for crops in Europe.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-07-30

THEATRICAL Execution. l.. Wood,
was executed at Geneseo, Livingston CO.,
last Friday, for the murder of his brothers
widow by poison. GAS the drop fell" says
the Rochester Union, "the band without play
ed q solemn dirge."