The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1858-10-23

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INV YoRK, Oct. 10, 1853
10 ne Editor Of Tho caleaonian
The weather ia still delightful. Not a
trace Of frost Ia yet TO be seen, and at mid
day one might easily be deludyd with the idea
that the summer 10 not yet past While the
farmers &c gathering their haryesis IN the
country, We also In the city are gathering
haryests In the sales we can make to the
country merchants, and 10 the countless ways
In which country produce IL transported 90
and rom this great Babylon, lfyou inquire
Of business men how they are getting along.
and how business Is improving, at least one
half will tell you that nothing is doing,-ey-
eything il dead. The other half will speak
In a much more pleasant tone, And some
kinds Of business are very brisk, In TRUTH
only about ono-third tho usual amount Of bus
mess il transacted this Fall, Many thous-
ands are out Of employment, but every one
looks forward, hopefully. II we IN the city
gather one harvest and find Il poor, We do
just ~ the farmer does after u short crop
We wait ill the next spring or f'l and ny
again. One comf1u comes out Of this de-
preston IN business, and that IL reduction
Ia the price OF provisions. We rejoice that
farmers can no longer get famine prices for
beef &c, Sc
Tho burning Of the Crystal Palace created
quite q sensation In the city. II was truly a
beautiful building Many Of your readers
have seen Il and will mourn lis destruction
was one Of about 1000 persons Who we're
ia the palace, and had hard scramble to
get out, Never did building burn quicker
or make a more splendid exhibition in It's f.
nal appearance, In fheen minutes from the
commencew1tt Of the fire the dome fell in,
and In two hainutes ancr, no part Of the roof
was standing 1.-THE fire had occurred In the
evening, and while the band was giving u
concert, there would have been prescn, at
least 10000 people and a horrible loss Of life
must have happened.
Perhaps you VIII ask how could n building
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The solution Of tho difficulty is in the fact
that the floors and galleries were made Of
piteh.pinc, well vanished, and "a fast as the
fire advanced it broke the glass and thus Jet
in an abundantsupply Of mir. The iron frame
work was soon warped by the heat forced
out Of place, and Tell The building cost
over 100000. The whole loss can not be
lees lhen n million Of dollars.
Gotham docs brisk business In politics
this fall, and the number of parties in the
nrtd mast puzzle u Vermonter. First, there
are the Republicans, strong in talent, hut
in the city, weak in numbers Next there
arc the Americans, who n abort time since
we're 30 weak that their only chance Of get
ting portion Of the Spoils, was TO fuse with
the Republicans, but now they are Boosting
that they are going to get so many disafIect-
ed Republican votes that they are. lilr airong=
or party of the two. Then there are the
Custom House Buchanau-D Democrats, and the
Democrats, the Schell men, and the
Kelley men,
"-mongrel, puppy, .whelp and hound,
And euts OF low degree"
all 80 confuscdly intermiugled that one can
not tell which is uppermost. They OII ayow
loyalty to the State ticket but undyiug hatred
10 each other.
Last there are the Gerrt Smith men
yerrit Smith was in Congress when the Ne
,raska bill was passed, and he wrote letter
hen. declaring his opposition to it, but also
Moving his intention not to vote against it
{ il Hould be necessary to sit up after nine
,'cloeNa at night to do so. lie had not back
bone enough to oppose slavery AFTER bed
inc. All those men who look one way and
'ow another, will vote for him. Let me haz-
nd n prophecy that the Democratic state
ticket will be trMmphantly elected, aud the
Republicans and Americans well whipped,
,ut their whipping will do them, good, and
,ext time they will he prepared TO fuse
thoroughly, Whatever New York State may
10 now, she never will vote for the pro.slav-
nv democracy in 1850.
The thuuders of the great victory over the
,rc-slavery Democracy in PENNSYLVANIA, !
ohio, and Iowa, have reached you by this
inc. New York might do even better than |
'ennsylvania, but probably she will be so
pitt up IS to nearly or quite neutralize the
Inti- administration sentiment which no one
doubts exists. The Americans and Republ- !
ans failed to fuse at their state conventions
It Syracuse, and public opinion seems to fas-
eli upon Thurlow Weed and one or two 9TH
r prominent Republicans as the guilty au-
ors rf this deed Thurlow Weed is poll !
ician of very uncommon ability. For a
quarter Of century he has been the most
agacious and successful of Wing or Republi |
an leaders. Towards one prominent for
o long time, there is much personal bit
erness, and without doubt il the Americans
oalcsced with the Republicans, his influence
would have been weakened and he could not
ave been, for some time, the leading spirit
e has been. The same may be said Of some
theirs who exerted themselves TO prevent flu
ion. believe the masses of both parties
re indignant that fusion was prevented, and