The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1858-10-16
BY Telegraph 70 tho oaledonian,
Organization of the House.
MoNTrELIER, d. lL


MuNTWIER, Oct, II,
Mr.. Edmunds of burlington was elected
Speaker Of the House without opposition.
DR.. Charles Cummings, u the Bratlleboro
Piquir was elected Clerk. Cummings had
no votes, J. NJ, slade 90, and Clark 81,
u The mail train from Salt lake City,
which arrived at st. Joseph's, Mo, 18th ulL,
encountered immense herds Of buffalo near
Plum Greek. The party had 20 stand guard
one dark, stormy night aud keep up con
slant firing Of guns, pistols, muskets, &e,, IN
order 20 krep the buffalo from running pell
nell over them, The whole face IL the
country was perfectly black With them,
DISCIPLINE ~ A SINKING SHIP When the
British troop steam transport Birkenhead
struck a rock, near the Cape Of Good Hope,
and broke IN two, there we're only boats
enough 10 save the wnman aud children.
There was no rushing nor crowding them,
Col Moore called his brave Inniskillins and
formed them into line nn the deck Of the
sinking steamer, while their wives aud child
Trniembarked in the boats, The noble fell
lows, as they stood Ia line, gave three hourso
cheers for their departing dear ones, and
maintained their ranks unbroken till the deck
Was swept from under their feet,
Nor Dad YEA gentleman by tho name
Of Mitchell, who was passenger on board
the Inflated steamer Arctic, was supposed 10
be lost, and in consequence, several persons
who considered themselves heirs-at-law have
taken his property and distributed il amongst
them. The ''dend man" has, however, very
unexpectedly turned up At the 81, Nicholas
Hotel, and has commenced proceedings
against the parties who have 10 unceTemoni-
ously assumed control Of his goods and chat
tets, believing him to be no longer in the
land Of the living,
TV- Frank Blair, whom Douglas told last
winter he meant 10 elect 10 the u, s, Senate
from Missouri i'm place Of Jim Green" is on
lrcsh stumplng tour through Illinois
against Douglas, who don't rccolect any
thing at all about his familiar affiliations with
the Republicans at Washington last winter.
II he had known how this fight was to shape
iIelf the little giant would have gone fur
Their or not At all In his Republican intima-
ceG
A Rowland FoR ~ OLIyER-fhe Wash. |
ington Union and Louisville Journal thus /
treat Of like maticri-
Ior,-"We can imagine no greater breach |
of Senatorial dignity, and no practice more
hlgranty at war With the genius Of our gov
eminent, than the ono pursued in Illinois Of !
stump canvassing for Senator Of the United /
States Union.
Eciort,-"We wonder IL il is much more |
al war With the genius of our gnNcrnmcnl
that the Illinois candidates for the Senate
should take the stump in that State, for |
themselves than that the Vice President Of |
the United States should 20 there and take |
the stump for against thcm and that the |
President himself should continually WELD |
the pen and guillotnc to decide the BATTLE
Journal
~ An apt illustration Of witnesses and |
jurics in liquor cases occurred before the |
court at Taunton last week. dram seller |
Of New Bedford wac on trial for selling liq. I
-Hor ~ v eH'ai,, aud she vas the ijHe--
She was obliyious, as usual--had drank there
but could not tell when, Of whom or whether |
shc paid, The dmm seller conducting his !
own case asked her ono question too many, |
ViI-"Was YOU not drunk when you was
there p NO" replied the woman indignant
~ "i VAS 5ber | meant 10 help YOU I
didn't mean to tell the thing just as il was
bat will now. ] went into the shop with |
three others, and gave you twenty-five cents
for four drinks" And then the jury, with. |
out leaving ;heir seats, gave verdict Of not !
guilty
LETTING rnr CAT orr or mn BAG.-A cute
4afiire trick was pctpcuatod NJ Portland on :
Wednesday evening. An advertisement APP
pcarcd in the papers, announcing that "thc
humbuggcry of Sprituaism will he outdonc
this evening, nt City Hall, 10y letting the cat
out Of the bag Admission five cents and
at this low prics the house was crowded The |
lecturer commenced and the audience were
huShed n perfect stiffness. After making
few rcmarks-ycry brief indecd--thc lecturer
took from beneath the desk n bag, and rip
ping it open, out popped large cat, which,
squang audi splitting, made spring among
was tremendous, amidst which our Yankee
took his hat and coolly walked out Of the
hall, The "scll" was so rich that the audi.
cncc laughed heartily, and the pcrpetrator Of
the joke retired with pocket full of coin.
~ pray friend, arc YOU the master Of
this house ~ asked a traveller at an inn.
"ics, sir" answered bonifacc, "my wife has
been dead these thrco weeks.