The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1858-12-25

'lli"lg MHifl INNNiHtA f"f 'hN ff'tllHN Wy 7.
he people Of governor, secretary judges and
other ohieers by Ihe people far lwo ysArA,
Hon Kcunelh Ra,nor Of North Carolina
has written q lelte advocating protection,
and strongly copdemping Sir, Bucbapau's
Hr sHtz iAhi Bee haalh 2rs
not responsible lor the evils brought on the
country by Pierce and buchanan, but the
party Of the South,
One of the principle topics Of speculation
At Washington Il how Senator Douglas viii .
bear lha new parout put upon hiu, by the .
in assigning him the second .
place ON lhe committee on Territories, There /
eau be- uo truce between Dougasand Buohnh- /.
an, and tho latter will use every moaus 10 bis
power 10 prevent Douglas being returned 10
the set,sts ffssa I4lluais-- Tho lights grow /,
ing interesting
The war furry which threatened the couu-
ty a week ago, seems % have suLsIded,--
Com Mcintosh md the British ua,al COM
lnaudcr have had q meeting, and exchanged
friendly visits instead Of broad'idc',
The schooner Susan has been heard from
aud the revenue officer, carried 81 by her. 40
IN involuntary guest has been returned
Lieut., White vas taken from tLo Susan
whom $50 miles out, hy the bark OREGON and
brought to Mobile, llc states thpl toe Susan
was bound 90 Grcytovn, and that when hc
found she had got under way, De ordered her
20 anchor, bot hi, orders ware UNDECIDED,
In the hlrbor of Nrra Cruz on the 2diu,t.,
there we're foreign war vessels and more
we're expected, bot not ono Of them au Amcri'
can, Fighting ,tiIl continued aud it il said
that lower California had declared Tor ;hr
liberals An attack upon Vera Cruz was au-
tcipalcd, and Gen, Alvarez reported 20 bcou
hi, way to the oly Of Mexico with q consider
able force,
There h0s been q convention Of the friends
OF Senator CHl,cudrn at Washington Nth a
view Co hi, nomination TO the Presidency
Nothing definite vas determined upon.
There was q heavy storm ON the coast ON
Tuesday The weather has been very bad
lnr scaftiug men fog two months pa,L-
Ever, vessel which has arrived lately hp, &C.,.
ported a succession OF heavy storms, rough
,c,s, and disasters,
The tax Tor the city u New York fur 1869
s,cight miliions-ouc million for the police,
ono million ior water half million Tor light
two third, OF million FOR the poor Sc, &c.
Another Congressional Touchdown.
The following telegram was sent over The
wires lew days since into all parts Of the
couupy. Such things are a disgrace and
lowe a stain on us as a nation which larc
amount OF good cannot ouulerate. The
lrncas referred to below occurred between the
two men 80 mixed up With the Kansas Eng
lish. Montgomery bin of last s,saion'
Saturday poming they happened TO mec,
for the frat time This session, when Mr., Egs
li,h extending his hand, said. chow are YOU,
Mr. MONTGOMERY &" Nd Montgomery With
held his hand. and uttered an Insulting Ca
precision, something IKE, Il don't speak %.
B pupp,gs" whcrcupon Mr. English struck him
a ~, enc blow over the head, knocking his
cane TO pieces, aud knocking Mr, Montg0uf.
CO., into the gutter. hut not entirely down.
5 Mr. Montgomery rising, hurled a br ck 90
Mr.. English, striking him on the boot but
doing him no injury. Mr.. English states Go
NJ hituds that he wps entirely unarmed, and
4 was lot aware that Mr., Montgomery had amy
/ IN feeling toward him mp TO the time of the
rccontre Mr.. Montgomery, in strength, is
superior to Mr.. English.
The lni.oNing ia Nj. Montgomery aversion
Of this affair:
haxe nat spoken la English this scssion
or taken ans notice of him when We met, as
we have occasionally. The reason il, that be-
made n speech Ia the crowd who scrcnodcd
him on the night Of the passage Of his hill in
which he said that he had associated with me
and other anti Lccumptun DcmocrCts only To
find out our plans and defeat as. From that
time have looked on him Us a treachcrups
spv. and an unfit associate for gentlemen.
Abuut noon to-day WAS walking down
PENNSYLVANIA aycuuc, and mad crossed Four
tcenlh street, when saw English coming
towards me, h0idtHE 0uJ MS maud, saying
~'"iIow do you do, MIR. Montgomery ?' made
him no answer hut passed on without any
sipu of recognition. | had walked but few
steps, when | received from behind "A very
violent blow on the left side OF my head with
such force us for moment 10 Staggcr and
confuse me. | had not the least idea who oI
what had struck me, but, turning round,
saw English with large cane, which he held
in both hands. and from the position in which
h.. ,tond md the direction of the blow, must
,, have so held Il when be struck me. lie cN
= claimed, Cd d---n you'll III teach you te
insult me in that way" lie stepped back
quickly as he spoke. l rushed at him, and
> as was about to close with him, he drew
sword from cane, and presented il at me
As had no weapon of any Kind, l stepped
of the sidewalk and picked up piece ofbricE
which threw at him, hitting him on the leg
lie kept retrcatng, and before could tnt
another missile had got to such distance
that il was useless to pursue him.
An OlussIoN.-A New York member Of
the House observed that It was little re
alarkablc that, in so long message as Mr.
+, Ruehonan has sent into Congress he omit
to mako any allusion to the results of the re