The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1859-06-04

bIMN' RATIO hIAiL LpSYENIlON,-Ihc
Vermont Democratic State Convention for
the nomination Of State officers aud delegates
10 the Charleston Convention, Is u meet at
Huntington om the 10Th Of June.
Nr Letehcr 4, elected Governor Of Virgin.
10. The returns rom one hundred end
Iwen'y-ono counties give him three thousand
two hundred majority.
lis said that Mr.. George y, Prentice, the
editor Of the Louisville Journal, will DO nomi.
rated fof Congress IA place Of llumphre,
Marshall, by the American Convention which
meets on the och Of June.
The Supreme Court Of Ohio ba, deed d
10 remand Bushnell and Lmg,ton, two Of
The Oberlin prisoners, Who had sued out
writ Of haheas corpus. Two Of the Judges
disieutcd from the drciyion, which was based
upon precedent rather than upon an opinion
Of the Fugitive Slave law.
The Rhode Island General Assembly met
ot Newport Tuesday morning. W,rgstc
lloycs WAS elected Speaker, aud the old
Clerks were reelected in each branch. M
LaDdcr' American Republican, was elected
Lieutenant Governor by q large plurality.
aud Mr. Parker American RcpuL.can, va,
elected Treasurer.
a letter from Washington to ,h,
Charleston, Mercury fom "Siuthcrncr Of
high standing" denies, upon indisputable
authority" that senator Green has been en-.
dcayoriug to bring about reconciliation be.
tween the President and Mt Douglas. The
correspondent Of the Courier aud Enquirer
with whom the report originated, athrms in
letter dated the 2j,h that the statement
was "in substance correct, whether Mr.. Green
or some other person or persons acted IN be.
half of the anti.Lceompton wing lIe did
not 30 act, but approved Of the proceeding
and is DESTROYS that the results aimed at hy
those who we're parties to il in behalf Of the
anri Buchanan Democracy fJ5 tJ zssr,ss,,ii..=lls
~tl."
Bonner has "bcen and gone and done IT,"
ogain' lie has monopolilcd Paul Morphy's
chess contributions.
The Republican State Convention OF Maine
is to meet at Portland on the 9th OF July
next
Henry Ward Bereher has bought twenty
seven acres Of land near Peekskill, in West
ehs'cr county, n. Y, for $4,000
The nlopathic doctors OF Massaehuaett,.
organized as the Massachusetts Medical soei.
ETY., had their annual convention and dinner
at Boston on Wednesday,
Saturday was a STEAMER dny" in New
York. Three steamer. sailed for Europe
Among the passengers by the Yigo we're
William Smith OBrien, Mrs. Emma ID. T.
~ Souihwor'h, daughter and som by the
Arago, Mr.. Raymond Of the Times, and Dr.
Bailey Of the National Era.
The New York chess club made public
presentation of chess board and men TO
Paul Morphy on Wednesday evening. John
Van Buren, made the presentation speech.
The board is 20 inches square, and the
squares are Of ebony and mother Of pearl.
The board, which is of rosewood, is very Ella
bsrately ornamented with silver. The chess
men arc Of gold and silver, and are very ele-
giant.
The Douglas men in Baltimore recently
achieved decided success, at the primary
elections, carrying eight out of the twenty
wards.
Bayard Taylor made $500 by his one
hundred and nineteen lectures last winter.
That sum will build him fine residence on
his Brandywine estate.
The southern convention voted to meet nj
Atlanta, Ga, on the second Monday in No
yember, ls60,--a week after the presidential
election. The members expect the election
Of a republican president will give them a
fresh reason for war against the Union.
The Washington correspondent of the
Ohio State Journal says that Republican
having proposed to Crittenden Of Kentucky
that the Republicans should make him their
candidate for President, he replied IL would
not carry single Southern State as your
eandidate--and how many would you carry
North, with me for your candidate ? The
party would sink me in slave state. and
rhoald rink the party IL the free states No, /
SIR J. II isnot your policy to take up SOU
thern slave holder"
There is much truth in the argument, |
whether Crtttrder pttyrsd it or MOI.