The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1859-12-30
The CITY OF Notions.
bosros, Dee. 20, 1850.


our harbor - natural consequences there
VAS greet rush on board Of hes yesterday
and to-day, and al an early hour this morn
ing many thousands we're ~ be- seen taking b
look nt this famous vessel. II will be- reool-
leeled VS. most Of your readers that this vac
lbe cram which discharged o cargo Of slaves
on the c0ast of Georgia, and in that vicinity,
which disappeared 10 . very mysterious man
0er The yessvl vas seized and sold at auo,
sion by Ihe government authorities, but the
owner NJ u, q. Lamar who had aisaJs
/ protested agaiasl the interference with hls
business arrangements, co0ly informed the
audience that II any one bid against bin IL
suvld be- a. ihe peril Of their lives One
/ gentleman had the trmrrly 10 do 90, aud Mr.
/ Lamar knocked him doWn,and nearly carried
| bic threat into eHeoutiou, She wa struck
/ OIL 60 Ihe former osner ~ price merely no.
miuaI, and wac soon missing from the harbor
| Of Savannah. a. the liberal minded pur-
chaser concluded some new dodye mus, be-
/ rrsourd o., she wa advertised 10 runaway
vessel, and many persons thought Uncle Sam
wus not only blind, but nmentably insult,
cieul, and Il ia supposed shs has landed ~
lrasl one cargo since then, under the name
fof the William" which appears upon her
stern, She 10 fine looking vessel Tor the
trade, Il seems she Wa on her way a. A.
r.ea again, pnd When At the Western l,lnnds,
the captain vent ON board Of another vessel
20 procure supplies--vhie the crcw unani-
mously concluded 20 return and give up the
ship She vas 20 procure some seven hun,
/ drrd negroes, which a. siT hundred and fly
dollars each. would amount 20 Rhuu,
forty five thousand dollars, besides rHpenses.
Two Portuguese women were on board. who
had bren abducted At the Western Islands.
ior whom the captain expected 10 get about
eighty slaves, in exchange Tor each.
Thu, far We have had a very open winter.
With hardly fair chance for sleighing or
skating, and yet there has really been enough
of both to awaken strong hopes In regald 10
the future skating seems 10 lsrT become,
one Of the HsfiiUt,oHs and t/trnde IN the
article OF skates affords a laHe profit to re-
s--tl-'l-sls.- ....sl.'- s---s4l..s
do'eH Ia this amusement $50 cheap that its
,olaues are willing to pay handsomely Tor
their privilege A friend Of mine. last sum
mer, being largely engaged in this trade, ,is-
tied Gvrman,, France sud l,ussia, In order
to obtain complete assortment of the right
stamp, and IN addition to this object Of his
pursuit Of turning an honest penny Ia the
way Of trade MAS able 10 furuish the readers
Of our city papers With some Of the moot
vivid aud liir'llke sketches Of the countries
through which he passed, and At time too
~hcn the MAR Ia lIaly vas A. 10 hottest
po!nL
The lecture season has not only set in here.
bat some Of the eunrscs are nearly eomplyl.
ed. lat evening the Rev. MI Algcr gave
a lecture al the Music llall To a large audi.
cucc. and 10 the course Of bio remarks took
occasion to pitch into" the speech Of Mr..
CushiUg at Fauruil Hall, Ia handsome STYLE. .
Il appears that this indisidusl, who Nas
,l,ctd % member ofthc last Legislature from
bis native town 81 NcVburl port, hy two.or
three votes only over his opponcht--who bs T
longed 20 the BARRIERS pcrsuasion- took the .
liberty 20 state that our ship OF State was
90 the hands Of mutinecrs, with drunken
crew. and closed by asking who "was at the
helm p" This gave some one In the house n
chance TO call out "Buruham :" the name Of
the late liquor agent 1t was truly a step
from the sublime 10 the ridiculous
p Were We To look AT some Of the political
papers OF the dav, it would appear as though
'ur situation rs a free people VAS dali, be-
coming more and more critical. and yet there
,rc after all, many favorable symptoms il We
urn our at culion TO other sources Of infor-.
nation. It is true Gov Wise can ta'k about
Marching an army TO the scat of government
{ his fa,oriic candidate should fail of an
lcetion--thc Richmond Enquirer may say
nat 1.-The hour has now cone. The curtain
ais, and the republic framed by the hands
Il Washington ard Jefferson, fades from the
lev" And even some of the grave Sena- {
ors may threaten to take possession Of Mex. }
co, and administer upon their aiT,irsi but
Il this is, perhaps, no worse than the state a
# things existing ut the lime Jackson. sim a
'ly 10y proc lamation, scattered the hosts ]
( notification in Carolina. II is quite likely l
hat majority at the South, would adopt {
he opinions of Mr.. Anderson Of Kentucky,
nd if Republican President wasaelrcted 4
'ait and see whether their rights were likely b
o be respected, before seeding. Even the q
'owier, in a recent issue, says eve disagree .
together with much we find in Gov. Wiscs
,essagc to the Legislature of Virginia, and \
18th sentiments much more objectionable in Il
he message Of the Gov of South Carolina" II
low, is not that print guilty of constructive ~
'edson, according TO the recent ruling upon +
'isl question Have they right to write
nd print such opinions If Congress would Il