The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1859-05-28


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TnE ONO hlsnrE CAsLs. Judge Scott,
Of the Supreme court Of Ohio, has granted
writ 81 hlbcIs c0rptn BOO the case Of BushuelI
and Laugslou, the Two men convicted and
undergoing sentence in jail 30 Cleveland lur
assisting iu the slave rescue 90 Oberiu, Tho
writ isrdufnabie a. Columbus on rho 26rh
and argument will De made before tho iugi-
ii,t slave Law, ln their petition the prisoners
ullsge their unlawful detention boo prison, ill
ask the court % inquire into ils cause, The
tw0 KeHrUCkinHs and their tWO Ohio helpers
who attempted ~ tahu the fugitive a. ODor-
llu, and were witnesses against thf rffrurrti
Etill remain under arrest 10 Elyua, on tho
charge Of kidnapping under the state laws
and Judge Wilson ~ the federal court has
refused to 30 " their relief by the habsas
corpus,
Il An old couple and their son passed
Syracuse, y. v, on Thursday going 10 The
wHTt On tuTt, .thry nHr' -Tt-ftty ~ u7uUrT
but the aid fDlks bad never been in the Cart,
aud we're afraid 10 Trust themselves 10 80
hazardous o conveyance,
c. An old resident ~ the great central
city Of the umon?a Swiss boy birth, rich, Of
an indumltable courage, only cQualled hy biz
hatred Of Calholicism, leit his house ou
Thursday noon, and arrived 10 NcW York
Saturday night, whence he sails Tor Europe
lie takes with him son Of rs, and over
100000 in gold, determined o. use bis mo-
nry, aud blood u needed. IN tho contest nov
wagIHg in Sardinia, aud having f1r bic mot
60, death or victory" Ito commanded o.
regiment during the French hsyoludon of
1880, and ON one occasion aurrendeTod with
30 men, all that were lefl out Of GOOO NJ the
beginning.
AZ ATIiMIT 10 Ron uIE MAUs.-A do
spgrate attempt vas made on Wednesday
night 10 rob the mails ON doe New York aud
Erie night express train, boy supplying the
hgend with chlorof1rm, Tho tuhhrr, Ed
ward Jackson, escaped ~ the time, but was
arrested on Friday a. Jcrsey City,
~ The mother Of T., Barton Key, whom
Sickles killed, died al baltimore on the Oh.
She has been quite siclt for some months,
and never knew Il i tald, how her son came
90 his desth,
~ II j. said that since Siclles shot Kcy,
-.As-Lss4.-..L
on shot a., by Injured husbands that We have
account Of,
~ A Witness jolly, pllmp old lady, 60
tho Supreme Court 40 Worcester un Tuesday
was asked what time q certain train Of ears
passed her house. She replied lhnt the
knit twice around the leg of stocking, bee
fore they came along. The next question:
Of c1utac, waa how long u would take 90
knit twice around The judge here, in HE
uiual quiet humur suggested that that would
deprud upon the sizv 1T the stocking. To
this the Witness remarked that the stocking
Was FOR herself and that they could exercise
their own Judgment rs 10 the ,ixe, and CUES,
how long Il would take.
~ Punch SAYS that Austria should pause
before pitching iUto those Sardncs. II Hun
gary should rae, Ale may have another fish
10 try
o." Al Charleston S. C.. on Monday the
grand jury reported thltuo bill Of Indictment
could bc found against Capt. Cuuie ot lh-
Yaudc'cr affair.
CT A man who was taking some rubbish
from an old brick cistcrn nc Peoria, H., bod
a l-atAl encounter, with 4 raitlcsl4Lp.- fran
whom be could not escape by getting out
A lucky hil w,th a'lricl. finally laid TIC mon
Atyr, Who was seven feet long and had thiT.
teen rattlcs. The excitement made the man
sok for q week.
~ The heaviest reward ever offered for
The detection of crims in this country, Is that
announced los the insurance companies OF
Boston, for the arrest and conviction Of the
iuccndiary who set fire TO the mechanical
bakery ia that city, some time since. They
have offered ten thousand dollars Tor detect
ing the miscrrant
hSouuER SICRLS MURDER Cinciuua.
IT, on the 18Th, Richard Malone was sho, iu
the street by John Clawson, The murdered
man ran ucrcss the street AFTER rccriNcug the
shot cvclliming, John CtAwSon has kill.
ed me about lis wife
To Northern Baptist paper devotcs over
column and halt to the question, How
can Chrs,on be a stakeholder, or how can
STAKEHOLDER he Christian ?"
to Dr. Adam sued Dr. Schmidt at Chic4-
go, for damages for cowhiding, aud the jury
fruuuruuStv- t-tt,-tS-+rtt-t,4t
swallow three. boxes of pills prepared ht
Adam. The court snickcred, but told the
jury this would do for joke, but not YER
Dict and sent them out again.
w The first attempt at a public protest
against the re-opcning OF the slave trade at
the south, comes in call for a mass meeting
for that purpose, at Nicksburg, Miss, on the
2lSt
O. Mr.. David l.. Hamilton, Of Richmond,
Ontario county, y. Y, writes 10 the Canaan
doigua Times, that he has just taken from a
-meriro buck, fleece Of wool, of ten months
and six days growth, which weighed 10 lbs
and from u eve of the same blood, fleece OF
one years growth, which weighed l6 lbs!
The Dayton (Ohio) Empire learns that the
hog cholera has again broken out among the
hogs near that city. 1t is exceedingly vio-
ient-tho animals falling dead in Svo min
utcs after the first seizure.
TP~ Horace Greeley and Frank T. Blair
are both lions in Kansas now. There is
much political excitement in the territory bo-
cause of the new preparations for state gov
eminent, and the organization of political
parties, in correspondence with those of the
country, for the elections under il. Hereto
fore, parties have been free state aud slave
state npw they are dividing up into rcpub.
lieapS and democrats. ,