The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1859-02-26


handed the same over a. ransom Mount Yer
non from the handS " John, st Washington,
Georges nephew, Who pursues the ayoeaIion
Of slave brsedsr Ia those "halloNeG pre-
eiucts"
~ A clergyman In Florida recently an
dsrtook % prove In a sermon that Africans
had no souls. PreVtiee of the LoQisyille
Journal says be bad better be careful ior he
cant expect his disciples 10 consent 10 60
10 heaven II they are not allowed any uiggers
there.
~ Somebody says "the Presidency il
gravitadng 10 Douglas, and will drop into
his banda" Possibly since the Presidru.
ey fell 10 Buchanan, there il no telling where
It won't drop, says Prentice Of the Louisville
Journal,
- The li,tle Pecolomini gave a concert
az Troy, n, Y, last week, and was serrnaded
afterwards. She appeared and the Troy
Times says pronounced the following Grafton,
IL Is decidedly surrrior % the concluding
portion Of one Of Mr. Eyereus speeches
"Sheniemen, / am yeer mooeh oblgec f,r
dis compliments. sm 'eeF poore speak
English, uut feels shleepy"
ArFEoTING.--A person following close be-
behin4 q couple returning from a juvenile
party at q fashionable residence in Ti;;sa-ld
lev weeks since, happened 10 o'erhrar the
Young gentleman thus address his companion
In a voice Of the tendrrest soietude "Char-
lotie Angelina, you must not set your youlh-
FOL affections on me, fer / am doomed 20 an
early graye-mother says I'm troubled with
worms" An involuntary cough from tho
listener interrupted the seltdryoted reply
which Of eourse was leaping to Charlotte An
geliuas lips.
~ 4 correspondent Of the Homestead
gives the following
Il won't do TO laugh at Connecticut any
longer Tor wooden uutmegs. New llamp-
shire has beat her, and must be the banner
state for roguery. l see in the newspaper
that the legislature Of that state has been
obliged to repeal the law Offering n bounty
Tor the destruction Of crows, in consequence
Of the practice which has prevailed Of proeur-
ing crows eggs and Matching them under
hens, and bringing forward the brood forI
bounty!
~ The Michigan white girl who married
the strappug black niger ard icd to Cana
da with him, has availed herself Of the free.
and-casy laws Of Indiana, and already got a
divorce. The poetry Of her married life soon
turned into the Plainest Kind Of prose, aud
she vas glad to be rid OF il.
~ The Italians Of New York are prspar-
ing to give a distinguished reception To the
ninety patriots vow on their way to this
country from the dungeons Of king Bomha
Of Naples.
ES- There we're inerssant rains through
ont the ives, last week. \, a consequence
the Ohio at Cincinnati had So feet Of water
in the channel on Saturday, and was rising
at the rate Of foot per hour. The water
was within three feet Of the high water mark
in 1858. and Nas up TO the second stories on
Water street. Al the upper streams are
,44eFtiirs-=ir,s,s tram vvHt sHt g# tvs
Ohio and Mississippi railroad Saturday eve
ming
Az AWKWARD FIx-The Brookvile (Pa)
JcfErrsonian OF the lc:h inst. says that Ger
man, named Carb, while out hunting in Clear.
field Co., came across bear trap, and having
never seen one before he catered for. the pur-
pose Of examining il, but unfortunately
touched the trigger, and was shut UP. In
this predicament be remained two days. near
Is dead from hunger and eok, when the man
who set the trap came to examine il, and
found that, instead Of bear he had caught
Dutchman.
GREAT SKATING FEAr.--Tucsday the j.,
inst, II. x. w. Ayres printer Of the Press
Office. ska'rd from this city across Lake Win
neha;.p, anlvp the Fox river 70 Bertha.
distance of - miles. performing the tea, in
just five hours and fifteen minutes, or at the
rate Of fourteen miles per hour.-Fond du
Lac Press
~ The complimentary ball to the retiring
British minister, Lord Napier, at Washing
ton, last Thursday night, was very grand
affair. The tickets were $40 each, yet 1900
people we're present, including prominent
congressman VI AL P"IHtSi a''N o'' Nie OS'''a
Of the capital.
CF Among the personal topics Of Wash
ington society just now are three fashionable
weddings, all to take place within month,
,iz; Mr. Eustis, NJ. c. from Louisiana, 10
Miss Corcoran OF Washington, daughter of
the banker, already widely publishedi Mr..
Riggs Of Washington to Miss Bright, daugh-
ter of the Senator from Indiana Mr.. Baylor
Of Alabama to Miss Gwin, daugh liter Of the
Senator from California.
TO DYsPEPTtCs
And all who suffer the hch this dsaAhe inncs
In rm another q It's phases cure yourselves