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The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1860-12-07
NeW>paporial.

The first number Of the LamoHle Nelrs-
deoler. printed at Hydepark, by S. Howard.
Jr., is received. 1t is well printed sheet of
n columns, published at Sl,25 in advance.
and appears in every way credit TO the
>punkey little county which now gloles in a
newspaper of its own. Wewish it success.
AS was noticed a couple OF weeks ago. the
Bradford paper has changed hands, ard poll
ties all at the same time 1t is now called
the OloHye County Telegraph. is published
by &. {. Chamberlin and S. S. Ia, or, Young
men 10 appear to be awake to the wants Of
the reading community, and who will no
doubt make an acceptable paper, and one
that ought to be well sustained. In the a
bove papers the Republican press of the
State is augmented by two.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1860-12-07
The Burch Divorce Case,

This is the name given to trial now 60
ing on at Naperville, Illinois, in which Mr..
Burch, rich banker of Chicago, is endeav-
oring to procure divorce from his wife for
alleged criminality with one Stuart, lawyer
and noted libertine of the same city. The
social position Of the parties, their wealth
and the position of family connections, have
thrown around this case great interest, and
no little anxiety is felt by thousands who
never saw either party to learn its result
Mrs. Burch is the adopted daughter of Eras-
tus Corning of Albany, n. Y, which gentle
man sustains her in the defense of this charge,
always accompanying her to court and sitting
by her side during the trial. Both Mr.. and
Mrs. Burch are members of the Second
Presby terrain Church in Chicago, and have
heretofore sustained good name, for aught
appears to the contrary. Mrs. Burch has
borne her husband several children, which
fact alone adds wretchedness to this very sad
case. The sympathies of the people where
the court is being held, as we'll as those who
read the testimony, must be with Mrs. Burch
who denies the charge of which she is &C.
cused. Mr.. Burch appears at the trial with
his counsel, taking ccpious notes. He is the
subject of remark because of his want of all
feeling or emotion and at times in the evil
dence when the audience is moved to tears
he preserves an imperturbiiity and express
ion which seems to say, will fight this case
to the bitter end.
( Whatever may be the issue, this case pre-
sents one of the saddest pictures of wretch
edness and woe that we remember of ever
reading. Here family, supposed to be il
the high-tide of happiness as we'll as afiu
ence, is broken up in the most heartless man
ner and home with all its coniugal rela
tons is thrown open to the gaze and scrrti
ny of an undiscriminating public. Whatev
er may be Mrs. Burch's sin, if indeed sh,
sinned at all, no condemnation is too sever,
for her husband, who introduced to his HON,
and the affections of his family notorious
libertine, and now would spurn his wife from
him as though viper and that too ever
when her tenderness and love for her hus
band and children was SHOWN to such de
gree as to melt to tears the audience at tn,
trial, in which the court and jury Joined.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1860-12-07
Thanksgiving.

This time-honored festival passed off very
quietly. The cold snap made excellent ska
ting for the boys, and the fine weather,
thankful hearts, or something else, or all
combined, led many of our people to assem-
bic at their usual places of public worship"
We do not remember the time when SO ma
ny of our people have turned out to hear a
Thanksgiving sermon as On Thursday last.
The party that went up totry the new skating
park were disappointed in not finding it in
skating order, but the loss was more the pro-
prietor's than theirs. We learn that Mr..
Butler has made further and ample provis-
ion for flowing, and that it will be all right
in a few days, if it is not SO already.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1860-12-07
A John Brown Meeting Broken up ut
Boston.

They had funny time Of it in Boston on
Monday and probably when the facts reach
South Carolina they will in some measure al
lay the bitter luminosity which that state har-
bors towards the North. These facts are
briefly these \ few radicals and agitators
in and around Boston called "puJlic con-
vention, to mark tie anniversary Of the mar
tyrdom of John Brown" This attempt by a
handful of men to hold an abolition conven-
ton in the present condition Of the country,
was considered an outrage by all the more
conservative and reasonable men of Boston ;
and particularly so as it was called a pnbttc
convention, ard whatever these agitators
might say or do would go out, especially to
the South, as the sentiments of the people OF
Boston and New England, when in fact not
one in one hundred had any sympathy with
such gathering at the present time. The
consequence was that when the hour at which
the convention was called arrived fremont
Temple was filled with the citizens of Boston
who were determined not to be misrepresent-
ed by gathering under the specious name
of "public convention There was conse-
ouently strife between the conservatives
and radicals in etiecting an organization, and
after an hour or two of loud talk, kissing,
hustling and cheers, the police were called in
and effected clearance Of the hall. The alb
olitionists adjourned to cclored church in
Joy street, where Frank 3. Sanborn, John
Brown, IA son of Ossawattomie) Wendell
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1860-12-07
Ontrases upon Northern Men.

James Sinclair, who returned from Sayan-
nah 10 New York, two or three DAYS since.
relates that while at the City Hotel, in con-
sequence of not giving satisfactory answers
to inquiries of Vigilance Committee, about
thirty men surrounded him with reyolvers
and bowie-knives, offered him sundry indic-
mites, tore OH his clothes and whipped him
with cato -nine-tails, and upon his escaping
from them, the Captain of the steamer Ala
bama refused to receive him as passenger
to New York. He however managed 10 Sc
crete himself on board. Several other per
sons have returned to New York, after SIM
lar treatment.
X. 1. Sherman, recently of the Pulaski
House, Savannah, relates CT John Byler, of
New York. accused oftampering with slaves,
that the Vigilance Committee took him at
some little distance from the city. and strip
pea HIM, and then applied coating of hot
tar and cold cotton. They then started him
on run, and he fearing that his life depend
ed upon his legs. ran to so good purpose
that he had nearly reached, tired and exhaust
ed, place of safety, when brutal policeman
oVerhauied him and struck him heavily upon
the back Of his head with his pistol, fractur-
ing his skull and forcing him upon the
ground.
A New Orleans correspondent of the Gin
cinnatl Enquirer, states that not boat lands
from any port above that is not visited by
Vigilance Committee. and also that many
merchants from Northwestern cities, who
come 20 buy groceries, had been obliged 10
60 home without making purchases.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1860-12-07

The VOTE OF VIRGINIA.-It appears that
Virginia, like her smaller sister New Jersey,
is divided. Gov. Letcher has issued proc
lamation eecting nine Bell and six Breckin-
ridge electors chosen. 1t is said that he
reaches such result by the rejection of re-
turns arising from informalities. The Bell
men are mad, and cry "Geme cratic fraud"
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1860-12-07

Phillips, Fred. Douglass, H. Ford Douglass,
and few others of that sort had their say.
a company Of infantry was held in readiness
at the armory in anticipation Of riot, bu,
the police force was equal to the emergency
Thus ended the abolition convention at Bos.
ton on the first anniversary of the death Of
John Brown.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1860-12-07
ST. JUHNSBURY, Dec. |, 1860.

Mr.. EDITOR 1T has often been asserted,
and from my own observation had come to
believe it a physiological fact, that the men
of Vermont. born and raised on the West
side Of the mountain, We're larger race than
those inhabiting the East side, but by actual
weight, as ascertained by ore of Fairbanks
scales, in the cabinet at the State Hous. last
week, Washington County is the home of
more wisdom and virtue" avcirdupois, than
any other. give you the average weight of
the members Of the several counties, with
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1860-12-07

r. Geo. d. Prentice, of the Louisville
Joumal, DIR. J. G. Holland, (Timothy Tit
comb,) and Mortimer Thompson, (Doesticks,)
are to lecture in several places in this State
the present winter. We have not learned as
We were to have any lectures in this place.
at any, speak :"
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1860-12-07

JUDGE TANEY.-We last week copied an
item from another paper which stated that
Chief Justice Roger B. fancy had resigned
his place upon the bench. The Baltimore
Erchanye says 1--WE have reason to be.
Iieve that the Chief Justice does not contem.
plate handing in his resignation to Mr.. Blu
chanan now or at any other time"
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1860-12-07
Orange County.

We learn from the Telegraph that on Sat
urday, Nov. 30, d man by the name of Gage.
at South Bradford, was clearing out and
sinking well deeper, when the brick wall
hours incessant digging. his dead body was
reached, when it appeared that he must have
died almost instantaneously of suiocation.--
He leaves wife and five children.
Harvey Merrill, 81 years of age, died in
me road near Bath Village, n H., on Friday
night of last week. He had started on foot
from Wells River, where he had been living,
with his valise in hand, for Landau he set
down his valise, unGressed himself. and pro-
ceeded on about quarter of mile entirely
naked. where his body was found near the
fence beside the road,
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1860-12-07

winter wheat on seven-sixteenths of an acre
of land, from one bushel of seed. TWAS
sown after corn, the land was good, and the
wheat is thought by good judges to be equal
in quality TO any ever raised in Vermont
A man named Cakes was arrested :,
Shrewsbury for stealing two-years-old col,
harness, wagon ard cow-skin, from several
individuals. He was carried to jail at Ru,.
land
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1860-12-07

C. 1t is noticed as singular fact that
the three most rampant disunion journals
north Of Richmond are edited or owned by
foreigners. The Constitution is edited by an
1rishman; the Baltimore Sun by an English
man, and the New York Herald by a Scotch
man.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1860-12-07
The County Court.

The December term Of our County Court
is in session here now, having assembled on
Tuesday. The proceedings were opened by
prayer by Rev. ii. ". Worthen ofthe Meth
odis, Church. The Calendar presents fair
show of business, and there is prospect Of a
session of average length. What has been
done thus far will be found reported for this
paper elsewhere.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1860-12-07
Chittendcm County.

The Free Press says that pedder's es-
Establishment was smashed in Burlington a
few days since. The horse which had been
left standing near the track. took fright at
the approach of the passenger train, and ran
across the track. when the engine caught and
killed him. The wagon also was somewhat
smashed.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1860-12-07
IamOiilc County.

The Newsdealer says that young lad.
aged II years. a son of Mr. Truman SAWYER,
residing i'll Mnrris;own, met with a terrible
accident on the 18th. While playing in a
saw-miil he accidentally fell upon the saw
when in motion, larcerating the left arm in
shocking manner, also fracturing the bones
Of the arm, forearm, and hand.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1860-12-07
Washington County.

\ young man named Burnham has been
arrested in Williamstown, for stealing prcn.
erty from wagon in Barre, and is now in
Jail in Montpelier awaiting trial. He has al.
ready spent SIX years in prison. When az
rested he was trying to extort money from
his grandmother, and she was blowing a
horn to raise the neighbors, being in fear for
her life and while on trial he threatened
the life OF the prosecuting attorney, NJ.
Wheeiock.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1860-12-07
W inter at Last.

Our readers in other states will be interest
ed in learning that about Thanksgiving day
we III this section were the recipients Of a
bountiful layer OF snow, atfording US first rate
sitishirs. Wood dealers have taken tits op-
portunit! to rush in lot of wood which is
very acceptable to those who are getting a
little shor; Of ,his indispensable commodity
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1860-12-07
Of the Track.


The passenger train run eff the switch as
it started out of Barton, Wednesday morning,
and there being no telegraph line above this
place, it remained off till messenger could
be dispatched to Lyndon to meet the up
freight train, when the up freight engine was
run up and pushed the delayed train on the
track. This mishap made the down train
three or four hours late. and the up train
about an hour and half This is good ar
gument for the extension of the telegraph to
Barton. We have often thought how unde-
sirable it is to wait at station particularly
at St. Johnsbury Centre,-every time the
train is late, expecting it every moment, but
frequently waiting for it several hours.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1860-12-07

The lrasburgh Standard says there are but
three DDS on the Eastern side of the state,
and at least sixteen on the Western, and
pertiEently asks, if the divinity Of the East
side ministers is so sound as not to need doc
toring?
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1860-12-07
Focal and State 3lfWs.

Our outside this week is particularly in
teresting,-the fourth page as well as the
first. We would call particular attention to
article on Colonization.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1860-12-07
Real Estate Valuation.

The following is an abstract of the valua-
ton Of real estate in Vermont, according to
the appraisal of 1850, together with the loss
and gain in the several counties since the last
appraisal:
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1860-12-07
Teachers Institute ;,t Lyndon.

We have received an account of the Insti-
tute held at Lyndon last week, but at SO late
al hour AS TO be unable to insert it this week
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1860-12-07
average weight Of the whole, viz

Average weight of the whole number of
members. 1854 lbs.
Whole weight Of whole number Of men,
bers $500 lbs.
The scale used to arrive at the above re-
suits was pronounced by all as true, and was
much admired for its beautiful finish, and the
quickness with which it respondedto the most
delicate touch.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1860-12-07
Reported for the CALIFORNIAN.
Caledonia Co. Court. Dec. Term, 1860.

Presentation. LUKE P POLAND, Chief j.
Hon SEkESo MONTGOMERY Ass 'tJuds' S.
Hon. EZRA \. PARKS,
Petit Jurors empame'led and swCrn
Burke, AFRO Jenness, {. I. 4. Humphrey
Barnet, Peter Buchanan, Alex. McLaren
Danviile, Joel r. Dole, Oliver Morse; Gro
ton, Thsmas b. Hall, James X. Dunn; Hard
wick. Resolved Mack, Moses G.. Wakefield
Kirby, Palmer ". Russell; Lyndon. Calvin
Eastman, William Randall; Newark, An
drew p. Taft; Peacham, VIM. +. Waldo
Franklin Bailey: Ryesate, David Nelson. \.
5. Moore; Sheffield, Alfred Lamb; St
Johnsbury, Luther ?. Cheney, Chandler \.
Severance; Sutton, John {. Blake, d. +.
Ruggles; Walden, Jonathan Haynes, ABE
Gle; Waterford, J. W. Hastings, Lorenzo
Green; Wheelock, Samuel F. Shattuck.
Thirtv-two cases were set for the jury up
on tie call Of the docket.
No. 22.-Georyc ". Chcsley V. Beniami,
+. Eroch~oy. Action of trespass for a
quantity of manure taken by the deferdan,
from place in Sutton which the plaintiff had
purchased of one Charles Varney. Defend
ant claiming that he purchased the manure
Of Narney before he sod the place to Ches-
ley; but did not take it away till after the
sale. Plaintiff claiming it by virtue of the
deed of the place. Trial by the jury ans
verdict for Plaintiff for $40. Cree and
Bartlett for Plaintiff; Beckwi;h and Cobb,
Defendant.
No. p. Leonard +. Edrards Y. Jume,
iaiyc Trover for horse which the def
had attached as an officer as the property OF
one Hansome. Plf claimed to be the owner
of the horse. Trial by jury and verdict fol
def. Wing for plf; Davis and Colby fol
def.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1860-12-07
Franklin County.

Some individuals in Enoshurgh have col
.ected in that town and forwarded to Kansas
Sl3j. Only part of the town has beer
canvaSsed.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1860-12-07

The BosToN JoURNL.-We publish this
week the advertisement of this valuable pa
per for 1861 The Journal is considerably
ahead of all its city contemporaries and it
is gratifying to know that its proprietors in
their efforts to make the best newspaper are
meeting with ample pecuniary success.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1860-12-07
Nind>OrCOunty.

Geo. Sears of Ludlow, had a thumb and
two fingers blown off on the 18th, by pre-
mature explosion Of blasting charge, which
he was tamping down.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1860-12-07

men have appointed Theron Howard, Esq,
to fill his place till some one is chosen by a
vote Of the town.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1860-12-07
Assignment Of Judges for the Year Com
mcnCinS December I, 1850.

mencing December I, 1860.
FOR COUNTY COURTS.
POLAND, Oh. 1.-THE counties of Caledonia. Or
leans and Essex.
Aids. lst Asst 1.-The counties OF Franklin,
Lamoie and Grand Isle.
PIEEroINT. ID Asst 1.-The counties of Chit
tenden ard Addison.
BARRETT, ID Asst 1.-The counties of Windsor
and Windham.
KELL0GG. 18th Asst 1.-The counties of Rut-
land and Bennington.
rLck, 9TH Asst 1.-The counties Of Washington
ard Orange.
FOR srrREME COURTS.
Chittcnden Co. tn. Jan'y Poland, Adds
Pierp"in:. Barrett.
franklin Co.. Mon Jany l4-Poland. Picrpoint
Barrett. Kellogg.
Grand Isle Co. Thur. Jan'y l..-Po!anl. Pier
pcin.. Barrett. Kellogg.
Addison Co, Mon. Jan'y 2l.-Poland, Adds
Barrett. Kellogg.
Rutland Co. Mon: Jan'y oS.-Po!and, Adds
Barrett Kellogg.
Bennington Co.. Tt. Fcb'y 5.-roland, Adds
Picrpoint. Peck.
Windham Co. Mon. Feb'y 1l.-A!dis. Pierroint
Kellogg. Peck.
Windsor Co. Tu. Feb'y l9.-Poland. Picrpoint
Barrett LIST week. Kellogg cd week J.
Peck.
Orange Co.. Tu. March 5.-Poland, Adds, Pier
point. Peck.
Washington Co. Tu Aug. l3-Alds, Pierpoin:
Kellogg. Peck.
!.amoi.,c, Tu. Aug. o0.-Polard, Barrett. KEEL
logc. Peek.
Orleans Co. Thur. Aug. 22.-Aiais, Barrett
Kellogg. Peck
Essex Co.. Tu. Aug. 21.-Aldi>, Barrett, Kel-
logy, Peck.
Caledonia Co. Thur. Aug. 29-Aldis, Barrett:
Kellogg, Peck.
|, will be favor to members of the bar
and suffers in court, to have the above AS
sisnment copied by the newspapers in the
state l.. =. POLAND.
ST. Johnsbury, ID. cember /, 1850.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1860-12-07
Orleans CO.

MIR. S. Chamberlin of Jay. has raised the
present season. from four acres of ground,
los bushels Of wheat, 30 Of which was raised
from one acre.
NJ. +. Doubleday Of the same town, felled
a pine tree which produced $3.50 feet oflum-
Der, the two but logs containing 1900 feet
The total length of saw logs cut from this
tree was go feet.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1860-12-07

Democrats 1t is idle mockery to talk OF
remedy by that medium, until reformation
has been witnessed in that particular; and
still the, when it is known the organization
spoken of extends not merely to few coun-
ties, but throughout Kansas, and even Mis-
sour and other states
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1860-12-07
Rutland County.

A correspondent of the Herald says that a
son of James Hopson of East Poultney, re-
Gently caught striped snake 3 feet long, in
large spring on his fathers farm, in whose
belly were found 10 fair-sized brook trout
There had been forty trout put in in the
spring, nearly all of whom had disappeared.
The same writer says that Henry ellis
has an eight-years-oid mare SO we'll trained
that he drives her about the village, up to all
the stores and taverns, around trees and
parks, trotting, running, walking, backing,
plows out corn and potatoes, or rakes hay.
or trots her round race-course in 2.49.with.
ont head-stall, bride, or rein Of any shape or
kind.
". p. J. Hyde of Sudbury, has this year
raised twenty-three and one half bushels of
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1860-12-07

Northern men, who continue to pile fuel up
on this fame there is yet hope that the storm
will blow over.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1860-12-07
appraisal:
From Warrington. congress. Gossip. etc

10,i59, 1886 2.OO6. ll535 $50. .S. GO
Yet gain, Sl,l46, 5000.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1860-12-07
Teachers Institutes in Essex County.

J. S. Adams, Secretary of the Vermont
Board Of Education, will hold the annual
Teachers Institute for Essex County, at Lu-
nenburgh, Tuesday and Wednesday. 1lth
and 18th of December. \ committee will be
in attendance to provide places of entertain
ment for those who, it IS hoped and expect
ed, will be present from other towns. The
sessions will begin each day at O'Clock a.
m. The evening sessions, at o'clock.
Large POrker.
Jonathan Ross of Hardwick, informs the
st. Adams Messenger that he recently dress
ed pig, not quite seven months old, that
weighed three huud,ed pounds!'
Personal.
The last Star says that Archelaus Sias
Esq, for forty years town clerk of Danvile,
has resigned his Office, and that the select
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1860-12-07
Suspended.

The Episcopal services held in Union Hall,
have been suspended for the present we I'M
derstand, by the unanimous vote of the YES
try.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-11-02
DIED.

On the goth inst, of chronic Group, MAY CAR
MICHAEL, daughter of q. Z. and NJ. L. Carmichael,
aged four years, five months and six DAYS
Little May was child of uncommon loneliness.
Beautiful, intelligent, and alIcctionate, she was
almost idolizcd by her parents, and was indeed Il
tavorie with all who knew her. Up to within a
few hours of her death she had enjoyed almost
uninterrupted health; but the fell DESTROYER come
in tho dreaded form of Group, and soon the beau
tifu flower was withcrcd and laid low But wecp
not, bcreaved parents, your loss is her great
gain.' at is well with the child"-she is taken
away from the evil to come. Jesus saws to you,
"suier this inie child and forbid her not, to come
unto me; for of such is the kingdom of heaven"
Weep not. mother, weep not,
That thy cherished one
Early called from earth to heaven
From thy sight has gone.
Rather upward gazing,
To the realms above,
View her mid the thronging scraphs,
Crowned with joy and love.
Weep not, father, weep not,
For that soft voice
Whose soft warblings have so often
Bid thy heart rejoice.
List to angel music
Floating through the air,
joyful, sounding Jesus praises
Mays sweet voice is there"
Athens, Oct. &c. 1900. G.Ac.