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The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1860-10-12

following day he would attack the Piedmon-
ties lines, which Intercepted the route. and
that he would throw himself in person, with
his army, into the fortress of Ancona. The
attack took place, according ly, on the morn
ing of the 18th. There was terrible fight.
The two armies exhibited equal courage, and
both experienced considerable loss. The
Piedmontese lines were foImidably establish
ed. and the Pon,itical troops could not force
them. Three times they rushed to the at
tack. and thrice they were forced to fall back.
At the third attack Gen. de Pimc;!an was
wounded by several bullets, and was carried
of the field i'll a d. wing state.
Gen. Iamorcierc placed himself at the
head Of a small column. ard succeeded in
cutting his way through the enemy's army, 50
as 70 gain the mountain and enter Ancona.
Gen. de Pimodan died in the course OF the
night of the 18th, in consequence OF his
wounds. The town of Ancona, it is added
in spite of the bravery of Gen. Lamoriciere,
and of his little army, being invested by land
and sea, is inevitably lost and it is stated
that the Sandman army, which has obtained
such decisive advantage. proposes, in hon
Orabie contrast to the conduct of its oppo-
nenis. and with view Of sparing the inhab-
itants of Ancona, to subject the town to a
rigorous blockade, and thus compel the gar
riSon to surrender"
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The Difference.

The Cleveland Faindealey, one of the
Douglas slavery propasators speaks in the
following coarse and indecent terms of Carl
Schurz, one Of the ableSt and NEST eloouen,
o! cur foreisn-born citizens:
CARL SorIElS.-ihis hair-lirped renegade
who left his county for his countrv's good,
has been furnished money and means by
Black Republicans to stump the countr, for
Lincoln. He is a Red RepubIcan all but his
heart, that is black
OF this brutal attack upon ole who IS eve
cry inch gentleman as well as man, the
Albany Evenir g Journal well observes
Al! adopted citizens are "har-lipped rene
ga1es" who dare to act On their own free O.
pinions. Carl Schurz, to greater extent
than any other Of lis class. has excited the
ire OF the ''Doush-taces' because of the gran
dear of his eloquence and the irresistible
power of his logic.
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Another "Burbari>m Of Siavcry."

The Chicago Press um Tribune has a let
ter from Mr.. Frederick Am,l.ar, who was re-
Gently driven out Of Texas on some frivolous
pretcnse. He gives the following account of
the horrible whipping young man received
"a, Henderson, tina: State, which resulted in
death. He says:
A young man from Illinois, bv the name
of Evans, came to Henderson, and while
there, was incautious enough to say that he
thought free states were preferable to slave
states, and that he thought slavery was not
right. These sentiments, as far as | heard
them, he made in the mildest manner and
that only when pressed into the subject bv
the young men about town. am satisfied
that he never said or thought of saving any,
thing, except when conversation on the sub
ject was forced upon him. had but slight
acquaintance with the young man, but told
him that he ought not to allow himself to be
dragged into talking On the topic But he
was not careful. In December last, this
young man was taken out by mob, without
a trial of any kind, and whipped to DEATH
The Henderson Nee Era, paper published
III Henderson,. justified the Infamous murder
on the ground that Evans was a common
thief. an aboliiionist, &c. Twas shown the
whip which was informed had been the in
strument Of his death. 1t was covered with
blood also saw what was informed was
the dead body Of Evans. about three-quarters
Of mile from town. 1t was so decay ed and
swollen that did not recognize it. The hogs
and buzzards were eating it. 1t had never
been buried
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1860-10-12
Bombardmcnt of Ancona.


ST.. JonHS \. T.. Oct. 1. The steamship
CITY of Baltimore from Liverpool Sept. %,
and Queenstown the 9th, for New York, ar
rived off Cape Race at 3 O'Clock this p. NJ
Her advices are two days later.
The Sardinans continued to advance into
the Papal States.
The fortress of Santo Leo surrendered af-
ter some hours firing, and was occupied by
the Sardlnians
Ancona was bombarded nine hours by the
Sandman fleet. 4 vigorous f:e was kept up
in return. Later dispatches say the cannon
AIDE by land and sea still continued at inter
walls.
The Sardinians had occupied the fortress
Of Catilan.
The official Roman journal contains Anto-
nelis note. claiming assistance from the
Catholic Powers.
Garbaldi had concentrated his troops on
the nights Of Nalurno, preparatory to at
lacking the Ncapoli,an forces.
The GaribaldiaMs net with some rcver.eS
near Capua, losing about POO men.
Garibaldi,in fresh proclamation, indicates
that he Will join the Sandman troops in their
march upon Rome, and then will march a.
sainst Venice
The antasonism between Garbaldi and
the i'iedmonteSe Government continued.
The King of Naples had published DEGREES
at Gaeta. ordering a state of siege in all the
provinces where the revolutionary struggle
exists, and cashiering all the officers of the
marine. as guilty Of high treason. cxcep,
those of one vessel which went to Gaeta
The Republicans were gaining ground in
Naples. and their influence upon Garibaldi
was Increasing.
1t is reported tina, Victor Huge had arri,-
ed a, Naples.
Cardinal SforSca had been expelled from.
Naples by the Dictatorial Government.
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road one Gay last week :

An extra cattle train of nine or ten cars
which left st. Adams at about s O'Clock. Va,
thrown from the track by running over three
COWS upon the track, at a crossing over
sclall stream about three miles this side of
Milton. \ general smash-up was the result
The sight as We saw ii an hour or two after
was not a pleasant one. The engine Gen
Taylor" lay upon its side half embedded IN
the earth. Behind it was pile ofovcr-woof
cartrucks and dead cattle-the remains Of
two or three cars which were literally dashrj
into small pieces. On each side of the en-
bankment were the shattered remains Of 9th
er freight cars which had shot from the track
at an argyle. The carcasses OF number #
dead cattle were scattered here and Their,
while others lay with broken limbs. awat;a-
the butchers knife. The carcasses of twrg-
ty-fve sheep. killed outright by the shock.
in row. But one car Of the whole irl,..
uhe rear ore) stood comparatively uninj4r,t
on the track. The engineer and fireman It.
manned on the engine. and were found near,
covered with wood from the tender. hu; VII
hurt. A droyer who was in car with three
horses, was shot out of it through the root.
which was ripped from the car, into Ii
meadow. He was badly bruised, but had NJ
bones broken"
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1860-10-12
The News from Italy.

A despatch from Rome. Of Sept. IT, to the
London papers, says:
The column under the command of Gen.
kangler. 1000 strong, has returned to Anco-
IA. after hot fight with the Sandman
troops.
The Sandman army is 10000 strong. NJ
mcrous free corps are n.enacins the Neapoli-
tan frontiers.
A dispatch from the Sandman Minister at
Paris to VI. Thouvenal is said to state that
Garabaldi has given Piedmrn; tounders,an.!.
IN peremptory manner, that if she does not
Immediately dispcrse the foreign volunteers
of the Papal army, he would proceed from
Naples to Rome in order to pursue and ac-
complish the task himself. and that he would
only respect Rome on the condition that the
Marches and Uumbria were occupied by Sar-
dinian troops.
The Official Journal Of Naples publishes
the following address to the Palermitans from
Garbaldi /:
"Near TO YOU, or far from YOU. brave peo-
pie of Palermo, ! am with you, and with you
for all my life.
Bonds of affection, community of fatigue,
of danger, Of glory, bind me to you with IN
dissoluble ties moved from the very depths
of MY soul. with my conscience as Italian,
know that you will not doubt my words. |
separated myself from you for the common
cause. and left YOU another self Depretis :.
Depretis is confded by me to the good peo-
pie of the capital Of Sicily and, more than
my representative. he is the representative of
the holy national idea, Italy and Victor En-
manuel Depretis will announce to the dear
people of Sicily the day OF the annexation of
the island to the rest OF free Italy. But i. is
Depretis who must determne--t faithful to
my mission and to the interest of Italy-thc
fortunate epoch. The miserable beings who
talk to you of annexation to-day, people of
Sicily, are the same who month ago spoke
to you and stirred YOU up: ask them, peo-
Die, if bad condescended to their indivdu-
al littleness. could have continued to fight
for !taly-I could have sent you this day nv
salutation of love from the beautiful capital
of the Southern Italian continent. Well.
then, noble people, to the towards who hid
themselves when you fought in the barri-
cades Of Palermo for the liberties of Italy,
YOU will say, from your Garibaldi, that the
and the kingdom of King Victor
Emmanuel We vii! proclaim quickly but
there. on the nights of the Quirina, wien
Italy shall count her sons in one family, and
receive all as free men in her illustrious bo-
som, and bless them.
G. GARIBALD1."
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1860-10-12

The QUAKER NoTE.-It is heard from at
last. 1t IS not much at a start, but it comes
in tremendously on the home stretch.-Eos-
ton Journal.
@ The veteran Ralph Farnum, the only
survivor of the battle of Bunker Hill, arrived
at Boston Monday afternoon, having come
the distance from Acton, Me-, and changed
cars three times during the day. He is &C
companet by his son John, 63 years old, and
his daughter Joanna, So. While the rest of
the party were completely fatisued, he said
he was not very tired. They stop at the Re-
we're House, and the old gentleman was much
pleased with the attentions shown him.
"a Mr.. Barton, colored man, has recov-
cred 5000 damages for having been expelled
from Huntington Hall, Lowell, after he had
bought ticket admitting him to the hall to
attend one OF Thalbergs concerts. No rea-
son was given for this change in the program
by the defendant, except the color Of the
plaintiffs face.
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The Peoples Fair.
To tie Editor Of The Cuica0nian.

To the Editor Of The Caica0nian.
The first day of the Peoples Fair, held in
Cabot on the Sd and 4th insts., though open
ing dark and forbiaeling III the morning, was
upon the whole very comfortable and very
sell improved as a holiday.
There were but two town teams present
one Of - yoke oxen from Marshfeld, and
one Of fifteen or twenty yoke from Cabot
No effort was made to induce the gathering
of long strings Of oxen as last year. The
number of cattle present was not nearly as
large as formerly, but the show of good cat
He was nice, and very satisfactory to all in
terested.
We noticed some very nice calves of the
Hereford blood, and other young stock, ex-
hibited by Mr.. Abel Guild of Walden. Also
a very nice specimen Of Durham stock, own
ed by MIR. Andrew Whitcher of Hard~ick :;
some nice Devonshire stock was shown bv
Messrs.J Joseph Hoyt and V. w. Hale of Cab
OF.
The exhibition in Floral Hall, Mechanics
and Household departments, was not so
good as the previous ones of this society,"
The show of garden vegetables was very
good.
Notwithstanding the rain, which poured al
most necessarily from morning till night of
the second day, there was quite a collection
of people il the afternoon, but nearly ali the
business of the society was postponed to
Saturday, the 18th inst. when in addition
to the examination of the various classes of
horses, and The awarding Of premiums, there
is to be trctting match, and two or three
purses are to be competed for.
The music was furnished by the Cabot Cor
net Band REPORTER
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1860-10-12
Grand total
Singular Frc>eEtiment>.

All presentiments that are really SUCH and
not mere condolences, are remarkable, but a
double case has just occurred in connection
with the death Of Dana A. Iiuntoon, at Hop
kinton, y. H., which seems to be well attest
ed and which IS more marked and decisive in
It's circumstances than such events generally
The story is told as follows BY the y. ii.
Statesmen
Nv. y. IIuntoon of Salisbury, brother
Of the deceased. and maj! carrier to North
BoScawen. took the cars in company with his
wife on Monday for Canada. He was in
good health and spirits and was anticipating
very pleasant journey. When he rechcd
Montpelier there came over him one of those
'presentments, as they are called. to the e
feet that something Yer! seriou, WAS going
to occur among his friends at home He
was surrounded by happy companions. and
had no reason whatever TO place aMv belle:
in the warning. Still it could not be driven
from his mind. and sadly he turned his steps
towards home. He reached Salisbury on
Wednesday night. All were well. and The
next morning he went to his brothers in
'Iopkinton. where his parents also reside
Just after tea. while he vas in the store with
his brother, the shocking event occurred. -
(Ilis brother las burned to death by cam
phene eXplosior.l i sister. who WIS at the
Isle of Shoals, dreamed that some fearful oc-
currcnce was impending in the family, and
came home, though she had no reason TO be-
iieve that any painful event was to take place
there. She arrived home before the atiiict-
i've occurrence TRANSFERRED. Thus brother
and sister. many miles apart. were brought
back by some mysterious agency TO the pa
rental roof in season to witness the death of
a beloved brother"
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1860-10-12
W no can Beat This I!

Mr.. o. W. Richardson, our foreman, COM
pose;:, on Wednesday last. fourteen thousand
fee hundfed ems in eleven hours. If the
printer resides in the State who can beat this
We should like to know who he is.-Wood-
stock Stcndard.
His name is VIM. II. Orne. of TIE GALE
DOMAIN office, who composed last Tuesday,
and Wednesday morning, las there were not
eleven hours Of daylight Tuesday, fttee,.
Thousand ems Burgeoise in eleven hours
six thousand and a-halfsolid and the remain
der loaded manuscripts; the same matter that
is upon our second page this week. Young
OrEe is seventeen years old. If there is a
printer in the State who can beat this on the
same kind Of matter We will let "our fore
man" try next time.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1860-10-12
c. The Eclectic Naqozine for Octobe

C. The Eclectic Magazine for October
opens with photograph and autobiography
Of Garabaldi-the man who is making no
small stir among the despots of Italy-a man
who las proved himself fertile in expedients.
sasacious in design, bold in execution, and
dauntless in peril. With the countenance of
such man are the pages of the Eclectic en-
bellshed a look at the heroic face is worth
the price Of the magazine. We have fire.
quently commended this magazine to the re-
gard Ct our readers who like the substantial
and interesting combined. The contents for
October are: The Protestant and Catholic
Revolt; The Patrimony of St. Peter VIM.
Caldwell Roscoe's Poetry; Garibaldi-h;s
Life and Times On the importance of En-
eryy in Life Vowed the Dane-Count of
Elsinore Cayenne penal colony; Dr.
knapf's Travels in Eastern Africa Baron
Humboldt's Letters &C., &c.
Published by W. II. Bidwell, New York,
at So per year.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1860-10-12
Franklin County.

The expectation of cheese from ST. Alban~
continues so large that the railroad finds !,
difficult to keep up. The depot is literally
filled.
\ number of new buildings are in progress
at St. Adams, among which are a new Eois-
copal church, of brown stone, to cost $4,000
or $l3,O00-a new Congregational church.
with towering spire,to cost SD 900 or SIS
600. and new three story Union school
house. to cost Sl2.o00-all in process of ac-
TIVE completion. \ large new wing 20 the
depot has also been constructed.to accommo-
date the railroad offices, which are to be re
moved thither from Northfield The improve
mcnt in the place when all are completed,Nil!
be noticeable.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1860-10-12
The l;tir...Ad:ienda.

There We're some mistakes and omissions
made in the printed list of premiums las,
week.
On box of edging Margaret J.. Stacker
mot -iyer,) drew the premium. Mrs. J. s
!'dhtT. (not Barher,) was awarded premium
on ottoman. &c. Timothy Coreag mot Can
ning.) had the best unretned sugar and DO
sept Lang OF Peacham. June butter The
committee on fancy articles, &C.. have learn
cd since the Fair that it was expected the,
would examine the photographs. &c. in the
absence of the committee especially appoint
ed for the purpose. They take pleasure in
making honoyajle meidjon (which is all they
can now do.) Of the photographs and stereo-
scope views presented BY Mr.. F. Il. Gage of
st. Johnsangy. We are pleased to see by
comparison of the photographs of this year
with those presented heretofore, that our ar
fist of the "rouSh exterior" is not of the old
iogy school, but is determined to 20 ahead
We would especially mention the steroscopic
views presented by him as worthy CT notice
We were hardly aware that nature had placed
so many gems Of beautiful landscapes along
the Passumpsic valley, till We saw them so
finely reproduced before US in the stereo-
scope. We have never seen SO good an at
mosrheric effect brought out as is seen in
some Of these pictures.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1860-10-12
W INDIAN County.


Two Vermont boys have recently left us
one from our neighboring town of GuilforL.
Mr.. flar,-to finish their education in CIR
many. We wish them all the learning OF
FaUstuS AMI all the zeal aud ability Of I.u-
ther.-BIuh3ttcro Phanir.
Az OUTRAGEOUS AFFAIR \ correspond
eat t~hGse letter We abridged informs as thai
William Smith and William Howard of Hal
flax, were arrested and brought before Jus
tlce Porter of Jacksonville. on complaint
made by the Grand Juror of Halifax, chary-
ing them with an assault with an intent to
Nil Frederick Hamilton of Halifax also with
larceny in obtaining liamillon's watch. rifle.
&c. 1t appeared that Hamilton was on his
way home from Rufus Smiths. on the morn
ing ofthe sd ult. While passing the house
of Frank Smith, he was hailed bv William
Smith and Howard and induced to go into
the house where an attempt was made to
trade for his rifle and watch. Soon Smith
charged Hamilton with owing him. which the
latter denied, and thereupon Smith attacked
him. knocked him down several times. ard
beat HIM until ne was insensible. Howard do
ing nothing to prevent the affray. They
then carried Hamilton to the barn and le!i
him there, carrying away his watch and rifle
During The day they made several exlibi-
tions Of the property. and told several CON
Trajectory stories of the manner in which
they obtained It's possession. At night they
carried the articles to the barn and left them
where they had left Hamilton and where the
officer found them. Hamilton recovered 80
far during the day as TO crawl home to his
fathers-a distance of hundred rods-hoa
no one knew. as the family were all gone 10
church. On their return they found him in
sensible. A physician was called. who pro
nounced his case dangerous and his recovery
doubtful
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1860-10-12
Mr. Fletcher's Lectures.

Rev. J. c. Fletcher closed his course of
lectures in this place on Tuesday evening"
Subject: The Alps, and the difficulty of get
ting married under the code Napoleon. The
latter part of the lecture was very amusing,
and made doubly SO by the lecturer giving
his individual experience under the assumed
name of"Brown," lMr. Fletcher having mar
ried Swiss lady, 1t was undoubtedly re-
gretted by many that the order of things was
changed, bringing the lecture uron Nesuvius.
pompeii and erculaneum on Monday night
instead of Tuesday, as advertised last week
The fullest house of the course was out on
Tuesday, many of them undoubtedly expect
ing the lecture of the preceding evening
which was one full of interest and ins,ruc-
ton, ard in which the eloquent and facetious
lecturer unclaimed the attention of the audi
cnce two hours and half On the whole,
the people of St. Johnsbury never got so
much value received" for 40 cents as in the
six lectures delivered by Rev. J. c. Fletcher
Of Newburyport. Shall we have more9
The lecture upon the Alps was interspersed
with Alpine music by Messrs. Clarke. Pad
dock. Worcester, lIer:ich and Carpent,r,wh
kindly consented 20 contribute to make the
thing as real as possible. TIE Al pine echoes
by Mr.. Clarke were very fine, and the audi
cnce showed their appreciation of this part
of the entertainment by repeated applause
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1860-10-12
Accidents.

We regret to learn that Mr.. Chauncey
Spaulding of this town, was run over by a
horse and wagon on one Of the days of our
County Fair, and seriously injured. What
makes this accident peculiarly sad is the fac,
that Mr.. Spauldins has been cripple for a.
bout twenty years, made so by rheumatism.
and able to get about none of the time only
by the 1t p OF canes. During many of these
years he has suffered much bodily pain. We
understand that he was at The side of the
road, and was run over by person who was
attempting to run by another team.
MIR. Aaron Farnham of this place, was al
so run over upon the Fair Grounds, bruising
him somewhat and dislocatins one of his
thumbs, but not seriously injuring hira.-
There should be stop put to this fast, care
less driving.
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Island Pond 10 ST. John burt.

\ party of ten gentlemen and ladies who
had been to Montreal and Quebec, and wish
ed to return to New York through the beau
tiful valley Of the Connecticut, chartered a
coach at Island Pond for St. Juhnsburv, pay
ing PITY dolIars for the same, rather than 70
turn by Portland or Burlington, as they
would have been obliged to have done to 20
all the way by rail. They took the cars here
Wednesday morning of last week. Straws
snow which way the current runs.
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Vermont Medical Society.

The annual meeting ofthe Vermont Medi-
cal Society viii be holden on Tuesday and
Wednesday. Oct. 16 and IL, at Montpelier.
Valuable papers have been promised, and
large meeting is expected. Arrangements
will be made with the different railroads for
return tickets.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1860-10-12
The Premiums.

Somewhere between the Treasurer and
Printer last week there was mistake in re-
gard to the premiums awarded at our late
Fair. As It is hoped that the errors in the
list are all corrected this week, Mr.. Barney
wishes us to say that he would like to pay all
The premiums next week. if called for.