The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1864-01-08
ALL SORTS OF ITEMS.

Some of the prominent citizens OF Massa-
chusetts held meeting at Boston few days
ago to consider the expediency of forming
an organization to aid.emigrants from Europe
to come to this country.
A room has been prepared in Philadelphia
for the Matching of eggs by steam after the
custom of the Chinese. The establishment
is of about 600 hen power.
Ex-President Lord is talked of as the can
didate lof the pro-slavery, anti-war, copper
head party in New Hampshire.
More private secretaries for the President
with larger saeries will soon be proposed in
Congress.
The Springfield city government has spent
500 to find ont that the loves, cost of wafer
works for the supply of the city will be S252,-
600, and have concluded that it is inexpedi-
ent to act further on the subject at present
Stringent trade regulations are now en-
forced at New York in regard to goods
shipped for Nassau and other suspicious
places.
A telegraph company in Pennsylvania was
recently sued for refusing to send message
that was know 10 be untrue, and the cour.
sustained the company
young man named James H. Trask, of
keene, y. H. was put off the cars at Hart
Land, on Tuesday, the - Il inst, while on his
way home from Lebanon, since which time
ne has not been heard from by his friends
He is 10 years old, dressed in dark brown
coat dark pants, and drab soft hat--stoops
slightly in walking. and has slight impedi-
ment in his speech.
On Christmas day oysters sold in Richmond
at $40 per gallon and milk at the Same price
per gallon.
Five hundred dollars worth of horse-aesh
is daily killed and wounded by the smoot h
payeme1s in y. \.
a subscriber to the Pawtucket Gazette the
other day sent in his yearly subscription all
in silver five and ten cent pieces They were
received with asson:shment and will be pre-
served as curiosities.
1t is said that during the siege of Knox
vile nearly a hundred houses north of the
railroad. many Of them among the most taste.
tul and elegant in the place, though constant
ly within our lines, were burned. for fear they
might become cover for sharpshooters.
In Jackson county, Tenn, one of the wors,
rebel counties in the State, meeting was
held on Christmas night to make arrange
ments for celebrating the anniversary of tn t
Emancipation proclamation. Such meeting
two years ago would have been impossible.
SINGULAR DEATH OF AN ENGINEER. AT
ter the lat" severe snow storm at the West
an engineer of train upon the Racine ant
Mississi, pi Railroad while attempting tc
force his train through large snow bank
was thrown from the cab of the engine into
the bank and buried in the snow some sever
or eight feet. When his disappea, ance wa,
discovered search was made and his body re-
covered but life was extinct. He died from
sutfocation.
QUEEN VIC.-A curious story is afloat. Ii
runs that the Queen has been casting hel
eyes about for an eligible mate, and has fixet
upon strong, broad shouldered Scotchman
named Alexander Murray. The Queen i
said not to live to her satisfaction in he
present state Of widowhood. Whether tru
or not, the story has received great circula
ton. Should it prove correct. she will, @
course, have to resign her "crown into thu
hands of the Prince of Wales, as the stat
ates of England forbid the King or Queer
marrying a subject.