The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1865-08-11

ANOTHER PIc-NI, At rcreut spiritual
picnic near New York seven women were
brutally outraged. Two men killc,l. iiye
wounded AMI fourteen rol,lrsl. no: "nlv of
their watches and p"rlmonnaic>. hut of
their clothes. 81 they were compelled tu
hide i'll the woods all night. We hope
the New York style Of plc-iric will not l'e
initiated 10y other places.
DR. Clark of i.ii;lc;rn. lost ly firc his
entire sci of building last week We,lne>-
day. His little boy came running into lhe
houSc. telling his mother that he had kind
lei u fire in the barn and could nnt rxlin-
gIi>h the ilamr>- \ hog and valuable
horse Were also consumed Estimated
loss about S3oun.-E,Jrt>>,
\ Chicago man has made IN invention
that will work revolution in steam en-
gineS Ii does AWAY with steam boilers
altogether. the propclling agent htin. zen
Grated hy 4 shower bath falling on hot
iron plates. and passing directly into the
cylinder OF the engine.
The weather for harvesting the crops
has been splendid of late. and instead of
the dolciml accounts that were coming i'm
from the West few weeks ago. the TENOR
of the dispatches now Is favorable wealth
er and immense crops. which are being So
cured in GOOD condition The report
from Indiana is. that corn looks unusually
fine. and that apples will he exiraorllna-
rlly abundant.
The n Y. Commercials Montreal dis
patch says John III. Surratt has been in
Canada for long time, and l. now Sccre-
ted in or near Montreal II Is believed
that he is harbored by secession svmpa-
thizers. Several Canadian detectives are
OH the alert for him. in hope of securing
the reward offered. Sanders is wearing
out in inebrlation. and Beverly Tucker *
preparing to leave Montreal. owing TO th,.
lack of funds
THE CRorS IN New HAMPSHIRE
The Manchester Mirror says: OF hay
there is at least a third more gathered in
New Hampshire, than last year. SO of
wheat and rye, barley and oats. almost
the same remark will hold good. In rye
and wheat the yield in some places is not
so great as MISUNDERSTANDING TO :, dis
proportion betwixt head and straw. the
latter being unusually heavy. to the injury
of the former, but still there is a more
abundant yield than last year. Farmers
are unusually bouyant in spirit. and well
they may be, as they are literally I'm clo-
YER" Their markets are good ana crop,
abundant.
The "What-is-it is dead. For the
information of the good people who Were
backed down by Barnum, they at first of.
fering to bet that it was an idiot Nero
boy, will be pleased to know that it wa.
a negro girl. She shufied off her imbe-
cile coil some time last Spring while on
exhibition in the West.
jeff. Davis and his followers got up the
rebellion for the pretended purpose of rem
dering their property in slaves secure And
now JEFF: Davis is in prison awaiting trial
tor his life, and his ex-slaves are cultiva.
ting his fine plantation of two thousand
acres in Mississippi for their own benefit
remarks the Louisville Journal
Moses b. Aldridge of Mortified, n. H..
has been arrested in New York for an at.
tempt to murder Mrs. Douglas. formerly hi:
wife, but divorced from him after his BEING
sentenced to the Rhode Island state prison
tor burglary.