The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1865-12-22
THE CALIFORNIAN.
BRookLNN. Iowa. Nov. 20.
Letter from the Vest.


thus far represents the month. The first
frost of the season in tn is section was Oct.
u. in the extreme northeastern counties
on the Mississippi. A little snow fell the
9th ult remaining two days; we have
had none since, and at present no prospect
OF any.
The suffrage question, here as else
where, is agitating the public as well as
the individual mind to considerable ex-
tent. The election has passed, giving the
republicans large majority, even beyond
the most >dngUnc h"pes OF the party
Returns give to the state ticket an average
OF 10000 majority. The reelection of
GOV. Stone from estimates of several
eomtie. is $4,000, although nominated
upon platform distastful even to many
republicans it advocating boldly negro
suffrage i'oweshick county, at the pres
iIcnti,, election last fail, gave Lincoln a
minority of only 800, this fall Gov. Stone
receives a majority of 412, showing the
true feeling is rapidly gaining Il position
This county sends only one representa-
1ive (thc population Of eight thousand
giving It's that privilege, therefore produc-
il confined to towns, as in the east Many
OF our offices are filled from the soldier
ranks. giving, as every state should, pow
er to those who have preserved the power.
Sheep are rapidly becoming an impor-
tant source OF wealth in this state, and
Vermont; claims the honor of the best i'm
portationS. Hon. j. g. Grinnell of Grin
nell received lot in October. adding still
more to the fame of the state for sheep
raising. The price here not being salts
factory to produces, a large quantity of
wool has been sent to Boston for sale A
wooden factory soon to lie erected in the
county. will obvate that necessity. The
manufacture of molasses from sorghum
and imphcc cane has become extensive
more than the state will consume, and
large quantities will be exported. Alex
ander $. Mci gs, formerly of Lyndon, VT,
has manufactured the past season about
400 gallons of superior quality, using only
a onc-horse power mill.
Grain promised very we'll here this
year, but large quantities have been dam
aged in the stacks in this county, by the
long continued rains of October. SO
small an amount Of corn has been har-
vested as vet, that it is impossible to Judge
what the crop will be. The threshins is
nearly over in this section, no machine
having been used with less than a ten
horse power, with straw stacker attached. |
carrying the straw between thirty and for
~ feet high. This is indispensable with
the quantity Of straw placed in single
stack. The grain is often piled upon the
ground with no protection from the storms.
Corn is invariably open to the weather,
protected from the cattle, as the grain, by
rail pens or crib sides, and there is seldom
any injured.
aj.-Gen. Sherman passed through
here Il few weeks since en- route for Des
MONIES to visit his brother residin. there
1t Is unnecessary 10 state that he received
cordial reception there. l do not be-
lleve another town in the Union can show
as tllr record of patriotism, unbaptized
by blood. as the little town of Malcolm.
Iowa. 1t has sent twenty-six volunteers
to the ranks, embracing nearly every able
bodied young man in town, many of them
winning and wearing the title Of veteran,
till The close Of the war, passing through
the severe engagements on the battle-tields
of the southwest, and not one has fallen
EVERY one has returned to his home, and
only one to die. Simeon p. Meigs, third
son Of Church Meigs, Sen, formerly of
Lyndon. Wy, has fallen, the only sacr-
flee Oh his countly's altar, from disease
contracted in the army. -Four sons and
one son-in-law, represented the family in
the past struggle with traitors.
The Union Ve,lctte, Oeseret), substan-
tiateS the reports of valuable and extern
sive gold and silver mines in Rush valley,
Utah. Forty miles southwest of Salt
Lake city, near Stockton, a large claim
has been purchased by Capt Dahlgren,
SON OF the rear admiral. which he intends
working with improved machinery, $50
600 worth being now on the way from
the states. These mines promise to equal
if not excel those of surrounding states
and territories.
The amount of coal discovered in the
Colorado mountains near Denver will ere
long work Il revolution in the method of
transportation across the plains The