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The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1866-10-05

NEGRO HUMoR--A Virginia rebel.
who has issued book giving his expert
ence as prisoner in the hands of the fed
erals at Point Lookout and Elmira, tells
the following story:
The boys are laughing at the summons
which S, one of my fellow Petersburgers,
got to-day from negro sentinel. S. had
on when captured, and | suppose still pos
sesses, tall beaver of the antique pattern
considered inseperable from extreme re-
spectability in the last decade, and for
MANY year before While wandering
around the enclosure, seeking, | suspect,
''what he might devour," he accidentally
stepped beyond the dead line and was
suddenly arrested by a summons from the
nearest negro ON the parapet, who seemed
in doubt whether so well dressed a man
could be '.reb,'' and therefore whether
he should be shot at once.
'.White man, you b'long in dar 9'
"Yes.''
.'Well, aint you got no better sense dan
to cross dat line %
Il did not notice the line
"Well, you had better notice it, and
dat quick, or I'll blow half dat nail kag
off,
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1866-10-05

"a !" sui Nv Il uleIln TOu 10 Sileu on In
vengeance Nv Niger walters. | WOO,
taste uu every dish, and drink frum eacl
bottle, and eff l didn't swell up and bus
in l5 minnits His serene Highniss WOO,
take hold. suffered several deaths.
resoom my diary.
JOLIET. The crowd wuz immense
The peasantry, ez the train approached
rent the air with cries NV Grant
Grant ~ His Potency, the president
promptly acknowledged the compliment
He wuz sacrifizin hisself fur em-who hed
made crater sacrifices! He he'd bin al
derman Nv his native town and vice pres
ldent-he wuz too modest to make 4
speech, but ef he wuz Judis Iskarrit. who
wuz the saviour! He he'd swung around
the cirkle, and hedn't found none so
far. He left in their hands the
And so on until neer St. Louis, when
we penetrated dimocratic country. Nv
witch | informed his majesty. ..How
knowest thou p sez he, Easy" sez l.
Il observe in the crowds a large proper
tiOn Nv red nozes and hats with the tops
off | notice the houses unpainted, with
the pig pens in frunt Nv en- :; aud what is
more | observe that crowds compliment
yoO direct instid Nv doin it. ez heretofore.
over Grants shoulders The Knights Nv
the Golden Cirkle, witch spect is the
identical cirkle yoo hev bin swinging
around lately, love yoo and approach yOo
confidently"
The president brisked up, and frum
this TO indianapolis he spoke with foo
ldity L he'd never observed in him before
| may say, TO Use medikle term, that
he had hemorrij Nv words. At the lat
ter city our recepshun wuz the most fat
rim Nv emmy we hev experienced. The
people, when the president appeered upon
the balcony NV til Bates House, yelled so
vociterusly for Grant that the president
when he stepped forward tu acknowlej
his compliment eoodent be heard at all.
He waved his hat, and the more he way
ed it, the more complimentary the crowd
bekame. Grant Grant - they yelled.
and the more the president showed hisself
the more they yelled Grant, until over
powered by the warmth Nv the recepshun
and unwillin 10 expose his health, the
president retired without slingin speech
at EN-, but entirely satisfied that the peo-
pie wuz with him.
The next mornin the ofiis holders Nv
the stait, without the people, assembled,
and he made his regler speech 10 EN-,
wlch appeered to he gratifyin TO both
him and them. The president does not
like to sleep with a undelivered speech ON
his mental stummick. 1t gives him the
ritemare.
Here | lei. the party for a short time
that inlte 90 home and attend TO my OF
tishel dootieS. There Is five northern
families near the Corners witch must hev
notice TO leeve, and s niggers TO hang.
he'd orders TO report to the party sum-
WHARF between Louisville and Harris
burgh, wich shell do, ez, travelin by Or
der, l get mileage and sich.
PETROLEUM V. NASBY, z. NJ.
(wich is Postmaster,)
(and likewise chaplin TO the expedishin.
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| kun to the conclusion lately, that life
waz so onSartin, that the only way for me
tn stand fair chance with other folks,
waz tu cit my life insured, and so l kalled
Cn the agent of the Garden Angel Life
Insurance Co, and answered the follow
ing questions which waz put to me over
the top ov pair ov gold speks, by a
slick little fat old teller, with little round
grey head, and az pretty a belly on him
az emmy man ever owned -
QUESTIONS:
1st. Are VOC mail or femail9 II
so, state how long voc hev bin so.
ID. Are 700 subjects to fits, and if so,
do VOC hey more than one at time?
Sd. What IL yoor precise fiteine
weight!
4th. Did yoo ever hev eny ancestors.
and if SO, how much2
9TH. What il yoor legal opinion O,
the constitushunality ov the ten com
mandments
9th. Did 700 ever hev emmy mite
mares
9TH. Are yoo married or single, ol
are 700 a bachelor
Sth. Du yoo believe in future stait
If 700 du, stait it.
9th. What are yoor private senti
mentS about 4 rush ov rats tn the head
can it be did successfully?
10th. Hev 700 ever committed sui
eide, and if SO, how did it seem tu effec
Iyoo!
After answering the above question
like man, in the confirnatif, the slicl
little fat old feller with goold speks on
ced / waz insured for life, and probabl,
wood remain so for term of yeers.
thanked him, and smiled one ov my mos
pensive smiles.
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head to wipe away a tear. turned
toward the door, really intending to de.
part and give her time for reflection, wher
she pronounced my name; | looked back,
her hands were stretched out towards me-
! ''Not now," whispered II will not
ask your answer yet. Watch me-prove
me. Only give me to know that 1 have
your love"
l stopped speaking, for Mary's head
had been pillowed upon my bosom, and
she was weeping like child.
/ ''Now! now" she uttered, as l wound
my arms around her. "Oh, Charles, |
never doubted your truth | know that
you cannot deceive me. May God bless
your noble resolution, and let me help YOU
to keep it,
cannot tell how long l stopped that
evening. | can only tell that | was very
happy, and that my prospects of the COM
ing year were right and glorious.
On the following day-a Sabbath calm
and pleasant-the organ gave forth new
strain. The daughters of Zion were no
longer in a strange land They had taken
their harps down from the willows, and
within the chambers of the new temple,
more respondent far than the old, they
sang the songs that aforetimes made JOY
Gus the city of their God.
All marked the grandeur of the music
that sprang into life beneath the touch of
that fair organist on that beautiful Sab
bath morning, and all seemed moved by
inspiration. To me it was like the out
pourings of redeemed soul, and with
bowed head and folded hands | gave my
self up TO its sublime influence As Mary
turned from the instrument | caught her
eye. Mine were dimmed with moisture,
but hers were bright, cleaning with sera-
phic light.
Ere many weeks had passed another
hand passed over the keys of the organ,
for Mary was not in the choir She knelt
before the altar by my side, and over US
both the aged clergyman stretched his
hands in prayer and blessing.
And we went out of the church together
out in the new life-bound heart to
heart and hand to hand, to honor, love,
and cherish torevermore.
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Eineland.

,rm and rrit lands In mild and healthful climate.
g.. miles south of Philadelphia by railroad, in New
y. on the same line OF latitude a. Balti ore, Md
t soil Is rich AMI productive, varying from clay to
iy loam, suitable tor wheat, grass, corn, tobacco,
,, and vegetables This l. great fruit country 500
wards and orchards have been planted out BY expert
rr fruit growers Grapes peaches, pears, &C produce
mcusc profits Vineland Is already one of the most
JNtu places in the United states The entire terrific
consisting OF htty square miles OF land is laid out up
. . General system Ol Improvements. The land is only
l % actual settlers Hth provision for public Gdorn-
4, The place account Of its great beauty, as well
uAer advantages has become the resort O people OF
}>;' II has increased five thousand people within the
fhree years. Churches stores schools, academies,
ties OF art and learning, and other elements OF re-
..leut ard culture have been introduced. hundreds
..1pr constantly settling Hundreds Of new houS
t.t being constructed Price ot farm land twenty
" lots aud upwards, S25 Pc: acre. Five and ten acre
.l,age lots for sale
ts and vegetables ripen earlier in this district than
.uv otne' locality north OF Norfolk, Va. Improved
.H..s Tor sale
openings Tor all kinds of business, lumber yards
't. rleS, iOuudrieS. stores and the Ike and steam
over. with roOm can be rented
lrI perSoIS v no desire mid winters, heathul eli
% ., ana good soil III 4 country beautifully improved
alug fruits and possessing all other social prlVl-
the heart OF civilization, II Is worthy Of visit.
.. 'cro answered, ana the NiHeland Rural, paper
,g Cll Information and contalHing reports of SCION
20 inS'n, sent 10 applicants,
Ag!re>S CHAS. 4. LANDS, Eineland z. o., Lands
.u"t>.Ip New Jersey.
From report OF Solon Robinson, agricultural editor
ae tribune: at is ore Of the most extensive lerth
ael, IN almost level position and suitable condition
81! peasant farming that We know OF this side OF the
" "t>'ern praIneS." S-33
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1866-10-05

An OLD SKULL-A human skull was
lately found in Calaveras county, Califor-
MIA, at the depth of one hundred and fifty
feet, in what is known by geologists as
the pleicene formation. This discovery is
thought TO establish the fact that man ex-
listed on this planet countless ages before
the time designated by any of our tradi-
tions respecting his first appearance here.
According to former theories of geologist:
the world was not habitable by man al
the period to which they assign this skull
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1866-10-05

Mr.. VIM. Cameron of Petersburg, ,Vir-
ginia, just returned from abroad, brought
home pair of ostriches, which he turned
loose upon his lawn. The index says,
''two interesting colored children and sew
eral pigs are missing since.
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Names.

Some one has lately been culling curl
o,ities from the Boston City Directory,
and among other things finds the name of
Smith as usual i'll the preponderance.
there being no less than seven hundred
and twenty-five of tho nalGe recorded. be-
sides six who have changed the So into
the more fashionable ''y," and two who
have added an '.e"
Next III order come the Browns. of
whom there are five hundred and thirty :;
oI which number thirty-Scven are name
>akeS OF that unfortunate one, whose ,oui
at last accounts wa:s marching on
There aie :.re ..lso twentv-one Brownies.
He was somewhat surprised to find
that, among the Celtic population OF
Boston, the name of Sullivan occurred
four hundred and fifty-threc times.
Fourth in order came the Clarks, two
hundred and ninety-six OF whom claim
the city of the Hubbites as the place OF
their residence or business, besides thirty
Clarks whose names end with the ever
lasting ''e."
Fifth are the McCarthys sixth the
OBriens seventh the Jones family,
eighth the Parkers.
One thing is perhaps creditablc to the
Smiths; numerous as they are none could
be found engaged as brokers. Theirs Is
an enterprising family, and is member.
carry Oh ninety-one different kinds o.
business.
With building material the Directory
is well supplied, containing Stones, Mar.
bles. W Woods and Bricks.
There are six Bulls and eight Bullocks
twenty-five Lambs and nine Shepherds
torty-four Foxes and four Hogs. Nc
piggs could be found, but possibly til,
juvenile Hogs will pass as such.
There are thirteen Trips and 81,
Trotts and two Trotters eight Tucks
ninety-three fuckers and eleven Tucker
mans; fifty-two Richs and eighteen Poor
and a multitude of Longs and Shorts
! OungS and OldS.
There are sixty-two who boast the mel
ancholy name of Coffin, but none ar
physicians; perhaps the name would b
too suggestive.
There are all sorts of men in this record
Altman, Beckman, Boardman, Bowman
Brayman, Butman, eastman, Chessman
Chapman, CIoutman, Cardman, Redman
Crossman, Wiseman, Wellsman, Sickman
and host Of others that would put on
typos out of sorts.
Some of our ancient celebrities wouI
be somewhat surprised could they Sc
themselves as represented there. Waite
Scott figures as hair dresser, and Georg
, Washington as waiter.
There are also one Queen, one hundre
and thirteen Kings, and thirty-six Princes
fifty-three Manns, nineteen DANES, an
twenty-five Ladds, and forty-three individ
uals who are blessed with the highl
: euphonic and yet somewhat suggestiv
r name of Roach.
The adjective ''good' in the formatio
f of names appears to have been abundant
e used; there is Good, GoodalI, GoodfelloW
t Goodman, Goodmanson, Goodnow, Goo
D rich, Goodridge, GoodselL Goodwill
t Goodwin, Goodyear.
a In the fuel line they have Coal an
e Wood; and in metals, Gold, Brass, an
Silver.
e In colors they have Green, Blue, Blacl
!. White and Gray.
o There are thirty-fve that are Fowl
>. and twenty-five that are Fowler
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The Philadelphia Press speaking of An
drew Johnson's declaration to the tailors
of that city that " our great father of the
world was a tailor" suggests that the
''great father referred to, is the '.father
of lies, whose trade is, as everybody
knows, going about sowing tarss-a sort
of itinerant tailor"
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1866-10-05

The REASON Wn-.'What makes
you Think asked a conservative of a re-
publican, s'that the new party will still
be controlled b Y the democratic party,
and that We shall be called upon to sup
port democratic nominations this fall !''
..For the same reason was the reply,
''that Dundreary's dog wagged his tail
because the tail isn't big enough to wag
the dog ."-AelC Haren Palladium.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1866-10-05

The Bishop Of Carlisle recently asked
youthful scholar if he had read the
thirty-nine articles. NO. said the boy,
'but l have read the Forty Thieves"
''You may stand down, sir" said the
Bishop
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1866-10-05
4rtemus Yard InSures His Life

(wlch n FOStmaster,)
(and likewise chaplin TO the expedishin-
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1866-10-05

Young Stretcher,, who shot Mr.. Stew
art at the presidents reception at Indian
apolis, has been indicted for murder.
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-05-24
COTTON rACToRs. ETC.

JOHN =. MANGO d. CO.
COTTON FACTORS, COMMISSION AND FORWARDING
MERCHANTS
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should be available for the legitimate merchant as
to create such disparity as that OF LOO per cent
in the terms respectively current in London ana
Paris.
The fact, therefore, is that the demand, such as
il is must be mainly consequent on an amount OF
er.radng, to the existence OF which the puphc
dazzled, instead of warned by those houflshihg
board Of trade returns which almost always pre-.
cede collapse, have, in a great measure, shut
their eyes Relief, Consequently, can be looked
for only by sudden contraction, which, It may ne
hoped, is already stringently commenced how 53y
far this can now be effected without serious us
aser is question that will doubtless be influenced
by the effect which the news of the reactloh mere
will have in such centers of our trade asNe" Aorh
and Bombay. z,;,..1,, b.
At the former city severe pressure IS llkely 10
be felt because, in addition to any inconvenience
from The fail in cotton and the shortening OF
credits thew will have to provide for consider
able amount of United States bonds, understood
lately to have been sent BACK; III lnoIa IL may oe
hoped the experience of last autumn will have
SERVED to nreyent the possibility of any new crash
of Great extent Should we be enabled to sur
moiint the immediate crsis-toWard which achieve
ment the hest encouragement consists in the un-
questionable largeness of the gains of preceding
Years which our spectators can fall back upon
the future may be viewed without alarm.
Commercially, the German and Italian wars are
not likely to work us any injury. Indeed, as re-
cards our shipping trade, they would tend at once
to restore it from the depression that followed the
termination of the war in America, while the gen
eral demand upon our manufacturers would be
little likely to experience dmnutOn, since it is not
while the waste Of war is going on, but in after
years, when that waste has to be repaired that
the commercial evils of national strife are chiefly
felt.
If anything could cure our merchants and capt
talsts Of needless panic such subjects, it would
be the recollection of the previous Italian war of
1863 and the four years of the American struggle.
| EiAlready Italy has taken the most potent step
in her power to drive her supplies of specie to this
country, and Austria seems to be on the verge of
a similar proceeding. In a little time these iufu-
ences will begin to develop themselves, and as
they will be concurrent with the events now hap
peGing in England to clear the market Of all un-
sound commitments, there is reason to anticipate
that, assuming an average harvest to be realized,
we shall witness before the autumn a permanent
return of the money market to a normal state and
a steady increase in the value of all solid invest
mputs
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OFFICIAL.

STATE OF LOUISIANA, EXECUTIVE DEPARTMN'T,
New Orleans, May II, 1856.
In conformity to the provisions of an act Of
tile General Assembly, entitled
An act to authorize the Governor to issue
the Bonds Of the State for the amount of one
Million Of Dollars and to provide for the pay
ment Of the same to defray the expenses of
building levees. in accordance with the con-
tracts made by him and the levee commission
ers appointed for that purpose,
Proposals are invited and will be received
for thirty days, expiring June 18th, 1885, for
the purchase of One Million of Dollars of
Bonds of the State, as authorized as aforesaid
The said Bonds bear an interest of eight per
cent. per annum, payable semi-annually, have
twenty years to run. and are secured by
pledge of all the proceeds of the sale of the
public or swamp lands belongingto the State.
Bids will be received in sums of One Thou
sand Dollars and upwards, to be addressed to
the Governor of the State, to be opened by
him and the Board of Levee Commissioners,
and to be Endorsed Proposals for the pur-
chase of Levee Bonds"
Only State notes. National Bank notes and
legal tender received in payment of Bonds.
The right is specially reserved of rejecting
all bids not satisfactory to the Governor anc
Board Of Levee Commissioners.
]. MADISON WELLS,
. Governor of the State of Louisiana.
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extreme figure lowers the quotation when in need
Of freight with which to fill up. The prices given
to-day are 9G1Jd. by steamship, and Told. u b.
for cotton to Liverpool by sailing vessels. To
Havre, by sail, l3c., and to New York and Boston
by steam, &c. % ID. for Cotton, and 75c. y Dbl for
Flour; and by sail 309lGc. u b. for Cotton, and
45c. % Dbl for Flour.
C1No1NNATI MAREET.-The following is from G.
W. Phillips, Jr.'s circular of May 10:
Mess pork has been in fair speculative demand
with light shipments but it has declined nearly
81 per Dbl. since my last closing with sellers Of
city at $50 90 and buyers at $50, country 25D50e.
less; some old mess sold during the week at 500
@$29 So but buyers are not offering within about
81 of these prices to-day. In prime mess
there is nothing doing, and prices entirely
nominal Pumps have been in moderate
demand at $2l@$23, according to quality,
there being but few in the market and
those in small lots. Lard has been in moderate
demand during the week, opening at PC. strong,
and closing quiet at 2!c. for city, country shade
less. The stock of gut lard in this market is al
most exhausted, and the little that is left is held
out of the market, SO that it would be useless to
attemptto quote it head is held at l92Oc. Greases
dull, there being SO many shades it is difficult to
get the views of buyers and sellers together the
range is l0I016c. Bulk meats at the close were
less active, and prices decned but at the decline
there was a fair inquiry. quote shoulders, sides,
clear sides and hams at l2B0l2}c., l5Dl54c., ITO
Bacon being relatively lower than bulk meats, and
in fair demand in small lots, has not suffered 50
much of decline as other articles, still it closes
dull at l33, l64 and l830l83c. for Shoulders, Sides
and Clear Sides packed. Hams. plain canvassed,
being in light supply, are held hrmly at zO5S92lc,
the latter for light averages: sugar cured have
improved little, closing at 223(U233c, according
to reputation of brand.