The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1866-05-18

Tnr MEMPHIS I,InT>,

TIE MEMPHIS RI"r>.-Thc Memphis
Pos; "t the 9th inst h.t~ details ui' coniiil-
ucd outr.ige> upon the freedmen ia HAD
city the !ay previous Two culorcl Ili>.i
were shot dead without the least provoc;i-
tinn ami several t,li~,-lare,,l soldiers were
robbed ly poiic+lacn- Al Chelsea, clos.
10y Memphis. iiNr mc@rr,>, Including Il
woman. were Killed. one being chopped
down with :; ilalcic;. ana several Others
wcrv severely w"Iiuic,i -Ilr- r.,>r Says
the trouble rev cut q. a lomr standing
tciii between the police and the negroes.
the police having Individually treated the
mc-roe> with Il gry;;i deal oi llar>hme>> ami
brutality
|; i reported that orders have been re-
ccivui from Washington 10 arrest 4 c,.r-
tain New Hampshire woimar. who IN the
roAr of Il war widow ha> been drawing
G"Ncrnmcnt pension regularly of late. bnl
who i ALLEGED Ia he Il married person.
y y"un- Frcnchnan employed in the
paper mills at iiollcrn,>> WIS caught in
the machinery Oh Tue l;.y. and had both
Ic-> AMI both arms broken. two ot liz
limbs heim" broken twice. and his whole
body terribly bruised. lie wis LIKING al
l;l>t accounts
ANOTHER EEro-The President has
vetoed the Colorado admission bill. lis
reasons for DENYING hi> signature 10 ii are.
that The population Is Insufficient AMI de-
crea>ln@-that he doubts whether the
wish of the majority in the territory Is TO
change their territorial for stale govern
ment-and that such appears to Inn 10
be Incompatible with The public Interests
OF the country.
Fifty persons Were kiile,l bv tie terrific
dust Storm AZ BucnoS .lyrrS on the 18th
OF March. 1t occurred at about > O'Clock
III the afternoon. but the heavens were Oh
>cure,l 81 thoroughly 10y the driving clouds
OF dust that it WIS darker than The dark
e>l night, Trees. houses aml ships were
capSize'l in an instant. 80 powerful was
the wind.
Key. n l., Stone. recently of Boston.
had Il narrow escape N the time ot the re-
cent explosion OF nitro-glvcerine al san
Francisco. He MAS ,lrivin. down the hill
directly toward the scene. and I'm a min
ute more would have been In front of the
building He had Il full view of the hor-
rble scene. and saw a fragment of :, hu-
man body flying through the air
Mr.. J. Ross Browne. who has Just arriy-
ed III Washington from Arizona, discre,li;s
the report of the massacre of the Garrison
At Fort Goodwin. He does not think Col /
Bcnnet, IN command. could ha,e allowed
himself TO be surprised 10y the s;,vage-. and 4
he says that there are not more than scr-
en- or eight hundred fighting .lpaches in
the territory.
Mr.. Stevens of PENNSYLVANIA. expresses
he opinion thai The contest for tllc next
presidency Is fast narrowin" down Ia a
:hOlce between Grant AMI Lee
Some sixteen Thousand fallen heroes
how sleep their Iasi sleep on the old
OF is"l'crt T. Lee, and row
If the graves ol Union officers now encir-
'leS the once t;ivorite flower garden OF
Mrs. Lee.
The ladies whisper, ooniidentiallr. that
Ne are soon 10 have a wedding at the
" hlte House, Hon. Edward Cooper, a
member OF the house elect from Tennessee.
low acting as volunteer private secretary.
5 10 wed Mrs Slower. the widowed !
laughter of the president.
HE Detroit Post says all that Is left
Il the tenlan navy is 1.-The tu- of war d
etween the factions of that brotherhood. +