St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1867-07-12

dppc'tlcu az iii tli'iciiiiI III d HioSt ma
lignant form: some cases have been re-
ported ut our southern ports, and there
are said to be several now in quarantine
ut New York There is also cholera re-
ported in certain portions of the world,
including our own country. 1t Is posi-
Die that this last disease may be yet more
extensive.
\ riot occurred at Franklin, Tenn.
on Saturday last, at political meeting,
between the white and colored radicals |
on one side, and the white and colorcd
conservatives Oh the other. Pistol shots |
We're fired bv both sides and one white
man Killed. and eight wounded. three OF
the latter mortallv 1t is impossible 10
tell which side Is most 10 blame. An IN
vestigation is to b. had.
a letter from Canada represents jeff.
Davis as depressed in spirit because of tn,
vituperatlon: poured upon him bp Amer
lean newspapers. Has he no pluck
Horace Greeley is much worse abused
man. and OH his account too. and hc
stands up under it ike a jolly old game
cock Let the distinguished exile copy
his treat example.
The city of New York has TO raise for
the current year the pleasant little sum
OF 81. OO9, 900. OF about five million
dollars more than last Year, and com-il-
erahly more than double the sum required
IN 1868.
Eight hour laws have been passed in
three statcs-Ntw York. Illinois AMI
Missouri and the Nation truly say>
"Ihese laws simply prohibit men from
working more than ri.ht hours unless
they wish or a@rec 10 do -, AMI are.
therefore. OF about IL much value Il al
act permitting the working nan TO have
roast turkey and pumpkin PIE for his din
mr. when lie thinks liz can afford it
There /, rumor prevalent-but de
niei-that Mr.. Woodbridge Of Vermont.
who Is on the Judiciary committee. and
who at first was in favor of only ccn>ur-
in@ President Johnson, has been ~ CON
vinrrd 10y evidence r.l"n h.',nra that
committee, that lie is now ready to sup
port the proposition OF Impeachment
The Connecticut Gcn.ral Association
reports 22N Congregational churches In
til" state. with i6,.. members. OF whom
lj.3"l are males. and 3l.5IO females,
Added during the year loj> Children
in sunday schools li.7O7 Contrihu-
lions average from tour to five dollars
from each member
The New Orleans Republican. in an
n"nnrlm" the pardon of Gen Lon.~trcct.
states that other prominent generals
who served in the Confederate army ar,
about 10 guaranty their sincerity hv lay
in. down their arms and acknowledging
the confc,!,racy an irrctle,yah.c lost
cause. hy following the footsteps Of Cen
l.'ng-trcrt and coming up TO the support
OF com@rc>s and the republican party"
Official dispatches received by the Gov
eminent to-day show that it i not I'M
probable that serious complications NAV
arise out of the conduct OF the Mexican>
III taking santa Anna off the Virginia
and lnsultln" the American FLAG.
Six hundred stores and DWELLING of all
descriptions have been erected in the
burnt district OF Portland Since the treat
fire last Year The number DESTROYED
WAS about fifteen hundred
/ The corn in Kansas has been injured
about ten per cent. hv thr Hood. vet
thcrs will br an abundant Weld Whca.
l. harvesting, and all through Southern
Kansas there is an unusual ly largc crop.
y gentleman asked Mr. Beccher. the
other day what he intended TO with the
characters of hi new novel NOW running
IN the Ledger. lie SAID he WAS bothered
to Know, but felt tempted TO get up Il
@ramd railroad accident. ami Kill them all
oil III once
The Californi;IlS. who are working
through their summit tunnel in the Sicr-
n, have accomplished 4 thousand feet of
the | $50 since last September They
not only began at both sides. but sunk
shaft in the middle and worked both
WAYS from that.
The Congregational denomination in
the west Is 10 have Il new newspaper or
gan, 10 bc called the Advance 1t is 10 he
published at Chicago, AMI Rev DR.. ".
". Patten Is to he editor
Quite number OF persons ont West
have lost large sums of money bv holding
their wheat after it had reached very high
figures. Que man in Wisconsin los,
$1,000 on five thousand bushels
The telegraph reports the death of En-
Gov, John y. King of New York, at the
advanced age of 50 years Gov King
was born New York city in 17sS.
The receipts from internal revenue last
week were over S7.500.00O, and the
amount of gold in the vaults of the
treasury, on the first of July, was Sl0S,-
100000, of which amount Sl9,000.o0O
was held on certificates.
The Chicago Republican counts on
wheat crop this year of 225,00o,00O
bushels, of which Illinois will produce
one-tenth
Mississippi sent $4,000 men into the
rebel army, 5000 more than her white
vote, and lost 5000 of them.
The wheat crop of Western New
York will be heavier than it has been for
years, The hay crop will be large. Corn
is very backward,