St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1867-12-13

per ton delivered At the tersennes de-
pot.
\ terrible accident occurred on the 0s-
wego and Rome n. Y railruad, Fri
day night. An extra freight train with
empty cars, which left Richland for o.
wego. ran into tree which had blown
across the track about three miles west
OF Pulaski the engine was thrown from
the track, turned bottom up, and the
wood work destroyed 10y fire. Five
freight cars took fire and were DESTROYED,
and the engineer, jesse Trumbull, and
the fireman, John Mather. were scalded
to death.
Slr, Thaddeus Stevens has inauguratel
ons good movement in Congress. lie
has asked leave 10 introduce a bill
10 establish a system OF common schools
il the District of Columbia In no part
of the country is such system more
needed and 10 man Is better qualified 10
suggeSt a plan than Mr. Stevens, who Is
termed the father OF the common schools
OF Penns, wanna
All the particulars known about the
safety of DR.. Livingston We're that a
trader, who arrived AT Zanzibar, re
ported that he met white man. who
was accompanied by 80 blacks, CARRYING
double barrelled guns The white man
said he WAS not a trader and declined
substantial gifis from The chiefs. At
Zanzibar the trader did not recognize the
portrait Of DIR. Livingston, but picked =
carlcature sketch from many portraits
and said That's the man
\ Baltimore dispatch saws that Jeff
Davis remarked, IN conversation with his
friends there, that a Southern Rebel
would YET l.e President OF the United
STATES. and il would not be LONG until
they hal everything their own WAY. in
AMI cut OF Congress lie also talks OF
his trial for Treason a farce.
Il l. reported that Gen. Hancock had
an understanding with the President and
the Democratic chiefs before lac arrived
al New Orleans. and II l. generally I'M
derstood that lac Is IN training Ior the
Presidency.
1t may surprise MANY TO learn. what
is nevertheless fact, that fully one-ihird
of the whole amount Of s,I-ar consumed
in the world * manufactured from hcet>:
AMI not only -. hut immense quantities
ot Iaw beet sugar are imported in Eng
land for their retinerieS. competing verv
successfully with the cane sugar from
their own colonies.
Van Amburg's menaeerie and Dan
tastello'S circus. slowed up IN SIN cars.
ran oil the track near Martins Mills,
Miss, last week. and rolled down a fol-
" feet emhankmeni- One of the circus
employees WAS killed, but none OF the an
lmals escaped or were seriously injured
by the accident. Onc OF the bears sue
ceede,l. however. in capturing a deer.
which lac gobblei up without ceremony.
Ten million dollars worth of properly
Is icebourid on the Erie canal. much of
Ii perishable. Consisting of apples AMI
potatoes Twenty thousand bushels OF
potatoes are ri Frankfort. frozen. al !
one hundred thousand bushels mon. are
west of [ tea.
BiiokE JAII--On Saturday night. .Io-
>eph Chase of Siewarisiown, confined i'm
Lancaster laii, on a charge of rape. C.
capped 10y Saving off two OF lie bar. OF
his cell window. in which he was con-
iinel alone The officers are after him,
but As vet have not apprehendei him.
LIsc'st4' E,g's5lIauL
Washington correspondents report thai
leading republican representatives in
are in receipt of letters and
kilograms from all parts of the country.
warning them of the fatal consequences
OF a persistence in Impeachment. Ii Is
probable that The whole movement Will
taper down TO vote of ccnsure.
Faran Stevens. the great hotel propri-
etor, has added $4,000 10 a former he
quest 10 the town of Clarelnont, in behalf
OF the Stevens High school
Vermont, Maine and Nevada are the
only three states that have no distllleries.
and consequently return no part of the
SIS 100000 of revenue from distilled
spirits during The past Year. New York
pays over 81, 00n.0GO take, ON manu-
iactured liquors, or nearly one-iifih OF
the whole
AND Ills MONEY SOON rARrEp.-A
man from Cornwall named Flanagan lost
$3.50 IN greenbacks and $40 IN Canada
bills, n ROuse's Point the other day. bet
ting with some sllarpers ON three card
monte" and The .,snuff-box arrange
ment-"
A mass meeting of the citizens of New
1 ork IN favor of the nomination of Gen.
urant, was held at Cooper Institute, las,
week Able speeches were made and
enthusiasm was manifested. .
Dickens audience at his first reading
1t New York, Monday evening, was
arge, cordial, not particularly enthusias-
lie, and the incidents of the occasion
we're very ike those of ibe t;rs, u;cb, n,