St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-04-19

of accidents again. We print long
list of horrors this week, prominent
among which was the explosion of the
Steamer Oceanus in which about -
persons lost their lives. Many of them
persisted from the benumbing cold of
the river, after having provided them
selves with life preservers. ON the same
day il tug boat exploded her boiler i'll
the North river near New York, 10y
which five persons were killed and one
was badly injured.
4 very destructive fire occurred in the
town of Aver, Mass, on Saturday night.
destroying "a buildings, which were oc-
cupied by - families and p business
firms. The losses will foot up over
5000, 900, and the insurance amounts to
about Sl25.OOO. \ relief meeting was
held at the depot on Monday afternoon,
and Il relief committee of nine was chosen
to provide temporary shelter for those
burned out, and to relieve all cases of
restitution.
1t is said the Tribune is the only news
paper III New York f;lvoring the Cincin-
natl movement. At any rate the tone
of the leading city papers, although very
different, Is Interesting as showing their
estimate of the anti-Grant meeting there
Il \
all the smoking, and groanings, and
trembling of this tailoring mountain, the
outcome will he only little ridiculous
mouse The Times SAYS lit disclosed
its character more especially by what it
did not do than by what it did" The
World SAYS ''thc meeting was il tit thing,
fifty done. What Bunker Hill was to
the revolution, such will this meeting
he to the presidential campaign" The
Tribune heads its account of the meet
ing, ''Up t" Cincinnati.r 1t says ed
itorially, "N"w York gave last night ~
response to Cincinnati. II WAS an an
swer worthy of the noblcSt cause. This
is the most substantial impetus the good
work has yet received, and means that
the Cincinnati convention Is to he Il
success" The Sim says, IF there is Il
hearty response throughout the country
to the movement inaUgJIritcd last night,
Gen. Grant will depart from the White
House next 18th of March,
There was to have been Il Grant mass
meeting at Cooper Institute last eve
ming. Preparations we've made to make
it Il great demonstration. Senator Will
sou and Morton were both advertised
for speeches. They will have something
to say.
Hon. c. W. Willard of this state. in
troduccd IL bill in the House on Monday,
to provide for the counting of the vote
for president and vice president, 10y the
two houses of Congress in joint session.
To prevent trouble from arising by rea-
son of objections to the validity of the
vote of any state. if such objections are
raised, il is provided that the two houses
shall separate and the objections be
discussed and voted upon 10y each house
separately ; and it is further provided
that no appeal shall he made from the
decision of the presiding officer OF the
joint convention of the two houses.
Mr. willard l., t,11
the House one day the past week, in
which he talked earnestly and eloquent
" of the danger of delaying reform.
Like Mr.. Morrills speech III the Senate
upon Friday, it is one that stirs the
blood and warns the heart. and assures
the people that there are honest men in
Congress men who will do their best
to purify our politics and keep ii pure.
Mormondom has achieved IL victory.
The supreme court of the United States
has made decision that Judge Mexican
had no right to exclude polygamists
from juries or to interfere III any man
ner with the local laws bearing upon
the subject, and consequently that all
Judicial proceedings based upon the
territorial law against polygamy are
null and void. SO Brigham Young is
set at liberty, and the movement against
polygamy which looked 50 auspicious.
is failure. But it is only putting Off
the matter; this mormon question has
got to he fairly and squarely met.
The note given the board of arbitra
ton at Geneva 10y Great Britain,-as
published elsewhere-looks as though
England WAS going to insist on the ..mis-
understanding of the treaty stipula-
tions. If "Tenterden'' will read the
poem on the first page he will see how
the thing looks.
Memorial services in honor of the late
Professor Morse were held III many
cities of the union on Tuesday evening.
During the progress of the Boston meet
ing dispatches were received from
Washington, Hong Kong. Singapore,
Bombay, Egypt, London, and many other
places.
LIEUT.. GOVERNOR newspapers |
having settled the governorship npou