The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1861-10-18
the men will draw their own gun


carriages, which, considering their extreme
lightness, is less toilsome than carrying a
musket and knapsack. There are six men
to each gun, who in addition, of course, car
/ ry pistols and other small arms. 1t is be-
! lieved that such force would be exceeding
/ ly effective upon the battle field. y battal-
ion of this kind is now organizing at Rich
mond, Indiana.
) a husband with loving wife, volunteered
in Captain Doran's Syracuse company few
days ago. On Sunday he visited his spouse
at home, few miles from camp. She tried
in vain by cojolery to seduce him from his
duty to his country, and failing, she took a
razor to bed with her, and when her pro:ec-
tor was fast asleep, made a vigorous attempt
to ncapacitate him from service by cutting
off the foretinger Of his right hand. The
husband is more determined to fight now
than ever, and avows his intention not to
visit home again till he "goes for good" af-
ter the war is over.
Six of the seven sons of Mrs Anna Will
hanson, living in Paterson n. j., have left to
join the national army; the seventh has an
nounced his purpose to follow within a
month. The Guardian says 1--WE visited
the old lady this afternoon, and she informed
US if she had six more she would rejoice to
give them up at the demand of her country.
She says if her husband were living he would
also have gone, and if they get short Of men
she is willing to go herself
The Cincinnati Gazette, after looking over
the subscription books to the government
loan in that city, says: 1--WE were a good
deal surprised at not finding among the sub
scribers any of the heavy government con-
tractors" and that there are houses here
that have made from fifty thousand to hun
dred thousand dollars on contracts, and vet
they have not contributed one dollar to the
loan
! 4 captain of volunteers in Gen SickleS
brigade, on his return from a tour Of duty
| through the extensively pro-slavery counties
of Maryland below Washington, writes to a
friend: Many whole families fled on orr APP
proach to Virginia, leaving their fine houses
estates, cattle. furniture, &C., to the sole care
of their negroes, who were all rejoced to see
US, surprising that we would set them free
at once. which we should have done, as they
are all for the Union. and the only real In
ionis;s we met in that region
The Ellsworth Zouave regiment or Ellis
worth Avengers" now stationed at Albany,
is full, numbering ten hundred and forty
men. The regiment is composed of one man
from each town and ward in the state
The soldier boys at Camp Dick, Ky, recent
ly gave Hon J. j. Crittenden a 1ousing re-
ception. He was serenaded cheered end
ovated generally. He was moved to tears,
was the gallant old boy, when an ardent
Young lieutenant said to him: "Mr Critten-
den, those cursed traitors down in Frank
fort and Lexington don't like your course in
advocating he defense Of Kentucky from in
va.ion. Never mind, sir: vouer getting
old you've been in the harness long time
and before very long, in the coarse of nature
you must die" "No, no." interrupted two
or three bystanlers "no. Mr. Crittendon
never will die We can't spare HIM" "Welr'
cont lnued the officer, Il hope not; but if yol
ever do, Mr. Crittenden, the mountain boy,
of Kentucky intend that YOU shall be wrap
ped in a winding sheet of the stars and strip,
and buried to the music of the Star Spanglec
Banner, while loyal Kentucky troops shall
follow the hearse"