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cas Probate GouLt: no..s,sqa -
sd iiiE Gsih 3e t-4-y7svs 4aa ssso;s,..
%sOTIGEis hereby eisena THAI the foi-
ls lowing gSe.tlehent Iskecmutsssill, b
for hearing ia observation-disclosures, sf ,AsHres
Gou nty,t tohie,ou sae!s sidT siss1i ~
~ slSassrdsg, October. 22;lffs { = ~ a,i.s
ex'Thesbettlemsin aesappts of the sAdniniA
'rators offthe3 following Estates:< John e.
Clark, Jnln H, Ayres, sandsl Trusx. AdxA
havis. Charles Johns, Daniel Gray. Jos~Sk
rhoinberry, William 'hftxnian, Klisas.siA
Dye. John orne, Daniel yios, Geora~fss3 err
Ahran Matthess, John Gray, Sarah I. Alg~o,
James c., Pickees, William "A, pidkens, lohp
Steward, John I Bii.pharny Charles Il, Dan
ford: and Mary Hurd. ohs1 sps
Tie Guariians or: Hugh, Ann lane. Jxssss
an Mary Isabella M.Cutcheon. MA xkxsthS
EJohn Slack sAdonefa M slack, Robert 81 Stick,
John Moeser: E'uma, Edward. William ard
Nancy Eltig-r: Eleanor Daley, Adalyids IS,
Samuel f.. Martha X, and William p, Koent1
Luke Upton. Barbara Rsi~btck and JaSAss
Paris. JOHN :. WAY, ~
Probate judge.
Sept. II. fSBz.L4wa "a 2dsf4aS4 h4s
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Master commissioners Sale
MgGlalisp i q & Kllpsox,

svo!a t4tao1ib scr sScpai9nSg sa..s,4.Jy ~
ss-sas ssJ chm Kirk patrick and Others. Il
virtue sof mandate to me directed from
Tn Asppyt aof Cenmon Pleas of Monroe Csun-
Aw Qhie, Il will oaerffor sale. at public auction,
,etosleyfront door Of the court house, in the
town of Woodsfeld, in said county, between
kkke hours of no,clock a. m., and four o'clock
SSAAffdds rs Stft tsays o5' e4AE0rent@, 1862,
the following real estate sitssats in 'saidacoan
t.1Hg so 6xk s#ssf .usftsfr Of section seven
-{6N Hshfp fvsss ana range aesehg except s,ven-
4vfE0ts ifsthe town OF Lebanon, one acre sold
4osthg UffoH sCifu fch, and one acre sold to the
Aiifs seo6npS e Also aE0ts insaiber i and es
in the toV of Lesanon, all in Monroe County
Ohio.soJ .sfM THO IN
.sse.9 EoMzaI9 0NET Mas. Com.
MoEfos Eoninlon Pleas.
Oct. ., 1852 --sS.7s.
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,'s'Wm. Hickman's Estate.

40 tsqieEIf4 .-ERff---fl 1et .i31ts8 yfs
2 ToTfCEis hereby given that the undersigne
ed was, son, the 22nd daya of September, lS62,
appointed by the Probate Court of Monroe
County, Ohio, Administra'o or de bonis non, OF
Mo estate of VIM. II skmap, deceased.
fEssA flJAg = aETaLEWIS GRAY, Admir-.
October l; Iss2.-ats 1851 n .sSsz !,
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|, .asrFENFI0N, FARMERH
asAKE
r. E Frasier & Son.

K. r FraSier Il Son.
W6os "a fe Asents for the Ssasans Mn aad;
Esat)o5afors of }. 10. GIIA& Son Of
Columbus; and also for those of various:
othe firms. in theAState. M g.
& These Mills and Eyapora tors with care {
full use, make from 80 to 90 gallons pef
day, of most beautiful article Of Syrups
from ythe Sorghum; almost as clearg as
honey; and very pleasant tdtlse tasteP
Farmers who raise Sorghum, have now
an opportunity of procuring near ;homs, a
FIRST CL A SIS NJ IL L..
Of any size, accordihgfo their wants. Two
or three, or half ID idezen farmers, aean
unite; and .oaef of these rNi{ls, ,eeW dg he
acork Of ak We have on hand also, -
COOKS PORTABLE EVAPORATOR.
gz- All calls will receive prompt at
tention. Call early on
r. E. FRASIER & SON,
- yys. Barnesville, Ohio.
July %, 1Sc'.-- ).
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Administrators Sale.

W rT&tgtffs.sE q.
.ao,iqa Administrators Sale. ,.g.s
sNIOTlcE.is herebyr given, that by y:rtne OF
In an order to me directed from the Probate
Court of Monroe MiSc Coun'y, Ohio, r as .satiuin-
istfators Of Joiiu C.sFouts, will sell toa the
EEhiehest bidder hetween thebags efls e'sleaeqs
a. M, aud 4o'clock, P. m, on the premises
On the, 2Ets day eqf1 Qctelsr, 1862,
the following desctfb-ds feai estate, situate II
said County. to wit:
aTEss agolafth east iduafterscf shei ncrthEwest
anarter,i the north estquartef fofAthesnertl
twest duafferss And tlss seuths east quartxry %
I the htonfth wests tsquaftss Of section ninazfir
township two, of range ioursoa che fosowint
terms to WITT One.third cash in hand; one
thirdzin one y ear .sand 6ne-thira fh Two year
with interest. 40 be sod tdpay asbts.
JOHN ROBINSON, Adm Of /
G4loAAaI9 4 john e. Foutx, dsesaAed I
Sept. "a. 1861 4w,pd.
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ADAS. AND NEW BRUNSWICK.
From recent s surveys, completed Aug.
10, 1862; cost s2e,0o0, to- engrare 1t and !
one years time. t.,,.i
Superior to any SO map ever made bx.l
'Coltdh or Mitchsll. and sells atsthe lows
.price Of kiftv Gehts; l370,0a0 nau,es iare4
engraved On. tI{i5s Edapi - ..l..' !
lt.is MOI only b County Map; bateit' Is g
also a. Of tt E0at ,s,-e5
60 tTN91Y alA4Eb RAaLRo4p tHaEI
Of. the uh tea ssates and yanadss oon'-a
'',iigERY' aslILaoAD STATION -
81 q and tii Fana acs shetweefl. ,f,,.,.,a
aGnaraiYtee any welnaai or man So to 80
per say. and viii t,,le back ali nhsps thatl
caalnse,t isee sold and reIundahe mdaey. Alis
Send Fpr 81 worth to try esssalfissRI
Printed instTuct;dnshow to canvass vel +
furnished ail-esfrs ageists-
WANTED-W Wholesale Agents for our
Maps in every State, Calitoruia, Canada,
England. France and Cuba. A fortune
may be made with few hundred dollars
capital. No Competition. j. +. LLOYD
lYd N noS4e4r rBrqaa Away; AsYffarF
The War peg9rtpsntt, t, nfef our Msp 7:
VIRGINIA. MARYLAND. ana Pehnsy .lsias,
1 eost sTGe.BeM. on which is mark ed IA nj tet
tam Creek, Sharpst,,isssk, Mars laea II ianss,
Williamspors tfaesfsy q h@rersriile.r No
lands Fordyaba.a Dtirora g1p7t the Pota-
mac, and 'ENery sotha place inl ,MSrlyia
virginia, antb Pssn glYanis, sog n4ssii-tsAJ n4ssiitJ re-
funded al saygE ,t4..Iiil.,tT3 KHoF 4
TOPOGR RAPHICAfI NAP Or En-
~ TGGkY, OhI0i ifNDIANX AND
a' *.sl9 tifIf.fN0IS,s buh %s-s
is the Ho5hify atithbf7ey for Cen Bessh' md
the War Department. Money refunded
/ to any one finding anserrqrafl it., friee
% ''IF From md thhes sqf} fribuhse! iiuhse!AaaaE Aug z1nom
"LLOYD'S MAP OF VIRGINIA
MARYLAND, AND PENNSYLVA-
NIA.-This. Map il xery largeSih cost
is but 25 cents, and Is the Jcsi aohfch can
/ LLoYD's GREAT MAP OF THE Missfs-
sIppI RIvER-From Actual Surveys by
4 CapSs. Bart and VIM. Bowen, mississippi
4 River Pilots, of St. Louis, No, shows eye
i ry mans plantation and owner name from
4 St. Louis to the Gulf of MexicoE7-l ,335s
miles-eyery sand-bar. island, town, land.
ing, and all places 20 mile back from The
4 riter-c6loretll i'm .c9upties and States
Price, 81 in sheets. 50, pocket form, anc
$3.50 on linsny. with rollers. b Resd ds
Sept. 20.
Navy Department Washington, Sept. 17ss's2
! J.sT. LLoYD-.stf:: Send me- your AEaf
of the. Mississippi River, with price PEI
hundred 1copi6s. Rear A dmirah Charlie
i H. Davis, commanding the Mississippi
t squaalronY isY alihpri zed fte 7ppal Purchase a.
!. many as areT required ;for use OF tha
. 10 ss.i'"'' z's Secretary Of the Navy
!. Oct. Is. ls6e.4g33ss sfisassi1 e'zaslaa
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J Monroe Mutual
FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY,
rWOODSEIEIDg OHIO

.f1U FVI1IV. Y
This company, being organized undera favor
able charter obtained from the Legislature, is
now in prosperous condition, ( and ready to
Insure Hotels, Dwelling Houses, Barns, Stables,
Store Houses, Shops, &c., &c., against loss by
Are. ~@liOiedi re .btsdsbuG q IL s1r4fssnI
DIRECTORS. zyeb
s. MOONEY. ySirE' JOHN NJ. RowND.
JNo. NJ KIRKBRIpE, wM. ioiaEY,
LEWIS sH1PIfY, J. W. ARMSTRONG,
J. B. oBLINGER, F. Az LaMpINe,
W. A. TALBOTT, H. G. KoTzEBUE,
NATHAN HOLLIsTER,0 }. B. NoLL.
str 81. "A. DAVENPORT.
- JOHN A. DAVENPORT, Prss't
N. HoLLIsTER, Treas. ~9~A = ,sitga
u. B. NoLL, Secretary and General Agent.
May 81, 1902 Iy.. ,fr
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: JAMES, iMfTCHELL'S ESTATE

Z 'sstea IsVsa .aHs-----s stslltaqSd ,aisl .
: Notice is. hereby given, that ,theundersigned
was ION the 18th Haay OF October, is62.i ap.
pointed by the Prohate Court of Monroa coun-
sty, phc Adniinistratrixo al the iss tate of James
Mitchell, late of said county, deceased.assal ,
q IUCH MITCHELL, ADMIR-
ID, October =, 1852 .r-St, v-,~,s,, n, :.
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The Ninth Regiment.

We learn that the Chittenden County
Company has organized with the choice of
the following officers:
Captain-Georse y. Beebe. Burlington.
FIRST LieutcAant-Eugene Nieie. Hines
burgh.
2d Liemtenant-John I. Bascom, Milton.
The Windsor County Company has also
organized with the following officers:
CaPtaiH-Chas. Jarvis. Weathersield
lst Lie"feRaRt-Asaph Clark. Cavendish.
2d Liewtendat-Jusius Dart. " eaihersfield
The Addison County Company organized
on Tuesday. The following are the officers
chosen:
C0ptGm-A. Il. Sabin.
1st Liemeaaat- lIermon Seiigson.
Cd Licutenam-E. b. Sherman.
The Rutland County Company has organ
lied with the following officers:
Captaia-Edward II. Ripley.
LIST Lieafenant-Samuel il. Kelley
2d LieateaaRt-iitredC Ballard.
The Orleans County Company is full, hay-
ing been recruited in Just nineteen working
days. and was organized on Wednesday By
the choice of the following officers:
C0pfGin-Amasa Bartlett. IraShargh.
Isl Li,utdiGRi-E. VI. Quimby. Charleston.
I'd LieHfeRaHf-Cur;isA Hibharl. Trov.
Washington County Company for this reg
iment is now nearly full. and is TO be organ
lied. We understand. early next week.
The regiment will all be in camp. il is be-
lleved, before the close of next week. and will
leave for Annapolis by the 18th of July.
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Four Men Hung at New Orleans.

Gen. Butler meets out even.handed Justice
to both rebels ard loyals. Of five Union
soldiers who were found guilty of committing
burglary under the pretense that they we're
doing military duty, four were hung, and the
fifth spared only on account of his extreme
youth, being only IS years old. To us at
this distance this seems pretty severe justice
if not actually inhuman. To be sure the
men were guilty-guilty of burglary, but not
guilty of outrage or violence. They were
good Union soldiers, for aught we know, and
would as willingly have shed their hearts
blood to put down the rebellion as any four
men of the thousands who have gone out
from the North. But discipline and good or
der must be preserved in an army or it soon
becomes an armed mob. For the effect such
a prompt and severe penalty may have upon
the army under his command, the order OF
Gen. Butler, which caused those four men to
be hanged, might be necessary; but We hope
it will not have to b, repeated.
W. L. Clary, one of the men hung, leaves
wife and four children in East Boston
Frank Newton leaves parents and brothers
in Lewis County, N. Y. Geo. w. Crispin
leaves wife and three children in BROOKLYN
n. Y. Roy was unmarried and lived in New
Orleans.
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a few other places received next morning
after the voting, and the tone of the Chicago
papers, got up bonfire and other exhibit
tons of JOY on the evening of the 18th, all
of which they would have been extremely
glad to take back soon afterwards, when it
became manifest that they had hollooed be-
fore they were out of the woods. Equally
amusing was the course of the Chicago Times.
a semi-secession sheet, which advocated the
new Constitution with might and main. On
the morning of the 18th It came out with a
great flourish of trumpets, announcing in
staring capitals rictory of gigantic pro-
portions" and predicting another splendid
victory fer the democracy in November SIM
liar TO that achiered the day before. The
next breath of wind blew away that beautiful
soap bubble. Our excellent Governor Yates
and other State officers, chosen in 1860 for
four years, will hold their places if their lives
are spared during the full term for which
they were elected. An election for members
OF Congress is to come off in November, and
for ore or two State officers who are chosen
biennially, and also for members of the Leg
isature.
AS to the crop prospects in this quarter,
cannot speak very favorably. There were
early indications that the wheat was likely
to suffer seriously from small fly OF insect
which penetrated the stalk near the ground.
Subsequent developments have somewhat
mitigated first apprehensions on this subject,
yet it is still believed that the wheat crop will
be quite short. Farmers are now talking of
another cause of houble to this all-important
cereal from the chintz bug, but l am not suf-
ficiently informed to make any definite state
ments on this subject.
The season here so far has been rather wet
and cool, but we had no touch of your great
frost of the 18th of June. Indeed We have
had no frost since the 10Th of May, and a
very slight one then.
Trade and business generally are dull, pro-
duce of all kinds low, and money scarce.
The war engrosses much attention. Many
of our young men are in service, some have
been killed, some have died from disease, and
others are daily met on our streets, hobbling
along by the aid of slaves or crutches, or with
an arm in sling. But the patriotism and res
olution of our Illinois men know no discour-
agement, and they are good for the hardest
service until this most unholy rebellion is en-
tirely crushed out They don't talk of com.
promise or separation, and like Grant a,
Donnelson, vii! admit of nothing but uncon-
dltlonal surrender. OCCIDENTAL.
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nefarious scheme, but justice, though some

nefarious scheme, but justice, though some
times slow, will come.
The commands of Gems. Fremont, Banks
and Mcdowell have been consolidated, and
Gen. Pope has been appointed to command
the whole. This has evidently given offense
to Gen. Fremont, as he has resigned his COM
mand, which resignation has been accented.
Major Gen. Franz Sigel succeeds him.
We think Gen. Fremont has acted unwisely
in resigning his commission at this crisis in
our affairs, even though man his junior in
rank is placed over him, yet we cannot judge
of military etiquette, perhaps. We suppose
the fact that Fremont is major general of
the regular army, while Pope is but major
general of counters makes the pill particu-
larly hard to swallow. But we believe the
people would rather see the pill swallowed
than to see Gen. Fremont back out at this
trying time.
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A REFORM NEEDED.-A former resident of
this town, who has lived the past ten years
in California, writes US under date of April
>, which letter was received the present week ::
" Not receiving your paper with any regu-
larity since the alteration in carrying the pa
per mail by the 1sthmus, think that shall
be under necessity of requesting you to stol.
sending it. 1t is reported here that the old
rascal Vanderbilt has been in the habit Of
leaving the Nail over at the Isthmus one or
two trips at time which think is the cause
OF the irregularity in the newspaper mail Of
late"
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Letter from Illinois.
ROCKFORD, ILL, June &c, 1862

ROCKFORD, ILL.,, June 26, 1862.
To the Editor of The Caledonian:
Well, the thing has gone up, to the great
JOY of the sound and loyal portion of the peo-
pie of Illinois! The deep laid and cunning
scheme of the pro-slavery semi-secession de-
mocracy of this State, to break in our noble
free State to the hateful rule of that party
which tyrannized over it for many long year,
has utterly failed. Your readers may re-
member that in my last letter l gave some
account Of the Constitutional Convention,
then in session at Springfield, and its strange
doings and strange threatenings. In due
time its incubation was finished, and there
came forth bran new Constitution, horrid
and monstrous thing, which, provided the
people should sanction it, was to be substi-
tuted for the Constitution under which we
now live. Provision was made for taking the
sense of the freemen throughout the State
on the ! eth of June, and also for taking the
opinions of the Illinois soldiers. now serving
in our armies, more than fifty thousand in
number, two-thirds of whom, perhaps, are le-
gal voters. Commissioners were appointed
TO visit the various camps of soldiers, wherev-
er located, and take their votes, and these
might be taken before as we'll as after the
eth of June.
The 18th came, and the people came also
in full force and crushed out this beautiful
scheme. Returns from 80 counties, all but
ten in the State, show majority of over ser
enteen thousand against the bantling, which
the remaining counties may reduce four or
five thousand. 1t is supposed that the SOL
diers' votes, who, so far as heard from, ex-
hibit strong majorities against it, will add
some ten or twelve thousand more to the ad-
verse majority, so that the new Constitution
is defeated by somewhere about twenty thou.
sand majority. As Daniel Webster said on
a memorable occasion, We Illinoisans breathe
freer.
This County (Winnebago) rolled up ma
jority Of 2165 against it, the largest of any
County in the State, either way Our city
people got up an imp omptu Notification, ore
evening, after the result was ascertained,
when bon-fres, fireworks, and a national sa-
lutte from cannon, with plenty of shouts and
hurrahs, testified the hearty joy of our cit
liens.
By the way, it was matter of some mer-
riment that the friends of the measure here
who were not very numerous, but very conf
dent, from the first returns from Chicago and
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Windham County.

The Brattleboro Phoenix saws :-"During
the past two weeks rain has fallen in this vi
cinity upon an average as often as every 9th
er day. The ground is thoroughly soaked,
and vegetation is uncommonly rank and lux
uriant. The grass crop must be the largest
that has been harvested for several years.
Directly the opposite must be the case here.
A special meeting of the Vermont Histori
cal Society is to be holden at Brattleboro or
Monday the 10th day of July. Free return
tickets will be furnished by the secretary OF
the society to those in attendance.
The PhRnic mentions the death of Col Jo-
seph Goodhue of Brattleboro, of disease OF
the heart Oh the Goth of June, at the age of
81 years. He was leading business man
of that town aid for the last ten years has
been a director of the Vermont and Massa-
chusetts railroad. lie was father-in-law of
Gov Holbrook.
SLAVE CASE IN NERMoNT-The Bellows
Falls Times has a report of proceedings be-
fore Probate Judge Closson. on a petition of
certain citizens of the town of Reading. that
a coloIed girl, brought to the town from the
state of Florida by Mr. Calvin r. Robinson.
and held by him as slave. should he put
under the legal guardianship of Mr. Sias
Pike, on whom tie selec,men had placed
that duty. An informal hearing Of parties
was had, during which it was stated bv Rob
inson that the girl had been purchased by
him, but that he had signed certain papers
with the view to her manumission from slav-
cry; that he had sent her 10 school, where
she had been insulted, had her hair pulled
and been called in derSion "a niger by
certain boys, and that Robinson had no 90.
lection to resign al! claim on her as chattel
but claimed the ri ght 20 be her guardian
Testimony was given as TO the usage The
girl had received, but il did not show tina,
the chill had been abused. At the close o.
the hearing last Tuesday, which lasted owe,
i've hours, Judge Ciosson decided rot 10 re
woke the appointment. Mr. Pike is therefore
the guardian of the child, and he prefers
that she should remain in the care Of Nj
Robinson but Mr. X. declines to have her
in his care, unless he can have fall control
over her himself, and viii therefore deliver
her into the Immediate possession OF her lie.
gal guardian.
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St. Johnsbury, Friday, July 4, 1862.
STATE CONVENTION.

A MASS CONVENTION OF THE FREE
MEN OF VERMONT, will be held at Montpel-
Ter on the 9th day of July next, at II o'clock, A.
NJ, to nominate candidates for Goveror, Lieut.
Governor and Treasurer, to be supported at the
ensuing election.
All who are in favor of sustaining the Consti
tuition and the Union, and Of supporting the Ma.
tional Administration in the present crisis of the
Country, are cordially invited to attend.
June 9Th. 1862.
H. HENRY BAXTER. Rem5lcou
J. GREGORY SMITH. 1''S %ote
r. w. CLARKE, r':.
GEO. C.. SHEPARD, "o""'''ee'
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Two Lyndon Volunteers Fallen.

{. NJ. SToNE,-Dear Sir: The original
letters, of which the following are copies, an
nouncing the death Of two Lyndon volun-
teers, were handed me with request that
copies be forwarded to you for publication
The deceased soldiers were about - years of
age, enlisted together, visited home together.
went to the seat Of war together, and died of
the same disease on the same day.
Funeral exercises at the Baptist church
next Sabbath in the afternoon. I.w.s.
CAMP ON FIELD, NEAR RICHMoND,VA.,}
June 20, 1862.
NORMAN BAKER, EsQ.-ST: With feel
ings of regret, l have to inform you of the
death of your son, Albert n. Baker, who died
at the [. S. General Hospital. Nd. on the
10TH day of June, 1862, disease typhoid fever.
He was assigned to my Company about the
Sd of May, ard did duty only about two
weeks. His loss is severely felt by the Com
pany.
Very respectfully yo,,r obt serv't
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We wish to utter our weak protest against
the manner in which the news from the late
battles at Richmond has been suppressed
The whole country has been in fever of
excitement the past few days for news that
has been kept back. The only news
which came over the wires at all for long
time was sent by the editor of the Baltimore
American, who was at White House. and for
which he has been arrested and imprisoned.
1t is high time such nonsense was done a.
way with.
The President has made a call for 30O,-
600 more men. 1t is expected that these
troops will hold the places already conquer
ed thus leaving the army free to speedily
crush cut the rebellion. The rebels have e.
vacuated so many places that it takes no in
significant army to guard the strongholds left
behind.
we are sorry to report that the rebel &C.
count OF the fight On James Island, near
Charieslton' ). u was mainly correct. 1t
was true that our forces met with serious
repulse, and after several hours hard fighting
retreated under the protection of our gun.
boats. Our troops we're under the command
of Gen. Benham, and it is reported that he is
under arrest for disobeying Instructions
Our loss was quite severe, being over 600
in killed, wounded and missing. 1t seems
that the attack was premature on the part Of
the federal troops, and now We shall have to
wait for reinforcements besides smarting un-
der repulse from the traitors at Charleston
"a place above all others in secessia where a
good out-and-out Union victory 81 ould have
been achieved. The nest of traitors in that
fountain-head of rebellion and villainy will
have little longer in which to hatch their
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1862-07-04

a TIMELY CArTIoN-i soldier in the ar
my before Richmond writes at the close of a
letter to his family:
"By the way, should you see nv name in
the papers reported among the killed or
wounded in the next fight, do no; credit the
report until indubitable proofs are supplied.
for it often happens that those are reported
killed or wounded, who are not injured at
ALL"