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The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1862-08-15

IL One Of the Canadian papers calls fog
three times three groans for The sneakine
towards from the United States. who in The
hour Of their country's peril, have fed aero,
Inc Inc TO escape the anticipated draft.
a. Daring some rifle experiments 4. IL.
Washington navy yard. On the 9Th, Pres
G@nt Lincoln took up an AK belonging TO tie
s. amer on whose deck he was standing.
i.li'ln- II rp Al AIMS length, he ren,arke.
lea see. gentlemen. am al home with tbs
invention. know great deal better how 10
manage If than Your repeating rifles or .ler-
ell-inch guns
~ Some American and English BLACK
guards a saratoga, who attempted TO >,oa
'i.r ianu at the [ :. hotel from pla,iny IA
ii',ic AIRS. were summarily punished lat
We hy few resolute loyalists tfere-thei-
beads were severely and indiscrimiparev
punched, and the music permitted 10 cont.r.-
Tx.
IL tassius NJ. Clay has not accepted ~
appointment oi MAJOR general, rendered 10
MN since has return from ST PETERSBURG.
an" IL Is rnmored that he may eren retula
10 That court, where Mr. Cameron is anpop.-
u \ plan IS on foot in New York to re.
az d,ailns insurance company, after rtt
s't-e OF similar institutions in Europe. Ther
propose, tor 4 certain sum, 10 become respor-
Sleie Tor persons liable 10 drart, and II
case OF their being drafted the insurance
company to find substitute.
u Another fatal reaping machine acc
dent occurred on the 9Th. at Caledonia Ify-
lnsston county, y. y John X. McCaD. a-e!
=" Years, was thrown from his seat BIZ The
horse running away, and pointed shaft va
thrust INTO hrs chest, penetrating the vita
organs.
u The American Watchman, Ger-na..
newspaper OF Newark, y. J., was rec. .lrly T.
turned from the Thornrille tOhio) post office
win The poslmssters announcement that b..
would not deliver the id abolition shtet
ne editor wrote 10 John A. kasson, assist
ant postmaster general, who returned The to-
io~!ng answer:-~Sir: For repl, 10 your Ii
Ter OF the 18th inst, you are hereby informed
that, on The receipt of Your letter the po>:
master Of IhOrnvil!e, Perry county, Ohio,
*@s promptly removed from Office, and an
other q. pointed in his stead
q Among the Other virtues ola Mr. Taft
Of Nendol, Eho recently d..d al the age OF
-. II Is said that he "neyer told lie, never
was In city, never rode in q railroad car,
and never cheated a man ont Of cent" Pity
ne ever died.
u The Winsted Herald SAYS that there
are three hundred and twrnty-one lawyers IN
Connecticut They are luxury VT can AZ
ford 10 do without; WHY can't they 60 10 the
war? They would beat the Black Horse
Cavalry at charge.
g The Portland Advertiser learns that
letter has been sent 10 the President by ST NE
OF the Old Boys of tina; city, requesting him
to confer upon Gov Washburn authority to
orsanlze regiment composed Of men be
tween the ages of 10 and 90. A capital reg
ment can thus be raised. Make way for The
Did Boys.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1862-08-15
Enlistments.

The enthusiasm which pervades the coun-
try on the subject of enlistments is exceed.
ingly pleasing. Never before has the coun-
try been SO thoroughly aroused. There is a
great probability that the whole 100000 men
called for by the President will be recruited
without drafting. We hope that the Execu-
tive of this State will show himself in no de-
gree behind the people in this matter. The
spirit of the young men of this vicinity sur
prises every one. The company which has
been collecting here within the last few days
is full even to running over,and not less than
thirty able bodied young men who sought to
enter its ranks were rejected because the
company was full. Another company could
easily be organized in few days, but the
government prefers Brightly, too, we belcve,)
to receive enlistments for the old regiments
We do not know how many recruiting Offices
have been opened by the Governor, but
half dozen offices in each county are none
too many. The nation needs men at once.
While our recruits are getting ready to enter
the army our brethren are in battle, and with
ranks thnned by sickness and the weapons
of the enemy, are bravely fighting agains,
empowering numbers. Then let us cut
through the red tape of official formality.-
The lives of our sons and brothers on the
fields of Virginia are in peril with bleeding,
wasted lines they gallantly offer up their ife's
blood. With longing eyes they look North
ward for those reinforcements which shall
turn the now exulting and thronging hosts OF
the enemy into rout ard ruin. Can we suffer
them with diminishing numbers longer to
continue the unequal ight9 When men are
wiling to enlist, let our Governor find some
way or make way by which as rapidly as
possible our older regiments may be filled up
Why can not recruiting offices for the Third
regiment be at once opened all through the
district where it was raised ,
-Slnce the above was in type Gov Hol-
brook has apportioned the State giving the
number FROM each town required for the first
| 100000. 1t seems to be settled that the 3O0,-
600 nine months men must be Drafted that
volunteers will not answer. We publish
elsewhere the quota assigned the towns in
in Caledonia Essex and Orleans countless
After the selectmen ascertain the number
enlisted in the 9th 10th and lth regiments.
1t will prove in most towns, as it has in this.
that the quota is full. In such cases the Sc
lectmen are not authorized to take recruits,
and tor this reason recruiting offices should
be Immediately opened to enlist men to fill
up the regiments now in the field. Captain
Chamberlin at this place is authorized to re-
( crut men for the old regiments, and men are
enlisting notwithstanding St Johnsbury has
already overrun its quota.
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1909 More Volunteers from Vermont.

We were somewhat surprised to see an
order on Monday from the Adjutant Gener-
ais office stating that the 9th, 10th and 18th
regiments just raised in this State do not
complete Nermont's quota of the 100000
volunteers called for last month, but that
1900 more men must be raised to fill the
regiments now in service from this State.
The latehess of the day at which this de-
ticiency from our State was discovered leaves
but very short time in which volunteers
can be taken; as the President has already
ordered that if any State shall not by the
18th of August forward its quota, the def
cheney shall be filled by draft. This gives
only till next Saturday night in which enlist
ments can be made. \ very short time in
deed.
The quota assigned to the towns in this
County, Orleans and Essex is as follows:
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1862-08-15
The Stockholders stopped.
IMPORTANT ORDER IRON TIE WAR DEPART
NENT.
WAR DEPARTMENT,
Woshiny,on Aur


Washington. AusS.
An order to prevent the evasion of militia
~ duty and for the suppression OF dl>iosal
practices
First-By direction of the President OF the
United States. ii is hereby ordered that unit!
further orders, no citizen liable 10 be drafted
into the militia shall be allowed 10 go TO d
foreign country; and all marshals, deputy
marShals and military officers of the United
States, are directed, and all police authorities
especially at the ports of the United States
on the seaboard, and OF The frontiers, are re
quested TO see that this order is faithfully
carried into effect: and they are hereby au-
thoriZed and directed 10 arrest anu detain
anv person or persons about 10 depart from
the United States in violation Of this order.
and to report to Major l. e. Turner, Judge
Advocate, at Washington city. for further IN
struction respecting the person and persons
so arrested and detained.
Secondary person liable TO he drafted
who shall absent himself from his county or
State before such draft be made, will be ar
rested by any provost marshal or other lnl-
ted States or State officer wherever ne may
be found within the Jurisdiction of the Uni
ted States, and conveyed to the nearest mil
itary post Or depot, and placed On military
duty for the term of the draft: and the tx
penses of his own arrest and conveyance Ia
such post or depot. and also the sum of * as
reward TO the officer who shall make such
arrest, shall be deducted from his pay.
Third-The writ OF heJeas corpus is here
by susl ended, in respect TO all persons so Ar-
rested for disloyal practice.
EDwIN VI. STANTON.
Secretary of War.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1862-08-15

C. Ii halfLrunken Irishman j oy.r.
hear: expressing his opinion that .Stonewalr
Jackson IS smarter general than Mcclellan
or affirming that he wouldn't much care i
the South were TO succeed ia then struggle
he is imme diately arrested Trale the New
York papers of last week and Mr. Seward !.
telegraphed as preliminary 10 the iDcarcera.
ton of the traitor in Fort La.avet,e or For,
Warren. And this, while the Eosf.. r.ur.
ter and the Aec To'i; Herald are daily snf.
fered to utter sentiments of feeble and s;.l
ly loyalty and of pesitive, though guarded
dis!oyalty, which must do more TO dgn,eaa
the Federal cause-especially abroad, wber.
the character of such peStilent sheets is inner.
teetly known-than all that forty Thousand
lrishmen, drunk or sober. could wbi.n.r ~
below, in The months of 4 dozen wears
CoRgregationalist.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1862-08-15

Island No. TO- Memphis, New Orleans, Nor
folk, Roanoke Island, Ncwbern, Beaufort, 1T
Pulaski, &c, and take courage. What have
we lost that in any important degree impairs
the power of the nation to carry on the war !?
Two months since the nation was ju6ilant
with the expectation that Mcclellan would
speedily enter Richmond. What has hap
pened since to make the people disheartened ?
Mcclellan has not taken Richmond quite as
soon as We expected. Perhaps he has shown
that his abilities as general were somewhat
overrated, but he has not suffered more dam
age than he has inflicted on the enemy, and
he stands yet ready when reinforced to drive
the rebels from Richmond. We have to
mourn the loss Of many brave men, but We
have not to mourn for any great defeat, nor
for the inhiction of blow which impairs the
spirit of the nation. We have had almost
uninterrupted success since the beginning Of
the year, and shall We despair and hang our
heads because OF one check
Again, We have great encouragement in the
fact which every day grows clearer, that Sla-
very, the great cause Of all our evils, is sure
to 80 down in the contest. Nothing can save
it. Even should it succeed in DESTROYING our
government, it would surely soon give up the
ghost Itself. But it can never destroy this
government till Barbarism and Slavery and
Ignorance become more powerful than Civil
cation and Liberty and knowledge. There is
also great cause for cheer when we see the
earncstness with which the nation enters the
contest. The people demand in tones of pow
er that the strength of the nation be used so
as to bring the War to speedy issue. Every
means which God and nature lave put into
our hands will soon be brought to bear upon
the rebels, and if we are true to Justice and
liberty, it would be like doubling the omnip-
otence Of the Most High to doubt our sue
cess. We have faith because we have faith
in God. We can never believe in slavery
We shall succeed because we shall DO Justice
to the slave.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1862-08-15

Stop THE SKEDADDLERs.-By an order
which We publish in another column it will
be seen that the war department is after the
skedaddlers. There are doubtless a great
many transient and irresponsible beings who
would be & lad to desert their country in this
time OF her greatest need, and for these the
government has made ample provision. Gov
ernors of States are authorized to give-pass-
eS to their own citizens who desire tn leave
the country without intent to evade military
duty.
We learn that considerable excitement
was created at Barton by the arrest of sever
al persons who were attempting to eyade the
draft by fleeing into Canada. Among other
persons arrested was |. S. officer who was
himself looking after runaways. Persons
going to Canada had better give Barton a
wide berth.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1862-08-15
From " alton DAILY

Charles Cummings, Esq, the popular an
efficient clerk Of the House of Rtnr,....,.,,
lives. and editor and publisher Of The r.
iieboro' ff.~"ic, has enlisted as volume
in lie llth regiment now being raj.pl 3,
this State, because, as he SAYS in he =.
npriber of his paper, "l:len are Needed. 55,y
calls u. and We cannot hesitate 10 Obey -.
mandate" Mr. Cummings will DO etii,f,--
service :or ;lie country in the field: and !.
whatever capacity he may be called UPON n
acr. the best wishes of his editorial bre-3-
F-'a Ia the State, We are sure. viii 20 ~.
h.'ii- The following closing paragraph Of :
announcement of his enlistment CONNIE, :,
!;se.; 70 every man in the State
Ne are all engaged in common ser,jr.
or = common country. Oar interests art m
ilai- The grave alternative j. snail W.
....'r country. iree and independent. o-
>.l;.-. ~ he rent In twain and be left - T.
mercy q any foreign power thu, nav thoo.r
= o2li.t. insult a''d attempt 10 ride over y
IT rs then each in his place. labor hearth,
ana eliiSi,y in the holy cause in w.ie.
~ ar q. - vitality Interested
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1862-08-15
H The Stanstead Journal SAYS that la

a The Stanstead Journal SAYS that last
Saturday young man named Richard P
House, belonging in Maine. employed in
training horses. was instantly killed there on
that day while riding horse training to run
for the Queens plate at Quebec. He ran the
horse the first half mile at rapid pace. and
then the speed slackened. and House fell to
the ground in the vicinity of large STONE
which stood in such position that he proba'
bly, hit against it and the stone fell on his
head. His skull was fractured, and his death
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1862-08-15

There are at present only four unif,.,n
companies belonging 10 the militia ii "a -
Sale: The Rutland Light Guard r. -
the Woodstock Light Infantry. wnoI>,1-l-
bradford Guards, Bradford and III a.
Griys, Brandon. All theoiher uniform a. -
panles that existed at the time the r.',..-I,,-
broke ouj. have been dlsbanaed ki,,,r -. ~,
turn Of the Is; Regiment, many IF Their M,
ber h;iFirS Joined subsequent regiments IN
IN actual seryiee.-Eatlaild Herald
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1862-08-15
Volunteers won't do.

There is one reason why we are clad a
draft is to be made, and that the government
Will not receive volunteers however freely
they may be offered: There are certain towns
and communities, infected by secesh sympa-
thlsers, that have not done their proportion
IN this war. We have it upon pretty good
authority that there are towns within twenty
hive miles of here that have not vet sent a man
to the Wal, land there are loud -mouthed seces-
slonlsts IN them who declare that they never
shall. We won't say that these towns are in
Vermont, but they are very near us-a,toee-
Their too near US. 1t is for such localities tina,
we want draft, and We don't care how soon
Uncle Abe "puts the screws to them"
Postscript.-The mails last night brought
the following from the war department -
" Whatever volunteer force above its ratable
proportion shall be offered by state any
time before a draft is actually made will be
accepted by the department and credited upon
the draft as proportionate reduction" So
1t Will be seen that any state may raise
its nine months men by volunteering
if they desire to; and We believe if can
be done quicker so in this state than by
draft as in the latter case the whole state
has got to be canvassed and new enrolment
lists OF the able-bodied men made out, which
will take at least till the first Of September.
Let volunteering 90 forward.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1862-08-15
The Murder Of Gen. NcCook.

brlgadler General Robert McCook. W a
w9s murdered by guerillas Oh "Wednesday.
Aear Selma, Alabama, was d native of Oaio.
and a graduate 81 West Point. He was colo
ilr' OF me Isl Ohio regiment at the hattie al
Bull Han. ard 1t was for his bravery on Iii,
oee1slnn, that he Vas made brisadier gem
raj The McCaok family has been patr::a-
l1c one since the War commenced. The fsrbrr.
Daniel MeCook, is paymaster in Buell's AZ
N.Y. and seven sons have he'd positions in the
armt. OF winch number the murdered genera
MS the oldest bat Two. There are no nal]i,-
iii-, circumstances attending his death. l.
WAS cold Hooded mnrder, and in violation o.
al ihe uSagcS of war.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1862-08-15

TREASON At \ DISooryr At D.
fALLS--We are heartily glad tia. 81 a. rs
ole citizens of Bellows Falls ha,- o.. ~ ais.,
ted with the weekly and ere, dailr ,,,. --ss-'-
Of reasonable sentiments in their NJ r;'G'''--e
have risen in their strength with = f,i1 a.
m;naiion that al further ut,er,,,a =. Ut,e:-
doctrines shall cease. They haze h.. =. $40
forborne with the rile~t ard near, - a.
paper ever published in Vernon, -. :;' n
bearance has ceased 10 be yjr,ne 80, = n
haze new spoken in such tones rba- -1es
tnre Ia believe that their voice MI = 'sa-
and their monitions regarded. In -. ~
all be fully sustained by all The lo, -, =. -
of this country and State. IT .--
We learn that the Editor of The l,....
leg bail as security for his behayior - - az, II.
day sht of last week. and ,bs, ba - +
since been heard from. Ii is ro- , -, 10,
that, apprehending the coming s,o,,, -. =
treason would naturally excite. he -, -, L,
his fellow tr2itor-ihe late Marshal p, "a
in the sheep pasture of Cana8e ', rt
tors IN their lives in their death M, IA
not be divided.-Ph"Rir. 'lTt
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1862-08-15

TIE "SkEpADDLE RayGrp>- W
that sixteen men, mostly Frenrhn1en, -, :.
town of Colchester last night. for C9-,si, -.
escape The draft. Numbers are n.s;- - -
way ever The line on foot or in wa-'.-e IN -
some cases, persons not American c;;,--,.- -
and Therefore not subject TO a dras, b,r.1 =
good situations and fled. There j no -. -
sonIHs with such towards, howerer~E -
Pres. '''
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1862-08-15

e The Oxford Democrat says that on the
afternoon train, Saturday, was a girl from one
of the towns in that county, who was return.
ing from Massachusetts, where she had been
working in factory. She said she had two
brothers in the army now, and was going
home to look after the farm, so that her ia,
Their could 60 She's worth as many skedad-
ding patriots as would line the railway to
Canada line.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1862-08-15
No More DiscOuraging Enlistments.
ORDER FOR THE ARREST OF pP,TrRs
WAR DEPARTMENT,
WASHINGTON Aup g

80 -AANA-hi-->A'
Washington. Aug. s.
Ordered-First That all United States
marshals OR superintendent, or chiefs of DO
lice of any town, city or distric, be. and thew
are hereby authorized and directed to arrest
and imprlson any persons who may be enga-
ged by act, speech or writing in discouraging
70 un eer enlistments, or in any way giving
aid I'd comfort to the enemy, or in anv eth
er dlsloyal practice against the United
States.
Sscond-That immediate reports be made
to Maj l.. {. Turner, Judge Advocate, in Or
der that such persons may be tried before
military commission.
ihird-Ihe expense of such arrest and i'm
prlsonment will be certified to the chief clerk
OF the war department for settlement and
payment. EDWIN NJ. STANTON,
Secretary of War.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1862-08-15
Caledonia County Convention.

A mass convention of the Freemen of Caledo-
MA County will be held at st Johnsbury on We'd
ncsday. the twentieth day of August next. at IL
o'clock a. m. to nominate candidates tor County
Officers. to be supported at the ensuing election
All who are in favor Of supporting the nation
administration in a vigorous prosecution Of the
war, and in sustaining the Constitution and the
Union, are cordially invited to attend.
GEORGE IDE,
CIIAS. ROGERS,
forms made up we were requested to add
the names of the Democratic county committee to the
bove CALL as they have eNpresseda Willingness to sign
Joint call. Their names are JOSEPH POTTS,
FRENCH MORRILL,,
&c. BILL.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1862-08-15

,;'l'. 5'-;iei Fr=I,c;amen -.vamo,e3- -,
The iine- Among them Was d well "e.
iamiiy OF live; long residents If ". AaaRc
Many unnatnralized citizens. ,hro,," %h-1,oasA-
the DRAFT. though not af all sal u itag "a.
leaving their arocatiOns and a.4ir, "f -
they inay TO British soil.-Brlin1r'. :, '-',
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1862-08-15
Essex County Ticket.

d. II. BEAITIE, Maidstone, Senator.
\ y " h rHEScn bI hSnsnSurg, Jndscs.
II. W. BEDELL, Luncnburg, Sheriff.
JONAH BROOKS, " Judge Probate.
HENRY HAYWOOD, Guildhall, States Atty
JAS. W. CADES, Brighton High Bailiff
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1862-08-15

CALEDONIA COUNTY.
Barnet 80 Peacham l6
Burke 10 Ryegate 4S
Danville % Sheffield Is
Groton Is st Johnsbury "a
Hardwick Sutton %
Kirby II Walden II
Lyndon % Waterford :3
Newark 9 Wheelock I
ORLEANS COUNTY.
Albany IL Irasburgh l3
Barton SO Jaw
Bloomington Lowell
Charleston % Morgan s
Coventry 10 Newport 2S
Craftsbury y Salem 10
Derby IA Troy 9
Glover % Westfield 8
Greensboro IL WestmOre 7
Holland
ESSEN COUNTY.
Bloomfield CRANKY
Brighton Guildhall 20
Brunswick t Lexington 3
Canaan Maidstone )
Concord II Victory 6
East Haven Lunenburg s
From this quota of each town is to be de-
Quoted "the number Of men furnished by
such town for the ninth, TENTH and eleventh
regiments, and the residue is the number of
men to be furnished under this order, for fill
ing the old regiments in service. Each town
will also he credited with such men as slall
enlist with Maj. f. B. Sawyer at Hydepark,
for service in the First Regiment of Vermont
Cavalry, and also with such men as shall en-
list with Captain Homer r. Stoughton, at
Royalton, for the second and third compan-
les of Vermont Sharpshooters, and also with
such men as shall enlist with Lieut.. Martin
Bronson, at Rutland, for the first company
OF Vermont SharpshoOters."
This deduction will doubtless so reduce the
quota of the towns in this County that the
only towns that will be obliged to raise men
to recruit the old regiments will be Water
ford, Ryegate, Kirby, Sutton, Sheffield, Gro
ton, Lyndon, Barnet and Danville: and very
likely some of these towns may find their
quota ale ady raised.
The order reads: The Selectmen of each
town in this State are hereby appointed Re
crul,ins Officers, for the purpose Of carrying
into effect this order in their respective
towns. And it is expected that they will,
with the least possible delay, enlist the re-
quisite number of volunteers for three years
required in the present war for the Union