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The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1862-01-23

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The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1862-01-23

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The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1862-05-09
THE CAMPAIGN IN VIRGINIA.

The only fear now expressed in regard to
operations in front of Yorktown is that the
rebels will retreat and render Gen McClel-
lan's extensive preparations useless, but
doubtless they will be too closely watched to
be able to get away in safety. 1t is remark
able that they allow our works to be pushed
up closely to their own with very slight re-
sistance. The correspondents with the army
are not allowed to say what is going
on, but they all express the most unbounded
confidence of success. \ letter TO the New
York Times says: 1.-Two things l think l
can predict with perfect safety-frst, that
Gen Mcclellan will not commence the attack
until he is completely ready; and second,
/ that within twelve hours from the time be
does commence it, he will have taken York
town with all its guns, and made all itsgar-
rison prisoners. And / venture further to
saw that this will have been done with a
smaller loss of life than has ever attended a
similar battle Of equal importance in this
country. There are some who think that
Gen Mcclellan, on first arriving here, might
have carried Yorktown by a sudden dash,
and save the labor, cost and delay of regu-
lar siege. If he had been allowed 10 carry
out his original plan he would have turned
Yorktown, and been in Richmond now. But,
when he was suddenly deprived of the very
men he had relied on to accomplish this, he
had no choice but TO change his plan. He
then was compelled to take Yorktown by a
direct advance, and that advance was work
of the utmost difficulty. l have no doubt
that the possession of Yorktown viii be very
sharply contested, and if it is not the bloodi-
est fight of the campaign, it will be because
Gen cCiellan's preparations have been SO
/, complete as to render resistance hopeless
If, however, the enemy choose to make 1t a
desperate contest, they can be accommodated.
Our army is in splendid fighting order, and
: has not the slightest thought, under any cu-
. cumstances, of turning back"
Many interesting stories ara told of the
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value of FIVE hundred dollars from attach
ment and sale on execution. The Judiciary
system of the state was materially altered by
establishing supreme court, to consist of
three Judges, and by dividing the state into
four judicial circuits, and electing a circuit
Judge for each circuit, these with the county
Judges forming a circuit entirely
distinct from the supreme court and its juig-
es. A general railroad law was enacted,
which, in all its material provisions, is still
in force. A law was also passed, by which it
was enacted, that whenever the death of a
person, should be caused, by the wrongful
act, neglect or default Of any person or cor
POI atiun, which,in case death had not ensued.
wonid have entitled the party injured, TO
maintain an action thereof, then the admin
lstrators OF tie deceased person might main
tam an action, to recover damages for such
injuries, for the sole benefit of the widow and
next OF kin of such deceased person. A
Joint resolution was also adopted in favor
of the peaceful annexation of Canada to the
United States-in case such union could be
effected without violation on the part of
the United States of the amicable relations
existing with the British Government, or of
the laws of nations.
He was elected in 1853 to the Senate Of
Vermont from Windsor county, and was re-
elected in 1854 and '555-and was frequently
called upon to preside over the deliberations
of that body as its president pro tempore;
in which capacity he was also at different
times the presiding officer of the joint as
sembly, during the protracted balloting for
governor in 1858.
AT the expiration of his term of office as
governor he resumed the practice of law at
Windsor, where he still resides in the list
year of his age.
Governor Coolidge received the honorary
degree of Master of Arts, from the Universi-
ty Of Vermont in 1855, and that of Doctor
of Laws from Middlebury College in 1919.
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to be taxed. We have never heard one
word against it ftom any lip. On the con-
trary, we never hear the subject mentioned
without impatience TO get at its results at the
earliest practicable moment.
1t is the remark of the English officers who
have recently visited our camps upon the Po-
tomac that they have never, in any part of
the world, seen so fine an army. Why
Simply because the men who compose it are
men of intelligence who came from the
people armed with great. patriotic purpose.
The armies Of the United States are not COM
posed of the off-scouring of great cities. the
poor and the helpless, or the dissipated and
the vicious. There are some of all these
classes represented in the army, without
doubt, but the masses are the bone, sinew
and intelligence of the nation, who enlisted
from sense of duty, and who fight because
they feel upon their own shoulders the re-
sponsibilities of the government. These men
understand what they are fighting for. They
cannot be defeated. They went voluntarily
into the field, their numbers limited only by
the necessities of the service, and they will
leave it if they leave it alive, to work in some
sphere of industry to pay the debts which the
war has rendered unavoidable.
So far as the United States are concerned,
the war is emphatically war of the people.
The humblest plowman feels the same re-
sponsibility that the president does-the
same in kind, if not in degree. The presi-
dent and all the members of the government
were private citizens Yesterday, and will be
again Tomorrow. To-day, they are only the
instruments the people use to accomplish
their purposes-their necessary executive
machinery for carrying on war and providing
means. Our neighbors across the water have
looked for, and predicted, mobs, but the mobs
will not appear. simply because the govern
ment is ihe instrument of the people. and the
people will not rise against the power which
they institute, so long as it obeys their wish
es. The taxes they are to pay are laid by
themselves, and will not be resisted or quar-
relied with. If this war be carried through
successfully, as the people are determined ii
shall be. it will be such lesson in self-gov-
ernment as will shake all the old world
thrones and theories to their foundations
Springfield Republican.
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>H'Rr SHoOTING.-The Burlington Times
4olshes the following incident from pri-
'1'e letter received by a gentleman in Bur-
.s,on from sergeant in Capt Weston's
company, Berdan sharp shooters. We have
"'' noticed 1t before in print. The letter is
lated Camp Winfield Scott, April 20:
"N nile one Of our sharp shooters was on
e'Net the other day he heard the rebels talk
: ABOUT stealing one of our big guns and
- came in and told Gen Porter about it.
he general Immediately ordered out one or
,No brisades to watch the gun, but to keep
lack IN the thicket, and also ordered the
picket 10 fall back without firing. Well, a.
bout midnight twelve of the long ears came
over, drove in the pickets, looked over the
property. and then returned to their lines.
Two regiments then sailed forth to secure
NE big gun They were all ranged arount
i "hen our men sprans forth from their con
g,sa!ment ,,1 and fired into the rebel regiments
i"t.F loss was 200 killed and many NOR
lady wounded"
"eFuans sharp shooters, are terror to tn
'eoeis at ork ktown. Here is an instance:
y 'e" days since the "Berdans" change
Uvir haolIIments. They went out as usus
,eA' da!' and got SO close up to the rebt
mes , mat they could hear them talk. On
'S' 4 oont see any sharp shooters to-day.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1862-05-09
WASTE.

1t is raining hard to-day. Yet as | look a.
long the river bank, see thousands of sacks
of meal, and barrels of bread exposed to the
rain. Near by is quantity of moldy coffee
wet in some former shower and poured upon
the ground. Many of the sacks of meal have
burst by handling, and bushels are wasted
Yesterday noticed a teamster give a half
bushel oats to mule. The animal ate per-
haps four quarts, and the remainder was
wasted. He HAD had enough oats, or as the
farmers say he was cloyed and refused them.
1t is waste everywhere. No one thinks of
economy. No one cares TO save ANYTHING
So from millions of streams flows the treas
ure of the people. O, We thrifty farmers and
mechanics of New England, who are taught
TO know that if YOU take care of the pence,
the pounds will take care of themselves, who
practice economy as a virtue, that You may
have to give TO him who needs, one glance at
war-at the camps-at the riches trodden in
TO the mire-wasted BY neglect and destroy
ed ruthlessly-if YOU could but see the brok-
en- wagons. the dead horses, the harnesses,
saddles. equipments, the tents, baggage kick
ed about, knocked about, stripped, torn, bat
tered, thrown aside, abandoned, you would
raise one universal cry of indignation. But
let me inform yoH that Indignation amounts
TO nothing. What does an irresponsible
teamster care for mules 1t is his preroga-
tive to thrash them, TO pound them over the
head. to cut them up with his tremendous
whip, to bang wagons over logs and stumps
regardless of consequences. Nobody calls
him to account. What does soldier detail
ed from the ranks to carry corn care if the
sack bursts open when he tosses it upon the
ground? Nothing. 1t is not his corn. He
did not enlist 10 carry corn. What does a
lieutenant care if the men under his COM
mand do waste the stores? He is after
military glory. So with the captain, so the
major, the colonel, the brigadier. 1t is not
their business to look after the little details.
They have other matters in hand. Besides,
ever before the eyes of military comman-
der shines the dazzling, delusive light-glory
in the field. There is patriotism at home,
but it is modified in the army. Understand
me. Our soldiers. our officers, will fight
bravely, heroically, victoriously, but under
meath all the bravery is the pride, the desire
for renown, which makes men, officers espe-
eially, selfish, jealous, which stiles patriotism,
and which, if net guarded against, leads to
sacrifice of public interests for private ad-
Pdtsbuy Landing Correspona-
eRt Of the Boston Journal
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have ever since hung about it.
seemed to drift about without aim or ob-
Ject, at the mercy of every breeze; my heart
wanted anchorage. was naturally suscept-
ible, and tried to form other attachments, but
my heart would not hold on; it would con-
tinually recur to what it had lost; and when
ever there was pause in the hurry of novel
ty and excitement, would sink into dismal
detection. For years could not talk on the
subject of this hopeless regret; could not
even mention her name; but her image was
continually before me, and l dreamt of her
necessarily
Such was the language in which Irving
poured forth sorrows and sad memories, in a
letter written many years ago to lady who
wondered at his celibacy and expressed the
wish to know why he had never married.
Can words more graphically describe the
shipwreck of hope, Or more tenderly depict
the chivalric devotion of faithful lover p
How sweetly, too, does Irving portray with
his artist-pen the lineaments of his loved one.
He says in the same letter:
The more saw of her the more | had rea-
son to admire her. Her mind seemed to un-
fold itself leaf by leaf, and every time to dis
cover new sweetness. Nobody knew her SO
well as |, for she was generally timid and ST.
lent; but | in manner studied her excel
ence. Never did / meet with more intuitive
rectitude of mind, more native delicacy, more
exquisite propriety in word, thought and &C
ton, than in this young creature. am not
exaggerating; what l say was acknowledged
by all that knew her. Her brilliant little sis
ter used to say that people began by admir-
ing her. but ended by loving Matilda. For
my part idolized her. felt at times re-
buked by her superior delicacy and purity,
and as if | was coarse, unworthy being in
comparison
Irving seldom or never alluded to this sad
event nor was the name Of Matilda ever spo-
ken in his presence. Thirty years after he.
death Irving was visiting Mr. Hoffman, and
a granddaughter in drawing out some sheets
of music to be performed upon the piano, ac-
cidentally brought with them piece of en-
broidery, which dropped upon the floor
Washington said Mr. Hoffman, this IS a
piece of poor Matilda's workmanship His
biographer describes the effect as electric
lie had been conversing in the sprightliest
mood before says Pierre NJ. Irving, 'and he
sunk at once into utter silence, and in a few
minutes got up and left tie house Do any
of tie pages that record the loves Of the po-
cts giisten with purer, brighter halo than
is thrown around the name and character and
memory of Matilda Hoffman by the lifelong
constancy and the graceful tributes of one
whose name, destined to deathless renown
may no. henceiorth be discovered from that
of the early lost and dearly loved. who's.
death made Washington Irving what he wa.
and what the world admires ?"
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have only just returned. Permit me, then,
to offer you the enclosed token of my SYM
pathy, and to express the hope that all your
hearers have evinced equal proofs of their re-
gard. am, dear sir, yours, &C.,
THEO. JENKINS"
Detective Sampson called on Mr. Hall and
delivered the letter. Mr. Hall thankfully put
the ten dollars in his pocket Mr. Sampson
then told Mr. Hall that MIR Jenkins was one
of our wealthiest and most philanthropic
merchants, and that he had interested him
self SO much in Mr. Halls story that he had
invited several other merchants to meet in
his counting house to see if something could
not be done for him. He thought that Mr.
Hall had better go down and attend the
meeting and tell his own story.
Mr. Hall regretted that he was about to
visit distinguished clergyman in Brooklyn
to make arrangements for service on Sun
day evening, when he proposed to present
his case to Brooklyn congregation.
The detective, however, represented that
they could stop at Mr. Jenkins's office on the
way to Brooklyn. SO the Rev Mr. Hall put
on theological countenance and started with
detective Sampson. They walked together
in sweet communion about affairs in Missou-
ri till they arrived opposite the police head
quarters, when the detective told his compan-
ion that he was his prisoner. MIR Hall was
literally "taken in" and was introduced to the
superintendent.
While this interesting journey towards Mr.
Jenkins's counting house was in progress, de-
tective Deyos went into the house and cap
tured Mrs Hail. with her bag and baggage
and she joined her husband at the counting
house of Mr. Jenkins some time before the
meeting of the philanthropic merchants was
in session.
This interesting family of sufferers from
secession persecution is now awaiting pro-
secution for swindling. Mrs Hall is fioe
looking woman, tolerably we'll educated, but
from one of her unfinished letters found a
mons her papers, her style may be called
more forcible than refined. 1t is stated that
the clergyman who introduced Mr. Hall to
his congregation on Sunday evening will pro-
secute him for swindling.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1862-05-09
THE PEOPLES WAR.

y principal reason why foreign writer's and
foreign politicians have failed to apprehend
the real characteristics of the present war in
America, and to prophesy correctly touching
its issues, is, that they do not understand
that the people are waging it. They speak
of the government as if it were one of the
European sort-a central power, residing in
certain men, who possess certain preroga-
tiyes. When the government was so weak
that fort after fort fell into the hands of the
rebels without even an effort at resistance,
they thought that the country was, even then,
hopelessly ruined. They will not now see
any possibility of its being restored to unity.
What could a government do which had no
army, no navy, and no money? Nay, what
could government do which had no power
except what it derived from the people p
And what could the people do when they
were divided? They gave us over to politi-
cal perdition, and they will not have it any
other way.
The historian of this rebellion will notice
this difference between the loyal and the dis
loyal powers,-that one is purely popular and
the other purely political or personal. The
rebellion was not a popular movement. 1t
was initiated and perfected by politicians
To carry it into operation, and carry it on, it
has been necessary to resort TO all the ma
chinery of terrorism and conscrption. The
loans have all been forced loans. An ire
sponsable despotism has used the people
simply as its tool for effecting its ambitious
purposes. Now this was something tha,
the European presses could understand and
measure. This was after their own sort and
style, and they did not perceive what there
was to meet and master it. The power of a
united people, using the machinery of thu
government for its purposes in crushing ou
rebellion, was something that it was not pos
sible for them to appreciate. Their educa
ton, habits of thought and ideas of govern
ment rendered full appreciation impossible
. The consequence is that all their reasoning
and all their predictions have ben wrong.
The uprising Of the American people con
sequently upon the war opened by the rebel
upon the national flag, was, in fact, the reyi
. vification of the government, and from tha
t moment to this the people have carried it or
The people have told the government. to bo,
E row, and to promise in their name to pay
! They have done this in good faith, and with
: out the first thought of ever repudiating.-
e The people have called upon the governmer
f to tax them, and the government is only to
e slow for them in this business. The peopl
e on the other side of the water have locke
e On and seen our government piling up Its II
: debtedness, and confidently predicting thu
4 as soon as taxation should touch the peop
d it would destroy the government or dethror
b its policy. But the people absolutely clame
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bout, taking in everything with those black,
restless, melancholy eyes. Rich ard famous,
he is wretched man. A man Of strongest
passions and affections, wifeless, chiidless-
what are riches or fame to him! In his
home in Philadelphia hangs picture of two
little children; one bathing her naked feet
in brook, the other stepping out with the
sunlight falling on her head. They tell of
this man how for hours he shuts himself a.
way, gazing on this picture. No child-voices
rain melody through those worse than de-
serted halls. The man must have some
thing child-like in his nature who can thus
seek solace for its hopeless desolation.
Here sits Senator Lane of Indiana, quiet
man, who wakes up to fiery eloquence; a pa
triot who would sacrifice himself and all that
he has for his country, and here his wife,
whose ample brow, ,and clear brown eyes bear
the insignia of goodness, as we'll as intellect
A woman to be trusted, and sought as a
friend for the intrinsic qualities of her own
nature. A woman who will take your hand
aud accept you for your own sake, if YOU
are worth accepting, without asking for your
titles Or inquiring whether you ever had a
relative who was hung. At a neishboring
table is to be seen Mr. Simonton, once cor
respondent of the New York Times, now one
of the proprietors and corresponding editor
of leading California journal. Mr. Simon
ton is handsome, dapper looking man !;
no lady's black hair has more certain, self
reliant curl; nobody's wife is better dressed,
or looks more comfortable-a lady developed
in curves-not an angle to be seen.-Spring-
field Republicans Lady Correspondent.
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His comrade thereupon got up to look, and
as II assured of their absence, was less careful
than usual about about his person, when
crack went rifle, and the carcass of another
traitor tumbled across gun carriage, bereft
OF the breath of life. His companion there
upon peered over the parapet and sung out,
"Ihere, :hat'll do, d-n YOU, we know who
20" are. What have you done with your
gray coats and caps?" The 'Berdans" never
reply, save with the sharp crack and whistling
bullet of their five shooters.
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'LVIHlNG, DRY GOODS AND GROCERIES,
Iuncnburg, Vermont.
sang done uu Fairbanks Standard Hay Scale
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" ". W. CIRCUIT,
J. e.. DARLING II CO.,

ATTORNEY AND COT NSELLOR AT LAW,
VICE y NANSF!EID'S BUILDING. BARTON, VERMONT +.
"- attend Courts in Orleans 4 Caledonia Counties.
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JOHN BACON, I'd, Il co.
uEALERS IN HIDES, LEATHER AND OIL.
St JohrSuUry Centre, VI.
j. 70 = $,
ATTORNEY. COUNSELLOR 4 SOLICITOR.
Onice over f.. JcWetts.
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" VI. III. HORTON.
+. Il. GAGE, ARTIST,

tCHANT TAILOR and dca'cr in Gents Fur
uishns Goods Railroad street.
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DAVID CHADWICK.

tcO. E. n Geo. w. CAHOON,
A''oRNEiS AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW,
And Solicitors in Chancery,
H. Fire Insurance Agents. Lyndon Vt
'.r.I court, in Caledonia Orleans, and Es sex Cos
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2 st. JOHNSBURY PORTRAIT GALLERY.
.'otyPeS, MclanotypeS and liie-sizr Photographs
Better and cheaper than elsewhere.
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C.. c. HILU s e,

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fA5tu WAkE, SPE,TACLES, BOOKS. STATIONERY, FANCY
GOODS, TOYS, &C.
h. lC- aud ~ craving done with elegance and prompt
Sc. Opposite. Post OfiiCc, Main street.
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J. y. DAVIS. NJ. d.,
"vNEoPArHIC PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
Successor to Dr, Houghton)
'+.' az The Ggrcu Mountain House, BARNET, Vt.