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The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1862-12-05
From the Vermont Cavalry.
CAMP NEAR LONG BRIDGE, Va, }
November 90, 1862.


November %, 1862.
MR EDITOR After the lapse of quite Pc
rod ! would, with your perm .ssion, again
employ the quill in an attempt to interest
yoAr many readers concerning some matters
Of the cavalry regiment and the war. Now
IS the time regardless of all parties, for ev-
,ry man, woman and child, to take firm
.aad for the prosecution of the war, for all
10 give free support to that policy Of the
government which goes in heart and hand
ior wasng an active warfare until rebellion
shall succumb, until traitors shall be made to
bite the DUST and until the orginators of
tins toul, causeless, piratical conspiracy shall
be caught and hung.
Since last wrote you, Which was at the
commencement of Pope's campaign, many
changes have taken place in the position as
we'll as strength Of the army. At that time
ne army of the Potomac, under its idolized
leader, was massed on the James, and the
army of Virginia under Pope was massed at
or near Cupepper Court House, all of the
troops full of courage and hope, expecting
every d4y when the bugle would sound for
ward, and the two armies close in upon Rich
m)nd with such steadness on the one hand
and dash on the other, as to make resistance
on the part Of the rebels result only in de-
irat. Instead of this, however, was given the
word retreat; and when the two armies halt
ed they found themselves in and around
Washington, and the daily papers informing
them that loyal soil was being invaded by
armed rebels. Then out OF the confusion and
dependency into which The two armies were
thrown, had to be improvised a campaign to
ri Mary and of her invaders, which Was
'r.ei and successful. resulting in driving the
armed hordes of treason back across the Pn-
tomic.
Now rhe who'll grad a,,n. is oncr 40
". ou is way 70 me 'ep,l .S'nr>> # liea,
>"n and >r,!i'ion ald u I ,ue di.ec. on ut
Is new conm mder sc my expect 10 hear
S''' reports from il. The reputation OF Ge !
h'rns!d-, however. to handle successfully so
large an army as he now has, in the face of
an enemy, remains INFESTED, but if he ad-
Fances as fast for few days as he has since
1e took command, We will shortly have it
cemonstrated, for he will soon meet the rebel
lh!et and all Of his minions in their strong
lo.d. Although some look ahead far in the
!4'ure as the time when this war will end
and peace be restored, may We not hail
The day as not far distant. when the rebellion
: virtually crushed, unless Burnside with his
army defeats the most moderate expectations
@ the people. If our army with full rank.
and Wild with enthusiasm cannot make {
successful trip to the capital of secesh now
When viii It be able to do SOP Then if tn,
army Is successful as We have right to ex
pect' Is not the eve of peace at hand
It should become the earnest prayer of ev
cry one that the gallantry of our troops, tn
'alof OF Our new commander, and the justic
q our cause should meet with success. Il
however, our present advance upon Rich
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1862-12-05
From the Springfield Republican

The increase in the price of paper falls
very heavily on publishers, especially of
newspapers. A journal the size of the New
York dailies, which has a circulation of 90
600 copies day, loses net less that Sl5o,-
600 year by the recent rise alone, and pa
pers Of smaller circulation and size lose in
proportion. l; is becoming too grierous TO
be brrne. and decrease IN the size of their
saeets or an increase of price is becoming
imperatively necessary. ( pu lishers Of
Philadelphia have already oombia'd d for the
protection of their i.teie-ts, nd a material
rise will be adopted at an early dan. Ins
publishers of New Jersey have appointed 4
meeting to take measures for relieving lhrnl-
selves of the pressure. and pIoprietors 4
the New York and Boston journals are tryiag
TO make 4 piot 'ctive ayr -ement for an Il
crease of price. 1t viii have TO be do .
soon or many establishments will be n,ii-.'ri
TO go into liquidation, as they are nna ri-
ming at hea,, loss every week. Tn Il =
of January will probably wit',e>s a. Increase
of price or decrease uf SIZE in al the pa
p-rs Of the country, and the people may as
Wei be making up their minds to the fact,
disagreeable as it may be-"
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1862-12-05

SMALL CHANGE.-People should remem-
Der that copper cents, nickel cents and three
cent pieces are all of them of much less in
trinsic value than the sum they represent
and those who are boarding them up are
losing the interest on them. We must have
more pennies, CT shinplas,ers of small denom-
nations. Unless We do, il will be impossible
to do away with postage stamps.
q Rev J. c. Bodwell, of Sanbornton, \.
H., has been dismissed a: his own request,
from his pastoral charge of the Ccnsrega-
tiona: church birmingham, Mass. On The
1lth ins: ne was installed pastor OF the First
Church in Woburn, being only the eleventh
pastor of the church since Its organization,
220 years ago.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1862-12-05
A Model Dun.

To Je read after dinner, Thursday, Dec. 4,
Or as soon attawards as possible.
An editor out West thus talks to hisn on
paying subscribers and patrons:
Hear US for or debts, and get ready that
YOU may pay; trust US We are in need, and
have regard for our need, as you have been
ong trusted acknowledge your indebted
ness, aid dive into your pockets that you
may promptly fork over. If there be any
among you, one single patron, that don't owe
US something, then to him We say-step
aside, consider yourself gentleman.
If the rest wish to know why We dun them,
this is or answer; not that We care about
ourselves but our creditors do. Would you
rather that We went to jail and You go free,
than pay your debt and keep US moving
As We agreed, we have worked for you: as
we contracted, We have furnished our papers
to You; but as You don't pay. We dun You.
Here are arrangements for job work, contracts
for subscriptions, promises for long credit
and duns for deferred payment.
Who is there so green that he don't take
paper ?-if any he neec not speak, for we
don't mean him. Who is there so green that
he don't advertise e-if any let him slide, ne
amt the chap neither. Who is there SO mean
that he don't pay the printer ?-if any, let
him shout. for he's the man we're after. His
name is Legion. and he's owing us for one,
two, three, four, five, six years-long enough
to make Us poor, and him rich at our ex-
pense.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1862-12-05
From the Windsor Journal.

No interest more seriously feels the bur-
den consequent upon he war than ,he nexs-
paper interest. And. al ar - e--
seem 10 be without "a .', -.4a.,. "a. 1t.
dealers can raise th' -.t. .. -..-ss ~a.t> -r
suit emergencies. II F,s> ia '-,.-., .
icult to raise the pilc ii -. -,s 4. \ .i.-
is partly the fault OF Ia, p, &C IA, at.
that of publishers themselves iHr
great obstacle TO the successful pr >.,u- @
of the newspaper business in N.rm Il :
been the manner IN witch iuhilsh''- IA,
allowed their airups Ia eonlioi ih.h tai
ness. The cust'.m tas been 10 have an al
vance. and increased price, when not paid by
a specified time. But in settling, in many
cases, only the advance price has been taken,
under the mistaken notion that subscribers
would stop their patronage, if held 10 strict
compliance of terms. The result has been
an encouragement TO delay payment, which
costs the publisher from 10 TO - per cent
for collection, depriving the publisher of the
capital necessary 10 carry on his business,
while patrons are encouraged in negligence
which soon becomes a fixed habit. Thele is
not a paper published in Vermont which
might not be sustained, even under the pres
ent heavy burdens, if all its patrons would
pay strictly in advance; for the publisher
then has the means TO avail himself of anv ad-
vantage in the market in the purchase Of
stock and materials, and ar immense expense
for collections, losses and other contingencies
connected with the credit system, is avoided.
We say TO all then, if YOU wish TO act for
your own interest as well as for the interest
Of all concerned, pay for your paper in ad-
vance.
Money was never more plenty than al pres
snt,-every commodity the farmer has 10 sell
brings high price and the ready cash, and
there is a great call for labor of all kinds. 1t
is easier for most people to pay 81 year for
paper now than it was 81 80 any time pre-
vious to the present year, within the past SIX
years.
We notice that the Boston and New York
weekly papers which have been sold at 81 30
have advanced to $500. And we under
stand that after January |, 1868, The dollar
club papers will be advanced to Sl,50. The
reason for this is attributable to the great
rise in paper. costing twice as much as one
year since, and the depreciation of our cur
rency.
Tne truth is, the currency is deprecated.
50 now is hardly equivalent to $3.50 last
year. 1t is folly to attempt by law to make
paper money more valuable than it really is.
You might as well ATTEMPT to increase the
magnitude of the stars by an act of congress.
Though paper is legal tender, coin is the
measure of value. As the paper currency
expands, and consequently sinks in value, all
kinds Of commodities Increase in price. We
trust our friends will remember these things
in paving for their paper.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1862-12-05

WHAT IT MEAN>.-People have some
times wondered why Democratic journals
placed rooster at the head of their papers
as an emblem of victory. But Parson
Brownlow fully explains the matter as fol-
lows:
"As the growing of the cock followed the
betrayal of Christ by Peter, so again the
cock crows after the Democrats have at
tempted to betray the Government and place
it in the power of its enemies"
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1862-12-05
They didn't have Faith.

Orpheus c. Kerr, the correspondent Of the
New York Mercury, illustrates the want of
faith by the following story:
He was a respectable family chap who had
formed partnership with all his neighbors
for the express purpose of taking entire and
exclusive charge of their business for them
and evinced such deep interest in the most
private affairs of his friends, that absence did
not conquer their love for him. One Sum
day there was city missionary at the church
he attended, who implored the aid and pray
ers of the congregation in behalf of a poor
but pious family who were starving to death
around the corner.
"Hev any tracts been left with your suf-
fering fren ~ says the respectable chap. rising
in his pew and pinching his benevolent chin
thoughtfully.
"Yes," said the missionary, sadly, eve
sent them some tracts on Immortality of the
soul ; but horrible to relate, they gained no
flesh by them"
The respectable chap who was baker by
profession, was much moved by the revelation
OF human depravity, and says he to a bald
headed chap in the next pew:
"Brother Jones, you must attend to this
sad case in the morning. We must remem-
Der our fellow beings in afflicton, Brother
Jones. Early tomorrow YOU must take
some bread to the suffering family. If you
have no bread Of your own. come to my shop
and | will sell you some for this charitable
purpose"
But brother Jones proved TO be a grevous
| backslider my boy, and said he had an en-
gaeement to go to Hoboken on the morning
in question.
VERY veil" said the respectable chap in
question, when he heard this. then will ar
y. e II in another way" "Tell your starv-
! ~ trotners and sisters to have faith" says
! ',e :" tle Customary, in heartfelt manner
/ ara .ga. all be be fed. even as the rawlings
i>a IL a.a ,eou Elijan."
- n Eek, da, ne called a meeting OF
! u e'hr.4 80 tha, food might he sent to the
s,.Hrli z ones, and they used up the entire
Ensl.sn language ii prayer TO such an ex
tent that when the respectable chap topped
off with the benediction. he had to induce
some Latin quotations. They had just fin
ished this noble work of Christian benevo>
lence, when the missionary came tearing il
and says:
"It's all over; they're all dead, the last
child starved to death half an hour ago."
"Did you tell them to have faith ."
The missionary cracked peanut, and ther
saws he:
"Verily, did but they said they couldn'
have faith on empty stomachs."
The respectable chap pondered a while, ant
then says he
eff they didn't hav. faith, my frens, th'
matter is explained. We, at least, have done
our duty. We have prayed for them, frens
we have prayed for them" And the hrethrer
went to their dinners.
2 "My wife" said wag the other day
"came near calling me honey last night.
"Indeed, how was that ?" "Why, she calle'
. me old beeswax."
} a The editor Of a paper IN Indian
, uonfe IN knou ;f uooforn uhiskpv was eve
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1862-12-05
A Thanksgiving Gift.

"Let's have reglar old fashioned Thanks
giving dinner" said farmer Wheaton.
Mrs Wheaton shook her head obviously,
with a remark concerning stakes" and "hard
times ~
90, pshaw ~ said the farmer. "We've
been pretty well to do, all the year, and
guess we're about as able to pay taxes as
other felix's! Come we'll have turkey and
IA big Indian pudding and III pick out the
yeliowes' pumpkl, in tie c"rr-lot tn make
pies Of Sa, wife shAi e3'
II don't Care assen'ed Mrs Wheaton, rate,
ungraciousil. "put mas calculallt' u st
the Turkeys ,reyN brig sixteen c.nt> .
pound"
80, ha : l'r ,ix,'ency & a po4.t! We !
keep rhanAssi,'av Just as :hs' 'jld We;
vos boy, II oil. Vermont Ad -al,
vice.
We'll, wha, non ?"
Lets ask Miss Man, ers and her mother
to come to dinner. There amt 10 pret,ier
gal in the country, and she don't get SEWN
enough to keep the breath Of life in her body,
hardly I'll stop this evenin as go by and
ask 'em to come-shall II"
"Moses Wheaton, you're the strangest
man ever saw in all my blessed life" be-
gan Mrs Wheaton, querulously 81 can't be
bothered with company! There'd be the
china to get out, and the best room to be
sicked up. and no end O. ceremony, afore
the houseIl be fit for Miss Manners and her
tine.lady ways. won't have any such ar
rangements made, and that's the long and
short on't!!'
"Very well ~ said the farmer, doggedly.-
"Im determined they shall have good
Thanksgivin' dinner, whether they eat it
here. or at home"
And forth stalked Moses, with his hands
detianty thrust into the pockets of his trow
sers needless of Mrs Wheatons energetic de-
mands as to "what he meant by that, hey? ?"
The sun was just setting behind the line of
leaAess woods that fringed the far horizon,
as Moses drove on his way; the air was full
of the aromatic breath of the fallen leaves,
and the wind that whistled through the quiet
solitudes was keen and cold.
"Guess we'll have sharp frost tonight if
the wind goes down." soliloquized Moses, as
he chiruped to Dolly, the sleek brown horse.
"Wonder how Mrs Manners and Edith are
off for wood Guess I'll send over little
tomorrow. Live and let live-that's my
motto! Halo, Mster!" he shouted to a
leisurely pedestrian upon whom his eyes fell
at that moment, "which way you goin'? ?
Want lift ?"
The stranger turned around at this sudden
address, giving Moses thereby good view
of his outward man. He was tall and sen.
der, apparently about twenty-six-or-seven
years of age, with dark wavy hair, and cheeks
brouzed by the sun Of some foreign cline,
anu 'i,e'e :" 90 ~ '',' 'N' w rc. " .l
involuntary greeting.
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The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1862-12-05

: "The brute" inyountarily exclaimed the
stranger. "And does he make them no al
lowance?"
"Not red cent He is a brute, there's
no denyin' it; and all the neighbors allow
he's hard man. I've been wantin' to buy
a nice bit O. land from the Hall property,
that jines right on to mine-three acres of
the prettiest medder you ever see-and Mr.
Hadley won't sell it at no price. That aint
the kind O. man to help two friendless ladies ;
and SO they jest keep soul and body together
by takin' in sewin.' See that ar basket Mis-
ter ."
"Yes."
"Wsll, that holds little Thanksgivin' din
ner I'm takin' down to 'em from my place.
can't dew much to help 'em, but | try my
best. l sent down load of wood last month,
and l calculate to send another tomorrow,
for Halo, what you squeezin my hand
for that joint-crackin' way?"
"You are noble fellow" said the gentle
man, enthusiastically, "and honor you more
than can express"
"What in thunder for?" exclaimed the
amazed Moses. 81 haint done no more than
any other fellow would that had heart big
germ poppy-seed! Going to get out here,
sir?"
Il must-I have business with this Had
ley fellow. But if we both live, shall see
you again, my friend.'
The Thanksgiving dinner was smoking on
Mrs Wheaton's table, the kitchen door swung
open, and Moses entered his face beaming
with suppressed exutation.
"H5 llo! :" he calculated. 81 aint late. be
|? Guess | am, by your face. Here's
$ mt't' g to s"eeten it," and he flung a
!c'' d "a chm-nt towards his wife
Ia masS,. WHAT'S that ?" exclaimed
.~ W.
"A !. ed o gift O them three acres belong
= . he Hall property
"Who-on-arth- EN- to YOU ,"
sorieked Mrs Wheaton, her mouth apart
and her eyes open wide in astonishment.
The gentleman who owns the Hall, and
who's goin' to be married to Miss Edith
Manners, and settle down here ."
"Now, Moses, that's all nonsense-Mr
Hadley's married a'ready"'
81 see you haint heered the news said
Moses, plunging his carving knife into the
breast of the huge turkey. "Why its all
over the village. The young Squire wasn't
drowned, although he come pretty near it
and he was i'll for months of fever that
follered the accident in some cottage in
Italy, and now he's come home and claimed
his own, and old Hadey's turned out, neck
and heels-sarved him right, say"
"Gracious me " interjected the breathless
matron, 81 wish I'd asked Miss Edith and
her mother to dinner here to-day"
Gentle reader, do not blame the worthy
lame-is she so rery different from the rest
of the world?
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1862-12-05

r. The editor of the Richmond Wing
threatens to plant fifty thousand Yankees in
Virginia soil. But what it they should come
upa
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1862-12-05
The Cry Of the Newspapers.
From the Burlington Sentinel


PAPERS AND NEwsPAPERs.-The extraordi-
nary rise in the price of paper-more than
seventy-6ve per cent within the last few
weeks-together with the burdens of the in
ternal revenue taxation, and other accompa-
nylng difficulties, have placed newspaper pub
fishers in serious quandary. To 20 on as
heretofore is simply TO involve themselves in
steady loss and ultimate failure. Either they
must reduce the size of their papers, or ad-
vance the rates of subscription, or else stop
publication. Some have resorted TO the first
of these modes.-a lot very satisfactory one
to their readers. Some few probably, viii
have to suspend publication and give up ih',
business. The greater number, however, vi /
advance their rates; and This, doubtless, Is
no more than what their reasonable sui =
serlbers expect and viii cheerfully accede t..
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1862-12-05

2 "My wife," said wag the other day,
'came near calling me honey last night"
"Indeed, how was that?" "Why, she called
me old beeswax."
a The editor Of paper in Indiana
wants to know if western whiskey was ever
seen coming "thro' the rye"
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1862-12-05

A vigorous, piquant war correspondent
ia woman) of the Springfield Republican
gives the following terrible record:
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1862-12-05

.J rri,r>c Of all kind, done neatly and at living
.. All kinds of Paper. aud Cards KEPT constantly
Daily Nashville union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1862, 1862-05-18

POstomces Re.opened In Tennessee.
Nashville, County seat) Davidson
county.
Gallatin, County seat Sumner co.
GAINESVILLE, County seat) Montgomery
county.
Springfield, County seat Robertson
county.
Franklin, County sea0 Williamson
county.
Columbia, County seaD Maury co.
Murfreesboro' County sea0 Rutherford
county.
shelbyville, County seaO Bedford
county.
Lebanon, County seaO Wilson co.
Smithville, County seaD DeKalb
county.
Waterstown, Wilson county.
Liberty, DeKalb
Alexandria, DeKalb "
Palmetto, Bedford
JOrdan's Valley (Christiana), Ruther-
ford county.
The above list will be kept standing
in our columns, and added to from day
to day, as other Offices are e.opened.
We would suggest to papers in Northern
States the propriety of copying the above
list at least once week.
Daily Nashville union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1862, 1862-05-18

It seems that they have liars in Balti-
more as impudent and fertile in false
hoods as the rebels Of Nashville.
Baltimore Secession Cnnards.
The London Post, received by the last
steamer, publishes the following, dated
from Baltimore
General McClellan's army at Yorktown
has been repulsed with heavy loss he
has returned to Washington, haafng faile4,
after three days lard fighting, during ,clicl
time he made many assaults, IN every one al
lClich he suffered great loss. The gunboat
attack on Yorktown and Gloucester
Point Opposite Yorktown, on the same
river,) was repulsed with the loss Of four
gunboats and four hundred men. His
troops have fallen back on Fortress Nom
roe, and he now proposes to reduce the
place by a regular siege. Eue,Whing IS
blue ,CHh he Federal8; the Obstacles Hc,,
meet lOiH at every step have ostOnisled them.
A strong effort has been made TO keep
the public in profound ignorance, but
here in our city everything leaks out. A
steamer arrives here every day from For
tress Monroe, and trains Of cars from
Winchester, and the employees will
talk.
The grand army of tie Poiuaoc has been
driven back, and the Confederates are
about assuming TIE offensive. The army
of the West is reported routed by the
Southern General (Beauregard)
TRUTu.
BALTIMORE, April S--The London
Herald, in its Baltimore dispatch, says
'Priyate dispatches from parties who
left Richmond on the LIST instant confirm
the report ~ Van D0yn's vict0rH at PEG
Ridge, aer The Union army capturing 6,OOC
tn 1000 prisoners, 1900 sluad al ann,
anil p pieces Of artillery al least, 80 say
his o6ioial report"
Thus the rebels hope TO get help from
England. How anxious the rascals ar,
TO be sheltered by the wing OF a mon
archy
Daily Nashville union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1862, 1862-05-18
RANAWAY.

UNR0M the subscriber, living In navldso, C,pntv
IL Tenn on Wednesday night. tho I4th inst. TWO
NEGRO MEN, named Plrr and JOE Fiti b about
icet hlghi weighs about l75 pounds; Of brOwnisl
complexion; two of his front upper teeth dcferiIve
aud sHbout p years oldi bushy hair with pleasant
cOuutcuHucc.
Joe is about 20 years old weighs about 90 poupds.
feet Inches high rather a darker shade than his
brother Pit. He has "a scar hom cut on blg lcU
iorehngrr down look when spoken "a; both clean
shaved They will probably Keep together.
wi pay 20 Dollars piece for their apprehenglop
Hreturn,d 10 me, so secured that can get them
" iakvn la this County or STATE aud 90 Dollars eacl
II taken out or the Stats. W n gIMpKTNg
NASHVILLE, Nay 18th, 1862 line