The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1862-09-26

n"u Ouoley, memDer.o1 company 4, Vel
mont cavalry, who was captured by the rel
els in May last, dated at Richmond, Aug q
from which We learn he was first taken t
Lynchburg, and from thence to Richmond
where he is now held as prisoner. Wbe,
captured he had six ball holes through h;
clothes, and was shot through the neck, H
is now well, and hopes soon to be exchanged
Free Press.
Capitol Engine Company, No. 5, Of Mont
peller' at the commencement of the wal, mum
bered 81 men, and at the present time the,
} have furnished 80 men for the war.
About 800 recruits to fill vacancies in tn,
old regiments, left Burlington, last week, IN
der charge of Capt Drew of the I'd.
J. Anderson has taken possession of tn,
editorial chair of the Manchester Journal
while both the editer and publisher have gon,
to the war.
Inc Item that we copied week before las
relative to the death Of John Gould of Cbes
ter, must have been hoax. The notice saG
he was SO years old, and fought at the bat
ties OF Bunker Hill, Saratoga and Benning.
ton. AS the battle of Bunker Hill was
fought in l11j, when the deceased was bu,
two years old, we imagine there is some mis-.
take about this account, or the John Gould
aforesaid went to war considerable Younger
than boys are allowed to NOWADAYS. We
suppose the fact is that there is not a man
lett who took part in our revolutionary strug.
GLE The last one is dead and gone to his
reward.
The Bradford Telegraph is showing up the
unequal quotas of different towns in the
State. 1t shows that the quota varies in
towns from the lowest, which is Windsor
to 80 lnhabitants-to Maidstone, which has
only to 259 population. Bradford sends |
to every 10 Of population, while Brandon
sends only l to each 10 Of its population
The injustice of the enrolling is apparent to
every one.
The Valley Fair occurred at White River
Junction last week on Tuesday, Wednesday
and Thursday. There were some fine speci
mems of sheep and cattle, few fancy horses,
good display of fruits and flowers, and
some curious specimens Of mechanical inge-
nuity on exhibition. We think the fairs in
our State this year will hardly come up to the
average, and it was not expected that they
would.
The Banner says that as Henry B. Harvey
was passing from Pownal to Bennington last
week, a highwayman jumped out from behind
clump of bushes, making Harvey's horse to
sheer and throw him out of the wagon. The
villain seized him by the throat and demand
ed his money. Harvey succeeded in drawing
a pocket knife by means Of which he "tap-
ped" the highwaymen several times, causing
him to release his hold and run, land although
vigorously pursued, managed to escape.
While Mrs Mary Spear and Misses Matil-
ola Cushman, Lucia Webb and Mary Kent,
were engaged picking hops at Braintree, on
Saturday, Sept IL, they discovered the rail-
road bridge at that place to be on fire, and
by great exertions on their part the flames
were extinguished and the bridge saved
Freeman.
OFFICERS OF THE It'll NERMoNT.-Gover-
nor Holbrook has made the following appoint
ments of field officers in the Seventh Vermont
Regiment:
ColoneEWm. G. Holbrook, vice Geo. I.
Roberts killed at Baton Rouge.
Lieut.. C0lonel-D. B. Peck, vice Volney S.
Fullam, resigned.
Col. Henry \. Smalley of the fifth Yer
mont, on account of i'll health, has resigned
and Lieut.. Col. l.. \. Grant has leen appoint
ed Colonel. Col Smalley has been promoted
to Captaincy in the I'd Artillery, and will
Join his reg iment as soon as he regains his
health.
MUSTERED OUT.-Adjutant Pitkin of the
Cavalry Regiment, arrived in Burlington on
Monday. leaving the regiment at Washing
ton. "A rule of the service requires that the
Adjutants and Quartermasters of the Cav
airy shall be detailed from the Leutenants of
the line, and all such as have not been so de-
tailed are mustered out of the service. this
rule excludes both Adj. Ptkin and Quar-
termaster Dewey from the service in their old
positions. Lieut. Cushman of Co. +. takes
Quartermaster De~cv'> place, and 1t Hig-
ley Of Co. X, Adjutant Pitkin's place. Times
TAKING THEIR FIRST LESSONS. THE 10Th and
l,h Vernon, Regiments were, at last advces,
digging riAe-pits in the vicinity of Washing
ton.
We see it stated that the paroled prisoners
of Col. Niles command are immediatly to be
sent North West, to be used in suppressing
the Indian outbreak. II this be true, We
persume the Vermont Ninth will 20 with
them 10 Minnesota