The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1862-08-22

e The Richmond Dispatch Of the I'll
says official dispatches have been received
ny the navy department, confirming the loss
81 the Arkansas while on her voyage 10 CO.
operate in The attack upon Baton Rouge.
She ur.iuc};iv gr..unled when within .i,~
MES %: ;!ie latter place, anu ali effort to gel
her Oh Was unarai.in-. IN this helpless po-
>''.or 4 fleet of ganhaats from below attacked
hey, and the only alternative TO prevent her
helng captured was 10 blow her mp
= John BloHl.s knap>ack is strapped ugo, a.
,ach
. - lis souls marching en-
We told this morning BIZ friend inst from
81 Asmands. y. Y. formerly North Eta.
wh,1e John Brown lived and was buried. rhar
o. i.ie c'ysty voters IL the town. .s.ru,fg have
enlisted Their neighb,ls and wonea agreed
to gather in the crops Tor them Who Lag.
-ore. and are doing il. The women NAV h-
seen any day al work in the tields.-F,..
Pres.
CFIhe government is now having bn..,
net less than eighteen shot-prouf iron cad
>hli :, of different sizes. hut all formdlb.e.
or these. Ten viii be- ready by Christmas nexr.
ard iiye viii be readr the first. or al farth,sr
the middle. of October. so that before liz.
autumn gales begin 10 blow We NAV expec,
. - haze aiiaat a fleet, small. but more than
lnaicn for anv ships the rebels can send out /;
and. VT hope. equal TO The reduction Of tie
forts and the capture of the cite. of Charles
ion. Savannah and Nol,il.
W AT last lie eolOred population ar.
ahead Ot the White IN al least one imporrau.
la,,r- They hare right of locomoiion which
White men have not, and which The proudc>,
officials are bound IN respect. Colored mcp
ran 20 10 Canada wherever and as often IS
hex please. White men must stay at home.
li.ey can accompany colored folks on little
pleasure journey over the line. What white
coward wouldn't inst now give his eve teeth
10 be Possessed Of the rights of the humbl,, :
co.0:ed man
, jNJJ>T CLASsIFICATioN.-A soldier in The
4rmy, in writing home. SAWS that the bo,s
nnw IN The field are not pleased with the ex-
. preston so much in vogue that better class
oil men are enlisting now than ever before.
and thinks II strange that this better-cla>s
patriotism should need so much gold 10 g.
1t started The troops are all good II IS
not Wei 10 make inridious distinctions.
GFMr Wendell Philips. in his harangae
At Abingdon, compared the President Of the
lnlie'! Staies TO d" turtle" Now. supposirr
The President were 10 issue his man.iate for
conveying W L. TO Fort War en-. what then >
NJ by then, We should say, the voice of The
turtle would be heard through The land" Wiz
great satisfaction IuHity Fan.
IVA mon soldier was found in the
WOODS on "Wednesday, with his musket bare!
grasled in both hands. The stock was broken
of and eleven dead rebels were laying around
INN, some with tn II heads smashed alG
OTHERS bruised in various ways, all dead. Tbs
shows with what desperation the Union Nan
had fought for his life, but without avail
lis body was pierced with three bullets
I,'cyT"a tfoa" he tatile Of CHly,eyys,.
WHAT Or SHARPSIIOuTERS HAVE DoNL-
We have ii from an officer OF Berdans req
mert of SharpShooters. who has been in
nearly every hattie on the Peninsula. that =
iA----NAAN Has bttA Va tut
rebels slain by the SharpshOoters thus far,
and that the number so slain has already
Preached three Thousand. Ii has been rue
win those la n axe notch or scratch an
some par; Of 'heir rifles for every retrl tLty
felt certain they had killed, not reckoning
the wounded or any cases in which there WAS
any uncertainty. And hence The account
could be, and was, made up easily and cor
r,ctlv.
All can thus seen how important nave been
the services of this noted regiment--frts-
: plR.
I Tie TRUE SPIRlI-.Among the volunteers
from this city who signed the roll on satuT-
day was Young husband and father WHO
has handsome competence and the strong
est social attractions 10 keep him al home
Ills friends wondered he could leave tht Sc
but like the earnest Christian be IS. was his
answer: Somebody must 90 10 the war-
am strong and well. III 90, il may SAKE
another from going, who is less fit When
such spirit animates our Young men, We are
proud Of them. Noble is the sacrifice before
God and man, which makes one say, Let me
instead nf S,r5guvl,ll