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The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1862-09-12
The Press and the Government.

"Read that ere Napoleonic dockyment,
SAYS William, handing me scroll Ii was as
follows:
"Edick-Havins noticed that the press of
the United States of America is making ass
of itself. by giving information to the enemy
concerning the best methods of carrying on
the strategy of war, I do hereby assume con-
troll of all specia: correspondents. forbiddins
them to transact ANYTHING but private bust
ness; neither they, nor their wives, nor their
children, to the third and fourth generation.
|. 1t is ordered that ali advice flom edi-
tors to the war department, TO the general
commanding or the generals commanding
the armies of the United States, be absolute
" forbidden, as such advice is calculated to
make the United States of America idiot.
II. ANY newspaper publishing any news
whatever, however obtained, shall be exclud
cd from all railroads and steamboats,, in or
der that country Journals, which receive the
same news during the following year, ma.
not be injured in circulation.
Ill. This control of special correspond
ents does not include the correspondent of tn,
London Times, who wouldn't be believed i
he published all the news of the next Chris
tan era. By order of
WILLIAM BROWN, Eskevire,
Captain Comic Section Brigade"
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1862-09-12
Strategy on the Peninsula.

We do not often copy from the New York
Herald, but the following article is sensible,
and worth thinking of as matters have turned
out
"The events now taking place in The vicin-
ity of Washington, and the critical position
that affairs are placed n,does not tell any too
well for the stratagetical movements that
withdrew McClellan's army at this juncture
from the Peninsula. While Mcclellan occu-
pied his impregnable position on the James,
the rebels dared not weaken their forces at
Richmond by sending sufficient force upon
Washington to overwhelm Pope. In occu-
pying the important position at Harrson's S
Landing he held the rebel army at bay and
prevented any active operations with any
large force and, if allowed to remain, could
have thus kept the rebel army from active op-
erations until our new levies could have been
prepared for battle and placed in the feld.-
In Withdrawing the army from the James riv-
er the whole force of the rebels was let loose
and free to operate in any direction, and
strike at any point they might choose. That
they threw their entire force upon Pope, with
the determination to crush him and strike at
Washington before our new levies were ready
for battle, is natural result. The country
is now trembling over the fruits of this change
of position"
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1862-09-12
The MeaneSt Liar OF All.

The London Herald publishes lorg letter
from that meanest of all traitors, Lieut. NJ.
Maury, to Admiral Chabanne, of the French
Navy. Of course it is string of lies from
beginning to end. Its author might fifty be
appointed liar-general ofrebeldom. We give
a sample or two of his work. Speaking of
the secession he says:
There was no haste, coercion or intimlda-
ton about this move. Never was the popu-
lar will more fairly expressed than when the
Southern people uttered their voice for seces-
sion.
"Our enemies have sought to make the i'm
preston abroad that the reverse was the
I case; that this so.called rebellion was hatch
ed by faction, and is led by few fire-eat
ers.' No such thing. We were pushed int
it, all unprepared as ,ce rere, by the tyrann!
and the usurpations and the factions of th'
North.
"In every Southern State the people wer
regularly consulted on the question of sepa
ration from the North. They expressed thei
opinions freely, and after full deliberation
and never were people more unanimous a
any ballot-box than were ours, for instant
complete and eternal separation from tn
North and that, too, at any instant, all un
prepared as they were.'
} The Europeans having found out, he say:
that the Northern newspapers are made u
: of lies in all they say about the South, tn
: Yankees have resorted to new dodge:
"They will take one of our Richmond p;
pers, for instance, duplicate its form and typ
copy its advertisements, fill its reading co
| umns with their own inventions, give it tn
s Richmond imprint, and send it abroad as
bona fde Southern paper which YOU will
= sure to believe. From this counterfeit, the
a own papers are filled with extracts credite
h to the Richmond papers. Thus the desls
e ing men there still seek to deceive their oW
e people and the world.
It "They boast of this as one Of their ecu
e, Yankee tricks They are curious set"
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1862-09-12
Death of the Morrill, Horse.

All lovers Of good stock horses will regret
to learn the death of the Old Morrill, Horse.
He died at his owners stable \Ir French
MorrilD in this village, on Thursday night of
last week. lie was sick but few hours, the
disease being inflammation of the kidneys. of
a most violent type. His age was eighteen
years.
Mr. Morrill, bought this horse when he was
but four years old, of Mr. Urbin Perkins, of
Walden, paying but nominal price, as his
excellent qualities were not then known. His
owner had not kept him long, however, be-
fore his great muscular power, endurance land
stock qualities began to dcvelope themselves.
His great speed, also, gradually became ap-
parent and although Mr. NJ. never thorough
ly trained him for the trial, yet by the time
he Was eight years old there was no horse in
this section of the country that could at all
compare with him for speed. At several as
ricultural fairs and trotting matches, both in
and out Of the State, he took the highest pre-
MUM. His fastest time was 2.32, at Ded-
ham, Mass, and at two of the national fairs
held at Springfield, Mass, he received the
highest honors, such as diplomas, flags, pre-
miums, &c. In various parts of the countr!
he has been we'll known and regarded as {;
superior animal. He has left numerous
progeny, and many excellent horses in ever!
part of the Union, from Maine to California
At the heishth of his fame, his colts, befor'
they were year old, would command fabu
lous prices. The celebl ated Young Morrill,
now kept at Manchester, N. H., was sired b.
, him, and enjoys reputation almost equal t
the Old Morrill,. Much more might be sal
with regard to this celebrated horse, but he
so well known and highly appreciated in thi
=, , section, that any extended notes is unnece>
sary. The loss to his owner is perhaps nl
e as severe as the loss to the public.-Nort
S STAR
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1862-09-12
The Late Battles in Virginia
Captain Comic Section Brigade.

The Philadelphia Press has the following
account of the severe battle fought by Gen
Pope on Saturday,
Gen Pope seems to have met with tenn
porary reverse to-day. He was successfully
driving the enemy during yesterday, whom
he supposed to be under command of Gen
Jackson, but about four clock a tremendous
cloud of dust was seen on the right. and Gen
Pope became convinced that heavy reinforce
merts for the enemy had succeeded in getting
through Thoroughfare Gap, and were march
ing toward his right, with view of turning
it, and getting in his rear. He accordingly
wisely determined to withdraw his jaded
troops from the immediate field of action.
which the enemy at once took possession Of.
1t was mortifying for Gen Pope to do this.
but necessity knows no Law, and Sumner and
Porter had not arrived to save the day.
Centerville is most important point, and
Manassas Junction is equally so, and no one
can fail to see that it is absolutely necessay
for us to keep possession of them.
THIS morning the rebels renewed the battle
at day break, and it has been raging furiously
all day An attempt was made to turn our
right, but the brave Sigel, with his trusty
Germans and the batteries he knows SO vel
how to maneuyer, was at once ordered to the
right, and the enemy was driven back with
heavy loss. Sigei headed bayonet charge
in person, it is said and in this new position
distinguished himself Then bold strok,
was made at our center, which was hand
somely repulsed BY Mcdowell. After this ;
J desperation was fearfully evident among tn,
rebels, and there soon emerged from the dus
long solid mass of men coming down upol
our poor worn-out army at a bayonet charg
on the double-quick. By the description o
/ those who saw this line of bayonets, | am sat
isfied that in the distance it must have pre-
sented spectacle at once awful, sublime, tel
. rible and overwhelming. On came the de
mons as if emerging from the earth, in well
y caparisoned myriads, reaching in solid cOlum
e as far as the limit Of human vision. But "
E we're fully prepared to meet this onset properl!
and our men stood pale but full. of courage
: awaiting the result. fully determined to di
n nobly fighting for the stars and stripes, if di
n they must and they saw no safety in retrea
] Perfectly astounded at the confidence an
courage of our men, the rebels came up han,
: somel y within our good range, and takin
}, our fire a semi-orderly commotion was ot
e served in their ranks. While this encourage
10 our men, Gen Pope saw what was the inter
~ of it all. Almost as quick as thought Il
II bugles sounded the order to the rebel pha
n anxes, and instantly the huge mass of rebe
le was hurled against our left wing. The ga
70 liant divisions of Reno and Schenck--hero
~ and victors of other 6elds-stood their giour
for short space, but were soon overPower'
and gave way. Setting up ayell of trump
the rebels pushed over piles Of their own de-
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1862-09-12
Lint and Bandages..-Cut this Out.

There have been many conflicting direc-
tons for preparing these important articles,
and much confusion of ideas has resulted
therefrom. The following are the rules of
the Western sanitary commission: Banda
ges, if made of new cloth, should be shrunk-
en- by scalding and drying; half-worn cloth
is quite as good, if it is not too tender. They
should be torn, never cut, in strips from I of
an inch to inches wide, and from to 10
yards long the narrow strips, being for the
hand and finger, may he of the briefer
lengths, say from to ) yards. All must be
entirely free from seams, hens, selvedges or
ravellings on the edges. In joining the strips
together, overlap the raw edges and run them
two or three times across, without knots, as
stockings are darned, making join flat, soft
and firm. The strips thus tackled together
for each separate roll should be exactly of a
width; they should be rolled on flat sur
face, board or large book, and as firmly and
truly as possible; the roll of bandage when
finished should resemble the round wooden
blocks on which ribbons are rolled. Prac-
tice will enable skillful fingers to make them
almost as true and solid as if turned. The
end of the bandage should be turned in and
fastened with small, sharp pins, which sur
geons always use, the points carefully turned
in. Then with a pen or pencil, write the
length of the bandage upon the roll, and ii
is ready to be sent on its benefcent errand
Lint should be of linen, not cotto ,and should
be ravelled, not scraped. 1t is best to pack
it lightly in paper toxes, and is prepared 10y
cutting strips of soft linen the length of :he
box, and of convenient width, from one tc
two inches; then the short threads are al
drawn out and heaped promiscuously in $
pile, and the long ones combel free from
knots and trimmed exactly to fit the box, il
which they lie like skeins of white silk. The
drawn threads are put up in boxes also, thu.
making two kinds of lint, each excellent fol
its purpose. These are the precise rules fol
lowed at St Louis, and, with slight variations
they are substantially the same everywhere
Some hospitals may use wider bandages, O
lint differently prepared, but articles put W
according to the above directions are certain
to be acceptable in them all. The first ur
gency of the want at Washington is supplied
but it is yet importunate at the West. ant
. new demands may come at any moment,whel
few boxes Of the right articles packed an,
waiting may save untold sulferings and un
counted lives
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1862-09-12
Our Whole Army Falling Back.
CAPTURE OF A FEDERAL TRAIN.

Washington was in state of great excite
ment Wednesday highland not without most
substantial cause Crowds were gathered at
all the hotels and on the streets discussing
and speculating on the future. 1t may here
be said, that while the more timid of the cit
liens apprehend danger from the rebel move
ments, there are stout hearts that are not in
timidated. Tuesday night there was series
of skirmishes along the whole front, during
which We lost two Of our best generals, and
other valuable officers. According to preva-
lent reports, it was Hooker's division which
was mainly if not altogether engaged in dri-
wing back the rebels, but the one mile of
skirmishing was attended with much loss of
life At four o'clock Wednesday morning, a
train of 100 wagons with commissary stores
was intercepted by the enemy between Fair
fax and Centerville, and driven off toward
Manassas before the party could be overta-
ken. They secured the entire train. So
soon as this raid in the rear of our army at
Centerville was known, the necessity of guar
ding that direction became apparent, and at
noon the whole army of Virginia had aban-
doned Centerville and was massed this side
of Fairfax Court House. At noon they a.
gain took up the line of march, and Wednes-
day evening the advance was in sight of Num-
sons Hill. The enemy's cavalry followed
them in the distance. but made no attack land
the entire movement was being accomplished
in excellent order. At noon Gen Mcclellan
rode out TO meet the returning column, and
was received with great demonstrations of
qualification and pleasure by the army. The
works for the defense Of Washington are all
in an excellent condition and are strongly
manned by experienced artillerists. The
gunboats now lining the Potomac are doubt
less designed to prevent any attempt to in
terrupt the navigation of that river.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1862-09-12

KIDNAppING.-The Lancaster Republican
gives an account of the authorities at Guild
hall kidnapping New Hampshire soldier
For the credit of our State, and the cause in
which we are engaged, we hope the Gui!dhall
people can explain it. The Republican says ::
"Franklin Hicks, a former resident of
Guildhall, Vt, moved from there into Lancas-
ter one day last week. litter that he duly
enlisted into the n. H. 9TH and was sworn in
as US. soldier. In this capacity, suppos-
ing himself secure, he went to Guldhall to
transact business, when he was forcibly ar
rested by MIR H. W. Bedell, sheriff of Essex
county, with posse of Guildhall citizens,
on the ground that he had left the State to
escape draft. He was first carried to Lun-
enburg. where be was demanded by the New
Hampshire recruiting officer, which demand
was refused. He was then taken to Guild
hall and confined in Jail. From there he was
carried to St Johnsbury, and finally to Island
Pond, where he was impressed into the Yer
mont service"
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1862-09-12
Homeless.

IA dark midnight, yet listen
-, natter Of tiny feet
.,~ 800 i your dogs fair lady.
'", rr mes in the bleak. cold street -
"', -,e of your silkcn spaniels
=. ...,,t in the snow and sleet
,,i.,s Sleep warm in their baskets,
ar 'ia beasts in our Christian England
T. I'D 81 p..y wherever they go
t''' ~, ,,c only the homeless children
40 are wandering TO and frs).
ont in the gusty darkness
81 ',ca seen it again and again,
:. '1,dow, tina, fits so slowly
-, >. ,ni down past the window pane:
f.',cly some criminal lurking
d. ~, there in the frozen rain /:
So on, criminals all are sheltered.
~ ~ 90 are pited and taught and fed:
-. !. ouly a sister woman,
,M.1o b,, got neither food nor bed
d.. ,bo Night cries sin to be living"
,hc River cries sin to be dead"
.at,hat fsrthest corner
vg'ro the wall stands blank and bare -
.. LAT be pack which peddler
IN, .,f and forgotten there
. '.aaI, Wing out unSheltered
w.. be spoil, by the damp night air.
l.y.-,ood, in our thrifty England
,-s not left to lie and grow rotten,
3 Zach man knows the market value
0i,lk or wooden or cotton.
-,.n counting the riches of England
link our Poor are forgotten.
Bels,, and our Thieves and our Chattels
V,ye weight for good or for ill;
II, me Poor are only His image,
HI, presence, His word. His will
A.. 81 Lazarus lies al our doorstep.
And Dives neglccts him still.
.1dciatde 4. PrOct
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1862-09-12
STORIES OF PRISONERS.

The noted Capt Ashe, Stonewall Jackson's
adjutant general, who was brought in as a
prisoner by one of the New York Herald's
reporters, says that the rebels think their
force amply sufficient to take Washington
that they have not less than 2l5,0O0 men
under Jackson, Longstreet. Ewell, Hill and
Smith. He reports that the rebels are desti-
lute of rations, they having expected to sub
sis: or those captured from our men at or
near Manassas They were. however, disap-
pointed in this, and as their supply trains had
rot come Up. and they had not been heard
from, It is TO &c presumed that the rebel
troops are fully as badly Cared for in the
commissarv line as our own. Their mortali-
" has been enormous, and their own captur-
ed officers and surgeons admit loss Cf from
ten thousand to twelve thousand in killed and
wounded up TO Saturday night last
Adlutant Quidus o: the rebel army, a Pole
by birth, who WIS taken prisoner, states that
only about half the rebel forces have been en-
gagged in the recent battles. He, with an Of
iicer, were the only ones in the part, who
wore shoes, the prirates having their feet
bandaged in rags, which were blood-clotted
from the effects of cuts and bruises, walking
or the stone. He says but few regiments
were better off. The rebel army had no sub
sis;enee stores. The troops subsisted mainly
OF. green corn, found in the fields. There
was a vast amount Of suffering among them
of all kinds.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1862-09-12
VARIOUS PARTICULARS.

A general officer, who was in all the recent
conflicts, states that We could not have had
over 10000 men actually engaged, and gives
If as his opinion that the enemy's force was
about $4,000. Our losses he estimates at
about 10000.
A surgeon who was taken prisoner by the
rebels on Friday last, succeeded in making
his escape. He states that the rebels robbed
him of all his money, watch and case OF sur
gical instruments, compelling hun to attend
to their wounded, and giving him to eat, dur
ing the four days he was prisoner, three hard
army biscuits.
! Our loss has not only been great in officers
and privaies killed, wounded and taken pri-
soners, hut the destruction of property BY
our hands has been immense. The Orange
and Alexandra railroad has lost more than
one-half lis rolling stock. Two hum
dred and fifty new cars heavily laden with
stores and ten first class locomotives were
burned or blown up On Thursday and FRIDAY.
By Gen Pope's order, one hundred and forty
cars and four engines were DESTROYED last
Saturday, to prevent them falling in the enc
my's hands, who had crossed the Rappahan-
mock, and were advancing upon Bristow Sta
ton, under the immediate command of Gen
Lee.
In Saturdays fight sad and most un-
accountable blunder occurred. The 3rd Mi
chigaE went into the battle with 800 men
and came out with only liG, and more than
three-fourths of this number met their tate
, 10y the fire of the 10Th Indiana regiment,
: which Tapped over their rear and poured
CALLING fire into them while on the advance.
: The first knowledge which the Michigan boy.
: had of the presence of the other regiment wa'
q the bullets in the back of their heads, arms
q SC, nearly half the regiment having Tapped
4 across them.
t One hundred and fifty wagons, driven By
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1862-09-12

but start not moment before we are ready
and then with some fixed notions of what we
are to do and how We are to do it. With a
proper combination of military science and
common sense, and sufficient amount OF
main force we can put it through this
time
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1862-09-12

men and the corpse of many a patriot, using
the bayonet at close quarters with our troops.
The rebels were slow in reforming. They
had not driven US back without considerable
loss, and they did not make another advance
until half an hour after, about noon TO-DAY.
A rebel officer who was taken prisoner in the
charge, remarked vehemently, You cannot
whip us-our fate depends upon our success
in this campaign"
TERRIBLE SUFFERINGS OF OUR WOUNDED.
Sunday morning flag of truce was sent
in for permission to bring off the dead and
wounded of our army, who had not been
reached during the days Of the fighting,
which was granted, to last from noon till sun
set. Some sixty ambulances were sent with
a number of physicians and some citizens.
and on their arrival at the field terrible
scene presented itself. The wounded, with
few exceptions, had received no attention, our
doctors all leaving in company with the
troops. and the enemy having enough to do
to attend to their own. The physicians i'm
mediately commenced their operations, but
their means and help were very inadequate.
About one half of the wounded were brought
in,their wounds partially dressed, some ampu-
tations performed, and the ambulanees filled
and brougn. away, the number being about
two hundred. About 80 to 200 still remain
ed on the field. and now that our army has
retreated back, no chance remains of sending
them suceor. A terrible responsibility rest.
on those having charge of this matter, thai
the object of the flag of truce was not more
successful. Some were seen whose limbs wers
commencing TO mortify for want of dressing
and who were faint and almost famished from
hunger and thirst.
Those who visited the field of baitl,
were not allowed to proceed beyond, where
the heaviest part of the fighting took place
and no troops or guns could be seen, except
4 number OF cavalry who were scattered al
over the hills, and who wele all willing tt
converse freely with our soldiers and eitizen
who accompanied the ambulance train. The,
unanimously say they will soon drive US from
/ Virginia, and even into the free states, ant
will endeavor to let us feel the war. BY ma
king a portion of our land resemble that par
of Virginia over which the armies hav,
passed and repassed within the last 81,
months.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1862-09-12

@ Mcclellan stock is coming up.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1862-09-12

every nation admitted the right to con6seate
the property of traitors, and that they them
selves even went further-for when they con-
flscated, the debts due Northern men,they con-
hseated not the property of traitors, but what
they term a common enemy. Our converse
tion was deeply interesting, and was partei-
pated In with much good feeling.