The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1863-05-22

1uE SHARPSIOOIERS.-N Sie"u tut
following from a private letter written by ;
member of Berdan's Sharpshootets, which
was in the third army corps. ard which i
appears took quite an active part in the late
battles near Fredericksburgh The wri:el
saws" The sharpshooters covered them
selves with glory in this fight. One artiler,
officer said he thought he had seen bravery
before, but he never saw such cool daring a,
this regiment exhibited. The sharpshooters
took in all about 600 prisoners. The regi
ment lost in all eleven killed and about sixt,
wounded. In Co. F, (Vt) seven were woun
ded, none mortally. Their names are-Corp
J. S. Bailey, Corp. +. Hosmer privates, +
lrask, LATHE, Cunningham. Monahan ant
Griffin. Major Hastings was shot through
the leg. Company c. suffered the most
They lost killed, among them Lieut. Brew
er.-Freeman.
MIR. Amasa Scott of Crafsbury, has two
COWS which he has fed tht past winter upo!
hay, and nothing else, and he has made from
the two in eight days, twenty eight pounds OF
butter, nearly two pounds each per day
These cows, we venture to say. cannot be
beaten in the State-Statdard.
The steamer Mountain Maid will make
daily trips (S2nday eAceptei) on Lake Mem
phremagog, commencing on the Goth inst
SuICIDE-Mr. Lotan Libbey. an old
resident in the north part of Mortified
committed suicide last Saturday morning, BY
severing the iugular vein of his neck with a
chisel. He was found dead by his family in
the wood shed. He had recently returned
from Virginia. having been member com
pany F, 18th regiment. He showed evident
signs of arrangement of mind before his
discharge from the service, and since his
return home had been more or less deran4-
ed.-Bm. Times.
Rev. Silas Aiken d. d. retires from tn
pas,orship of the congregational church at
Rutland, AMI is succeeded by Rev. Norman
Seaver, late junior pastor. The society has
decided the parsonage to DR.. Aiken.
ALLOTTED PAY.-Assienees and others
holding orders for allotted pay of the Ninth
and Eleventh Regiments. and Companies +,
E, and II of the SharDshooters, are hertb,
notified that returns have come to hand for
November, December, January and February
and this office is prepared to pay the sums
received IN the usual way.
j. b. PAGE, State Treasurer.
W. {. Perry, of the Brattleboro House.
was last week fined $500 and costs for an
assault on man calling himself Prof Eel
lows, from kentucky.
The Burlington Times (Which, by the way,
is great tault-tinder) says that r. NJ. Hall,
the A!abamian who is lecluring in some parts,
OF this state, is an imposter.
Josiah Giles, an employee at Blake's
factory Westville, New Haven, on Friday
last, had narrow escape from serious injury.
lie was at work near shaft, when his bar
was caught around it and torn out by the
roots, from his forehead to tie back part of
his head. leaving bare stlip some five in
ches in length by three in width.
George W. Harrington, discharged Yer
mont soldier, aged fifty years, was knocked
down and instantly killed on Thursday last
week, by locomotive backing down rail,
road track on Montgomery street, Albany. y.
Y. The unfortunate man was deaf. and Ii
car slanting on the track cut off the view OF
the locomotive.
John f. Doten, of Pomfret, died on the
Sth ult., aged SO years. He was the seventh
in lineal descent from Edward Doten, who
came over in the May flower, in 1920.
The following are the Vermont officers
under the CONSUMPTION act Capt II. b.
Hendershott, United States army, assistant
provost marshal general, headquarters at
Montpelier. First district, Capt {. X. Crane,
provost marshal, headquarters at Rutland ::
Lieut. Col A. {. Brown, Montpelier com
missioner; DIR Benjamin +. Morgan, Ben
nington, surgeon. Second district, Gilman
Henry, Woodstock, provost marshal; ID. Ii.
Ranney, West Brattleboro. commissioner
DR. c. p. Frost (of the army,) St Johnsbury,
surgeon. Third district, Rolla Gleason.
Richmond, provost marshal Elisha White.
Derby, commissioner DR. J. l.. Chandler. St
Adams, surgeon.
The managers of the Vermont Central
railroad have placed smoking and euchre
car on the mail train. an improvement" says
an exchange, which will be hailed with de-
light by thousands of travellers" Another
exchange thinks the next Improvement "
will be drinking car and bar attache to
each train. What an age of improve
ment
Bears prevail nightly in the vicinity OF
Dorset and Manchester, devouring sheep and
other innocent animals