The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1863-04-03
THE NEWS OF THE WEEK.

The war news this week is not startling.
Nothing decisive is known from any of the
great quarters where our armies are massed.
Those very reliable men, rebel desertets, con-
tinue to affirm that Richmond, and indeed
the whole of Virginia, is about to be evacu-
ated BY the rebels. 1t is believed that they
have been quietly leaving the Rappahannock
for some time. Vicksburg, Charleston and
Port Hudson are yet to be captured-also
Richmond.
Gen Langiewicz has been proclaimed mill
tary dictator of Poland, and has issued a
stirring proclamation which must have an
effect upon the Poles. Preparations are be-
ing male by both Poles and Russians for a
great battle. Some believe the fires of the
revolution thus begun in Poland will, unless
speedily put down, spread throughout the
oppressed and down-lrodden nations of Eu-
rope. Garibadi and Kossuth both figure in
the disturbances.
An English steamer (Nicholas IL was cap
tured off Wilmington, n. c., the 2lst by
one of our gLnboats. She had valuable
cargo Of powder, rifles, ETC., for the rebels.
Who says the blockade isn't efficient?
Robert GAY deserter from the list In
diana regiment was shot at Indianapolis last
week. His crime was of peculiar heinous-
ness, and he acknowlelg ed the justice of his
sentence.
Refugees from Richmond repeat the story
that the rebels are evacuating that city, and
will leave nearly all Virginia soon. They
cannot, apparently, subsist there much longer.
Gen Burnside has assumed command of
the department of the Ohio.
We believe it is settled at last that Admiral
Farragut did run by the batteries at Port
Hudson. Seven steamers passed, and two
have arrived near Vicksburg. The remain
der have gone accommodating about in search
of rebel craft. The Indianola was not sunk,
as reported, but is recaptured, and is now
nearly ready for service again.
The prince of Wales was married on the
10th inst. and all England had a gala day.
The English papers are full of the details of
the happy event-they making nearly as much
ado over it as the New York papers did over
the marriage of Tom Thumb.
The Boston Journal says by the late act
of Congress the one hundred dollar United
States bounty is only given to soldiers dis
charged from the army by reason of wounds
received in battle. The law is generally
misunderstood, so that soldiers discharged
previous to the expiration of their term of
enlistment for disability and other causes,
except wounds in battle, suppose themselves
entitled to the bounty, which is not the case.
No more passes are to be granted to visi,
tors to the army of the Potomac. This looks
like action. The report comes that the wind
is fast drying up the mud, and hopes are
there entertained that the travelling will be
passable for cavalry and artillery in two
weeks. Deserters have been coming in al
the rate of two or thee hundred day. De
serters from the rebel army on the Kappa
hammock represent their condition as terribl,
half pint of -four and a quarter of
pound of meat constitute their rations.
Another rebel pirate has been destroyed BY
our fleet. The navy department has receiv
ed intelligence of the destruction of the new
rebel steamer Georgana off South Carolina
She is represented as being more formidable
than the Alabama. She was built at Liver
pool but has been fitting out at Nassau, tn,
the rebel port in the Bahamas.
Brisadier Gen Cooper died at Columbus
Ohio, Saturday last.