The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1863-03-13
HE NEWS OF THE WEEK.

All hail to the Granite State! The cleo
ton in New Hampshire on Tuesday resulted
in complete Republican, war.party victory.
There is no choice of Governor by the peo
ple. the vote for the Union Democratic can
didate being sufficiently large to defeat an
election bat the Republicans have elected
all three members of Congress, and the leg
slature being the same way the election of
Republican U. S. senator to take the place Of
Jahn y. Hale, whose term has expired, Is
ensured; also the election Of Gilmore for
governor. in the same manner. The cop
perhea,l, have received stunning blow in
Nv HAMPSHIRE, now lie. the work be follow
ed up.
The war news this week is not encourage
ing though it should not be dsheartening.
The rebels in Virginia have been railing
again, and a. US lai our forces and supplies
suffer Their cavalry rode down to Fairfax
rourt House few days since ard gobbed
up COZ Brig. G<n. Stoug:ltnn and his staff
Zone account SAYS all the men detached with
HIM together with 90 or 100 horses, de-
spatches, etc. Our Vermont boys are suf-
fering now; it was only few days previous
that 80 Of our cavalry were surprised and
captured. Is there no guarding agains,
"surprises? ?"
The contemplated attacks upon Char eston
and Nicksburg hang fire, and fort McAlister
has not been captured as reported last week
The rebel steamer Nashville has been de-
stroyed, and the Indiano!a, one of our best
war steamers which the rebels had captured,
has been blown up by them. Our boys rig
ged up an old scow to represent one of the
turreted Monitors and set her adrift. The
rebels opened fire on her as she passed and
blew up the Indanola. 1t was good trick.
Although we have no particular good war
news to chronicle this week, there is good
news coming soon.
The court of inquiry into the alleged
reasonable conduct of Gen Mcdowell, have
exonerated him to the fullest extent, except
in one instance, when he left his command |
for short time, and an unfortunate move
ment was made by the officer left in COM
mand. Mcdowell was INDECENT but not dis. |
loyal
Rev Thomas Ill., ID. d., was inaugurated
president of Harvard College Cambridge
on the 4th inst.
The reported attempted assassination of
Gen Banks proves untrue.
A serious riot occurred in Detroit Friday,
growing out of the copperhead hate of the
negro. Some rowdies attempted to seize
from military escort negro who was being
taken from court to Jail, after conviction Of
an outrage npon white girl. The rowdies
were driven off, but afterwards made fur-
Gus assault upon all the colored people in
the city, burning their houses and killing 10
or II persons.
Intelligence from Nashville brings the un-
welcome news OF the loss of three Union
regiments of infantry at Springville, near
franklin, Tenn. They were attacked by a
largely superior force Of rebels. and, after a
desperate contest, we're compelled to surren-
der. 1t is said there We're seven regiments
o. U1on troops at Franklin, only Is miles
distant
Rebel dispatches from Charleston say that
the Union feet a, Port ROYAL numbers 1913
vessel, ,lncl1dns 3 tfigates and 20 gunboats.
The rest are chiefly transports. There are
now 80 900 men collected there, and more
are expected.
1t Is soia that Gen Burnside has been as
signed to a lew command-what it is, is not
stated
Geo. ID. Prentice denies that he is going
to Earope, and that he thinks the rebels are
going to get possession of Kentucky.
The news of the destruction of the pirate ship
Nashville is confirmed. she was finished by
one Of our Monitors.