The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1863-10-02

man new in Great Britain, where he enjoys
excellent opportunities of information, says
that remarkable change has come over tn,
public opinion of England within the las,
few weeks. 1t now favors the North as
strongly as it has heretofore favored the
South. Among the distinguished converts
j NJ. Gladstone, "hc will take al early OF
portuni,y OF declaring himself the friend OF
the Union. The writer is assured upon hist
au,hr 'tv, that the rebel rams will not b.
permitted to sail, o. that il they do sail, they
vii each be esco: d " al English iron
clad, instructed TO prevent them from VIC
latins the neutrality Of Britain.
Stewart, the New dry ,oods merchant,
pad s;21J 900 as his income tax for last wear.
That ould make his income II, arIy five MI
lions.
Parties who visited the White mountains
on Tuesday last, were caught in a severe
snoW storm and detained over night They
suffered severely. and one r3ung l.dy Wa,
!nsenSi5e for over four hours The Their.
nometer at sunrise en- Wednesday sto d at
20 degrees.
The last Lonton Times " fears" it mus,
De confessed tina: the North has gained Sc
rious advantages, and that the southern!
contederacy is liz d critical position. The
Times don't even try to hide its partisanship.
Nine Russian war vessels are in New York
harbor, and, as their mission is undoubtedly
a friendly one. pains are taken TO give the
officers and men pleasant impression OF
America aad her institutions. Russia has
conducted herself in the mos honorable man
ner since our civil troubles commenced, and
We trust that the friendship between the bear
and eagle will long continue.
By the explosion of boiler in cooper's
shop at Buffalo, thirty persons were buried
in the ruins, and most of them are supposed
TO he fatally injured.
The highest figures in New York for apples
are $500 per barrel. The average price for
winter fruit will be about 80 per barrel.
What awful freights the railroad must ask to
make them come at two cents each here.
a CuD FOR JOHN BULL To CHEM We
are at war with the New Zealanders. We
for empme-they for independence. What if
President Lincoln recognizes their belliyer-
ent rights ?-an1 what if New York capital
lists take a New Zealand loan-and if an
American Laird furnishes New Zealand AL
ALBANIA, to be commissioned by a Maori lieu
tenant and manned by British seamen from,
the naval reserve, and so on? Why moi ?
and what then ?-Lon'lon Daily Ncws.
"A Washington correspondent of the New
York Independent says that in private note
written in the hurry OF official business bv
Secretary Chase to MIR. Stanton, the follow
Ing noble sentence occurs:
1--WE cannot afford to wrong any class OF
our people. One poor man, colosed though
he be, with God on his side, is stronger, if
against us, than the hosts of the rebellion"
MIR. Chase evidently had in mid the more
terse aphorism =" One with God is ma
jority!"
Fifteen major and brigadier generals fell
in the recent Georgia battles, while fighting
against their country. Dixie is hard road
to travel.
Il general exchange of all prisoners taken
piior to September LIST has been effected, ex
ceptirs negro soldiers and their officers.
After all our own soldiers are exchan ged
there will ae d large balance against the
rebels. The new cartel was agreed on at
City Point. on Sunday. last. between General
Meredith and Commissioner Ould.
For SOLDIERS IN HCsPIrAL.-We have
been advised that a'cles most needful are
WOODEN shirts. drawers and stockings. And
also that instead of sending domestic wines,
dried cherries for cherry rum. Or cherry rum,
are more useful as Stimulan, and tonic.
They have novel way of administering
justice ID Leavenwortn, Kansas. A Missou.
rlan, from near Weston, had lost about for,v
slaves, who had anticipated the gradual en-
anclpatlon law and colonized in Kansas. The
owner was anxious to secure his properly,
and visited Leavenworth, where he made
much ado about his loss. He remained sew
eral days, and was finally brought up before
the mayor On charge of vagrancy, being
without any visible means of support, al,
though he was looking for something. He
was convicted of vagrancy, and fined 500,
which he promptly paid and left for home.
A confederate officer declares that mule
meat is finer grained than beef, and has
flavor between beef and venison and that
rats are sunerior IN snr;no ob;oLons