The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1863-06-05
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service MAJOR Nathan Earlywine, 4tE Indiana
cavalry, for converting to his own use two
government mules; also Capt John E. Will
bur. 81 New Hampshire volunteers.
S-venty-four manumitted negroes, former
slaves of secessonists from Missouri, were
stopped lew days since, after they had
crossed the Mississippi at Mllersville, near
Quincy, ILL.,, and robbed Of all the arms and
money they had and then turned loose. The
robbers were Illinois copperheads. The
negroes have since enlisted in the Masschu-
sets colored regiment.
\ MODEL SPEECH.-After one of the hard
fights of the Nermonters at Fredericksburg
Gen Howe addressed the Colonel of the I'd
regiment as follows:
Colonel Walbridge, don't know what to
say to you Eermonters you have done
elegantly and saved the corps"
A serious joke befel the accomplished
Swiss general, FogliarGi, at the late battle of
Charlottesville. Accustomed to the broad,
open and clear European battle fields, where
whole army corps can charge in battle line
"IlIlDul anu "HSiS NV ooi .
squadrons Of cavalry are the sweeping con-
comitants of every army, he could not exactly
see how great battle could be fought in
that tangled impenetrable wilderness, and re-
marked TO a staff officer, noted for the force
and breyity of his expressions, as well as his
great personal bravery: "Zis is not a
battlc-zis is grand skirmish " A Skin
mish y reiterated the staff officer, I'D have
you understand, sir, that two or three Skin
missiles like this would wipe the whole Swiss
nation. off the face of the earth, sir ~ and he
rode down the line into the bullets, with as
much sang froid as though eating his break
fast.
The Detroit Advertiser has a leader on
"Polilical Nuisances," aimed at the editor OF
The Tribune. If the editor of The Advert
ser aforesaid vii! be good enough to return
the 5000 he borrowed Cor was it begged p of
us to establish himself in said paper, he shall
be most welcome to say what he pleases OF
US thereafter without reply or comment.
N. \. Tribune.
IT, Our war creed is somewhat patriotic,
and our patriotism is rather high proof and
at times, perhaps, will bear reducing. 1t IS
not the creature of impulse, it is not carried
away by the torrent of events, neither is it
governed by the fortunes OF war or the fiuc
tuations of finance. 1t never covers, and
last but not least it teaches us noV as it ever
has done, that il would be much better for
America and for mankind, that our cities
should be known only by their ruins, and
our homes only by their ashes, than that this
government should be destroyed. The war
then is, so to speak, our religion-it must go
on,-powder alone can save disappointment
cannot do it.-NerpoH Ne,cs.
EPISCOPAL CoNvENrIoN-The annual Do
cesar convention of the Protestant Episco-
pal church IN Vermont will be held in st.
PauPs Church, in Burlington, on the 3rd
proXimo.
Lieut. Hiram Rowe Jr, 10th Massachu
sets regiment. was buried at Peacham on
Sunday the 18th with appropriate services.
He died of wounds received in battle.
THE BRIGADE BAND.-The band enlisted
for the first brigade by Capt. A. w. Fisher,
in pursuance of orders received from Ma
jor W. Austine, U. S. A., is now full and will
leave for Brattleboro, Monday morning, and
on being mustered and paid,
will leave for the Rappahannock.- Bull,ng-
ton Times.
"A GOOD ONE" By GEN. RoSEcRANs.-A
few days since Gen Rosecrans was dining
with his staff at one Of our hotels. He un-
fortunately tasted the Tennessee butter,when
he Immediately arose and ssluted the plate
before him, remarking: Gentlemen, that
butter outranks mew
All Europe is not ignorant or inimical.-
Here is an item which will touch every Union
hesrt, and warm it towards all Germany -
Over so large packages of fine linen and
lint,which had been contributed by the friends
Of the Union along the Rhine, for the benefit
of our sick and wounded soldiers, arrived
at New York by steamship from Hamburg
u few days ago. Some of the packages were
of the size of hogsheads, and all were made
up of the best material. The linen was es-
pecially fine. Every package bore this in
scription: "Rhenish Bavaria. For the
wounded defenders of the United States"
Henry Ward Beecher, who has had four
months leave of absence granted him, to 60
to Europe his congregation paying all the
expenses, preached for the last time before
his departure, Sunday evening, to crowded
audience al the Plymouth charch.
HAnNEMANN AGAINST NEPTUNE.-Sixteen
globules of coculus dissolved, NOT in the
ocean, as DIR Holmes would suggest, but-in
half-glass of water, and teaspoonful taken
every two hours the first day, every four
hours the second, is an infaIlible remedy for
sea sickness, if the person who takes it is in
reasonably good health.
An old lady. Mrs ARENAS Walker, -
Years of age, was almost instantly killed in
Bridsewater on Monday, by being thrown
from wagon and striking her head violent
ly upon the earth.
\ sturgeon, weighing 40 pounds, has been
caught in Lake Champlan, and the skin is to
be stuffed and deposited in the state cabinet
OF natural history. SO the old whale is to
have company.
The sultan of Turkey saw railway for
the first time in his life during his visit to
Egypt. He was very much frightened at it,
and from Alexandria to Cairo would not al
low the engine to go at even ordinary speed,
and was eight hours on the road.
DEsERTERS ARRESTED.-We learn that six
men desertars from the cavalry regiment now
forming 4. Plattsburg crossed over to Grand
ISI, " ptnpSIaI- .ti Supl- thor hnot
AMI commenced small depredations in the vi
entity. Next morning Sheriff Macomber ar
rested them near the ferry between Grand
Isle and North Hero, and lodged them in
North Hero Jail. In the afternoon three Off
GERS from Piattsbarg cane over after them
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