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The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1863-03-20
For the Croakers.

Suppose the rebels held Ohio. as We do
Tennessee, Iowa and Wisconsin, as we do
Missouri and Arkansas, Massachusetts with
BCston,as we do Louisiana with New Orleans,
the shores of Connecticut as we do that of
North Carolina, the coast of New jersey as
we do that of South Carolina, and besides
Boston the harbors of Philadelphia, New
port and Portsmouth, as We do those of Nor
folk, Pensacola and Savannah; suppose them
furthermore to have command of the Mlssis-
sippi up to St Louis as We have of it down
to Memphis, and to be laying siege to Pitts
burg as We are to Vicksburg suppose them
to have nearly five hundred vessels including
more than dozen monitors and other iron
clads, and to be blockading the whole of our
coast and preparing with immense strength
to attack New York and Portland, as we are
preparing to attack Charleston and Mobile
suppose them to have an army half larger
than our own lowering upon every exposed
point upon our contracted lines, while We by
conscription had dragged into the army every
able'bodIed man, and they had not begun to
draft; suppose that by unrestricted com.
merce with all parts of the world they were
able to supply themselves readily with all
the comforts and luxuries of which the rigid
blockade was depriving US suppose all this
and we have but family represented the
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1863-03-20
To Be Weak is Miserable.

To tie Editors of lie Erening Post:
Iresret to disagree with yoa in any par
ticular but must protest agaist your dictum
that the copperheads are worse than the
croakers. Worse they are in intention, but
far behind them in mischief Open enemies
We can deal with-5ut Heaven save US from
the attacks of weak friends at a moment
when the whole nation is crying out for en-
couragement. The soldiers of the West,
headed by the gallant Rosecrans, and the
true democrats everywhere, are already ere
a;;ns reaction against the copperhead ele-
ment, which will take care of them even if
the democratic alies-the British aristocracy
and the French Emperor-,join hands with
them. But you anl all of US must keep
up your fire upon the croakers. Think how
every evidence of strength has electrified
our people-how ready they are to be cheer
ed
When Anderson moved into Fort Sump-
ter, what thrill ran through the heart of
the nation, which would have turned the scale
against the conspirators had we then had the
ninth part Of man in the Presidential chair.
Butler hanged traitor and gave US new life
Had he shot the few parole ebreakers it might
have completed the cure. And nor Rose
Grams promises to punish spies found in orr
soldiers uniforms. Let him do it and it will
be worth a battle gai ned to US. What We
want is tone, vigor, holiness.
Mirabeau says that success in the French
National Assembly depended upon raulacc,
FauIace, t0ujoars raHdace.
When will cur government and these lea
ders of the press learn that the one thing
needful to cure our people, or any people
who have free expression or decision-s
boldness-nerve. repeat. then, the croa-
kers do more harm than the copperheads can.
and ask you to continue your fire upon them
until they become purged and repentant; and
upon our government until it takes such a
positive tone as will fairly submerse the
croakers. Yours, "AUDAX."
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1863-03-20
Child Power.

Corny was disappointed man. When he
came over from Ireland, he thought he was
coming to Ell Dorado. Not that he had ever
heard of such place as FL Dorado, but he
had heard wonderful stories rehearsed by his
kln-tolk and neighLors, and he imagined
that our rivers were milk and our lakes honey
that gold was to be had for the asking
and silver was nothing accounted of in
Amerlky." SO Corny kissed his father and
his mother, and took his brown-hsired,
brSht-eyed young wife, and his pipe and his
flute, and sailed over to the Land of Prom
se. He found that it promised more than
1t performed, or rather Irish lips had report
ed and Irish ears heard more than ever was
spoken. The soil of Columbia, like the soil
Of green Erin, is coy to cold suitors. For
tune here, as fortune there. will be woed and
not unsought be won, and the long and the
short OF 1t was, that Corny, instead of meas
unng out sequins by the sieve-full, had to
take his nod and his hoe and go to work like
all the rest of US. Is it any wonder he was
disappointed Who would not be disan.
pointed to make sea.journey and a land
journey of three thousand miles, leaving
father, and mother, and mother-country he
hind, and the end of it tind-a shovel. Sup.
pose You, tired of the toll and turmoil OF
this week-a-day world should take up Your
prlgrlm-statf some fine evening. and travel
on to the turreted castle that rises rovallv in
yonder sunset sky-a castle whose walls are
amethyst and lis portals pearl-grand, re-
splendant, heavenly, beckoning you on to
eternal nectar and ambrosia, to life of Meas.
ure and imperial state, served by Hebes and
companioned by gods, and after weeks of
weary wandering, footsore and forlorn, you
reach your sunset castle, and find that Won
will not be invited to as much as supper of
Johnny-cake and milk till you shall have
first baked the Johnny-cake and MIXED the
COW.
But Corny put the best face on the matter
and the best hand too, which in fact amounts
to pretty much the same thing, and went to
work. The truth is, there was nothing else
for him to do. He had spent all his money
in coming over, and must either work or die
in America, as everywhere else. He was a
sturdy lad Of fields and pastures, so he went
into the country and moved great swaths
through the waving valleys. and hoed straight
rows In the brown corn lands, and smote
the threshng floor with regular, strong beats,
and crushed the sweet, rich foaming cider
into the scented vats. In winter he helped
to gather in abundant crops of solid, steely
ice to cool the sherbet of sultanas, or he
drove his large-limbeG, steaming oxen over
the frozen roads into the frozen woods, and
made the countryside ring with the strokes
OF his valiant AK. So, many a board was
Towned and MANY hearth stone warmed by
the willing hand of this swart, hale, hearty
Irish exile.
All this while bright-eyed Kathleen kept
everything snug and nice in the two rooms
of their little cottage, her own self the snug.
gest and incest thing in it, and that Corny
| knew right we'll To this little cottage there
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1863-03-20

/ 1t is likely that some one told that an at
tempt wodld be made to escape but die
not inform how it was to be done, not wish
ing to have us butchered in the attempt
The informer was doubtless fellow from
Baltimore, pretended Union man but {
sympathiser with the rebels.
The rebels were very glad to get United
States money and gave US two dollars Con
( federate for one of United States Treasury
Gold sold at 2.4O per cent.
/ the following is list of prices paid by us
for articles purchased in the city for US by
one of our guards:
Sugar 60 cents per ID.
Coffee 81 80 per ID.
Butter 81 90 "
Lard 80 cts.
Potatoes $500 per bushel.
Onions l,5O per doz.
Pepper Sl,0O per OF.
Thread 30 "
Mustard Sl.50 per bottle.
In case of sickness, on Surgeons certificate
Brandy $1,000 per pint.
Whiskey $500 {"
Quinine $500 per OF.
T. S. The blockade don't hurt them any,
From my journal of April, 1862:
There are thousands of poor people here
who have tasted nothing but Hog and HON.
mlny for months. Even the wealthy can
find but small variety. Luxury and even
comfort seems to have seeded from the
South when the South seeded from the
lnlon. Board of Hotels here ranges as high
as S23 per day, and little can be had at that.
But what seems worst of all is the severity
OF the authorities towards the starving poor
and the laxity towards the rich and inHueu-
tial. have seen from my prison window
poor girl whose father aud brothers have
been killed fighting rebel battles, whose dis
treSs and want shoId have been sufficient
protection, taken up for saying she wished
those who started this war had to suffer as
she had and thrown into a prison room
and left to the tender mercies of a renegade
from Baltimore who had run from home for
murder and gambling and a charge of
rape. This is but one of the many instances
OF outrage. All the males away in the ar
my, the women Of this cursed city have little
chance OF protection when it is full of all
the vi!est from many cities of the North and
all the llbertineS and gamblers and thieves
and murderer> of the South
Robbery, murder, theft, outrages of all
kinds are daily aud nightly occurrences
Truly, Richmond is paving dearly for
the secession whistle"
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1863-03-20
Army Of the Potomac and Kappa.
hammock.
A BRIGHTER LOOK,
4 BRIUHI TEX LUUk.
BELLE PLAIN. Va, !
March I, 1863. {

BELLE PLAIN, Va,
March I, 1868.
From our Special Correspondent
The army as it now lies. with its left win!
resting upon the Potomac, its right upon tht
Rappahannock and the centre immediatel,
opposite Fredericksburg, with the Rappahan
mock as the picket line, or line of defense
can no longer be denominated the army O.
the Potomac alone, and hereafter is to be
known as working army, or at least, while
Gen Hooker commands it.
The news is meagre at present and must
be till an advance is made. The work Of
preparation for an early and active campaign
is going on with vigor, and as soon as the
"sacred mud dries up, it is predicted here
the work will commence in earnest. The ar.
my generally, is in much better spirits than q
month ago, and say they are better fed and
clothed than ever before and are fast improv
ing in every quality that gives efficiency.
The conscription act is well received, enc
gives the men new courage
The present time of quiet is well improved
! by civilians in visiting their friends in the
army; the time is short now, however, be-
fore the visits of friends and of idle curiosit,
| hunters must be vetoed.
Col Grant, commanding the Vermont brig
ade, held his first review this week. Gen
Howe was present and expressed himse!
well satisfied, and compliments the men high
ly for their soldierly appearance. They new
er appeared better.
Ex-Goy Fairbanks and many other Yer
mont gentlemen visited this brigade this
week. An expedition or foraging party
went out from this place the first of las,
week, part of which returned to-day and re-
port success, having captured large amount
of property, such as horses. mules, provi-
sions and forage The rebel correspondence
Of two or three mails, about one hundred and
! fifty negroes and several prisoners, among
whom was one colonel. These raids not only
make the army paying institution, but the
soldiers like the fun, and always return feel
ing like boys having good time.
The universal testimony of officers and
men from all parts of the army is, that i,
never was in better condition The popu
larity of Gen Hooker is increasing every day
and he is fast gaining the confidence of the
whole army.
If some of the cowardly peace men, anC
treacherous politicians would visit this local
ity, they would feel themselves strongly re
buked for their perfdious conservatism, b,
the patriotic deviation of the army to the
sacred cause of the Union. But such art
not the ones who visit the army to see fol
themselves, and be convinced only patriotic
and loyal men are seen here, who need no
such conviction and rebuke. have no time
to discuss the subject farther, but trust tha
soon the army will speak for themselves anc
etfectually put an everlasting quietus upor
all this compromising ds!oyaty of designing
politicians of the North and West. Whel
there is any news to write you shall have it
but in the mean time be patient.
Truly and respectfully yours, with entir,
confidence that the integrity of the Unior
will be pursued, X.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1863-03-20
By CAPT. J. I. DREW.
CHI A PIT F. r XIII

\ few OF us went to work and with a saw
made of case knife, cut hole through the
floor near the wall, and then with an old file
worked out the mortar between the bricks,
and made hole into the cellar of the next
building. In that cellar were several Union
men cooking for us. We watched our chance
and dropped note to one whom We could
trust, as he came near the hole. He gave US
a crowbar, We then removed all the bricks
between two beams, and made place large
enough to get through. We had to do this
work in tie night, and work noisepssly, for
guards were within five feet of where we
were working. The hole was made under
the cot of Lieut.. Nesins, who was sick thus
We could be out of sight. The men in the
cellar were left there only day times, and
were then fully guarded; so no help could
come from them. 1t was slow work taking
out brick after brick, by digging away the
hard mortar and cement, but after a week
We got free passage through the walls of
the cellar, into the street beyond Then
came the night to start. With eagerness We
made our preparations, and one after anoth-
er our little company of SIX gIided into the
cellar, moving through it and on to the hole
that would let us into the street, We groped
darkly. When | came to the spot and re-
moved the bricks noiselessly and looked out,
it was raining hard and was as dark as a
dungeon. "a glorious night, boys" whis-
pered |. "Are you all ready9"
"Yes"
"Come on then"
At this moment, a flash Of lightning lit
up the darkness, and saw clearly the dusky
forms OF armed men waiting in the street.
Hold, the patrol is there" We waited
TO see them move off. Ten, twenty, fifty
minutes passed and not one stirred.
"BetrayeG," was the muttered word as We
saw that file of soldiers had been placed to
guard this alley. Fixing back the bricks and
making all things as before, We again sought
our prison, with hearts filled with gloom and
hate. We watched every night for long
time, but the guard were always there every
night.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1863-03-20

Senator Wall of New Jersey tells how it
happened that the indemnity bill got through
the Senate without opposition. -Four of
Our men "-and he named them" four of
our men were so drunk they couldn't leave
their rooms and the others, not knowing
how drunk these men were, had gone off to
Count Mercier's party"
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1863-03-20
SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY e..

is experienced by one RHO spent thirteen
momths IN Richmond" block hole," Onles-
ton jail, Castle Piachney. Columbia jail,
Ricbmoad hospital, :SRiSbuy prison. Bel
Islond, and q ter other holes.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1863-03-20

Twas night.--ln secluded room, with measured
tread and slow.
\ salesman OF commanding mien, paced gravely
10 and fro.
oppressed, he pondered on a land by civil discord
rent;
Tn brothers armed in deadly strife it was the
President!
The woes of thirty millions filed his burdened
h'art with grief;
Lmoattled hosts. on land and sea, acknowledged
him their chief;
lnd yet, amid the din of war. he heard the plain
tive cry
of tha, pocr soldier, as he lay in prison, doomed
to die
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1863-03-20

Twas Spring Within verdant vale. where
Warwick crystal tide
t'e'ec;cd, DER its peaceful breast fair fields on
either side
Where birds and flowers combined to cheer syl-
van solitude
"o threatening armies, face to face, in fierce de-
nance stood
so threatening armies One invoked by in
Jured Liberty
"hich bore above its patriot ranks the Symbol
Of the Free:
An" one. rebel horde beneath Haunting flag
Of bars
\ fragment, torn by traitorous hands from Free
dom's Stripes and Stars!
\ sudden burst Of smoke and fame. from MANY
thunderil g gun, ''''
iioclaIned, along the echoing hills, the conflict
While shot and shell, athwart the stream with
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LIVE SOCK.

D'overs ana Farmers IN find thi. the mol
a.iysnsase oas route tSG Live St'ck Capaci,,,.
J ard, vel w.;r'.d snd IA. piled With ey ~
c"nvrA is'ass, hav. teen opa ned OH this line ah.i
- connections anG every attention !, pnid la
,hei. ais. with choice of market - Phi .iel
phia. n" York % DaiI,mor- and ,ia Alien
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L. L. H., CPr. Gcni Ticket A. col. Pblod'.
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FRU1T& ORNAMENTAL N
OLDEST STOCK IN Kays,

We say 70 al. buy Trees ri
Nursery. Trees raised il this son,
climate are the only ones tia. wi,
for setting oas:: you Who nave b..
from the East know BY experience.
Our stock consist. . E.ikvs:
Apple trees from y<.rlinys In b.
ing size; Pears. Plums. Chrrrv. Pc !,
Apricot. Nectarine. Grapes. Bl.~kb.-
Rsspberries. Goosrberries, S,n,l
ries. Ornamental Trees. Shrubs. r.,
Rhubarb. Asparagus, DC.
We will take Gfsin. Stock or L..
in exchange for Frui, Tsees. S~ns
. catalogue and price list. Office /;
depot betwess 6sh and 9Th str4s.S
Kansas Avenue. inoedi&seIy M.
the Commercial House, Atehi.y...
sas.
October IA. 1861. r &c. i.
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IA he State. .iiEaElJUiSN, W. pAY,
ny-3-sSA Rsal Essess A0sss.