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The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1863-08-14
" id"w Simpsons spoons.

The parish Of Bathgate, in Linlithgowshire
ought to be rechoned among the classic spots
OF Scotland, inasmnch as It formed part of
the dowry which Robert the Bruce bestowed
on his eldest daughter. Margery, when she
married Walter, the High Steward of Scot
land, and thus became the progenitrix of the
royal and unlucky house of Stuart. Living
midway between Edinburg and Glasgow.
those rival queens Of the cas-: and west, but
out Of the common track for traffic and tray
el, 1t has been for ages pastoral parish Of
small and rather backward farms Among
its peaceful and industrious population there
was dame who, though neither the wealth
lest nor the best born, stood, in her own es
TEEN, above all but the laird and the minis
ter; and her style and title was Widow
Simpson. This lady valued herself-not on
the farm lett her by the good man who had
departed this life some seven years before the
commencement Of our story, for its acres
were few, and they consisted of half-reclaim-
ed moorland-not on her grown-up son Rob
in, though he was counted likely and sensi-
bic lad-not en- her own thrifty housekeep-
ing, though it was known to be on the tight
screw principle-but on the possession of a
dozen silver teaspoon. Her account of them
was that they had belonged to the Young
ChevaIier, and had been bestowed upon hel
gradfather in return for entertaining that
claimant to the British crown on his march
from Culoden-in proof of which she was
accustomed 20 poirt out a half obliterated
crest, and the Initials c. S, with which they
were marked. The widows neighbors, how.
ever, had different tale regarding their com
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General Logan on the War.

Major General John \. Logan, formerly
Democratic member of Congress, and nov
with General Grants army, arrived at Cairo
last week. He made some interesting re-
marks to circle of friends, from the report
of which We extract the following:
at makes no difference whether YOU call
NE Democrat, Republican, or .iboliioRist-
as some hare OF late named me. 1t does not
change my teelngs-does no, alter nv acli1n.
| am for nv country ercyy time-for my
country first last and always-and am fight
ing for the right of that country 10 he num-
bered among the honored nation of tho earth.
Until that is brought about. and this rebellion
crushed out. am bat IN American citizen.
When that right shall have been asserted.
then. should We find that there is something
wrong In the fabric that our fathers reared.
something we desire to chang. il will i.c
time enough n come up and demand tn
change. Nor We have this accursei .ehel-
lion To root out. Ii must be rooted out. |
om for using erc!y means and ALL means for
putting il to an end. II the people at the
North would use the same force Jstf Davis
and his mnl0nS use-and were As unanimous
as they are-for in the South force of arms
rompels every man to act as though he sane
toned the rebellion, whether be f..elS inclined
or nct-this rar 3c0wid he SWccesxtuHy ter
miaated IN less than sir months.
Every mothers son who is opposed to the
war should be compelled either to take up
arms against US or for US. Then there wonld
be no talk of peace here in the North, no talk
of resistance, no such men as IIaliQndiqLDm
no such cowards as those ,cho support such
men. and say these things.
I Nallandisham says he has travelled over
the Contederacy-using the term Confedera-
cy-not the phrase so called 'Conteieracy.
Qor | do not acknowledge the existence of
any authority or Government in America
aside from that of the United ;;tatesl-and
mas not met man, woman or child who does
not sustain the war, and who is not deter
mined to fight it out to the death or the bitter
end. Iallandigtam here simply lies. lie
tells what is not true and he knows il. Val
landgham, aside from the leading men-Jef
Davis, Toombs and Stephens-did not,
venture to say, speak with dozen persons
while taking his involuntary trip through
Dixie. Had ne done 50 his report would
have been of different color
The people who are fighting against this
government-the poor whites comprising the
rank and file of the rebellion-nine- -tenths of
them do not know what they are fighting for
do not know what they are fighting against.
A majority of them do not know anything
and hundreds of them never saw the Amer.
can fag in their lives until they saw it march
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Good Advice 10 Soldiers.
Adj't. and lns. General

4 correspondent of the Baltimore Sun
says:
Every soldier should keep in his knap-
sack a card, apon which should be plainly
inscribed his full name and address, with his
company and regiment. Last week two
cases occurred in which soldiers were brought
here from the battle-feld-one III and the
other wOunded-both too low to ascertain
those particulars from them. They died and
the hospital authorities were deprived of the
opportunity of apprising distant relatives or
friends Of their decease. In another instance
a hne lad killed in batle-all hope of
tracing MS relatives was gone, when, by mere
accident little Bible, presented to him by
his mother, was found between the cloth and
lining of his old coat That little volume
disclosed the name of the boy"
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which might have employed the writers and
puzzled The magistrates were referred to his
arbitration, and thus lawsuits or scan'lal pre-
vented. The minister had heard, as who in
Bathgate had not? of Mrs Simpsons loss.
Like the rest of the parish he thought it rath-
er strange; but Nancy Campbell was one of
the most serious and exemplary girls in his
congregation-he could not believe that the
charge preferred against her was true: yet
the peculiarities of the case demanded inves-
tigation. With some difficulty the minister
persuaded Nancy to return to her mistress,
bearing a message to the effect that he and
two of his elders who happened To reside in
the neighborhood would come over in the
following evening, near what could be said
on botl. sides, and, if possible, clear up the
mystery. The widow was well pleased at the
minister and his elders coming to eng lire af
ter spoons. She put on her best mulch
that is to say, cap-prepareG her best speeches
anu e,'i'S'eU So'i.e o' Lie u0S' SERIOUS u nei
"e.e Hoois ~ ASSIST III ''ie iil' a''oi
haiis i.i ''e evening Vi ''i' '"''o" '.'S "a,
"neh 'ie suli'iief sui was "ea'i''S ioA ali"
''ie ,ieiu-"ofA was ''ef-'"e! were "'' '1S
'enoieu III '"e e'ea'-S'pufe" N''''ie"' III
n''nis'efs' e'uefs' anu 'ieiS' S'i""iS' So'eii. as
'e"''s " -"'' oI''pS'-is '7s'''''''' 'o"''i''io
her ios' s'''er' Nahey' I'oo'' al" 'ie '''rfn-
men si''ihs oH I'LL u'eir 'ufE came; "heh
'iie uoof' WHICH 'i"' 'eei' 'ei' nan open 10
a''i'iI' '''e "fe'"e--i"' ''le ''e''iS was sui'f!
f''e'' '"'''s'' @>'''e' "'i'' III S'''' ''eoi
dy "HSon' Win MS usla! aco"hpammentS
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State of Vermont.
ADJ'r AND INSPECTOR GENERALS OFFICE,
Woodstock, August 3, 1868.
GENERAL ORDER NO. 1.

ADJ I AND INSPECTOR GENERALS OFFICE, {
Woodstock, August 3, 1868.
GENERAL ORDER NO. l.
The following communication, addressed to
THE Governor of this State by the Provost
Marshal General, is published for the infor-
nation of the towns interested:
WAR DEPARTMENT., }
Provost MARSHAL GENERALS OFFICE.
Washington, d. C., July l6, 1863.
HIS Eroelleacy, Frederick Holbrook GOrs,-
nor State Of Termont, Montpelier, VI.
SR:-The enrolment act only provides
that in assigning TO the Districts of State
the number Of men to be furnished therefrom,
the Presiden, shall take into consideration
the number of volunteers and militia furnish
ed by and from said State and the period of
their service, &c. If, however, it shall be
made to appear to the Provost Marshal Gen.
eral, by the Governor of any State, that parti-
cular towns to which quotas have been assig-
ned, have heretofore actually Furnished q sur
plus of men over their quotas, an order will
be issued diseharging from the service of the
United States a number of men, called into
service b, the present drEft from said towns,
equal to the surplus proved to have been fur
nished heretofore. Towns Will thus get
credit actually for their excess on former
calls
The number of men thus discharged from
the service will be added to the next subse-
quent quota OF the Congressional District to
which said towns belong.
l am, Sir, very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
(SignedD JAMES B. FRY,
Provost Marshal General.
The several towns named below have here
tofore furnished surplus of men for three
years service in the army of the ULite0
States, over their respective quotas of all
troops called for by the President Of the Unit
ed States and the amount of the surplus
thus furnished BY each town, and for which
such town is nov entitled TO credit, accord
ing TO the terms Of the communication from
the Provost Ma<shal General, is stated
against the name of such town. In comput-
ing the surplus, for which the several towns
are entitled to credit, the number of men
furnished for three years service, and also
the number OF men furnished for nine
months service, have been considered, and the
whole reduced 10 three years men, accord
ing to the rule prescribed by the War De
partment,- regarding four men for nine
months service equal TO one man for three
years service.
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MISTAKEs.-It is mistake to suppose that
the subscription price of paper is clear gain
to the publisher.
1t is mistake to suppose he gets his white
paper for nothing.
1t is mistake to think he can live bodily
by faith.
1t is mistake to suppose it is easy to
please everybody.
1t is mistake to suppose that he would
not thankful for what is due him and for new
subscribers.
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APRopos.-The Richmond Despatch of
the 18th, in a review of the recent losses and
crosses of the Confederacy, makes use of the
subjoined quotation:
-" What though the field be lost
All snot lost The unconquerabe will,
And study Of revenge, immortal hate,
Ana courage never to submit or yield;
AL these remain"
This "a the language which Milton puts
INTO the mouth of Satan; and Satan never
recovered from his defeat.
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Very respectfully,
Your ob't serv't,
p F.. HOLCONB,

Capt ID Vt. Battery, 1t. Artillery
p. 81 omitted to mention that at the
battle at Plain Store and during the siege,
that all ofmy pieces were temporarily disabled,
one having wheel broken by - pound
Shell! and one by 81 pound shot, and four
axles by recoil of pieces. We flied during
the time about 2O0O rounds of shell and can
ister p. f. H.
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"The Democratic party is of the utmost
Importance to US phe rebels) 10 aid in
stimulating disafectioR among the Ta.-
KEGS against their o,cn GOranmer.t and in
Gep,oralising and dismtegrating society in
that God abandoned cOamtry.'-RichmOnd
Enquirer.
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Report from the Seccnd Vermont
Battery.

PORT HUDSON, LA..
July Il, 1863.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-08-13
Editors of tie Dispatch:

Editors Of the Dispatch:
In reading your correspondents lsttsr Of
ths 10Th inst, Of the Army Of Northern Vir.
ginia, hs a!ludss to Major kosby In eo1pli.
mentary manner. in one respect though he
shows great jgoorsncs of him and his charao-
ter when hs aliudes to the fear of injuring him
by promotion. He does not know that Mosby
fefased q commissi0n urged upon him % -
oept for at least eighteen monthe. He hal
letters from Gen. Johnston while In command
at Aauassas) to the Secretary OF War, from
Gen. Stuart a. well ~ Gen. Lee to the Prssi
don't, for great services rendered, eli Of which
he has. in his modssty, declined to deliver
prsferring, in his loyalty, to work on tn hia
hazardous, adventurous way against the Yam
kees, in whose lines he has lived and moved
since the war, in which he entered a. pri-
vass, receiving no pay. And not until lstely
has he accepted q commission, suggested BY
Gen. 8 u ,rt, (his frisnd, upon VIII oss staff he
served as volunteer scout,) arguing thas he
could do more service In his way by sspa'
rate aud larger command, which had not been
over twenty Ave or thirty In his vasious and
hundred raids.
1t 10 with duo respsct and great love Of hii
character make these remarks 10 you Abou
Mosby, whom have knowa u boy, lawyer
and noble soldier, thinking Of nothing On
serving his country.
There are few Mosby's in this war.
Yours, tiuiy, u. 3. r.
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CITY - boea gone over now, yoA eu1o q
sshakales, leo thas l1ly 81 49, Aanod ~
Seposos4 Tor dusy. he belnnoo haSo ejoAaI
psosored substifutee. p0id t3oo, o6Asinod ~.
empe1oo, Or s'skedAddled." IN In y5roe Wafl
ths "sk0dsddlsrs'' number over aey. II ~
Sscond over thirty, aad - on.
The Lssf Oraer Prev;oss 70 NsryssdesjaS
Port HwLsss.
The following h . copy Of ths ias ovdes
iss7ed By Gsnssal GArdsse bsfsrs hs sssrs.-
dseed Port Hadson,
HsAr ou.sr:R. POsr HuDsos. 3uLSs . ;sn
Gesevol Orlers- No 81.
I Nobly have ths iseops psrSornsd thssr
daty 10 the dofeDee Of thls position, eendsus1
iron the 2lst Of Nay 70 Tie pssssae iaA--
The shesrfalsess. bravery and seal 1isplsyea
~ the troops during the haSdshaps aoA 0alEse-
ing Of this long dsss have never been ~.
ssfAesion thst bs. had done his part Ia the hero
ic defence Of Port Hadson. 1he place IL sse.
rendered as the Lost moment u u proper 70
hold Il, and afler most gallant defence In
several ssvsre aataeks, in al Of which the
eneeeY have been sienaily Yopulsea. LIST aA
conuuas, deriag tbs duties thas still renaia %
b pel lf5smed, q show that cAsaffal eAsdisnee
wnicn has disefnsaisAsd tssa - s6seisrs dp =
IL The troops will b pars1sd a six O'Clock
this morning for Surrender, Is has Of baasle,
In the sans order ~ they are now asths brsast.
works, with the heavy artillery on the right,
oo the edgs Ut the prairie in the rear OF the
railroad depot the lsfs extending towards the
town of PUt Podson. All officers and men
will bs in their places under arms.
By order Of Major General GARpsgR.
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To the Editors 81 the Dsspdsch
In your paper Of this date you tno doubt
u linten,iopsily) do great injustice TO the wood
dealers Of this city, or at least to myself 40 one
Of them You state a. fact, from unques
tionsbls authority, that wood is rut ON the
boats in the canal at q total cost Of 495 per
cord" and that n is sold at the basin for 435
per cord, TINS leaving the impression on the
public mind that the dealers Il being one Of
tuem) realize profit Of US Sd per cord. II
this was 60 yon ought to have marked the
passage with twenty instead Of three points Of
admiration. What il costs farmer es yOna
chopper 70 put wood on the canal boeas I do
not know, but presume it costtWics $3.50 ffom
the fact that have an advertisement 10 your
paper Of this date Offering to pay >l6 par cord
70 haui wood six miles from town 70
my ofice on the basin bank, and have mot yet
had ono offer to do 20, although the advertise
msnt has been in the paper one week. Ano-
thsr fact il that / pay from 427 70 128 per cord
for oak wood at my yard On the BARN bank,
pay 81 to haul it out, 81 cents per cord tax 70
the C 3, Governments, 80 cents to the State, In
all 133 22}, whilst / see the same delivered to
customers as $34, leaving TO me only 78 cents
per cord pr0hs to pay yard rent, t9i0O clerk .
nre, and 70 support large Amiiy. II this u
exserlion, then the Devil help others, for am
sure God will not.
Richmond, Awsust l2th, 1868.
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FIGHTING AT BROOKS
GAP.

Yesterday evening report WAS brought
down by passengers from Stanton that the
enemy have made two attempts to pass through
Brooks Gap, which is passage In the North
No nstain, in Rockingham county about twelve
miles north Of Harrisonburg. Ga Monday
they made their appearance at the gap, bat
were easily and soon driven off by portion
Of Gen. Imboden's forces. On Tuesday they
renewed their attempt to forcs their way
through the mountain pass, and this time in
greater force; bat they were second time re-
pulsed, with considerable Ices.
This force of Yankees is believed to be IN.
der Command Of Gan. Kelly, and that they
have marched down through Hardy county
from tae neighboIhoOd Of New Creek and
Cumberland. They are doubtless shining to
reach Sgsu1ton
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How They VOrE IN FaANCE.-A cores.
pondent of the London Examiner visited the
voting polls In Paris during the recent cleo.
tions, aud reports that nothing can bs more
orderly and tranquil than the procssdhgs"
He gives an interesting description Of the
manner In which the details Of French slse.
tien are conducted:
A police officer is stationed at the entrance
OF the ball of voting, who merely iEq2irss
whether You are an elsot0r. As Q stranger,
was invited BY the Mayor, with ny cenpan
ioa, to witness whas was going on. The
placed the ballot.box. Every elsotor had as
tho door separate tickets given him, on
which were printed the names Of the candi
dates Each ticket rsssmblsd the others, 20
ths. when folded II was utterly impossible
TO Distinguish the. n n.ms OF the person
voted for. Toe Sisotor presented docu
msut printed on green paper, contsining his
OF registratioa the name having bssn called
ous, the scrusineers, Of whom there were fouv,
examined the electoral lisss, and on ascertain
ing that the name was found there the eloot0y
delivered his folded iskss TO the President, by
whom it was dropped into sbs boz. Vosing
always takes place on 3 Sauday, for the c IN
vsniencs Of the laboring slasssey and on The
10sl0WlO8 4O008y. II any 4OSossV9 VI Iveoss'
ty arise, Two known inhabItsnts Of the district
are allowed to identify the individual Who
oom.s forward 10 vote. Al -four o'clock the
ballot box il sealed that Of yesterday wa
coortsously put into our handa We foand
that she great proportion Of the slsssoss vots
ON the second day, ~ an additional security
against any tampering with the ballot box
Tnsre were as NO time more than four or I'VE
electors in the room, and no one WA dslAined
= minute after his esrtiaeate or reGistsaaiOa
was found to agree viii the q osal nsts.
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ANEcpoTE or MOsBY-Ons Of the CORES
p,uisnts of the New York Herald tells the
following story Of this daring offsss:
Ata town, which shall be namsless, that We
passed through, was told the following cir
cam stance about MO.by, which, as it haa never
found iss way into print, think worth giving
an illustrative Of the toli and recklass aadac:.
ty Of the man. A sqasd of Northern cavalry
cot on the track of him I'd his mon, pursusd
Rim into the village, ca,tured some OF his
men. and hoped to take him captive Guards
vera placed 1T the sn.ranss Of every street..
ana the search for Mostly bsgan-a search up
stsira down stairs, in garrett in cellar, In bsds,
nudsr bs,is, in closets, wardrobss, and every
imseiusb' . cndds hole big enough to bold q
NAV, Mosby was not TO be found. In qaiek
tis,a ha had changed his military dress for the
coarse spun habiiimsnts OF on-combatsnt,
sn1 while ths search was progressing, paased
fer ons Of the curious throng Of street lockers.
on. He took ninety nine chances out OF hun.
drsd Of being captured. and fortune favored
him, ~ it always does the brave; I'VE liz n - s;.s s;s
bravery and this good fortune thai msxs him
ana his exploits the theme Of every tongue. And
particularly tonguss feminine. which, when
they 81 70 wagging about him, wag Win
sneesing saasinsss, viadistise cxaaafaon
inlisating that the extsnt Of thsaf Joy = Only
surpassed By oss thing-ths unsnding pro
losGafien Of thsir ton9ass.
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nothing for which hs Dssd blasA-aad con-
elodsd with shs line Of CnneIIIs, which ws
hsd By mistake supposed sAs spsks On ths seaf
fold:
'os.s y ssias ee' fAis . hssss. u ma AsrtsAaf
Sac was not iusalssd ty shs not on The way
10 the guillotins. Oaths eontsasy, she y u tho
only victim Of thoss bloody timss who was
not thas insuited. Il 10 trus thas the women
who were called lAe aFaies Of ths Guillo.
tine had been assembled u the door Of the
prison for ths purpose Of insulting her; bat
when ths door was thrown opsn, and, instsad
Of . strong mioded virsgo. whon probably
they expected 10 ses and 70 hsas, shsy ssw hsr
- she was-so young, - bsastifal, % unprs
suuing, and 70 entirely hslpless-sven their
hard hearts islsnssd, and while sons Of them
uncovered their heads, others bars. Into pas
sion of tears She asesndsd the ssallo!d with
undsuntsd hsmness She had isArasd the mode
Of her death, bat not the details, and when the
sxeeusionsr procssdsd to tis hsf feet she 70.
sisted from an apprshsnsaon that be meant to
insult her. Whsa he sstookof He Lssdksr.
chfskthat covered her bosom, at the moment
Of the fatal stroke, shs blushed deeply; and
it Ia svsa said that her hssd, which was held
up TO the muisisuds Immediately aftsr'it had
fallen, retained this Impression u offended
m0testy.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-08-13
FROM THE TRANS-MISsissIPPI.

A gentleman who left Gen. Tay lor's heso-
quarters, on the other side If the Mississippi,
on the 25.h ult, informs the Mobile Advertiser
that our troops hold rndispated sway Of all
those late conqaesls in Louisiana west Of the
Mississippi. They, as well as the people, are
ia dne sriri:s, undepressed by the fall Of Vieks
burg, and not only able to hold their own, but
at tho proper time to help US On this side the
river. Gen. Msgruder is for,iiying At Sabine
Pass, ana ready 10 cooperate with Kirby
Smith. Taylor is securing his oonqu..ts and
is zsaIousy supported by the planters, who
when Banks overrun the country, were ready
TO give up and take the oath. Banks secuted
At their oaths and took their property. They
are now lighting men and war men 10 the bit
ter end. Our info rmant believes that our com.
biued forces under Price, Walker and Taylor.
Kirby Smith commanding the whols-wil'
reach 5000 men, and are increasing.
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GEN. TRIMBLE AND HIS STAFF.

We were yesterday permitted to read let
ter written by Gen. Trimbls. at Gettysburg
aud dated Jaly 30th. He states that lie is do.
ing well, and says that In two weeks he sx.
pscted to be entirely cured. HIS euffsriDgs
with the wound which now sfflicts him have
not been near 20 great as those which he On
dured from the wounds he received in the sec
oud battle Of Manassas, in August lsat. 1t
Chas. o. Grogan and Frank Champion, his or
derry, are with him and doing we'll L.. SAM
Davis, another of his aids, who was wounded
8, gettysburg, is at Chester, Pa, and recov.
ering rapidly. The General writes 10 cheerful
spirits, and is willing 10 take the chances Of q
prisoner Of war.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-08-13

The Government ought to give immediate
attention 70 preventing future raids from the
White Houss by selecting one Of several oil.
gibls positions which may bs found on the Pa
munkey for preventing the ascent of Yankee
vessels. A few guns, placed en- one Of the
bluffs Of the PAmunkey, would secure large
and fertile tract of country from destructive
visita!ions