The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1864-12-09

The play of Julius Caesar WAS going on
AT one of the New York thcaterS last Fri
day night. and the alarm of fire al the
Latirge house took place at that time in
| the play when " Caesars" wife Is entrea;
ing him not 10 20 Ia the senate that dav
One frightened old gentleman exclaimed.
Why does not somebody come out and
tell u, what is the matter ;" \ voice
from the gallery answered. sit down.
dad 20 on. Mrs. Caesar" This speech
caused laugh and did more than any
thing else 10 restore compo>ure
The Richmond Examiner SAYS Rorer
a. Pryor Is of 10 consequence whatever.
but ''the enemy will pay dear for his cap
ture. Tor the di>honorable means employ
ed in this atl;lir will emhittcr our Skin
mi>her> and pickets 80 much that hun
dreds Of Yankees will soon loose their
lives in consequence"
Senator Wilson. who was with the ar
nv of the Potomac last week. SAWS that
Gems. Weitzel. Parke, Warren and Meade
expressed their highest admiration of the
services and fidelity oil the black troops
Gen. Meade said that for steady work and
willing service they were not cuualed bv
any troops in the field: the white soldiers
would labor well and fight well when the
enemy We're in their front. hut the blacks
would work Just H. cheeriully in throwing
up entertainments, whether the cnemv
were near or remote. Moreover. the col
orel regiment, always kept their numbers
up by enli>ting the black refugees in their
columns
Imposing looking envelopes are sent
through the mails addressed to prominent
business men. tranked A. {. Baldwin.
NJ G." and containing small printed
circular setting forth the glories of Llovd's
maps. l. the honorable member i'm the
map business. or is LLOYD in the Thanking
business. OF do they make common cause
in deirauding the revenue
We have three National Birds in Amer
lea. The EARLE. for the Fourth of July
oratlonS, and 10 put on COINS (when We
had theml; the Rooster. TO crow in the
morning, and also TO crow in the newspa
pers, when the Democrats achieve victor
les; and last but not least, the Turkey.
for Thanksgiving dinner, and to send TO
soldiers in the field
\ Canadian who bought a ticket ON
the Grand Trunk railroad TO 90 TO Mon
treal and return, the ticket specifying
- good for this day and Tomorrow" be-
ing one day late in returning, was put
out of the car because he refused TO pay
his fare Il second time. whereupon he sued
the company and recovered 500 damages
Gen. Butler, in an order dismissing I'd
Lieut.. John Clancy. of the CoIored Light
Artillery. from the service, saws: "He
was in state of intoxicarion which is
reported as beaStlv. but that is evidently
a mistake, as beasts do not get drunk"
A substitute named John Jones has
been employed as clerk at headquarters at
the Conscript Camp, New Haven, He
has lately forged passes and sold them, re-
celvlng In some instances one hundred dol
lars tor his raScalty. 1t is said he has
made four thousand dollars by his opera
tons.
There is a sad mortality among the
newspapers. In Maine we notice that the
Bath Courier, Pennington Pat,iot. and
Belfast Journat have followed the Angus
ia Age into forgetfulness. The wonder is
not so much that newspapers die. as how
half of them keep alive at the present
cost of publishing.