The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1864-01-08
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The portions Of the Asylum at Brattleboro
DESTROYED by the fire year ago, have been
rebuilt, and are near! ready to be occupied.
Col. Grant writes home that three-fourths
of the Fifth Vermont Regiment have re-en-
listed and tina, the regiment might soon be
expected home Oh their thirty days furlougb.
The Washington correspondent OF the
New York Times says thele Is a strong OPP
position among Senators to the propositio2
TO make Grant a Lieutenant-General. HIS
promotion would necessarily bring him to
Washing ton in Halleck's place, and his ao-
sence from the field it is felt would be a
public calamity.
In Utah the currency seems to be pecul!ar'
The local newspaper says: until 1urtner
advised no more little pigs are wanted on
Indebtedness to the Deseret News as 1eed Is
very scarce"
NJ. The steamer Illinois left New York
on Wednesday for California. Before sailing
she was visited by force OF detectives, who
examined the persons of passengers and the
contents of their trunks and packages, and
took away all pistols and bowie knives that
were found. Nearly all the passengers we've
provided with Arkansas h-picks," and
must nave been rather hard crowd. 1t is
understood that all vessels leaving New
York will in future be provided with small
arms, and that the machinery OF steamers
will be so arranged that hot water can be
copiousy used in quelling any hostile dem
ors ration.
There is report that Gen. Thomas Fran
els Meagher will succeed Gen. Corcoran IN
the command of the Irish legion; and another
that " hat remains of the legion will be added
to the Irish brigade.
GEN. BUFoRD's LAST WoRDs.-The last
works of General Buford, in state of semi
delirium, were highly characteristic of the
man and the soldier. With the energy of
delirium, he exclaimed, with mis- last breath ::
-" Send for The brigade commanders; put
guards on all these roads, and keep those
men from going to the rear"
MILITARY ENpURANCE.-A writer in the
Washington Chronicle says that the greatest
power of endurance of such hardships as be-
long to soldiers life belongs TO men over
thrty-fve years of age; that men from
eighteen to thirty are ten times on the sick
list where those older are only once; that
the records of the hospitals around Washing
ton develop the fact that, aside from surgical
cases, the patients there under thlrty-hse are
as forty to one over that age; const quently
a sound man of forty, and Of temperate hab-
its. will endure more fatigue and hard treat
ment than one equally sound at the age of
twenty.
AN IMMENSE CAVALRY FORCE.-The New
York Herald announces that the government
has determined upon organizing an immense
cavalry force, which shall be placed under
command Of Major Generals. Not less than
one hundred Thousand strong shall our cavai-
ry number by next splius. They will sweep
everything before them, and reduce the South
to such state of restitution as viii! perforce
bring about desire for peace. \ powerful
body of cavalry, making raid iuto rebel
territory and laying it waste, will lntilct an
irreparable injury upon the enemy, whose
population has been so conscribed that but
few are left to farm the lands Destroy what
these few have done and there is not energy
and vitality enough left in the rebel country
to repair the damage done.
EF The London Times account of the
King-Heenan fight was written by MIR. Thorn
as Hughes, author of "School Days at Rug
by" Tom Brown at Oxford" etc, who re-
ported the fight between Heenan and Sayers
for the same paper four years ago. He might
have been in better business.
Joseph Shoemaker of Indiana, lO5 years
old, was seen by the editor of the Republican
of that town, hard at work chopping cord
wood, few days ago. He had cut and
stacked eigh, or ten cords during the summer