The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1864-09-30
Gen. Hooker appeared at Lincoln ratif- ?

Ue0. I1OoAcE dppcdieu a. AinSoin
cation meeting in Brooklyn, n. Y, Thursday
evening, and was received with great enthu-
,iasm. He made brief speech. showing
bsvond all further doub: where he staLds
po,i,ically. He said there were no copper
heads in the army, but the soldiers viii vote
IS they fight. Yet the copperhead press of
this state claim Gen. Hooker for MeClei-
Ian.
ENGLISH ADMIRATION FOR FARRAGrT.-i
The London correspondent Of The New iofk
Herald writes as follows: admiral Farra-
CUTS performances in going himself INTO tne
maintop and dashing right by the forts, CIV
ing them broadside after broadside, exeitss
intense admiration. An English army off,
GERS remarked to me that it called up the days
of the heroes and demi gods of ancient
Greece. No such nautical exploit, said he
has been seen in our day. Nelson was shot
by a man in the round-top Of the enemys
ship, while Farragut put himself IN the
round-,op TO be shot at So long as You
have such stuff among YOU we shall never be
ashamed"
Lieutenant General Grant has issued an
order that no spirituous. malt, or vlnops IL
ouor. shall be Above TO come into the ar
mics, except through the eommissary and
medical departments.
The McClellanites profess to be terribly
disturbed at the expences of the government,
Why do they not then recommend Mcclellan
to resign, as he is drawing salary of sever
al thousand dollars and doing nothing p
| Providence Journal.
Rev. A. l.. Stone is going to San Francis
co, and has resigned his Boston pastorate.
The only authority for branding accepted
and rejected recruits was an unofficial sug-
yestion of Dr. Baxter, of Provost Marshal
General Frys bureau in Washington. Like
many other follies originating at that bureau,
it was prohibited as soon as it became known
to the president. Examining Surgeon Boyd,
in Orange county, n. J., has been prosecuted
BY two recruits for branding them on Bax-
ters suggestion, and will doubtless have to
pay damage.
WoNT MIk.-A copperhead at the West
complained to a venerable Methodist minis
ter that he was mixing politics With relig-
iom.' He said he should not care SO much
if there was fairness in this matter, but il
was only Unicn politics that was thus mix
ed We'll, my friend quickly retOr:ed the
elder, your politics 'front.' mir. Tie hit ws'
palpable, and brought down the house.
THE TINE OF HE ELECIIGN-The Pres.
Dental Election is fixed hv i1w - take plac.
on the Tuesday following the first Moad=,
of Nov and rot the first Tuesday, as man,
suppose. This year, the first Monday 10
coming till the 7th. the election takes plae
;. on the second Tuesday, which is the Sth. III
} Presidential elec,io: will not again occur o
the second Tuesday for twenty-eight year
or until 1898.
= At ST. Petersburg. Russia. lately, a Cath
Ole church tumbled 10 the ground when
was crowded with olshipsrs, and as maj,
:, as 1000 persous we're buried beneath II
1 ruins. Not enc was saved alive. In man
cases there were 10 relatives present to elail
4. the bodies that were recovered, IS the who
family had been killed. The church ha
: been considered unsafe. aid measures wei
taking to repair il. bu: the worknen did u,
consider it safe TO work upon, aud had a
is left it.
d New Hampshire newspapers have decline
y in number from 40 TO %.
e Parson Brownlow exclaims-"John Mo
o gan is no more, And when he Died a TIL
: and COWARD expired, There should be
: salute fired in front of eray horse stable
The land in honor Of his death"
s The book-ti ader. took vote at the trad
} sale la New York. Wednesday. 18th this +,
sult-Lincoln i3, Mcclellan =.
y The sixth corps-the boys who are wiz
s ming the victories in the Shenandoah vale
: recently voted for President, and the foot
i ing was, Lincoln $4,000, Mcclellan 2.OOO.-
l. What campaign documents they are sendir
US from the field
!. Green Clay Smith of kentucky say
ne will make his half million bet goo
on Llncolns reelection, and will deposit 81,
It 600 of Il at once, to be forfeited if the ha
: million is not put up before the election.
1t A squad Of rebel prisoners passing u
L Pennsylvania avenue, Washington, the OF hs
II night, Kissed the Lincoln flag and cheere
. the flag of Mcclellan. They seem to unde,
:: stand the difference.
n Montgomery Blair is out of the cabine
{, and so there is one thing less for the chron
l. srumblers to find fault about. Mr.. Linrol
y informed Mr.. Blair Friday that his resigns
ton would be relief to him, and the resi-
nation was promptly rendered and accepted
D. MIR. Blair has made good and efficient pos
r master general, and leaves the department
much better condition than when he too
+ it.
III A lady correspondent. VINO assumes t
re know how hove onr IN he .ra;,.d -.
as follows: "Oh mothers hunt out the 81;