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The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1864-04-08
Gen. Grants Sayings and Doings.

We find among the Washington kilograms
to the daily newspapers in various parts OF
the country, frequent accounts of the sayings
and doings. and intentions of General Grant.
Though We fancy the public has learned to
put their true valuation upon such telegraph
ic tales, it may be well to say that they are,
as a rule, not only mere guesses at what is
in the mind of the Lieutenant General, but
very poor ones at that. We do not pretend
to know any more about the intentions Of
General Grant than any one else, but We
have good reason to deny the truth OF the
stories that he is urging General McClelan's
restoration to the command of the Army of
the Potomac; that he has either personally,
or through any one else, been in consultation
with that General about the coming cam
paign in Virginia, that he will follow out
that Generals plan of operations or that he
is taking any part in the unfortunate contro-
versy about General Mcclellan. The Lieu
tenant-General is net the man to waste time
or thought on such matters. We may also
, cay that Gen. W. +. Smith is not only not
urging the restoration of General Mcclellan
! to his old command, but is among those who
are most inclined to criticize the operations
of his former commanding officer. We say
these things because We believe them due
not only to Generals Grant and Smith, but
also to General Mcclellan as well.-ltyaay
and Nary Journal.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1864-04-08
CONNECTICUT ELECTION.
GLORIOUS UNION TICTOR1
5000 Majority for the Union.

On Monday Connecticut, following the
noble example of New Hampshire, voted
overwhelmingly for the Union and for sus-
tanning the government in putting down the
rebellion. Last year Gov. Buckingham was
chosen by less than 5000 majority; this
wear he has 5000 or more. The Senate will
probably stand IS Union to opposition
The Legislature will be at least two-thirds
Union. Such an indorsment Of Gov. Buck
ingham's action in sustaining the President
in his endeavors to crush this rebellion, is
not to be mistaken.
The copperheads, by dropping odious can
didates and out-spoken disloyalty from their
platform, hoped to so far disguise their real
opposition to the government, as to win a
victory. But the people understood their
traitorous designs and rebuked them thus
forcibly. When the most doubtful state in
New England rolls up such majority
against the anti-war, anti-administraton, cop
perhead party, it needs no prophet or son of
prophet to foretell what the result will be
next November, and what will be the end
of such party. Even now they see the
Handwriting upon the wall, and are filled
with fear and trembling; their knees smite
together, and they are ready to say to the
mountains and rocks, Fall on US and hide US
from the face of an outraged and indignant
people.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1864-04-08
From the Veteran Corps
ANNAPOLIS, MD, April 2, 1864

~A-NNhrOLlS, uD., April =, lOOf.
FRIEND STONE The other day wa.
aereeably surprised by receiving three or
four copies of my old and favorite paper
The CALIFORNIAN and, thinking that after
lapse of two years few lines from an old
correspondent might oe of interest to your
readers, | improve the present hour of sun
shine to address you, from the back of a
knapsack-lhe soldiers writing desk.
At the present date there are some fifteen
regiments of the 9th (Burnside's) army corps
here, and more are arriving every day to fill
up corps of fifty thousand picked men, for
special service. Gen. Burnside is to COM
mand the whole, which shows that govern
ment has great confidence in him yet, al
though We have hardly general that has
been at one time more heartily abused by
press and people than he. AS long as l have
been connected with this corps have never
heard soldier speak disrespec!fully of him.
The weather for the past two weeks has
been very stormy, and, as natural conse-
quence in this state, there has been a plen,i-
tul supply of mud. On the 22d of last
month We had a regular Vermont snow
storm, about one foot of snow falling.
On tie 2@d of March a transport arrived
here with about eight hundred paroled pris-
oners from Fortress Monroe When the
vessel reached the wharf there were seven
dead bodies on board. Of the eight hun
dred some four hundred went into the differ
ent hospitals here, fully one-half of whom
Che surgeons 'say) will never leave them
alive. Some Of your Northern copperheads
had ought to have been here to have seen the
poor, half naked, famshed aye, starring
heroes, as they marched, hobbled and acre
carried covered with vermin, from the vessel,
and then, If they could. extend the olive
branch to their "errins Brethren" who cali
treat human beings,-me,a-in way to leave
them in way these poor liberated prisoners
now are.
But retreat is just sounding, and must
stop for the present. More anon.
Yours, O.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1864-04-08
Northern Cities to be Burned.

The malignant and fieudish spirit which
animates the rebels is strikingly illustrated
in recent proposition of the Richmond
Wing, which, coniessing that the ordinary
modes of civilized warfare are insufficient to
accomplish the ruin of the North, advocates
the burning of Northern cities by hired In
cendiaries. Here is the diabolical PROPOSE
ton:
ave may not, it is true, be able to send q
raiding party TO dash into Philadelphia or
New York tc do the work; nor have We ar
tillerv that will carry Greek fire far enough
to reach them-but We have that which will
60 further than horsemen can ride, and will
penetrate what the mightiest artillery will
make no impression on-we have MONEY!
A million of dollars would Law in ashes New
York, Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago, Pitts
burg. Washington and all their chief cities,
and the men TO do the business NAV be pick
ed up by the hundred in tie streets of those
very cities. Ii it should be thought unsaf.
to use them, there ale daring men IN Cana
da, of Morgan's and other commands, who
have escaped from Yankee dungeons, and
who would rejoice at an opportunity of doing
something that would make ali Yankeedom
howl with anguish and CONSERVATION.
That what We are saying may be given a
still more practical turn, we will add that We
know and have talked with mana well
known officer in the army, and every way
competent and fit-who is ready and anxious
at once to proceed to Canada on this bust
ness"
The Wing further says that If the rebel
government declines to adopt tie scheme. i,
" can as 'ce'tbe done by prirate enterprise as
on tie duectiGn 0T c0nnirancs 0f tie gorcrn-
ment"
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1864-04-08
NO>by OntWitted.

On Friday, March %, Capt. f. B. Gore, of
the Griswold light cavalry, was sent out with
125 men in the neighborhoods of Berryville
and Winchester TN scout, and encamped at
MilWood. some six or eight miles from the
former place. After the men had got their
fires built, Sergeant Wetherbee of company
b, Corporal Simpson of company H and a
private went some two miles from camp to
get supper at farmhouse, and while waiting
Tor the long DELAYED tea, were surprised TO
find several reviewers suddenly advance into
the room, behind each pair of which was
either Col. Mosby, a rebel captain, or lied
tenant, all rather determined men with shoot
in their eyes" who demanded the immediate
surrender of the aforesaid Yankees. Tle
aim beng wicket, the three iwenty-tirsters
saw they were under cloud" and so quiz
city gave up the contest. Col. Mosby was
much elated by his good fortune. and requir-
ed his prisoners TO follow him supperiess on
his rounds 10 his headquarters at Paris; the
private, however, while pretending to get his
horse, hid himself i'll the hay and escaped,
Mosby not daring TO wait, and hunt him up.
When they arrived at Paris, Col. Mosby dis
mounted and stepped into the house where
he has his headquarters, leaving his pistols
III his holsters. The lieutenant, with drawn
revolver, watched the prisoner while the cap
tain endeavored to ind an orderly 10 take
the horses. Corporal Simpson, who had
been marking the read for future use, and
had been long looking for it, saw his chance
and pretended to tie his horse. bat really put
ing his foot into the s'irrup of Musby's sad
die and laying hold OF one of the overlooked
pistols. The lieutenant detected his move
and fired 4, him, when s. shot him through
the heart with the weapon he had secured
The captain turned round and fired, and Col
Mosby come to the door to see what all that
- row was about" Just in time to hear a
bullet whiz unpleasantly close TO his head
that he had fired at him inst for luck" as
ne and his comiade ielt-yelling back "Col.
Mosby, how do you ike our style of fight
ing? We belong to the DIST New York =
And away they went, leaving Col. Mosby
dismounted. and outwitted of his best horse
saddle, pistols and overcoat, two Yankee
prisoners, and with at least one vacancy
among his commissioned officers.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1864-04-08

/ o." Butter fifty cents pound" What,
the leme Y Stop eating or eat inst half as
much. Many nave - resolved. and mean IL
carry oil, their resolution, until the price
fails, winch price by the way Is The re,ui; o!
combinations and Specnl.lions as well Is
paper currency. Men who never earned 4
dollar n their lives by .aior are now in the
mar ket bnyins up ali the produce they can
lay hands IN, with view simply of getting
rich. There NAV be human law fer this. NJ;
II Is against G0!'s law If Chari,v.-N. y.
Express.
+ :gThe following. saws an English paper.is
an extract OF a letter jus; received from Mel
be Urne -
Professor Nevmager. on a three years
scientific visit from Bavaria. tells us tia, IN
1850 a comet shall come so close as 10 en-
danger TINS our earth; and should it 10,
attach Itself (as one gIobu!e of quicksilver 10
another,) nor annihila;e Us, the sight will b..
most beautiful TO behold. During three
nights We shall have no darkness. hu, he
H'a'hsd IN The brilliant light of the blazing
train"
u The Laconia IN. H. Democrat states
that the Directors OF the Boston. Concord 4
montreal Railroad are CONSUMING with COM
mlt,ecs of the inhabitants Of WhiieGeIJ. Dal-
tor, Lancaster, &c, upon the propriety of
making the attempt to extend the railroad
from Litt!eton 20 the Grand Trunk Railroad
at Northumberland. The people there think
they can build about ten miles O: rosj n
year by having little assistance from the
lower roads or the people below. The whole
distance Is twenty-eight miles.
Artemus Ward stopped as Leavenworth
and lectured oil his way home, after which
the printers gave him a supper, whereat he
made speech. in a notice Of which tho
LeavenwoTth Bulletin says: d" In view of Ar
temus muss with the Red Nan, and the no.
Bile defence of himself, with a carving knife
IN one hand and a demiiohn in the other. ne
was unanimously elected Kansas MARTYR.
with all the rights. privileges. and emoiD.
ments thereunto belonging or in any wise
appertalning."
Inc estimation put upon JEFF. Davis in
North carolina Is shown by this observation
IN the late speech of Gov. Vance. He said
" Ii every man in this county lWlkes) who
had used abusive language toward Jstr Da-
Wis and the Confederate government wee 70
be nut N Jail, | would have to address nv
entire Audience through the prison bars"
Thomas Wier is to have his trial at Hsrer-
NIL next WEEK ioT Inc murder OF Caleb N
Dyer, the Shaker.
Gen: Thomas Francis Meagher lectures
IN burlington, April :, and Rev. Mr.Milburn
the blind man, the 9Th.
The oldest battery in the service isreport-
ed to be Light Company c." of the Sd u.
5: artillery. fhe battery was mounted in
1888 and was commanded by Ringgold
a: Palo Alto. II is low commanded by a
'ermonter, Captain Dunbar Ransom, sou
OF Col. L. b. Ransom who fell at Cheoul-
tepec under whom it serves to Kilpatrick'
cavalry division in the Army of the Poto.
mac.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1864-04-08

MR. l.pNEjoY vN THE PErS.niNT.-Tne
Libesator publishes letter received by Nj.
Garrison, from the late Owen Lovejoy, WIZ
ten Feb. -, which begins as follows:
:" write You, although i'll heath compel
me 10 DO il by the hand of another, to eA-
press 10 YOU L.y qualification. at the position
HOg nav taken in reference tc Mr. Lincoln.
| ain satisfied. as the oid ;hsoiogiarS used To
say al gard - tax word, that il h. is nui
The best conceivable President. he i The hc,t
possible. haze known svmrthip. Of The
facts inside during h.> administration. and I
KNOW tia; liz ia, been iu,t - rdl..c.! - anv
Of nis Cabinet. Aad although lie does net DO
every thing t.,at yoI OF | would ike, the
question reclrS, whgtheT J. Is likely W. can
eicc! man VINO would. Il IS evident that
The great mass OF Uaionisls preier him .sr
reelection: aud il st, Ms TO me Certain tina,
thr providence vi God, during another ;erm
MI! grind slavery II powder. believe now
That the President is W with the average of
tie House
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1864-04-08

EUROPEAN VIEW OF THE PRESIDENCY
a distinguished American residing in Europe
writes as follows to friend in Washington ::
In Europe the Americans are almost unam-
lmous fo- Mr.. Lincoln for second term. He
has done so well--been so honest and faith
ful-that 1t would not be expedient to drop
him now. 1t would, think have bad ef-
feet upon American securities, of which so
many millions are being sent here. 1t is a
fault OF our system that we change officers
SO often and when one has been in Europe
ne cannot but see it in this light. The Emsn-
elpallon Proclamation disarmed all opposi-
ton in Europe. l, was astonishing wha, in
huence it had, and what friends It made for
u.s."
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1864-04-08

From the army hOSpiisl-ihe bloody bafile-feld-the
mansion of the ch and humble abode vf The poor-T5
the office and the sacred aesk-irom the mountain t
distant valleys aud fATof salis Il ihe oova-cn az
cry Look ana corner criiz worlds pouring in
the evidence oi tie astonishing enecIs II DRAKE :
PLANTATION E'TTERS. Thousands uPon Thousands
Of letters iiae Tie f,'iOWi. lsy be II our office
REEpsnrsY. Ms. Sept IL, 1855.
." have been ia Ike Amy Hospitals iVr ioli-
teen moais-siee es, ~H i;e4is ds9 Ga Al anon Ia
CA FLAuTE-'
SorTH wARsAw q. July =, l>t5.
One young man, who mad been SICK and not out
ho-e iOr years with Scroiula aud hTssile!A>.
ait er payag the doctors Sl5i without benefit has
's''- >"''U . ''' ''''''' EDWARD woUNALL.
The following i The MANAGER OF The Union Home
Seh'ol t"F lie children oi Nolnh.e-fs, A.. . -,
HAvENETER MANSION. 37ih ST. New i oTk, Aug = lsnS
DR. DRAks Your wonderful Plantation Biiters haze
been given some u our liile ch.-ea suffering IRON
weakness and veal !"t-> .ith inos' aa''r ieci ons
little girl in ariie'llar with p> il her head, loss 81
appetite. and daily Na-il, oiisl' ;ioa, 81 @hom al
medic Al skill haI been exhausted has been ennIeiy re
stored. We o,nnencv, Viih la tvasOoliln OF biters
ay. ier appetite aDi sic,si' rapidly Increased ana
MIS- o. n OEyoE'
much 10 you. TO- se iy1e lirSe The Plan
;aton B;;ters haze saVsG m liz
REV ". H. v AO'5uN En-, Madrid y. Y
Thou wilt send fwo tlItl-s more 81 tAs
Plantation Bitters NJ wife has been greatly benefited
bg tneiT uS--
Tiny friend. ASA CT RgIN Pliadellha, Pa
Ihaye been 4 great -slilerrr from Dyspepsia
aIi had 10 abandon preaching Tie Plantation
Btie-s have cured me
REV J. s CATHoRN. Rochester, y. "
Semi Us twenty four dozen more 4 your Plan
iaion BIZ erN the popularity oi which aIe aals cTy-
IN. with tine guests 81 our house
SYKES. CHADWICK L 90
Prolrictols illAILs HUl = Washington, IL <
"a - haze given the PlAIisi,,n EiiIer, 10 hun
d'eS ~ disabled soldiers with I@ astonishing
eieCl q W u AN DhH-E-
Superintendent Soldiers Home, Cincinnati, o.
- Ia- Plantation Batlyr- uAyr cured he ,,i 'Iael
complaint O. MI oh wss aid 'r ir.s.-at- s.l tas
aDailgYu hll>lnt->-
H-B. KINGSLEY. g.,yr.4lt. O.
- Ihe PiSniSti"n Biii-rS haze olree la, = = b.
TdI-cn.eIi u liz Gi-g> ami UTiAara Ia a.
ii>l-e sscd me .or years II acts Ike Il CiarG.-
&C. MOORE, Ia Bra -Hay. =. Y
&c. &c 81 e.. &C &c
The Plantation Bters make the weak STRONG The AN
-uI brilliant. aii exhausted great resiyT,I
rley are com is 81 the celebrated Ca,a,a la,k Vii
lerEreen. Sas,airas. Roofs Herbs &C. ali r-Seryed ia
Der, yilv pure 81. Cr,iA Run.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1864-04-08


REBEL OPINION OF Mcclellan. The
Richmond Dispatch angrily disputes several
statements in Gen. McCleIlan's report, and
Sa.s:
To cover one Ct the most shameful as
we'll as complete defeats recorded in history,
McCiellan's vanity prompted him to indulge
in system of deliberate faIsehood which
justly brought upon him the derision of the
civilized world. But it did him no manner
of service. His employers saw through his
devices, as his opponents had already done
from the beginning. No man-least of all
Mcclellan himself--believeS a word of what
he writes. He has found his proper level,
and all the lying reports which he can manu-
tacture between this and doomsday cannot
raise him above it. He came here to take
the city Of Richmond. He had, first ana
last-trom Fortress Monroe to Mechanics
vile-as documents furnished to the COM
mittee of inquiry by the war Office, substan-
tlated by the assistant secretary OF war; prove
beyond all doubt-l5S,000 men, He was
beaten in every battle, from Williamsburg to
Malvern. Lincoln found him at Wes,oyer
Or Shirley with but 10000 men, What had
become of all tine rest? Had they sunk or
melted into the air9 They had sunk into
the EARTH victims TO the bayonets and the
shots of the confederate tro' ps, or to the
disease of the climate, aggravated by inces-
SAINT exposure and unremit,ing toll in ditch
ing his way 10 Richmond. Al last, only be-
cause it was necessary to withdraw our troops
to repel invasion from another quarter. he
was permitted to sink away with the misera-
bic remnant of his troops, cowed, broken
spirited and etfec,ually brought down from
the lofty tone of oraggadoci, with which
they commenced the siege Of Richmond. A
more entire failure is nowhere recorded, and
a more thorough charlatan never lived"
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1864-04-08

g The trustees Of the Soldiers Ma
tlonal Cemetery" are to meet at Gettysburg
on the 9th of April. Lt-Gov. Dillingham; is
trustee for Vermont. The cemetery has been
arranged in semi-circie, by states, and the
remains OF the soldiers who fell at Gettysburg
have been deposited therein. Vermont is in
the center OF the first circle, at the right of
the center alley: New Jersey is on the 3D.
poSite SIDE OF the alley. A proper arrange
ment' as the Vermont and New Jersey troops
have fought side By side Walton,s Do;lv
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1864-04-08

NEW AND MYSTERIOUS MovEMEyrS.-
Gen. Grant. with Gen. Rawlins. chief of
staff, and others, left Baltimore on Thursday
evening for Fortress Monroe. The Wash
ington Republican says it is no. proper to
discuss the object of this visit Blt the
correspondents all exercise their inalienable
right TO guess. Some say Gen. Grant has
gone 10 explore as 10 the peninsular route to
Richmond others that he has gone 10 con-
Ter with Gen. Butler as to the latter's accept
auce of the office of Secretary of War, be-
cause Gen. Grant finds he can do nothing
with Stanton. The fact that Mai. Gen. ".
+. Smith has been assigned to Gen. Buffers
/ department IS interpreted 10 mean that he
viii supersede Butler. as it would be an IN
handsome thing to put tim under Butler
The more reasonable guess is that Gen.
Grant Is accommodating a. 20 the peninsula
route, and ;hat Gen. Smith Is 10 lea acaiis,
Richmond the army To he collected at York
;own.-Sprayneld Republican.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1864-04-08

Fiiz John Porter, the ex-general of the
Potomac army, has got back to New York,
having been ordered out of Colorado terri
tory by the settlers
Three hundred and thirty-nine National
banks have already been organized in this
country.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1864-04-08

SOLDIERS VorING.-New York has lust
declared by majority OF over 100000 that
her soldiers shall be allowed to vote. Other
states will follow the example of New York :;
and when vote can be had upon the ques-
ton, few can be found who will say that a
soldier who is fighting the battles of his
country shall not be allowed to vote.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1864-04-08

A Washington correspondent of western
journal closes letter on social evil at the
capital thus Indeed it is declared that PEG.
pie can do as they please here, as the Re
cording Angel has no Jurisdiction in the Dis
trlct OF Columbia, and neither marriage
licenses or wedding rings are necessary to
entltle lady to the appellation of Mrs.
Colonel So-and-so.' Great country this"
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1864-04-08

THE FLORIDA EXPEDrrIoN.-A Washing.
tea dispatch TO the Springfield Republican
says the Committee on the Conduct Of the
War have satisfied themselves by the testi-
mony Of Gen. Turner, chief of Gen. Gill
more's staff, and of other officers, that the
President issued no orders for the il-starred
FLORIDA expedition. Gen. Turner testitiad
that In December last Gen. Gilmore wrote
to the War Department for permission to
order military expedition to be made by
the troops before Charleston, not specifying
70 wha; point or for VIA. object. The per
mission was granted, and Gen. Gilmore
transported to the War Department lis plan
toi the expedition to Florida before the ar
rival OF Maj. John Hay with instructions
from the President for the political rehabita-
ton of Florida.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1864-04-08
The Fight at Paducah.
PLUCk OF TIE NEGROES.

! In the fort at fa!ucah, Ky, 50 vel de-
Tended against FORESTS raiders. there were
about 80 recruits for United States colored
regiment, portion of the 10Th Kentucky
cavalry, without arms. and two companies OF
the l22d kentucky cavalry, without arms. anu
two Companies Of the l22d Illinois infantry.
in all about 800 men. 1t was the negro reg
ulars that fought so well. They handled the
artillery with great skill ana Their bravery is
on the tongues of all loyal men. Oue of the
regiments in the attack on the fort was the
81 Kentucky Col. Thompson,w who command
I'd brigade. This regiment was raised in
Paducah three years ago by Col. TIIgnman,
atterward brlgadier general, and Col. Thomp-
son, who was at the time prosecuting attor-
ney for the Paducah circuit Cod. Thonlp-
son was man of great influence and did
more than any one else in recruiting the reg
iment from the chivalry. This vas its first
visit home. Before the attack was made
threats were freely made in the streets that
they would capture the fort and Kill every
Niger in it. In the attack this regiment was
in advance and suffered the most. Colonel
Thompson WAS literally torn to pieces by a
shot by siege gan handled by co!oyed men.
These colored men were native Kentuckians.
and seven of them have offered up their lives
for their country. Is there not a stern JUS
tice in the fact that many of these rebels paid
the penalty Of their treason at their own
door-posts by the hands of the despised ma
tive kentuckians of African descent. To
Hon. Lucien Anderson of that district the
credit is due Of getting permission to raise
regiment OF blacks, which was done against
the opposition OF the state authorities. To
Col. Hicks, noble war democrat, and all the
troops under his command, great credit is
due for their obstinate anG successful defense.