The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1865-03-03

AN IRAsBURG GENERAL.-Geo. S. Dodge
of this town has been made brevet briga.
der general for signal services rendered al
the taking of Fort Fisher. Lordy! only
think of that! citizens of this great and
growing town of Irasburg! real live gen.
eral from our very midst! None of your
dead men. He don't belong to the first
families neither: hain't got drop of their
blood in his veins; he has come forth from
humble life; he used to dig taters on his ia
theirs farm and get out manure for the
spring campaign; from there he was pro-
noted to dry goods clerk in a grocery
store, over in Barton; when the war broke
out, ne entered the army, got on the staff
OF Gen. Peck, and has been raised to cap
tain, colonel, general. What the next
raise" will be, we don't know. But if the
war department don't allow him to have his
say half the time. We suspect he will ''raise
the devil. ''-Irasburg STANDARD.
George S. Conger, the st. Adams man
that the rebel raiders got to testify in their
favor, said in court in Montreal that he fol-
lowed the raiders quarter of mile, firing
at the rate OF five or six times a minute
The object of the defense is to show that
the prisoners did not act as thieves. but as
soldiers, openly and wholly, and that the
people of st. Adams fought and fired as
well as they, that the affair was in fact a
small battle. The st. Adams papers de-
clare COnger's story falsehOOd, and say
that he was hired to give such testimony.
When he returned to St. Adams he was ar
rested and sent to Gen. Dix. We hope he
will get his deserts.
ANOTHER VICTM.-Freeman Drury, a
Union soldier from this town. died on the
18th inst, at Saxton's River, another victim
OF rebel cruelty to our prisoners. He was
exchanged last fall and came home. so
nearly starved to death that the skin in
some places on his body had actually dried
to the bone. He was out some after COM
inc home and rode to this village. but there
was not vitality enough left in his system to
rally from the condition to which he had
been reduced. When in the service he
weighed 1875 lbs, and when he left the rebel
prison he had been reduced to only 1O3 lbs !!
Young Drury belonged to the 18th Vermont
and was % years of age.-Bellors Falls
Times.
The following named National Banks in
Vermont were authorized last week: As
Quincy National Bank Windsor-Hiram
Harlow, President, Henry Wardner. cash
Ter; capital $4,000. Rutland County Ma
tional Bank, Rutland-Wm. Y. Ripley.
President, James Merrill, cashier; capital
$500. 900.
Charles L. Benedict, the eldest son of the
Hon. Geo. W. Benedict of Burlington. has
been nominated by the President for Judge
of the new judicial district in the State of
New York, comprising the counties of Long
Island and Staten Island.
On the 18th inst. Louis G. Hanscome. of
Sheffield. sold to Samuel Bigelow, of Lyn-
don. for $40, pair of oxen, weighing 1850
pounds. &c. Ii. Weeks and wife of this
place, celebrated their Tin wedding" last
Tuesday. 1t was an occasion of much re-
joicing.-Lyndon Union.
Col. f. H. Ripley. 9th VT. has been ap-
pointed and confirmed Brigadier General
by brevet, to date from Aug. LIST. 1864. Gen.
Ripley is probably the youngest officer of
his rank in the service.
By special order. dated headquarters Sd
division. 9th army corps. Feb. 20. 1865. the
9th Vt. Is designated as one of the meritO-
riOuS regiments that are excused from pick
ct and all other outside details for one week
a movement is in progress to establish a
national bank in Cabot under the auspices
of some of her most influential citizens.
The name of ''Painesville" post office has
been changed to Essex junction.