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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-03-06

Important War Hews-Capture OF the
Rebel Generals EARLY and Haygood.
Our latest dispatches received last night and
published this morning give US intelligence Of
the highest Importance from the seat Of war.
We learn from North Carolina that Sherman,
by an unexpected movement had succeeded in
capturing, with the exception of q single bat
talon, Haygood's entire brigade, which at the
time occupied the west bank Of Cape Fear
riyer. From the Shenandoah our news is
cHially gratifying. On February 81 Major
Il neral Sheridan, with large force Of cavalry,
ses out on an expedition up the valley. His
column moved with great rapidly, insomuch
that spies and sympathizers along the route had
no time ID raise the alarm and caution the
enemy q be on his guard.
Through several descrters, arriving at differ
ent times and at different points, we learn that
General Sheridan fell upon Early on the I'd
inst, between Staunton and Charlottesville,
capturing Early himself and his whole COM
mand. The enemy, alarmed at this sudden
appearance Of our forces in so close proximity
to his most important line Of Communications,
Immediately detached four brigades from the
garrison at Richmond and despatched them in
all speed to reach Lynchburg before Sheridan.
The entrep6ts Of Lynshburg and Danville are
now the principal sources Of supply to Rich
mond, and the value which is placed upon
them is plainly to be seen in the large rein
forcements sent to protect them. 1t is said
when Generals Crook and Kelley were brought
before Early he requested them to be seated,
remarking, my turn may come next. Some
enterprising Yankee will come along and cap
ture me-" He little dreamed that his words,
uttered in jest, would be SO speedily verified.
Thus, as indicated IN the news now published,
every day brings us nearer to tho final issue Of
our recent and rapid succession Of Victories.
the armies Of the nation are envel-
oping the centre and last stronghold Of the re-
bellion. Grant holds Lee at Richmond; Sher-
man, with Che veterans Of the West, is sweeping
up from the South, driving the enemy irresisti-
bly, before him; Sheridan now pours down from
the North, directly menacing the last resource
Of the enemy by the Lynchburg Railroad; and
Candy, ere this, is brushing away what remains
Of the rebellion in Alabama. che days Of Rich
mond and the rebel confedoracy are verify
numbered.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-03-06

New THREE CENT CoNs-No Morn PAPER
THRzs CENT CuRREScr.-A law was passed by
both houses Of Congress during the closing
hours to authorize the coinage Of three cent
pieosa. 70 be COMPOSED Of copper and nickel.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-03-06

THE CELEBRATION To-DAY.-There is no doubt
that if the weather Is pleasant to-day the ma
tional celebration for our recent victories will
be far moro successful than it could have been
had it come Oh, @1ntended, on Saturday. The
democracy, who form the great mass Of the
population, and who always swell tho ranks in
grand public professions, got 1t into their heads
that the celebration, being fixed for the 4th
of March, was intended to be as much in honor
of the reinauguration as Of the national sue
cesses, and would probably have been nero
lookers-on II the affair had taken place on the
original day. Now, however, rs 1t comes OF
on the 9th, there can be no political significance
attached to It, and we may expect the largest
and most extraordinary exhibition ever wit
messed in the city for we shall not only have
vast masses of human beings participating, but
elephants, camels, CRATES, walruses and va
rious other representatives Of strange animal
creation. If the day is fine there will be one
Of the grandest as well as most curious spec
tacles in Broadway, the Bowcry and Union
square that was ever witnessed.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-03-06

me law aso provides al To srssN esns
pieces shall b : legal tender to the amount Of
sixty cent?, and thst The one and two cent cop
per eoin shall be legal tender to the amount
Of four cenh Il also prohibits the issue of any
paper fractional currency below the denomipa-
tiOn Of i've cents; consequently, the new paper
three cent notes being Illegal, must be with
drawn from circulation. II win be recollected
that whom It was first proposed to issue three
cent notes Of the fractional currency we recon-
mended that coin Of that denomination be sub
sHtuted, as more likely to meet the wishes Of
the people, and we are glad to see that Con-
greas has adopted our suggestion.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-03-06

TEE INAUGURATION IN WAsHNGTON.-We yes
terdny published o synopsis of the inaugura-
ton proceedings in Washington on Saturday
last To-day we give complete report Of tho
ceremonies. The account will be found inter-
Inauguration in 1861 and that Of 1866 will strike
the attention Of every reader. On the former
occasion the President elect was escorted TO
tho Capitol surrounded by double lines Of
cavalry, armed 10 the teeth, with artillery to the
front and rear, and with infantry in line and
posted upon every point doppa in the city.
This formidable military array was not for the
purpose Of adding peaceful and brilliant <clat
to the ceremonies, as had been the custom, to q
more or less extent, ever since the days Of
Washington; butitwas 10 suppress threatened
outbreak by malcontents who had entered
into an alleged conspiracy to prevent by
forco, II necessary, the Inauguration Of Presi-
dent Lincoln. In ls65-four years later-the
same functionary passes from the Presidential
mansion TO the national Capitol surrounded by
o Gordon of enthusiastic people, and amid their
loud acclaims recites his second inaugural. The
soldiery are not there to put down treachery,
the salues Of artillery are not Numbered forth as
menace and warning, the bunting Ia not
displayed charingly, but in abundance; and,
In short, the whole affair demonstrated what
the people Of the United States oan accomplish
II the administrators Of their government be true
TO their oaths, firm in the performance Of their
duty, and selfsacrifcing In the exercise Of pure
and lofty spirit Of patriotism.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1865-09-29

Almost 4 TEiGEpY.-Prof Ru."leS.
oi Dartmouth COLLEGE. had 4 very narrow
escape at Niagara Falls on Friday evening.
While walking on Goat Island with q par
~ OF l:piic> one oi them dropped her par
a-ol. which Sid some fifteen or twenty feet
down the bank o;' tnc river Mr. Rug
elc> went down and picked ii mp. but. on
attempting Ia return, the bank being
steep and the ground hard. lost his footing
and fell down L. the VERY brink OF ihc
prccipicc. which III this point i eighty "l'
ninety feet high. Here he cau"ht hold OF,
the roots OF an upturnel tree. the trunk
oi which hangs over the abvSr. The
shock caused the tree 10 shake violently.
and it appeared on the point Of falling
over iht prccipicc, Ih, ladies >ilrieked
and called for help. hut no assistance WAS
At hand. \ movement on the part OF Mr.
Rug@les. or 4 gust of wind. seemed Sut-
iicicn! 10 cause the tree 10 fall AT this
critical moment one of the ladies took off
her haS,iuine and skirt. cut them into
Strips. GOT shawlS and other articles of
clothing from the rest OF the party. tied
them together. fastened stone to the rope
thus formed. and let il down 10 Mr.. Rug
gle>. who, taking mold OF it. walked slow
" up the bank 1t WIS moment of
fearful suspense. The rope was held
firmly hy the ladies above. hut it might
unite or break. and fall OF hundred
feet on the rocks below must tie the inev-
liable result. When Mr.. Rugeles reached
terra frma his fair rr~cuer, who had shown
such remarkable presence of mind. tainted.
and w;ls taken home in an unconscious
Statc-.Nutesmpsn
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1865-09-29
AcrOSS the Continent.

VIRGINIA. Nevada, June 2S, 1863
We are nearly out of the Sage Brush.
Nearly into a ''whitc country" where the
grass grows green, and wafer runs. and
trees mount skvward and spread sweet
shade. Like some OF the dry, barren
plains that Lad up to the Rocky Noun
tains on the east, the six hundred miles
we have come over from Salt Lake to this
point, pass through region whose Uses
are unimaoinable. unless TO hold the rest
of the globe together, or to teach patience
to travellers, or to keep close-locked in its
mountain ranges those rich mineral treas
ureS that the world did not need or was
not ready for until now. The basin OF
the Great Salt Lake that lrough y deScrib-
ed in late letter as the center Of the
Mormon development, is but the south
eastern and most fertile corner OF an i'm
menscly large intra-mOuntain basin, that
has 10 water outlet to the ocean. that ab-
serbs all the water developed within its
limits, and cries, oh, how hungrily for
more. whose chief natural vegetable pro-
duct is sage brush, and which holds with
in its bounds the great, If not the sole, sill
YER mines Of the nation. This great des-
.ert hasin-but desert only because compar-
atively waterIcss-lies on the very central
and commercial line of the republic,
line of greatest population and thrift and
wealth both east and west of it,-stretclcs
800 miles from north to south and GOO
miles from east to west. Is about equally
! divided with the two states of Utah and
Nevada, and is walled in on the one side
by the Rocky Mountains and on the other
bv the Sierra Nevada Not wide. un-
broken plain, however. is this vast basin
desert OF the West. Through ii, nortl
and south, run subsidiary ranges OF noun
tains. averaging at least one to every fifty
miles, and the intervening valleys or plain,
all dip, though almost imperceptibly, TO the
centre. which gratefully suggests that they
were once not altogether 80 fearless a:
now. Mountain and plain are alike above
dew point, rain is a rarity near neighbol
to absolute stranger: and only an occa
slonal range OF the hills mounts so high al
to hold its winter SHOWS into the summer
suns, and yield the summer streams tha
give. at rare intervals, sweet lines of Greer
atfording forage ior cattle and rcfre~hmcn
and rest for travellers. Springs are ever
more intrequently. but not altogether un
known, and water may sometimes thougl
very hardly be got. when all else fails. b.
digging deep wells. Such streams as ris
from springs or snow banks in the noun
tains, begin to shrink as they reach tn
plains, and end in salt lakes, or sink quiet
ly into the tamishing earth. Humbold
River, the largest and longest of the BASH
runs west and south from 300 to 500 mile
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1865-09-29

Mr.. Greelcys experience upon it some six
years ago. He had met rather dull
driver, and was behind time. and became
impatient, as he had a lecture engagement
Just over the mountain in California So
when he struck the mountain road. and a
noted driver then and still-tor stage driv-
ing is trade that men follow through
their lives-by name Hank Monk, Air. c.
suggested that he would like to get over
the road trltie faster. YES" said Hank,
"a; !.t gathered up The rcils Of SIX half
wild mustangs, tl.en i'll common Use On
the road, keep your seat Mr.. Greeley,
and l will get you through in time. :"
Crack went the whip; the mustangs dash
ed INTO fearful pace, up hill and down,
along precipices trighttul to look at, over
rocks that kept the noted passenger pass
ing irantically between scat and ceiling of
the coach; the philosopher soon was get
ting more than he bargainel for; and at
the first soft place on the road, he mildly
suggested to the driver that 4 half an hour
more or less would not make much differ
ence. But Monk was in ior his drive and
his Joke, and replied again, witlia twinkle
III his LETT eye, after Il fresh cul at his MUS
langS, Just keep your seat, MIR. Greeley,
ard you shall he through in time" Mr.
Greeley kept his seat so we'll rs he could.
got through on time, and better, unharm-
ed though greatly to his surprise. in view
OF the dangers and roughnc>s OF the drive.
and rewarded the driver. who had served
him the rough joke, with new suit Of
clothes. The story is now classic with
all the drivers and all travellers ON the
road and Monk wears Il watch with hi,
reply TO Mr.. Greeley engraved On the case
the present OF some other passengers.
whom he had driven both rapidly and
safely over his pcrilouS route. The road
Is better now: and the horse tanner; but
the driving is hardly less teartul-.S T.
~ Springfield RcpuJhc,m
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1865-09-29
L Democratic Protest.

Petroleum '. Nasty protests, as a con-
>i>tent democrat. against the nomination
OF soldier, by his party IEr writes:
| object tonominatin en- tor the iolIerin
reasons:
/. Taint honist In 1862 called the
Solier- 'l.inkin purp-," and the oriisers
''Shoul'!er->lrapt hirelin>," and meant it.
Ihcy VIZ wIgin crooil ana unlioll war
agin Dimocrisy. they WIS rciooSin or
nagorilic> iii lhc su;htrn States at the rate
Of sum hundreds per day, and now 10
nominate en- /, flop I'll never make,
, Twon'; pay. These t,.iier> sold us
ont when they took commishn>. they sold
ont the Abli~hnl>t> when they iiopt bnck
10 Us, AMI what guaranty hey we tina; .!l.y
won't sell liz ont The ncNt turn ot the
wheel Fl We could git SUN i,crn; onc,
ii mite do. but cool Lord, the Solicr vino
wood dn tins wool be lower down than
We l., which wood bother :, nul All
the votes that >icii men Good controle. We
hey :.lluS owned in fee simple
;. Tain't Iu>tl> , lis orr gine coppcrhc,l-
We cnloored the heat and burden uv the
day: We resisted drafts, W. damned taxes.
We WIZ Fort Lat;Iveted and Fort War
rincd. twas liz who died III our door-v.r,Is.
" here WIZ these orii>erS then All the
damage they dun the glWrrnmcni WE in
draw ln pay aIiI ra~hcIS.
4. The reconstructed DimocriSv of the
South won't like it. and to them. after all
we must look tor success
5. They acknowledge nim@er equality
hy ailowin nlg@cr> To FIGHT with EN-.
&. We hev gone too fur TO try the -oiicr
dodge, We opposed the war. we opposed
their v"tn' We opposed the Abi>hn in
votn pay and supplies. we opposed Aid
Societies. and iati ut Sanitary CommishnS.
We opposed drafts at Il time when they
needed help. and to 70 back on sich Il re-
cord is rllthcr r-nehin, and won't Go it,
!. IF We undertake the >2icr. We COM
nit ours ives TO pawn his pcn>hun>. ct
>ettrv. How would the Suthern Dimoc-
ri>y like that ?
s. Et we nominate the men who served.
we disgust the dcserters and them ez went
to kanady for the sake OF the COZ
Mir. Nasty appends the following adj
vice TO his party:
We have cappytle enoufi in the Niger
Let lis plant ourselves boldly on shoor
ground. Let us resolve that Goldlemiv
WIZ rite in maxim the Niger our slave,
tho he made mistake i'll planting in his
heevln buzZum a cronic desire to run away
from his normal condiShn Let Us hann
! out our banner and inScribe on lis folds.
NO margin Ni"gers," mo payin a
debt inkurd in Niger war ''lrotect
us from Niger equality..' and sich other
preceptS ez cum within range NV the Dim
ekratic intcIlek, and go in and win.
May the Lord hasten the day.
PETROLEUM '. Massey,
Lait Pastcr Nv the
Church Nv the Moo Dspensashun.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1865-09-29

ey Soldiers messenger corps have been
organized at New York and Boston. and
give promise OF success The corps Will
be composed oi one armed soldiers, OF
those disabled in the army, and they will
have regular stations and will carry letters,
kilograms. packages, circulars, &c, Il reg
ular tariiioi charges being arranged. The
messengers will nave all they can earn
but they will not be allowed to charge
more than the regular tariff provides
Great care is taken in the selection of the
messengers, 80 as to get men that are hon.
est and may be depended on Eleven mes
sengers took their stations at Boston, We'd
ncs,lav, and the number will be increased
to hundred or more, according TO the
demand for their services Similar mes-
senser corps are IN successful operation in
Germany and England, and the plan CAN
not fail TO become popular here, and useful
also.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1865-09-29

WHERE NERMoNTERs ARE.-Accordine
to the census of 1860 there were AS, ,S52
natives of Vermont in the United States,
scattered rs follows Alabama. la. Ar
kansas l2I. California. 3il9, Connecticut
1862. Delaware 10, Florida "a, Georgia
245. Illinois S.253. Indiana 3539. Iowa
1881. Kansas 902. kentucky 333, Louis
lana 2l7, Maine 1898, Maryland l54,
Massachusetts 1868. Michigan 1879,
Minnesota l20S. Mississippi 205, Missou-
ri. 1925. New Hampshire $3.50. New
Jersey 5i9. New York 1890, North
Carolina 5S, Ohio ll.652, Oregon 293.
PENNSYLVANIA 1916, Rhode Island 692
South Carolina 56. Tennessee 229. Texa:
2Ss, Vermont 2390S7. Virginia 265,
Wisconsin l9.lSi. Colorado 375. Dacota
territory IL. District of Columbia lol,
Nebraska 32l, Nevada l3l. New Mexico
p. Utah 326, Washington territory l3l
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1865-09-29
Lalt Pastcr Nv the
Church Nv the Moo Dispensashun.
ESr 4 Subcommittee of a school board

e. 4 sub-committe of school board
WAS examining a class in primary school.
One of the committee to sharpen up their
wits, propounded the following question
''lt | had mince pie, and should rive
two-twefihs to Harry. and two-twelitils
to Isaae, and would keep hall the pie my
self, what would there be left p There
was profound study among the scholars.
but finally one lad held mp his hand as 4
signal that he was ready to answer
"Well, sir, what would there be left
Speak up loud so that all may hear
said the committee man. 1.-The plate, .
shouted the hopeful fellow. The commit
tee man turned red in the face. while til,
other members roared aloud. The bo,
WIS excused from answering any NOR,
questions.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1865-09-29

A paragraph has been going the rounds
of the papers stating that Il Connecticut
lawyer. in officiating at Il recent Masonic
burial, quoted the phrase, '.Who temper.
the wind TO the shofn lamb" rs being Yer.
liable Scripture-leaving the Inference
that this was good joke. This is moi
the first time that miSapprehension Ina:
created a joke on this same point. The
LANGUAGE of the ritual used on all such oc,
caSionS Is aS follows :-.'E the JeduttM
spirit Of tie Christians heolcgy, we dare tC
say, that He who 'tempers the wind to The
shorn lamb looks down with infinite com
passion" etc.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1865-09-29

OlR M,ETfR>.-On sandy plain, in
the midst of a pine forest, bounded by a
murky swamp, there is a pit, filled with
dead mems bones. unnumbcred, unnoted.
uncounlcd. unrecorded, unnoticed. with
ont <crulture or the sacred rights ot burr
nj. BY thousands. not dcad by the bull
LET. moi stricken bv disease from the hand
of God-starved to death with the cruel
torture OF hunger, amid such plenty that
an army OF six mvriad~ with its cattle and
horses. could sut>ist on the surplus pro-
vision Of the country in a rapid march past
AndelSonville-or murdered with frost un-
der the shadow OF the fat pines. which
sang sad requiem 10 their memories. As the
winter winds moaned through the branch
cs, Whose very signing called up in frenzy
the happy homes and warm hearths of the
North 10 the wandering minds of the dy-
ing martvrs.-Geu Butter.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1865-09-29
Il Good Joke.

One of our citizens. who has lust re-
turned from California. and has brought
with hlm tlf rumor be oorrect) Il hand
some pile. was very singularly mistaken
Tor a beggar in New York The party,
whom we will call Mr. Weekly tas We DO
not recollect his real name). had some
drafts on bank in New York. and as he
gx could not paid without being identi-
hed, hunted up.after several days trouble, a
llrm with which he had previously
had some business transactions. and TO
one of whom he WAS personally acquaint-
ed. We should here state that Mr..
Weekly had, Just before leaving Califor-
MA, the misfortune 10 break one OF his
legs. and in New York was walking
around on crutches. While waiting al
the door for the person who WAS to iden-
iify him, for him 10 accompany Mr.
Weekly. the latter SAT down near the door.
laid his crutches on both sides oi, him.
and the day being warm, took off hls hat
and laid ii upon his knee
just then one of the clerks happened 70
spy him, and supposing him to be sin
applicant for reliei,'' said peremptorily,
Cant do anything for you to-day. SIR;
move on" Mr. Weekly didn't see it in
that light exactly. and retained his .eat
undistmbed by ihe fellow laughable mis-
take
BY and 10y another clerk came along,
and being more generous than No L,
dropped ten cents into Mr.. Weekly's hat.
which that person. with the eompo-ure OF
a stole, ecoily picked up. and sailed in hiS
vest pocket
The Joke WAS carried on 50 admirably
that clerk No B. also deceived 10y the pan
tomine, likewise threw a ten cent fraction
al currency into The hai Nol 10 be ont
done by his store mates. clerk M. paid
the same tribute 70 the supposed lame beg
gar The thirty cents We're duly sailed
away. and no one was the wiser Tor The
Joke
Just then the merchant for whom Mr.
Weekly was waiting and WHO. from his
counting room. had been an amused Wit
ness of the whole thing. came ont and
Mr.. Weekly accompanied han 10 1he
hank. Il believe my bor> actually took
Won for a beggar," said the merchant
scarcely able TO contain himself Il
don't care a straw what they took me
for" said Mr., Weekly. with unrufiicd
compoSrlre, ..but | know / have maie
thirty cents br the operation, which
thirty cents was forthwith consumed IN the
lilation TO the health of the three unso-
phi~iicated clerks who miStook a ST Paul
capitalist for New York mendicant.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1865-09-29
\ New York letter writer says ''Bo

A New York letter writer says: ''Bos-
ION Corbptt, who killed Booth, is in town.
having Just received his honorable dis
charge from the army-his health being
undermined by his Andcrsonville expert
cnce 1t is a burning shame that, up to
this time, not the least recognition OF his
claims has been given him, and he comes
home with ten dollars only in his pocket,
not having received, as yet, cent oi' his
share of the reward Offered for Booths ar
rest, nor the offer Of that promotion in the
army which his companions have had
Three days furloueh is the only favor
granted him by the war department since
lie has been in the service. Certainly this
faithful soldier, the avenger of a murder
cd President, As matters now stand, seems
10 occupy prominent position among th'
witnesses to the ingratitude Of republics