The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1867-01-18
THE CALIFORNIAN.
For the CaledCni"n.
4 Relic Of "the Otden Time"

- The Star says that John Holt of
Dlu,i lie. has the "Muslcr Roll of Capt.
Ar'Eclaus Iowue'> company. in yc 10Th
regiment Of Foot, in We Continental Army
!Incampcd. CuitoatW, Dec "a. 1866.
Mr. EDlgoH A. IIarloigh Hill, of
=. .l"hn>bnry, has IN Iii. possession. the
WAR Papers of lis maternal nrandf;,lh-
CT, Captain Ephraim We.>on. during Il>
campaigns in The '.Frpncl and Indian
Wars" from 1855 to l75s. The . Mus
ter |. ll> OF sail Capt. WILSON'S compa-
~ of foot, in liz Maie>iy's service, in a
regiment b. We province Of We MaS>arIu-
sets Bay, for W. reduction Of Canada. in
We wear l1JS," &C. His "En,i>.irg Or
derS. 10 raj ;. company OF foot, for he
expedition /" Crown Point and the Lake
OF the lroquoiS Indians. commonly called
Chamrlane," &c, bearing date, April.
l7j5. Hi commission as Captain"
His Commission as Lieutenant, in the
expedition To Crown Point, by William
Shirley, Esq. Captain General anil Gov
crnUr III Chief in and over his Majc>ty'S
pro>incc of We Massachusetts Bay. in New
Er9land,' and dated i,.c 18th day OF
April, l155. in the 2oIh year of the r,i4n
Of cur SovcIci N. Lord, George. the See
ond, hy the grace of God. of Great Brit
ain, France and Ireland, King. Defender
of tie Faith, &c, God save the King"
"Orer> OF the Day." ''Rulcs and Regula-
lions Of the wal" ''Rrporls OF Battles, -
"Orders and Dispatches" ''Report, OF
Court Marlial>," "Quarter Masters Ac-
counts ''Alju'ant'> Reports" &c.
"Proclamations and Orders from William
Shirley, GJ>ernour Of the Province" of
"Goycmour Phrls," and Of ''Malthcw
Ihorton. President Of the Continental
Congress Of l111j. and, in short, COM
p!elc "Recor,l OF We Transactions Of We az
my from 100 TO l15S," besides many
documents Of interest connected with the
history OF the American Revolution. in
which Capt We>>on acted in Il con>picu-
Gus position. rs Committee of Safety, Del
ryatc 10 the Continental Congress at Exc
ter, in llI3, &c, DC.
At tie prc-cn! day, when our ''patriotic
statesmen" are wranylin" over the Spuil>
OF Office. and priz. tighter. are elected TO
seats in Congress WHEN political dcma-
. cues and parry hacks are hoolNiaking
the dear people,, and robhing the public
treasury with impunitv, regardless of the
order Of the immortal Washington, ito
moderate the fury Of party spirit :" when
the sir Oraclcs OF the day have only TO
practise the art of .Ihinlblc rigging" to
secure the Offices of trust AMI emolumc~t
whcn Climc stalks forth in broad day. un-
whipped Of justice, and confident of the
clemcncy OF the chief mac i>lratc of the
nation At such a time rs this. it might
be refreshing TO read Il few of those docs.-
mcn,> Of by-gone days. As a contrast 20
tie profli4acy and corruption in high pIac-
e., permit HE 10 extract from the Cap
tan'S diary OF expenses, as a ''Delegate to
We Continental Congress at Exeter. l77715.
| copy verbatim ct irteratim e. pejl1af1a.
"April 30, l175. Set out ior Exeter,
10 the Congress. My cxpences from Hal
vcrhll to Exeter. May yc Sd. To din
ner and rum, | pence May We lih, To
supper and lodging, shilling and pence
May We 5'h. Supper and lodging, :
pence. 9th. At Exeter. Breakfast, |
shilling keeping my horse two nights,
>ii Inc per night. &c. llih. To supper.
LODGING, horse keeping, breakfast. icrige
and t,lW. > shilling, ! pence. May We
Ii. l115. Vt TX ter. To Il dinner, S
peace, 2Sth. Ny expcnces from Exc
ter TO N1whuryport, Spence. Expences
Ill Port. . >hll!lngs $ pence. Paid for Is
d"zrn Of fins, s pence, g.. Both. To
, ke@~ TO brng powder, ) shilling, ; to Il
bagc, for the tiiniS, shilling. June We
10Th. 10 my eNpcnces from Exeter home.
ll'h, >hl ling pence, l2ih, | shilling
10 pence, 18Th, | shilling 3 pence, l4.h,
| shlil9,'
Although the captain was noted for his
pity through lie, we find lha word tod
av' but twi.e in his accounts. Would
that the members of our present Congress
Couid show IL elem Il record. The ducu-
mrnt> do not inform US whether the dele
gate ro'ic horseback to We Congress, or in
carriage without springs, but we must
presume the latter, is we find an '.or,lcr
from til conmitev to We Congress for 80
SmllI arms. AMI two barrels of powder.
AMI four hunlicl weight Of balls. or lead,
aHl >iX huulre tlintS,' to BE- delivered to
ths sail captain. To show the manner of
enforcing martha! law, we copy from the
orders OF the day at Lake George
Like George, August We 18th, l15S.
Parole. kenebcck. Field officers for We
picquct thi> nj ght. Major West, Mlior In
gcr>Jll. James Jones, of the 18th reei-
n, mi. arravcl at court martial for box
in with. and killing Ralph Pictou. Of
sail regiment, was acquitted, as it appear
ed TO the court that he had no intention
to kill Kim,
Lake George, August yc 10Th 1853,
Parole, New London. For the day to-
morrow. Colonel HNilanl Col. Baaley.
ti,ll o.irer tor the picl"ct this night :
COL Massey and Major Day, OF the 44ih
re.im mt. tried 1t the lac court martial
Tor stealing, and were sentenced TO receive
one thousand la>hcs. Maj. Gen. Aber-
cromhle approves CT the sentence and Or
d'r> II to be PIT IN execution. The pic
quet of the army. with IN officer and so
men from the light infantry, to march to
the haIl WAY brook. Is IN escort to the
WAGONS. The >ubaltcrn's guard to be re-