The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1861-06-29


appalled, or horror struck, merely smiled,
which to his Secretary was prehensibc,
who anxiously inquired what it all meant the
General reply was, ' That's Bob again. he is
beginning to murderme as he did in Mexico.
Bobs goon spy but he SO often troubles my
friends that he must stop it.
Mr. Russell writes to the Times, under
date New Orleans, May %, from which we
make the following interesting extracts:
REIGN OF TERROR IN NEW ORLEANS.
There are doubts arising in my mind re-
specting the number Of armed men actually
in the field in the South, and the amount of
arms in possession Of the Federal forces.--
The constant advertisements and appeals for
few more men to complete such and such
companies furnish some sort Of evidence that
men are still wanting. But a painful and
startling insight into the manner in which
volunteers have been sometimes obtained
has been afforded to me at New Orleans. In
no country in the world have outragcs on
British subjects been so frequent and so wan
ton as in the States of America. They have
been frequent, perhaps, because they have
been generally attended with jmpunity En-
lishmen, however, will be still a little sur.
prised to hear that within few days British
subjects living in New Orleans have been
seized, knocked down, carried off from their
labor at the wharf and workshop, and forced
by violence to serve in the volunteer ranks !
These cases ars not isolated. They arc not
in two and thrces, but in ten and twenties ;
they have not occurred stealthiIy Or in by
ways they have taken place in the open day
aud in the streets of New Orleans. These
men have been dragged along like felons,
protesting in vain that they were British SUBJ
jects Fortunately, their friends bethought
them that there was still q British Consul
in the city who would protect his coun-
trymen, English, Irish, or Scotch. Mr..
Mure, when he heard Of the reports and
of the evidence made energetic represeu-
tations to the authorities, who, after some
evasion gave orders that the impressed Vol
unteers' should be discharged and the III
ger Rifles and other companies were deprived
Of the thirty-fve British subjects whom they
had taken from their usual avocations
The Mayor promises it shall not occur
again 1t is high time that such acts should
be put stop to, and that the mob of New
Orleans should be taught to pay some re-
gard to the usuges Of civilized nations. There
arc some strange laws here and elsewhere in
reference to compulsory service on the part
of foreigners which it would be we'll to in
quire into, and Lord John Russell may be
able to deal with them at a favorable oppor-
tunity. As to any liberty of opinion or
real freedom here, the boldest Southermer
aoouM not dare to say q shado,o Of either &C.
istS. 1t may be as bad in the North, for all
| know, but it must be remembered that in
all my communications l speak of things as
they appear to me in the place AM at the
time. The most cruel and attrocious acts are
perpetrated By the rabble, sOho style them
selues citizens. The national feeling of Gu.
riosity and prying into other peoples affairs
is now rampant, and assumes the name and
airs of patriotic vigilance. Every stranger
is watched, every word is noted, espionage
commands every key,hole and every letter.
box; love of Country takes TO esvesdropping,
and freedom shaves mems heads and packs
men up in boxes for the uttcrance of 'Aboi-
ton sentiments In this city there is ter.
ribe substratum of crime and vice, violence,
misery and murder, over which the wheels of
the Cotton Kings chariot rumble gratingly,
and on which rest in dangerous security the
feet of his throne.
There are numbers Of negroes who are sent
out on the streets every day with orders not
to return with less than IS cents-any-
thing more they can keep. But if they do not
gain that-about 3s Sd. day-.they are IL
able to punishment they may be put into
jail on charges Of laziness, and may be fog.
ged ad libitum, and are sure to be half star
we'd. Can anything then be more sugges-
tive than this paragraph which appeared in
last nights paper: only three coroner's in-
quests were held yesterday on persons found
crowned in the river, name unknowl.' The
italics are mine. ..--. ....-.-..-.
Over and over again has the boast been
repeated to me that on the plantations lock
and key are unknown or unused in the plan
ters' houses. But in the cities they are
much used, though scarcely trusted. 1t ap.
pears, indeed, that unless slave has made
up his or her mind to incur tho dreadful PEN
atty of flight there would be no inducement
to commit theft, for money and jewels would
be useless search would be easy, detection
nearly certain That all the slaves are not