Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1862-03-25

"lillh. line smoke rises from tue ueAI ~ nPlttI
eatthwork ike mist from the ground On a sum
mers morning!
LlNDjNG WORE TROOPS.
The transports hy' dropped down almost {,
the end OF he point, 4l. are dlscharglug-
Dutis battery OF iIgur |u.i.iary, Col. ButorI',
regiment, the 18th Wisconsin Seandinayia.s
and the G0th Illinois, Col. Fowlor-in all two
thousand men The transports Silver Wave,
Graham ana Rob Roy, lie side by side, present
ing il beautiful mark for the rebels. The PITTS
burg lies just above them, keeping her place IN
the Stream, as yol have seen a mountain trout
IN the clear gursling brook. From my position
on the wheel-house can see all that goes on
. That IS u good bait now is the time for them
to bite, if ever, says Capt. Thompson.
An, They have spoken at last. They bite.
The temptation cannot be resisted. 4 white
cloud pult' out from HE lower angle Of the fort,
where the white flag has been waving. 4 roar
comes over the water, and a round shot drops
INTO the water, not a hundred feet from the ST.
yer Wave. An excellent shot. They have eyl
IDENTIFY tried the range before if not, it was ex
c%eedingly well done.
The troops take it coolly, and the landing
goes on just az il nothing had happened. A
second shot. We look with breathless interest.
but see nothing. They evidently think they are
wasting powder and again become silent. But
not 50 with the mortars They keep ON stead
lily, approximatlng TO ~ surer ann.
SAD NEW FOR coMNoOoRE roorE.
While all this has been Transporting there ha.
been sad news for Commodore Faote. \ tug
has Just arrived with the intelligence that . be-
loved son has suddenly died. 1t Is a sore be-
reayement. There is not a loyal heart in the
land that will not sympatbile with him over "a
los So great. But it is no time for him to 1--WE
way TO grlei-nO time 10 think OF bis a%illicton /.
the enemy 5 guns are Alshlng in front. There
are thousands OF mourncrs 81 the llud-iathet-.
mothers, brothers and sisters weeping because
SECESSION has made their homes desolate. Com
madorc FOote feels that his country claims bis
services in crushing out the rebellion, and come
veal or come woe. be will give all that God Las
given hia Of strength, trayery, endurance.
energy, prudence and skill ~ the cause in which
be has enlisted.
THE positions.
| am under the necessity OF representing the
bend OF the river at right angles. But instead
81 Angles let 10 he o magnificent curve, and ,he
distance across the tongue 81 hand one ana "a
hall miles. Their, are forests and fields on Gle
tongue q .aud. All along the sutherH shore
are white tent, and it j. supposed that there
must be from ten 90 twenty thousand mcn Be.
You'd. There are the cleaners the " Ohio Bell
the " Hi. % trampus. " Lizzie Simmons,
and one evidently shore with her fires out
They are steauIug up and down with that per-
pieXlty which you sometimes see IN an ans adi,
a hornets nest or among wlsps when disturbed
or hemmed ~. They move up and down seem
lugiy with no object u view. Il Is well 80 D.
Oh lne lookout. however, for possibly those
boats may suddenly transport a sufficient mum
Der Of men 10 TIN, side TO Trouble Col. B7ioYa
who is getting his force in readiness Tor q move
ment out through tho cleared lard 10 night,
that IN tle morning he may open upon the
Island in rear of the battery at It's hoad. II Ore
can get ms SIX field pieces out there tonight,
be may be able 20 bring the steamboats, into
stll more limited luarters-perhaps send some
rllcd proectl,s through the boilers.
Looking from the lIt,sburg strait down the
stream into the bend, | can see IA the setting
Sunlight the Ing Of the Conleieracy anltwenty
or thirty READS petplng up from the brelstwork
OF the upper battery. Bang goes one Of our
tnortars. lney wait a moment, for il takes
thirty seconds 60 reach ITS destination. and then
all disappear, TIL the she'll reports It's wherea
bouts. Swesplng round the bend can seq
crowds of mcn-not in rtnk-but louueln,
about, looking at what is going on IN our ilree-
ton. They have NOT had any commitment. from
US to-day. but IL will be their turn Inv and nv.
There are lorty.slx runs Already i,.,a,erei 10 he
in poslton Doubles, we shall lind other.
l.is plain tua, the upper battery ,uu,t be-
carried first. ana the work will deyol,s anon tine
runb,ats and m,rmrs. t,r INST aboyr il j, fne
wide bayoa leading 10 En- lake. m,linr m.
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