Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1862-06-03

lieNe that IL couId oe q N9y magnanlmOus eXhl-
bltion OF Christian princ4e to call upon " the
greatest vi all these to hide or conceal the
wlckedness, the orpnanige, and the chidless
fruits OF this super huma monster. Treason
is it possible that even .nong traitors them
selves this constructors s col does swell the soul
with agony and despair, and thus leave the
heart an empty vacated lagment Tor its hopes ?
And can it ever be thai aereafer, when once
more we are happy AM united people, that
man or men can DO found 10 this proud Ameri-
ca who are not IRON agalna this cursed barbari.
ty! But--emblazon IL upon the banners of
every loyal State-t Is gong, passing away
its frenzy is soberng down and vanishing like
the waning charms OF youth and beauty-the
day dream OF its gidiy voures is now but So
ber, SERIOUS, calculation u ioU and chere to iue.
/ True there is still left III ID grip little snap
and swell Of the bravado. BM's that's all. Yes,
( that all there is left d ,reason,-a sort Of
chlyalrlc doalh-thrUe-fhe iqutciu Of agony IN
that dying grodn the wlesd artist could not
paint, 10 make his name inaortal The foolish
giddy suicide wIi run ana eek the oblivion of
the vial Or the waye-poism or the pool. But,
there is no such obliyious iIuae Ior treason and
lts homage paying worshiprs Hunted from
the busy marts OF c0mmet,, driven from the
workshops and liresldes OF industry, and thrust
naked and hung,y from le waving harvest
fields OF happy husbandry it goes now with its
IDOLS, like 3" a guilty thin anon a fearful sum.
mons, to the moors, the ewes and the noun
tains 10 glu, itself with syte and vengeance,
and with It's scavenger remnants VI chlyaIry
and iamshing dupes Of arrogance, to " wage
war upon human nature a arge' We leave
them there
Had soldiers no more patience than lovers,
swecthearts, and the unhappy victims Of that
g:een.eyed monster, .elloag, am not sure as
it would be safe to contne oir calculations upon
the duration of the war u weeks and months
But We are patient equal o tae representative
man OF that Christian virtw ia the Scriptures I;
and this alone, with Lit, Macs generalshlp,
viii suppress rebellion lhls patience, as our
hasten slowly advances. ike milestone
upon ,he neck OF the enemr l0ey know we
are coming 5u: not when, md she dread and
lea incident thereto oyercones them.
10 day we moved about tx miles, and to.
morrow shall occupy the grgnd OF cur advance
guard, which is only ten II les from Richmond
while the advance will 70 n how far cannot
!
since Monday, and then only two followed close
by our cavalry Ba, tie soldiers talk Of moth
ing but Richmond, Richmond Squire the dis
tance close, and teen conclude with the remark,
that " We are 50 muh nearer home" Yes, af-
ter Richmond they hive very muc, to say about
home, and unless theg are gay deeelvers, there
Is a store OF Joys ard greetings for wives and
sweethearts upin Vermont They are not al
ways very choice in ,heir language. when al
luding TO the good times coming with their IDOL
trddas. =" Doxey and dozzle are some OF
their most finished and expressive love terms,
but there is as much heart and soul in hose
unpollshed sJldlerlsms. as you can ind in The
most polite circles OF drawing-rOOm charms aud
destinations. May they all live to reaizs these
fond auticipatlons and their sweethearts, too,
shall learn secret now, that soldiers love is
no irall suppor Tor beauty, love ana innocence.
We marched yesterday through Il number OF
large plantations, and slw the standing grain
and corn OF the quasi Philistines. We saw also
their homes, and nov and then the mother at
the window, and the children on their play
grounds. The white folks - of course well
coined Us, and talked good doctrine, still Il
know it is wicked.) could not heln thinking
that, though the people exult and seem reiJioed
at our coming, it might please them more to see
us on u double quick, Bull run skedaddle back
to Yorktown. There was no mistaking, how
ever, the ecstasy If their eOlored help. Their
JOY was earnest and unc1nhned. noticed one
lot in particular. | should say there We're fully
thirty of them hanging on the fence, and swing
ing ON the gates, they were laughing, sing
ing, dancing, patlng hands, and their eyes and
ivory never showed to better advantage. Talk.
ing and gassng with the passing soldiers, /
could see at once that their very hearts were in
their moatbs, yet could not catch their words
But one buxom, jolly yaler girl, . who seemed
to have the most to say, put her whole story
into one remark just as we passed her "0h,
boys, 60 ahead you S drlyiGg em home now,
and when you comes back you can have all des
girls, dat 5 what you can And how she
swung dem arms, and swelIed dem rosy lips. and
looked like lub almost divine. Butwhat hare
that would be for the boys s,-only think Of It /!
But did not stop to think long Tor Just then
! fell in with my Qulx0tic character. Uace
Ira, and he had another extrayagant and extra
ordinary i" tale to tell about one of our new
recruits. TIE fellow S name was rhurber by
profession u Phlenologpt, and in his way a
character, presume, as success in the business
ALWAYS demands such. Ever ON -, tour." be
occasionally visited and drilled the good people
OF Vermont Ia the science aud mysteries OF skull
ography, and other branches OF the duc arts.
The war having drained the State OF ali tic best
suhiecls,-.l mean kalls.-rhurber, laboriug
under the halluciuation that his talents would
be more luly developed by the profession Of
arms quietly enlisted, and in course oC time re-
ported himself 10 the wood.tiok forces of the
peninsula. ana his name Was duly enrolled upon
the muster book OF this Company :. Enos
Thurber, private, Go. D. 9th Vermont" Now
Enos was u very modest yonth. his first re.
quest. after salute and conpratulation with
the Captain, being Tor an army wagon to 20 for
his baggage left behind on some seaport town