Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1862-07-01

From me Eighth Vermont Regiment
NEw OaLEAN.. gune ID. lsG.


IHET Do POLit2 DUTY
For the irst IaT~e week. after arriving in
New O.itauo the cnti.e frgmsni wers dctAiiel
Us the regular cry police ,ai al iIhuush one Of
the boys sa!s !. A. )usitat 10 sag It" set
1t Is nevertheless true, .ory iii tne duty well
Now new police aAs been rganaed. and the
regimen;
Do RAILROAD BlsNEss.
The lst Of June ordefs were received 20 move
az once 30 that part Of the city known as Al.
giers, aud ylng Oh the west SIDE Of the Missis-
sppl Regrets were ,he 0risr ot the day az
receiving this notice, iorW dislike to leave
the large house With many MANSIONS in which
W. wers 10 comfortably eusOnced and we fur
ther desired To remain And nore fully coavince
our arlslocrauc and suspicious neighbors that
we we're right clever fellows coming here for 10
harm, tut " du them gUud However, think
they were pricked in their hearts. and have
better opinion Of Yankees than they would have
admitted month earlier Bur low, after a
twu weeks residence ~, "a lhasfair Algs.
rines We tel very maci it home, apd c0n-
clude ~ Oe thankful thai our lot has lallen in
80 pleasant a place We oecepy FOR quarters,
u hne large depot OF Ehe \. y. & G. " Rail.
road, and the buildings ,0nnrcted with it. ln
this are tine offices tor tie ufhcers aud abund-
ance OF room tor the nen Scarcely hetIer
place could be asked tx this with very spa
eiors grounds, 0n the smooth, grassy surface 0i
which. aud under ia, " grand old oaks, the
soldiers drill stroll. Jr lie In the shade breath
ing the purest aiT. and receiving IN every breath
dose iOr she improvement Of the health TIE
health Of lae regiment IS now very good, and
We nope a month n in!s place Will cure every
sex man
Bgr rHg aAiLsoAblSG
The y. 4 G. " Railroad = aow .ader
the charge ot the 9Th Vt, and sye.y day u
guard uaa u ne sent up the linc in charge OF
the trans 70 preyen; violence from the rebel n
habrlantS on the line. as I'll rs damage lr,u, d
band y, Reckless narau iegs under yillalnous
man known as Captain Fuller. They have al
ready burned u bridge, 'hirty miles from us,
which We have rebuilt, and another. hty-twO
miles, At LAtuuche crossing. which will require
some time TO reconstruct. Ii was stated that
this lawlsss Captain, with his band, was sta
toned near this place, and Colonel Thomas de-
termined 10 drive him out. lie accordingly ar.
range u litgle expedition, which was carried out
with such success, and was so bold an act. that
cannot refrain giving 1t to you, as | had it
from an eyewitness,
MAJOR Dillingham; was directed to take Quar-
termaster Smith aad Captain Perkins. with
Whatever force he desired and explore the town.
lie accordingly LETT here Saturday morning.
arriving at batouche at two m the afternoon
Leaving 2oO meu to guard this place, taking
Capt LyEde with Sky picked men the party
marched TO she town y, rybean. After five
miles march they arrived at tho bridge cr,sslnp
10 the town. On the way, prseaution was taken
that no person should pass IN the direction of
this village, 50 that wnen strong guard was
posted on the bridge the retreat might not he
cut OF. The enllre party entered the town
waving the Stars anu Stripes, and the band
playing Yankee Doodle. The public places
were immediately closed the doors ana windows
barred, while tho people ran from place to place
seemingly seeking Il shelter from what they
deemed company OF marauders and robbers,
with sharp lookout for an armed force. AIMED
themselves to ne teeth, this slna! but coura-
geOus band marched through all the streets OF
an enemy Gown with 1000 Inhabitants. nlay,nt
the National airs, there in the very hear Of the
rebels country sixty miles iron. their main
torce.--the lnhabltans enemies in tue btte,est
sense Of the word They examined every sus
picious looking place Among ,hem large
toundry, IN wnich nothing Was found Resembling
fighting tools, except tew arches aud vats for
tho country distlileries aud IN which they make
lighting rum. Marching pasta Young Ladies'
Boarding School the gallant Major could
not refrain from giving hem u serenaGe. 80 the
band ssruc< up the d" Star Spanglsd Banner. =
ending with =. Theresa Good lime Coming 3"
Mex. they captured large lot of confederate
equipments, piece Of artillery. "a 6-poander
sege pisce,) and AN elegan, Yacht. On which
was found contrabaud articles, and the proprie-