Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1862-07-04
WAR ITEMS.

/ The Louisiana Tigers" seem to be the
barbarians OF the rebel army. They bear a
name among our men which renders it unsafe
for them to be discovered alive, for beyond a
doubt their motto is mo quarter" At the
hospital near Washington lies one Of our
wounded men who was shot in the side, and
has fearful wound. While lying on the
ground, "Tger' approached with fixed bay
onet. Looking at the fallen soldier, he cried
out, "You are one Of the G--d--Yankeos
are you? III cut you d-throat." Throw
ing the musket down, he drew knife from
his belt, and was about executing the bnlody
threat, when South Carolina officer placed
a sword at the fond's breast, and ordered him
to desist saying, ave have had enough Of
this throat cutting, and if you attempt it in
my presence, I'll make aylight shine through
you Thus foiled, the "Tiger turned away.
and the wounded mans life saved There
is report that the rebel general has sent this
throat cutting regiment to the rear, for their
Sepoy like conducts but the probability is,
that if they have gone back, it is because of
their weakness, for in one place near Casey's
battle-ground, eleven graves were found
marked with the numbers of one hundred and
ten Tigers"
The correspondent Of the n. Y. Tribune
thinks a stop should be put to the food Of
visitors setting in toward the Chickahominy.
The steamer that carried congressional del
egation on a Sunday junketing to the White
House last week, was in the way, and delay
ed the landing of commissary stores, for which
the soldiers are suffering. The writer was
not probably aware how hard he was hitting
Senator Wade and his associates when be
wrote :-"lf it can be proved that applicants
have no higher motive than TO pry into things
for the purpose of finding some ground of
complaint, they should be ested as covert
enemies TO the cause, and sent To- the Rip
Raps. | must be permitted to say the next
thing to an open rebel is the man who breeds
dissension in the army, and alenates the con-
idence of the soldier from his commander
What spies there are in all the food of VIII
tors rushing towards the army, cannot Of
course be known. They cannot be much
worse, however, than those who, knowing
just as much about the management of armies
as a Camanche does about fine arts, under
take the oracular, and tell how badly every
thing is going and shaking their heads, init
mate how much more they might disclose if
they deemed it prudent"
The rebels begin to confess that the retreat
from Cornth was not great piece Of strate-
gy after all. A correspondent of the Edge
field Is. O. AdUediser, writing from Okolo-
ma, Miss, says the retreat from Corinth had
upon Beauregard's army "a terribly democrat
izing effect" He says MANY declare they
will quit the service and 90 home" and "in-
deed the Tennesseeans are now deserving ev-
cry day 1t also appears that Beauregard
has lost some Of his laurcls mot a few of
rt.s. T..
praise, are now the most bitter in denouncng
him. The same correspondent says the
Southern army suffered immensely from sick o.
ness at Corinth, and "tho whole country from
there to Columbus, Miss, is one vast hospi-
tai There are two thousand sick at Okoo-
ma and they are in a terribly suffering condi-
ton.
According to the Charleston Mcrcury. the
rebels have found something besides gun boats
against which it is useless to contend En-
glnecring appears to be the new bugbear-a
sufficient proof Of their deficiency in educated
skill. The Mercury says In the mean
while we trust out troops will not allow forces
to be landed, forts to be built, and ordnance
to be mounted by the Yankees in this neigh
borhood. Our policy is clearly to attack at
at once and furiously with the bayonet. Gun
boats cannot fire on their own men if ours
close mp. Delay, dirt digging and artillery,
If permitted, must always end as it has done
at Yorktown and at Corinth. We will inva-
riably be whipped in that style OF fighting "
A letter to the Savannah Republican. writ
ten from Mobile, depriyes BeauregarJ Of the
credit of having made great strategic move
ment in retreating from Corinth. 1t says be
left for two reasons, either of which an Impair
tial observer would regard as abuudanty
sufficient first, in another fortnight every
mud-puddle in the vicinity would have been
dried up, and his large army left without
sufficient water and secondly, Gen. Halleck
had so environed his position with heavy bat
terics that all his positions might have been
shelled with perfect ease and would have
been, had he tarried in their vicinity day or
two longer.
a lettcr from Halleck's army says MIA
ny intelligent citizens look upon the rebellion
as hopeless, and so express their thankfulness
that such Is the prospect In the streets OF
! luka | asked citizen what his feelings were
upon the subject of the rebellion. He look
ed around to see if any one was observing
him, and then replied 4 dare not be seen
converting with federal soldier, and dare
not express my feelings Then you have
here areign of terror said /. Looking at
me with mournful earncstness, he replied,
Worse than reign Of terror, reign Of
hell ="
The commission on army contracts state
that two citizens of Rhode Island obtained
contracts from the war department for GER
tan number of small arms through the inAu-
ence of Senator Simmons, of that State. and
for which that Senator was to receive $50
600. The evidence to be submitted with this
statement shows that $4,000 has been re-
ceived by him. This looks bad fo- the sena-
tor, who is said to acknowledge the corn.
The Nowbern Progress of the Dist reports
that the rebels at Kingston and Goldsboro
are living on half rations, and also that they
are frequently deserving. Their force is
is small. The rebel pickets burned the Tusca-
rora and destroyed portion of the railroad.
1t is reported that l 5 rebels we're killed at
Baskerville by the explosion of a shell thrown
by one of our gunboats, which did not burst
when it first struck.
Ten soldiers, who recently deserted from
Fort Sumter and took refuge on board the
blockading steamer Seneca, state that the
rebels on that post have made all arrange
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