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The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1862-04-24
GREEN MOUNTAIN FREEMAN, APRIL "a, 1862.

department "a service, by the way, that is NOR
perplexing and laborious than any other in thu
field. 10 feed, transport the box, barrel, CAM
and kettle fxings of Il regiment, and be able tt
attend to the thousand and one real and fancieC
wants of a thousand soldiers, here one day ano
there tomorrow, and the next where no one Can
find them without guide, requires much pa.
thence, and more skill and business qualities
generally. But thus far, we are, if anything,
in advance of the rest of the brigade in quarter
ma0tcr comforts and tie uatrinm energy * our
new tuuctionary in that department Is all the
evidence we wish that, unless the Merrimac runs
down our navy Of gunboats and transports, We
Snail continue to be we'll supplied with "stores
and such like BY the way, again, this officer,
50 soldier says, has not made bus one mistake,
ont that, IN his opinion, was quite Serious
without any notice, or preparation, he com
p@iIed us TO receive our narG bread in barrels in
stead Of boxes, and the cakes or biscuits being
fonno instead oi square, vas zoo great and too
sudden change OF diet for soldiers on the
march! However, as there has Dcen no serious
sickness In camp since the change, | presume
this charge will be overlooked.
L thought It was the Sabbath to day, but find
1t IS not' 1t is quite task in camp to keep run
OF the days OF the week, and the monthly calen-
Oar Is still more difficult. Sunday. Ii there is
any man ID the wide world better able to appre-
clate the rest, peace and sacrednoss Of this holy
day, it is the discharged soldier, What hap.
py day 1t must be to him, but to us in SERVICE
auIy makes it as any other day.
In my last forgot to mention that this bri
gade was probably saved from a most s.; rious
disaster, by the timely warning Of " colored
man. the property Of some ''master" now in
the service of the enemy, On the day we made
the march towards this line of defence, we were
moving on road that would have brought us,
without any warning, directly under the heavy
siege guns of the peninsula defences The col
lmn was halted, and an cold servant in
ormed Gen. Smith of this fact, and offered to
show him another road, saying if he led us wrong,
u into danger, to hang him On de FIRST tree.
lis counsel was followed, and probably many
ives were saved thereby.
think have already informed you that our
3and has been discharged They left camp the
lth inst, but when 5hey will arrive in Yer
mont cannot say, as they may be delayed about
money and 'papers,' tor It's long as any one is
the army such delays are possible. Another
vldenco OF our proyerb-such is life.
SEE. SEE Ess.
The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1862-04-24
4. DAILY FREEMAN

VIII be published at this Office until further
notice. Two editions will be issued, one to bt
ready for the mail West, and the stages that
leave Montpelier in the afternoon, the other in
sho morning in season for the morning mails.
Each edition will contain the latest Geographic
news to the tlmo d going to press.
Tie Terms will be,
$500 per year, or 81 90 for three months, to
mail subscribers and those taking the paper from
the Office.
$500 per year, Or 81 ,25 for three months, to
village subscribers--paper delivered at their
Uses or places Of business.
Advertisements inserted On reasonable terms.
Orders are solicited. G. w, WILLARD.
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The Mothers Observation-Disclosures n,q

The MoTHER's Observation-Disclosures NAV
be Maynard, and in some things greatly pin
the hearts, if not disappoint the hopes OF their
parents. But thsy can never forget faith,
tul and atfectionate mother. She will live IN
their best and warrest affections. Their
sweetest and most grateful recollecticn.
through life will be those Of her TO whom thag
know they were the Objects of so much 10y.
and such tender and incessaat care. Her in,
age Will be iudelibly fixed en- the tablets
their hearts. 1t will not be in the power
any Of the vicissitudes CT life to effac9 Or Oh,
litcratc that image They may enter upon
new and pleasant relations, and the objects C..
their affections may be greatly nuItipiie..-~
The circle of their social intercourse and CON-
partnership may be ever widening, and new
rlends may be installed il their hearts, Bu;
still the mother will hold her place there
No new relation or friend will ever be ab
to obtrude into hers. That room in tic sou
belongs to her, and no other may dispose
her OF It. 1t is the high place Of honor nbic5
God has assigned to The faithful paren: IL
the sacred domain Of the children. Ans
that place is to them under variety Of cr'
cumstances as the place of guardian aug2..
1t is the mothers place OF power, and her
power in that place is poser ior gcod
power to guide and preserve from evil, to in.
cite and encourage to virtue. The very name
of mother'wiIl always carry with it a charm
and will ever be rich and redoicnt with thr
most fond pleasing associations. Rec. l.
Beuan.
The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1862-04-24

true of US. One of our bows e.,.
by jumping from one tree to snut opposed hin,t
to compliment him for his darnr 's si the rettes
which struck the tree proteotissa sent Mls
breast high. This is pretty acr" "s Nm ne,rIIr
considering the distance, about siv haze Shooting
as near as | could estimate By tho r.n gar.
Springfield rifle We contested thy Of 10y
warmly Tor fifteen Or twenty minutes s'9 S'oaal
had the satisfaction of seeing them sn.S s4so We
woods 1t Was worth a week at pcks sg1 IN ths
them " leah, SO the bows said No a,us toy.
they tried to vent their 3imooten4 , si Ihp
throwing shells at US, but their sob spleen t
thought convinced them that this Wv. see'a.
oea' part OF valor 1t is hardly possib~' po tie
Two armies to shake their fist in each '' ~, ,.a
,ag IIs; m"oh l3nser' without a more inr '.
'o!liSlon; hear Of no one being hurt a- .'..'
'''' VA ''''' ''''''''o"' ANTl.RGBg,
The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1862-04-24
Woman and Home.

There is bundle Of delight bound W II
the sweet word home. The word is iypica
OF comfort, love, sympathy, and all the oth':
qualities that constitute the delights OF socia
life. Were the everyday enjoyments OF man
OF our pious, intelligent and afectionate Ian
lilies faithfully portrayed, they would exceed
in moral heroism, int rest, and romance, mos
OF the productions Of the pen offction. Inc
social well-beine OF society rests on oar bones
and what are the foundation stones Of our
homes but wonlan's care and devotion?
A good mother is worth an army or ac.
quaintances, and true-healted, predetermined
sister is more precious than the =" dear I'VE
hundi ed friends"
Those who have played round the same
doorstep, basked in the same mothers sln'lc,
in whose veins the same blood flows ARE boua0
by sacred tie that can never be broken
Distances may separate--quarrels may occur
but those who have capacity to love any
thing, must have at times a bubbIins up Of
fond recollections and yearnipg after Tue
joys of by-gone days. Every woman mas
mission on earth. There is something TO 40
for every onc-a household to put in orde''
a child to attend to, some class of unfortuna,'
degraded. or homeless humanity to beirlenu'
That soul is poor indeed that leaves 10.
world without having exerted an influence
that will be felt for good after she has paS''o
away.
There is little beauty in the lives OF tn0ss
wimcn who are drawn into the gay circles %
fashionable life, whose arena is public dlspsy,
whose nursery is thoir prison. AT home' 10
the inner sanctuary Of homo life, woman "
pears in her true glory.
The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1862-04-24
L 4 Thrilling Romance Of the Battle near
Lees Mills.

The following sketch Of the death and burial
OF Vim. Scott at the battle near Lees Mills, in
which SO many of our brave brothers bore testi-
mony to thicr devotion to thier country with
their blood, we copy from the Philadelphia Re
rieW
Ncser until we stood by the grave of the
Green Meuataln Boys did we realize how much
stranger is truth than fiction. Your readers
will recoalect last Summer q private was cou1t
>nartialed for sleeping on his post out near
Chain Bridge, on the Upper Potomac. He was
convicted; his sentence was death the finding
~as approved of BY tho general, and the day
fixed fer his execution. lie was a youth of
more than ordinary Intelligence; he did not
oeg for pardon, but was willing to meet his
iaGe. Tic time drew near the stern necessity
OF war required that AN example shoold be
made Of some one; his was an aggravated case.
But tie case reached the ears of the President !;
he resolved TO save him !; he signed pardon
and sent is out; tne day came. "Suppose,"
thonSht tie President, my pardon ha, not
reached him." The telegraph was called into
requisition an answer did not come promptly.
- Bring up nay carriage he ordered. 1t came,
and soon the Important state papers were Lrop-
ped, and through the hot broi!ing sun and dus-
1y roads nc rode to the camp, about ten miles,
and saw that the soldier was saved lie has
doubtless forgotten the incident, but the soldier
did not.
When the Third Vermont charged upon the
rifle pits, the enemy poured voliey upon them.
Tie first man who fell, with six bullets in his
body, was William Scott, Of Company X. His
comrades caught him up. and as his life blood
nat b, tho lin
Ok war, and the cries OF the dying, and the
snouis OF the enemy, prayer for the President,
and as he died he remarked to his comrade that
he had shown he was no coward and not afraid
10 die.
He was inferred, in the presence of his regi-
,,nent, in u little grove about TWO miles to the
rear OF the rebel fort, in the center of a group
of holly and vines few cherry trees, in full
bloom, are &c Uttered around the edge. In dig
sing his grave skull and bones were found,
md metal puttons, showing that the identical
spot had been used in the Revolutionary war
ior our fathers who fell in the same cause. The
cha plain narrated the circumstances to the boys
who stood around with uncovered heads. He
prayed .or the President, and paid the most
glowing tribute to his noble heart that we ever
heard. The tears started in their eyes as the
ciods of earth were thrown upon him in his mar
row grave, where he lay shroudcd l.: his coat
and blanket.
The men separated F.; in few minutes all
we're engaged in something around the camp, as
though nothing had happened unusual but
the scene will live upon their memories while
life lasts the calm look of SCOTS face, the
seeming look Of satisfaction he felt, still lin
gsred aud could the President have seen him
nc wolid have iel5 that this act of mercy had
been wisely bestowed. But the lannon's roar
is to be heard toward Yorktown, and we must
be off to the scene.
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Tribute Of Observed praisa,

The Tribune Correspondent wyt;ro w..
Union Camp In jron5 of Yorktown 'b.a' "'
testimony to the bravery of the ycrno,t w.
GERS and men in the recent enlargement. ,bo,.
The 4th Vermont as we'll as she Ri and ..
calamity made the perilious endeavor ~ a Y'@
over ana even enter the enemys workY ~'.%
though fhe Sd and 9th Suffered most y .",,l ""'
defilcult to discriminate. Drawer regnso-,9,,
er entered the field, and though no, sporo',f,.
against odds of ten 70 one, they covered ' ,.
selves with glory '''
st
The crossing, by Col. Stoughtop. Of .bo IA
Verlnon,ers from the right TO the Iett d;roo,ra
in front of the enemy. was a most gallant ac,,':
as was the subsequent conduct OF himseli and
men 10 the movements afterward below the dam
"
Col. Lord Of the 9th Vermont Regiment T..
in the thickest Of the fight, and had bis swo,;
sheath ben, and clothes ventilated freely Nv n.
=, puiie's OF 'he enemy. Liza escape seems little
less than miraculous. The colors of the mi.
mcnt had eleven shots through them, ca
Stoughton, who gallantly led his teeimsn,
where the fight was tiercess, won new honor
The sharpsbooters of Col. smalley were t.,.
ror to the rebels The dauntless Sd. Of whom
Col. Hyde may well be proud, passed through
a terrible ordeal, as the list Of casualties sh0v
Officers and men of all the regiments en3agtd
proved themselves worthy .hs confidence Tepo..
ed in them.
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We call attention to the advertisement Of j.
w. Ellis & Co., in another column. Those in
want Of goods Of any description advertised by
them will do we'll to give them q call. They
are up with the times, and understand the se.
cret of success IN business which consists in
letting the public know they have goods to sell
In this way they are sure Of selling their large
and we'll selected stock.
The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1862-04-24

DENTISTRY. attention OF OUR readers il
invited to the new advertisement Of DR.. Comegys,
and bis remarks upon the improved method oil
setting artificial teeth, upon vulcsnized rubber
We think this method deserves at least .
thorough trial.
The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1862-04-24

We give up our space most wholly to-day
10 letters from our war correspondents AL
though by the delays in the mails they are not
OF rccen, date we are Confident our readres will
find them interesting.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1862-09-04

CAUSE OF THE DESTRUCTION OF DoN-
ALDsoNvILLE.-The New Orleans cor
respondent Of the New York Times
writes that about the e5tb Of July Gen.
Butler was waited on by number OF
prominent secession citizens for permis-
sion to run the steamer Empire Parish
as far up the river as Baton Rouge
These people represented that the city
contained many women and children
who desired to get into the country,
many of the latter being young girls,
daughters of the planters, who had
closed the city boarding-school tetn,
and wished 10 see their parents. Gen.
Butler, who had become very much
enraged at the way his passes and other
acts Of kindness had been abused, at
first denied the petitioners, but finally
consented, and that to avoid all mistake
the boat should go up the river under
secesh auspices. He even went so far
as to give an unconditional pass, SO
that the guerrillas would have no ex-
cuse for interfering. and no one was
permitted on the boat but Louisianians.
As an additional security little steam
er called the Southerner went up the
river and stopped at the different land
ings telling the people that there were
no Yankees on the boat-no one but
"our own people," Everything went
on well until the boat reached Donald
sonville. Just as it was leaving the
town the Captain received hint from a
secesh friend that he had better steer
for the opposite shore. He did so just
in time to avoid heavy volley Of rifle
shots. 1t must be remembered that
there was not Unionist on board, the
majority of the passengers being ladies
and little children. The only cause for
this 6endish attack was that the boat
came from New Orleans. We are there
fore not surprised to learn that Donald
sonville was in part destroyed by one Of
our vessels. The above strocious in
stance is far from being the only one
which has provoked the destruction oi
the Louisiana Sodom. Com. Farrsgut's
official report gives an account of the
affair.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1862-09-04
From the Nashville Daily Union.
A NORTHERN TORY SHEET.

A dirty looking Michigan-Buchsnar
paper, calling itself the Jackson Pa
friOt. and popularity known in its imme.
diate locality as the JAcK-Ass PATENT,
recently published the following para.
graph:
"Some of the abolition papers Of the
North are quoting from the Nashville
Union, as rejecting the sentiments Of
the Border State Union men Of Tennes-
see. This was a false representation.
When Nashville was captured. a prin-
ting Office was "confscated," and q
Northern abolitionist installed as editor,
and paper called the +" Nashville On.
ion. " made its appearance. The Louis
vile Journal, and Democrat. and the
Memphis Avalanche can speak for the
Border State Union men,"
OF course this is string Of fabrica-
tions; as the Union is not published in
confscsted Office and is edited by a
STAKEHOLDER. This Michigan papers
idea Of loyalty may be judged Of from
its assertion that the Infamous Memphis
Avalanche represents the sentiments
of the Border State Union men-a
paper so miserably traitorous and incen-
diary that it was suppressed some days
ago by order of the Provost Marshal.
Old Foulks, who is professional swim
dler, and thorough black hearted trail
tor, is just exactly such Union man as
the Bontons who edit this Michigan con-
cern, and the whole trio deserve to
have their necks stretched as long as
their ears. The Union was unanimous
ly endorsed and recommended to the
Southern people as sound Union pa
per by the great Convention Of loysIists
who met here some three months ago
embOdying the intelligence, and the
loftiest spirits in Tennessee, and the
people have also endorsed it at their
primary meetings over the country; peo-
pie who would kick the Bontons from
them as brace OF dirty blackguard
tories. A fellow named Bonton, from
Michigan, some twelve years ago de-
Toured negro wench in a town in
Southern Kentucky where we resided,
and his brother was rode on a rail for me-
gro stealing. We have no doubt but
that these editors of the Patriot are the
same fellows, their morals having de-
Perforated from that time until they have
got so low as to edit Northern Bu-
chanan lOcUfoco paper, and manage to
fill their stupid little Sheet by borrowing
articles, denouncing the Government,
from other newspapers. and by bawling
out against A bolitionists instead OF fight
ing the rebellion. A few weeks ago
they sent us their paper and begged for
an exchange. We exposed their treason,
and they tried foolishly to revenge them
selves by publishing bach of false
hoods against us. We now bid the Pa
riot TO get out Of our Office and stay out.
You are rebels-dirty rebels-North-
ern rebels, and what is viler than all,
Buchanan rebels. Begone, you mis-
cradle Michigan skunks!
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1862-09-04
EXECUTIVE MANSION,

WAsHISeroE. D. O., August 2s
Hon. Horace Greeley:
DEAR SIR. ! have just read yours
OF the 18th inst, addressed to myself
through the New York Tribune. II
there be in it any statements or assump-
tion Of fact which I may know to be
erroneous, ] do now and here cont o.
vert them. If there be any inferenees
which I may believe to be falsely
drawn, ] do not now and here argue
against them. II there be perceptible
in it an impatient and dictatoriaI tone. I
waive it in Difference to an old friend
whose heart have always supposed to
be right.
As to the policy 1 seem to be pur-
suing, as you say, l have not meant to
leave any one in doubt. 1 would save
the Union--I would save it in the short
est way under the Constitution. The
sooner the national authority can be
restored, the nearer the Union will be
the Union as it was.
II there be those who would not
save the Union unless they could at the
same time save slavery, do not agree
with them. If there be those who
would not save the Union unless they
could at the same time destroy slavery,
l do not agree with them. My para
mount object is TO save the Union, and
not either save or destroy slavery. IL
l could save the Union without freeing
any slaves 1 would do so, and if /
could save it by freeing all the slaves I
would do it; and if could save it by
freeing some, and leaving others alone,
l would also do that.
What 1 do about slavery and the col
ored race do because believe il helps
TO save this Union. and what l forbear ]
forbear because do not believe it helps
to save the Union. Ishall do less when
ever l shall believe what l am dong
hurts the cause, and / shall do more
whenever believe doing more will
help the cause. / shall try TO correct
errors when shown to be errors, and I
shall adopt new views so fast as they
shall appear to be true views. l have
here stated my purpose, appertaining
to my new official duty, and l intend
no modification of my oft.expressed
personal wish that all men everywhere
could be free.
Yours, A. LINCOLN.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1862-09-04

WAR SPEECH OF A LOYAL DEMOCRAT.
Hon. Ralph Leete of Ironton, made a
since, from which we make the follow
war speech at Etna Furnace short time
ing extract:
Nothing but the awful word, WAR;
should be stamped upon every heart,
and made to vibrate through every
nerve and fibre of the system. We
should close our ears to every distract
ing sound, and concentrate every
energy upon this one bloody business
in hand.
There are yet lingering in almost
every neighborhood, some who are
asleep and dead to the realities of the
present-who go about denouncing this
as an abolition war TO free the slaves
am sorry to find most Of them of my
former political brethren and faith. I
gloried in the name and deeds Of the
Democratic party, for it vas glorious
party, until it was strangled BY the SER
pents it had nourished in its bosom
James Buchanan and his Cabinet had
determined to link the fortunes Of the
Democratic party with slavery. His
very Secretaries were among the chieI
conspirators who instigated the seizure
of the treasure, forts, arms, srsenals,
and ships of the United States. With
out his treachery, this rebellion would
not have been. The remnant Of this
once great organization, which inherits
only the name, is now but a whited
sepulchre, filed with corruption and
treason. Loyal Democrats can only
find safety in opposing it.
But is this war to free the slaves
If it is, it was made by the N masters snt
owners of the slaves, and if the free
dom of the slaves comes at all, it come
as one of the incidents of the war
which the slave owners themselves hav'
{ made upon their Government and ou
Government.
The central idea Of the rebels j
Slavery. and the re-opening Of the for
eign slave-trade, and the pouring 10 @
:. millions upon millions of Africans iii
! rect from the Torrid Zone, to do the Ia
;. Dor OF the country-for their doctrin
!. is that capital must own labor. Canno
e my friends, who think this an "aboli
: ton war;" see anything in this syster
s Of policy that will degrade white free
? men?
: Not yetis the fact fully comprehend
: ed BY the great mass of our peopl,
e that this is war Of prineiples--the an
n tagonism of civilizations in combat,
|, which one seems destined to yield /
e the other. 1t is now a question
'f skill, Of numbers, Of material powe
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1862-09-04
R The New Ironsides has Left

~T The New Ironsides has left
Philadelphia upon her first expedition.
She left with sealed orders. She is
believed to be invincible. Unless the
best judges Of naval offence and defence
are at fault, she is capable Of encoun-
tering successfully a dozen ordinary
men-of-war, capable OF sinking any
thing aAOat and capable either ol
passing by the strongest rebel fort upon
the continent or taking her position d.
rectly in front of it and batteriDg il
with her terrible guns at leisure.
For the present the New Ironsides
and the Monitor are the two monarchs
Of the deep. Perhaps they are at this
time cooperating together. No doubt
we shall have exciting news from one
or both during the present week. i
any Southern rams are to be found
they will be rent like common sheep
no matter though they be directly un
der the protection Of the paws and jaw
Of the most powerful rebel watch-dogs
in the sLspe of forts and batteries.