Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1862-05-27

OF nlght. Tor them. lbGy VIII getln your ears,
n your hair IN fac. everywhere about your
person AID thon they commence boring I0r blood
uton the lcgular Ar,eHau Sel principles and in
little white these insignificant littlc creatures
swell up like a balloon Go INTO camp any
where AZ anytime and you wlIl dnl any number
u soldiers hunting for " tlcks Hence the idea
50 original and apropos--Llltle Macs wood
ticks
have mol forgotteu my promise to give you
IN my next the grand satler scene witnessed
yesterday st Cumberland landing Alta mode.
crate estimate there was Oh mat Mndlng less
chan Il mile square, 10000 troops some say co.
GOO Now not one oi This host Of soldiers, un-
less they were smarter ihan the boys o. the
Vermont Brigade, aud CEN Brooks las eifectu-
ally cOuJradlccd That, had had anything 70 eat
" drink better than q soldier ration uf hard
tack, raw PORK and bareback coffee Tor months.
fOu can readily conceive what an appetite they
had on when the camp news became general
that there vas q hJat-luad Of suLlrr stores at
the landing CHic6ens 10 a dough dish is but
poor Illustration Of the rush to the rivers
bank tor yictaals, something that had the smell
or taste Of buttery aboul It,--chcese, ginger.
bread, cakes, pics, cHckers, and # course to-
hacc0, cider ana ! reckon down in tbe 5lik
head a iew measures vt liqu heo rye aad corn.
II thclr great 4. .toul,hment and clagru, the
boat was aich5Ied QUO IN tue stream some thirty
yards from tbe shore. But th,Ie were dozen
or more -kil, upDut and all Of them in demand
taxing passengers 70 aud from this tolt-lOad OF
llAures. Impatient Tor passage. many & nun
cry soldier would wade cut 10 the stream up to
ms waist D. meet the returning boat. while
others, st.l more impatient. threw of their
clothes, and plunglng IN, swan 70 yonder boat
with their mouths crammed iull with pocket
book, purse Or change. Securing a passage tor
the moderate sum Of twenty-five cents, your
correspondent was soon Onc OF them, lone
dollar being all his capital, with which lie cer-
talnly expected 10 ger ~ much as a tdsfe OF
something good to eat, for his bowels yearned
exceedingly fhe craft was u iu rugged schOon-
er Of about two hundred tons burthen. Fore
ana att there was Il hatchway, aud down in the
hold all the supplies were stored, save few
barrels OF apple cider on deck. As many as
three meG at each hatchway oiHciated as clerks,
dealing out the goodies to the hyenas on deck
Now, cannot believe that any pen can pic
ture out those hatchway scenes brush and
pencil might do 1t to advantage, but this little
weapon, II It is more powerful than the sword,
becomes like Samson shorn of his strength when
II essays 10 write out a scene like This. There
was hrst a constant yell 1.-TWO pounds oi snaps. =
- one pound OF cheese, - " three pounds of but
ter, = - ten pounds OF tobacco" and now and
then you would hear some reckless, hungry,
lmprOvident chap sing out, - Here's "A dollar
get US that's worth Ot anything, whiskey. lobac-
co or bread" But, to my great surprise and
disappointment. soon found that a dollar was
OF much less account there than the same mon
ey was IN California IL 1919. when Sl2 dozen
Tor eggs was moderate charge ana | began 10
think tadt by iur tlme had p.it another quar-
ter lUr return pass = my eaances tor smell
even, say uothIrg about taste, would ne ex-
ccedingly small. However saw cider barrel
going aud thinks to myself, II halt or
quarter has got any show on this boat, that
barrel must be the place. 80, after pushing,
and JamminS, and punching, and pulling my
set through the crowd in the course OF an hour
and bali had the good luck to secure cup
tul. OF cider, an excellent article. There was
less than pint, and as it only cost quarter,
felt relieved after got myself out OF the chan.
mel and brcathrd freely again. just then met
one Of the stark naked customers, and he had 4
pound OF cheese in his arms. &" What did you
1
- I'm give YOU dollar and hall ior it now
put IN a ragged, rusty looking soldier by! my
side. "No YOU DON'T said the cheese man,
" d rather charge rebel battery than 80 ma
ked throug. thar crowd again.
" Nhlle tins conversation was going on an
officer came along with bottle OF brandy pea
ches -" How much for that some one asks
+" Two and a half " " Can you get any more.
" Yes, you, can but can't, unless you lend me
the money In little while soon observed
a movement extraordinary near the bow OF the
schooner, Crowdlng along up, soon learned
what the matter was. A squad OF boys, more
liberal in their views of trade and traffic than
the propretor of the concern, had Knocked in
tho head of q cider barrel and were vending the
huld without money and without price, and be-
fore the news came to the ears of the sutler,
they had sold out. | then stood round the
hatchway again and looked IN amazement upon
these customers packed around tier above tier
buying their wares. Fully third of them were
swimmers, some Louaves with their circus riding
uniforms and the balance u crowd OF sharp wit
ted, money spending soldiers, tho whole group
making tabeau such as no artist has ever pain
ted. Tired of all this, yet would not have
ID it for an interest in the 1ribnnes gun
factory, set sail Tor camp,arrlvlng just IN time
to settle W my cash accoun5-75 cents for
drink OF cider-and write up my correspondence
Tor the Freeman and other parties nearer nome.
oreat is Diana of Ephesians, but greater still
is Horace Greedy Of the Tribune, ana 1t seems a
pity that he Is not a God. Yesterday | made
an extract from one of his editorials, wherein he
. regretted " that our success at Yorktown was
not more sauguinary, that is, he was sorry that
your correspondent or somebody else had not
mingled their blood With his carnage loving pa
triollsm Tor the UnDn aud his Brigade. Most
,f us soldiers are inclined 10 ;hink that is some
what cool to say the least, and ii weshould take
lime to study on tia little they might get lit
tie wroth.