The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1862-03-22

LANDING MORE TROOPS.
The transports have dropped down almost 10
| the end of the point, and are dlscharglng-,.
Duff's battery flight artillery, Col. Buford' s
regiment, the 18th Wisconsin Scandlnavla2s'
and the Goth Illinois, Col. Fowler-in all two
thousand men The transports Silver wave,
Graham and Rob Roy, lie side by side, present
ipg beautiful mark for the rebels. The Pitts
burg lies Just above them, keeping her place in
the stream, as you have seen mountain trout
in the clear gursling brook. From my position
on the wheel-house I can see all that goes on
80 That is a good bat-now is the time for them
to bite, if ever says Capt. Thompson.
All! They have spoken at last. They bite.
The temptation cannot be resisted. white
cloud puis out from the lower angle of the fort,
where the white flag has been waving. "A roar
comes over the water, and round shot drops
into the water, not hundred feet from the Sill
yer Wave. An excellent shot. They have evl
IDENTIFY tried the range belore if not, it was ex-
ceedingly we'll done.
The troops take it coolly, and the landing
goes on just as if nothing had happened.
second shot. We look with breathless interest,
but see nothing. They evidently think they are
wasting powder and again become silent. But
not SO with the mortars They keep on stead
lily, approximating to surer aim.
SAD NEWS FOR COMMODORE FOoTE.
While all this has been transporting there has
been sad news for Commodore Foote A tug
has just arrived with the intelligence that be-
loved son has suddenly died. 1t is a sore be-
reavement. There is not a loyal heart in the
land that will not sympathize with him over
loss So great. But it is no time for him to give
way 10 gricf-no time to think Of his aiiction
the cnemys guns are flashing in front. There
are thousands of mourners in the land fathers,
mothers, brothers and sisters weeping because
secession has made their homes dcsolate. Com
modore Foote feels that his country claims his
services in crushing out the rebellion, and come
veal or come woe, he will give all that God has
given him Of strength, bravery, endurance,
energy, prudence and skill to the cause in which
he has enlisted.
THE POSITION.
am under the necessity of representing the
bend of the river ut right angles. But instead
OF angles let it be Il magnificent curve, and the
distance across the tongue of land one and /.
half miles. There are forests and fields on the
tongue Of land. All along the sutbern shore
are white tents ard it is supposed that there
must be from ten to twenty thousand men DC.
yond, There are the steamers the - Ohio Bell, -
the " llill,' s. Grampus," -" Lizzie Simmons"
and one evidently ashore with her fires out
They are steaniDg up and down with that per-
pcxity which you sometimes see in an ant hill,
il hornets nest or among w0sp9 when disturbed
or hcmmed in. They move up and down seem
ingly with no object in view. 1t is we'll to be
on the lookout, however, for possibly those
beats may sudden y transport ii sufficient num-
Der OF men to this side to trouble Col. 'BrorG
who is getting his force in readiness for move.
ment out through the cleared land to night,
that In the morning he may open upon the
Island in rear of the battery at its head IF he
can get his six field pieces out there tonight,
he may be able to bring the steamboats, into
still more limited quarters-perhaps send some
riiied project'lts through the boilers.
Looking from the PIttsburg strait down the
stream into the bend, can see IN the setting
sunlight the flag of the Confederacy, and twenty
or thirty heads peepng up from the breas,work
OF the upper battery. Bang goes one of our
mortars. They wait Il moment, for it takes
thirty seconds to reach its destination, and then
all disappear, till the shell reports its wherea-
bouts. Sweeping round the bend can see
crowds OF mcn-not in rank-but lounging
about, looking at what is going Oh in our direc-
tion They have not had any compliments from
us to-day, but it will be their turn by and by.
IN position. Doubtless We shall find Others.
ltl plain that the upper battery must be
carried first, and the work will devolve upon the
gunboats and mortars for just above it is the
wide bayoa leading to Eel Lake, making the
position secure from land attack. If we can
drive them from this battery we shall have Il
new base OF operations.
Through the day | have seen a black smoke
rising apparently from the WOODS beyond the
second battery. Az first it was supposed that
the rebels were evacuating the place--setting
lire to their huts and stores but an old pilot has
cleared it up Tor me. 1t is the smoke ot steam
ers 90 the river below Point Pleasant, which is
in our possession. They lie in the bend below.
The distance across is not more than five miles.
We have not, therefore, got the rebels them
selves In bag, only their boats and heavy guns.
They can take transpors ii they choose
up to tins hour the mortars have fired two
hundred and forty-six shells and the benton
twenty-lhree, with what effect is vet TO be
known They are getting accurate range, and
10 morrow we may expect to see sDleudid
gunnery. determined resistance is expected
The sailors expect 1t. but they DO not much like
this slow process hear them say Why
don t the Commodore give US chance ~ .'W .
Will clean them out in fifteen minutes I
think they fairly rejoiced when they saw the
pun OF the cnemys first gun an hour ago. they
are anxious 10 drive them uut-.not To have
them run as they did from Columbus
WAERE is YANcEY !-Whie our advices re-
port Yancey at Key West, u prisoner, in,elli.
gence has been received at Nashville, that he is