Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1862-06-13

DEAR FATHER You understand that
this city surrendered without any resist
ance, as their dependence seemed to be
placed wholly on forts Jackson and st.
Phillip. These two forts are situated
nearly opposite each other, and newould
think almost impossible for ship to pass,
as the river is very narrow and the big
guns look pretty saucy I tell you; but they
took the advantage of thick fog, at
two o'clock in the morning, and as soon
as the rebels found that they had passed
the forts, they burned large amount of
cotton, took large amount from the
store houses and burnt it in the street,
and burnt or 4 wharves, with large piles
on them, and also the steamer Mississip-
pi, which they had bnilt, and nearly fin
ished. How much other property, do
not know. This morning l went with
the mail to the Post Office which is in the
Custom House, and pretty strongly guard
ed. On my return went to the St.
Charles Hotel, the headquarters of Gen.
Butler, guarded by several cannon placed
in front on the ground, and on the second
story. This hotel, you understand, is
the pride of the crescent city. | went in
to the market, and l think not more than
one stall out of six, had anything at all
in them, and but very little in those &C.
cupied.
There is free market here establish
ed by Gen. Butler, supplied from the
amount taken from the rebels day before
yesterday. l see by the papers, there
was 1900 families supplied from the fund
yesterday. 1t took 70 men for guard and
they had to work hard-many of them
to keep the starving creatures back. No
men came for food All who came are
women, whose husbands are probably in
the rebel service. Lots of little boys
came into our camp with little bags, to
get all the crumbs and pieces of hard
bread, and they get good deal in this
way. l never saw place that showed
such unmistakable signs of destruction
of property, and suffering among its in
habitants, as it does here. Grass is
growing in many of the streets, where
there must have been good business car
ried on before the war.
1t is now about two months since | have
heard from home, and it seems long
time but now as the river is clear up to
us, and this being place of so much i'm
portance, we think we shall stand bet
ter chance to get our mail matter. We
are now quartered in one of the large cot
ton presses, with the privilege of a good
yard and shade, so that we are quite
comfortable; but expect to move to-day
to the Mechanics Institute, near the Gus
ton House.
About the prospect of the war, you can
judge as we'll as we can, for you probably
get the news much better than we do.
| We have to keep our eyes open here.
We think it much safer to have our pis-
tolls about us than otherwise. The peo-
pie look surly, and say but little. We
have just received orders, that no private
be allowed to 60 outside of our line Of
sentinels, and that commissioned officers
must wear their side arms, and must not
60 alone. We have to be very careful.
believe there are six regiments here
not hardly enough to make much show III
city of 10000 inhabitants.
But with the gun boats that lay at The
wharves we apprehend but little danger
of a rising among the people. I want tc
hear from you, to know how you gel
along, how your health is, &c. If you
get this hope you will be able to write
j am very we'll myself, but the living will
keep the strength up quite as we'll as that
in Vcrmont--no danger of the govt
Flour $40 per barrel-othcr things in pro
portion.
We are permitted to publish the follow
ing from Orwell Blake, written to his pa
rents in Eden -
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