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Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1863-05-28
PECULIARITIEs OF THE PECULIAR
INSTITUTION.

A correspondent of the Cincinnati Com
mercial at Lake Providence, narrates the
following -" On large plantation near
Lake Providence there lives a wealthy
Southerner named Gevy Hood Mr.. Hood
though unmarried, is not minated. He
lives in state bordering, as he thinks,
on connubial bliss, with quadroon for
whom he paid one thousand five hundred
dollars in New Orleans. Two intelligent
looking, black-eyed, lack-haired girls,
one of them about nineteen years of age,
the other about sixteen, are the fruits of
this, union By the laws of the State,
in such cases, the children take their stat
as from the mother, so that the two girls
are at once Mr.. Hoods daughters and his
slaves, and he boasts that if this abolition
war were not in progress he could get two
thousand dollars apiece for them. Mr.,
Hood is looked upon as true type of the
Southern gentleman His wealth is so
great that his moral shortcomings are en-
tirely overlooked, and he is received into
the best society of the parish, as one who
is worthy of acceptance. In the 18th
Ohio regiment there is a man who was ia
ken, as runaway slave, into our lines il
Tennessee, few months ago. His com
plexion and features denote Apglo-Saxon
origin, as pure as there is in any State,
North or South, to-day. His skin is fair,
his eyes blue, his lips thin, and his hair
light. His Tennessee master admitted
to Col. Leggeb Of the 18th, that there
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1863-05-28

EE "My DEAR" said an anxious father
to bashful daughter, {" | intend that You
should bo married, but / do not intend
that you shall throw yourself away to
any of the wild, worthless boys Of the
present day. You mnst marry man Of
sober and mature age---one that can charm
you with personal attractions. What do
you think of fine. intelligent, mature
husband of ffty?' The timid, meek,
blue-eycd little daughter looked in the
mans face, and with the slightest posi-
bic touch Of interest in her voice, answer
ed. II think two Of twenty-five would be
better, papa.
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1863-05-28
FROM THE NINTH REGIMENT.
SUFFOLK, Va, May 18th. 1863,


Mr.. EDIToR.---As the 9th have once
more moved, and got nicely situated near
Che village, l will write few lines 50
that our friends in Lamoille county may
know where we are, and what we are up
to. We have had plenty of hard work
since we came to Suffolk We worked on
the earthworks one day and went on pick.
ct the next until the rebels left the place.
and since then we have been out and do.
stroyed the earthworks of the rebels, on
the Edenton road. and at work finishing
up our works that were commenced before
the enemy left.
Yesterday We moved here to this place
and took our position in our brigade,
which consists of the 99th, 1l8th N. Y,
10th Wisconsin, and the 9th Vermont,
under command of Brigadier Gen. Isaac
J. Wistar, formerly Lieut.. Col. in Col. Ba.
kers, lst California regiment. We have
very fine camp ground, with which we
are very we'll pleased. 1t is situated east
of the village, and only separated from it
by ravine. Our regiment is second on
the right, the 18th Wisconsin holding tho
extreme right, and the 99th N. Y, the
left.
We are called reserve brigade, and
are told that our principal duties will be
drilling, and perfecting our military edu-
cation and discipline. We are glad to
exchange the spade for the rife, for we
think we have done enough spade exercise
for regiment that have not been in the
field more than we have We are to have
drills every day,-squad, company and
battalion. The companies of this Regt.
have been transposed according to rank
of commanding officers. At present we
are in the position of Co. I dropped down
one notch by the resignation OF company
officers, and promotion of others. We are
very highly pleased with our present
company officers, and would not exchange
them for any in the regiment. Lieut.
COL Stowell has resigned on account Of
sickness in his family. He was good
officer, and much respected by all who
served under him.
AT The present time everything is unus-
ually quiet here, and news is scarce. We
would all be glad to have this war honor
ably ended, but rather than submit to a
disgraceful peace, we are willing and anx.
ious to stay and help crush down the trai-
tors. and restore the Union. The 9th has
always done their duty, and always will,
in whatever position they are placed. We
would be glad to have our ranks filled up
with as good men as those we now have.
then we would be all right. The health
of the men is very good at present.
Yours Truly, HORACE.
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does this every day, until it becomes a
habit which she will follow up through
life. Her frame, as natural consequence,
is large, her muscular system is in better
subordination, her strength more endu-
ring, and the whole. tone of her voice
healthier. Girls, think of this.
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were packed in less time than it needs to
read this article. Boxes of condensed
milk, farina, army soup, tea, coffee, sugar,
oranges and lemons we're sent off with as
tonishing celerity. Wien I departed,
there was not single state represented in
that hospital but found an article which
bore marks of his homo. New York,
Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Vermont. Mas
sachusetts, Rhode Island, Wisconsin, all
were there, both with their soldiers and
contributions.
AS l led one poor fellow from Pennsyl-
vania, to his bed, and he read upon cov-
er of a clean white sheet the name of both
his family and home, the convulsive sobs
with which be shook that building could
they have been heard in the streets of
Milwaukee, would have shaken coppers
from heads which now spit venom at the
soldiers. The whole hospital wept, and
as I took my paper and put it in the very
bottom of my trunk, noticed that some
how few watery spots had fallen among
the lines.
On the retreat, in the seven days fight,
every mile of the march gave evidence of
presence which moved in its charities,
always ahead af the government.
The army arrived at Harrison Land
ing. The sick had been sent ahead of US.
In this connection l state but single
case in illustration: A young man from
Milwaukee, in whom felt great inter-
est, was found, after long hunt, in an
ambulance. He was splitting black bile,
and had all the symptoms of an approach
ing attack of yellow fever.
Government transports were at the
wharf taking on the wounded. | had the
ambulance driven to the river, and asked
place for this young man. 1t was de-
MED. The transports were only to take
the wounded. But he is in more dan
ger than hundreds of the wounded" "Or-
ders are peremptory; we take only the
wounded" Thirty hours here would be
certain death. What could dc? ? sue
ceeded in getting to transport which the
Sanitary Commission had. l appealed to
them. "We have only two hundred and
forty on board-we will take him." He
was sent to his home; and does the moth
er of that young man ever enter the San
itary rooms without shedding tears of joy
and thankfulness to that Commission
Without feeling that the means for fur
nishing conveyance, were, perhaps,
drawn from other states pass over other
scenes of suffering relieved, which | wit.
messed at Centerville, at South Mountain,
Champions Gap, Antietam and Fredericks.
burg. At Antietam | took the paper from
the bottom of my trunk, and lest might
see it again, burned it, and now declare
on my word of honor that never wrote
it, and that l never will do so again.
sCRIPsT.
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eYA big gun--a fifteen inch Dahl
gren--was at the depot in this place on
Tuesday, on its way to Boston from Pitts
burg 1t weighs 42,5oo pounds. 1t at
tracted considerable attention, and the
boys explored IL by crawling inside. p,
r. Times.
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s. HOWARD, Publisher.
BE TRUE.

Thou must be true thyself
If thou the truth would'st teach;
Thy soul must. overflow, If thou
Another's soul would'st reach
1t needs the overflow of heart
To give the lips full speech.
Think truly, and thy thoughts
Shall the worlds famine feed
Speak truly, and each word of thine
Shall be a faithful seed
Live truly, and thy life shall be
A great aud noble creed.
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is not drop of African blood in the veins
of his slave He bought him in Rich
mond, Kentuckey, several years ago, and
says be was sold into slavery out of some
charitable institute to which he had been
committed as a vagrant. The man him
self appears to know nothing of his par
entage or origin. He can neither read
nor write, and only knows that he is very
glad to have escaped from bondage. This
is the clearest case on record of white
man being sold into slavery. The man
is now an enlisted soldier in the Seventy
eight, and the officers Of the regiment say
he is faithful and worthy man."
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1863-05-28


man being sold into slavery. The man
is now an enlisted soldier in the Seventy
eight, and the officers Of the regiment say
he is faithful and worthy man."
THE RIDE OF GRIERsON'S CAVALRY.
By the New Orleans papers of May 9th
we have particulars of the arrival at Baton
Rouge of the Sixth and Seventh Illinois
cavalry, nilfe hundred strong (Col. Grier-
sons expedition), who cut their way
through the whole length of Mississippi.
They started from La Grange, Tenn, on
the morning of the 18th ult., and reached
Baton Rouge on the evening of May I'd,
performing the whole distance in 6 days.
They made zig-zag course through the
State, sometimes striking cast, sometimes
west, but pushing south the whole time.
in this way they travelled probably about
800 miles, averaging over forty miles a
day. During part of the journey they
travelled eighty miles in twenty. eight
hours, had three encounters with the ene-
my, destroyed two bridges, tore up the
track, and swan two rivers.
The force consisted of the 9th Illinois
cavalry, Lieut.. Col. LOOMS; the 9TH Ill.
cavalry, Col. Ed. Prince, and six pieces of
artillery, two pound calibre, the whole
under command of Col. Grierson of the
9th. On their way from La Grange down
through the centre of Mississippi, they
destroyed bridges, railroads, depots en-
gines, cars, rebel stores of all kinds and
in immense quantities. Their route en-
braced breadth of more than twenty
miles, and everything that could be used
by the rebels that fell in their way was
destroyed. The telegraph, too, was cut
in an immense number of places in
fact 50 complete was the destruction, and
so rapid and mysterious their movements
that the rebels were bewildered, and this
band of heroes were in Baton Rouge be-
fore the rebels knew who they were, or
what they were, or where they came from.
The force at starting included the I'd
Iowa cavalry, Col. Hatch, comprising
about 1900 men. From La Grange they
marched nearly due south, halting at
night five miles north of Ripley, in Mar,
shall county. Next morning the column
moved to Ripley, whence the I'd Iowa
started for New Albany. At Clear Spring
in Chickasw county, Col. Hatch withhis
command started southeasterly to West
Point, in Lowndes county, on the Mobile
and Ohio railroad. After that Grierson
heard nothing of them, except occasional
rumors through the rebels.
Near New Albany the Tallahatchie is
crossed by bridge, where they first met
signs of the enemy. On the opposite side
is a steep hill which would have enabled
few men to hold at bay a large force
Instead of charging on the bridge they
threw out skirmishers, and fortunate
enough they did, for they found the bridge
partly destroyed. The pickets were driv.
en- off, and the skirmishers rejoined the
main column lower down, when the whole
force entered the town.
They then moved on Pontotoc where
they destroyed some salt the camp and
garrison equipage of cavalry company
and gunsmith's shop. A mail from the
Postoffice was secured, and also large
quantity of oats.
On the morning of the goth about LIS
of the men who were the least effctive
= Al "A
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CANp on Folly ISLAND,
November 24th, 1868.

Mr.. EDITOR We are the weekly recipients of
your, to us Army boys, welcome, and truly SOL
diers paper; but never yet have noticed men
ton Of our church, perhaps some would think it
strange for us to go to work, and build a church
the first thing after coming on the sandy Island
one was commenced under the charge of the
efficient Chaplain of the -th n. Y. Vols 1t is
now completed; it is about sixty feet long and
forty wide, with seats of split Palmetto logs with
backs to them, it is covered with old condemned
tents In fact it is model church for soldiers,
and considering the circumstances, the country,
etc., it is very good. AS to the Divine service,
We have meeting every Sunday at 10 o'clock
A. NJ, also Bible class at l P. NJ. Prayer
meeting on Sunday evenings, and on different
evenings through the week. The sermons are
generally preached by the Chaplain of the til
n Y. Vols, he is a good man and thorough
Christian-he puts in his time well visiting
through mems tents of his own Regiment and
others, going to the Hospital and doing what he
can for the poor sick and wounded soldier. We
have an excellent choir composed ofa few Off
GERS and men of the -th n. Y, and -th Ind.
Vols. The health of the troops on the Island is
good better than it was during the hot weather
But these cold nights take the men down little
But do not allow me to intrude, and take up too
much room in your paper
am yours truly, TYPO.
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thirty-seven feet beam fifty feet while ker en-
gines are fue thousand horse porer! More bean
tifil mechanism than her engines has never been
placed in an ocean steamer.
The Dictator varies materially from the AIoni-
tors first built inasmuch as she is designed for
ocean navigation and having been constructed
under the Immediate supervision of Capt. Erics-
son, he claims that she will possess greet superb
ority as nautical craft. She is intended also
for ram," and both bow and stern are "flled
in " with twenty-five feet of solid timber. Her
"beak" is fourteen feet long, made Of iron plates
twenty-four inches thick Covering timber) and is
as sharp as carpenters chisel. OF course she
would cut in twain any ordinary man-of-war if
she struck her fairly and amidships The armor
of the Dictator to all parts exposed to shot, is
eleven inches in thickness, and of the toughest
plate iron. She has but one turret, twenty-four
feet in diameter, sixteen inches in thickness-iron
of course. The turret is the most vulnerable part
of Monitor and in Du Points attack on. the
rebel forts in Charleston harbor in April last the
chief injury sustained by his feet Of iron-clads
was in their turrets. They were only half the
strength and thickness of the DictGtor's turret :
consequently no danger is apprehended on that
point in this monarch Of turreted ships"
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A WAR Iyc1DEvT--A correspondent of the
Bloomington PaaagrapA relates on amusing in
cident which he states took place at the capture
Of Little Rock, Arkansas
"A Confederate surgeon by the name of Cros-
dell cot heastIy drunk, took room at city
hotel. and went to sleep. In the meantime, our
men drove the rebels through the town i'll COM
nletc rout, and took possession Of the place.
Several of our officers put up at the same hotel.
tfSer q while the Surgeon awoke from his siunl-
Iers, and came Gown stairs and stood in front OF
the hotel.
Come" says he to the officers, 'let's go out
"Waat camp" say one officer, Dob5ins, Of
eoursa.
"Whnt command do you belong to: says reb
to Gen. Steela.
The latter explained. - I.
Well" says the surgeon lit beats Rip Van
Wrinkle that q man cannot go to sleep Ill the
Confederate States without waking up in the
United States"
Since then he has taken the oath and gone to
st, Louis, and thinks 6. $. A., poor government
for sleepy manor any other man.
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TYPO.

A SOLDIER, CLEAR THROUGH. New York
Jouraa! says that the remarks which we print be-
low were the actual expressions of non-commiss-
ioned officer in New York artillery regiment,
who is now at homo on twenty days furlough,
given him for good conduct and bravery. This
man, who is something better than the 'loafer'
which he calls himself, was started upon this odd
train of explanation by the entrance into the room
of black poodle
"There's French poodle. I know it is.
used to be in the fancy dog business myself,
pay better? Yes did always spend all I can
get. can't help it. You see I'm loafer, am.
get my little seventeen dollars month for the
little place have in the battery, and 1 spend it
all, and l fight for my country. Here in New
York used to get more money, but Ispent it oil,
and it didn't do me any more good than what
get now Ard then l know, all the time I am
doing my conntry's work You see there are
soldiers and there 'sogers! I'm soldier clear
through
eve have lost two battcsies since this war
began, and I have been ell through the fighting
from the first. We came out of one fight with
seven men. and out Of another with five. was
one of those seven men, and was one of those
five. 1t seems strange to me that while saw
men laid out I'll around me, who had wives and
mothers and babies, 1 shouldn't be hit. am
loafer am, haven't got mother or q wife, or
or baby, or a sister, or a brother. But they
spared me, and killed hundreds of men who had
lots Of folks to mourn for them. wish, some
times, that could have been laid out in the place
of any of those poor fellows. Nobody would cry
for me, but there would have been some honor in
dying for my country. am going back in a few
days, and if 1 should get an arm or o leg shot off,
should have to conc back to New York and beg
for my living l hope if they hit me they will
kill me. l am ready to die, any day, for my
country"
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The IRoN-C1AD D1cTXToE.-The New York
correspondent of the Woonsocket Iatriot, thus
writes of the new Monitor Dicbntor:
"At these works was built the immense IRON
clad turreted ship Dictator, which, is now ready
to be launched. This ship is the most powerful
yet constructed on the Monitor plan; and to say
that she is "a Triton among the minows " of our
iron-clad feet, will not express an idea of her
gigantic size or destructive agency. She is built
entirely of iron except her deck, which is solid
oak, twenty-three inches thick, and double plated
with iron. Her length is three hundred and
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JOSEPH II. SEARS.
THE GEN. MCCLELLAN HEADQUARTERS

No. g. East Houston St. Zone door East of Broadway r. z
above the St Nicholas Hotel.)
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the places Of public amusemens, and the most popular
place in the city of military resort.
COL. JAS. L. FRAZER, 1ate 47th Regt)
Aug. 2ah Manager
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United STATES ARMY AND NAVY NIGHT COMPASS.

TINTED STATES ARMY AND NAVY NIGHT COMPASS
es Patented May 9Th, 1862 The advantages of these
Compasses all others in use are that they can be read
distinctly at night without the aid OF an artificial light
For accommodating the position OF the enemy, night
movements &c where light dare not bs used without
running the greatest danger, they are invaluable.
Used by Major Generals Mcclellan, Hooker, Burnside,
Hunter Pope; Major Meyers Chief Of Signal Department.
and others Every Officer and Soldier should have
PRIZE sc, -, So, 50 so, So, and 81 20.
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