The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1863-01-27


wealth, that is now hidden, shall develop tse!
in thrifty farms and pOpulous towns.
But enough of the country. The people, ron
the education of circumstances, are Jealous o.
Others, and look upon labor as disgraceful
This last is as true of the negro as of the plant
err In trade they use no smaller change than
the half dime. Postage currency is common
(stamps aIe not passable.) Tennessee scrip il
common, being of all denominations, from ca.
giles to half dimes. Counterfeit dimes are com
mon, but pass about as we'll as the real ones
since there is but little prospect that any of i,
will ever be redeemed. yet all the while, it il
said to be in advance of green backs | have
lately seen curious medium OF exchange, being
thin disk of something resembling bone, about
the size of quarter, OF white color clouded
with red 1t passes tor a dime, but what ma kes
it current do not know.
But now will speak of cur march. 1t is a
common saying here that guarding the property
Of rebels is played out.'' So it seems. Or
the march, the cavalry and teams helped them
selves to corn and fodder as they pleased and
where they pleased. At ight the fences fur
nshed rails for our fires, and at Wyatt the de-
serted houses made quarters for our soldiers
Tbs men themselves catching the spirit of the
thing, as they naturally would, were disposed
to lengthsn out their scanty rations of hard
bread and bacon, by the addition OF fresh PIC
and sweet potatoes, and sometimes, turkies
geese, and chickens honey, sugar and molas
seq, played their part to make the soldier think
Of old times and better things. But this plar
of self appropriation, when every one pursuee
it to suit himself, is apt to be abused by those
who do not recognise the feelings of humanity
and the last fowl, the last sugar and -four, and
500 often, though too bad to tell, the last book
the nicer articles Of wearing apparel, find their
way to the camp and leave their owners to re.
iocs that il has been no worse. We did moi
find many white men OF our march they wer,
either at war or had gone away with their fami
lies and slaves at our approach. We found in
deed some relics Of Unionism in East Tennessee
At Byhala, white flags we're flying at every house
and one woman was particularly earnest in he
approval of our cause. On our return the,
had placed small United States flags beside
these, and the woman ! speak of, said that shs
was gong to feed hers and make it grow. Al
We approached the Tallohatchie q small boy
was arked, " Is your father Unisn man {? ,
" Yes, he is now, replied the boy. So it sp
pears that the presence Of Union arms make,
Union men.
But a word of the negroes. We saw them
yes in their plantation-uniforms Of dirty
white, the woody heads pinned up in rag,
that supplies the place of cap or bonnet, as
the case might be. We saw tenn watching our
march, scores in q place, looki ne and grinning,
and straning to get fair view of the much
talked Of Yankees, They say that they have
not had to work so hard since the war com.
nenced as before. They think it a mighty good
thing for them. I've said enough, can tell
you nothing new Of them.
Our outward march was some seventy. five
miles to q point 1--WE miles beyond the Talla-
hatchie, and about twenty-five miles southeast
OF Holly Springs. The Notifications beyond
the Talahatchie had been deserted few days
before, and the forces of Price, stationed there,
mad gone south, filling the road with trees to
o0S'Fnct the passage We we're not needed
mere 80 we were ordered back, that is, two OF
'"' ''fee divisions going out to join the Mis-
Avn -
'oau' Sxty-sx miles bringing us back to Mem