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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1863-01-20

A Bold Scout

We cut from the Editorial corresp lndence of
the Burlington Times the following lively, des-
cripuon OF the way bold orgeans VISITED
Stuart cavalry at the time OF the late Iepuise
of this rebel troop by the Vermont brigade
Gen Stoughton, ordered scouting party,
consisting OF n sergeant and six zen 10 endsavor
to find out the real position and numher OF the
enemy For this rather danger JUS duty VOida-
teers we're called for No time was lost IN pro-
curing them, for Orderly Ssrgt Dan. Il. Hall
of Co. q, Pittsord boy, and a cooler or more
efficient Sergeant never wore the = loz 'nse,
stepped forward immediately nd volunteered
for the exploit Three from Co b, aud three
from Co. G, sprang to his side, apd the party
starte forth, we'll armed, on their mlsslon.-
sin ii lsl a ss&gdu iRv in Ff gHagPs1es sna S''h
:. Allen Greys took uut his white handker-
chief and fastened it to his bayones, thus exVem-
porizlng - flag Of truce The Sc, though
4 hazardous one, it will be seer was entirely sue
cessiul.
As the scouts approached the " grey coats
easily seen in the moonlight, (tor 1t was glo-
rious night, the stars shlnin their brightest,
and scarcely cloud obscuring the heayens,)
they were halted and challenged at the loot OF
the hill by picket about Is RODS oif Sergeant
Hall replied to the customary challenge Uf no
goes lhore?" " A dag oil truca IRON the union
army" lie was then ordered to advance alone,
leaving his squad behind hIu. lie did so
made known his pretended business, aad saw
some teen or twenty mounted men. They de-
tanned hun until they could converse with lhe
officer in command Fifteen minutes elapsed
before bis answer came, which was that he nad
no communication to make, but would reply IN
lse morning The bold sergeant, having sue
ceeded in his purpose, returned, having accom-
plished rather difficult and dangerous unde'-
,aking, hut Gaming Tor himself the reputation
of mau oi thorough " pluck and ier'iie IN
yention IIe was afterwards highly and d,s'r-
vedly complimented Tor bis daring. by Colonel
Blunt. Dan Is to-day, one OF the " lious Of
the camp, and everybody takes pride Ia his bold
feat and if Co G, gets another chance at the
=. foe" he will he again heard from.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1863-01-20
About Furs.

/ 1t is said that London is the fur mart Of the
world, although The climate Of England Is such
that they are but little used R1ssia sable IL lhe
most valuable Of all urs, and the skins are exceed
ingly scarce. According to the latest statistics,
but twenty-five thousand of them we're produced
in the Cars d1ninions. The prices paid for
them are enormous. Ia New York set-tippet, !,
muf and cuffs--costs from one thousand to
three thousand dollars. The sable fof lining one
Of the Emperor's claaks, exhibi I'd at he worlds
fair in 1851, was valued at five thousand dollars.
One kind of the Russian sable is called silver
sable, on account of the long white hairs which
are conopicuously mi ged win the dark brown,
which is its usual color. This commands very
high price, partly from It's rarity aud partly be
cause it cannot be initiated as readily as the blown.
The peculiarity Of this fur is It's great soIiness
aad the length and beaviness OF the hair. The
ermine has a value OF its own from rs delicaoy
and beauty alth ugh it IS not yer, expen i've fur,
not nearly as mucn 40 as the Hudson Bay sable
which ranks next TO Russian. As the Hudson
Bay company take their skins very far north, they
are often very nearly equal IN elegance to the
Russian, although they cost rather less than half
the amount which is gwen for their mar relati,n.
The American sable is taken south OF the Jomin-
tuhs vi the huusou my Cllbpdnl' ~ " nus
third in the list Of furs. Next are the miIk and
the stone martin. For the last few ears fashion
has given value to the mink which it formerly
gave to the stone martin. Il has no equal lor
durability and in appearance IS eminently re.
speclabI iiicently elegant for all ordinary pur-
poses, and has .te advantage Of never look ng
100 well for the plainest dress. 1t varies very
mnch in equality. The most valuable skins have
long dark hair, and are quite soft lr selecting
furs OF any kind alwa,s look Tor white hairs. sh'ch
10 the natural skins, are scattered here and there,
as they are your security against dyed lur Fr' nch
sable means very inferior lur d,e1 TO initiate
valuable one. IL is a very poor economy TO buy
them. The fitch and Siberian squirrels are much
used and are just as useful for warmth ahd fully
as durable as any other, and are much less er-
peusive For sleigh robes the black bear is high
IL valued. The white fox is very elegant, anu NO
is the black fox which Is canadian fur, and
highly valued IN Europe. ccoon skln' AID
mu,krstare commonly u,td, ard answer very well.
but are not as comfortable lhnse thit have
longer and heavier fur The old bufilo robe.
VIII ch formerly stood so high, mas lost It's place.
and is almost entirely discarded but it certainly
had mer ia of its own which It's more Showy sue
eessors have not attained.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1863-01-20

The FoRcE OF HABIT.-At ems Of the voting
places in the Twentieth Ward, New York, al
lrishman, who has for severa years been -four
ishng democrat, was observed to stand with a de
jrcted countsnsnce, watching the soveeigns
as they walked up, one after another, to deposit
their ballots. He would 20 away with his hand
in his pocket, then cas-. fond lingering look be
bind, whistle, and walk back gazing as if spell,
bound
Z" Have you voted yet !" asked one of hi,
friends, lakag him by the hand.
The genil-mah shook bis head goomily.
Why not
AN there's no vote for me to.day," he replied
souowfully.
4" You not vote What's the matter ? Amt yor
democrat, and for Sey mour
"All uy that, an more too replied the defect.
ed Celtj but I've sworn"
" Sworn what
+" Sworn that I'm an alien, to be sure for do ye
think I'm going to bs drafted to the war, an q
British at that
What are you here for, then ? asked the 10
qusilivs friend.
Well, moo, I've voted hers so long il. hard
WORK to keep me hand of Nv ii, you ace, an
can't keep away al all at ALL an tbats all there is
TO it,"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1863-01-20

DR.. RUSSELL on "THE GENTLEMEN OF TIL
SoUTH."-We take the following from the Lon
don .4iheneum's review Of DR.. Russes Dis,
ry;"
As to the ferocity and cowardness of South.
ern dues, Mr. Russell substauiiAtes all that pre-
vious English writers have advanced. W !!
said the Governor Of Mississippi, | think oui
average in Jackson is murder a month ! bul
the Governor used less offensive term than
murder. At Jackson he traveller gained muc
information about the duello. Il learned he
says, many valuable facts. was warned, iol
example, against the impolcy of trusting to SINAI
bored pistols or to pocket six-shooters IN case o
SG ihi hsi Rssye Rses9if s. suppose oa bit your
YOU up with bowie-knlfe before he falls dead
whereas il you drive good heavy bullet into him
or make hole in him with a Derr nger ball, he
gets t,utish aud drops at once. Here again is
useful instruction : 4 gentleman with whom
YOU are engaged in alteration moves his hand TO-
ward his breeches pocket or behind his back, you
must smash him OF shoot him at once, for be is
either going to draw his six-shoo,er to pull oat a
bowie knife, or to shoot yoA thro gh the lining
Of his pocket. The latter practice is considered
ungentlemauly, but it has been more honoured
lately in the observance than in the BREACH Oi
Great Britain the Southern gentlemen displayed
equal Ignorance and disdun. TO them we are a
race OF towards, because We have put down duel
ne and our country is but a sort Of appanags
of their cotton kingdom lpdeed the old boast
Of Cotton is King was repeated to Mr.. Rls'
sell with frequency and an emphasis that sorely
irritated him at the time, aud makes him now say
Liverpool and Manct ester hyse obscured all
Great Hrtian to the Southern eye Another ar.
tcle in the true Southener's creed is Great
Britain is in mortal lear OF France, and is abjecI-
ly subdued by her great rival OF Aew OrIean,
Mr.. Russell speaks n terms which lead US to be.
lieve that its present state under the iron rule oil
Gen. Butler must be an improvement on its Tor
mer condition. The b cd curdles as the eye
read, the description Of the New Orleans jals
where murdereIs and burglars are herded with
boys undergoing imprisonment for riiling robbrr-
les where accused persons, waiting for Trial, are
made 10 associate wi;h the yest reprobales OF a
vicious city, and enale piupor lunaucs are COZ
fined in the same court, though IN different gale
les, with felons condemned TO death. Well may
Mr.. Russell excaim, Shame and horror 10 a
Curistan land Such is the special corrsspon-
dents picture Of the South such his description
OF the Southeners whom Mr.. Spencer, few
months since, was painting as refined and chiya-
nc gentlemen, anxious to I'LL Their ancestral acres
IN pastoral simplicity and be al peace with oil
the world. is needless to state that Mr.. Russell
charges the iave States with being mainly res
pons.ble ior the defiant, irritating and insulting
tone comm My used TO US by American states
men,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1863-01-20
The Abandonment of the Attack on Vicks'
burgh.

The withdrawal of our troops from Vicks
burgh, lie thus explained 10y a news dispatch
Orr the Mourn oF TnE lAzoo RlykR,
Jan. 3, via. Cairo, Jan. III, 1868.
The exp dition against Vlcksburg was with
drawn from the Yazoo river yesterday safely
A single attack by the enemy was repulSed by
our gunboats. The Yazoo Is abandoned Us IA
base OF operations, the enemy being impregna-
BILE on the front facing that stream. There has
been no fighting OF moment since last Monday
Nothing has been heard from Gen. Banks or
Admiral Farragut. Gen cClernard arrived
here on Thursday night. The army are now IN
transports at W Wllliams' Bend. No further de.
yelopments have been made of the movements
Of Gems. Pemberton aud Price in Vicksburg
The enemy were reinforced to the number OF
sixty thousand men. They had one hundred
and SIXTY guns in their batteries besides their
field artillery. Our losses in the Yazoo will
amount to $500 OIL 5000. The loss OF the enemy
Is unknown. Capt. Gwn, OF the gunboat Ben
ton, died this evening OF wounds he received IN
action on the 9th OF Dec. Ills remainswil be
sent to CAIRO in a gunbOal and thence to his
friends east. 1t has been raining here inces-
sently Tor the last thirty-slx hours, causing a
heavy rise IN the Mississippi river.
A council OF war was held on board the
Tlgress, Gen. McCleraard's headquarters, on
Sunday. Commodore Porter Gems. Sherman,
McClernard, and other officers were present. IL
was determined that it would be folly to make
any further attack on vicssbutg with the
present force, that the enemy received their re
inlorcements too rapidly, and that there was no
probability Of our side receiving reinforcement
Therefore 1t was deemed expedlent tr abandon
the attack on vieksburg, ana operate against
some other place. A point OF attack was deci.
ded on but ils publicity Is forbidden.
The following day both aeets got under weigh.
There was no coal Ior the gunboats and they
were unable to raise steam. There was food
In the river at this time. With wood fuel the
transports took the gonboa,s in tow and moved
slowly along. The advance arrived here last
evening and met coal going down the river.
There was considerable excitement. at the
mouth of the Arkansas river. Tho ram Pom.
ehar,rsin IS down the river. The gunboau and
rama arc waiting for her.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1863-01-20
Punch's Charge to the Jury

The subioined charge was cut from an old
file of the Lancaster lnIeligencer, into which II
was copied from the London Puneh about fifteen
years ago. >,
Gentleman of the jury You are sworn in all
csses to dec de according to the evidence al III Q
same time, ysl have any doubt You are bpuud
to gi,e ,he prisoner the benefit OF It. Suppose
YOU have to pronounce the guilt or inneeeuce o
a gentleman accused Of felony. You will GER
tainly doubt whether any gentleman would com
nit such offence accordingly, however strong
may be the testimony against him, you will per
h,ps acquit him. The evidence Of your own sen
ses is, at least, as credible rs the wi,ne. II
therefore, your pye.sight convince you that the
prisoner /, a welidressed person, you have h,
same right to presume hi, respeelabilly. and il Il
for YOU TO ,ay whether respectable person would
be likely to be guilty Of the crimes imputed IA
him. Ia like manner when you see ,hsbby-look
iup fellow on the dock charged with shssp.stealng
tie declaration rests with you frat, whethe' OF
not that individual |. a rsgamuilin, and seesndly
how far is |, propable ihata man Of that descrp
lion would steal sheep.
OF course. as has been said before, you vii al
ways be guided BY the evidence, but, then, whether
the evidence is Trustworthy or not sa matter io'
ysur private confederation. You may dsbsliev,
|, aud whether, gentlemen Of the jury, you vii
hsleye il or disbslieve IT, will depend upon th'
con,,tu,ion Of your minds. II yonr minds are ,C
constituted that you wish 20 find the prisoner gull
~ pethaps you will believe 1t; u they happea Il
be 80 constituted that you dssireao find him no
guilty, why thea very likely, yos will disbelisv'
| A. You are to fee your minds Of all rfi1dlces
II you can, and In lhateass, our jadgmest will b
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1863-01-20
Girls on Ice.

Don't imagine for an instant, girls that learn
ing to skate is the least bit calculated to inspire
you with any pleasing emotions. Far from il
| will tell you just how it will be. You will sa,
10 JON Henry
d" How should like 10 know how to skate.
John Henry will say
Certainty, my love. OF course"
The next tins he comes he will bring you q
pair Of Conover & Walkers best.
lie will say
"ro.morrow evening, darling, at half past five.
Tomorrow evening you will get your skates on
about hall-past nix, with strong determination
10 show Joan Henry what graceful little fairy
you are :" on ioe." lie leads you from "terra
frma to " terra cea," which you at once dscov-
er to be different kind of "lerra altogether
You bow to John Henry, and ft your right foot
which causes you to bow seventeen different ways
ltonce. John Henry tells YOU to do as be does.
You try to Go SO, and Immediately some Que falls.
lou look around to see who 1t is, and the
thought strikes you "perhaps it is myself -
You are picked up, and fall down again eleven
times without stopping
Your skate is loose. Of course it is, or YOU
could strike out. John Henry loosens and tight.
GUS lVuI biups III lHo usual way. iOu stIlhb W
with your hands and feet with energy and en'hu-
sasm. Tue former you plunge into Joan Henry's
countenance, and with the latter YOU succeed 10
ayiFg him out alongside OF yourself, You rise,
and he rises partially up, and you throw yourself
into his bread basket in very nhuman way.
You hoarso y whisper:
John Henry, shall faint If you push me
down agaIi :"
lie help you up, and you knock him down
i've times without stopping. AT last you let him
stand. lie peouades you lc release him, while
he wipes he sweat from his noble brow. You
noby grant tile boon and, after superhuman,
exsrions 20 maintain TIE perpendicular youaust-
ly settle slanlir dculary into john Henrys coat
sleeve. A look Of desperation sa,s, as planly as
look can, "Johl Henry why do you push and
throw me down in this disasreesbIe way
lie looks at his watch.
lis it possible Eight o'clock, and your
mother sal! you must be at home at nioe.'
Your prayers have been answered and It is he
that wants TO 20 home aud not you. You go
home, and, if not very pious, You think few
very mild bad words about skating in general, and
learning to skate in particular.
-Four days after when ycu are just able to walk
around the house, without limping-if you are
reckless Of life und mb-regardless Of splainsd
ankes-or married to ieller what your pa likes
and you don't-you will 90 again and learn to
skate. It's ten TO one, though, that you never
Try Il again, SO much " on ce.'
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1863-01-20

PRoylpkNoE LIQUoR. pretty good story ia
told us concerning good Deacon in neigh
boring town. lie Is one Of the old fashioned
sort oil deaeons, and has always been in the hab
1t oil "t,king little for the stomach's sake,
hut was never known to get intoxicated except
on one memorable occasion, He was then on q
vlsi, to Providence. The news OF tho sad affair
reached the church members, and the deacon
was brought up for discipline. The Deacon ex'
planned tho circumstance in this wise "Breth.
ren, am sorry, hut IT'S not my fault. | daily
take half glass oil our toIrn liqaor and il does
me no harm But that Providence llquer is
powerful. IL knocked me before ! knew IL -
The Deacon wa, released on condition that he
would drink no more Providence liquor
Wosasoekd Patriot.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1863-01-20

CRooKEDNEss OF BosFOX "Ga Hamilton
says: "No city has any moral right to beas crook
ed as Boston. 1t sa crookedness without excuse,
and without mlliation. 1t is crooked in cold
blood and with malice aforehought. 1t goes as
kew when it might just as easily 20 straight 1t
is illogical, inconsequent, and incoherent. No
where leads to anywhere in particular. You start
from any given poial, and YOU are Just as likely to
come out at one place as anoth r. OF course, all
this can but have effect on the inhabitants.
Straghtiorwardness becomes impossible whore
you are continually pitching up against sharp
points. People horn and bred in angles, and
blind alleys, and or ss-ways, cannot iai to have a
knack at regeneration aud intrigue Diploma
lists should be chosen from Boston, or should 1t
least take preparatory course of five years there,
as soldiers do at West Pslnt. The number (
streets is amazing. fhe Bostonians seem to have
perfect frenzy for them. II they can squeeze
in a slx-ioot passage between two houses, they
are happy. Hill.a-dozen stairs and brick plat
form is an avenue and an elysium. They build
their houses in The shape OF letter V, with the
point sticking out in front, apparently for no
Other reason than the exquisite satisfaction of
having street pass up each sides and they
make their streets crooked to look az, and then
make alleys to get there. Washington Street,
the principal lboroughiare,
"lAea wounded snake drags its slow length Along''
haze heard that 1t wls originated by COWS,
rnaandarinu doyr 30 drinl This hynotnesis
may answer in the one case, but il won 'ktIhS
to the smaller streets, for cow could not make
70 acute angles if she tried. Owing to this vaccine
inability Washington Street rolls en- with consid-
erable dignity for awhile, but it goes off into de-
rium tremens down by Colnhill and Dock
Square"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1863-01-20

SINGULAR Fidelity OF Doc on THE BAT
TIE FlELD.-On Monday last as Hon. John Co.
vode in company with a number Of officers, wa.
passing over The battle field beyond Fredericks-
burg, their attention was called to small dog
ying BY a corpse. Mr.. Covode ha ted few min.
utes TO see il life was extinct. Raising the coat
from the mans face he ioend him dead. The
dog, looking wistfully up, Tan 10 the dead mans
face and kissed his silent lips. Such devotion in
a small dog was so singular that Mr.. Covode ex.
aniaed some .psp-rs upon the body, and found it
to he that of Sergt. W. II. Brewu, Co. Z. 0lst
Pennsylvania.
The dog vas shveriug in the cold, but refused
10 leave masters body, and as the coat wa,
thrown over hi, face again he seemed very unea
sy, and tried to get under it TO the mans face.
lie had, i; seems, iollowed the regiment iUIo bat
te, aud stuck to his master, and when he fell re-
mained with him, refusing to leave rim or eat
anything A, the rarity returned an ambulance
was carrying the corpse to little grove Of trees
for int-rmenI, and The little dog following, the
only mosruer a. that funeral, as the hero's com
raaes had been called to some other point.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1863-01-20

pRoBABLK GRAND MARRIA0E BuwErS LIrrs
pKnrlE--We learn, hoth irum MIR. Barnu@
aud Miss warrens agent, that us'rong alta h
ment bs, for some tine existed between Gen.
Tom Thumb and Miss LavInia Warren, the
beautiful lady dwarf now ut the American Mu-
senm. The attashmsnt has been OF considerable
standing, and is OF the nature OF " love AZ nr"
.,,ht. - and there can be- no doubt Of the Zen.
erals intensity of affection. lie has written to
Miss warens mother formal proposal, ard
the letter 8 accompanied by one irum tie lady
In favor Of ,Le engagement. 10 Tact. sb'reap-
pears to BE- genuine and earnest love. and ,'sry
prospect Of marriage T. Com. Ado
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1863-01-20

unbiased but If you cannot, you will return .
verdict accordingly. 1t is not, strictly speaking
for you to consider what will be the effect Of yoal
verdict but if such consideration should occur tc
you, and YOU cannot help attending to it, that yer
dict will be influenced by it to certain extent
You are probably aware that when you retire you
will be locked up until yon eontrive to agree
You may arrive at unanimiiy by fair discussion, or
By some of you starving out the Others, or by tos-
sing up at your conclusion, by whichever OF these
processes arrived at, it will, be more or less in &C.
cordance with your osths. Your verdict may be
right it il to be hoped it will not At all events
gentlemen Of the jury, you will come to some con-
conclusion or other unless it should SO happen
thai yousepsrate without coming to any.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1863-01-20
SQuandering Lives.

The eihsrmAu wad,s In ,hs surgs,,
The sailor sails the sea
The sslditr steps bfsys.y to bAi.le.
The voodmIn lays axe to th.tres.
They are each Of ih- breed Of heroes,
The manho.d sttsmpefsd TO strife
strong hands hat 20 oishtly TO labor,
True hearts that take comfort DO lii,
In zach SHE seed 20 rsplansh
The vofid vnh me tigofi. needs
The GENRE Of honest AZ. cllons-
Tbs impulse 10 generous desdL
But ihf sharks diink the blood q the asher
The sailor is dropped ina iAo sea-
III. soldier lies cold ty his ca nou,
The vsodnAn is crushed BY hi. iies.
Each pr,iigal NE tha, lswasttd
10 manly achievements unseen,
Bat lsnglhsns the day u the coward,
AHd strengthens tssersfy aud mean.
The blood of The nobi,si is l,rishcd
That The ,eln'h pros. may lus
But God sees the I've, thatare sqaanlsrsd,
An We TO iis wifdem are blipd
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1863-01-20
ENGLISH PuLEoM-A French author, visiting

ENGLISH PHLEGM.-A French author, visiting
London ately, sends TO N Journal in Psris VIVID
description Of It, as il a pears to his fren he,e'.
One feature il this Nnhoiy lalks. nobody
bawls, nobody laughs. Even the dogs d not
bark and when say this, beg yoc heiirss that
am not Joking. ln the brst place, one meets
few dogs then those one does rle' nave Wy
of ioggi along the street which 'utfcle' u, lndl-
cafes that the, have right to be 'htfei thy
look like dogs who own city properly. Ihsy do
not look about which way 10 goi The, dn not
stop to talk with their canine acquaintance icy
90 straight ahead il aquet trIt one is half in
cIinpd to think they are Digs gong to do 'he'
business, or going their way home after dolng all
they had to do on charge or al the docks. ibe
hor.es have very different gaI, Sonnet ng OF
the English axiom . time is money, has made us
way into their ninds r legs They do not Ioose
minute ON they speed il goa round u"l,con-
seious Of the value OF the ca, llal they represent
All, how little they are like French horses-al-
ways fond Of ldling about, alas Ii their mast rs
Nobody has ever calculated the amount OF ecoun-
my represented by the silence of an Engli'hman''