The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1863-05-15

and traffic are swarmlng with active life, and
the resorts of fashion and pleasure, gather their
jublant multitudes 1! How few at home, aro
deprived of the comforts, or even the luxurieO
of life, by the protracted national struggle
that is desolating the South, and gathering
such a harvest of sorrow and DEATH And
still 1T is the men at the North, who shed
their tears, and groan under the CRUSHING
burdens of the war, and sigh for peace upon
any terms. 1t is not the soldier, SACRIFICING
bleeding, and dying upon the field of battle,
who asks for peace with traitors in arms; and
the infatuated South, spurn with contempt
any overtures for peace, that does not award
them Southern Confederacy as the spoilS Of
war.
If those northern traitors were made To
suffer more for the Union, they might be led
to place higher estimate upon that which
heretofore has been bound to them by no sac.
rifces for its preservation. There is feeling
among the soldiers, that they would like to
have the Copperheads of the north take
their turn in trying the luxuries of the camp,
and the perils of war. We are sure they
could find no better place for the development
of their boosted patriotism.
We are having some substantial demonstra-
tons that Yankee troops are not welcomed
visitors, to this portion Of the old dominion
Mosby is still watching for opportunities to
make his daring strikes as circumstances may
favor his murderous designs. Last Sabbath
morning we learned here that he had made an
attack upon our 18th regiment, that had just
reached this section Of Warrenton. But it
turned out that instead of the 18th, the strike
had been upon detachment of our Virginia
cavalry. He succeeded in taking about forty
prisoners and other booty, when the alarm
reached another detachment of our cavalry in
that section, who rushed to the rescue, retak-
ing the prisoners and scattering the rebel force
In this onset a number of the rebels were
killed and wounded, among the latter, Mosby
is SAIL to have been wounded in the shoulder
and retreated with the loss of his sword. 1t
appeared by the prisoners taken, that many of
Mosby's men appear during the day, as I'M
armed civilians who are by profession in SYM
pathy with the Union. They use the same
horses to pillow their fields, that they ride upon
guerilla expeditions, and train to charge upon
our forces. One who was severely wounded
and taken, was identified by one of our men
as the person who had been to the camp of
our regiment, both at Fairfax Court House
and Station, for the claimed purpose Of pur-
chasing soap-grease from our company cooks
Another who was shot and left dead upon the
field was identified as man who had been at
our camps, to make sale of patriotic songs
Mosby and his band eff guerilas have never
been more severely handled than in this re-
cent fight and we judge that his career in this
portion Of the state has been efeetually
checked for the present.
Company c. from this regiment has been
for few days past doing guard duty at Brs-
tow station, where they protect an important
bridge upon the line Of this railroad These
pickets were fired upon recently but no dam
age was DONE They are obliged to do their
sleeping by day, keeping careful watch for
the foe at n;obt Tb;s linz ~ rood ,oau nrove