Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1864-04-13

all tear OF resistance being made in the
North. As there is nothing SO successful
as success, so is there nothing so strong as
strength"
THE GUERILLA LEADER MOSEBY OUT.
WITTED.
A correspondent of the Baltimore Amer.
scan says:
"on Friday, March 25th, Captain E,
B. Gere, of the Griswold Light Cavalry,
was sent out with 125 men to the neigh
borhood Of Berryville and Winchester,
Va, on scout and encamped at Milwood,
six or eight miles from the former place.
After the men had their fires built, Ser
geant Weatherbee, Corporal Simpson, of
Company H. and private went two miles
from camp to get supper at arm-house,
and while waiting for tea, were surprised
to find several revolvers suddenly advanced
into the room. behind each pair of which
was either Colonel Moseby, rebel Cap
tain, or lieutenant, all rather determined
men, with shoot in their eyes, who de-
manded the immediate surrender of the
aforesaid Yankees. The aim being wick
ed. the three Twenty-frsters saw they
were under a cloud, and SO quickly gave
up the contest.
Colonel Moseby was much elated with
his good fortune, and required his prison.
ers to follow him supperless on his rounds
to his headquarters at Paris; the private,
however, while pretending to get his horse,
hid himself in the hay and escaped, Nose
by not daring to wait and hunt him up.
"On the way to Paris the Colonel
amused himself by constantly taunting
his prisoners with questions: Were
they with Major Cole when he thrashed
him at Upperville? Were they with
Major Sullivan, of the First Veterans
when his men ran away and left him 2
how did they fancy his grey nag9 he took
that from Yankee lieutenant. Don't
the Yanks dread him and his men more
than they did the regular rebel cavalry p
How did they (the prisoners) like his
style of fghting2' L..
He was in the mean time, engaged in
gathering his men, with the avowed in
tehtion of attacking Captain Ceres force
at daylight and, if possible, Of cuttingit
to pieces. His followers live in the farm
houses of Loudon, Clark and Jefferson
counties, and are either rebel soldiers or
Union citizens, as the case may require.
He would ride up to house, call Joe or
Jake, tell them that he wanted them, at
such an hour, at the usual place--to 60
and tell Jim OF Nose almost every farm
turned out somebody in answer to his call,
proving that these men, with the certified
oath of allegiance in their pockets, and
with passes allowing them to come in and
20 out of our lines at will, are in sympa-
thy with the enemy.
"When they arrived at Paris, Colonel
Moseby dismountod and stepped into the
house where he had his headquarters,
leaving his pistols in the holsters The
lieutenant with drawn revolver, watched
the prisoners, while the captain endeav-
ored to find an orderly to take.the horses.
Corporal Simpson, who had been marking
the road for future use, and had been long
looking for it, saw his chance and preten-
ded to tie his horse, but really putting
his foot into the stirrup Of Mose5y's sad
die and laying hold Of one of the over
looked pistols. Tho lieutenant detecting
the move, fred at him, when Simpson shot
him through the heart with the weapon
he had secured. The captain turned
round and fred. and Colonel Mossby came
to the door to see what all that row was
about just in time to hear bullet whis
unpleasantly close to his head, that Simp-
son fred at him, just for luck. as hc and
his comrado left--yelling back: Colonel
} Moseby, how do you like our style Of
> fighting? We belong to the 2lst New
York And away they went. leaving
l Colonel Moseby dismounted, and outwit.
, ted Of his best horse, saddle. pistols and
overcoat. two Yankee prisoners, snd with
: at least one vacancy among his commits
/ stoned officers. Corporal Simpson rode