Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1864-12-23
Miscellaneous.

lHs SOUND uT THE MINES Poets have
s-ss good deal about the sound Of bullets.
The following description, which We find
O, tie correspondence Of an exchange is the
Il minute and successful OF ary We have
-, seen
i ]. great mistake to suppose that bull
{ because it is 4 bullet, can only produce
af sound On the contrary. it, notes are
.u..l as numerous and diverse as those Of
lagluinIs string. That which pleased me
oysi Eas light, feathery sound. such as
alEli ome from a swiltly-speedng arrow.
s-estei sharp, graceful cleaying Of
De- ar iy the point Of the Iidly-reyolying
llle l. could be heard for second or
F. The balls which hiss are those which
-e tie nearest and pass the most quickly.
Ley are going steadily and swiftly onward
sound i contracted to a sharp momen-
~ mp Tnis is the battle-note Of the
LIE. and IT You are not behind hreastworks
De more interesting than amusing. The
q. oi smooth Mimic at the distance of a
yards is no louder than that of fast
g bee, OF a tea kettle when il boils
'kly, bu, any raggedness giycs 1t voice
AAAoA ~ FbAhS VII HAAdhIs VI EVEN
tAa; of steam when the careful engineer
sting his boiler. Dear how spitefuI
b, came - ! have heard the bows saw
eT and over again about such shots. Some
les the Mime, instead OF coming point
-myst, as it should, revolvcs lengthwise,
then the little tumbler makes a terrible
Tor it. amount of metal Half Missing.
whirring, it seems rushing aimlesslv
! :. driven by the force ofits own passion.
,iOnly, when well-ni-h h spent. the MIME
na musical hum like that of a child's
4 This, perhaps, is the most grateful
I'd 10 the ear which it produces. Ii
IS the tremendous explosive force of gun
Fler that the MIME will not Weld this
1nlug sound no matter with what yio-
Il may be thrown from ones hand 1t
.e sound which stones give when sent
illiy from the school-boy's sling. The
nleate energetic whistle of the ball. in
'h toe report of the rifle often seems
s-minaIe, is only heard at some distance
Q the piece, and indicates that it has
~ pointed from you. This is the most
.allY Voice the MIME has; it does not
"a # danger IL you, but only of ven
.lr on the enemy. This again is totally
-1tnt from the long, disdainful whistle
'a the stray Mimic frequently evolves
-l making ts wIde-curying track through
ara singular sound. difficult to describe,
witch, If once heard, 1t would be as iif-
L 30 forget. 1t is on high key, and is
n and clear al first, bnt gradually dies
'Ay lJls as full Of spite and hate as a
-ul coald be. And the MINES made an
aei noise tie other night for my amuse-
cent As Was sitting by the ire while the
-'c''F vas snoozing in bed, all at once there
"a report IN the tent, like the discharge Of
'l-l. pistol. w hats that p cried the
VI Those drummers are playing
. On Us" This | thought highly im
le, though a copper-cased cartridge
= have made the NOISE if 1t had been
10 down the chimney. There was no
: that, however, and We concluded
Ia bullet had struck somewhere. The
ring revealed two small holes where the
- in it's course had perforated the thick
Is roof of the wall-tent. Little lnci-
like this are OF constant occurrence
-. HANCOCK 5 VETERAN CoRPs.-The
appointed for the organization of this
is drawing to an end, and it should be
Completed by the lst Of January.
ay veterans have already enlisted and
ny more will The corps is:to consist OF not
than twenty thousand infantry; the en-
81 men 10 be able bodied, and those who
served honorahly two years, and are
,rioTe not subject to the draft. ANY U.
District Provost Marshal l. authorized to
at the qualifications for admission 10
corps, and If Approved. viii furnish the
e'an transportation t. Washington, where
I'll be regularly mustered for not less
A one year, and will be paid a SPECIAL
-ly Of three hundred dollars from the
'utute fund upon being mustered into
+~rvice. This special inducement must
-11erstocd as in addition to the regular
y OF one two. and three hundred dol
lald ior one, two, and three years en-
Cents respectively Also, it is allowed
ny recruit to receive such local bounties
--,l be paid at the districts where their
as are domiciled, to which district they
't credited. The corps will have a
a 0adge to designate it, or peculiar
IN.
b.. ,-e arms and equipments will be the most
'sed IN possession Of the Government.
e. Eh reeruit VINO preserves bis arms to the
hls term may retain them as his owe.
Oelhg hunorably discharged from SER
-. erNBoAT OTsIGo BLOWN Up BY TOR
a.. Information reached the Navy De
tAtht that the L. ). gunboat 0tsego.
a. -shder Arnold, WAS sunk few davs
.; relei turpodo 10 the R ,h.kc fiyri.
.rs- .es above Plymouth, y. c The tor
rvs was attached to a log and hoated in the
r,,, ss' and az The 0tsego Was moving up the
Reconnaissance. se struck the tor
R.,.; 'nle.i explodlng csluaed her To sink -
,i,,. only six feet OF water IN the Roanoke
ai,d dnefe ste went down. She will be
Va. ;n;n sno repaiied. No person on board