Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1865-04-25


needy suppIicints for aid there seems to be no
end. Nor does II yet appear that recent union
trumphs, including tie capture Of the late rebel
capital are likely soon go 10 change the state OF
things here, as that the number Of The poor and
needy will ,ot bs very great for good while to
come. But it is with special reference to an imne
dial. effort in behalf Of th.so hundreds that now
write. Will not our good friends, pith the Iessi
possible delay, send us all that they can spare OF
clothing, bedding, &c, for these sufferers Sum
mer garments will come all right now. Thin
coats vests, and pants, and garments for women,
and little girls and boys, ofalmoSt any detcrip-
ton, will be thankfully received. And the soon
or the better, as the wants OF multtudes require
attention at onc. II friends will send by express,
sxpre,sase prepaid, so much the better Other
wise there may b, 50 much delay that many may
suffer much, in consequence. Boxes or barrels
sent by expire" should be directed to me at For
trem Monroe Va. Yours truly,
JAMES =. STONE.
HAMPTON Nai hpril II, loOO'
Mr. EDITOR All about how goes the war
you in Vernon. are informed almost US soon as
those within hearing Of the cannonading. Ot
the tall Of Richmond, the surrender Of Lee, &c
you need not that any tardy correspondent here
should speak at oil. These great events and
Others, with many Of the thrilling interests con
neeied with them, have already been published
and read everywhere and with great interest
And yet, the reality seems to some of us like a
dream. We can hardly realize that Richmond
has indeed fallen, that DAVIS has fed, that Lee
has surrendered, aud that this dreadful war is
70 near It's end. Bu, 50 ii is. The rebellion is
already well nigh crushed, and before very long
there must be peace again throughout all our
borders. Peace, and no slavery Bessed
thought But wha. day is this What Won
dsrs is God bringing to pass Aud what year
is this, one sng TO be remembered : remembered
and marked in history as the year of Jubilee
The year Of the proclaiming OF Liberty through
out oil the land, to all the inhabitants thereof.
Am not glad that have lived TIL now? And
do not desire to live awhile longer, lha, may
witness the full completion Of the great work
which God is now carrying forward Five, ten,
fifteen and twenty Years ago when ! was preach.
ing and praying against Slavery, little did l'up-
prospect now i, that | shall, God grant that |
may DO desire it, and expect it, And why
not7 For that that end is near there can be no
reasonable doubt
Two classes Of persons are ever and anon
coming to US, as the result Of recent battles and
victories Poor wounded soldiers are being
brought in. Boatload after boat-load they
c.me, manned, broken, mangled and dying,
they come, and some are dead before reaching
Hampton. We lcOk on as they are taken from
the boats, and conveyed in ambulsnces, or on
stretcher, to our hospitals, and think, alas I!
how dreadful thing is war
But Others, too, are coming Since the fall
of Richmond and ,he surrender Of Lee, we see
coming from Rcbmond aud ,he regions round
about 50 recently under rebel rue but now in
Union hsnds-paTen,s, husbands, wives, chill
dreu, brothers, or sisters, some Of whom have
been sent for BY their friends, and others, with
out being sent for, to seek for and often to hnd ,
their dear ones parents brothers or sisters,
husbands, wives or children, frsm whom, for
long years they have been separated by the
ruthless hand Of Slavery. ltsadsctlng to wit
nos, the meetings o these friends, 50 full oil joy
that they can be together again on esrth, and
5, happy in the thought that now they are no
longer slaves but free. Nay, and even the intel
ligence that dear ones are ye, alive, and that
there lie p,o,pec, oil seeins them sometime not
lar IN the future, Is often enough 10 ill their
eyes with tears oijoy. For instance d,y or
two since young woman called to see II had
letter for ber. had one and at her TeQues,
read il for her. IL was from her brother, u
Union soldier in Richmond. With what in-
tonse interest did she llsien, as | read that the
writer had succeeded in finding him alive and
we'll, OF whom they had for long time heard
nothing, and also, her own dear husband, whose
face, till now, she had entertained but faint ex-
pectations OF ever seeing again in this world.
Both these we're slaves up n the time OF the
tall OF Richmond. That youog wife had earn
ostly prayed that the husband OF her youth,
the father OF her children, the youngtst Of
which he has never seen, mish be again re-
stored to her and yet she feared the worst.
But now she is assured that her husband and
brother are both alive, and that the soldier
brother intends and expects soon to bring them
both to Hanpton. Happy woman Her lip'
quiver, and her eyes FILL not from grief but JOY
At length she brcathts forth audIbly, Thauk /
the Lord, thank the Lord. Isn't my heart glad
Now go homo with light step; | shall not
mud the mud.hoes' Aud away she went
about as happy as young woman could vel
: be in the body.
Do you not remember William Dayis' Somt
two years ago now, be was on u occurring touI
in Vermont, in company with whito clergy
man, Rev Mr., Bardwe. They lecturei,
think, in Montpelier. OF hi. slI children h;
informed US that FIVE we're slaves, IN or neal
Richmond. Aud slaves they have continued L
be- until the time Of Richmond's tall, Oh
how full of anxiety aud trouble, have the hearts
Of those rents boen, these four years past, OF
!, account u those loyci one. syill 10 bondage
: Anu uVW hho thel FIalVu auu '"hseu wv '"Sl
delNeranoe. Their prayers are OF length heard
' Night before last, BIO, Davis informed me tbs
: hs had good news that he had heard from hi
J Children, and had reason 10 expect some Of then
i home presently.
;. Yesterday, little Andrew, who bad alone beeI
with his parents three or four years, came il
, haste to our door Wcopsn,d. no exclaimed
Z " Me-. Stone, aud Mrs. Slono. father wants Jo'
A c. - Al.
;. Have the children comoi " Yes, three Of um,
Ia ,,,liad and hotne he ran Soon VA wern A