Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1865-04-04
Our lDnr Correspondence.
A Soldiers Letter. No. 81.
SHTH CORrs HosPirAL,

CITY POINT, Va, March a, 1860.
EDITOR FREEMAN The mud here at Cny
Point is rapidly becoming dried up, an impotAn,
event that It would be inexcusable not 10 mention
The streets are no, only dry, but some Of them
are actually dusty. Everybody was made sens
bly, ware Of this n tue gale Of yesterday, for the
clouds Of dust at times, completely shut ou; Tie
horizon from view, aad well nigh blinded the maa
who had the ,eneriiy % ics il. | dom; know as
| ever saw the wind b.os more steadily Or more
furousy than it cid Yesterday, aud j. sat done
yet. II would almost raise coud Of dust from
the yeriest mui-puddle, a, believe i must have
done in many instances. know {, raised par.i-
eles Of dust nearly as bs as robin, egg, aad
sometimes hurled chuaA, OF wood from one place
to another with speiulnen, quite amusing to
witness.
Th, is the third day tia, the wind hiss blown
with almost uueMmpled fury. Yesterday after.
noon at one time one would have though, the
seven ilries we're let loose. # made sad havoc
among the tents Of the hospital. Some have
stood it thus far heroically, but many have not
1t was impossible for the rope, aud listening to
sustain the pressure, aud woe to the uulucky tent
that begins to Yield Let but corner of it get
loose in this wind and it would be torn in shreds
without mercy. | saw several OF them torn 10
twain from top to b1iton, and some we're pros.
tIated entirely | pity the poor fellows that we're
siek 10 the tents that were blown down, il there
were any such, anu there must have been 10 some
Of the ho,pial.. rae men hal to work for life,
almost, IN some parts OF the hospital grounds
fixing guy ropes aal fastening the tents in eysiy
way that could be devised. /, seemed as il the
winds had conspired to sweep every leat of from
the ground. ltw,s more moderate last evening
but at midnight Il repeutel Of its moderation
and ,inee then this invisible element has kept u.
appFehens7e Of is power, Up to the present
moment however, my own tent stands, and / has
ten to chronicle i, while it |. in my poNsr 10 do so
One rope al the wiadwlrl corner has given out
already, leaving a gaping rent | should grieye
exceedingly to be obliged to tell you Of The ruin
Of this tent, or from its diapidaled aud mildevet
appearance II issyeteIan Of many stormy hard
ship in its country seryice,and think it deservel
better fate.
Aside from this, everything is iei here at The
hospital, aud the news market is uncommonh
stagnant Even the guards grumbe that ther,
isn't anything going on, not so much as drunk
en- man to arrest, and they are spelling for li,ll,
fun The other uighl though, they had all til,
fun they wanted, \ drunken VAC Abond rom on,
OF the hospitals mot the Sixth Corps by oonsi
erable) came to our oontrab,nd camp here o
negro families, on an errAnd worse han contr,
band. The guard of course ordered him ava,
but the mhcreant had a loaded revolver. Will
the guards musket WIS uuolded, and therefor
he had the guard to Advantage But the guar
ieigning to yield the point managed to gain tint
load hi, gun, end get help. Overpowersd,
gave up his belligersnt intentions, and attempts
to use bis legs and escape, The guards gun wa
now loaded aud uader the cireumst, noes i VI
his duty to use 1t rather than allow so dangvrou
aperson to escape, but il would NJ 20 Oh II
snapped three cips on it at the fellow, either on
OF which, he ,aid, would have sent him into Ii
other world where we suppose ihey have bette
eonvsnienOes for such ohinoter, but the pet
refused TO go of, and no blood was spilled. III,
hnalIy' after considerable fun" as they called
got him arrested and into the guard-hou,e. o,
guard house here is miserable AFFAIR." being 81
dom used, Il Is seldom ct to use, especially to .