Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1865-02-07

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| prisoners stopped under that order, because
! ouId not give the rebeIr any Of their able bodice
oldIers 10 exchange. BY sending the sick anr
sounded forward, however, some twelve lhousanl
1t or suffering soldiers we're relieved being up
'ard Of sight thousand more than we gave tht
| ebrls
Ia August last Mr.. Oul1, hGdng ncgoliationi
we're broken oil, and that no exchanges were made
'toie 10 Gen. Hitchcock, the Commissioner &
Washington, thi, the rebels we're ready to sx-
hangs, man for man, all the prisoners held by
hsin as had proposed in December.
! Under the instruction OF ths Lieutenant Gen.
raj, wrote to Mr.. Ould letter which has been
ubished, saying "D1 you mean all? Do YOU
mean to give Up sh your action and revoke all
,our assaoout black men employed as soldiers .
these questions we're therein argued Justly, as
hink-not automatically, not ebtrusiyeiy and
emonsratiyely, not for the purpose o. fGrlherog
exchange OF prisoners, but for the purpose Of pre-
I 'entng and stopping the exchange, and furnish.
ng ground on which We could iatry stand.
| 4m now At liberty to state these facts because
| .hey appear IN the correspondence on the sutIesi
| II eIchange, nov on the public files Of Congress
urnlshed by The War Department upon resolq-
Ion am not at liberty to state my opinion as
The correctness and proprety OF this course Of
elon oI tle Lieutenant Genera in relation to eE-
'hange' oscaute, as i Is not proper TO uttsr q
word OF condemnation Of any act Of my suBeuols,
/ may rot even spp.aad where think lhsn right,
| csi no. appsudog N other instances such acts
.s may mention would imply csnsure. only
ies.tr tht' The responsibility oistopping exchanges
II pfsonefs be 10 wise or unwsc, should rest up
on the Lteulen4n, Genera comm ludng, and not
upon me. have carried tho wright OF 80 great q
matter or pine moalhs, and nov propose, as tho
.acn arc aid before Congt,sp and The country. rot
20 carry aay .oassr any mere Of II than belongs
10 ne.
Since vote my farewell address 10 the army
" me James, have received letters from the f,r
west saliag Why DO you ceim hat you have
ooi H'eienly sacrylctd the lives Of you. men, when
tou have ri. ihousandi n our brothers ,ad cons
TO sisfve aud 10. 10 Southern prisons Ia sna
Ter 10 al. sucu appeal, ! am a.iovsd Only 10 re-
peat: " have uo, u,e.es.y sacrificed hs Urea
IF ,ae so.dsI. of the Uaon lhsir blood does
20. stain my garments. la, is MT cauci.m
upon nj0ody, but olIy the enulcistion Of fact,
e1P,iuoa Of which the responsibility Of my
5os.uon vi. not allow ms @ Gay more.
"A sasiy as August ia't, l.st und.r Admire
Porter commenced " stsemb,e al Fortress Mon
roe. Immediately upon the appearsncs Of the
ls,t 10 Hampton Roads, inItead OF any Attsnut
JsIus made 10 Keep the expedition secret, there
cor mentsd flourish Of trumpsls about il, which
i only sgua.sC by the each .iug Of nen when sns
u aDoui 20 ser, 900 q slngs egg, fL4ueh,sr) 90
,hat nearly every man in the countr,, North and
South sneg where The fleet was gong. You sll
knsW-,he rebels all knew-that il Vas ittlak out
% be sent to Wilmington; indeed, 10 such an
extent was the yublc.y carried, that although
Gen. Me,lsI, with Lsa Graham of the Naya.
Brigade, hid teru SCI. ,o lecounuafs The Xcn..y
20 Fou ttsatr ye. Osu Grant colc udsd The
-eeiny vsrs 40 Informed OF o.. purpose, ul the
Apecnopi hat % wss bot best 10 .eud any msn
o. bot uns, aud q ac.u y rel4se to do sJ,
'-s'tg ihr lsr hlHg iu llinplla Roads IN
nar,lr c'amuE 90 Dc ready, su. botauus shat
ne} w.uId to o. Nunaug.on.
A0sr"atJ, '9r ih- p-rle.e of iry ~ an eGpst-
a.t4. taa of a..ovi-. TIE question TO ns te.rsd-
sn4t oolii he lls tii5-, Of NE explosion O.!
laigs qWnay 30. PoRcer u .ue lelsab5rneod Of
a lorTuc,uOo--t0 see whether Il " u.I hsvs me
Ies.'-c4 4te eject ~u.,h .t VAS claimed uy some II
'ou.d Gs'e, 90 whs,hef It sou.d fesu!. 10 cum
r4uu1e h.rm e,sus.i-uen. Grant Determined
seud ihrss thousand msn 10 AID OF the navy,
Aad after I'arnisg that the enemy we're drtsching
iofess to meet sherman ho increased the force
Co sI thousand, OF half OF which were negroes,
hoping 10 surpu'e Fori Fisher, upon ihe ,upposi.
uon hat Gen. Bragg had carried of bis forces TO
meet Sherman, aud lhsrei 10 the fort would be
found undslendea by any considerable force.
Gen. Grant also hoped ,h.ts portion Of III,
lsst would run by the folt into Cane Fear riysr.
aud then by landing The .room and intrepchipc
across ,he peAn,ula between the river asd the tes
oi cAAds running al least might be stopped.
. IL was sad that thsrs WAS not sufficient depth
Of water 10 gj up the river, bu, 81. sine, the fort
has indeed been Ii.ne,d, there ,e.m. TO have
been no cosudsrsole eIihculty IN getting most Of
toe gunboas up The river. m Ineljp,d N tho
opinion that il was ,nothsr v,nt-r,tbs, tb,n Tho
want Of vatsr-,hi, prevented the yupbe, , from
going up the river b, the fort. While ib,y we're in
tue possession Of the enemy Ear,aouf ara, moi
ihre
Although Admiral Porter tsl.Sranh,a ,ns
VII CHI Telegraph have, tina, he would be ready
on tie S,h day Of December. and The troon, w.r,
ready on that DAY, We, We waited for the d.,t,t
Fortress Monroe uuti! the IAN d,y of u, ,osmhsr
when we sailed from Cheypssks B,y at four
O'Clock in the afternoon. We.rrvsd Al the MAC,
Of rendezvous appointed by Admiral Porter,
printed order, on lhs night Of tho 18th and ,be,e
We waited three DAYS while the sun ns,er .hons
more brightly in the heavens. Whis m. .ea VA,
nsvsr camet, while The wind va. never nors
until the lS,b, t,i,l Admiral por.
ter did not come, sns the fort At that Tim, wa.
uRdsfeudcd, As endorsements did
net arrive ull the night Of the oath Of December
Judge, then, OF my surprise when read in one
dispaIoh-fri, that the army was not ready Ioon
enough in ano,hsr'h hat We sailed too soon and