Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1867-01-09

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presented itself: How far might | be ser
wing the rebel interest BY acting as
draughtsman for them ? .,.,.. .,..o.
The fellow waited a moment, and then
bade half dozen Of his followers to dis.
arm and bind me. while he attended few
moments to other matters; and as he
turned upon his heel the rascals took from
me my sword and pistols and then pro-
ceeded to bind my arms behind me. I,
was BY no means a pleasant operation to
me; but thought not Of myself then =
My God had enough else to think Of
Tie guerrilla chieftain had turned away
to. give me specimen Of his method Of
disposing Of prisoners. Seven Of my men
had been disarmed and bound, the others
having been shot at the time when Hardy
fell; and these seven, while begging for
mercy, were deliberately butchered before
my eyes! They had not only surrender.
ed, but they had been actually disarmed
and bound and yet they were shot down
like senseless Beasts
In the time to come few people will be
willing to believe the stories which must
be told Of the 6endisb atrocities of those
Rebel guerrillas; and even now are thou.
sands of our citizens on the Atlantic
board who affect t, doubt them. But
tell you only the simple truth when tell
you that mortal tongue cannot portray all
the horrible barbarism and iuhuman cru
city of those incarnate 6ends. We call
them g,terrillas, but we know that they
we're regularly enlisted and enrolled con.
lederate soldiers. and their officers held
commissions from the confederate govern.
ment. -'' H.''- b. '.'".' '.'" -''''3
After having finished his dreadful
work, the chieftain came to me again, and
asked me if | knew who he was i' ''' B
al can guess / told him. And SO |
could guess; for had at that time heard
of but Que man holding anything like a
position Of command in the Rebel service.
who could have done such a hing,-the
man who, only three weeks before. at the
head of eight hundred followers, had en-
tered the city Of Lawrence aud murdered
in cold blood between Que and two hun.
dred Of its unarmed and peaceful iuhabit.
ants, psNu oa v#@ lo saI To4'a.H' 'i.a
"'Your name is Quantrell," | said. as
he seemed to be waiting for me to pro.
nounce It, '..' @...'. ''''' ~ ''. '-''
"You are right" be cried. "and now
you can answer me that other question -
If you are likely to be Of use to me.
shall take you along with me; but if you
choose not to assist me. will leave you
here with your companions" nr tt.
1t would have pleased me. at that mo
ment, to have told the unconscionable vii.
lain just what l thought Of him +; but
what could have been the use? 1 think
! may safely say that I am as brave as
the average Of men, but 4 must confess
that I did not like the idea of arousine
the mans wrath while I was so entirely
at his mercy, and finally 1 said to him:
"H you ask me to give you plans Of
any of our Federal works, | must simply
refuse; but if you wish me to make de.
signs for works Of your own, or draw
maps of your own proposed routes, !
can do so. 1t is not pleasant thing
for me to be serving you in any capacity
hut since my life is the price Of my la
Dor. I must comply, for I have no, wish
to die at present. I..............,'...
The fellow appeared to like my frank
ness. for he smiled as he replied:
} "You are mau of sense, Captain. and
\ have no doubt that we shall thoroughly
understand each other. Id6n't care to
know anything about your Yankee works
for they are not likely to give me any
trouble; but I am going over some ntw t'w
territory, and ! want to make maps for
Genera. Marmaduke.l There's going tc
&c some en- more ore tough fighting in this sec.
,iOn, You may 20 with my men and
pick out your hoTse, ppd wen soon be out
OF this JdJ sdoma sgtoiwonL 10 aotsu'
!, 1 shall not attempt to give SOU any i'm
itation Of Quantrell's language. tie wal
an ignorant, coarse. brutal man. and hi
iJiom was OF the most uncouth type. near
" oue.haH Of all his words being OATH
OF vulgar expletives. As nearly as Icoule
Judge from what 4 saw and heard Of him
4 should set him down as having been
horse thief aud river pirate--oue Of thOs
| bold, daring villains who have made Ger
| tain Of the western wilds SO dangerous (
honest travellers-zjust such man a
would, at any moment, take up. arm
against anything that savored Of Free
dom or Reform. Touching his rank,