Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1869-11-02

stTfeended the breakfast table. felt Sc
cure of the unqualified confidence of the
Williamses.
The elder Williams himself, scarcely in
the prime of manhood, I found gentle
man Of education and influence. lie free
ly commented upon the issues Of the re-
Bellion, openly avowed his sympathies with
and confidence in the ultimate success of
the Confederacy, yet deprecated his sons
connection with the renegade Ladoux, whom
he stigmatised as 'nomodic assassin, and
disgrace to humanity" and chopped to
God that he would be brought to speedy
retribution."
SeoiEc feither endorsed not attempted
to controvert his fathers denunciations,
his thoughts doubtless Illuminating upon a
programme in the interest of this same
Ladoux, which we had determined to ex-
ecute, concocted the night previous DUR
ing our thirty-fve miles ride.
This programme was no less venture
than the attempt to release Ladoux's new
recruits from the stockade. He was san
guinc it could be affected if we were cor
daily seconded by him aud his men; he
had only to surprise, capture, or silence
the picket guard, at early dawn, gain an
entrance within the lines of the camp
without creating general alarm, and by
a sudden dash upon the five guarding the
prisoners, throw open its doors and make a
clearance of its inmates.
AS chimerical as this plot may seem to
the reader, l assert that it offered the
promise of success, and could have been
accomplished, but whatever might have
been the issue, the conception of the
plan effected its purpose, which was to Sc
cure an interview with this "nomadic as
sassin"
The elder Williams incidentally remark
ed that he had heard of him the day pre-
vious in the neighborhood of LaGrange,
and gave it as his opinion that his head
quarters we're not forty miles away. l
knew that George would find him, and al
though new and pfH1e"tad pifGfGfe coatasSi; ;;whiiaR
was to go to the protection Of his only
sister, young lady Of sixteen years of
age, then visiting her uncle, six miles
back of Vicksburg, he privately assured
me that he would at once seek Ladoux
and report to him his adventures and our
plah.
In the meantime I should sally forth
and deliver the messages confded to me
by the prisoners at the Fort, and then
meet him on the morrow and compare
notes.
In good faith he had TO the utmost of
his ability acquitted his commission to
to And Ladoux. He had exceeded but
an hour in reaching his fathers house.
He BAD not met Ladoux, but had cum
municated TO several OF his men the events
of his escape. The plans upon the topic
had placed my stock at a premium in
their keeping, and informed me that the
rendezvous of the gang was in swamp
about fifteen miles from an old hamlet
: called Marlboro, and not over forty-6vt
: miles from Fort Heman that half o.
. the men @efs out recruiting for "sights; :
that I should repair to this old village o.
g Marlboro on the following day and there
Y | should recbgnize representative ti La
: doux, from his penchant to hum or whis
t tie the beautiful Scotch air "Anie Lau
0 rie."
r At two o'clock in the afternoon Georg
d and fellow traveller parted with his ia
: ther and mother for Millboro, and th
e same hour / parted with them all for
well, for Fort Heiman. 1t was our las
It parting.
d Arriving at the fort at sun down,
c found Col: Cat headquarters and t
C him gave detailed report Of my or
c erations, and from him received rcncwe
C assurances Of his cooperation and aid j
d COMPRISING my purpose. To this end h
d pledged me that Lieut.. Mizener Il woul
/, accept of no other oficer), should repor
q to me at 10 o'clock p. NJ, at Marlbor
y for instructions, the next night.
1t That evening as the sun was recedn
n beneath the western hills | returned t
IT the village upon white mule, brande
u U. s. Il mean the mule was banded)i th
y fruits of my days wanderings beiHg tH
,; discovery of five of ofLadoux'sheh who ha
:; takeh shelter for the night tnder the roc
II Of u rebel by the name bf Neicc, residin
,f ole and half miles from the villae
GROCERY. felt if these five could be cal
i tIfsd my labors would be partially con
r, petisatcd. ( g" "ns a
es Awaiting the arrival of Lieut. Nfehe
le sought entertainment for "tHan an
e. beast" but among all the denischs Of thi