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

.sowl" with mine host. fnlettered as he
Vas, even ignorant of thtf1nelish alpha
Bt, found his mchhory be complete
encyclopedia of all tie ktoig of a't.ur.-
ret events
For the past two monts he had been
wandering and hiding i the mountain
detles to escape the consription of JEFF
Davis, had taken advantage of lull in
the storm to visit his fa4s, only to bn
confronted with the alterative, either to
enter the Confederate .anks, or enroll
himself with an Independent company un-
der the lead of one Martin, who had gain
ed some local notoriety in quassi guerrilla
warfare. He had accepted the latter
resort, but that very night which made
me his guest be lad retei-tt 7tformation
that Martins rbeh had teth etffgs4sed, and
put hors da combat by Capt. fheFps at
the mouth of Duck River, that Martini
surviving comrades 10 the aamber of ff.
tech, had, that afternoon reached their
homes in the neighporhoDd, and all Of
them had joined Maj. Laloux's band ol
bushwhackers, whose known mode of war.
fare was arson, treason, murder, rapine,
plumber. Mentally | have chronicled the
names of these men, neigbors of Friend
Potter who had enrolled themselves to
act the role of Maj. Ladoux, and my first
impulse was to return to Fort Heiman
and procure sufficient force to secure their
arrest, but having committed myself to
attend the funeral of q rebel soldier with
my friend Potter, whose remains had
been disinterred from tie battle field Of
"Donaldson," | bided my time.
Two miles from the domicile of my host
environed in lovely econd-glowth oI
saplings. stood the rural edfce of worship
We wended our way hither, but too late
to secure seat within the sanctuary. One
bundled more outside its sanctuary walls
with raptured ears, strove to catch every
word of panegyric which in fulsome phrase
was lavished upon the memory of the "pa'
triotic dead'@but to the car of the writ.
eF that discourse was IN saO5f a"iSIIi welcome
Here was discussed the misfortunes o
q" Martins company" One announced
the safe arrival home Of this fellow; an
other said ten had passed through thu
"fals" the night previous for their respec
tive homes, giving their names. Farther
that representative Of hadoux was will
them, and that such had enrolled thei
names as members of that gang of outlaw
and would join him at his skulking rendez
vous by the middle of the week. Georg
Williams name also came in for ful
share of comment, all coneurred in tn
conviction that in his person Ladoux ha'
lost host; all grieyed at his misfortun
aud many offered to wager any amount
money that George would give the "Y an
KEGS the slip"
This was enough for me. The bulge
of information must be befne to Fort lie
imam, and at midnight that | passed tn
picket guard Of the fort and at Z o'cloc
the following morning seventy-hve me
were in saddle under command of Lieu
Mizener with instructions to proceed
the house of one Potter at Bentoh Falls
and to command him with scrupulous
deity to guide the expedition to the re-
pective places Of abode Of such men
we're subjects Of memorandum, and also
the residences bf such other persons, NJ
therein named, but whom the said Pottt
knew to have been members of Marin
company. That if he obeyed cheerful.
to take him, with his family and effect
ard commit them to the kind officers
the t" Refugee Commission"
It is not incumbent on the writer to gl'
the details Of Lieut.. Miscner's operate
it is enough to know that While WI
recuperating my exhausted physical enc
gies at he Fort, he in "a hours retur
ed to Headquarters with thirteen of IL
doux's new recruits who had voluntar
united their fortunes with the most mise
able class of reprobatcs that ever dlsgra
ed humanity nor even at this late di
can it one whit palliate the diabollc
character to which history will consi!
them, that their great prototype was taxi
: to the bosom of Democray. An heritaI
of immortal infamy was reared at Fo
Pillow-Gen. Forests title to heirshlp
granted to him---foreyer--his indeiea'
bic. But as novel writer's would say
, "dear reader, pardon this digresAich,
Follow me one week lo,'Buf a'id ! "
introduces you 70 Maj; hndoux--he "
, fortH tHs central hgdre Of a group
twenty of his followers inside the stocka
, at Fort Heimen. it Aeg
Pass with me the guard at tho entran
, Of ssid stcckade- toke a cursory glar