Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1870-08-19
BELLOWS FALLS, VT, FRIDAY,

IoNor W INC enehy Win SWORD ana sasn
hanging to his traitorous body. General
Van Dorm was not long in finding our
headquarters, where he met Col. I. S.
Bowers (since killed in railroad acci-
dent,) who was furnished an escort to
conduct him to the "pen" that contain
ed all the prisoners, cotton dealers, and
suffers. The clerks and others connected
with the headquarters took refuge in
every place that offered any chance for
concealment. One crawled under the
house with a book under his arm, and
fancied himself safe; but a close-observ-
ing Johnnie discovered him, and the
gentle admonition of "Come out, you
id Yank," brought him forth. An
other, with an order book under his arm
took refuge over the well, on board
across the framework Immediately over
the mouth of the well, which was uncov-
ered He saw several rebs searching
the out-houses, and one or two had come
to the well and drank, yet he remained
unnoticed. Finally one fellow, appar-
emily more thirsty than his companions
took the gourd that hung at the well and
filled it with the cool water, and putting
it to his lips, threw back his head to drain
the last drop in the gourd, when his gaze
met that of the scared clerk above him.
The gourd dropped from his hand at the
same instant the record book dropped
from the hands of the clerk, and both
touched the water at the same time, full
fifty feet down. Mr.. Reb soon recovered
from his surprise, and extended an invi-
tation to '' Yank" to accompany him to
the "pen," where his fellow-clerks were
waiting to receive him. Maj. -, of
the -th Illinois Cavalry, swore he
would not surrender in such an inglo-
rious manner, dashed through the rebel
ranks at the head of forty men, and
wheeling in the street cut his way back
and escaped to La Grange, Tenn. Gen
eral Van Dorm seated himself on the
steps in front of headquarters. and anus
ed himself by reading the papers as :hey
were brought from the officers by his
staff, and then consigned them to the
flames. He paroled everybody, and left
as he came, without any trouble. Next
day General Grant sent him ten prison.
ers in exchange for those he captured,
belonging to headquarters, and ordered
all to resume their duties.
The cotton buyers, of whom there was
a score, fell easy victims to the merciless
JohDnies, who made them shell out"
their greenbacks in hurry. The rebs
were seen riding in every direction, attir-
ed in new blue coats, blue pants, and
blue caps, and greenbacks stuck in their
brides. A stranger arriving about that
time would have supposed Uncle Sam
had some jolly cavalrymen. Rebel
hearts beat under those blue coats, and
many Union soldier was afterward de-
ceived by those same blue clothes think
ing he had met friend, he met "Sur-
render, you are my prisoner p General
Rawlins (since Secretary of War; on his
return from Oxford, ordered me to search
the town for mi sing stationery, and otn-
er articles taken from the house. A great
amount of stationery l found in the
houses close by, and each one l asked
where they obtained the article, replied
that servant had given it to them and
he had found it. Likely. That surren-
der cost the Government two millions of
dollars and proved Col. M traitor.
Pathological Journal.