Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-05-01

Germ every facility for doing the best work
IN the pr0mptest and most approved style.
\ large elevator, which l. about to be put
in. will remove most of the inconvenience
OF being on the second story. Sheds below
give ample storing room for lumber. of
which the prOprietOrs have now a large
stock in store of choice black walnut, pine.
etc. Mr.. Walker, Of the firm, has had
ten or a dozen years experience in the bust
ness, with f. ". Chase of this city and in
one Of the best Western mills. 1t Is their
intention to employ only the best workmen,
/ and to maintain reputation for superior
work. Among the first Jobs from their
mill Is an elegant black walnut counter,
/ with carved brackets now being put up in
/ the Van Ness House, of which we may
speak another day. As this new firm Thus
/ combines experience, enterprise and in
| duStry. with ample facilities, We can not
| doubt that they will command success
CHAPLAIN BEArDRY on "Mosm AND HIS
/ GrERWIAs. - Chaplain Beaudrv had full
house at the Grand Army Campfire at City
/ Hall Friday night ,toIisten to his interesting
leeture ON -Mosby and his Guerilas." Post
| Commander Gibbs introduced the speaker,
abiding to his connection with the Fifth
/ New York Cavalry, and also to his subject
--being intensely interesting to our re-
turned cayalrymen and the soldiers # the
/ Second Vermont Brigade
Mr. BeauGry introduced his lecture with
a personal history of the guerilla, Mo-by. !
speaking of his WHY constitution and
great powers OF endurance. ana his adapta-
ton by nature to the peculiar service he
wac engaged in. He then described the
Businesses Of Northeastern Virginia. and the
wild country with which Mo,by and his
band were 50 familiar, and which was the
scene Of their chief exploits The outpost-
of the defensive pickets Of the Federal forces
were within a radius Of twenty miles from
Washington. The cavalry brigade which
Mosby haraSsed was composed Of the First
Vermont, First Yirginia. Eighteenth Penn
-ylyania and Fifth New York regiments
Moshy had unusual advantages to ensure
the general success Of his operations
Dwelling within the Union lines were the
families Of some Of the worst rebels (-ome
Of them in his band), from whom he
(Mo-by) was certain to receive information
50 that he could strike our forces unawares
or avoid any trap that might be set for him.
Some Of the stratagcms of the guorilla- to
allure our men were lacetiously described.
and created considerable merrimont. Mr..
B-audry said Mosby mode Of attacks was of
two kinds First. Ikea wood-tick. creeping
along and making his foes prisoners
before they were aware of his presence,
and, second, like hor-c-hy, keeping shady.
and then making sudden dash upon the
enemy, and then out Of sight before they
could recover from their surprise The
chief exploits Of Mosby's guerillas were
then rccted IN detail, the attacks on Ilern-
don Station, Cub Run, Frying Pan Ch1rch
the capture Of Gen. Stoughton ut Fairfax
Courthouse. the skirmish at Chantilly, the
fight at Warrcnton junction, where Ten
pleton, the rebel spy, was killed, and the
brilliant pursuit made by Major (now
General) Hammond, of the Fifth New York
Cavalry the affair at Catlett Station. fol-
lowed by the guerillas utter defeat at Green
wich, and the reeapture of the howitzer
(takcn from Gen Baker at Balls Bluf) by
Lieutenant afterwards Major lIazelton. Of
the First Vermont Cavalry, and the cele-
brated - greenback raid" at Duffeld'~
Station, on the Baltimore and Ohio Rail
road All these notable events in the his
/ tory OF the famous ranger and his band
were graphically described, and enlisted the
/ close attention of the speakers hearers.
The habits and characteristics of the
| guerillas were dwelt on by the speaker. The
[ equal distribution of spoilS was the motive
that most melted them in their warfare.
Mo,by himself said his band was held to-
gether, Ike the Democratic party, from
the cohesive power of public plumber, "
which tic speaker said he feared now was
the case of all parties.
The bad whiskey and apple-iack which
they drank also fired them to deeds Of des-
peration. Mosby was much thought of by
the Confederate chieitains. Jeb Stuart ai-
mired him and Gen. Lee said - he wished
he had hundred like him" Mosby'~
method Of dispensing his command after
their booty was divided. and their prisoners
sent to Richmond, was truly wonderful.
His partisars were mere aggregation of
scattered parties. Our boys never could con-
lecture how many men Mosby had with him;
sometimes there was but mere handful,
again nearly a regiment. Mr.. Bcaudry :
manner Is perhaps little too pulpitish,
for such a descriptive lecture, but his style
Is simple and pleasant. OF course, in the
hour allotted to him, his treatment OF the
fruitful subject must necessarily be lncom-
plete, and some of his statements, As in the
account of the capture Of General Slough
ton, in some respects Inaccurate, but on the
whole il was very interesting and instruc-
tive history of the operations of a man who
gave more trouble during the war to the
Federal outpostS in the neighborhood OF
Washington. than any other in tho Con
iederate service. Mr.. b. : effort aboundel
IN telling anecdotes, an he was frequently
applauded
BoRN.-ln Ilydepark, April 81, a son Il
, Mr.. aud Mrs {. c. MOI Sc. Weight eleven
pounds and ten ounces. Mr.. Morse is editor
and proprietor Of the Nersdealer.
Abiding to the change in the ownership
of the Term0 n Farmer. the Rutland Giobe
, says "The course of DR.. lloskins on thu
paper has oeen very far from satisfactory t.
+ the farmer of the State whom he has as
sUmed to represent
RAILROAD ACCIDENT.-The engine Of .
mixed train on the Montpelier and Well
, River Railroad got off the track about tw'
miles out of Wells River, Monday night a
> O'Clock and went down an embankmen
= twenty feet The engineer, George Lyon
/, had an arm broken, and was otherwise yer.
e seriously injured.
c Is MEMORY OF FALLEN Contamination.
-, the members Of Co. {, 18th Vermont Regi
: ment, who yielded to the diseases of tn
camp, was Guy Stoughton. lie died ii
May, '63 in the regimental hospital at VOL
) Run Shoals, Virginia. His remains wer
brought to Vermont, and inferred in Gree
Mount Cemetery in this city. His CON
radeS of that company have recently show
that they hold him in kindly remembrance