The Daily Green Mountain Freeman (Montpelier, Vt.)
July 27, 1861

Historic newspapers carry the language, views and graphic reporting of their time, including racist content. They are shown to teen and adult profiles.

The text was read from the page scans by machine (OCR), so it has mistakes and its columns may run together. See the pages · About this title · At the Library of Congress

Page 1

r Hi w 'I; -t' 0- "J f i i VOLUME I. Freedom: its Interests, its Rights, and its Honor. NUMBER S bY c. AV. WILLAKD. PRICE. TWO CEiNTS HOIVTI'EMEU, VT., S VTI iUMV. JULY 7, ISO. i i t V t I 10 HOKSE OWNERS Dr. HOUSE "Brydeirs AND CATTLE SmVa'cwioi all disease inc.uents to ccettlully ui-ed in my own MIE PUBLIC 'iluiH-liiut Vermont anU Kew Enpland lor I"- i. nlrtlimV U ICifU v V4 HOUSES AND CATTLE. Horse liayeis jiwii rt (irniers in every section, ate n, t ti M-ccets tliat lias i.ttelitled the use of thebe i'TaH. i..i.vi-r T lmve Ufi'd Hum, slid I now oftr 1 1 ini" ihm :i! liJl mi W ."..I .-ill.. fllll 111 lltliie ",C-T i i or all i oim-.i- "lr J th Csuft.-uniy, Vi need- use. WM. HKYDKN, Vc'e-inary Surgeon. i li,e medicicine coiiaists oi Bivilcn's Condition Those viio Want Pl'RE 3 IIS AT THE LOWEST PRICES, can find the largest assortment in Vermont, at the DRUG AND PAINT STORE OF L. F. PIERCE CO., MOXTPELIEU. I'. S. fc-ole Agents for Stile'-i MIDDLKSKX OIL. )c E3ailn .freeman. SATURDAY, JULY 27, 1801. lit I r L'ji :mil Cattle out ol conduit !RYDEXS Heave Powder, hcuves or Broken wind. DP.T.RYDEN'S URINE POWDER, ,(.j,,.ae ol Water or too scanty dischart-e. n 1)11. BRYDEXS Embrocation Liniment, n-iii --re Throats and Horse Distemper, swelled i i,iV'-nre- hiiiiM". sprains. cinm)s. and lameness lifeJv ascription, in The .l.ortest possible time S certain parties in Montpelier have fur years past sold inferior Oil as being of my manufacture, I deem it necessary, and have opened an Office at V. PUTSCH'S Dr HQ- El lid P AT am St re Dr. Btydcn's Bone Compound or any enlargement the It ti i II f rtl Mltur MH1KA. I It IK COIll- I'SH ""il c B7ow h of the enlarKemont. and en rrph on 1 lie lanier.eps. Perfect success has always aWnl'the ascot this valuable compound. Dr. Eryden's Remedy YVcnricilul cures of the woist .1 Tl .rr Jl or loir. ;.i..i tvu'llrnt remedy c.enii hecomi iirul with thw lor Corns, v.l- in Cuttle, ana loot rot in sheep. SCBS.VffCJHSSS, NEVER FAILS! No urtiol' i,pi-!'. 1 1 13 X" NKVKIl FAILS! tvi:i rtiuly cure the. hard.st ce?e of Scratches iiictieiis. iiiKi inviiisuini i,un. hl.iii" oil' of Hair, and cause rapid crowth Applied DRY!) EN'S Hoof Compound, (il anf. n case ot conuacien if:i, for the sale of my OIL All whs wish Oil of the best quality, and Perfectly Pure can et it at uiv Office in Montpelier LOWEST PRICES at the; Merchants, Painters, and those wlio buy by the Barrel or more, shall have it at Factory price, delivered at my Office in Montpelier. K.0 STILES. L. F. PIERCE. Agent. ay9 Correspondence of the Freeman From the Second Vermont Regiment. Alexandria, July "2. Ein'fon of Freeman You will hear gener ally of our end disaster before this will reach you. but not the particulars more particularly anectmg our company. VV e advanced by nignc marches mainly to Centrevillo near Bull's Run, and after several skirmishes as have been hereto fore described, we found ourselves, night before last, ready, as it was said to advance on Mantis sas with the whole army. We hud positive in formation that the enemy had from fifty to sixty thousand men sttongly fortified and we had, as we wore told, forty thousand, but 1 am now certain that not over hall that number entered the field. Atone o'clock at night wc started and proceeded u distance of some ten miles and halted. When 1 say we proceeded, 1 mean the :d Brigade consisting of the '2d Vermont and i)d and 4th Maine Kegiments under Gen. How ard. Other Brigades and Divisions bad their positions at other points. At a little utter daylight the battle commenced, tho artillery opening on both sides, and from that time until about eleven o'clock the contest was mainly be tween them. At about that time we bad orders to advance to our position in front by a circuit ous route, which gave us about live miles travel to oet round the woods to the proper point. Our troops had, up to the time we were order ed forward, a general advantage in thoSght,and had driven the enemy from their position but their position was so chosen that they could re- l-ellcw the 'I i'ciiin. or J u vf hair hercver DR row Hat feet, hoof can fe'tVolnoutteofthis compound in a ,hort time -tt- -m- 7kT II K 1 I v stu ki o'vn by horse owneis in Vermont, that it my to say a.,,thinK of his .""'verMd (...minir anv ciseaeeot Horses Cattle Ana that it s hi Wen Ki) mccs ill m a inn 7 ,10 greatest in prereiilinv; these meincii: v Vi b care from his receipts, we have only to say to sucu lmve seen lt:s remedies used, You Know what lliey will do tn to all who have HOUSES and C ATTLK in thdr care, vou have only to give them a moS1c trial to De tully convinced that they are THE BEST REMEDIES Ever sold in Vermont. Full directions with each package. I'KICK ON1-.Y TWENTY-FIVK CESTo 1'nEPABBD BY FK1JI. E. SMITH, DHUCOIST Montpelier, Vermont S M I T H S ANODYNK HEAD 00 ARTERS v o n AT J. W. ELLIS CO'S. r0 do. Scythes, kinds. 2.'do7. den's Rakes. Warranted. 5a do. Snaths of all Forks, two and three l ines, io uw. SO do.. AVhetSton. aieat .Montpelier, Jkne 24, 1801. die of the column, and we stopped saoaient to witness t':c dreadful scene at the brioge. I taw an ambulance, which were several wounded troops, run oil' the bank, killing the horses, but leaving the men still alive. A.i sorts of horrible sights, too shocking to contem plate, were before us. We now proceeded to the top of the hill, where we sat down to empty the water from our boots and wring it out ol our clothes. While thus engaged, the report of a cannon to tho rear but too plainly told that we were pursued and overtaken. Our cavalry, however, it seems, were expecting this, and a gallant charge from them saved us from utter annihilation. We were now ten miles from the camp we had left in the morning, and thirty-five miles from Alexandria, the only point where we could count ourselves safe. If we could have stopped the retreating column here, and formed in some or der wo might have made a successful stand, but this was impossible. If I had new had all my company together 1 would have given all the money I ever saw in Vermont, or ever espect to. You may perhaps faintly appreciate my feelings in thinking that out of my whole company who wre anxiously looking to me for advice and direction only about twenty could be counted and nraong the missing was my own boy. I baited and we held a counsel as to whether we would proceed, 1, I-, i-l.n r.ne.S V PllTl or wait aim try to gaiutr m i.. ----eluded that we could nt aid them by remaining and having with us all that we knew were wounded, we concluded to keep along and pic what we could. Our march, was now direct to Alexandria, thirty-five miles, and we ,,i n,w Inno halt til we reached nero about ten o'clock this morning, a terribly tired and worn-out sot of fellows. W o ate some luncheon from our haversacKs about eleven je- terday, iust before goin;r into Hie natue, aim t.l. Inst, wn had until sometime auei i r i.mtj ),wn trviiif to cet up, liie treat to a high and favorable position on the J t u ,,n,j brow of the hill. When we came in sight they nt,r i,ltl,. but all except on had fairly gained this point, and our artukuy i'" aXann:nv in the dirt, so black had nearly ceased filing, having exhausted its E hen. Ve succeeded ommmiitinn while the enemy Were well in po- J" i j sitinn with heavv batteries. On our arrival all r i 1 V other infantry retired, ana wj wrmeu in nnu oi battle. Our troops were very mucn exnuusicu, w," lir.d rfoni! round to this point on a run We were quickly formed at the foot of the bill and ordered to advance. Our course led up a a gradual slope through an undergrowth of oak tvoiw r,n ia r i hmi t to pass. v o pasM'u enuio- 1', member of A Letter from the Seat oi 'Istrjct from a private Setter fr .r:i the Capital Guards Alexandria, July'-ld. idol. You nave probably heard be fo.e this reaoi.cn you, of the great battle at Bull's ilusi, and of our inglorious defeat, us the enemy cull it, but we think it the most sorrowful victory tney wih ever want to win. I was in the light, ami in the thickest of th'! battle. They wanted me to stay back, but I was bound to go but I made up my mind that I would not be quite so fast in the next battle) we had, though I was not a bit stared. I was standing by Victor Goodrich when he was shot. He gave one scream, fell, and did not move afterwards. We retreated back to camp, uhout 15 mllia, in good order, when we halted and supposed wc were to stay all night, but were hardly seated so rest ourselves, when the news came th:-:. tli K elicits were surrounding us, and we marched back to Alexandria, making 4? wiUw that wo had marched since Sunday morning a", o'clock until ten o clock to day. I have not tasted food until tv-day hi-:i ScK. urday not because I did not have anytbtas C: eat, for 1 had three day's rations of dry crt'.ckeew and ment in my Haversack, but because it i at.e of these it aggravated my thirst. Aftir tltu battle, while we v:erc retreating, I went to a brook, in which the wounded were washing tins blood from their injuries, and tired soldiers were hathinc their hands, faces and feet, and tilled to-day ail The lv ifcvnurrh this hedno. and when we emerged, f i- I. n..A imiolrot t id nnnmv R lniH will; uciuiu uo uv. 1.1 shot. Their tiro opened on 113 at once, out on account of the miserable guns we carried, we were unable torespona unui v g head. Tins we am prompuy, una -y my canteen with the water, which tasted beit.tc than any 1 ever before drank in my life. I clung to my gun and all my equiprae. to, though a good many were thrown away in the retreat. 1 think nearly quarter of our Regi ment brought back a isharpe's or Mir.:.J ride, picked up on the field. 1 was tempted to bring one, but thought 1 would keep the old gun thai 1 fought with. Tell Mr. Storrs' people that Charley is w.a.t and all right. He fought like a Major tt:l i:,c, ,'.jvd the test of a Ten Year's Trial i,i..,i ar.u is now uckiiu" ims l:e fullest ccnlldcncc of its patrons, end (K).OUO lJotues l ief sch! ir. Vermont if. vpntee cf its l ft- 4;oi:iii miovs Have been before the people of Vennent for more than ten years, and a Bale of more than bO.000 Bottles Is t.ie best recommendation of the people. PHYSICIANS MINISTERS AND PEOPLE use Smith's Anodyne Cough Drops, with the utmost satis faction 1 THE OLDEST MINISTER IN NEW ENGLAND, imitIT URV. FAT II E 14 n"-" and 1-ecommeniis us IT FOR THK has used it for many years, the strongest terms. MOTHERS U5e -VftSS' i i;ml it proves ease them the one tiling needful, in every ThG Price is within the Eeacii of All. k ;it f,. ,,t.ru,t ffcinilie- in town need never be with out this most VALUABLE REMEDY. lo u-v-M th sad consiquences cf a han! cc.d or h.cKii.z couh. be prompt to procure The Anodyne Cough -.Drops. For it always cure.-. uUo of the State, use it it their practice t.nd in their own lamilies. They say it is c-ce!H-nl U.r Am, ihi is the univer tl voice cf I"!" "C A .1 FAMILY MKU1CINK, lor sudden '"J.. -111. and for aped people -vho coush and arc m 1 i:i:hts we iio vcnly btlitve tlieni m rot so tiOOl) AM) RP-LlAHLKKKMb'.nV in the lam!, .vl en Mien rn -i. I.' If Wm tl.l! lr. iee c'.v, lion. lu... I'r Kuh'tr. ii... 1. lho:nr-'n. i-.j-t- 1 W.htoie", Kl lis Hatch. u ;iv !i.e hiyh'st rccoURnda'.ious lor its use t a. WHO CAN DOUBT IT! I V lHKlt HOIt.VIST. The CiltlcKt Minister in Niw England, iu- l.is strongest icl-oi. emir.l .011 o! its tfliCkcy uA li" LAST, BUT NOT LEAST, You can run no risk, for every bottle is PRICE 25 CENTS. FRED. E. SMITH, Proprietor, itlontprtic. VI. RICH AND POOH, HIGH AND LOW, OLD AND YOUNG SMITH ".S f MOULD USE A.r D KVV3 COUGH r bottle. FRED Only 25 cents pe E. SMITH, MONTPELI13B, VI. nrlviinced rjosition at the instant we come to the right point, a ,if firs rolled from one end to the other of Uiuuv OUT line. I lie ai iiiieijr 11,10 iM.uui5 iron hail among us, and we baa none to responu. Tim Vprmonc Second were on the ielc wing which brought us directly opposite a portion ot the enemy's lino stationed behind a fence but in ahnnt ten minutes wc had the pleasure of seeing their lines give way, and they fled to the ,,.da Rut at the same instant I discovered a 11 uovwi ff a. lareo body of their troops to wards us.with the evident design of outflanking our riMit. We seemed to have the battla now ,i;ntAl Kof.M'o find the necessity ot a llHLUCUlAttlJ w.v ni,..n,m r.t nosition of our Regiment was appa ,,'t to nil. We had nearly ceased our fire, ...1 rnM;l int Wnlhridce. who was on nnri on the risrht of the Regiment, facing his men to deploy to the right. I infer- 1 r. ti.io ti,k th mineral order had been ,trd,w ..Itiiniiirh 1 heard no such or Tier "Out it was imposssble to near, and il ta o bv sitrne, and eiuess our way loroug I immediately aavo orders to my Company to face to the right, and we marched around so as 1... ..,-,mt thidr autllfl.iikiii!!: us. I discovered at .1. ti,.,r i ,i-.. v ui hridsre and luvselr Mils iniiu in"' v...r-. 0 were alone in this maneuver, and I have since 1 .i i,.,t n nvdpi- was a i ven to this euect xcaiuuu uuim v. 0 but the movement saved a part of our artillery at least. All concernca huu oy mis mic covered that, ou account of the superior h,.r of t.bo enemy's reserve, we should able to hold the ground against them v m r.inp which was now on our 1 J.'UU1U1I i.il.illv the Vermont Regiment part on the ti.H riirht held the r.osiiion time, retiring slowly, while our wounded, bag oweand artillery mostly gaineu the line of re- OO, I,. .I.rlil- 'rli I Till C;iVM V OPS treat. It was now neuny ,p ULXl-'l U t,.ono n fit' o-.Vi'l l ie me irom anouier uuu.i tv.... rrm.ind where we were, was eo situated that e in o-ottin? some bread and butter, wincn is all wo have hud to eat, but the men ate so t.nvd tbev all lie around me unconscious 01 nun oer. The stragglers have been coming 1 d;iv. and the road is netting clear of them following ot my company are mm of whom, however, are accounted 101 ticioi Goodrich, Jerome E. lialiou, ueorge a Ilarvoy W. Brown, Elisha Cass, Seldon b. Uat ran. Wm. Quimby, Benjamin Taylor, George B Voodry, William Clark, John B. Langdon 1 n....t. a rv.iun-n (ioodrieh 1 Know is uiiu vunio -j. wv..... dead. He fell close by me, a oan pa3iuS u- 1 raiseu nim uuuub uw certain that he was not alive. We left him where no en. romc E. Ballou was sick, and not on the battle i iif i,; hrthrr Horace also to take 11U1U. J lUlb ma .yiwv.. arc of him. They were 111 the rear anu wneu lim-flno rnt turn into an um- hnlnnr-o. .T.diio- on foot hiiiiselt. in rue comu- sion he lost him, but I think he will yet be in George A. Ayers was on the neia ana mis uuu been heard of since also narv Elisha Cass, William Quiinby, George B. 00 dry and William Clark. I hope they may yet come in. Harran was not on tho field, being on special duty in the rear. I cannot hear from 'p.. ..;m- T l-.ixt mw on the He had hii fife and revolver in his hand we retreated, when he tamteu and we brought him oil' with 3 until he was all 0111 ex Hid kept hi iglit agahi. iUStl-.' we h. dis nam not bo but the ft. and left and a long him. Ilolr) lie may yet come in. John 15. Languon was on tho field and in the thickest of the fight. Being a waiter he had no gun, but when 1 say, mm he was loading and firing his pistol at them as fast as ho could. He passed away from me to o-nt a nearer position, and I did not see hnn at terwarus, nor can 1 find any one who did. Cur tis A. Coburn has not been seen or heard ot .1 n.lviiiviini' 10 make the since tne unu i-t attack. My own boy, Charley nappeneu t new Brock, the sutler. Brock had a horse that belonged to me hite'ied to his enrt. He it the tuo-s, nd ho and Charley both mounted it and came safely to Alexandria, arriving early this morning. Thomas Cleury was wounded in the head nnU knocked down. I saw the wound, and supposed lie was killed, but he proved only to be stunned. aroused in a few moments, and as 1 passeu .1 r.n.tvi n liLmi me mv etui. 1 rni-liu. j .,a.-ci1 I have this nay i""-""- RAW AND BOILED lie linn h'ved it to him ana ne lay on wie gumuu, .-outiimud to loud and tire till we retreated, when i:.e boys heloed him off the field, and we have him with us! A. H. Selleck was woonued in .r. Vu,t ho Ufnt his feet, and also is with Lit CiWV. f Charles llarran receivcu a b;ic.""-' us. i?i.rr.-5 UTILES. Middlesex ill nr. r to Painter;, v marhet prices. Dealers and )r. Smith The True Kav and Boiled MIDDLESEX OXU call to cmethe found at ever; Paints Oils, Vavnishes, Japan Spnit at the Druii Store of f n I.. SIB H IS. lriSSi Pi'opHetor. o alon ono volu!, which passed ,:u. 1. ,is.,vno(i. and that vast army ct wounded and whole, baggage and artillery all rushed for this pass. Why ronul cut to pieces, 1 uo noi dently did not see our entire defeat, and did not I TlL nrnmntlv as they might have done, and we gained a very fair etart on then, But Srht was setting in, and we could not get Coni pinies together, much less Regiments, and every KS retreated on his own hook. Horses were unhitched from baggage trains and tinned back, covered with riders, and the wagons left to block the already narrow pass. Horses and mwrhimw and left pileu wa'ons were one" j i,i pell-mell in the gutters. At one place we had Ifbrid-'e to cross, and I never saw nuch confu- There we kisi, moan v "-ob-o- oeau IlOlS'jn, mm OIL t ...:il .-..11 Vt.. wincn i w" lluilders at the lowest E. !SJI1TII, DriipSist. Montpelier. Vt. eion. all your Tur- eounted as many as twenty ,.i., .'.l,..l t.i thiu ravine, anu wa"ons lnniuneraoie, uiw o i. n mass o horse troops aetuany fiaimon. ClillV --7 i I had thus Turntnoller. Vt. AM- V A iJUaiVXi c-T-.TTTfiW by the ubscriber, nwTwn' AND EViSNlu ,..th Pnbll-herU price., or de. V under SWTi---, ".'ll'Stlie or otherwle. out;of town senv j v 25. loo.. -,t V'"l ei aufPKT" 1 At VI o...i. rd wni.nns. DOXCS UCOl! o.iv ....0- ....i.tk.nnwr the bridsre Ski 1.; of my Company toother, and tom the fa:t of our being last oil tho field, III in the rear, I wm every moment expecting ......1. A,.r i-Atreatimr columns. But the dS:; h- gt that I rallied ,ny men uc L. .a f tTiB left into the woods, to a noinrXo the bridge eome few rods, where we Point j!m t& nreek. which was about d in his leg, a ball having passed tnro.igu Jueo ue low the thigh, but we got him on a wagon and brought him in. 1 bad a ball pass through the skirt of my co.it. Lieut Phillips dm not reach the ground, not being wen, anu wc .ac not vet seen him, out we huvu ui and he is undoubtedly safe. Lieut. Cross.nan behaved remarkably woll, cheering and encoui--no-inf the men on, and aiding as far as possible. i P. u, fnnnd himself exhausted as soon as the fight was over, and had great difficulty in retreating. Ho lays near me as l wine, au i have not been able to bring him to a state of consciousness since he went to sleep, about ten in the forenoon, and it is now. ten in the evening. The men are all about in the same conditio.. Sergeants Worcester, Camp Br.dg mm. and Clark" all did finely. Chas. L. Rem- ;,.lr who is Drum Maior, toon a gun ii u. into our ranks, until a cannon bail struct Ins un and smashed it all to pieces One man s Sun was hit, and the tam.od badly bent, when Servant Worcester coolly picked up a stone amrstraightened it for him. Nearly all ol our Answer? worked so hard that they became dangerously hot. I could relate a pat .many other interesting incidents and hair-breadth es trm tired, and my design was capes, uuw only to give our menus u, J .1 1...... K.iillu nrPMP.nt StantlinK, unu nun vV How to Impi'ovelthe Natic.... Tho Nashville Christian Advocate, of th-s Southern Couiederacy, makes the iuiutry How shall we make ours a mora! nation In answer to this inquiry a correspondent of the Central Christian Advocate makes ias following decisive reply Let the editor- ot the Nashville Advo cate call immediately a national camp meet ing, to be held somewhere in the vicinity ot Nashville, or Montgomery, and invito Jeff. Davis and his Cabinet, John 13. Floyd. M: Cobb. Messrs. Toucy, Thompson, and all lead ng traitors iu the new nation, and engaga Btshop Soule to deliver a series of senium? to them in the following order 1. On llomans xiii 1, 2, o, 4 5, name ly 1 Let every soul be subject unto the hig ic: powers. For there is uo power but of God. The powers that be are ordained of God Whosoever resistheth the power resistoth t'ai ordinance of God and they that resist sh i'. receive to themselves damnation. For ru lers are not a terror to good workers, but to the evil. Wilt thou be afraid ol the poer Do that which is good, and thou shall hav? the praise of the same. For he is the ra tw ister of God to thee for good. But if thai: do that which is evil, be afraid for he bear'.-::. u.. u-n.-d in vain lor he is the minist:-': IIUl mv uii of God, a messenger to execute wrath upc: him that doeth evil. Wherefore ye ma, need.s be subject, not only for wrath but tu for conscience sake.' 1. The second sermon is to be on Ephoaiau iv 8 Let him that stole steal no more.' I Tnder these texts let the venerable uisiio; hold up before these leaders of the pelrnetto nation the sin and consequence ot treason and theft, and enjoin upon them resentence and reformation, peradventure God may irrant them remission. Parson Brownlow will please close the ser vices with an appropriate exhortation on ti- delity to the Union, anu alter mis mhi- iv...i Utn lioc-n nnrrnntfirS fll tile DlVAUY eiTOlt IU unug v v. people to resentence, if they still resist, let them be hanged without delay.' idea ot our we have suf fered. Yours truly, F. V. II. Faithful, vet Gentle, Paul knew how to reprove it was part ot his office, and a piece ol his spiritual surgery. Nut when he had done lancing he knew how to pour oil and wine into the wound. And heroin the apostle Paul sets a copy to all the ministers of Christ. Their hearts must be fared, not with the heat ol passion, but with love to wards their people. It is better to love as a pastor than to speak as an angel. Love is the flower of deliaht which should grow in the heart, and send forth its perfume at the lips of every' minis'cr. Those wliioh come u. ti e spirit of meekness to their people are likely to do much good. Knotty hearts will he sootiest wrought upon by love the faro vvi oo where the wedge cannot; the thunderbolt may break, but the sun melts. U hea love sends forth its sweet influence, it melts a sin ner into tears. Thomas Watson. Some joker says the favorite salad of the south is Iicttuco alone. n 1 -J f 6 H 4 U' r r e i ii 'Si' j-i K i t I I 1 i f- f V I Hi: .lie 'IT' t 1 I r.;',r it-' 'v; it' (-'t..' k- T;.;'-i'v' If'

Page 2

This page's text is still being fetched. See the page, or reload in a moment.

Page 3

This page's text is still being fetched. See the page, or reload in a moment.

Page 4

This page's text is still being fetched. See the page, or reload in a moment.