Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1861-12-05
Tho Fort Pickens Affair.


LOUISVILLE, n.y.. Dec. =.
Southern papers to the 2Sth ult contain
scattered accounts of tbr Fort pickrns affair
w., 1....1...,''N. -, n,
'"e "o''.''o"'e'. co""e!ce" u" ''e -iS''
ana continued with occasional Interruptions
night and day until the oath. when Col. Brown
ceased firing. The rrhpls did not resnond nm
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- l"e Ic"elN "uht 10 h,heu ana "ouhueu'
oh n'1i' o"li"se was zone 10 roI' Mchae'
nciuu''S Tue c"Ni.T III ol the PoWuer maya
wv "nI W., ,W paIl,a' oeNtfuc',"n OIL the navy
i"'u .," warrington, Il reoe' u"'l, naming
ri 'oip rs :" wy i'"'l army was ueS''"t'u'
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Guy GUY ",%i'i ~ "u' o' '.'c reach OF Soi' Drown
n''' Oo'' Drown received no feihtofcemeh'S'
rho Invasion CT Georgia.
The navy department is in receipt of a dis
patch from Cap Dupont, containing the report
OF Commander John Rogers, Of the Pocahon-
tas' dated Sunday, November q, off Tybec
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Great Fight Expected at Columbus.
A great battle is probable at Columbus. XIV.
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'"s my Vi '"e"
poS'uOh on the Mississippi, ana II they are driv-
en- from it they will find it difficult to make
stand at any point low Large reinforce
ments ar daily arriving from ,he South, togeth-
er with heavy batteries, ammunition, &c. The
timber for miles around has been cut down and
is being used in the construction of immense
breastworks and Notifications Every com.
manding and defensible point is being thorough
ly fortified. There are now, il is said, 10000
troops between Columbus and Memphis. A
ST. Louis letter in the Cincinnati Enquirer says:
"Gen. Hallcck and Com. Foote are fully post
co. ana 10 NOT design making the attack until
They EXPECT a dercb contest, and will b,ing IN,
to the engagement - 900 men. ten gunboats
and large number of field batteries. 1t will
VIC wv NJ '''ee VEGAS 0e'ofe 'Ae forward move
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