The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1861-08-24
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TO THE FREEMAN.
is O'CLOCK, "A. M.


Garuett Guthrie of Richmond, agents of To-
bacco houses, who have been in Baltimore, Phil
adelpha and New York on collecting tour,
and obtained about $40, 900 have been arrest
ed, and confined in Fort Lafayette. The funds
recovered are principally in bonds, acceptances,
sight drafts and Virginia paper money.
large number Of letters were found upon them,
addressed to persons South.
Thomas J Carson and William NJ. Pegram
81 Baltimore, and W. j. Kelley have been ar
rested. They were recently at Harrsburgh,
and had come from South of the Potomac.
On Kelley was found 100000 in money in
notes of the Confederate States Bank. Various
bills Of sale dated at Richmond for pork and
other articles were concealed in the pockets in
side his shirt.
New York, Aug. 23. Gen. Heintzleman
has suffered a relapse from the wound Oh his
arm. 1t threatens inflammation.
captain Joseph Dickinson has been appointed
an assistant Adjutant General, to be attached
to General Ilooker's staff.
Congressman Potter's committee reported to-
day to the secretary Of War the names of II
disicyal clerks, and not disafected army off,
GER. The same committee report to the Score
tary of the Treasury the names OF 81 disloyal
beyond doubt, and 10 suspected to tho Sec
retary Of tie Interior 20 dsloyal, and sus-
pected.
The H@ralds dispatch says that General But
lcr is detailed by General Wool to the command
Of the volunteer forces at Fortress Monroe. lie
will occupy that position some time before re-
farming to Massachusetts to raise now division.
The stage coach to Leonardstown from this
city was interrupted by u small detachment OF
our troops by order Of Gen. Porter. close
examination Of the passengers and baggage
was the result of disclosing Il quantity of cor
respondenco designed for the rebels-much Of
it written in mysterious language. None Mad
the signatures of the writer's. Two Of the par
tylwerc arrested.
al letter from on board the u. s. steamer
Crusader announces that the Mississippi had
captured two small privateers and driven back
two steamers to Mobile.
Washington, Aug. %. The continued i'm
provement of the troops in all respects is a SUBJ
iect for congrat uation, resulting as it does main
" from strict discipline. The line of the upper
Potomac is now well guarded. At the latest
reliable accounts, Gen. Banks was still resting
on The Monacko.
The administrator of the oath of allegiance
az presented to Congress, was matter of in
terest to the Clerks in the Bureau of the Au
d;tor of the Treasury attached to the Post Of
QG9 DcE)aTlElClI tHio iuOlhAuS
Rolla, No, Aug. %. Accounts from Spring
field are to the effect that from 5000 to 10 900
csMcCulloch' s army had left for the North. A
small force had reached Lebanon, on the Rolla
rad, and were engaged in making repri ais and
eommitting depredations on Union men.
About 700 of the cxiles from Springfield have
ioined COL Boyd's Regiment.
Thousands of Union men have been oblige to
abandon their homes in the southwest, leaving
their property at the mercy Of the rebels.
There is much distress among these people,
large numbers having neither money nor pro
visions
The baggage train from the Federal army
which was brought from Springfield by Major
Sturgis is said to be worth a million and
half dollars.
The passage of the rebel army North will en-
able our forces when they move back TO Spring
field to cut III its communication with, and re-
treat to Arkansas, and thus completely enclose
I ID the Western Counties of Missouri.
New York, 4 ug. %. The Commercials spe-
cial Washins5 ton Dispatch says Mr.. Bo3eler of
HarpcYs Ferry, recently arrested, has been re-
leased by order Of Gen, Banks.
Col Baker Of California is to raise brigade
Of 5000 mon.
Frederick, Nd, Aug. %. The correspond
emit of the Associated Press, with Gen. Banks
division, writes as follows The health of the
army is good, and the hospitals have few ten
ants There is REINFORCEMENT since leaving
Sandy Hook.
Russ, OF the London Times took the cars at
Ellicott Mills, On Tuesday morning and pro-
ceeded towards Sandy Hook, apparently for the
purpose Of yisiting the whole line Of the poto
mae defence. Some curiosity was felt to catch
glimss OF him, and remarks not delicately com
plimentary were made by soldiers who had read
his Letters.
Privata FArbnd, of the New York 95h Regi-
ment commit,ed suicide yesterday in fit of in
sanity.