Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1861-09-20

There was stampede OF negroes, four.cc
~ hunter, men, women and children, j
the neighborhood Of Leweusyllle yesterday
They came to cur lines seeking protection
saying they were to have ben sent % Ma
uassls that m0rnine. Gen. Slnith sent t1en
70 Washington. They belonged to the ce
tate Of the late Com. Jones They state,
that they left at home only "a daughter o
the .mm0i5rc-hT mother having q.
parted some time ago fyr Manassas.
A di,pltgh from St L5ui. yesterday. say
that Monday ri.ht last, while government
steau1,r. name uukn wn, wa9 conveying ;
numh-r u TrsJn from Lexington t. For
L.a,eHwcrth for better security. she lrok
her rua3cr bt-e"u the mil, and Kansas CT,
and $50, obliged to land. Shortly afa
reaching tic shore, a number o.. Jackson
county s-cessiopi,ts saizej tie boat. re'a4>
ln- i-; prisoners, and secured s.m. urt,
ietc.'! soldiers as czptivcs.
Zen. BafleC Is to raise s;z regiment, OF
trooTs in NV England, to be employed in
sieJlai service. lie Will visit Ierlcu, aud
cir7 New ENGLAND States this weok, WI.h q
Tis5E ~ arr2a'lny plan Of operations.
Iwols,] ofi.crs Spying rJuui the camp
at Ii water Friday were surprised Nv
our ricies and shot The body Of enc was
osouSht INTO camp and proved 10 be- that f
Col. John !. Washington Of Mount Vernon.
Iatelicenc. from Wilmington, \. c.,
Sept. Din. SAYS that four L. s. vessels had
anchored of Fort Macon at ! O'Clock on Sat
urday afternoon. Their o iect is not known.
A special dispatch to the Charleston 1{ercurV
oi TIE Sjh, saw that 4 Yankee war vessel
appeared OF Beaufort the night before
When the uain left four were reported to be
IA the Sound. 4 number Of detached com
Ianies had left for Beaufort. Gen. Gattin
Eith the 9th regiment OF North Carolina
TROOPS, CD. Campbell, left last evening
Joi. Barnes regiment is already at Beau
tJrt Gen Gattin thinks this place cannot
b taken.
Tic (. S. Sloop Of war jamestown ar
ripc5 at New York Friday, from the block
sts ii EeInaudina, Ia, yi4 Hampton Roads
Ste viii return immediately. She captured
on tie D. ID inst. the schooner Col. Long un-
Ger tae Confederate flag, and sank ber, not
i-.ae abe % keep her
Among the correspo1tence Of Winder
WHO is brother Of the rebel general of that
name, were found letters from jeff Davis.
Breckenridge, Burnett, and other rromin Mt
rebeis. Is ia the copies Of his own letters.
aud the originals of his correspondence are 4
IN possession OF the Federal authorities One |
Of Dir. Brcckinr.dge's letters is only 10 DAYS /
I'D The correspondence viii prove very
valuable AID 70 the Government in discover |
my treas,a in our midst, In his Iet,ers
Winder 1la3res his rar,nes+ s,n,,a tb;os Vim ,
,the rchcls. He assures Mr. E-acl-inriJoo
that his course in the Senate is annroved fv /
a barge number of the best men in the North /
rho are only awaiting an opn1r-pnitv +, /
overthrow mob rule, and that many of tbe /
Home Guards. Of which he was q member.
had Joined that organization only to disarm
sIsricion.
Inc Baltimore Scum has suspended pub
il, a l5n' IL consequence Of the mr1s, OF =
editor
An ordes vas Issued IRON the War Depart
nleuI 1u,5lay' dIecurS the commanding
u11cc' a' Lla''II9S met n. - 70 accept tie
81 'Io1s 81 s1ch 10y = orIl CaIo iiNl4nS' not
70 '3oe0U oig IlrhNoii'' - III ms HeiSAo9r-
100 100 NJ ,'-Oii'ooI - ''Ao up arms l'I lle
= az .il', ,'.i',@' aI1 - designate q regular
81 - Leu "a 'i.- -Nd-s- 1o-h were
- IiVul 1oros' inc RIVER TWO
- - Ia t1' ttITy' ana one 81 them
~ I'M 10 Oh IeoI. were seen PCS,
- - .ll''S' DuI q i l5under o-nS
M l1ey uisi ersed. u Is thought
- W. we AI4'u'
4 spe-ill di-n1teb T., the 81 L1uis D,,oo-
IRA, saws that on Saturday last Gen. Price.
uitb 700 mon had succeeded in roeehjng
T.avinot,n. and had sent a summons IN col
NuDirsn =, surrender. Col. Nulli~an
refused. when gen. Price is reporte3 to have
sent word tat he would give him until
NIond,v p n 20 r,rrordar the Amori-
al : i,' a. iI NJ ~ "0''''-
III - ,'''i' -. -. ,i......-
80 -, o. S.. - 80 -,
.,l.i - -, :, -. 80
Price will be cut off or forced to retreat
otuiSis was at ~ sosePh fHu'y' with
reg ilngHts' TWO companies OF cavalry ana l
oil artillery Before the arrival OF the fede-
%. tow,-, bound South to ioin Gen. Price
Trey are an undiscinliped crowd well
mounted but roorlv armed.
receipt Of tcIeeranbic djsnatcb from Gen.
-ZoLIcoGsr anroGnclDr that the safety Of Ten /
nessee demands the oeounation Of the Cum- /
lerlan5 and The three IoDr mountains in
Kentucky. and that he lad dome 50 and
sha.,ll rs,ain hi, nositio, unt;I tho FEDERAL
broken up. \ dispatch from Cairo says
bsrlani Riror has bscn dtcl155oJ nn.ier in
suirectioraIy control Secretary Chase has