The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1861-05-09
NEWS nv LAST EVENINGS MAIL.

RELAY House., Md, May I.
,rLu 1rnon Committee of Baltimore. twelve
Inc Lno" IN their return from Frederick,
,,'h.ro rhev were sent to protest against inc
Rnnrd Of Safety bill, called on Gen. Butter a'
the Relay House this morning. MIR. kandoiph'
tho chairman. addressed the General, urging
that such measures be adopted as shall enapie
m, m to maintain their ground against 'he
rebels. ,u.o AZ,
Gen. Butler replied that he did not Ike ar:
Lincoln's politics, but be is the oihcial heaa OF
the Government. and must be sustained: h''er
thai had been accomplished, political differences
NAV be settled. But there must be no Ameri-
can soil which cannot be safely trod by any
American soldier.
The Committee appeared to be we'll satished
with the result of the interview
Ross Winan's operations IN the way Oh iuf-
nish,ng the rebels with munitions OF war, nave
been stopped by the Baltimore people, aud MS
establishment closed.
New York, May7. Government has ALREADY
received profers of $4,000 meu from West OF
the Alleehanies. Arrivals of specie from the
North has made money matters easier.
A resident of Philadelphia. who has just re-
turned from Virginia, says three thousand ooi-
lars worth Of his property was selzed az hicn-
mond. and he was compelled to flee for his lie.
Major Anderson contemplates addressing the
people of Kentucky in behalf OF the Union -
Several army officers, who failed to get commls-
slons in the rebel service alter resigning. have
asked to BE- restored. They met with an EN-.
phalc refusal.
Steamer Mount Vernon has gone down the
Potomac, to replace the buoys taken up by
Lieut.. Maury.
CONFEDERATE FoRcEs.-It Will be seen from
the message of j, ftlson Davis that the conled
crate forces in and ready for the field are just
80 O00-that is ut different forts - 600 and on
the way to Virginia IL 900. This is doubtless
accurate, and 1t diSpes at once all the gascon-
ado about a thousand men in arms, and about
various STATE detatchments, which in the ag-
grcgAtc, were said to g far above that number
A KENTUCKY SOLDIER The following Incl
dent occurred at Camp Morton, Indiana :
One poor fellow from Kentucky came over
alnnc and enlisted at MAdison. \ crowd of
friends were shaking hands with other yolun-
teers whom they knew, but he being stranger,
remained unnoticed. lie burst into tears, and
exclaimed, 81 there is no one to bid God bless
me - Instantly u hundred men rushed at him
and bore him up III their arms, while the whole
multitude shouted forth their blessings upon
the noblc-hearted patriot.
The Rev. Mr. Bennett proposes as a cure
for those smitton with the madness of secession,
thar they be raped on the head until they are
able to see The thirty four stars IN the Con-
Hc'!at'on Of Liberty"
Governor Spraguc, of Rhode Island, had
made arrangements for temporary absence from
his forces, but received an intimation Monday
that his troops would soon move southwark, and
thai, il he desreu to be with them he had bet
ter remain. He at once gave up his nempated
trip, resumed charge Of his wetl-eqnipped regi-
m'nt, and, with them, is ready to march at
moments warning. HIS force numbers $50,
including the Marine Artillery company, whose
practice is pronounced by army officers to be
equal to any they have ever seen.