Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1861-06-07
WAR ITEMS.
The 9th, 2lst, 23d. and 24th Pennsylvania
regiments reached Chambersburg Thursday
morning.

r regiments reached Chambersburg Thursda
l morning.
The secession troops have fallen back tw
miles from Williamsport, in the direction o
, Martinsburg. They have about 500 mel
and two small guns. About one hundreC
desertions have occurred since the Williams
port camp was established.
Two Indiana Regiments were at Cincin
natl Thursday coming east, probably to Graf
ton, whence the secessionists He'd without
firing gun.
Between 200 ard 300 barrels of -four were
seized at the Arlington Mills, six miles from
Alexandria, Thursday morning. The flour
was intended for the use of the secession
forces.
The new military department of Kentucky
to the command Of which Col Robert An
derson has Just been assigned, embraces SO
much of that State as lies within one hun
dred miles of the Ohio River. His head
quarters for the present is at Louisville.
Wednesday night, four residents of Balti-
more county, in the neighborhood of
Cockeysyille, named Worthington, Mat
thews, Scott, and another whose name is
unknown, were arrested by Federal troops,
charged with being in the company that
| participated with MerTyman IN the acts for
| which he was arrested. They were taken TO
York, Pa. They are all influential and res
/ pectable citizens.
Capt. lngle from Fortress Monroe reports
| that Sewall'5 Point is almost impxegnable,
| being strongly entrenched. Buffers plan is
| to surround them and cut off their supplies,
thus forcing them to surrender. Eleven
steamers are gathered at the Washington
Navy yard fitted out with ammunition stores
and guards, for some destination not publicly
disclosed.
The schooner Ur5dnd arrived at New York
yesterday from Indianola, Texas, via Havana
with companies a and 2nd U, s. Infantry
under Capt Jordan and Lieut.. Greene, also
l2 women and 20 children.
4 young Philadelphian who was impressed
into the service of the rebels at Memphis.
Tenn, escaped recently and has arrived
home. lie says there are about 5 600 troops
IN Memphis, aud about as many have en-
camped on the fair ground of that city,
being drilled and exercised. There are, also,
at Randolph. Tenn, about 5000 men at the
fort there is formidable battery of six big
guns ga pounders) and two mortars. At
Fort Rector, Arkansas, about six miles above
Memphis, there are about 5000 men. Op-
pOsite Fort Rector, on the Tennessee side, is
Fort Harris, where there are about 100 men.
At OsceOla, Ark, which is nearly 100 miles
above Memphis, there is another battery,
and about 2 1000 men. This makes about
$1,000 men at Memphis and various points
between the Missouri and Kentucky lines.
The Brooklyn is blockading the mouth of
the Mississippi.
The Pensacola correspondent of the Mobile
Adrertiser, states that several vessels includ-
fng three from Apaachicola had been driven
from there within or 8 days by the block
aiding fleet.
The road from Washington to Alexandria is
guarded by the Sd New Jersey and the 9TH
Ilaxaebusetts regiments. The Federal
troops on the Virginia side are still engaged
IN throwing up entrenchments, and the
works are progressing with remarkable "a
pidity.
Emissaries from Harper Ferry are in Ha-
gerstOwn nearly all night every night, but
the Unionist5 are watchful and aware of all
movements. Additional reinfOrcements are |
expected there.
20 Of the 50 votes cast at Portsmo nth |
against secession, were by a rifle eompa ny, |
who were Immediately disarmed and dis !
banded.
The Harriet Lane has captured schooner
Catharine Of Newbern and Iris of Baltimore
both laden with naval stores. The trans
port steamer Alabama arrived at New York,
from Hampton Roads with a prize bark,
w inifred. of Richmond from Rio Janero,in
tow.
The ship AlebIn0. Capt. Smith, which re-
Gently arrived at New Orleans, from Boston,
has been seized by the rebel authorities.
Two citizens Of Alexandria, who on their
word Of honor declared that they were loyal
to the United States, were recently granted
passes, with permission to return to that
city at pleasure. They went beyond the
outside guards, got into the bushes, and
fired upon the guards of the United States
artillery. They were Immediately pursued
and shot. The passes referred TO were found
in their pockets.
The enormous entrenchnents made, and
breast works thrown up by Col. CoreOran's
regiment, the y. Y. Goth, are truly sur
prising. They are beyond Georgetown, and
near the aaueGuct The colonel has sent out
pickets fifteen miles, and will deploy sections
Of his regiments along the route. The
scouts from the regiment had an encounter
with those from the rebel camp, Tuesday, in
which they captured and killed one each of
the enemy.
On Tuesday the Fifth Massachusetts, regi-
ment extended their pickets four or five
miles into the country. They captured two
of JEFF Davis men-one Of them, disguised
in ministerial garb, proved to be a colonel.
The battery at Acquia Creek was attacked
Friday by the steamers Freeborn and Ami
costa. The commander at the Navy Yard,
Immediately on receipt of nows of the attack,
ordered two men-of-war down to assist them.
The Washington Star says nine rebels
c ere killed at Sewall's Point, at the recent
Onfict; also that the rebels have stopped
work on the entertainments at Manassas. 1
5000 soldiers are concentrated in Western
Virginia. Four companies Of district militia
have crossed into Virginia with days ra-
tons.
cry available point at and near the junction,
with a view Of making that position as defen-
sibe rs possible.
The 2nd Maine Regiment arrived at Wash
ingt0n Friday afternoon. The New York
Seventh left for home on the 6 O'Clock even
ing train. The New York 9th occupy their
camp.
Several vessels went to Fort Monroe yester-
day, carrying hundreds OF thousands of car
tridges with other war requisites. A num-
Der of experienced carpenters were sent from
Boston to superintend the building OF par
racks for the large number of troops 70 DO
ted around fortress Monroe.
When the Mcdonald habeas corpus case
came nm Friday morning in o. s. District
conrt az St. Louis, Gen. Harvey madc the
return that Capt. Mcdonald had been re-
moved to Illinois, and was now iu the mill
tarv command of Gen. Mcclellan, that he |
had never had the body of the prisoner under
his control, consequently he was unable to
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