The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1861-09-20
FREMONT AND BLAIR DIFFICULTY
a<UInoFcd Fail OF LEXINGTON
CONTRADICTORY REPORTS.

Jefferson City, Sept IS. Monday afternoon
zen. fflce sent word 10 COL Mulligan. at Lev.
lngton, demanding a surrender. Col. MuIliaon
r,epled, " 20 to hell" An attack was ;m7,o
elateiy made by first opening with artillery md
nIaklhs an advance under its cover on the to,vn
rt r was repulsed with heavy loss
zen. Lane with an estimated force Of 5000
Aal!sas troops Is reported within forty miles of
NNIeAni!ston' rapidly advancing to reinforce Col
r 1aua's fa ot1er troops are being apdy con-
sseyea from st. Joseph and other FONTS to rein.
n,o mhe 18th, 22d, 24tln and Goth Indiana Reci-
the forces sent down from St Tonis 49, atso
Les MONIES und White Cloud. These ro inf VIC
lhenls number about G000 effective rrnons ~,
18th. ~ ''iV morning OF the
Every confidence is felt here that Co] N,u:
gan Will De able to hold Lexington until rair
inents arrive on'il rein
49,, osase ofidge, eleven miles east from here an
.l'e Pacific Railroad, is said to he tho erst 80, on
threatened by McCulloch's forces r n,H. polnI
now believed to be advancing rapidlv rorn t ulo
n, LoulS7ll!e, Sept. I9.-Early this noorn;na ~,
Marsha! seized the office of the (our,nr my sile
lt ~ hx-Hov Moorhead, Il. I. Mnrre+. 1 "-
u .ne proprletors of the Courier. and N W. Wv
asa; aeiegfaphlc reporter of the New Oro.rs
Assocl"teu Press, charged witt, treaso, rs
p 'sonels were carried to Jef.rs1nvjljo AVID ...:T
?e transferred to the custody Of the Warsbo III
indiana District. " 'I0 MARSHAL of
-, ~ ~ transmission OF telographic news S,,+h
'ard has been ntcrd;cted, and tho I;, oouch
errupted "'4' VIC lines are in c
3 St st.. Je51!nsbory, VT, Sept. 10. The secret,ru
rS az o1Iects Governor Fairbanks to send for
ann s',t, asl'ngt tI two Regiments now in
1n ,oi.n"i'n' Inc Regiments are fnll ~ h
bor 'i ,u' armed equipped, and uniformed t.
lew Haven. springfield and "
by order of the War Department n, cou
nor is now recruiting the 9th Pan;n sne COY
dispatch, and confidently eypects to aoa WIN
f"ard within fifteen DAYS. 'E,he Pa.; Senu IL nc
next week. "'A4 W lul'y recruit So,
:" nashinston, Sept 10. Official jnformo ,o GO GO
o. and eaulsud that Ilavanna, Gienfuegos ST. COZ
Ri a.; ;seu' i'1S are the only Cuban norrs ~ thu
tv, 'te"1 can be introduced free Of tor
hnm[eags'eer srys we believe the threats me-
.'oAiloiiu papers Of closing the p,toa,
lsefles along the western Shore boU" ac oy D Ete
de any serious impression on onr NJ lever ~
,n9fis'es' There are shells enouob -, tho
no ~ any tine to enable GU. yessals CON- t t,o
sc the Rebels along the line ''''' 10 us a.i9
"a Nd, Sept. l6. 1t was nn, mu,
W. eo-oay that Mcclellan would arr;ro oA Is pat
wv WV low eli route to review the armv RI ~ L
per roeomac, but his visit has hossr VI .ne Der
e,o.,4 P''' cont
scouting party on Saturday d;st;rot,,, yet
snnt snents OF rebel infantry drillnoo saw well
: spo. "her e, the Rhode Island battery on on the
. "o, snelled out rebel encamnnor :" ~" mai<
OF Leesburgh. A nero IN IN of tt
scouts that they were Mssssinnia ,n'ofned encc
URN regiment had mutinied and d;sha "ilile and
noie are no other bodies of rehals =; . er tn
'on' ana great distress would soon o :" 'na' from
."err army and families, unless snnnIr 70 rcma
eonee, @c., was obtained These p l" o. lions
=, 0 ia lying being except this nesro ''g nus
IL had been harvested but co,,$se i9 Inc
- " ana overgrown with weeds were ,,. III
'|t' Is tie doubt that ,Jobnstn''. I ~
moving IN detail from opposite army IS az az II;
oWard this section, and eycan5s :" "snlng' Tue
highest estimates given '"' L. numbers Fenoe
Is 1'shly probable that johnston will lh'
" 70 cross the Potomac in tho VIII en- uF "5
VI 1le mouth Of the Monocacr S,it Jot- l+,;y
10 Pro'ecS tie Legislature in Eays;, ,an Go4se
non ordinance, and with the oI fr'Ss.ng IuUel
me leo's IN Baltimore and the d,ros s',sao va,
d;9y: !ino would raise the rebellion "1' u
u = ., and weaken the Union or.a mug O'lon
Vr',I movement or the abrunt oL,m23
" .ie whole line of the .,otomo a''0ol- The
inevitable from causes well tn"' ap- proba
ny authorities. well known to which