The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1861-05-28
NEWS BY LAST EVENINGS MAIL.
" AsnINGToN, May 70.


this morning. which caused almost as mach eX"
c;tcmept among the troops as that did yesterday,
although no orders were issued. Goyernmcht
h,s ARRANGED affairs SO that no more false alarms
can be made.
Notifications arc nearly completed on Airing
ton Nights. Two forts are being erected one
on each side of the Nights.
Leavcnworth Mo-, May %. The United
States forces from the Indian country west OF
Kansas. comprising six companies OF Cavalry
and five of Infantry, are within few days
march of this city, with all the means OF trans
nortation and plenty of subsistence. On the
Texan frontier they made a rapid retrogradc
march and captured IS Texans who had been
dogglng the troops for some time. They were
held prisoners one day and discharged.
A letter from Hon. F. p. Blair, Jr., says:
II expect to be in Washington at the meet
ing of Congress. do not believe 1T will take
us long to put down the secessionists OF Nilsson,
ri. They were very boisterous and brave till
we struck them a blow on the 10Th INST, since
which they have cooled down to zero. expect
them to make complete submission in a month
at tarthest. shall then 90 wherever my Regi-
ment is ordered, but expect to obtain leave of
absence for the extra session of Congress, which
| presume will not last beyond two weeks and
afterwards join the Reg iment'
It is rumored and believed, that the Goth reg
iment took possession of a train, and made pris-
oners of several hundred secession troops, who
were endeavorng to make their escape from
Alexandria on the London and Orange and AL
cxandria railroads, and that the notorious DR..
Boyle Of this city, who organized the National
Volunteers u secession company, eX-Nlayor
Walter l.cnnox, and Noble Thomas, formerly a
policeman of this city, are among the prisoners.
The secrecy of the movement en- Alexandria
was such that the colonies Of the regiments or
dered to march did not know till !; late hour
whittier they We're to be sent nor did the rogu-
lar army coonels the heads ofbureaus, nor the
Chief Clerk Of the Navy Department. The 9TH
Regiment had invited friends toa dinner at Will
lards. An army officer no was in the secret
promised COL Leifarts to be present unless some
thing important prevented.
Louisville, Ky, May %. Nearly all the
flags here, and in Jefferson, Ia, are at half
mast in consequence Of the death of Col. Els
worth.
The letter writers say that til. last thing Col
Ellsworth did before leaving Washington was
ia write IL letter to his father, and another to
Miss Carrie Spaford, at Rockford, Ill.,, to whom
he was engaged to be married. His last act,
as he left the tent to embark on the steamer,
was to lock at Der portrait, and place it in his
bosom.
Last night a picket guard of the Anderson
Rifles heard Gathering of sabres in the bushes
near them. They kept a sharp lookout, and
soon two men appeared, and said to the men on
duty, :" guess you arc our prisoners" One Of
the guards cooked his rifle, and presenting it
replied, guess not, but reckon you are ours
The two newcomers were disarmed and taken
into custody, and this morning lodged in the
armory of the Rifles. Their names are Capt
M. D. Ball and Kirby, members of the Fairfax
Cavalry. They We're armed with regulation sa-
bres and the old fashioned rAed carbines, altered
for percussion locks. Lieut.. Lipscomb of the
Rifles came upon another named Smidt, whom
he made prisoner. Smidt says he is very will
ing to fall into the hands of the Governments
1t saves him the trouble of running away.
The PLANET NAMED.-The planet recently
discovered by Mr.. Horace p futile at the Hair
YARD College Observatory, has been named Maia
This name was borne by the eldest and most
beautiful Of the 9 Atlantic Sisters. who were
transferred to the stars by the gods, and are
there known as P]cades Besides this distinc-
ton. Mala enjoys the still greater one Of being
the mother of Mercury, whose name is attached
to the innermost planet of the solar system.
SEwALLs POINT BATTEDY -Sewall's Point is
Just about three miles from Fortress Monroe. to
the southwest, on the opposite side of Hampton
hoads. 1t commands the entrance to Eliza beth
River on which, eight miles to the south. is the
Gosport Navy Yard The strategic Importance
OF the place is thus sufficiently seen. The bat
terry is said to be fortified with three short 90
Founders and two sx-inch riAed peces. The