Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1861-08-23
WAR NEWS.

ehThi5l tOJE pace Iues1dy J teW miles
from that place between q company of so
men from Gen. Kelly command. and a bar ,
OF rebels numbering about 200 led CT Gro
C9ckrano Sheriff Of the country The reb, =
broke ani deI ai,e- an hoars tight, losing o
I2eu, killed.
TEeuty.f7 ren.ls fred on q picket gza.4
at B-riin on the Potomac Iuesday nighs r.
killed no 5as. Tie.c are r-pIrtei % q
sever. i regsi regiments near tie Poton'a.
opposite Point of Rocks.
Tnere Is report t1st Gen. Sicz!a7 MS
been .nf-...I By Gen. Scott tn the J.-
mgui Il tile eastern shore Of the Poto.r e.
! tour miles below Washington Tho >
regiment has heeo attacked 20 bis briga t.
Forty or dfty Of tle Y. Y. 10Th re- n.
were put under l1rszt yesterday tor ils41--
I dinalipn sad tac rest OF regiment, proviur
/ uuruiy, was mlrchoi 70 the Navy Yard
! under e. strJa5 u ,rd of cavalry. Anon
/ the alicdgc1 causes 0f grievance ar
/ that they were promised a furlJdEh Ia order
J tc ooe - ,lie comfort OF their families an"
/ 20 re1rganizs and cleo. now cei ;aFs to t.
/ Existing vGcancies, which has Eot been alloSSu
! them
Tgo mgn name, Walsh and Hewitt were
arrested III Boston yesterday charged win
/ iuciting volunteers TO desert from the Noe
! sachrsetts res sinents now IN csmp . iriu
the New York Irish brigade. ! large ruI
Der soldiers have been iuducei - d17-s. -
offers 0f tee - twenty a-- cJl,rs boy
and free paSsL5e to New lo7-.
! dispatch from Brig. Ge- Sumner, c,g
m-.ding the military dep--t.aent f L.
P-eiG., peaks Of repor. that Col Esn
Dom win 1900 reb,i troaps was on
road 5eiw-ea So Antonio and El Pas). =
ls fcar-d a0 attempt viii h made BY
rebels I" I'll ,-t- A,s-sg California Cav
Montgomery, Flag oEtcer OF the Z $50
squadron, has ordered hi- sabo.l.1
promptly . cooperate with ths tr9oH- =.
preventing the ,xacu..yu Of ar- aucn
pose. Iue Wy,..iGg 7..- q f-aTulco c..
the 10Th, going t. Sah tranclscJ - pl0te"-
the mai steamers, aat the Cyane Ess ord
ed on the ono service. NJ pirates have
been heard ot n the Pacific.
CIl. F-rnham Of the Fire Zouaves died .s
Washington yesterday. fT0m wounds re-
celved at Bull Run.
The American Consul at Caracoa. where
the privateer Sumter was permitted to IA &,
has been removed and another and probably
Z more efficient aud patriotic man put N his
place.
Sixty-two Of the mutineers 0! the y.
18th have been ser. 70 Tortugl7 - work %,
their three years on the fOrtihcdtiouz.
There arc forty Of them still II i---F
the watch house and charges are being fo-
maliy made ous aTainst them.
The trial Of Col. Miles for misconduct on
the day OF the battle at Bull Run, ls now
gong on at Washington.
Forty-three men. composing the captains
and crews Of several vessels captured of Cap'
HATTIE as aud taken into the port 0' Newhir1
by the rebel privateers, reached Baltimore
On the schooner Priscilla Thursday.
The Priscilla, load-d with suit from C1-7-
Goa. was captured by the confederate steam
CT Wiuslow, Capt. Carson, formerly OF -@-
steamer Coffee. Of Norfolk. The Captain
took out her salt ard released her beca1e7
she belonged to Baltimore.
It is stated that some 1000 rebel troo7
are approaching I.cntOn from the South
The Federal troops IN that region are pOssad
at Pilot Knob, IrontOn and Arcadis. thee
villages which lie about two miles apart =
valley, the main entrance TO which can b,
easily defended with artillery
Many -uc-o7s prevailed at W4shIugtoc
Yesterday, that battle had taken place .
Aouia Creek bl. an officer who Tetr-ue+
iTom that vicinity, --n'es tE1t tae rel-is
there had fired -veral shots ar the Pawnee.
I - a., ~~N y
returned ihc tJTcss T1-7 20 fST apart 70
inact damage upon each other.
The pledge Of the New York, Philadel-
phia and Boston Banks 70 take S50,0OU,tOU
Of the $50 Geo 900 of the $40 treasury
Notes at par, with their reservation OF right
to take the remainder. if not absorbed by the
other subscriptions, is regarded as securing
the taking Of the entire loan, and IS marking
at once the patriotism of the parties who
thus advanced to the aid of the G0ye-luent,
and their confidence III - power nad ST.
bility.
! despatch from Albany Friday says i
rumored in high political circles there, tla4
MIR. Cameron Is 10 be removed tI0rt the
Cabinet, and that the removal was to rrve
taken phase on Monday, but he requested a.
extension of time. It Is also asserted that
one Of the conditions Of the recent loan L..
that tho Cabinet shall BE- partially r5-coa-
structed.
4 dispatch from Richmond, Va, August
Is. via New Orleans, Aug. l6, says-ln the
absence of real battles the public Is consider
ably exercised about fight at Acquia Greek;
and battle is said 70 nave taken place at
Leesburgh on Wednesday, in which 500
Federals were killed and 400 taken prison
ers. Neither report is confirmed.