The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1861-09-21
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TO THE FREEMAN.
8 O'CLOCK, A. M.
RuM0RED FIGHT AT LEXINGTON.
Price Repulsed with Great Loss
McCuIIock marching on Jefferson City
TO THE FREEMAN

New York, Sept. 20. The Posts special
Washington dispatch says Gen. Fremont VIII
not be removed, but his movements will be 50
impeded as to force him to resign
The rebels near Chain Bridge have been
strengthened.
Forty head of cattle were seizedby our troops
yesterday, near townsville.
The proprietors Of the National Hotel have
been fined for selling liquors to soldiers.
The speaker of the Maryland House OF Del
cgates was arrested yesterday.
A Washington letter says the national troops
in and about Washington are performing a
great amount of work in fortifying the ap.
proaches to that city, and that with one month S
work more of the kind now going on, fifty thou
sand men, if they were good soldiers, could hold
Washington for three months against hall
million men.
Vessels continue to arrive at Washington with
freight, and report that they are unmolested on
the passage up the Potomac.
The iron clad gunboat building at Mystic,
Conn. for the Government, will be 200 feet
long, &c feet wide and IL feet deep She will
be half brig rugged, and will carry very heavy
armament. Her armor will consist Of railroad
iron and steel plates bolted through the entire
side of the vessel. She will be completed in
about ninety days.
ST.. LOUIS, Mo-, Sept. 20.
A gentleman named Kings who left a point
on the Missouri River, opposite Lexington, on
Wednesday night, arrived here this morning and
reports that severe fight took place on Tuesday
for possession of three ferry boats which lay at
the Levee. Gen. Prices force advanced on the
boats in two bodies one from shore and the
other from below the town. After very sharp
engagement they were repulsed.
The boats were not in fair range of Col Null
ligan's guns, his Notifications being SO situated
as to prevent him from commanding them COM
pletely, and his force was too small to admit of
his making sortie against Prices overwhelm-
lug numbers, but Mr.. King says he saw twelve
wagon-loads Of killed and wounded rebels driven
off after the fight. He also says that Price as
saulted Col. Mulligan's Notifications four or five
times on Wednesday but was repulsed each time
with a loss of from 800 to 400. Mr.. Kings ac-
count is quite incoherent, and entire reliance
is not placed on it here.
There is little question, however, that bat
tie has taken place. but the details are yet I'M
known.
JEFFERSON CITY, Sept. 90
A report received here this morning states
that McCulloch, with 1900 men, was on the
Usage, ~ miles from here, date not given,
marching on Jefferson City. The commanding
officer here is inclined to credit tho report
Col. Richardson took position with regiment
of the Home Guards at Usage bridge. where the
first attaci will no doubt be made. lie saws he
will not desert the post until the last man falls.
Lieut.. Montgomery of Gen. Fremont s Cavalry.
hasjust arrived from Georgetown and says heavy
firing was heard at Boonyllle, all day Wednesday
and late into the night, from Lexington. dis.
proving the story that the place was surrendered
on tuesday. 1t is believed at Bonneville that
Gen. Price could not take Lexington but if he
should, 1t would ouly be with terrible slaugh-
ter. Clalb jackson, it is said, with about $500
men, and is surrounded on every side. He can.
not escape IT defeated, nor hold Lexington if he
takes 1t. No boats from above have vet arrived,
put one Is expected hourly. The Rebels are
greatly alarmed about Lexington.
LOUISVILLE, Ky, Sept. 20.
Coi. Crlttenden of Indiana, who was the first
TO bring Regiment from another State into
estern Virginia in aid Of the Federal Govern |
ment, was the first to come to the aid of Ken |
lucky
Ills regiment we'll armed passed through our
streets towards the Nashville depot this after
n n, and proceeded Immediately southwark
They were enthusiastically received on the
route.
~, ~, FRANKFoRT, Ky, Sept 20.
The bill which passed both Houses of the
Legislature requesting Gen. Anderson to call
tor, and take command Of the Kentucky VOL |
unteers was vetoed by Gen. Magoffn. It was
passed over the veto in the House by IS against
,:, lRoNroN, Mo-, Sept IS.
"A sklrmlsh occurred on Thursday at Black
hlver' htteen miles southwest of here, between
three Companies of Indiana volunteers under
Mayor uarnett, and body of rebel caalrv I'M
der the notorious Ben Talbot.
rive reoels were killed. four prisoners taken
The baladce scattere! in all directions.
From Western Virginia we have the annexed
items WV "'neAeu