The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1861-07-15
Gen. Mcclellan Fighting Rebels on the
Sacred Soil Of Virginia"

The news from Gen. McClelan's column in
Western Virginia, for the last few days has
been of the most cheering character. He has
gained victory after victory, driving the Rebels
from every position they have taken in his
path, and on Saturday last must have dealt
them very severe blow He is said to have
betw cen 80, 900 and 40 coo troops subject to
his command, though of course not nearly SO
many with him. His command includes all the
troops designed to act in Western Virginia and
Kentucky, and he is fast concentrating them in
the great battle ground of Virginia Gen.
Cox with one portion of them is to the south
west of Beverly in the Little Kanawha valley,
looking after that crazy man, Ex-Gov. WISE
Gen. Hill, with some Of the Pennsylvania
troops is at Bowlesburgh, on the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad, nearly north Of Beverly, and in
the direction which Garnett's retreat seems to
have taken and the capture of the Rebels
under Garrett, from the position of the Federal
forces, appears to be inevitable as they have Gen.
Morris in the rear and Gen. Hill in front.
1t is doubtless the purpose of the Rebel Cen
eral to form junction with Gen. Johnston and
the troops that Gen. Patterson has twice defeat
ed and driven back Just where those forces
are now is MT entirely certain, but it is safe to
say that Gen. Patterson is close upon them, and
will give them employment enough ; and will
prevent any aid FROM that quarter to the Rebels
that Mcclellan is so holly pursuing. So we
think we may safely advertise our readers that
they will soon hear that Gen. Mcclellan has
captured the whole Rebel army under the trait
or Garnet, and, having thus disposed of this
trihing obstacle in his way, is moving his column
down upon Richmond ami the Rebel Congress
that meets there the Goth inst will doubtless
find it convenient to ad journ back to Montgom-
cry. Virginia is now, in fact, in a fair way to
become " Sacred Soil,'' altogether too much
so for miserable traitors to occupy, and unless
Mason is content with six feet of it, he may as
we'll be packing his trunks.
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The proceedings of both Houses of Congress
Saturday are Of the utmost Importance as fore
shadowing the policy to be pursued toward
Rebellious men and Rebellious States; yet
they disclose, in the House, a larger minority
than we had supposed could be found there
hostile to energetic and decisive measures in
dealing with Rebels.
Mr.. Clark, the member from Missouri, had
taken up arms against tho Government, and
done his utmost to subvert its authority in Mis-
souri,, and yet forty-fve men were found in the
House of Representatives ready to record their
names agains, his expulsion from that body
This sympathy with treason was covered up, to
be sure, under the excuse that the method was
unusual but the nearly party vote discloses
the real reason for the opposition.
In the Senate the nest of traitors which in
cludes Bayard, Salisbury, Breckenridge, Pow
ell, and Polk, discovered their hostility to the
Government by technical and flimsy objections
to the admission of the new Senators from w es-
tern Virginia and the conduct of johnson Of
Tennessee, himself from a seeded State, stands
out in splendid contrast to that of these secret
allies of Jeff. Davis. 1t is some consolation to
know however, that the loyal men have work
ing majority in both branches of Congress.