Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1861-11-28
THE LATEST wAR NEWS

Dispatches were received on Tuesday eve
ming, from Fortress Monroe, to the effect that
our forces ut Fort pickens and the squadron
there stationed had opened fire upon Forts
McRca and Barancas, and upon the Pensacola
Navy Yard and the town of Warrington. The
town bad been burned and the Navy Yard set
on fire several times, but the flames were ex-
tinguished by the rebels. Through "secesh"
channels it is reported that our two large steam
ers, one of which was the Niagara, we're so
much injured by the fire from the rebels that
they were compelled to haul off and that
breach had been made in the walls of Fort
Pickens. The bombardment was in progress
at the date of the latest information received
from Fortress Monroe.
Gen. Phelps has been relieved from his long
confinement at Viewpoints News in command at
that place, by Gen. Mansfield and he will be
assigned an important place in Gen. Buffers
Division.
The rebel ambassadors, Mason and Slidell
with their Secretaries, are now in close custody
at Fort Warren in Boston lIarbor The last
time when Mason was in Washington he boast
fully asserted that the next time he visited that
city it would he in the character of an ambas-
sador. He probably did not then think of
making Fort Warren his head quarters. From
some examination of English authorities on
THIS subject 1t appears to our city contemporaries
that the act Of Com. Wilkes in arresting these
ambassadors is fully justifable, even in the
light of English Interpretation.
In Western Virginia Gen. Bonham has drove
the rebel Floyd farther back towards Richmond,
and i. is reported the latter has retreatcd across
the Blue Ridge
The Rebel government, probably alarmed at
the aspect of affairs. has removed its archives
from Richmond to Nashville, Tennessee, and
court will be held there for the present. The
public mind is much disturbed in Richmond ;
the people are removing their effects and cav-
ing, and the remaining prisoners there have
been ordered further south, some to Salisbury
n. c., and the balance to Tuscaloosa, Ala.
The latest Richmond papers contain dis
patch from Newt Orleans dated on the 20th
rible state of excitement concerning an apprc-
hended attack by the National troops on Col
umbus, Ky. The doughty Capt. IIollins had
gone up the river with his fleet, and had shortly
after tecgraphed for the steam RAM heard of
in the recent naval affair at the Belize. We
may expect soon to have another bombnstic
dispatch from lIollins for he cannot remain
long without performing some exploit-on pa
per.-A floating battery Of 20 guns was at once
to go up the river. There were said to be H.
600 troops and 20 cannon. A great meeting
has been held at Memphis to enlist sympathy
and raise money to repel his expected attack on
the place named.
Gen. Mcclellan has addressed letter to Gen.
Blenker containing such expressions of dis
pleasure, as left to the latter 10 choice but to
resign, which he did Monday. 1t is said that
the illegal tax Of 500 per month"; which he
has levied from each of the suffers of his
division, has elected the above letter. COM
mittee has been organized for the investigation
of the accounts of the Division. The mass of
the Germans have never considered Blenker as
altogether the right man for position so re-
sponsiblc, and the rumor that Gen. Sgel is to
succeed him, is hailed with almost universal
delight.