The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1861-12-14

b .Aam. It's contents were not thereafter pun
INy made known.
vv y,rk. Dec. II. The man Spence, who
,,c.tpd over the meeting at Liverpool Is OF
r. firm tf Richardson, Spence " Co., "a hrm
nare h,ce}v interested in the American gram
and PROVISION trade than most any o'hef VI thas
city.
4 1oO;s. Mo-. Dee. l3. The Mississippi and
u;,s,nr, rivers have been placed under military
anrtrol and surveillance, and no boat Will be
1rrmjttcl to take freight or passengers or al
av,6 clearance, except those authorized ana
Commissioned by the proper military authority.
a] ovners ard others interested VIII pc re-
onired 10 take the oath of allegiance, o violation
# which will subject, the boat and cargo to Tor,
future, and the owners to the penalty prescribed
10 those giving aid to the enemy.
Late news from Prices army places him still
81 nsceola with 10, eco OF Is 900 men, intend
". tn 0ove North soon. He has SO cannon
and lately received 2,5OO new ten's. Ills hc"
arc well armed and clothed.
Cc "n sI,cE.s division has crossed the Usage
,;Yr and another division was crossing last
Friday.
J. i. Richardson, Postmaster at oomerseS,
,rtes M the lOth inst. that Gen. Zollicoiier
i,s crossed the Cumberland river twenty miles
hlcy Warisboro', on ~ bridge OF coal barges,
with from 5000 to IL, 600. We expect toight
tomorrow. The Federal forces under 1eh.
SAoer are six regiments with two batteries.
The D,nocot discredits the above, failing to
pct confirmation from It's correspondents.
louisville, Ky, Dec. l3.-The bowling
Grcn Couricr deprecates the discouragiug ell
feet Of burning Whippoorville bridge, on the
Memphis Branch Railroad, by the Federais.-
lis core spondent says there is nothing to lndi
rte a forward movement Of either army this
winter. Tennessee money that fifteen or twenty
DAYS ago was Is to 90 per cent discount, Is no"
81 per cent. discount. 49,,
( letter from Somerset, dated the 9TH inst
confirms the capture by the re)els Of MAJOR ilel
Yeti and Capt. Prince.
Augusta, Ga, Dec. 10.-Thc Charleston
Courier OF this morning says that the Llncol
fleet seized ID schooner on Saturday, and that
steamer was seen passing on Monday with Il
Heating battery or dock IN tow. -,
The Charleston Mercury of to-day gays III
Yankee invaders are getting holder. A sma
bdy .! them were seen near Port loyal 0
Sunday.
The Norfolk DqyJooh speaks of an importaII
arrest there Of l. number OF slaves IN the OF ma
ny their escape to the North. They had WI
teM $500 in stolen money. An cxamina'it
Of their case wac had before the Mayor, but i
~luleltiIl reasons The report of it is wlthhel'
Baltimore, Dec. 1.-The Charleston Couri
Of the 9th says that on Wednesday niShta d
aehueat of the Beaufort Artillery, twenty-tS
mn, passed over to the Island and visited Bea
tGt. where the utter dasolation and abando
nctl were relieved only by the presence OF o.
light ard a barking dog. There were no sig
1.-The enemy. either Oh land or water
0at men thea proceeded to the work OF q
'iactioa, The chief object was to destroy I
VOl. Of cotton and provisions on Paris lsiai
which bang nclr tho enemy, was cro"oeo W
negroes, who had iiacked there to escape III
the control OF the.r owners. Owing to the wa
Of boats this object YVES but partially effected
Seven hundred bales Of cotton and seven huhu
bushels Of corn were urut on DR.. Thomas I
lsr's plantation.
Returning to Battery plantation, the WI
ddestruction was resumed. The torch ,
successfully applied to some dozen plantatis
and The contents OF five barns were empt'ed
consumed. Seventeen crops, amounting 70
ts!es, were thus offectually removed li'm
hnngs Of the destroyer. ,
The Courier says that the English steamsi
CEwar Racer arrived of Charleston harbor
Gay, and brought dispatches to the British I
sui. The Racer left next day for Port Roy!
The Courier of the 9th says, that on FIJI
last there were IN sight near this harbor
:. s"aAsfIp Sasquchannah, two
% STats, a ~storesnip, a large schooner suppose
u @ladcd with coal, and the Swedish baIk
IN IONA, We hear that the last vessel was DC
-. %tn,s port, supposing there was no block
SSnlch want Of information will be uniortu
- "fher ownets, as she will no doubt be seiz
It No FAMINE IN IRrLAND.-Sir Robert
P IOsl Secretary Tor Ireland, has made an e.
eve lour through that country, %careiuii.