Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1861-08-09

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President DAVIS has tsleyraphed q,
Georsia regiment n come on as We have CT
tuTed -, 600 stand Of arms"
Ad;utant Fairbank. of the Michigan re-i
nent IS prisoner at Richmond. The Rrch
mond enquirer proposes hanging hin ga
rebel aboLtIonist.
Il Is reported from Washington that 20
Fillmore, Texas, has been reinforced BIZ te,
companies.
Also that Col. Candy has ftted out sur'
an expedition against Fort Bliss, nov ts..
| oy Iexas, as to make its capture certain.
A few days since lady in washington
the w'ic OF prominent Official under tac
last administration, forwarded to Gr. =
Beauregard, through her se-, a mag-,'f-..
sword, u present from a number of ;a1.o
residing in the Second Ward, who desirej
thus to express their esteem and sympc III
Tor him IN his present position.
Free and constant Communication with a. .
rebels l. said to be kept up by means OF fr,a o.
from Alexandria to 0cc0qIan. to. er r.
pieket9 extending that tar.
OficiIl despdtches received Thursday r.
Gen. Cox. commander of the Federal .J-o-
on the Kanawha river in virginia, ststs 80
the hunswha valley Is free from rebel truJps.
Gen. Coxs rapid pursuit Of Wise's forces
resulted in the capture OF one thousand stand
OF arms and large amount ot gun pawt--
which was left behind in their Aisat. The.
was no chance fer fight, as the rebels made
retreat faster than pursuit could be made.
Their force is said 20 be FIVE or SIX thousand.
The enemy burnt all the bridges in thciI
retreat. Gen. Cox adds that be now fG..!lJy
occupies the valley OF the kGnawha and that
the people are returning to their homes
whence they had been driven BY the rebels.
Manv Of the inhabitants Of that section,
who hava heretofore been secessionists, . .
nounce Gov. Wise, for the wantOn destf1c-
ton Of property, and axe abandoning -i.n
and his cause. His Western troops ere rap
iaiy disbanding their forces.
1t IS reported from Alexandria that the
eoniederates hat taken all upper works oil
the steamer Page, put SIX guns aboard her
and all fat boats on the Rappahanock had
been brought over to the Potomac. There
are said to bea great many at Aequia Creek.
The PaWnee has been ordered 10 Acauia
Creek by the Navy Department in conse-
quence.
There II some trouble with one OF tie
Pennsylvania regiments at Harper's Ferry.
Three hundred refused To be sworn In on
Wednesday. Some say they have not been
armed as promised By the State authorities,
and others that there has been a scarcity Of
food from the want Of experience in Their
commisaIy, but the real reason is believed
70 be the want of confidence IN their officers,
to which may be added the aspiration Of the
subordinates for high grades. Col. P0rtee
Of the staff, addressed them IN patriotic
strain, but the di5afectioa still exists. This
is the only known instance Of any dsaH3c.
ti0n IN this army
Scouts frequently bring in evidences os
secession combinations In the section of
Maryland as well as frequent Communication
with the rebels in Virginia. Stringent
measures have been instituted 70 stop sucl
correspondence if it really exists, aad also
10 break up such organizations.
A special dispatch to the Post says letter
from resident of Washington, now IN
Richmond, says recruits Tor the retel army
ere smuggled down the Maryland shore Of
the Potomac from here, and then taken across
the river by vessels in the employ OF tae
enemy.
The Government has arranged with iocr
manufactures to have GO riaed cannon turned
out per week. With one firm a contract Tor
300 has been made.
information hos been received, said to be Il
u reliable character, that since the affair ~
Bull Run the rebels have concentrated an
immense army in Virginia, and have now Gn
available iore5 of 240 900 men. North CaE-
olina, Tennessee, Mississippi and Alab-l-- 1t
once agreed to double the quota already levied
upon them.
Gen. Scott has received sundIy communi-
cations and protests, from both lay aG1
clergy, against the proprlety Of fighting the
battle of Bull Run on Sunday. The H,rol-:'
despatch says Neither Gen. Scott Eor Gen.
Mcdowell were responsible for what occurTef
on that day There were circumstances
surrounding that affair over which they nad
no control. 1t was one of those unaccount-
able things that could not be helped.
ll.0OO troops from Pennsylvania have
been GENT toward. There Is only re-
naming regiment of infantry, with ar'il-
lery attached The latter comprises 4S gund
partially rifed, AID range from ~ To D.
FOUNDERS. y cavalry troop Is almost ready.
All these troops are under command oi 'Ten'
Mccall.
The New York 5th regiment en- route Tor
home was stoned while passing through the
9th ward of Baltimore, Wednesday night,
by crowd who cheered for JEFF Davis
Firing was returned with bullets, principally
at one house from whence many stones came.
Citizens protesting to be UniOnists begged
them to stop and the Regiment passed. Sew
eral arrests were made, but all were released
on taking the oath of allegiance to the Uni-
ted States.
The military committee of the Senate are
rigidly scrutinizing the army nominations
that have been sent in to them, and 1t is not
probable that Major Emory or any others
that have wavered at d critical moment Will
be confirmed.
The aag of truce brought from Gen. john
ton to Gen, Mcdowell is said to be chiefly
relative to the exchange Of prisoners.
A salute of twenty-one guns was hred at
Forts Moultrie and Sumter, IN Cnarloston
harbor, on Thursday the 18th, in honor OF
the victory at Manassas
A dispatch from Springfield. Mo-, yester-
day. SAYS the strength of the Missouri state
forces North of there is stated to be about
7 900 including $500 Arkansas troops,
There are 300 doing service in Ben. Meoui-
lOoh's Regiments. ~.
Hundreds of people are coming to Missouri,
almost daily who have been driven oat OF
Texas and Arkanas by the rebeis. They re-
present that. if tho Federal Go7ernmen'
would send force of arms to arm the peo,,
ple. more than one half in both States Wo"id
| hght for the Union.
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