The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1861-09-04
GOV. MAGOFFIN REpENfTyl

FORTRESS Monroe, SEN,
The R. B. Forbes got off Cape CharIs, s,.
before last, with three feet Of water in ba,l"
and proceeded to Washington for repairs m
morning. The contrabands at Old Point mn,
Der 1900 A flag of truce had inst come i.r.
from Norfolk with the crews of the b,,,.
Rowena and Glen, schooner Mary Alice Nib,
Joseph, all captured by the pirate Dixie q
cept the latter, which was captured BY the H.
vannah. The captain and mates of the Ga
were retained at Richmond as prisoners. ia
captain of the Mary Alice is almost dine
from Charleston, and reports that the ..s
there does not exceed 4 900, and that theyarr
bend an attack from recent naval ezpelitt
BALTIMORE, SeE /
The Richmond Dispatch of Tuesday rece.r.
by the flag of truce at Old Point contains h
following items
A Charleston dispatch of Sunday nigb Ma
that brig run the blockade laden with off,
also vessel laden with fruit Ship Gy1i
from Liverpool, arrived at Beaufort las. v4s
The dispatch says we may in few DAYS ezp:1
Boauregard s and Johnston s report o. the NJ
nassas battle
The Petersburg Express of Monday gives
account of the taking of Fort Hatteras and &p
a portion Of the wounded escaped in Il steam
boat. 1t gives the killed and wounded at about
81. and states that at O. clock on Sunday ns5
it was known at Goldsboro' that formulate
Yankee fleet was in sight of Fort Mason, which
commands the entrance to Beaufort HarbN-
The latter is spoken Of as the most fornila5a
fertilization on the North Carolina coast, Al
attack was expected on Monday morning. Il'
excitement throughout North Carolina an
Eastern Virginia is intense. 1t is rumorei that
Washington, N. has been destroyed BY TIE
Yankees. No mention is made of the illness
Jeff Davis, but the dispatch contains the pfN
lamation of JEFF. Davis calling Congress together
on the Sd inst, on account of the failure 10 q:
liver 10 him, for signature, the bill con.lnun;
military appointments.
SYRACUSE, y. Y. Sept
The Democratic Convention aseemb,edatnM
at Wleting Hall. The floor was denSey PaciA
francis Cuman was appointed temporary Va.F
nan, y permanent organization is not perfected
There is a large crowd of outsiders, and sF.''
interest is manifested. The Mozart ana I4l'
many delegate both obtained tickets and i'A
heir seats.
CINcINSATI Sept T.
The Government Marshals yesterday s'A#
he interest of the Rebels in merchandS2lF
or sale, amounting to $4,000. The Conner
'dI says it is understood at Frankfort, a!
hat Gov. Magoffin refuses to play into the N'
Secessionists, and tina. he has had qoaF''
nth MIR, Breckenridge. He refuses to dem'n
he breaking up of the Federal camp in Oa""
'ounty. and declares that he will submI; "
he majority of the people of Kentucky as %
ressed through the Legislature
New YORK, Sept4
The Herald's Washington correspondents "
crates the report of the death of jeff DAVE
nd says 1T is generally believed at WashnS'o'
The Irt6une'S correspondent SAYS that JN
avis has long had disease of the optic nerve
lreatenlng generous result, and that o'
lysieians apprise him that death would SPe%
y follow the extension Of the disease to I"
ain.