Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1861-12-13
WAR ITEMS,

o~n Las leilh., between the te!efai force
under Parsen Brownlow, and tho rebc,s
Which was fought December lst In which
ihe larson { .Sroes were Victorious q,
ieoei oispa.ch calls It the first Union victory
VI the lar. brownlow baa 5000 men The
81 force is not known. The rout VI the
Tbsis wac total.
The Memphis Avalanche staies that Gen.
Rains had cut Montgomery forces to pieces.
taking Montgomery prisoner; that McCul-
loch had surrounded Sigel at Sedaiia, and,
was believed the latter would be forced to
surrender or be cut TO pieces and that Gen.
Price had crossed the Mis- ri river en- r ute
for St. Louis. The people every where were
aocking to bis support. 1t is believed he
would have an army of 10000 men before
reaching St. Louis.
The Memphis appeal has an article show
ing the insuihciency of the rebel defences at
and about Memphis. Ii says that Columbus
once lo-t, the federals would have no trouble
in marching directly to Memphis, and that
Memphis is entirely defenceless and indefen-
slble, and calls upon every male citizen OF
she State 10 enrol, and threat tens all who DO
not with death.
The rebels are sending their cotton to
Northern Alabama for safety.
Coffee is quoted at 81 pound at Mem.
phis. and none to be had. Bacon and other
provisions IN proportion.
Henry Frye and Jacob Heurier were hung
at Greenyille, Tenn, on the 30th Of Nov. for
bridge burning. l--o-
Zollicofer is on the south side Of Cumber.
land river, seven miles from Somerset, Ky,
with 1900 men and some good artillery,
Gen. Schoepf is on1this side and WI be |
ready to engage him as soon rs the river |
recedes. a fight lie expected soon.
A Charleston despatch says tho patriotic |
planters on the seeboard are hourly applying /
the torch to their crops of cotton and rice.
Along the cast there is one sheet Of flame
aud smoke.
Intelligence from Charleston says the
blockade there is constantly violated by in
land channels to Edisto and the Mafht or
north channel. Vessels are certain of IL
feet Of water in the latter. Within few
weeks the brig West India, barque Helen
With naval stores, and schooner Gen. Ripley
with rice had arrived, besides Others OF less
note. ~ rrF~r.r fe-~
The steamer label is thoroughly fitted up,
loaded with thousand bales of cotton and Is
waiting an opportunity TO run out.
There are about $4,000 North Carolina,
South Carolina and Georgia troops on the
railroad 10 Savannah, and 5000 in Charles
ton.
Most OF tne South Carolina regiments are
still in Virginia.
Five gun boats are building in Charleston.
They Ble confident at Charleston they can
gather forces enough to meet US at any point
on the main land we may choose.
The Bermuda brought 5000 guns Of whicl
Charleston got 1900 Enfield rifles. The
Fingal brought Il, 500 Enfield rifles, percus-
sion caps and rhed cannon. Provisions are
said to be abundant and cheap.
deserter from the 9Th Louisiana reg 1
mept, who escaped from Centreyllle, stIIes r
that be belongs in Lowell, Mass, and was r
pressed into the service at New Orleans. be {
says that they have one hundred and seventy ,
five field pieces at Centreville, not mounted. !
and fifty thousand troops. Last Tuesday a
grand review was held there, and Generals
Besuregard, Johnston and KIRBY Smith were
present. Manassas is used principally for
hospital purposes.
An expedition Is preparing. to make its
way down the Mississippi from St. Louis {
and Cairo. The naval portion of it will +
consist of eleven gunboats, mounting over a
hundred heavy guns, thirty eight floating
batteries, each carrying a sixty four pound a
colum bad, and twenty eight river steam
boats. Immense numbers of heavy guns and :,
ordnance stores, for the use of the expedition
have been for some time past accommodating :
at Cairo.
Lieut.. Col. Reynolds has been appointed i
resident agent at Port Royal, under the gen ,
eral regulations for securing and disposing IF
the property found or brought within the
territory now or hereafter to be occupied by
the United States. He has been ordered ~ :
report to the Secretary of the Treasury.
Latest advices from Pensacola represent
that the fight has not been renewed. Ac- t
counts say that had the fight continued Fort {
McRae would have been destroyed. No O
particulars of the affair are given. The
planters throughout the southern sesboard
are represented TO be destroying their crops I
lest they should fall into the hands of the ,
the Yankees. .
zen. Prentlss made a speech 10 a large {
crowd of citizens in ST. Joseph. Mo-, Dec 5,
IN which he said: "As God is my judge,
every secessionIst in this city shall take an
oath of allegiance to the United States Gov s
and to support the stars and stripes,
Of Fort Smith. All persons who are here.
after found expressing secession sentiments
shall take the OATH '
The speech caused great CONSERVATION /
among the rebels.
Scouts from Gen. Wadsworth's Brigade Z
passed through and beyond Fairfax village !
On Saturday, and report that Flint Hill and
Fairfax Court House are entirely deserted.
Some 10000 additional troops have ar .
rived at Columbus. KY, since the battle Of
Belmont. The rebel troops are rapidly con-
there, and they declare thai 49,
300 men cannot take the position.
1t is announced from Missouri that Gen.
Pope has been assigned TO the command of all
the federal forces between the Missouri and l
Osage rivers. This constitutes the largest n
part of the army which Gen. Fremont took
10 Springfield. Busy preparations are now
being made for the establishment Of winter h
quarters for the troops.
Gen. Price is still south of the Usage and r
Is losing more men by desertion than be has
gained by his proclamation.
The Memphis papers of the 9Th inst. an
nounce the appointment of Gen. Heath of I
Virginia, TO the command of the Departs b
nent of Missouri, thus virtually supersedng
Ten. Price. Z
Six mule teams while on fOraging expe 4
iition, about miles west of Sedalia, Dec.
:, were seized by party of rebels. and the
eamsters taken prisoners. 4
Ablnd of rebels entered Independence, No, 81
IN the night, arrested several Union men, f.
and forced them TO take the oath that they
would not take up arms against the southern
Confederacy.
The Texas papers complain that the In
dams are troubling the frontier of their q
State. The Houston Telegraph ssys that at b