The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1861-09-23
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4 O'CLOCK p. NJ
$4,000 REBELS BETWEEN RICHNor,
AND THE POTOMAC, VNV
Advance on Washington from Thru,
Points. -"
Gen. Banks Division to be Ont O#,
THE SURRENDER OF LEXINGTON Ac,r,
Ocracoke fnlet EortificatioD,
Destroyed.
The Rebels in Force at Nevbpn
Attempt to destroy Railroad Train in Nv
The Rebels in Force at Nevbpn
Attempt to destroy Railroad Train INV

~ New YoRK, Sept Q;
The Heralds Washington dispatch savsrt,
the number Of Rebels between Richmond ' ,,1
the Potomac is 10000, $4,000 Of them w ,,.
at Richmond three days ago, sc, 900 at N,n n"'
eas, and u, 900 between Manassas and Mrn'n '';
Hill, and between Nolan's Ferry and Iar r'.'
Ferry, and between Aqua Greek and MatJ,,
Point About 5000 are at Leesburgh and sCs'
at Nolan S Ferry. The force at Fairfax is ~ ,%
small. Beauregard and Johnston mako il f is.:.
headquarters.
The Rebels are all we'll clad but MT Wit.
wooden clothing, and are beginning to s,r,
without them. Our informant learned nnnr
unQuestlonable authority that the anticjnaJ
advance will be made simultaneously at Ndl,n'
Ferry, Alexandria and point between 4o~,
Creek and Matthias Point. The movement =,
Alexandra will probably be fcut.
A Union woman residing at Lcwjnsyih..
ports there are not over Is 900 or 20 900 Re}.l
in Fairfax County, which excludes Manassas
1t is their intention to attempt crossing Soma
where on the upper Potomac. They had lnoTg
IA large portion Of their army to that yicjni-v
and hoped to cut off Gen Banks division,
JEFFERSON Cry, Sept. 22-mdnieht
\ dispatch received to night says the Federal
troops at Lexington surrendered to the R.b',
on Friday P. NJ, for want of water. Ben. Ne.
Culloch was in Barton County on Monday las;
marching on Lexington. The greatest actiyiy
prevails here in military circles.
The steamer Sunshine was brought down ber
to-day. She isnot disabled. She will probslr
be confscated, as it is said the captain was p4l
in Confederate Bonds, for service in ferr7ng
Green forces across the river at Glasgow,
FORTRESS Monroe, Sept. y
Steamer S. R. Spaulding arrived from IIa.>
ras this morning. on Tuesday the prorel,
Fanny ran down to OcracoBc Inlet with Com
pany of troops who entirely destroyed the fot
tifcations abandoned by the Rebels. The MAJ
azlne was burnt and cannon sunk. 1t is sul
that the Rebels were assembled in force ct
Washington and Newbern, and that 2OO00d
them had landed on Roanoke Island, with the
intention Of destroying the lighthouse and The
dwellings Of the Unionists. A detachment Of
700 men accompanied by a naval force was
about to leave Hatteras Inlet to prevent the IN.
road of prvateers.
New YORK, Sept, g,
The TriJune's dispatch says the propriety Of
serving out tobacco with soldiers rations is III
der consideration. Gen. Mcclellan, it is saji
favors it. An attempt was discovered Iastngy'
to destroy the train due from Albany on the
Hudson River Railroad between 10th and llSh
streets. Heavy rocks were piled upon the IN
side of the track extending long distance The
Police removed the stones The train wa;
said to be special, conveying a Regiment
from the interior. 1t came through safely
There is no clue as yet to the fiends.
The 4th Vermont Regiment passed through
here yesterday for Washington
ST. LOUIS, Sept
All the officers of Gen. Frcmont's staff have
been ordered to-day to report themselves At
headquarters forthwith