Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1861-07-05
WAR ITEMS

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mounting eight 50 Founders with movable
barbados for the protection OF the troops
thereon. The navy have borrowed OF the
War Department the Is inch Rodman gun
at Fort Monroe, and are now preparing
vessel to receive it for operations, near that
Fortress, and especially upon Sewalls F0int.
The 25th Penn. regiment has been sent to
reinforce Col. Stone, also battery mes
senger reports Stone with the n. Y. 9th reGi-
ment few miles this side of point OF Rocks
Mai. Gen. Mcclellan and staff have gone
to Clarksburg. The forces at Gfalton ana
those stationed at and along the Railroad
from Parkersburg and Wheeling TO Pied
mont, are placed under command OF Gen.
Hill.
Col. Allen was placed under arrest Satur-
dav morning, for disregarding the safeguard
issued bv Gen. Butler. He is at large on
parole
The World says he was arrested for rcius-
no to allow crop of wheat to be reaped
and sent to Yorktown to the rebels, and re-
marks that Gen. Buffers loyalty is suspect
ed. and that all officers, both regulars and
volunteers, viii decline to act III battle
under Gen. Butler. The Tribune remarks
that it has no doubt Col. Allen de eryes TO
be arrested He left the police department
of New York last fall on account Of drunk
ennes5, and the despatch is evidently sent by
some friend Of Aliens. IL considers the
imnutation on Buffers loyalty as absurd.
Supt. Storms OF the military telegraph,on
Saturday proceeded to Baltimore en- route to
Fortress Monroe. A telegraph line from
the Fortress to Newport News will be com
peted Tuesday.
A bov of seventeen, named +. S. Rugglcs
son Of Col. Ruggles, late Of the army, bu
now commanding rebels at fredericksburg,
Va, has been arrested at New York as an
em.sary of JEFF. Davis.
Col. VIM. Cary Jones, Of Hampton, has
been again arrested; probably on account OF
a letter found on board the schooner Troplc
Wind, duplicating several noted individuals.
A vessel was taken to Washington some
time since as a prize, bat on being permitted
to depart, ran mp the Rappahannoct, and
was Saturday brought into port.
The Memphis 4relqache Of the 18th ult.,
has an account Of the seizure of the steamer
City of Alton, and the probable capture of
| 1000 Caro- troops.
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The Louisville Journal says the Colonel
of the State Regiment which was to be sta,
| toned at Columbus has resigned, ben- un
| willing to support the neutrality policy Of
Kentucky. lie is a secessionist.
An attack was made Monday morning on
the pickets of the 4th Pennsylvania Regim-
ent. stationed on Shutters Hill, Virginia, four
miles IRON Alexandria, by Ii rebel scouts,
who wounded one soldier and killed Thomas
| Murray, Of N0rstown. The pickets returned
the fire, killing two c0niederates and wound
lnr third. One of the slain was a sergeant
/ OF the Letcher guard. The enemy beat
hasty retreat. The firing having been heard
| by the federal troops, detachment Of lou =
ayes and arother Of the 4th Penn. Regiment
reinforced the pickets, followed IN the trail
of the enemy for some distance, finding
rifles. and three revulycrs which the latter
through away in their hasty flight Ono of
the rcvolvers, very valuable wa, marked with
the name of John Johnson, a farmer living
in that vicinity who Is q noted sccessi0nist,
Three New York regiments reached Wash
ington Sunday. The Government can now
concentrate seventy thousand men in that
vicinity in about three hours.
The whole number of rebel troops in Vir-
ginia, by a rebel estimate, is so, coo. of which
| s., 600 have arrived but not over p 900 can
be concentrated at a given point. The largest
| number now at one point IS Is 600, at Man
assas Junction. 5000 men are at Yorktown.
The number at Richmond does not exceed
six thousand.
The steamer ST. Nicholas, which left BaltI-
more on Friday, with freight for St. Mary s
and Charles counties. Nd, and with another
cargo for Washington, Alexandria and
| Georgetown, was taken t0rcibl3 possession
Of by about 80 secession passengers, most Of
whom were disguised as mechanics going to
points on the Maryland shore of the Potomac.
Among the number was Capt IIOllins late
Of the United States steamer Susquehannl,
who was disguised (some acc0auts saw as
/ woman, and retired to o state room immCdi-
ately on going on board. After the steamer
left Point Lookout, Capt. Hollius thrust off
his disguise, and with the aid Of the passen-
gers, seized the boat, which was Immediately
! put across TO COMFY River on the Virginia side
Here the rest Of the PASSENGERS, not party
10 the plot, were landed, including the cap
tain Of the boat, who was placed under
| guard. The steamer then went on a pi-
ratical cruise towards RaPpabann0ck River,
| capturing ) vessels on hos way, which were
/ laden with coal and coffee, with all which
| HolIins made his way to Fredericksburg.
The agent Of the vessel asks Government
TO send force for her recapture.
Two hundred thousand stand Of arms have
| been furnished by Government, besides those
/ furnished by the State authorities Il IS
| stated that none have been ordered from
! abroad through the ordnance bureau, hence
| the recent imporati0ns must be on State or
| private account.
/ G-n. Scott has issued an announcement
confirmed by Mr.. Seward, that no passports.
| by whJmsoeyer signed or countersigued, will
/ entitle any person to pass the lines Of the
| L. 5. Army. unless the same be also c0ua-
tersigned by himself or the commander Of
the military geographical department.
Two more Ohio and two Indiana rcs,-
m-nts started for Virginia Monday.
\ Washington special dispatch to the
| P0St says that Beauregard has issued another
| proclamation torbidding the passage of any
person through his lines without pass from
| jeff. Davis.
Charles Card, u mate Of the ship Mar
| shall OF Providence, prize AZ New Orleans,
| arrived at New York en- route to Mime
lie reports that after nine days confinement
the crews were liberated, and were invited to
enter the rebel service Some, finding 1t
impossible to get ioad or to escape, COM
piled. lie reports eight or nine thousand
troops on the line of the jackson Railroad,
mostly armed with shot guns. At Memphis
were two THOUSAND some unarmed and n
miserable state. y cable Is o be strung
across the Mississippi, at Randolph, to pre-
vent ships descending the river.
BY a special order of Gen. Pillow of the
9th, it appears that lie thinks it now mani
fest that owing to the pressure on the enc
my's resources IN the east, and the b lliser~
ent attitude Of Missouri, the enemy viii