The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1861-07-03

FROM OUR MORNING EDITION.
TO THE FREEMAN

New York, July 2. A dispatch to the Com
neerciA says Treasury notes OF the denomination
of $50 redeemable in two years, are afoat II
business circles
\ Washington dispatch to the Woru says il
has good authority for stating that the Fourth
of july will find Fairfax Court House in poss-
cssion of the Federal troops. The night before
u column of Is 900 men will move on that place
and drive out or capture the 5000 rebels now
holding it,
The battery of the Cd Rhode Island Regiment
was sent to Baltimore by order of Gen. Banks
a dispatch to the Herald says that a general
movement Of the whole Union army Southwark
is decided to take place on tue 4th of July if
circumstances do not con pei an advance at an
earlier moment.
Orders have been issued to serve out six days
extra ratons to all the Regiments on the line Of
the Potomac
A sufficient supply Of wagons for lransporta-
ton has been received, and everything Is ready
for grand advance movement.
The dllatoriness Of General Patterson, it is
said, is the only obstacle to instant action, and
that he has been removed, Us Major General Ere
mont hal been ordered to supersede him and
take command of his division.
The section of the Sherman battery command
ed by Lieut. Ransom has been ordered to cross
into Virginia to- night, also several Reg iments
Of infantry.
Adyices from the south side Of the Potomac
eport great activity along our entire line.
Washington, July 2. Col. j. W. Ripley,
Chief of thesOrdnance Bureau, to-day received
the appointment as Breyet Brigadler General of
the Army. The appointment is received with
general appreciation.
The Fourth Michigan and Eleventh Massa-
chuaetts Regiments arrived o-day-the latter
with splendid cqnippage and 80 horses. They
occupied 60 cars.
Major General Fremont has not yet been as
signed to command. He expresses the hope
that he will not long remain inactive.
Louisville, Ky, July 2. The Courier says
that an agent of the Government is stationed at
some point on the Nashville railroad to see that
nothing contraband passes South. Four more
companies of Col Rosseaus Regiment go into
camp to-day. The delay is occasioned by the
failure of the tent contractors to fulfill their
agreement. The regiment will be full.
The Journal has a letter dated Knoxville,
Tenn, 10Th, saying that eight companies of
cavalry and infantry have gone from there to
Cumberland and Wheeler S Gaps to guard them
and prevent the Federal troops from passing
through Kentucky to aid the Union men of East
Tennessee. They have been encountered by our
Union men in the mountains, who swear they
shall leave, and the Davis lroops have sent for
achievements. The Journal says it expects
bloody fight at the mountain gaps for the pos
session of the field, nd says every breath is a
HEARTFELT aspiration for the triumph of the Star
Spangled Banner.
The Journal says Gov. jackson of Missouri,
is in Nashville. There is no doubt that an OK
petition against Missouri is forming in the
Southern border Of that State.
The Richmond Examiner says the Georgia
Regiment had arrived without arms, the Gov
eminent of Georgia refusing to allow any more
arms to be taken rom that State
The New Orleaus Picayune and other papers
urge the celebration of the 4th of July.
Fortress Monroe, July |. The Quaker City
has brought In prize to-day, the schooner
Sally Myers from ST. Domingo, and owned in
Yorktown.
Five Northern mechanics reached the For
tress last evening, having sailed in q small boat
from Pingo River, North Carolina, two hundred
miles distant The trip occupied six days and
six nights.