Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1861-05-10

Several army officers who failed % get
comm iesions in the rebel service on RESI- Ennr
have asked t. be restored 70 the [. :. ser
vice, ana have met an emphatic refusal
Among the recent designations, are those
Of Col. Emery. of Nd, lst Cavalry Major
M0rdecai, Of y. c.. Ordnance Department,
and Major Z. Is. Lee. Va, Commi>s1rv Of
Subsistence
The New York 2Sth Regiment, the Salem
Zouaves and the Sappers and Miners Of the
Massachusetts, Eighth, arrived at Washing
ton yesterday.
There are 81, 600 stands Of arms in Wash
ington Navy Yard.
Major Anderson VIII soon be ordered t.
honorable duty The government c1ntem-
plates promoting him % e colonel
Lieut. Fauntleroy Of the L s. Navy was
arrested Tuesday morning at Harper Ferry
by the Virginia troops, while on bis way t9
Washington.
Private Lloyd, Of the y y Eighth req
meut, while drawing c load from MS rife.
the charge exploded, the ball entered MS
throat, killing him instantly His body
was sent to y. !.
Two companies OF the Minnesota VOlau-
tecrs have been ordered ~ the Secretary Of
War TO Fort Ripley, two TO For, R.dgelev
and two to Fort Abercrombe, to relieve the
companies Of the d [ 5 Infantry 10 those
points.
There Is au eHClmpment of several troops
al Cornet, Miss, the junction Of the Mobile
Ohio. Memphis and Charleston railroads. C
The encampment Of the Missouri militia
at Camp jackson. II s. Louis, numbers
about 1900 men, a large number Of whom
are raw recruits
The Governor mas received dlspatcl, from
the Secretary OF War, requesting HIM n
provide quartcrs iJr number Of additional
troops.
TIE troops at the Relay House are actively
engaged in strengthening their position,
throwing up breastw0rks. digging trenches.
&c. Parties are bringing down teams from
the saw mill up the river, laden with lum.
Der. Three hundred troops are stationed at
the point where the trains stop, ana rIgi6
search is made for contraband articles.
Judge McCandless delivered at PITTSBURGH
Tuesday, an elaborate charge TO the Grand
Jury OF the United States Court on the
subject Of treason.
The Caro- correspondent Of the St. Louis
Republican says, that five batteries are now
planted at different points on the Ohio and
Mississippi, fully commanding both rivers a.
their confluence, and are so placed that the
entire force can be rallied to support any
point IL few minutes III the batterie-
are sustained by large bodies of infantry.
Col Wicklitfo of kentucky positively
assured Col PrentIss that no preparations
hostile to Illinois were being made ar any
point near Cairo.
In tbs New Jersey Legislature on Tuesday
the bill TO raise loan OF one million Of dol
laws. and q State tax of one hundred thous~
and dollars, ordered to- its third reading, I
the Republican members Supporting loan
of two millions. Resolutions thanking the /
Governor Tor toe energy and activity ne has /
displayed III raising the quota OF troops Tor /
that State, and pledging New Jersey to use |
ali her power To maintain the Union and the /
Constitution, and thanking the President for I
the energy displayed in the defence of the /
I MON, were introduced BY MIR. Moore, Dem,
in the Senate, and passed by unanimous
vote. Mr.. Cook, Rep, has introduced in the |
Senate supplement to tho act for the pun