Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1861-09-20
WAR NEWS.

! Ihe GCvetEneut is building at St Log
/ tour prorellers aud forty fats, Of solid TN
ber, each sixty feet long and twenty-five f,s-
! wide, 20 be used in the contemplated SJutl-
ern expedition.
| Captain Welch of the schooner Mary Eiiir.
| recently from Charleston, states that I'll
| following vessels were fitting out as priv
teerJ in Charleston harbor Tho Bea0reS =.
| Capt. SibleT, with forty men, to sail Seq
I lst; steamer South Carolina, alias k'ui
| Run, Capt. COxetter, with eighty men. !
| light sh, D i-or, Rattlesnske Shoal, with -
| ~ mon, was also fitting out as "a batter -
lick crew were mostly in prison, - t1e0
! fused = serve cijer hearing OF the loss D. .Fs
! Prtrci. Al nrivs;eoTs within the J. Il
States a-i .19u Charleston.
| Tn Baltimore Journal il informed tn,
| HtrVe-'s Ferry, Charleston. Kerneys7li'e,
Martins6uTgh and several other places afs
| nov, occupied by detaohmsDts of coDtefe-2.es-
and that their Pickets or scouts range e.1ns
the Virginia de Of the Potomac genera
through Jefferson. Berkley, and Morsan
cOuutlGs
Al the l3achlnist tools, machines and uI5-
terials for repairs Of engines end cars hHF9
! been taken by the rebels from the Martll7-
! burgh repair sh5ps, amounting in value. =
| is said. to ua..fiy $40. 600. Five passe"Ser
! locomotives have a.sO been removed b ;arn-
/ pike through Winchester. The loeomo'iv-7
are part Of those burned y the Co0t9d5f-
ates IN June last
The Virginian correspondence of the .,c''
Orleans De,lG states that tde rebel batter
at Aquia Creek, are Olt Of reach Of any
Federal attack from tbs river, although the
are described as being cap be Of giving go
! vessels great annoyance. Ia addition u
He'd guns and an eight inch columbiad IMP
sltIon, there is the long Parrott gun ttu-
| was captured at Manassas, placed st an e.
| lbie point, and capable Of throwing g sle-.
| clear across the Potomac, a distance Of ovt-
four miles but the ship channel bting re-.-
est the Mary land shore, It's efficiency is Ect
much relied upon. There are two fixing ar
tIliery companies and Il snfhciency Of infant
~, the correspondent says, to repel any hos
tile foTce that may attempt to land.
The rebel hospitals at fredericksburg ar:
| crowded with sex from the Carolina, Ar
! kansas and Tennessee re- iments, and the a.
tendance requires all the time of the ladis
Of the city The troops that were at BuI
| Ron, and especially Johnston : division have
| suffered terribly from death and disease.-
! Less than one half of one brigade Of 4=90
men are fit for duty. IS it IS d: Richmoei
SO is 1t with Nlagruder's command on t,s
! peninsula-sckuess has thinHet his rams
wy materially.
Two dead bodies were recovered from me
| Townsville field By detachment of the 10Th
Indiana Regiment. No further tidIngs rave
been heard of Lieut.. Hancock who is -eport-
ed killed the body not having been found,
the presumption Is that he was taken prls
oner.
\ battle vas fought on the 10th near Sum
meTsviiie, Va, Gen. R0sencrans. with sev
/ eral UAio regiments attacking Floyd IN hls
/ entertainments at Cummings Ferry on tts
! west side OF Gauley river. Ros encrans' OIL
/. ciai report says that after marching III
miles, the eneEiy was found occupying
| strongly entrenched position, covered by
, forest too dense TO admit of its being seen {
! j distance of 9G0 wards. His force Wa
| regiments besides the one driven in. Ia
| had probably sixteen pieces OF artillery. ::
0 cl0cS we began a strong recOnn0lsdncc,
! which proceeded to the ferry and capturci
the camp, sending o few riled cannon shOs
after the enemy to produce q moral eject
Our loss will probably amount TO 20 killed,
and 100 wounded The enamy's loss has
! not been asceEtained but from report it must
have been considerable.
| The reports of the battle from Clarksburg
say that Floyd was entreuched ou sop OF q
mountain.
The rear ard extreme Of both hanks wers
inaccessible. The l.ont vas masked with
heavy forests and Il close jungle.
Col. Lyte's Ohio 10Th Regiment was III
| advance, and drove IL strong detachment of
| the enemy out of their camp on this side oi
the position.
Shortly afterwards his Gcouts, consisting Of
| four ocrpanies, suddenly discovered them-
selves in lace of parspet battery and lor-
| line Of palisades for Iidemen, when the baJ,.s
! opened tiereely.
The remainder OF the 10th and l5-a Olio
Regiments were brought into ac.iJl srcco-s-
iye!y, and the 18th Ohio Re- afterwards.
The enemy played upon our forces t. f,
| caliy, with nusketry, rife, canister Hn1
! she'll Col. Lytle led several comPaniea Of
Irish to charge the battery, when ne was
brought down By Z shot in the leg. Col.
Smiths 18th Ono Regiment engaged tie
enemy Oh the left ana Col. Lewis 1Zrn O1-Iq
Regiment directly In front.
Col. Lowe fell dead At the hoad Of his
regiment early in the hottest fire, by ball
| in the forehead. McMllin's howizer ha.-
terry and Snyder's two field pieces meantime
were got into the best position possible undcr
the circumstances and soon siienced two OF
the rebel guns. The Ere sackened at inter-
walls but grew more furious as night ap-
preached when the brigade was led calamity
into the action by Coz. McCook, bat after
furious fight of three hours a recall Of the
troops was ordered, and the men laid on
their arms within short distance Ji the
enemy, each ready to resume the contest next
morning. The thief Floyd fed during the
night and sunk the boats in the river and
destroyed the temporary bridge which he
made when he first occupied the position
The turbulence and depth of the river and
the exhaustion OF troops made 1t impossible
to follow him. He left MS camp equipass,
wagons, horses, large quantities OF ANNA
niti0n and fifty head of cattle.
Twenty-Five OF Col. Tyler's men, who
were taken by Floyd at Gross Lana, we're
recaptured, and Floyd's personal baggage,
with that of his officers, was taken by Gen
Benhams brigade, which suffered much.
Union men from Martinsburg on Saturday
report that the rebels have taken up the entire
track of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad,
from that town to North Mountain, a distance
of miles. and transported the rails to VIM
chester, for the extension Of the Alexandra,
Loudon and Hampshire Railroad from o'ras-
burgh to that point The track torn up was
lately relaid by the Baltimore anu Onio
Railroad Company at Dufield'a station;
The rebels were busily e1gsgsd ~ 'aAAh2
dovn or new and first class iocomotiVss'
tor tr,usnortation 20 Winchester.
Iii reuorted that Capt. Boyd, commapd-
~ Tho secession forces In Buchanan CO.,
Mo. marched into st. Joseph's on Saturday
last and plundered the stores Of some $40 600
worth OF goods.
Six secessionists from Memphis, No, some
of whom were Unidentified as having served
under Gen. Green, were Arrested ednesdsy
near Salem, Iowa. They had with tusin a
drove Of $50 cattle, which they said were 70.
Chicago. Thsmen were held as prisoners a.
Mount Pleasant. The cattle will be conas'
Gated.