Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1861-08-23
WAR NEWS.

The skirmish rumored on Saturday to
have taken place at Leesburgh, despatch
from Nashville, Tenn, says was at Lovetts-
Vile and that 25O federals and 80 con edo
rates were killed and | $50 federals made
prisoners the latter not being able to re-
cross the river it having mean while been
swollen.
That's the " seccsh' account OF 1t.
OF the battle near Springfield in which
Gen. Lyon was killed, Lieut.. Col. Merritt
commanding the lst Iowa regiment reports
officially that the enemy brought INTO the
field IA 900 well armed and disciplined
troops ard 10000 irregular troops, while |
our own force was only about 9,OOO IN tue
early part of the engagement and consldera-
bly, less than 1 1000 for the concluding lour
hours of it. The loss Of this regiment. was
Is killed and ~ wounded and missing
News reached st. Louis Saturday, that the
train conveying troops over the HannlDai
and st. Joseph r. K. was fired INTO by the
secessionists near Palmyra and one soldier
killed and several wounded.
Gen. Pope Immediately sent orders to
Gen. Hurlburt to take such force a. he
deemed necessary to Marion county, quar-
ter them on the people, and levy contrihu
tons of horses, mules provisions, and such
other things as are useful to soldiers, amount
ing to SO, 000 on the inhabitants OF the
county. and So, 600 more on the citizens OF
Palmyra, as the penalty for this outrage
\ detachment OF L. 5. troops from Cape
Grardeau seized SIS 900, belonging to the
branch Bank at St. Genevieve Friday by order
| of Gen. Fremont and brought it to St.LOuls
1t was done at the request Of the Directors
of the Parent Bank at St. Louis to whom 1t
was transferred Saturday by Gen. Fremont
They were probably afraid the rebels
| would seize 1t.
| l. is re-asserted that the rebels are slowly
| moving their forces to the line Of the Poto-
mac With a view of entering Maryland and
| encouraging and supporting the revolution
arv shirt in that State, without any designs
on Washington.
All the military departments composed OF
tbe States Of Della ware and Maryland and
nortIons of Virginia together with the city
If Washington have been united in one grand
| denartment under command of Maj. Cen
| Mcclellan. As q consequence Maj. Genl S
/ Dix and Banks are thus placed in subOrdln-
ate military positions Fortress Monroe IS
not included IN the new arrangement.
4 scouting party of Capt. Boyd's cavalry
corn.. while out near Pohick Church, twelve
miles from Washington, Saturday, tell in
with a troop of rebel cavalry. One man was
killed on each side.
The steamer FreebOrn has shelled the
woods g [ Matthias Point where the rebels
fired on the Resolute and her boat, clearing
them up and rendering them untenable FOL
a time at least.
Five thousand dollars worth Of goods
bourht in Baltimore for the rebels, was seizeC
uelg Annapolis Junction Saturday, and alsl
number If letters Of the rebel officers.
The Richmond E1anuHer says that of6cia
sources indicate that 100000 Confederate
were in the field at the time Of the passage
of the bill authorizing Davis 10 call Ou
400 900 volunteers. The Richmond DIspatc'
is advocating Norfolk as the great Atlantic
port Of America 1t will not be a very valu
able port, while we hold Fortress Monroe
The Confederate Congress has resolved t
adjourn on the 10Th INST. to meet in Novcm
Der next.
\ dispatch from the Nashville LnlOn anC
American to the Louisville Courier says tina
President Davis has issued a Proclamation
ordering ali residents of the Confederate
States who do not recognize theContederacy
to depart within 10 days under pain OF bein;
condemned as aliens and enemies.
Pierce Burter was arrested in Philadel
phia Monday afternoon for giving inform
alton to the enemy, and sent on TO For
Hamilton at New York, and afterwards Vim
B. Reed, late Minister to China, Geo. VI
Wharton, late L. ). District Attorney C has
Brown, ex-COilectOr of the Port, and Dayl,
Solomon were arrested.
Commander Livingston of the steamer
Penguin sends word that he had chasoc
| ashore the Louisa of Wilmington, y. C.
She Intended going t. the West Indies with
a cargo OF lumber and return with coffee.
Official information has been received that
a rebel vessel from the South, with rebel shir
papers only, entered Newport, r. I. under
stress If weather. and that on the person OF
a French passenger was found letter au-
thorizing him to purchase blankets, coffee
iron, sc. 1t is supposed his intention was
to ship these articles to some port in North
Carolina, either in q French or English
vessel.
The privateer Sumter captured the Joseph
Maxwell on the 9th Of July off Porto Ca
bello, put a prize crew on beard and sent her
to Cienfuegos but she was ordered out
within u hours. In the meantime, arrange,
| ments were made to run her ashore, fifteen
miles omCienfuegos, which was done and the
cargo taken to CienfuegOs, there sold and
partly paid for. The priyateersmen were
sent home by the Governor Of Cienfuegos as
wrecked seamen.
Ben McCullOch's force before the battle
was -, 600 strong, and their killed and
wounded amounted to 2,500or 8 900 strong
The rebels are still making their advances
slowly and cautiously. They have COM
menced throwing up intrenchmonts at
] Springfield Station, few miles of Alexan-
51l. and are evidently massing all their
available force for a grand attack In ad-
dition to the military necessity for them t.
the attack to save their army from disorgan-
ization and dissolution, the {. .cumulatiOn OF
vast quantities of military stores and ammu-
milton at that point offer them irresistible
Inducements Under the circumstances,
they must make an attack or retire
Reckleasness would be prudencs Sin
them at this crisis in their affairs.
8 Things is workin' " in Missouri Col.
Hecker's regiment left Ironton Thursday
evening and surprised body Of some 400
rebels near fredericksburg early Friday
morning and captured all their camp equip
age and ate the breakfast which they had
just prepared; II prisoners were also
taken. General Prentice has taken
command of all the forces in this section
Siegcl has taken command of the Federal
forces at Rolla, having received his commits
sion as Brigader General.
The 9th Iowa regiment and Missouri
reserve corps were fired on while coming
down the river to Jefferson City on Sunday,
with cannon and small arms by secessiOnists
from the banks, killing and wounding or
8 of the troops. There is great excitement
among the people along the river in conse-
queDce ofgreatly exaggerated accounts of the
battle near Springfield which is represented
as great victory for the secessionists
Gen. Price has issued proclamation at
Springfield to the effect that great victory
has been won that the northern onnreSsors