The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1862-05-20

~ faisn s. arms asaina sail Ini'ei
stuc. !, l.eeane i mililay nsoessiig 20
declare maftai iaw. This wasaerofding.
y dor On tlc 25,h Jay = April 1862.
SLAVERY ard raria Il iss rs free oosu'ry.
~ altogether ircrapa'ille The persons
in thsss States, Gear2ia. Florida. and
South ca,oliaa. heretofore held as slase',
are therefore declared forever free.
SATURDAY.
New York. Nav. Is.
A letter from Cumberland Va. Of The
18Th. saws an attempt was made this ar
iernoon IS the rebels on our lefi, to rap
,are some Of our waeons-hunareds Of
which line ihe roads between here and
I Book House poini.--bu, up 70 this writ
I iag. haltpasi II P.N., cannot learn that
hey ha ! succeeded in taking any, although
there are larga number of wagons still
on the road, and some Of them within two
Or three miles az the enemy's pirkels. II
I Is reported here to-nish, Tint two rebel
Regiments have heen cut of in their re-
treat by the burning Of Bottom bridge by
our forces. Ifilds he true. they are, in
the language Of the Ogre, "my meat
The steamer Atlantic, from Port Roy
al lith. arrived. The steamer Planter,
had arrived from Charleston, run away
with hy contrahand pilot and crew.
Sha brought paper Of tho l2th,and seven
heavy guns. and one s-ineh riaed gun, IN
tended for Fort Ripley, now being con
sirucied on Middle Ground Charleston
harbor.
:. Tribune Washington correspondence
!, Gen. Hunters proclamation, il can he
positively stated, was issued without the
authority or knowledge Of the President
whom il took entirely by surprise. What
viii Sc done with II ism question yet 10 be
. settled There was no Cabinet meeting
to-day, and il i not probable that any de-
termination will be definitely made until
the three members Of The Cabinet, Score
. iaries Seward and WeIles, aud Attorney
J General Bates. who arc still at Fort Mon
roe, return, which viii not be till Monday
MoEdaY.
Washington, May 49,
: II i unofTicialy stated that Commodor,
Goll4borough has taken possession Of th'
batteries on the James river, two Of whiel
we're siencc,l by the Galrna, while on he
way to Richmond.
Before Corinth, May II.
: The Macon Telegraph condemns in Sc
we're language, the conduct Of Tie rcbe
troops, al Bridgeport, by which the mos
important gateway 10 our State was open
d ell to The enemy, and the possession Of al
7 OF our rich mines Of deposits Of coal, iror
and sslpetre, are placed imminent danger
Martial law has been proclaimed owe
i Charleston and fer ten miles surrounding
: The Vicksburg Citizen, Of tie 9th inst
u says firing was heard from the federal flee
at Tunca, yesterday.
j. The Baton Rouge Adrocatc has close
n is doors and suspended publication for th
present, on account Of the approach Of th
! federal gunboats.
e Col. Vossen, commanding the post {
Memphis, has published a special orde
by Gen Beauregard, requiring all rank
Of persons and corporations, TO take cor
!. federate money at par; and all person
y will understand that nothing in the lea.
y degree calculated to discredit the operation
: Of The Government can tolerated or trea
/ ed as anything but disloyality.
G The Richmond correspondent Of III
= 1ppeaf mentions with great pain that
= lage amount Of sick are confined in til
i hospitals at Richmond and its vicinity.
New York. May TO-.
News from North Carolina, states III;
Gov. Clark, the Executive Of that Stat
has refused to furnish any more troops
JEDI. Davis. and has recalled all The Mort
a Carolina soldiers now in the rebel arm,
4 North Carolina las held convention
t is ciiia ms, and pronounced against givin
iiliiher Md to the rebellion, yigiua
" returning 70 the Union. IN reply
the demand OF Jeif. Davis for addition,
i troops and means of transportation
> troops 20 and through the cotton State
" Gov. Clark said that JEFF. had received q
:. tie aid from North Carolina that he cou