Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1862-02-21
WAR ITEMS.

The steamer Baltimore arrived from P0r:
Royal Thursday, bringing 700 bales of COT
ton, the crews Of the stone feet, and q nun
Der Of officers sent home on recruiting service.
Eight rebel prisoners were also brought and
placed in Fort Lafayette, who were taken in
skirmish. Not much intelligence Is brough.
by her, as Gen. Sherman now allows no 70
porters within bis lines.
The negroes continue TO come in, and sre
set at work picking cotton. Tbs weather
was quite warm and rainy.
A force OF l2 regiments was to leave Port
I Royal in day or two, to attack Charleston,
| and 1900 men with all the gunboats. vera
to go through Catalogue Sound INTO Savar-
nah river without coming into range of Pu-
laski's guns. Our forces make advances
every day. Our Sunbosts had shelied out
portion of Pine Island, and made an advance
towards BluftoD, where there is large force
of rebels. Fort jackson is 10 be taken and
Savannah Will Be captured. The rebels have
withdrawn a large number of troops from
Charleston and Port Royal to Savannah.
Further accounts OF the recent expedition
up the Tennessee river show that the seces-
sionists have only held the State BY force,
and that the politicians once driven out, the
inhabitants will be ready to fight for the
Union 10 the number of &C least so ,000.-
The papers have been entirely controlled by
the secessionsts under threats of the loss Of all
their property. The officers Of the gunboats
| say il is impossible to doubt the genuinaness
| Of the greetings that everywhere met them.
| At one place q regiment OF rebel cavalry vas
encamped mile from the river; BODY Of
l30 marines was landed to attack them, bu,
they fisd at once and the marines burnei
their camps and captured quantity of arms
and stores. A steamer with 1000 pounds Of
powder on board was blown up. There Is
but orc steamboat lett on the upper Tennes-
see.
The Nashville Uaf5a OF the 5:h seys TIA.
Beauregard is at that place and great things
are expected from him at Columbus NJ
merous articles are copied from southern pa-
pers, asking the government 70 take sound
measures to keep the soldiers in service as thsir
term of enlistment il expiring and they are
last becoming demorslizsd. The paper also
says large amount of confederate stores arc
lying on the banks Of the Cumberland river
\ message from Lebanon, Missouri, rs-
ports that Gen. Si-sl's division arrived a.
Marshhcld, { miles from Springfield, or Tues
day ct noon. Gen. Pres is repcsts5 % hs-s
loft Springfield, and Is snosmped near tbs
battle ground Of Wilson's Creek. General
Sisel Is NJ doubt now in Springfield.
The Sawyer gun Z. Newport News baSt
Tuesday afternoon, while bang fired, the
shell not having been ramned homo. Two
privates of the 10Th Mass, were instantly
killed, and another bedly hurt. Four or
five others were injured. bus not seriously.
Yror1 Havana We learn thas the British
steamer Gladiator Is still at Nssssu, mount
ing guns. She will change h,r aas and b
conc a rebel rrivateer.
Ins store ship Supply has ,-rrred =; New
York aud brings Ship Island dsecs % tss
,Ah. She has On board IN. captain eni
crews Of the captured rsosl steamers Anna
and Lewis, and schooner A. J. Pion. taken
bv the New London OF Florida. Nothing
new at Ship Island. Troops healthy.
The following is the o6cial report Of Lieut..
Philips to Flag Offcer Foote. q shs Ex-sdl-
ton up the Tennessee
RAILROAD oHc'srss, esTso,. oss,.s'a-. }
Tse. 10
Sir; We ha-s rs.rrrei Is tsis po.nt fro- -
entirely successful expedition TO Fiorooos 81 tss
foet Of Musols 6hoals Ala les rsosl. Ssrs ,eroed
to barn sir steamers, and ws osPt1rsd TWO otcsss'
besides ths half-oomplsted gunso.t E.s,pors Ies
steamers burnt we're freightsd With rehel military
stores. TIE Esstport bad aboat $4,000 feet OF
lumber an board. We captured 200 stand Of aras.
= on,n,;tv Of clothing and stores, and destroyed
the sncampmsnt Of Col. Crens. We fOuad the
Union sentiment strong
Gen. Hitchcock has accepted his appoint.
ment as Major General Of volunsssrs.-
Should Gen. Hslleck take the feld 10 CON-
mand Of the southern expedition. whicS Is
regarded rrotet!e, Gee. Hitchcock viii 70
nam % The head Of the dspsrtneat as 50.
Loais.