Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1862-06-20

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gentleman acting as kind OF rerel post
boy. Leesburg proves TO be a hot bed Of Sc
cession, the ladies' Of the place crossing the
streets to avoid meeting the officers Of the
cavalry troops, aud children singing Dixie
IN front Of the quarters. Most Of the stores
were closed during the stay Of the troops.
Tie bridge across the Potomac at Harper E
! Ferry was completed Sunday morning, and
ITS security tested by the passage Of a burden
/ uain. The road between there and Win.
/ chester Is being rapidly prepared and 1t is
! baiiey the government viii have its use IN
few days, thus greatly facilitating the
| transmission Of supplies To the army in the
I valley. Gen. Wool was at Harper's Ferry
on Saturday Cor a few hours.
The ioilJNing items are lroiA the reports
| oi Commander Mex insiry, received at the
Navy Department:
Commanders Mcintosh and IlVger have
died Of their wounds received IN the battle Of
the Mississippi previous TO the fan Of New
dreams.
THe health OF New Orleans was generally
good Z 20 the lst INST.
The sugar cane plantations below the city
looked exceedingly we'll, their proprietors
not appearing to have paid much attention
70 the suggestion Of the rebel leaders
NcFly $4,000 IN provisions aud noaey
hays been subscribed at 81. LOUIS for the
starving SlutherneIs about Corinth 80 500
worth Of provisions were forwarded on We'd
nastaY, and another shipment OF ncarly the
same value on Saturday.
= dispatch from Kansas City, june IT,
sIYs ile Santa Fo mail with date. 20 the lst'
has arrived.
Ia skirmi-h between o. company Of Col
orado volunteers and BODY Of Texans near
Fort Craig. the enemy left four dead on the
field. None ot the volunteers were hunt.
Gca, Burnside returned TO North Carolina
Saturday m1rn!uI.
Itapl.ars that the sudden fJray OF the
rebels within oar lines on Friday cveuIug was
not an entire failure. They drove from Old
Jauicl -quadrln Of the 5;h Cavalry, pro-
c0eaal 20 Griihck' L1nip- on the Pamuu-
ky River about tour miles above White
House, where toy burnt two schoouers and
some wagons add drove of the mules From
here they proceeded To Iuustali Station
WIih d view u burning the railroad bridge
\ tram W4l,n was passing down 40 the
time Wss fired into, KILN. two and wound
in5 several. \ Colonel belonging % tire
Excelsior Brigade was tHore taken prisoner,
nut succseisi m making his escape during
the night. 4 paymaster jumped from the
train aud hid himself IN the woods until
uJrn.u., leaving Sl25,U0O an the ears. The
Tram never stopped but passed on 70 " Bi,o
House Alter destroying the telegraph wire
81 talt point, they proceeded 10 Baltimore
clo-- roads ne.r New Kent, c. H., on then
way 70 Richmond. crossing the Chickaho-
iuiuy between Bottom 5 Bridge and the James
River, about tWJ % clock next morning. The
tHrc that aaU'mVlished this was composed
Of 1850 cavalry and Xxx pieces of artillery
unds. Cen. stewart, most OF whom were re-
siJ-uts oil this locality and therefore were no
strangers g. ,he roads
~ White House where is a Rendezvous gl
sut.cl, and vendors of small wares, a regular
stampede ta.k pace. Lieut.. Colonel Ingalls,,
c.la-4udan. 10 .ul- T3-t had an The corps
yraseI out aud posted 90 favorable positions
O. r.-i-t amy attack that might have been
male. I4l mail lllt Nelly Baker which lllt
next morning, was crowded with hangers 90
oi tha army .u. civilians who Thought For
tl-- Monroe O. 10 t more elnE7uiIl SLIM .ta.
sc Old thur.r Sine T.a-i- had ia rcs,Tv,
six r.gim.n.- DID,. infantry wlth artillery AZ
soon DIS a.. i.c,s were known. pursuit hT
cavalry Was lmm;i .ately oFderedS but The
enemy having -' much oi O tart only i've
were ctIiur'i
The Richmond papers OF the 18th state
that the 5000 prisoners taken by Gen. Jack
s'n tom Gen. Btnss, icit ou W cdncsiay for
Salisbury, y. L. d also states that ol tle
IL 1i uur ~ .un-.l tHli lyil INTO their hands
az tie battle oi tair Oaks, nine have since
died and tua ri.anc' are 10 tie Liberty Pm
SOL hospital. y O. "a, Irst statement Gen.
Banks reports 0ul M missing Where did
the other -.1l come D. m
o' t--i5 -' '1'.,--- i-oA
-'--l IL asa ,''.'-'-1 ri '' ..'l' l1-
and that has.na D, BRISK and provisions
plenty
ca ~J..t ,, -.,,.-s1i AZ Ner,rb,s las
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,rb-,h s'a-.is- is ,..r,.l b,t says II ,r,Il
,,lf,r,.-el,, ,,.II ..,,, i,,s,5s5 c,rroncy vbi.b
l.- fa-r. r.frr r.r SID ma c.r.,a MONTH.
4 woman dressed 10 mans apparel was
arrested as spy at Memphis. Saturday. She
Is represented as having been IN the couiei-
rate service under Gen. Polk.
seventy l3pf confederate oIhc.Is ana 7''-
''-i' DDS '.4 '--' %" 9'''''1'y
There is much alarm among the whites Of
Crittendea Co. Ark, opposite Memphis. 10
consequence, If the discovery OF a design IN
tLe part of several hundred OF the reerocs
% that county TO simultaneously run away
ami PRESENT themselves 10 the Federal Com
t'v'V negroes 10 tie country anu Only It."
hnnGre1 "hl'es, some Oh Nhou are COMING
% Nleni lnls' NOT uselh ~ I al" go i''iaiu
among ihe negroes
Ady,css from, Fort S,of, nm IN Hume I3fh
-tare That datscbn,snts nj the d Oh,o cav
,lrv had .rrivsi ,bst dav with 600 b,,d
of ine beef cattle and 500 head of mules and