The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1862-08-13


CuLPEPPEE, Va, Aug. II, The cavalry brig
and under command of Gen. Bufori m AIDE Il
descent upon Madison Court House on Tuesday
last. Tuey found that the rebels had been
there, but had lett. They made reoor nols-
sances IN every direction and met the rebel
plckets Oh every road.
On the 9Th our llckets On the road to Stan
n&rdsviiIe had IL sklrmish, losing one killed and
three wounded.
On the 9Th inst, the ls, Maryland regiment
lad another sklrlnsh ON the Orange Court
House road, iii which they lost five killed and
wounded, and about dozen prisoners. They
were then reinforced by the lst Michigan reg-
msnt, when the rebels were driven back to the
Rapldan.
A strong Reconnaissance was INA &c tie san,
! evening to the R,.piiau On the Orange road, and
d sklrmiSh was gon, ON without loss whea Or
der5 came from Gen Bdtord 10 return 10 Madi-
sou Court House. he party got back at 6
o clock gu the nolnmg of the 9th Iney. and
found every thing prepared for retreat toward
Sperrvy!!l as the rebels were approaching from
every i'iracton
! The party reached }voodylIe in safety, and
there camped. Subsequently they pushed on
and arrived at Cnlpepper on Monday night.
( The escape Oh this brIgada Is considered almoS,
mirac"loas, rs they we've surrounded on nearly
every SIDE. Many 5ay- 1t ny as iost
CAIRO, August u Va Memphis Bunetin OF
! the lou has the following
On Wednesday, the 6jh inst, die rebel ram
/ Arkansas came on reconnotYrlaG expedition
up the river lar as islands Ct and Is, within
/ fifty miles Of Helcia.
fa,,, ~. N [ 4
! by the transports White Cloud ana Satan,
started with the 81 Wisconsin regiment from
Helena, 80 20 up White river The Louisville
rau aground ana The expedition was abandoned
because Of the insuficIency OF water, aud re.
turned 90 HELENE jns5 III Time to mics the Ar
kansas Had it been lew honi, lat" a col
lision wonld have taken place. The Southern
despatch concerning the destruction OF the
Arkansas, WAS dated al Richmond Aug. s.
The BA|etn printt d report that Brecken-
ridge was attacked and captured at Baton
Rousc iast Wednesday. 1t is considered not
Improbable
Rebel authority rcporl5 that Breckenridge
attacked Balou Rouge on tuesday morning
last lie wa 1T first repulsed with heavy loss
Gen. '}Llrk ui Mississippi and Col. Thomas
Hunt OF kentucky were Killed. The rel4!sc i,
laid TO the ram Arkansas, which lallod to come
to lime. On the afternoon OF the same day
breckenridge talcgraphcd to the Grenada DIP
peal that the Arkansas had arrived and destroy
ed twenty OF our gunhOats. ard that he had
captured our entire forces at thai place.
FoRTRAss Mo>RUL, Augusi ii. In regard TO
! the occupation ana evacuation ui Malvern Hill
by the EsCeral troops lity!a has been said Oar
accommodating division took possession on
1uesday, aad GA that day all the Generals Of
the dliuy went Up, and Gea. Mcclellan sent
back Tor tie greater part Of the army, bu, the
messengers took the wrong road and were thus
delayed SO long that the troops did nos reach
Malvern I'm uDtl /! WIS too lale, aud only Il.
portion OF those sent for arrived. aud those only
III season to beat Il haSty retreat.
IhIs was On W ednlsdAy noon, and on that day
a Sreal battle could have bee, fought had our
forces arrived III season. But he some Of them
we're approaching and IN sight of Maver0 Hlll
there was very large force vi rebels seen com
ing from Richmond numbering, at least, 100 900
ihen ming all the roads, passage ways aud va
cant lots as far az they could reach A retreat
was accordingly made 20 tlarrisons Landing.
Gen Mcclellan had planned for great battle,
but the enemy were not asleep and have laken
possession of Malvern tli with an immense al
my.
New YORK, Aug. IL. Geo. Francis Train
was Imprisoned III London Oh the LIST INST, TO
prevent his embarkng for America where he
| intended to raise volunteers
WASHINGTON, Aug. II. Accounts from Cul-
pepper dated yesterday, speaking OF Saturday =
tight, say that 50 heavy was the fire to which
our comparatively small force was exposed, the
only wonder is that the entire command was not
completely annlhjlated at the end of half n
hour instead OF bringing of SO large plopor-
ton at The expiration of an hour and half -
The prisoners report that their own troops were
moved down by our fire like grass Three times
were they reinforced.
When our troops retired they were too Grip
Piled to pursue The prisoners report that tie
heavy guns used by The rebels were oil recent
English manu- iactuIe, with English fixed amt
nltion. We lost but one gun which was lelC
behind in ditch, spiked, several horses having
! been killed.
Col. Chapman Of the 9th Connecticut regi-
ment was shot in the breast, aud is probably
dead Lieut.. Col. Stone Tell with. many wounds.
Majoe Blake fell, and if alive 10 u prisoner.
AdJutant Smith is wounded or dead. Major
Savage, 2nd Massachusetts, is believed to be
killed. as are also many captains and lieuten-
ants Of Tie same regiment. DR.. Leland was
shot IN the eye.
The other regiments are not definitely heard
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