Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1862-11-28
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Your Jb't servant.
T.. V. SUMNER.
Erevet Maj. Gen, L. ; y,
Com. Right Grand Division


com. Right Grand Division
on ARRIVAL On the opposite side Of the riy
rr, G-u. IaJuck W., conveyed o. tie Girri
House .T tt1 military, wher, Doe wa- Jctiiu-
uu.. tle reply Wa- ready. l1 tie moan
;.ms bis c.mmuliuti1G was conveyed {,
Cau LIuEs.reet, who's. troops are cucanpcd
short d.,t.uc. 0ut-iL. the city. ~ tuc
demand was male upon the evil authorities.
the Mayor sent au answer which was eva
deuay written 10 she dic-atJn Of zen Long
street, 10 tie ii PC that the complaints emu
mlralcl should be re.ucil-d 80 a- as firing
/ on Jur Vic4cts aud furnishing supplies and
material T. the confederate army was con-
carnel also tA-t the rebels would dispute
the occupation OF the city by the government
/ force. lie complained OF the short space Of
time allowed iJr the moving 0f the women,
children and sick soldiers.
ihc giving ol any u9re time rs rcuu,stai,
j. now under consideration.
Some gus were IN Thursday brought 20
bear on two r.lvi2aH on tdc opposite sil. OF
the river. through which the railroad Tlsses
ILe result IS thaJn1 more trains have at
tempted G, run since. Permission has been
giyen . citizenSi-o run one train from the
city, bat only i1r t.e conveyance of women
and children.
The weather is very disagrcelbic, it hav;u.
r..ineI heavily Thursday afternoon, swelling
the streams t. an unusual height.
The Richmond papsra have the following
" Monday morning. a. tho enemy was
marching on fredericksburg. orders were
gwen - destroy all the cotton and tobacco
n the town. The orjer was promptly exc
cuted, and several pyramids of cotton bales
were soon destroyed, and about 900 boxes
Of tobacco, belong 70 spectators, were tum-
bled into the haprahannOck. In the after
noon the enemy appeared on the opposite
side Of the river in greater force and with
guns superior 20 ours. The enemy IS already
m Falmouth Our loss in the engagement
was / killed, . wounded and y or - pris-
oners."
4 despatch from Raleigh, NC. Nov. I7,h
slys ~ gentleman from Albemarle county
says there are NJ Yankee gunb1ats ON the
Albemarle sIund; that they have gone to
james river. Thus is exnliclble by either
the hypothesis that the enemy l. COM
ing upon US from Frederick sbu~g, or
are about TO De transported t. the
Suffolk line OF advance. L, Indicate work,
however. on one side or the other.
The Baltimore AmrIca1 publishes letter
dated Wiiiilmsp0rt 10Th. Gen. Ssxt0n sent
"a reconnaissance from Harper, Ferry to-
wards Chay.lst1Wu ll encountered 400
rebels above IIllltlWu and d~,-.. .i"ii,
iil-l-h 'i..ri--t,vu. h.lim tlr,. % ...re
.rt.rjur-,-t. : .-r.,i .,,,-.- 900 ',ai -t..vt.
,-r Hr.i 70. -ir ,t-ii. 800. ,r... 90 ~. r. be-
.i- si.-.. lha r.I..i asai. . -h.'.t % f,...'.-
-tr.t'''o ..f ..,,r u',tt.,-t-. r..r Illl.a- w.
t-~- 900 re- t.r-iris -i.i. ii .r- ri,,, ~
Coo %. r- '... %. - t. ... ... o..
r.rn.- '..-...,.i- 20. rIr"t a.. r,-rt
w. D.,,- r..-i.-,. ,..,t.ri,y ir,i.. !.-. si..
-asw- ;ha L.ui r,uJ.J t hu.-. .D q. in-
chester ,yf h,- family. iiis troops ate lie
front Of the city, with q REGIMENT oi cavalry
az Mlr1nsburs-
Tn. Memphis Euielq Of the loth, ,slys
that Bragg arrived at Holly Spring5 last
Saturday with $1,000 troops, and ths. nc
PemberJon and Price were making ri -,ossi-
bic preparations % gave grand btti{c. Pas
scngers from Lagrange report the -,ain body I
of the army still there. None but cavalry |
have yet been to Holly SpTinSs, but they re-
turned.
IN expedition of two regiments Of infant !
~ Commanded by Col. Cordn Of the 3lst |
Brigade, which has been securing the coun- !
try between Nashville aud Clarksville during /
the r,,st lJu- " i've days. returned THURSDAY 1
evening. They captured IS rebels, Is horses. I
70 mulcs, and 100 muskcts.
y scout arrived from Knoxville Thursday !
evening, having left there on the 18th inst !
There were no troops at Knoxville except 4
sick soldiers.
Gen. Roscc-ans has ordered the release of
5000 bales Of cltton seized for breast works
during the late troubles at Nashville. 1t will I
be sent north A. seen a. the railway is open. I
The rebels stl.l cyinee i discrimination to /
fight near TallzhOma.
Adyioes have been received that the enemy 4
in the southwest had advanced ) 600 stron,, !
from the Boston Mountains 10 Cave IIIi I
Ark, apparently intending to give battle |
Our forces learning that the enemy WAS nj |
Cave Hill, Gen Blunt made preparations N /
move troops upon them, hut he soon fo,,n5 |.
that the rebels had hurriedly withdrawn ami |
retreated to the mountains This all tho ;r-
tellisenee at present received relative :, th,s |
movement.
Gen Sessficft has received Temporary leave |
OF absencs from his Command, On account Of |
sickness mi ~ no~' On his wav tn st To,,;, ]