Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1862-04-01

Sr. Loris. March 80. The .my correspon-
dent % ;he Republican,, writing under date OF
Ctl.1. March -, says the firing 81 friday at
Island No. 10 was quite heayy 4s rebels OPEN
ing nom 70 new battery, mounting. il. ssupposed,
l-.-Iouud. fs The enemy coo.lt8 s1en cutting
awa5 trees and rapidly pusht, Onward o.her
mean, 9t defence They s-ea = tl5e o. idea
OF eg-cuatlng az present, asa .e day getting
more cannon ln position
War4 reached the fleet last 'gat th,t lo1r
reba. guuaoats, partly clad IS railroad non,
a peaIed below poiuy Pleasant Ju. as General
Pope, batteries extend IN all..ta Girct line
iog H. mics, !, IS not suppose .aay cen !orce q
passage.
Taere S nothing important from Tennessee
to-day. An arrival t.Om Me- h.s reports .bat
there is u general icspono lcy t.gre, and
tlat bat lltle confidence is ie e,eu iu the large
force Jnc,atrltug4 Coriula Mississippi.
Cincinnati, March 30. \ e4l despatch q
the Commercial from indianapolis sIys that
Gen. BGell mas assumed command d, our forces,
ami at ,ne latest adyIces was si,aiu Is miles Of
Belureglrd az Corinth.
Morgan. Rebel Cavalry aplarcd another
train on the Louisville anc Nashville railroad
q. F..dly. Col. tufrin 70. D. x ntucly was
taken prisoner with a icw OF Federal officers.
lle locomotive wac run int. a ditch and the cars
destroyed.
P4rs9H Hroulow is expected ibis week. The
Inequalities o., tis Stat. nave been EXTENDED to
tlu.
-loAlIA, No., March p, The notorious
bgi-and Quanuel with 90 OF hIs band made a
sudden and unexpected attack On a detachment
oi Col. Philips regiment u Missouri Militia at
" arr s5urgh on Monday ast, but after spirit
e1 skIrmlsA they were driven FROM ths town
with tie loss o.. uin. killed and seventeen
wounded. and twenty torses cupt0red. Our
loss was two killed aud p,ae wounded. Guam
trei made another attack on the town on the
following day, the result OF which has
not yet been ascertained. Scouting parties Of
Col. Philips regiment have captured over 2000
kegs of rebel powder in Pettis County within the
past few days.
Rolia, No, March y. Reliable persons Just
from the army IN the southwest, saw the rebels
Numbering some $4,000 under Gems. Van Dorm
and Price have rereated entirely across the BJs-
ton mountains, apd are now at Van Buren, aud
Fort Smith receiving supplies from Memphis and
Little Rock via the Arkansas river which is high
The Texas troops are much dishearier ell by
the death of Ben. McCullOch, and the Arkan-
SAYS feel the loss of Mcintosh very severely
The rebels are badly of Tor clothing and shoes.
Pixies indians have mostly returned to the In
dian nation. They were not formidable in battle
they being panic stricken at the effect of our
artillery. The whole rebel reinforcement in the
next six weeks will doubtless exceed 5000 men.
The army of Gen. Curtis has fallen back to
keitsyIllo to secure forage. Very little Union
feeling has been developed in Arkansas.
ST. LOUIS, March %. The Democrats Cairo
dispatch says the steamer Dickey went down to
the fleet yesterday heavily laden with ordnance
and commisssry stores. Four 5O.pouud navy
cannon were taken down for the eunboat Ben
ton also hand g%renades to ropel boarding par
ties.
Persons from New Madrid report that several
rebel transports and g%uaboats came within range
of our Biddle Point batteries and opened fire,
but were compelled to retire after a short en-.
gagement. The Grampus is the only rebel gun
boat above our blockade, and that is constantly
ON the alert watching our movements at New
Madrid. 1t is also said that the rebels have
erected batteries on the opposite side of the river
to prevent Gen. Pope's command from crossing
Ia attack their rear. =