Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1862-02-07
WAR ITEMS.

soon be at the enemy. Any decided ap-
preach now To this quarter on the part oil
the rcbe's, with all the forces they can mus
ter. would 70 a moral certainty, result IN
their speedy capture and destruction
Bishop Amcs and Hamilton Fish, appoint
el commissioners IN see sitter the Union pris-
uners N the hards of the rebels, were TO 60
Frdiy O. Fortress Monroe, thence to reach
X c.Loni by n Hag OF truce.
The Resoluts was fred at by the rebel bat
'erI,s while passing up the Potomac Thurs
day night, but their practice was DO better
than usual. aud she was not hit
Il is Iep,tteI that a short time -ince while
one Of our vc-sc.s was fling at a rebel bat
terry. one of her guns could not be discharged
when the load Was withdrawn and the car
fridge found to be filed with sand.
DISPATCHES Just received from the British
government shows that the disposition on
the Trent affair by Secretary Seward Is satis-
factory. and justifes the expectation Of peace
between the two countries for a long time to
come.
The Federal army in Western Missouri is
now cncampcd at Lebanon, awaiting rein
iuIcementE.
Tie ship Vermont was put in commission
at Boston Thursday, and is soon to 20 TO
Port Royal. She carries four o. and twenty
81 Founders.
The appointment of MsjOr Frederick Steele
of the 18th Infantry as Brigadier General Of
Volunteers, has been confirmed.
The capture of Cedar KEYS, Florida, by
our military and naval forces, is commented
upon by late Savannah papers. The RepUb-
hoqn thinks, with the rortugas, Key West,
Cedar KEYS and Fort Pickens in possession
Of the Union army, there is nothing left Of
the State Of Florida worth holding" and
the Republican is not far out IN its estimate.
Twelve Of Com. Foote's mortar feet are
TO be put in readiness for imme date service
at Cairo, Col Constable having brought
twelve l3-Inch mortars with their beds from
Pittsburgh where they were cast
The steamer Hecls Of Philadelphia ran
the blockade Of the Potomac Thursday
night, without receiving a shot from the
rebel batteries. She was loaded with stores
for the army.
Steamers and other vessels continue to run
the blockade almost every night. Since the
Pensacola went down the rebels seem to have
almost given up their artillery-Fractiee.
1t is stated that four Federal steamers and
three sailing vessels are now on the alert to
capture the rebel steamer Sumter, and the
Constellation is fitting out at Portsmouth
for a similar purpose.
The tenor of foreign dispatches received at
the State Department Is peaceful.
The steamship Calcutta with troops from
England put in at Bulls Bay, n, T., Thurs
day night short of coal, aud with loss Of
spars aud boats.
Gen. Fremont Is still in Washington. The
charges against him and the requests he has
made to be oourt martialed, have not so Tar
a. cau be sscertained, been definitely acted
upon by the government.
+ Norfolk Dry Bool calls upon the la
a. contribute their old wooden skirts and
e.. f. re government, the price Of fan
l. roI fixed ammunition beng 80 high as to
uhiect toe government to a serious tax.
Secretary Stanton is run down with sppli-
aapts for clsrkships in the War Department.
Ueappears determined not to make any new
appointments Tor the present.
The President, it is stated, told Mr.. Con-
WAY of Kansas. Saturday, that Lane was
sppointed Brigadier-General with the ex-
press understanding that he was TO serve
under Gen. Hunter, to which Lane agreed.
1t is reported that Lane is on his way back
to Washington.
1t has been determined to place the rebel
privateers now in New York and Philldel
phia upon the footing Of prisoners ofwar.-
An order has been issued, moving them to
military prisons, with a view 10 their ex-
change tor citizens of the United States IN
carceratcd in the South. This may result
in the return Of Colonels Corcoran, Lee,
CoggsHell, Woodruff, Wilcox, Wedges, and
the other officers now held as hostages for
those privateers.
The bark Trinity has been chartered to
convey 3s6, rank and file, and il officers,
rebel prisoners, from Fort Warren to Fort
ress Monroe, and was expected to sail Mon
day. Commodore Barron is not included in
IN the list. The prisoners who remain are
mostly political.
Coptrabands report about fifteen hundred
troops at Gloucester Point, and six OF seven
thousand at Yorktown. An attack Is ez-
pected from Gen. Wool, IN the rear Of
Yorktown.
The Richmond DeVa,ei estimates the
number of the rebel forces in the field at
250,Ge0.
The gun-boat Kearsarse has sailed from
Portsmouth in search of the Sumter.
a correspondence of the Memphis Appeal,
writing from Columbia, Texas, Jan. Goth,
saws that a bark and schooner, belonging
10 the Federals, came near our coast, when
they were fred upon BY our forts. Both
vessels returned the FIRE. We fred ten guns,
they twenty-five, mostly shells, and then
retired, seemingly disabled or satisfied they
could not win.
Col. Deitzeler, of the Kansas lst, and Gel.
Jennisou, of the eth, haye been appointed
acting Brigadier Generals.
The friends Of Gen. Lane declare that he
will enter the military service if he has to
serve as private.
At an interview on Saturday at Leaven
worth between the Indian Commissioner and
the chiefs Of various tribes, the chiefs agreed
70 take the field with their warriors.
A dispatch from Cairo says that L steam
ere laden with troops in charge Of Commo-
dcre Ccrhsm, lett there at 10 O'Clock Mon
day morning, TO join a still larger force at
another point. The expedition has every in
d.csuop ct genuine active movement.
TIE President. curators and other officer,
OF the University of Missouri, have beer
-equired 10 take the oath of allegiance, a
81. LOUIS
All the tro Is along the line Of the PacIf
railroad west Of Jefferson City, are unds
marching orders.