Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1862-08-29

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wiz, TO Ter Of :lir gang, a'.l four soldiers
Of 'le i,s Mich. vs-o taken prisoners. The
other passengers " o. Released and the tram
wt,n ~ c r,en,, Destroyed
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t. T-,iarc Ripl,haouoca correspond
ru, .ta'rr that The greatest crisis % this VIZ
occurred between Thursday morning and
STU. day night I5is las; and we axe s1is.
Washington !. safe. Oar army Is sac. The
nation is slir
Gen.PoPe's astii!ery is now guarding tn
line Of the R4pIahannock and titz John
Porter with very heavy force joined Gen.
Pope on Friday evening. A host Of regi-
ments have joined and are joining hIm now
by way OF Alexandria, and we may now LOOK
fox ths grand movements within 80 days.
Gen. Burnside has massed large army at
fredericksburg and Gen. Pope is nearly or
quite as strong as Lee and jackson, and Gen.
Mcclellan is freed from the net which
whether scll-woycn or not, held him IN its
meshcs On the Peninsula
Some sir was caused in cAmF and q thou
sand times more in Washington, find, By
sudden raid Of 80 guerillas upon Catlett's
station under cover Of the night. Twenty
supply trains were destroyed and theiT con-
tents injured by the rebels. 100 prisoners
and many horses were taken. Al the private
papers and letters Of Gen. Pope, copies
Of dispatches and reports, memoranda relat-
ing to the campaign and copies Of telegraphs
sent; all dispatches received from the Presi-
dent Hllleck and the War Department, or
ders issued to generals ofcorps and divisions,
all maps and typographical charts, contain
ins information Of the greatest value were
captured-in a word the whole history Of the
campaign, the Numbers and disposition of the
troop all are revealed to the enemy ty this
disaster.
Its seriousness can hardly be estimated. 1t
Is taking the rebel generals into the conf
darc. IS Gen. Hilleck, AMI may render it
necessary 20 change the whole CAMPAIGN.
Tie Washington correspondent Of the
. Trlture says relative TO the capture Of Popo's
dispatches AMI bas,as,, that the whole
mi-h; have b-cu saved and the attack repuls-
cd. .ftbcro had been rickets or even scniries
ab5u; the camp, bat there has not been
quart mountia. since Gen. Pope took the
da!i-a piece of carclessuess for (which he has
paid heavy penalty.
The lme correspondent says this news
would be te,s-raphei if It we're possible, but
tie order OF Gen. Halleck excludes from the
Telegraph every thing relating to the army
of Virginia.
The correspondent Of the TINES stats that
the mliu portion o.. Gen. Mcclellan army
has reached NezulIil and will soon join
Gen. Pore's array. G,n.Karucy's division,
W. i-h arrived las, week, took part m The
engagement 1T Yarrcnton yesterday.
The new regiments are le.n- sent forward
t. j,.n Oh, army
Nzw YoRK Aug. 15.
Tic army OF virginia crossed the Kappa
ha5n5ck Tuesday, ami held the Northern
blnk Of tie river on Thursday.
/ The Tunes c1srcsTondentsta states tha: there
was Continual diminishing between the ad-
vln,s sul,i # the army Thursday, and
urce Of rebel cavalry ami infantry COM
meuc-i crossing tie river az noon.
Our .4.,sri. c5mp-iiI the infant
|ry % retreat, anh rebel cavalry
/ char, no ,he Indians troops was repulsei
with loss af a rebel Captain taken prisoner
ami several pTiyltes.
A brisk artillery duel was kept up several
hours. The rebels have batteries on the
river extending Is miles, but cur batteries
silence them at every point.
Another letter. datel Friday, 2 y. NJ,
says "Canronajing is frequent, intcrsIers-
Cd with musLetry bu, it is to the right
vhc.c Gu. SisIs Command is at work.
The main ba-.1c, train commenced passing
this rB5ton's) Station at A. n. to-day,
and take thc road 90 Warrenton Junction.
Gen. Sisa's baggage train is now also pass
/ ias up the same road. This is only nccos-
sary prccaution against disaster"
\ member Of the New York 18th militia
arrived here a short time ago, and says two
shells fell into the camp Of that Regiment
and killed several men. Col. or Major Fitz-
hugh, the rebel Gen. Stewards chief aid =,
was taken prisoner near Orange Court
Hous,.
Tn, T,ass' Washington dispatch init
mates that all gun contracts were broken of
| by the S cretary Of War at the same time
enlistments were stopped, and now we are
depend mt upon captured cargOcs and foreign
muskets In the meantime 1t IS rumoTcd
that certain big contracts might be renewed
on very favorable terms to contractors, if it
could be done without attracting too much
public attention.
The Times dispatch states that Col. Rod
ney Mason will be cashiered for his surrender
\ at Clarksvi.le, Tenn.
LOUISVILLE, Ky, Aug >