Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1862-02-28

tcestuef ineAr unIlOrms are IN rags OF a
g colors. with carpets for blankets. Priut
soldiers assert that Secession is gone UP
that they are badly treated and fed, tha
they have been for the past six MONTHS
Most OF the men are anxious to take th
. oath. Three OF them have been paroled I
take charge of the sick. The officers ar
S not uniformed, and don't look much supe
rIor to the privates.
The follo lowing is Com. Foote'S report 0
the occupation Of GAINESVILLE
GAINESVILLE, Tenn, Feb. 10.
10 Hon. Gideon Woles, See'y Of Nary.
We have possession Of ClarksviIle, the citizen,
heing alarmed two-tbirds of them have fed. apc
having expressed my views and intentions 10 the
Mayor ana Hon. Cave johnson, at their request |
nave issued a proclamation assuring all peacefully
disposed persons that they may with safety return
to their business avocatiOns, requiring only the
military stores and equipments to be given IN.
and hoi mug the authorities responsible that this
shall be done without reservation.
left Fort Donelsou yesterday with the Corot9-
g., Lieut. Com. Phelps, and the Caro-, Lieut.
Commanding Bryant, On an armed reconnaissance
bringing with me Col. Webster of the Engineer
corps, and Chief Of Gen. Grants staff; who with
Lient- Commanding Phelps, took possession and
hoIsted the Union flag at GAINESVILLE.
A Union sentiment manifested itself as we
NHAN VI u iiNtTs Inc rebel5 nave rcfTeatel to
Nashville, having set Ere, against the remon-
strances Of the citizens, TO the splendid railroad
bridge across the Cumberland River. return to
Fort Doneleon today for another gunboat and six
or eight mortar boats, with which / propose to
proceed up the Cumberland. The rebels all have
a terror OF the gunboats. One of them a short
distance above Fort d nelson had previously fired
on an iron rolling mill belonging to Hon. John
Boil, which had been used by the rebels.
A. Ii. FOoTE.
Large numbers of troops and quantities of
arms are reported arriving at Fortress Mon
roe, but where they are to be sent is not
known.
Com. Dupont reports the discovery and
and destruction of a number of " internal
machines in Savannah River. One was
brought on shore and exploded by a rifle
ball fired through it; the rest were sunk
where they were placed by firing rifed shot
at them. One had exploded the night be-
fore, doing no damage, though just after a
launch had passed up the spot where the
buoys were placed, having in tow a heavy
lighter with guns.
Dispatches from the West give the impor
tant intelligence that the U. S. forces have
occupied Nashville, Tenn, the rebels, con.
trary to expectation, making no resistance.
The following is a special to the Chicago
Tribune, Feb. 18th
Nashville was yesterday occupied by TO-
200 troops under Gen. Buell.. The Federal
nag Is now flying over the State house.
HE Tennessee Legislature adjourned Sat-
urday week to meet again at Memphis.
1t is reported that commissioners have
been appointed TO confer with the Federal
at Washington to arrange terms
Tor the transfer OF allegiance, and that Gov.
Harris offered to turn the rebel forces over to
The Union. n gentleman from Columbus who
arrived here last night, represents a rising
Union sentiment in Tennessee. ard thinks :
he Legislature will acquiesce in the recon.
of Governor Harris, because fear> i
ul of a rising Union sentiment. When be 6
eft Columbus there were %, 900 rebel troops
here. Another gentleman who arrived from :
Nashville reports that the rebels will make a
mother stand at Murfreesboro. All the ,
troops had left Nashville except a DO
force. When Governor Harris fled with
he Legislature to Memphis, he burnt the
Library and distributed a large amount
I commissary stores and provisions among /
he citizens. Stores were closed and bust
entirely suspended. The secessionists c
leaving with their stock and the negroes, T
blowing the Confederate army. :
The st. Louis Republicans Cairo dispatches
~ the occupation of Nashville is confirmed. a
'ur troops took possession without opposi-
on. 5
Floyd fled as usual. q
The report that Gov. Harris had ordered q
the Tennessee troops to lay down their !,
and uo homa Il confirmed Il
The Tennessee Legislature is called FOR
ext Monday.
No opposition to Union movements is
Iade any where on the Cumberland. f
1t is reported that white flags are flying at
The Navy Department has received the C
4
CAIRO, Feb. a.
. Hon. GIDEON WoIes, S,c'y Of the Navy; ?
Lieut.. Commanding, Gwynn, with the Il
IN boat Taylor, has just arrived from Tennessee, =.
.ississippi and Alabama, and reports the Union L
in south Tennessee and north Alabama
be very strong. 1 shall send him back to-day,
ID will call for a regiment at Fort Henry to &C G
,mpany the gunboat, which will aid the loyal n
,ople in those States to raise Union forces within -
cir borders. A. II. FoOTE, L
Flag Officer. y
The steamer Baltimore from Hatteras the a
arrived at Fortress Monroe on Monday. Il
The burning of Wlnton by the Federal st
rces is confirmed.
The 9th New York regiment had made an
.pedition up the Chowan river with three "
the object of the expedition be- Y
z to destroy the railroad bridges on the II
lack Water and Chowan rivers. The enc ;,
y, however, were discovered in large force III
Winton and no landing was made. The Sc
yemy fired on our gunboats, and in ~retalia-
On the town was sbelled.
The greater part of the Burnside expedi-
IN was still at Roanoke Island, and Gen.
brigade at IIatteras had received NJ
ders to proceed there. er
The steamer S. R.. Spaulding left Roanoke in
land ON Friday. for Elizabeth City with 4,
e prisoners taken by Gen. Burnside. They "
ere paroled for exchange. IL
Among the passengers BY the Baltimore is
larles Henry Foster, who was reported ="
at Winton by Southern papers. The iii
ection ordered by the provisional govern
emit Of North Carolina TO take place on -
resulted, as far as the returns have "
en- received, in the reelection of Mr.. Fos- Ia
r to the Congress. The ordinances of the to
invention were also ratified. -
the Constitution at New York from Ship IN
and, we learn that the British Steamer III
while beings towed with cotton
IN . steamer with rebel flag flying in Rio
River was taken prize by sloop-of- at
T Portsmouth. She had about half a IN
rgo of cotton aboard, and had previously
nded a cargo OF blanks s and ordnance III
at Metamoras. The British captain tn
a prisoner on the Portsmouth, and the al
amer will soon be sent North for adjudi-
lie claimed the vessel was in Next
/ waters. The cargo will not be touched. e'