Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1862-10-03
IsFoR NATION FROM RICHMOND
PAPERS.

the town to IT. q te. y sharp h-ht Ni> uHI.
bv tie Hpne Guard. From - o 100 T.. --
were KILLED and wounded. Oar l4ss w4> On
/, twelve killed and wounded. Uol.B flrj.
was taken prisjuer. Humphrey M4rsa1a
and Kirby smiths forces are reported % ''
at CynthianI. Ky. thirty thousand -tr'a.,
moving towards Covington. The trans no
Louis, lille and Frankfort rail DAD hav- ,-f-.
running tor the present. The re5-l- .ty-
captured the telegraph instruments ~ Ia
grange. A gentleman from Frank u eis-
On FRIDAY there we're 100 rebel IT, 3,
They expected Humphrey Marshall g. ,.as
charge u the post.
The headquarters OF Gen. Mcclellan w"r-
removed 10 point three miles nearer lIuG
er's Ferry. This movement may mean Do.
thiu,. OF II msy have beeh made merely il
conveuisnoe sake. Harper's Ferry Is Dr0
held in large force by our troops and 4 cv
IDENTIFY regarded as an important point m th7
position Uf TIE army Il the Potomac BHfF
sIde's cJrIs has not gone to Harper Ferry
Indicati, rs besIsak renewed activity on tie
mart Of the army. At WiliamspOrt th'r-
have been u1 active operations on either SOC
The rebels continue 10 picket the Wig t'e
side Of the TIv,r. whilst our troops O. t--
same on this side As a genera! thlnS,th .-
a. elsewhere on the river there is D. tc'' .
between rickers, both sides By mutual CONS
sent abandoning this useless and murisr as
practice. Monday morning large t1rce ..
he cavalry crossed the Potomac at BAcA
burns Ford, and moved of towar's >-aT-
ard,tOwn.
There are confietiog accounts % .hs
shooting Of Gen. Nelson by On D-g-
The F.ir originated in what DAVIS con eye
I'd to be insulting language on tie lar. {
Nelson. An apology was demar-tQ. So .
| Gen. N-lson refused to grant, 4ut be
| ned Davis n the face for making tle De-
mand Reused by such Treatment, Dave
procured a pistol aud shot Nels-n. vL1 i. q
| Ia about twenty minutes, Tne at Il. yr-u.-
l red at 10 Gait House, IN L.u svIi.e-
| 1t is not known in army quarters At & o
trevllle, Va that Gen. Buell. has. site.
in many newspapers, been assigned o. l-.7
| at Indianapolis to organize par0l.s- ll.s-
oners into regiments. By direction q TIE
President. Major John J. Key, GctiI la.
| aid dc-csmp 10 the. l nited States srvc-.
/ Is dismiss tor uttering disloJal s-c,,--H.'
The Richmond Dispatch Of sept. --,-
saws that two weeks ago FIVE men Vas
arrested from boat in Mobile Bay -.-
/ picion that they were making al ittel0it G.
escape to New Orleans. They were sl5-
quently seut to prison at Mobile, and ~
searching them, it was found that they h.i
with them charts and plans Of the d-ie
/ Of Mobile One Of them was hung. lu-
whether by civil or military authority has
| not been escertaIne1
| The DisrarcI also says cur arrhv Il dairy
increasing by aocessiUns Of stragCi.rs s7l
/ conscripts Whatever may be the intend
movements # Gen. lie, he IS perfectly SUI
| cesslul IN keeping them concealed What
is concealed from our people finds little chaccs
Of making its way 10 the enemy Up O.
| Tuesday last our pickets extended 90 tba
neighborhOcd If HarTers Ferry. I, IL nl,
| probable that the federal army will attempt
/ TO cross the Potomac again at present. Rom
ney is occupied by our rangers. 500 Y8r-
/ KEGS. many Of them wounded. are expected
/ to arrive to day from Gordlnsville. On
/ Thursday night, O. Yankee prisoners arri7-i
from Gordonsville, including several surse1s
and nurses. q Yankee prisoners captursi
in North Carolina were received at the Libby
! prison yesterday.
The Dispatch also mentions the fact tina,
Abraham Lincoln has issued proclamatl1
to lIberate the slaves, but makes no turtlsl
comment on the subject.
The Court Martial for the trial Of Gsl
McKinstry met on the 9th. The charge
against him is neglect and violation Of d.
ty. Gen. McKinstry asks that Maj ten.
Fremont may be summoned as a witness 70
hat - he So "a
acted under Fremont's orders.
A dispatch from Col. Si5ley Just reosi7si
states that sharp engagement has taken
place with the Sioux, near Yellow Medlc1s
About 80 Indians were killed and mloy
wounded. Our loss killed and 81 wouniri
The Indians fell back towards Lac Qui Park,
Sibley following
A letter from New Orleans states that 81
expedition TO the town of Pouchatouls, c
the Goth Massachusetts,, the l2ih Name sui
the 18th Connecticut, under Mai Str1us
had returned. They succeeded in driving
the rebels out Of Ponchatoula. but they con
returned with reiniOrcements and drove the
iederals out. Our loss in killed. woundd
and missing is about fort7, including among
and Surgeon Avery-Lieut Of the l2tr
Maine, wounded. Our troops captured '5a
rebel Post Office and contents, and also tbs
sword ard trappings of the rebel Co,ou'.
JEFF Thom ps0n-presented to him BY tta
rebels of Memphis. Gen. Sherman had az.
rived at New Orleans to tsks the placs I
Phelps.
Recently an expedition consisting oi ths
transports lstan and ALEXANDRA, and the ran
Queen of the West, carrying about thrsa
hundred and fifty troops and several piecss
OF artillery. leftIOld Town and SAILED down
the river as far as Union, forty mikes below
the mouth Of the Arkansas River. As the
expedition descended the river it was cred IT.
to BY guerilla bands at Prentiss, a town 81
the Mississippi shore. opposite Napolson.
and at Island No. 80. killing at tn latter
place four OF our men. The boats shelle1
the woods all along the shore. but with What
damage is not known. On the return tTI
large force of guerrillas, numbering irlr'
l.5OO to 1000, under Gen. Villipisue. as
Prentiss, occupied the shores and opened &
brisk fire on the boats, accompanied by v1l
leys of musketry. The boats returned The
compliment with shot and shell, killing :
OF the rebels and driving them b.ck into the
country--after which, part OF our forces
disembarked and burned the town. The boats
were completely riddled BY muske. balls
and two SIX FOUNDER cannon shot passed en
tIrely through the AlhambTa Our los Sss
killed and several wounded.
A body OF l 800 rebel cavalry on the nigh
Of the 9th, dashed -into Augusta, Ky.
town IN the Ohio Pirer about ~ miles aaS