Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1862-05-16
VICTORIOUS VIRGINIA.

heu the rebel maLA-erS htte' ~
stolen fri-ate Merrimac wdh an iron TOOL
.o-r;,r down 70 the Was-r's ,dge, 20 U-rd On
shot and she'll. and with an IRON PIE" To
smash all creation ii it si,onId come j"
her way. ,Ary gave her new i"'ne- i''
Virginia" They probably intended 1t TO
be symholical. As Virginia politicians hiu
been the most pot Mt i1r ni,ca'Ici IN the ma
,;,, as +Lc safe at Virginia MAS the man
stay %! the : h.Il!pr. - tn:, . TIE 'irSf ID
armed y.><.i vs. t, pi X i's s'7'isiless :ou1>e
,hr,y.h TIE s;Le. %: cy.Iy /. : vessel which
should dare TO meet it, and lay every loyal 9;'y
| n, the sc.board under cla'ribntiHn - TIE
,nIv mean, OF cscaIIng destruction After
months Of preparation " The Virginia
came out, and certainly in;.de quite strong
irrrcs, ion % begin with, But that nuru-
dent, plel-ian looking dt;iG Monitor, having
M lear Of the T. +. W. before It's eyes, not
only dcfed her auI hex rcb-i ;,ois, bat David
like. scLt a shot through the ol-;nlrsS o' the
/
sink h,r IN the spot at least .nnt her iiml IN
hack to htr stronghold. Having bad FER
wounds healed and her amor mao. stronger
than u iorc. She again and again uadca show
Of renewin: the fight. bai only a show
After all the blasting oao would have sup
| r.oseI. even il she had become satI-hcd thai
her enemies were likely 10 Prove an over
: match for her. that she would nave mad
at least one bold dash at them-slyinE, | ca
but die, and If die must, 1t sLall be e
honorable death and shall cost my enemi'
] dear. Nothing ut the s,rt, Size iuli NJ
esca,e and wauld not fight. sad 50 81
crawled back into iier d-n and died III; or
ou-ly by her onn hani = her d-eth to
symbolical?
The New Orleans Cres,rai OF the 20
ult. sives q gloomy acc1ua, Il .f.;.s at th
a city. Two days before. It s1ys, 4 geaertl 7
h guest was received frcn the authorities
Richmond for the banks 10 stop laying U
any coin. Tie mex. y Gaze woId hat t
> Union feet bad passed ;he turs and was a
yroachins the city, and eenelii conie<'
!, lrevail4d the hanks requested dcp5>itl
70 withdraw their hrxeS 4 yalGab..s. q
=. when tie aeet arrived all were shut n!' a
-, chaos a. to curre4cy c..l.e uy-I The cii
# md diecardins OF the Co'fsdesaf> rs'rc'
70 vaa 5eeian.ug to take ll-cs. Sh'f- ~
"a closed and destruction was n progress;
80 "On Friday, a i1uai.zs r.'5!s. 1t osa lie terms
> csssnsae.G d.grng tie b.ra'Ry of o7if97 a. b5s
nj no NJ II isgsisals # sAlr a-l f-oi7g Binds
"a. rroIasses, carrying # ~ - mat ~, -
style Of agraTiaaisn-
- 4" In the meInt,ms, II We taAe "a distant New
N the crisis we may vei' inquire, d" Erosl whence
1ur comiEuuity to obtain supplies Of pToVisi'
o. | aid b5esistutfs - SiGrr1fI,= and IA Hiz. Te1
=, stare oas-ilif Of p,yEisiion ~ RE fac. We
be-kaisd at5ps s7i L,isr--aN rouHi IN fat I
or Jackson Rail o. i roinpany has susPendei its I,
49,. | ular traius; communication n.ih he'd riveT-'r
shich s,ctidu several boat loads az parts Of los
T. 1T supplies were expected, having beer purcha
-. | oy the Committee Of ~afety--is d,piTr,i by f
Of CAPTURE by tie Invading sgasdTcn. The +
n, g1s,'1 i7oss d'bsaIf,n'ag us-vs s,-1r r-t'd'-
~, | az fzTnA ap fauor.