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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1862-08-19

I2-House that the rebels succeeded In gxining but
could not hold.
I3-wnere General Williams United States Army, was
killed, leading charge
1f-Gunboats katahSin and Kineo.
15--Gunboats Cayuga, Sumter and Essex.
16-Army steamers.
17--Baon Rouge.
1s--I4lne OF ganboatsi fre
B-Second position OF the rebel ram Arkansas, where
she destroyed and blown up by the Essex, William
.. Porter commanding.
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IT is Impossible 20 say with anything like certainty
whether the rebels viii the attack this place
That they cannot do without strong reinforcemen,s
pretty evident, and the opinion among military men
to be that, with strong fleet OF guuboas
commanding the front, they viii not dare TO attack
the place under any circumstances, for IL is now ~
established fact that there j. any thing they dread
rather more than they the author cyi, II gun
boat.
send you plan Of The battle ground, with the river
10 'front.' showing the several positions Of the kansas
aud the positio or The Esscx and the other gnboas
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The Destruction Of the Ram Arkansas
by the Gunbcat Essex.
HOW IT WAS ACCOMPLISHED.
ofilcIs' Report Of Commander W. D. Porter.
Of the Essex.
The REPORT Of OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS,
Ae., As., ke.

The steamships North Star and Roanoke arrived
port yesterday morning from New Orleans whence they
both sailed the 10th instant The by these ar
va is four days ator, and Is highly interesting. We
have received full particulars Of the battle Of Baton
Rouge from our specia correspondents which publish
below
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PRICE TWO CENTS.

hin with money and clothing and such articles may
Contribute 10 his comfort Respec fully sir your obe
dont servant, JOHN G. BREfKlNRTDGE,
Mayor General Commanding
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Statement OF . Union Soldier and Eye
Witness.

The following IL extract from a letter written by
Union surgeon who was present the battle Gsd, and
saw eighty three dead rebels la cornaeld:--
From 900 TO 10000 rebels, under Genera, Breckin
ridge, attacked abrt 600 tnoa soldier, stationed
the ouskr'sof Baton Rouge, ~ .our A. NJ Tuesday,
August ).
hs tight lasted nn,il ten, when the rebels were badly
reprsed, aBi retretied in a
General Williams shpt through the heart while raj
lying his righ wing. which was being driven in by supc
rior numbers.
Ite Vermont regiment behaved badly, except rs ON
Tho colocl killed. The Twenty iirst indiana
Thigtiet Magsachuacts, Ninth Connecticut Fourth
Wisconsin dd most Of the fighting, and uobly, too.
Lieutenant Coloael Keith Twenty first Indiana, was
wounded through the right shoulder Adiutan, House
Jhirteth Massachusetts shot through both lass,
Nnd NAV have 10 lose one b. am,utaiion.
Lieutenant Norcrnss. from Lowell, OF the Thirtseth
Mnss;shaset's, from his sick bed joined his
ny n tho tlickcst o The hsht ard with lis hands
wed one held pee about to be taken by ID" scbeis
Many Of our onees arc wounded, aud our 'oal ass
killd. wounded ana missing (as yet not accurately
knosn) is probably absui t,rcc hundred.
The reoe loss = very sr "a as witnessed by myself
Rho rebel wounded rcport Gen. Brockinridge with loss
OF right arm, Gen Regis killed Gen. Clarke taken pri-
sonrr and wouudci toi Allen prisoner anil fatally
wounded, nlso Cart. thn.
General Lowell reported killed IL probably bn
BROTHER, the General thought 20 BE- IN Richmond
unc rebc told me- as was amputatng his leg that the
r. bcls lost nearly eight hnnared men which think n
nearly correct.
rrccsaidgc dag of truce for permission 70 bury
biz load.
Ninsi battery saved the day when two. thirds OF M
members were the sick list.
Inc EunboatH Essex. tavlga tinro Hnu hatriiln ~
tackled The ram Arkansas on tho morning or tic 6tn,
when she stedaddled inio the banks. Hof ucers and
crew ran. and IN few moments after -hc blew up. The
HeCos IN lton Rouge fred from their houses on our
wsgnded they were being brought ia Consequently
their houses were palcd do~n.
Brtckinrid7e made speech 70 his the morning Of
the night and promised to have his band playing In ths
state House by ninc \. N.
Or Burlington rcbel surgeon, told hts niggcr "Jackn
that they g0t separated during the FIGHT ~ 20 directly
the State House for he would surely bo there by nine
O'Clock The "iark' kept the appointment bu, the doc
lor nOt
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The Way Brigadier General Williams
Was Killed.
The Rebel Generals Lowell and
Ruggles Reported Wounded.
Eshe Rebel General Charles Clarke
Wounded and o Prisoner.

heroic CONDUCT or THE UNION TROOPS.
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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1862-03-07
WHOLE NO. 1880.
FROM TENNE99EE-

A special dispatch to the Chicago Times
gives the following gloomy account Of the
state of feeling among the people at Clarks-
Vile. Il says there is but one Union man,
and he sixty years old or he would have been
killed long ago. He also says that the only
effect of success will be TO drive the people
Of Tennessee TO the mountains and render
them desperate. There is not spark of I'm
ion feeling here, and no one pretends to dis
guise the fact. The people of Clarksville
glory in secession, but at the same time are
trembling lest the town should be burned.
There was a large quantity Of rebel stores,
portion Of which was carried off, and the re-
mainder destroyed. The rebel leaders ship
ped thousand negroes last week from Clarks-
Vile.
The following is special dispatch to the
Chicago Tribune: The rebel army in their
retreat from Nashville left 1000 sick and
wounded, destroyed al the bridges, and
burned all the steamboats, but the one in which
they escaped. The Texans fred the city in
many places but the citizens extinguisbed
the flames. The great majority of the prop
erty owners remained. The excitement was
intense. Gov Harris made speech. He
said he had done all he could, and was going
to lead and advise them to follow.
The Democrats Clarksville dispatch Of the
26th says the rebel soldiers before leaving
Nashville, plundered many dwellings, busi-
ness houses, and excited great alarm among
the people. Several rebels were shot by the
citizens whom they were robbing.
Geu. Nelson is in command at Nashville,
Gen. Buell. still being on the north side of the
river. The Union sentiment is very strong,
and our troops were received with the great
est cordially. Great indignation is expressed
against Gov. Harris, who was fairly driven
away by the Union men, they having become
bold at the proximity Of the Union troops,
and dared assert their rights.
Before leaving, Harris made speech re-
commencing the citizens to burn their pro-
perty, and calling on the Tennesseeans to rail-
ly and meet him at Memphis but no one
paid any attention to him, and it is not
thought that he will receive any considerable
reinforcements.
Gen. Crittenden's command had joined
Johnston at Murfreesboro The railroad
bridges at Nashville was destroyed by order
Of Floyd against the urgent entreaties of the
citizens, which caused much indignation.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1862-03-07
FROM THE SOUTH.

A meeting Of cotton and tobacco planters
was held at Richmond on Wednesday eve
ming to take into consideration the voluntary
destruction of the cotton and tobacco crops,
in view Of the fact that the enemys efforts
were mainly directed towards robbing the
South of the accumulation of these two great
stables. Speeches were made and commit
mittee appointed to prepare business for an
adjourned meeting in the evening.
The Richmond Dispatch Of to-day says 100
Yankee prisoners from Columbia, S. c., were
expected to arrive in Richmond on Wednes-
day evening. Three installments of equal
number would be brought from Columbus to
Richmond when the whole would be sent to
Newport News on parole.
In the rebsl Congress- on, Wednesday,
Simms of Kentucky offered a resolution to
dofend their rights to self-government to their
last man and dollar. Referred to the Military
Committee.
The Raleigh Register of the Goth says it is
idle to deny that the present is the most
gloomy period the South has witnessed since
the commencement of the war, and in the most
earnest manner calleth upon the people to
stand by their colors and fight to the last.
The New Orleans Bee confesses the magni-
tude of the calamity at Fort Donelson, and con-
ucinHs tue neglect anu apathy OF tue COnleu-
crate government in not sending a sufficient
number Of troops westward 1t says a gene
raj call to arms has become inevitably neces-
sary
The Memphis Avalanche of the 22d, says
the governor of Alabama has called for twelve
regiments for that State, and if not forthcom-
ing, other means will be used to fill the re-
QUESTION. The governor Of Georgia also calls
for twelve more regiments from that State,
and says ifthat requisition is not filled by the
4th of March draft will be ordered. A COM
pany near Kingston, Barton county, Georgia.
is preparing to turn out 900 lbs of salipetre
per day.
The Memphis Avalanche of the Goth, says
General Beauregard is at Columbus, but in
anticipation OF federal advance was about
evacuating it.
The Memphis papers of the 10th say Gen.
Polk issued orders yesterday that the track
of the Memphis and Ohio Railroad should be
torn up, and the bridges destroyed. prepara-
tory to the evacuation of Columbus and the
demolition of the Notifications.
The Columbus forces are to fall back to Is
land No. 10, about forty-fve miles below Col
umbus, which, it is said, completely COM
mands the Mississippi river, and can be forth
fed with heavy guns and made impregnable
against any river attack.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1862-03-07

70 The telegraph few days since report
ed that Secretary Stanton paid high COM
pliment to Gen. Mcclellan at the recent rail-
road convention at Washington. The next
day it denied the report, and said that Mr..
Stanton neuer saii any such thing. We have
kept pace with the telegraph in publishing
the first report and then the retraction We
have now another chapter to add. "a mem
Der Of the Convention publishes card in
the Philadelphia North american, in which
he says:
"The facts are that the original telegram of the first
days proceedings in the Convention carefully pre-
pared by officer of that body and 20 he office n
tho Associated Press; another member Of the Conven-
on called heir office, and after perusng the paper.
added the fancy paragraph Of which 50 much complaint
has justly been made
The writer the Convention by the side Of Gen.
Mcclellan and within three feet u Mr. Stanton, and
listened acntively the words they dropped from
the latter genueman's lip lIhiie he spoke 90 terms
complimentary Of The gallant young General at hts side.
the auson not IN the set forth by the poet-
cal fancy o the author Of the Objectionable sentence n
the first report.
Here is "a little cold water" for the grum
bling Colonel Of the Freeman However, he
can, as usual, growl about it, nd-"pitch in
to- Mrs. Lincoln once more.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1862-03-07

GEN. MCCLELLAN AND THE SUCCESS OF
THE CAMPAIGN.-The Washington cores
pondent of the New York World says in ref
erence to the credit which some are ready to
deny to Gen. Mcclellan, of having guided the
campaign up to the elimination OF our late
series of victories, that the detraction of him,
and the undue praise Of his military com
peers "are premature and gnoble." He adds
in proof of this assertion the following
Nearly three months ago, that is to say,
long ere new influences were brought to bear
on the campaign, and the name Of new candi-
dates for public favor msused by the parti-
san press nearly three months ago General
Mcclellan unfoded TO Mr.. Lincoln his plan
(Mc Clellan's-let no one seize his laurels y
of the gigantic concerted movement which is
now smotherng the enemy to death. The
President gave it profound attention, and,
with admiration equally profound, indorsed
its length and breadth. Both Mr.. incoln
and the cabinet. with the popular impatience
and the danger of foreign Intervention press
ing upon them, then wished to know the linz
it of delay prior to the commencement of the
real campain. Gen. Mcclellan, putting him
self into close communication with Halleck,
Buell., Butler, Wool, Sherman, Burnside and
others, found that an attack from every quar-
ter could be made ION or before the 22d Of
February" All promised, himself included,
to get ready for their several allotments OF
the programme on or before this date. You
know what has been done. The whole coun-
try rings with it. | doubt not but that each
General who has not struck his blow is quite
as ready and able as those who have. know
that still greater news will speedily reach
you fl ON the mouth Of the Mississippi river
You can also rest assured that II he enemy
has not entirely evacuated Manassas before an
other wsek has closed, his retreatiag troops 0W
not only be hemmed IN on The North and East
as hitherto, Lut also on The South and Pest
Aud thus the plans of Mcclellan cannot be
rendered abortiye."
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1862-03-07
FROM CEN BANKS COLUMN

Gen. Banks army occupied Harper's Fer
ry, unopposed, on Wednesday last, with all
the necessaries for permanent occupation.
The advance took position on Bolivar
Heights, and yesterday pushed a reconnois-
sance to Charlestown, capturing few prison
ers. London Height are also fortified to pre-
vent any flank movement by the enemy.
Friday Charlestown was occupied by a
strong force, and will be held against any at
tack. The plans of the commanders are not
known, but the movement is probably to COW
er the reconstruction of the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad, and the bridges, and may
mean more.
The main body Of Gen. Banks division
rests in the vicinity OF Charlestown No
disaster or accident has occurred since its
concentration at the departure from Sandy
Hook to cause any anxiety to friends at home.
Tie hitherto rancorous secessionists now
pay marked respect to the federal uniforms.
The rebels who have been compelled to sue
oumb to the rebel force are highly elated with
the prospect Of the future. Hundreds OF con-
trabands are daily seeking refuge within our
lines. But little notice is taken of them ex-
cept to prevent their return beyond our out
posts.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1862-03-07

- The prohibition recently laid upon
newspapers by the War Department against
their publishing anything in reference to con-
templatod movement Of the army, does not
prohibit the publication Of the results OF
these movements, so that any important bat
tie or the occupation Of important advance
positions will be announced as heretofore.
We are inclined to believe that it is designed
to be only temporary in its operation, in view
Of important movements about to be made
opposite Washington, and that very soon we
shall again be enabled to publish reports and
correspondence as heretofore. At any rate,
the people can afford to wait few days, in
ignorance Of what is being DONE with the
hope that very soon we shall have news Of
something having been done by the army on
the Potomac.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1862-03-07
ERnM MLHSOHRL

The following dispatch was sent frol I'D
quarters Thursday to Maj Gen. Mcclellan;
Gen. Curtis has taken possession of Fay
etteville, Arkansas. capturing number of
prisoners, stores, baggage. sc. The enemy
burnt part of the town before leaving. They
have crossed the Boston mountains in great
confusion. We have possession of all their
strongholds. Forty-two officers aud men OF
the 5th Missouri cavalry were poisoned at
Midtown, by eating poisoned food which the
rebels left behind them. The indignation Of
our soldiers is very great, but they have boen
restrained from retalisting upon the prisoners
Of war.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1862-03-07

recent visitor to John Tyler's homestead
at Hampton, Va, found it occupied by his late
slaves: 81 could not count them but there
must have been over a hundred in the house
comfortable, tidy, and how happy. In one
room found four generations in the corner
of The spacious Fireplace sat the great-grand-
mother, sans eyes, sans teeth, sans every
ing, but just life enough to rock the great
granddaughter she held in her arms while the
two intermediate generations we're busy about
the farming work. 'Tippeeanoe and Tyler
100. What a history in twenty-one years !!
President, exile, dead among strangers ; and
me victims of his tyranny enjoying his goods,
chattels and estates"
Wise course-getting sick before bat
tie
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1862-03-07
eGIatcbmdn & State 5ournal.
BYR.P. WALTON.
MONTPELIER, MARCH 7, 1862.

~ The act passed at the last session Of
the Legislature Of this State postponing the
1868, to await the action of Congress on the
increase Of the number Of Representatives,
is proved to have been judicious, Congress
having passed an act giving to Vermont,
Rhode Island. Illinois, Kentucky and Mime
sofa one member each more than they would
be entitled to under the new census. By this
act Vermont will retain her three Members Of
Congress.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1862-03-07

t-V' In their hurry to find the "last ditch
to die in" the rebels have left their first
bitches pretty nearly empty along their whole
line Of entrenehments. We wish them all
success in their attempts to find the 'last
ditch" Their Generals, especially Floyd,
are running for it, and we have the best au-
thori'y for saying that they will soon find it,
"for when the blind lead the blind both shall
fall into the ditch"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1862-03-07
NEW YoRK. March 2

INV lUNh, MlTUu =
At meeting of the Sons Of Vermont last
evening. a committee was appointed to make
arrangements TO receive the two regiments
expected to arrive here on Monday. A per-
manent organization was also formed, with II.
W. Stoughton for President, and George II.
Thompson for Secretary.
A private letter from Paris states that
Yancey has left for Alabama, having fully sa-
tsfed himself that none Of the great powers
of Europe will recognize the Confederate
government.
The following deaths are reported Albert
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1862-03-07
UNION AND REBEL VICTORIES.

UNION vIoToRIEs-lS6l.
June 2-Phiippa.
June l7-Brer Fork (Sige's vio,-~,'A
July ll-Defeat of Pegram by Mcclellan.
July l3-Garrrick's Fork death OF Garnet )
Aug. 2S-Hatteras Forts.
Sept. lO-Route of Floyd Gauley Bridge,
Oct. 5-Second defeat of rebels at Hatteras
Oct S-Santa Rosa Island
Oct ll-Repulse at Southwest Pass.
Oct. 27-Charge Of Fremont's Guard.
Oct. 24-Romney (Kelley wounded.)
Nov. 6-Port Royal.
Dec. l3-Camp Allegheny, Va.
Dec. ls-l300 rebels captured by Pope in Mo.
Dec. lS-Drainesyile.
1862.
Second repulse at Santa Rosa.
Humphrey Marshall's route.
Capture of rebel batteries in So. Carolina.
Mill Springs (Zollicofer killed.
Roanoke Island.
Fort Henry.
Fort Donelson.
REBEL VICTORIES, 1861.
April l2-Fort Sumter.
June l0-Big Bethel.
July 2l-Bull Run.
Aug Wilson Greek, Gen. Lyon killed J
Sept. 20-Lexington.
Oct. 25-MAssaore Of Balls Bluff.
Nov, 7--Belmont.
1862, NONE.
Union victories 23 rebel I ; ratio, TO /.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1862-03-07

1t is understood that the nomination Of
Lieut.. Gen. Scott as minister extraordinary
to Mexico, made by the President recently in
view of the foreign complications in that
country, has been withdrawn. The most in
innate friends of Gen. Scott say that while
appreciating the honor sought to be conferred,
he is reluctant to undertake such duties on ac-
count only Of the present state Of his health.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1862-03-07

~ The military operations at Cairo are
being pushed forward with all possible dis
patch, and correspondents writing from there
say that ian expedition is being organized,
which for grandeur Of conception, and, if
successful, value OF results, will far exceed the
Fort Donelson affair" What these prepar-
ations are for is not stated, b over one hum
dred steamers are on their way to that place,
and there is the greatest activity in prepar-
ing the troops for an immediate advance in
some direction-no one knows where.