Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1862-12-05
LII QUIET AT FREDERICKsBrpc
GENERAL BANKS EXPEDITION

probably moved behind the range Of hills IN
rear OF fredericksburg. Lees headquarters
arc two miles back. New rebel earthwork.
almost daily make their appearance, and the
range in the rear Of the town is crowned
almost continuously with redoubts and rife
pits Some Of our batteries whose guns bear
directly upon the town have recently been
protected by earthwOrks.
Five gunboats are reported to have advanced
up the RappahannOck opposite King George
Z. II. The right Of the enemy extends nearly
to that point, but some distance from the
river.
Early Saturday morning, a large body e
rebel cavalry, said to be Hampton Leg l1,
I crossed the river, some distance above
and evadlng our pickets, made descent Up
on two companies of the 81 Pennsy.7all
| Cavalry, in Gen. Averill's brigade. near
H4rtwOod, capturing nearly the entire tw0
companies
/ Gen Burnside went TO Washington Friday
/ but returned Sunday morning, having had e
long consultation Saturday with Lincoln and
| Hllleck, subsequently visiting Var and Navy
| Departments. A Cabinet meeting was alter
wards he'd.
\ Harper's Ferry dispatch states Jl-zslu
moved toward 1h0rOughiare Gap Thur Fay.
and Whites guerrillas were hIy1u-cs-- near
[ Berrvvi!le Their movements Friday --a
unknown.
Another dispatch states that J--s- 10 isl
adyanain. M our hlnk from W aren't %. ..-
| the proper disposition Of troops have -l
made Another says il Is supp05e- tHl- ---u o.
wall jackson was at CulFepFsT .S---ri4y.
/ designing 20 move directly tllJlsl O. l-=i.
| ericks5urg
The Passaic IRON clad arrived 81, --r--1s-
Monroe az I O'Clock. SATURDAY ul Cage
I Henry she started two bolts In her t.i.sy AMI
was lowed m She did lJt come -- Will
steam She behaved very vel. at sea.
Several Of Gen Banks regiments EsFe Fl4c.1
on shipb04ri Saturday, and nzn5er more
Sunday.
! dispatch Eyn Cairo, Sturdy. says g..
grand army Of the South Is all In mclll.-
I Gen Sherman left Memphis on wednesday
with his fl-ces. Gen Franks army struck
their tents az dawn Friday, AID marched Of
On the Holly Spring. roa--
Seven days r2tious were prepared Only
one tent was allowed 50 81 men one Jsnc g
the officers Of each company and six wagons
70 each regiment.
TIE rebels are falling back towards lr-5a--
ia, tearing Up the track. They carry eli The
laIls and burn the bridges, and destroy -d-
| ties as thew retreat. l. is now reported tl--
the rebels ara removing all their T-i---.
from jackson, Miss.
Prisoners captured confess the u-.e- 1lra-
| lessness Of their cause IN the West.
AIvicss from New Orleans state TIA. B.
] DION % -~. IN -
Mississippi Already more vessels are ~ New
Orleans than q any time since Us capture.
\ large number Of river boats have been
armed. Great activity prevails in military
circles preparatory to offensive m5vsman---
\ general Inspection Of arms AM men was
about 70 take place.
Gen Butler was about & lace va-s75-s ca
c1nfscatct plantations 70 save c3-t-r -ui SUE
gar. The cotton crop is coming 10 4-.,5
freely. Gen. Butler had permitted tie re
sumption Of the publication Of the Nll-l-.
Advocate, after explanations from J. BlrSzs
that he had no intention to AID the rebels
The Union demonstration on o.
consisted Of q -. ,,-,,--z;,,, --'7 '3--
grand meeting at the St Charles theatre
Speeches were made by Mr R1zier. Hon Tins
j. Durant, Col. Deming and others. Rss5Iu-
tions were adopted sustaining the aIn.ni=-
ITation and the union expressing desire
Tor the Speedy opening q the Nissis-iprjani
endorsing the rule Of Gen. Butler.
The Delta states the procession s-vara.
times gave cheers for Abraham Lincoln.
The President Is mem0rializsd to establish
! United States District Court AZ New Or
leans
The steam frigate Vanderbilt. has arrived
from the search tor TIE pirate Al-tlma. Eav-
ing cru!Sed from Grand Banks 90 sou-h71ri
Of Bermuda. She spoke a large number of
vessels but only enc lad seen the Ala
bama.
Dispatches at the Navy Department give
accounts Of the destruction IF several block
ade runners. They were mainly English
loaded with sllt. lard *. W with
turpentine. Several officers and ms1 q the
steamer Cambridge were taken prisoners
while engaged in the destruction -lls-hl-ulr
IN Naslnb0rO Inlet.
Rear Admiral Dupont. a: Pog, Royal aa--
Dor 18th ult., writes that IN the night
Of the 18th, a steamer attempted o run tue
blockade of Charleston by Mafit- Channel.
She was first discovered by the Blunt lai t--
ed upon by that vessel, when the command
ing officer at the same time gave the signal
to the fleet
The Flag hearing the gun and seeing the
signal, stood in the direction indicated and
got sight Of the steamer and fired one shot 1t
her when she appeared 70 run seward, tut
: dense fog Just at that moment unfortunate
v shut her out from view. The Seneca. O.
,Oused by the previous signal, soon after per
,eived the steamer and fired her ridei gun,
when she turned, shot around and steered u
The eastward, Immediately after which. ow-
ng TO the fog, she was lost sight Of.
On the night Of the 10th q steamer again
attempted 70 run the blockade By the same
sntrance and was again discovered BY the
Blunt, which vessel she approached within
hree hundred yards. when a shell from the
Blunt struck her, exploding on the board.
The steamer Immediately turned % the
lorthward and westward and apparently
an aground on the sh0al of DAVIS inles
where, however, she remained only for few
moments, IN which time acting master Beers,
he comm luding ofitsr OF the Blunt fred
hree more shells At her, sending also a boat
o board, but she succeeded in getting of,
nd steering seward, disappeared in the
darkness There is reason TO believe the
teameF last spoken OF was the same that
ttempiei 70 enter the previous night, On
'Jth "a nulDu uOt1'4li'7 9L4- Wa AoA4l4f 1-l@
he impression Is she has returned 10 Nassau
isabled.
Ore Of the army correspondents slys Lee
withdrawing the rebel army from Freder-
,ksburg Deserters say that Gen. Lee is
-IIl in command opposite, but that his forces
ave begun to fall back. and they assert that
hey had seen Large parties Of men tearing
p the railroad track south Of the city. They
~. too, that L threatened to burn FREEZER
,ksburg if the inhabitants betrayed his
l0vements to Us.
A-lespatch from Gen. Sigel Sunday -ven-
y says Brig. Gen. S,ahl has just returned
lie attacked the enemy at Suieker's Ferry,
nd followed them with 100 cavalry INTO
heir camps on the Other side OF the river and
ear Bsrrvvi i. Oar mcu charged splendid
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