The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1862-11-13

army passed beyond Lagrange yesterday evening.
Our pickets were six miles from Holly Springs.
One hundred and fifty rebel cavalry were
taken prisoners during the day, with Federal
loss of two killed and two wounded.
A dispatch from Gen. Ransom at Fort Don
elson, yesterday. says, " my command arrived
here to-day. We have marched $50 miles and
had fight with the rebel Woodward on the
9th and gave him grief. We killed It, wounded
40, captured 90 men, 100 horses and mules,
quantity of arms, and drove them to the other
side Of the Cumberland -
WASHINGTON, Nov. II. The Navy Depart
ment has the particulars of the capture of the
two schooners IN attempting TO run the block
ade.
MILWAUKEE,, Nov. u. The Ozark county
mob, not content with destroying the draft-box
and rolls, attacked the private residences of
several prominent persons, stealing and demol-
lshing everything they could lay hands on, and
naltreating all who refused to 81 with them.
The Provost Marshal, with 600 infantry, left
here on the steamers Sunbeam and Conant last
evening, and to-day arrested some fifty of the
rioters.
ST. LOUIS. Nov. II. Advices from head
quarters state that Gee Schofeld is prostrat ted
with typhoid fever at Springfield. In the mean
while the army Of the frontier is under COM
mand OF the senior officer of the division
Gen. Vaughan, commanding In Clay and
Clinton counties, Mo-, has ordered an assess
ment of $4,000 on the citizens of the former.
and $4,000 on the latter, for the su istence of
the militia.
WASHINGTON, Nov. II Gen Scott publishes
a rcJolrder to Ex-Prosident Buchanan He
(ocott) is sorry to perceive that the publication
OF his official report to President Lincoln has
given ottense. That result was purely ineiden-
tai, and did not enter into his (Scott's) purpose
IN drawing up the paper, but on reflection he
supposes that under the circumstances the of.
tense was unavoidable.
Let 1t be remembered, he says, that the ne.,
PRESIDENT has right to demand of me, the in
mediate comman Ter of the army, how it hap
pened that lnclplent rebels had been allowed TO
coerce several Of those forts, and from the bad
condition OF others, were likely to gain posses
SION OF them also !; that primarily the blame
relied exclusively on me. Hence, to indicate
my sworn allegiance to the Union, and nv pro-
ieS6lonal conduct, the report was submitted to
1N'i1""' L'hooih aL al carly DAY IN his admin
istraton and recently to the void.
FIRST, to account for not having garrisoned
sufficiently the Southern forts named againtan-
tlclpated treason and rebellion, according to nv
recommendations beginning Oct. 20, 1860. re-
Peated the next day, aud again more recently
December 10, Is, IS and 50; the ex.Presdent
says :" there were no available troops within
reach
He (Scott) then proceeds to show that small
garTlsons would at first have been sufficient for
the two forts, jackson and St. Pnillp, Also
that his (Scott's object was to save 10 the
Cn!on by any means at hand all those works.
until Congress could have time to authorize
call lor Volunteers y call which the President.
tor such purpose, might no doubt have made
without any special legislation, with the full
appreciation OF every loyal man in the Union
On tho second point he (Scott) SAYS the
PRESIDENT almost loses his amiability in having
his neglect of the forts attributed, as he saws
without the least cause to Gov. Floyd, and he
adds All my cabinet must bear me witness
that was the Presidents myself, responsible Tor
all the acts OF the Administration. -
BALTIMORE Nov 10 Tho