Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1862-10-10

bridge at Paw raw, dDcnt udit way petU-rr
Hancock AID Cumberland. yer, s'ta-'e1 -
Saturday By a rebel force, ana taken prisoners
At the same time cavalry force, under C7i
McReyu, Iii captured the encamPmen. Of IN,
rebels, bril- g,ng away two pieces Of ARTILLERY,
ten wagons aud sixty horses and mules \
strong cavalry force Under Gen Averlil t4s
been sent ai,e- the r-t.e, TIM rebels
Deserters and pri-iu I, coming within cut
lines 40 Haru,r- Frrry sty that Gen. he 0.
taasiry h-ciai- ,t;.i o. r-.--a. VIII h;1 7h-'-
,rmv a. s,gn a. Mcclellan sh III move asIust
him.
learning there vas reb'l iOrce, thought 10
be $50 strjn.., at y w,JuIL sent about tour
hundred irJ7is, mostly cavalry o. drive
them ou. a. s charged into NrNtln'f.
Tuesday II, .r,:us. aud found the Tc5 is led
hen rbif,-,rced hating 1000 men al -
N, ~. Of s-;i ii-- : cur iols iarur4 70
ret-c., tteF v-Ic nclFiy surround j by one
enomy's Inian-r, aaI had rli'i O. M
,Lt with them puf tTJIps rc.r,a-~'i t..Iee
mi, eh-n III w.fe reinI1rr1 y
thr,e tu.d - civilrY aHi ii-r
pieces # sr'i.tTy. Trey then tar"r1 UF m
the r,l.e = ~ t5rt" i'ick 70 rev 'si'.t = .
bsl5 H.. ,iJt. line icieral lJss dung ,..-
day was abu.t 40 kiurd, wOun1 ami
missing. probably most Of them taken I.i'-
oners. ilrs Of orr wounded who itli INTO
the hands g, Tire re- eis were treated IN the
most birbarlu> m nner. Inc rebel lis- IS
not known. but is thought to be larger ''t'
ours in killed and wounded
Advi..s te,..:-., tom Schcheid etate 'Hs'
vsitb a ,ec,f ruI Lrni7 he 7as Slturd4Y q
sar,otie lat % mics iron Nswtonia, wts,s
str5p,. wercc llc.t.d lie expected to re ch
there ste day
Af,htwls had AZ Wood Lake. SvPt. 23i,
rszultin- IN tbe r.pulse Of the Indians. Col
Sibey has recovered 81 willie prisoners iron
the Crow Indians Many Of these prisoners
are women. Col SibleY is arresting all In
dams suspected q, ba7ing participated v tn
outrag,- Of tie 'r-at-e-.
Adyiccs dstrd thc I:h inst. received from
GreenevIlle. No convey the reliable intel l.
rence that all the Texas troops under tie
rebel McBrlde, have been ordered TO return
home forthwith in Consequence OF Union VIC
tories at Marshal and Shreveport, Texas J ne
tr,ous thus referred 70 are estimator al -uUY
in number.
Sixty Yankee cavalry scouts penetrated -
the r. Trad. 2 miles south Of Baldwin, "A
.nd cut the Telegraph wires. They were ~
,acked BIZ . OF the q Tenn cavalry, and
ropted with 4 loss Of seven killed AMI fEl
prisoners. I.-.--.
der TO the Army OF the Potomac, asau,-
Struggling aui pilIaging. 1t bears date o..
l. He intends TO hold the different r.
manders responsible for the contin anca q
ouch abuses Armed patrols sill be sen .a'
daily from the different corps 10 arrest en-
GERS and soldiers who are alb ent IRON Their
camps without written leave from corps, de
vision or brIgaie commanders. PersJn- 50
arrested will he sent the same day u the Pr
vost Marshal General a Head Quarters, O11
will send them under guard TO Harper's Fer
~, to be kept at work on the public deieu'.S
a despatch from Gen. Grant Monday slTs
that Gems Ord and HurlbuTt came upon tu-
enemy Sunday, and Gen. Uurl5urt, ha7iu;
driven in small bodies Of the rebels the Day
before, alter seven hours hard ightin. dTo7s
the enemy FIVE miles back across the HatcNfs
toward CoTinth, capturing two oitterIr,.
about 800 prisoners and many small arms
lie Immediately aPprised Gen. KJsecfans n
these facts, anu directed him to urge On che
good wurk.
The following dispatch has just been p.
ceived
"CHEvALLA, Oct. o.
'MGJ Gen. Grant.
The enemy are totally routed,
throwing every thing away. We are follow
ing shlrply R. ;. RosEcRASs"
Under previous instructions Gen. Huri5urt
Is also following.
\ dispatch tom Carr, SAYS on Sunilv
Cen Ord dove the enemy hre mile, -s-
hills and through woods and vallies, the rel
els taking advantage Of every wood fJr tns!r
infantry and every bill for their artillery.
| The fight lasted seven hours. Tne rebel
I Gen. Rogers was killed. Gen. Oglesby has
| died from his wounds. Gen. Ord Is Slightly
wounded
Prisoners taken SAY their sf.ctIve force IN
/ the vicinity Is 65 600 men. This Is probably
an over estimate, but 1t Is certain that they
/ have outnumbered Us, two to one.
The rebel loss, since the fighting began last
week Tuesday. Is 4b1 500 killed, aud from
| /. 500 to 500 wounded We have 500
| prisoners at COrinth and 800 on the HatchIe
/ river. and more constantly coming IN. We
have taken several thousand stands OF arms,
/ thrown away in their fight. They are most
/ ly new aud OF English make. Our lJss it Is
believed will be 800 killed and 1000 wound
| cd. Many houses in the town were badly
/ sudtteIel Oy snOt anu smell.
/ On Saturday morning, Gen. Schofeld ad.
I vauced upon the rebels at Newtonia, a smsl
town about 81 miles south OF Springfield,
I Mo, and after two hours engagement the
| rebels broke and fled in all directions. The
| force OF the enemy is estimated at L. 900
men. Our loss is trifing
Dispatches intercepted after the 6ght, SC.
/ qualnted Gen. Schoheld OF the intention Of
| the enemy TO Concentrate their whole force
at point y miles distant from Newtonla.to
which point he was pushing rapidly, with
the expectation Of renewing the battle on
Sunday. No further particulars have been
| received.
Gen. Gilbert with his corps Is at Lebanon,
ny. IL Is supposed BY military men at L1uis-
VILE. that the whole rebel force is retreatinE
TO Halls Gap, few miles south Of Grab
| Orchard, where they intend 10 make stand.
| Nearly sll the bridges between US and the
rebels have been burned by them. Il will
require some three weeks to reblild them.
The rebels had succeeded in placing bat
| terry at Cockpit Point on the Potomac, and
I Just before sunset Monday, one Of our gun
/ boats ran into the Point and shelled the bat
terry. entirely destroying it,
Gen. Bragg has issued proclamation
threatening an immediate and rigorous en-
iorcement of the CONSUMPTION act IN all naits
OF kentucky under control of the rebels At
Paris, Ky, all the stOrekeepers, except two
secesh, sent thsir goods away. The rebeis
procured OF the two supply Of blankets
| paying IN Confederate scrip. The blankets
| giving out, they insisted on cutting up these
storekeepers' carpets for blaukeung. The
secesh stOrekeepers refused receiving COnted-
crate scrip for the carpets. Shen they were
arrested and put in jail tor discreditlng Con
tederate scrip. Kirby Smith has been play
/ ing the same game upon several secesh store
keepers at Lexington.
On Friday the Sd inst, fight occurred
at Sarco1le. Mo-. but Intellisence has not
vet been received In regard 10 the forces En-
gagged or the result Of the engagement Ad-