Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1862-06-06
TIE REBELS MENACING HARPER'S
FERRY.


House resulted in complete route Of the
enemy. It Is stated that we have taken 800
pris ncrs, and more are coming in. The loss
of The enemy Is set down at 1000. Our men
buried 100 Of their dead. Our loss is $40
IN killed, wounded and missing. OF which 53
were killed. The forces opposed to US were
principally from North Carolina and Geor-
ga. The prisoners from the former State
express themselves very tired of the war
Iaey also say that their defeat Will have
very d-moralIziu- effect on the rebel army.
y srscml dispatch from Fort Wright, dt-
ted the 9Th, sl7s the rebels are believed to
have been largely reinforced during the last
three days. Two regiments OF infantry and
three batteries are known 10 have arrived
from Memphis. Part Of the force landed at
Randolph. and the remainder occupy the
! AIklnsas shore, nearly opposite the foot Of
Island No. 55, where it Is reported they are
throwing up batteries. Deserters and refu-
gees report that the rebels are about to as
sail the hOtilh. rhe mOrtars, which had
been silent some days had again opened on
the fort. y refugee from Memphis, Sunday,
SAYS it was rumOred that ten federal vessels
had reached White river, and blockaded its
mouth, thus cutting off the last avenue OF
escape OF the rebel steamers.
\ Natchez paper Of the 18th gives the cor
respOndence between Capt. Palmer, CT the
Iroquois, and the Mayor of hatcher, demand
ing AMI according the surrender of that city,
the mayor, however, refusing to guarantee
that The American hig should be uumoiested
by the people.
Capt. Steele and a party of rebel cavalry
were captured at NeAlinnville Tuesday.
\ band Of guerrillas were driven out Of
i Sparta by the Union citizens, killing FIVE Of
them.
/ Beauregard's official report Of the battle
| Of Shiloh states their loss on both days at
killed I72S, wounded SOI2, missing $50.
Tie prize steamship Stettin arrived at
New York May 80, in charge Of a prize
| crew from the gunbOat BienvIlle. She was
cautured on the morning of the Goth inst,
/ of Care Romaine, while attempting to run
the blockade Of Cn lrlestOn. She had cargo
Of brandy. wines, saltpetre, &c, valued at
| $500. 600. She was FROM Nassau, N. P,
/ and her crew repOrted that another large
steamer was expected from Nassau the same
right TO run the blockade. The Stettin is
only six months old, and an iron propeller Of
/ 100 horse power and 200 tons burthen.
1t Is reported that the Convention at Ra-
leigh y. C., voted down by large majority.
/ a measure proposing 70 punish severely any
one presuminS 70 counsel, ald or aoes any
piOposition to re-iustate the Old North State
/ 10 the Union. One member made a strong
speech in favor Of tree labor, and encoursg
ing the immigration Of agriculturalists BY
giving farms to actual settlers. Union mem
be1s Of the Convention agitate seriously the
urging of the federal government to cOnns-
cate the estates OF rebels, and the sending OF
d committee to Washington therefor. The
convention passed an ordinance directing the
Governor to discharge all volunteers over
thirty-fye years.
\ company Of Union Home Guards have
formed at Bay River, y, {. Ninety-seven
had been enlisted.
\ special despatch from Cairo says that
brisk bOmhardment from two Of our mortar
boats opencd on the rebels Wednesday after.
noon. The fire was directed to the land
WORK, and rebel feet. The rebels irregular
iy returned the fire.
\ Fortress Monroe letter states that a
bark. which has been lying near there some
weeks. put to sea with 80 cOntrabands
aboard i5r Cuba or the West Indies. The
negroes had been smuggled aboard. The
steam gun boat Wamsutta has gone in pur-
suit.
Con. Pores advance, the 39th Ohio Re
,iment. occurred COrinth at $40 Friday
morning, and planted our flag on the Court
House. The enemy evacuated the place
Thursday.night, retreating down the Mobile
and Ohio Railroad Conflicting accounts as
10 the enemy's movements are received, but
he i believed to be in strong force on our
flank. some four or five miles south of CO.
rinth. near the Mobile and Ohio Railroad.
From all infOrma ion cleaned from prisoners,
il IS thought rhe evacua ion commenced al
sundown OF Thursday night, the enemy re-
treating in the directions Of East, West and
South
Gen. Beauregard stated to the citizens
that night. that he intended evacuating and
To throw himself on both our hanks.
Ii Is thought among military men, that
the destruction of bridges south, the uncom-
Portable proximity Of our falling shells and
the possibility OF federal success on the Mis-
sissippi. were the causes of the evacuation.
The enemy's works certainly were of very
great strength and capable OF making
stout resistance.
Our cavalry sent by General Pope has dis
persed the enemy, eight miles below COrinth
on the Mobile and Ohio Railroad IN the act
of burning the bridge. and captured 40 pris-
oDers. The enemy's rear guard destroyed
the depot, few bales Of cotton, and a
church, and intended destroying the entire
VILLAGE but the citizens saved some fifty
houses. They also broke into few stores
and burned the contents. n large cavalry
force under Col. Elliott, sent out on We'd
nesdav morning by circuitous route to
DESTROY a bridge on the Mobile and Ohio +.
z south of COrinth. though they have not
vet returned, have probably succeeded, as
we learn from prisoners that Thursday night
that a hr,e bridge had been destroyed 10
miles at the south by body of our cavalry.
during the firing from Gen.Pope's batter
les on Thursday our 2O-pounder Parrot en-
6laded their camp, killing eighty men and
ono hundred horses 4 30-pounder ParrOtt
she'll thrown into COrinth by Pope as an ex-
neriment. DESTROYED a locomotive and killed
the engineer.
The principal capture from Gen. Banks
by the rebels was some eight hundred Euro
mean rifles, left by Gen. Shields when he
/ iclt the division for other parts.
The steamer Hatteras captured on the
/ 10th inst. in Berwick Bay, the rebel steam
/ er Gov. A. Morton. loaded with rebel pro-
visions. Also on the lst inst, Schooner
/ Magnolia with a cargo Of cotton and turpen-
/ tine. The sanc steamer, on the OH, chased
| the rebel steamer Fashion ashore, with a
cargo Of cotton and turpentine. where she
was fred BY her own crew.
Twenty four prisoners OF war captured IN
the Ella Marley, have been released from
l Fort LasaTet
FoR NV 0RLEASs.-Thc steamer Rhode