Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1862-04-04
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WAR ITEMS.

| that all the deaf tha. were brought in are
! buried s5 are buried on the battlefield,
and l23 were buried on the road side between
there and Strasburg. 235 prisoners have
been sent 70 Baltimore, and others ere on
! their WY. \ messenger from Ssres1rTg
states that Gen. Johnston was u have joined
| Gen. jackson at that place. h1t no Sphse-
qaently sen, him word that he could MT
Ioin him ill Monday night. Tneir combined
forces would have been 1000 or so. 600.
They were arranging ard INTENDED 70 keep
Gen. Banks from moving to another poin-.
but jackson baiag Impressed with the 7al''.
that our troops had nearly ali ief', naz irt. &
| his fata! advance alone.
Our picke;s are miles beyond S'r'shlr--
Jackson is not 10 sight All the fences,
trees and ground along the route show the
terrible effect ~ onr artillery on the retreat
ing enemy
Gen. ShisIis' arm has been reset. He e
comfortable and viii probably be able to r.
sumo active duties in two weeks.
Sec. Stanton sent the following despatch to
Gen. Shields
| BTg19isr Geus-ar Stelis;
Your two dispst.hss relative 10 the
I brilliant achievement Of the forces under your
! command have been rscei5s3. While reji.oing
! at the success Of your gallant troops, deep con-
I miserati0n and sympathy arc Eel. for th1ss who
| have been victims in that gallant and victorious
| contest with treason an1 rebellion Your unds
| as we'll your success prove that Lander, brave
division il still hravely led. AMI that wherever s
standard is displiysd, rebels viii DO r3utsi and
| pursued. To you and the officers and soldiers
under your command, the Department returns
| thanks.
| Two contrabands from Norfolk sav the
/ Merrimac returned 70 Norfolk leakv and six
| feet Of water in her. Six st amers t0wsi her
| up and it was feared at first she would 20
| down before extra pumps could be rig ed On
/ board to relieve her. Her fires were extin-
| guished shortly after hauling eff from the
/ Monitor These c0ntrabanis also positively
assert not only the death Of Buchanan, hut
| that OF the Lieutenant in Command, Sunday,
with seven seamen and BUmber Of wound
| ed. They positively assert the death and
| burial Of both. Possibly Lieutenant Miner,
| her second officer, and not Jones is meant
by them.
The Secretary Of War has issuei an order
/ stopping the release on parole of the prison
eTs taken at Fort DonelsOn.
/ 1t Is known that an agreement for the ex-
/ change OF prisoners was made some weeks
ago under the direction of the Secretary OF
/ War by Gen. Wool with Gen. Cobb, by
| which all Of our prisoners were to be deliver
| ed the next day under a flag of truce at
( Crauey Island. 4 boat was sent to receive
/ them, but no prisoners were brought from
/ Norfolk The same was repeated for two
| days without success. Explanations were
demanded by Gen. Vol, but none were
/ furnished. Pending this breach Of faith BY
I the rebels all release or exchange viii be
/ refused by the Government.
I By the Columbia from Havana which ar
rived at New York last light comes a report
( that the schooner Wide Awake was captured
/ trying TO run the blockade and Yancey dis
/ guised as a sailor was caught and is now
| prisoner IN Fort jefferson, Key West Tins
IS evidently only an echo Of the or Inai
/ false rumor.
1 From Mexico we learn that the Eag,i-1
| troops had left, arrived at Havana and
/ sailed for Bermuda on the 18th. A large
number OF them were sick.
The Mexican barracks, eight miles from
Orizaba, were blown I'd accidentally. and
thirteen hundred dead bodies had be, n ex-
humed from the ruins.
The French division Of the troops l.i-
Orizlba on the sth for Tehuacan. 4 hatt.-
lion Of French Chasseurs had arrived and
battalion Of Spanish Chasssurs had sailed
iroA Havana 90 the 20sh for Vera Cruz.
\ despatch from Fortress Monroe Thus
day afternoon says that Big Bethel was 0c-
cupied by the Federal forces that morn
ing TIE rebels, 1900 IN number, d with
out making any resistance.
Eight wagons Of the enemy's dead have
been carried into Strasburg, and this fact
leads to the belief that the enemy's killed
and wounded numbered a thousand. More
bodies are found every day. No new move
ment has taken place in that vicinity. Gen.
jackson with the remnant Of his army is
supposed to be near Woodstock Gen.
Shields wound is improving rapidly. lie
hopes to DO on duty within a week The
result of the Winchester battle has struck
terror through the heart Of the Shenandoah
valley.
There is yet nothing decisive from Island
No. 10. Three men captured by our troops
Wednesday report that 200O negroes are
employed on the Island aud on the batteries
along the shore that 65 troops, including
two lieutenants and 40 negroes have been
killed by our shells that the upper shore
battery Is abandoned but the others are beinx
strengthened that the enemy is $4,000
strong, and that their encampment has been
moved entirely out Of range of our guns
The rebels are confident Of success, and say
they have good road to Trenton and other
points by which they can escape whenever
they choose. They have plenty of provi-
siO1s.
\ steamer has arrived from the Tennessee
river with a number of prisoners taken near
Pittsburgh, Tenn. IL IS reported that Gems.
Cheatham and Polk have left Humboldt u
Join Beauregard. who l. concentrating hts
forces at Corlnth.
Memphis papers contain a Richmond dcs-
patch Of tie 10th, stating that on Friday,
1900 federals passed the Cumberland Noun
tains and captured . companies Of rebel cav
airy.
\ letter from Huntsville, Ala, to the NO.
PtcGyWHe, OF the 18th, after giving an &C
count of the operations subsequent to the tall
Of Fort DOnelson, says that the Provisional
Government Of Kentucky is with Gen.
Crittenden's brigade. The capitol Of Ken
lucky is now located in Sibley ten: near the
headquarters OF that General
The New Orleans Crcscsrt Of the IOth sa7s
that two powder mills on the opposite side of
the river were blown up yesterday, and FIVE
workmen killed. The lOss Of property il
principally in machinery, rs there was only
5000 pounds ef powder ON hand.
II Is said that the inhabitants of Ssrasburg
have been rniolis,s throughout the war,
and many haze been hiding IN the noun
tains 70 escape the rebels.
The agent Of che Manassas railroad and
station master who have bsea hiding for
weeks IN the mountains 70 avoid Gen. JACK
sons forces have returned and given valuable
information 10 Gen. Banks.
Two squadrons Of the first New FORK Cav
airy under tho command Of Col. Wyudhaum.
surrounded rarty Of rebel Texan Rangers
near Dumiries, twelve miles below the Cc-
\ few shots were fred on both