The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1862-04-03
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70 THE FIR EEMA.N
r O'CLOCK A. M.
FROM WASHINGTON.

,.rIo The Provost Marshal has given no.
AttL'+ nn]v passes now issued are for officers
ucg s'I a;prs who wish 10 visit the south side of
apu ,,omac and return, and the only interdcted
N 'i OsG are LIQUORS and contraband of war.
a!t Tha President, accompanied by party of
Inv .'sol friends, visited Mount Vernon by steam.
E tl,y'a, The order dispensing with passes
o f;1sns is to restore matters as far as posi-
igl ~ this section of country, to the condition
N nh;cb thew existed before the commencement
ol this war. 90
,oi 81 March, at Winchester was SO killed,
w lo1 wounded. Fifty have since died. A
'D zion Of the wounded have been sent away,
nrndng 50 taken home by the surgeon general
Pennsylvania In the hospital at Wlnches-
'. tbpre are at present 1872 wounded.
.t o'clock this afternoon all was qui ct at
rortress Monroe.
Cam. Duport reports the abandonment of the
,,,,erips on Skiddaway and Green Island by
Is rebe}s, and their destruction by our boats
The following dispatch was received to-day,
dated Woodstock, Va, April 2:
We have driven the enemy to-day from Stras-
brrg to Woodstock, distance of twelve miles,
and thence to Edinburgh, seven miles beyond.
Hoe
,r.rv strong position at which he contemplated
making stand, as at Edinburgh, quite sharp
n,tast epsued. He burned all the bridges in
his )isht except that at Marrow passage, which
ve we're enabled to reach i'll time to extinguish
me- flames We lost one man and had one
wounded The enemy suffered more, but carr
mt say TO what extent. Col. Ashby received
,5o, though his cap, which he exhibited with
some satisfaction TO the Poop OF Woodstock
0bcrs suffered more severely.
The men behaved admirably. During the
advance Yesterday our vanguards and skirlnish-
ers were frequently fired upon by the rearglard
Of jackson letreatlng forces, and we shelled
them through the town, and as often as they
APPEARED in range.
After passing the bridge over Stony Greek,
they set fire to the bridge, but our troops al
rived in time to save it. They also set fire to
another pike bridge, all within two miles this
acot Edinburgh, and our artillery endeavored,
but pnsuccessluIly, to prevent their destruction
By pouring into the enemy showers Of shell.
The Richmond Enquirer of the 9th, places
our !oss at Winchester at from 1900 to 1900,
and theirs from $50 to 400 Among their casu-
atlrs are Col Moore of Winchester, and L. II.
Ilrner Of the General Assembly: killed and
{ Hos Of the 9th Va, wounded. The % Va.
has lost 100 men.
April 2. The Commissioners to examine into
the affairs Of the Western or Missouri Military
Department have made report, in which they
state that they examined over twelve hundred
Witnesses, and had claims presented to them
amounting to SIS, 100000. They remark tina,
they have devoted the principal part of their re.
tn nf tho ahuSoo 1pb ioh oh
acterized the late administration of that Depart
ment and testify to the integrity which gener.
ally has been displayed by merchants and man
uiacturerS when permitted to deal directly with
the government.
WINCHESTER, April |. Fourteen victims O.
Sunday rs battle were seen to-day at house
near Newton. Six had died. The remainder
were wounded. They had been deserted by
their own physicians, but were cared for by
ours. Subsequently two rebel soldiers paid i;
visit to their wounded friends and were cap
tuled
Woodstock, Va, April 2. The magnfcen
railroad bridge, 100 feet high, over the Creel
near Narrow passage was burnt by jackson
when retreating from Gen. Shields Secon(
Lieutenant Dafiord and two privates of Ashby
cavalry we're captured yesterday, Daford ad
Mltted that he was carrying dispatches, but re
fused to dvulge the contents or tell who the.
were FROM
A late intercepted letter from line Office
speaks OF the anticipated open rebellion in Ma
lyland but this is regarded as one of the mean
IesoTted to by the rebel leaders to dupe their fol
lowers into continued resistance. The expen
Eve railroad bridge at Edinburgh was burne
Oy jackson yesterday. There is only one loco
motive at this end Of Inc Manassas road, and n
Vafs The valley of the Shenandoah shows grea
neglect OF agriculture. We are almost besiege
" men, women and children. They have ur
united confidence IN the Yankee troops an
n'Iu unrestricted intercourse with them. Ger
DaDAs Is hele and Gen. Shields Is at Strasbure
a post oIlce has been established here, but tn
~1"' are Irregular at present.
NEW YORK, April 2. Special dispatches sa
T T PRESIDENT has received from Gov. Andre
,ODhSon Gated at Nashville representing thr
T "V secession feeling is very strong in that city
l"V man contractors who have arrived hel
"OI hentucky declare the state will probabl
s'ep' the plan Of emancipation suggested b
"V resident IN his recent message
rhllADELpnIA, April 2. Fifty wounded pri
ru'i' from W inchester arrived here to-day, an
'''' paced In the 81. Joseph Catholic hospita
NLw YORK, April 2. A memorial from CT
ID'u' 81 d. Louis, 23O0 in number, elegant
~ uu 10 morocco, was presented to Gen. SEQ
way by Eraslus Brooks. He received il wit
many thanks.