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Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1862-04-25

Hen WATER -Nes.0n's Sawmil on A.
der brook, IN Essex, was swept away Fr-
day by the ireshet, involving a loss, Us We
are informed. Of nearly thousand dollars
Naramore's Sawmill, IN Charlotte, and the
dGme Of Mr.. MaecA's PAPER mill. a. Hub
bells falls, were also swept away Friday
or day before.
Some of the railroads are seriously INFER
r1pted. The Boston Mails reached here Friday
night after serious detention, the roads being
compelled to carry by" two OF three breaks
or bridges gone between Fitchbursh and
Rutland. The New York train and mails Of
Friday were stopped below Cas;letou By 8
bceak in the Railroad. and did Mt arrive
TIL Tuesday night
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VERMONT ITEMS.


Caledonia County Jail is unoccupied Inc
reason may he that the snow has been too
deem to catch rogues this winter.
Five children Of John Wilson OF Blrre,
died of diphther;a between the 9th OF March
and the Sd Of April.
John F. Clark of Putney, tried to cross
the Connecticst to go to Keenc aad deposit
$500, just received as the price OF his iarm'
He broke through lhs ice, lost all his money,
aud nearly lost his life.
The Connecticut River broke up above
Bellows Falls on " ednesday, bringing down
bridge from somewhere above. The river
had Iisen Is feet Friday.
Mr.. james Kittredge Of St. Johnsbury has
six ewes that have this spring thirteen lambs
five bad twins and one triplets. I1e
sheen aud lambs are all alive aud doing we'll
The Bellows Falls IimcS says Mr.. Shat
tuck Of Putney found hen in bis hay now
on the 7th Of April. that had lived covered
with hay since last July alive and in far
condition. The Times says
"she had Travelled path back aud forth under
the beam for about ten feet, aud had worn on bel
| feathers on each side, living upon the hay and
/ grsss seeds with nothing 10 molsten her tongue
] unless perchaucs she obtained CIV flakes oil $40"
which nav uave come through the creviees &c th'
beam. II any one doubts this, we would say INA
we have it from those who have seen the hen
The Bennington Banner says there viii b'
as much maple sugar made in that part o
the State this season as usual.
On the It'll "a chill Of John Doyle Of Pow
nall, fell into a pail Of hot water and died IL
a few hours from the scali,
4 widow named Card, was burned to deati
in Pownal on the 10Th, having set her
clothes on fire while pulling out wood thai
was driving in the stove oven and had caugh
fro. Her face aud chest were terribly burn
ed before the flames were extDguished, an'
she died the same day.
A letter from Underhill, April iOtb, say
the snow is yet 50 deep that the fences ar
not to be seen, and you can skate anywhere
We think letter now would tell anothe
story,
The cylinder mill Of the Bennington Pow
der works exploded Wednesday, tearing tn
building to atoms, and making i miniatur
desolation thereabouts. Three OF the cyhn
ders were charged, containing in all some Il
kegs Of powder, in half flushed condition
The explosion was ielt quite sensIbiy IN tn
village, jarring buildings, sc. No one, for
tunatelv, was killed or in any ways injured
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TnE FkEshErs.-rHE RArLRoADs.-The in
terruptions TO the Railroads from the sudden
rise OF the streams, are numerous. ara
continued. The utland Road has suf
Tered severely. The freshet in tie Otter
Creek valley was higher on SATURDAY. and
Sunday than has been known sine, ISL
The New York trs ms Of Friday and Sa,ur.
day. he former having been detained a day
on the Rutland Il Washington Roadl and
the Boston trains of Saturday. reached Ru,.
land from below, Saturday Afternoon
Theneeforward the delays and perple1itis,
were not few. With great effort, workiD,
the trains along slowly, the mails and
baggage, with two corPses in charge Of rea.
tives coming North Zone Of them being tia,
Of the mother Of our towsman c. F. S;ani.
ford), having to be carried By hand around
breaks in two or three places and an
being transported IN boats for half
mile in Pi;tsford,-the passengers, mails
and baggage reached Brandon. -Four
miles this side If there SIRIUS break
where the track was washed away Tor >uu-
distance, prevented further progress AMI they
returned to Brandon. Conductor II a.
Howe and Engineer Chas. DAVIS pushed a
with hand-car, on Sunday, along The SUI.
merged track, repaired break in the III.
graph wire, and With great effort reached
Middlebury and rc-esta blshed Commune.
ton with this end Of the road. Sundl7 AZ
ternoon thirty Of the passengers took wagon.
| from Brandon and made their way, tue gsr,.
lemen frequently having to foot it tr.g.5
the mud for miles, to Middlebury, L NIL
north. when they were met by R. " Clas
with a train and reached Burlington a, Il
/ p. NJ. last night.
The Efforts of Messrs. Howe, Davis & Cia.,
fJr the safety and comfort OF the passages.
were untiring, and are mentioned with high
praise by the pAssen ger.
an additional installment Of passengers
brought by stages from Brandon 10 Middle
bury. arrived here about one O'Clock Monday.
but no mails from South Of Brandon until
| Tuesday night.
| The break in the Vt. and Canada, IN swan
! ton. which has detained the trains for several
days, has been SO far repaired that the car,
are drawn over it by hand.
We hear Of serious interruptions On add
| ton to those mentioned) from the carrying
away of bridges, or washing GU, Of the track
on the Ogdensburgh. Vermont Valley, North
ern New Hampshire, Concord and Cheshils
roads. The definitions of mails will be liksly
to be serious for several days.
In Shelburne, on the 18th, the
machine shop on Mud Hollow Brook, oc-
cupied by P. Nash, and owned we believe 3!
our townsman Horace Wheeler, was carrie.
away by the ireshet, and also the unoccuPis
factory. known as the Fletcher factory.
The Winooski is very high-higher. i, i
said, than it has been since 1882.
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The appearance of the Fort after its sur
render is thus described by correspondent

"The Fort has been badly used by our shot and
she'll. The interior presents a melancholy aspect
The barricades, or splinter proofs are torn into
pieces in many places; pieces of brick, timber
stones. cannon balls, unexploied pIojectiles and
shells. fragments Of shells, &c, strew the parade
ground in the interior Of the work. At the angle
Of the breach, the arches have been torn out guns
dismounted, and debris of brick aud tim ber brok-
en- gun carriages, muskets, &c, fill up the case
mates. And in one or two places, where shell en-
tered the embrssures and burst in the inside, you
trace the flight of each fragment as it ripped
up the wood work and shattered the brick work in
the Classmates. The officers quarters were badly
shattered. The breach being very large, several
rifle balls passed through it, the terra plain
and began to batter the magazine on the north
west corner in u manner that carried terror to the
hearts of the enemy. From their experience they
knew that il possible for a rife shell to pass
entirely through the walls OF the mAgaz zine and
blow it up, and with it the fort and all its occu-
pants. This induced a surrender, and the white
flag went up.
1t will cost $50, 900 to put the fort into the
same condition of defence that it was before we
opened fire. The walls are greatly shaken, and
all believe had the bombardment continued half
day longer the entire wall IF the panoop, would
have fallen into the ditch a mass of ruins. The
men could feel the walls of the fort tremble and
quake when a solid ten-inch shot struck it, ami
from that fact you can get toleraby correct idea
OF the immense force with which they strike. 1t
was terrific. Out Of fifteen guns and mortars On
ba'b tie but four OIL them were servicesble. The
balance were di mounted, or otherwise rendered
incapable Of use"
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1862-04-25

\ Cry FOR Peace The NOrfo& Ddy
Book OF the 18th has an article in the fol-
lowing strain:
AT the present crisis, when the spirit aud
proves Of the ConfederAts arms have beeu so sig
nslly viudieated. is it not favorable time for
the confederate government to propose 10 the
government at Washington cessation Of the
herce and unnatural strife whic has wAtersd our
soil with blood and tears, and da-kened the an
nails Of our country's history
What dignity and subliu.ity in the proposition.
coming from the confederate government, now
6risiling in readiness for the due conflict which
fsnatieism and wrong hss forced upon us,
Why not iay 70 the government at Wasbips
t0n-Ne are eOuntrymen ard brothers: eyme
let Us reason together; let US terminate this muir
dsrous controversy, and settle our d'fl,ulties
without thnsiing Tot each others blood -
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BERDAN's SHARP-sHooTERs AT YORKTOWN
We are glad that this regiment has at last
an opportunity to display its peculiar pow
ers. The correspondent of the New York
Commraoi says:
'The sharpshoOters have, thus far, enjoyed the
honors Of the siege. They have burrowed them
selves in rife pits, in which trey ensconce them.
selves early in the morning and remain until sun
SET Their rations are sent to them, and as their
pits are damp, wee drap of whisky is included.
They use their telescope rifles, which they load
with old-maidish precision, ramming the patched
Tall with great care, rapping away with their
aliets on hickory ramrods. Then the sights have
o be adjusted, and then-woe to the rebel who
approaches one Of the guns mounted on their
earthworfs en- barbate. When one OF these sharp
shooters is sure that he has dropped his man, be
cuts q notch on the stock Of his rife and some Of
scores
A letter from LIEUT.. Col. Ripley of the
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ECCLESIASTICAL.

At the recent session Of lhe Vermont Methods
clnfeTenct held at Mortified, the following sp
pointments were made by bishop Baker.
BURLISe1oS DIsIRro1.-M. White, P. H.
Burlington, Fiat CHI. Warner.
Przs 81. CIV. NJ. Simons
IFiilIsfoH-J. Chase.
Si.l5wne-H. I. Austin.
HiHssbErgh-A. j. Ingsls
Chulone-J. W. Elkins.
Sfsks5orougi-E. n. How
Fsrri.bggl-M. P. Coburu
MnEtoa-C. Morgan.
VagHaes-R. II. Howard
Weyb idge-To be supplied.
Bri,foi-w. W. Atwates.
Addison aud PaH,on-C. H. Richmond.
Mdfhbwy-D. W. Dayton.
Salisbury and Wa iay-H. c. Powers.
Leie,sf,T and Goshsn-L. Warner
BraadoH-A- WitherspoOn.
P.asfsrd and East Pin.ford.-M. spencer.
Rutland and Centre R.--To be IMPLIED.
Bersen l. Pond
Lineoln-c. 4. Stephens
Rpion-George I. Sutton.
BridPo't and ShorthaHi-L. 5. Walker.
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TIE FEEsHET IN RIcHXoND.-Ihe water Ws'
higher in Richmond than it has been before
for many years, and all communication BE-
tween the two villages of Richmond and
Jonesville on Friday and Saturday was b
boats. A tenant house" Of J. Jewel was
covered almost to the windows, the LmIly
in it leaving for safer quarters, and a god
deal Of damage was done to the Highways.
1t will cost $50 to repair the road between
the two villages. The grist-mill of JOAN
Hapgood is leit high and dry on the top 1ta
ledge-the river making new channel -
the west side Of it. His damage by the fJ5t
will amount to 81 900 or more
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A souTHEryGR's WV

Yesterday one Of the secession prisoners, al in
tellisent Louisianian, remarked that if we whip
ped them another & ht it was all up with them;
and then, said he, slavery goes down. We know
very well What are fighting for; il is for our
slaves. We knew that IT you win slavery will be
abolished. If win we shall perpetuate it," lie
had no desire to eTads the issue. Tie was an of e
Ger Of Eueher's Battery, taken at Nc. o. and con-
yersed freely ami with more candor tn an is usual
to those captured. A friend of mine who was
present remarked that. if they would lay down
their arIns the Consultation would protect them
in their rights. go, it Is no use to talk
about The Constitution. We have got past Con-
situations. We have appealed to arms. and arms
are to settle 1t. 1t we win, we shall keep our
slaves; il you win we shall lose them and that is
all there Is to it, CARIEIoN.
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THE "BATTJE OF SHILOH"
1Hs REBEL ACCOUNTS OF rHz Two DAYS
FIGHTING.
From the Knoxville Register, April Iol

Iron the Knoxville Register, april l0l
We received yesterday but mesgre details froa
the battle Of shiloh, near Corinth. Wtat re
gather from passengers who left Corinth on Tues
day morning is somewhat vague. Th- victory Of
the Confedera;es on sunday is fully confirmed
Our troops pursued the routed federal army % the
Tennessee river, where great numbers Of them
were drowned endeavoring 70 embark upon their
gunboats. One Of their transports. It is said, was
cspsired. consisuing its human freight to va
terry grave. Our army slept in the enemy's tents
on Sunday night.
During the night Duell's army Of thirty thou
sand reached and crossed the river, and on Nor
day morning STACKED our forces. The battle c1
Monday is said TO have been as desperate al
bloody as that Of Sunday; but our troops, re
ming short Of ammunition, were compells1 s-
bacS upon Corinth, WHICH, a. last accc-,si ny
were doing in good order, having taks1A ~
additional number Of prisoners priyA.s -Is
patch, received yesterday, says thst the enemy y
treated to their gunboats on Monday ana '-7'7
has been no fight since. l..
The prisoners taken on Sunday were sens l1-1s
guard towards Corinth. Buell. sent brisais 6,
cavalry to attempt 10 rescue them; but oaey Z.
Confederate cavalry and artillery from Ioil1--
not only frustrated the uent, but also AZ
tured the whole Of the brigade OF federal ea7Ai!.
Our informant saw Gen. Prentiss prisoner 3
Corinth, nd saw him meeting with his eouua9l'
who were brought in prisoners after hin. A'
made a speech on Monday night to his fellow 'aP-
tives Several Of the flags borne by the prisoners
were inscribed
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GEN. GRANT.-By letter received from
Lieut.. W. L. B. Jenny, of Gen. Grants
staff, we learn the reason OF the temporary
supersedure OF the latter officer, a matter
which created not little feeling among the
admirers of that bluff but gallant soldier. AT
ter the battle of FOrtDOnelson. Gen Halleck
for nearly week could get no response to
telegrams sent to Gen. Grant, and for this
supposed neglect he was relieved OF his com
maud. 1t was soon ascertained, however,
that both Generals had been sending de-
spatches which neither received. a secession
operator having suppressed them all.-Nsrg
Bedford Mercury.
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The Lamoille Neacsdedler says that Capt
Sawyer of Hydepark, at home on furlough
last week, reported two of the cavalry regi-
ment sick-M. e. King of Waterville. and
young man by the lame of Fletcher, en-
listed in Burlington, but thought to be from
Waterville. MIR. King has not recovered
from the effects Of his jump from the cars, on
the way to Washington, and will have to be
discharged. Mr. Fletcher was left in the
hospital at Poolsville, and when last heard
from was getting better.
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regiment, (who is Rutland many in the Rut-
land Herald, says of the conduct Of the men
in the recent skrmishes: "The men behaved
splendidly, and the whole army rings with
their praises. All the Generals send Tor
them when they want anything done, and the
men are very proud Of it,
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1862-04-25

Mr.. Leroy Pope Walker, late Secretary of
War in the Southern Confederacy, and now
Brigadier General in the Southern army, re-
sides at Huntsville, Ala. He said on the fall
Of Fort Sumter that the rebel flag would wave
over the Capitol at Washington. But he has
lived to see instead the Unicn flag waving
over his own pleasant town.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1862-04-25

INPEovEMENT.-Judge 4. Peck. is tearing
down the old wooden building on the South
side Of tie square, between his Office and
Wheeler's block, and as we are informed,
will proceed to erect in its place substan-
tial three story brick block.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1862-04-25

Con Wadsworth, the Military Governor,
has Issued an order requiring all farm stock
m Prince William, L1udon. AIexan Iria, and
Fairfax Counties, Va. to be cJufn II and
carefully guarded. The destruction of the
fences renders this measure necessary for the
cultivation Of the lanl.
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}. w. Russell, Co. X. and VIM. Henry
Co. c. killed A. NJ. Parsons, Geo. I.
Bixby, Co. / and E. B. Adgate, Co. B
wounded badly. Ii. c. Davis, Co. G, Tru-
man Hammer and Isaac Mayo Co. B. woun-
ded slightly.
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1t was the Vermont Cavalry that dashed
through Mount jackson, Va, on Thursday
last, and captured some rebels IN the act of
firing the Important bridge across the Shenan-
d0ah. which was thus saved.
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: word FRoM GEN. mitchell

The following teiesraphic despatch from
the gaiilu; and active Gen. Mitchell to q
friend AMI relative in New York, has found
DTS way INTO PRINT;
HrADcUARTERs. THIRD DIvIstoS,}
AUSTsvtLLE, April Is. !
The enemy have burned bridges TO stop my ad-
vsnce upon hai.aHocga, ard have used the same
brilliant strategy 10 1Old my column back from
Coriath: but for tlis should iris day have
Iuscumbia and Florence. We have peuetrated
magnidcen; cotton region, have taken ami now
bold and run more than one huodred miles OF
railway, we'll stocked with machinery and in fne
condition. have abandoned the idea Of ever
coming nearer TO the enemy than long cannon
range This is the third slate through which
have hunted him without success.
o. NJ. MITCHELL, Brigadier- General.
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The Richmond Eaqurer says there are
some $40 federal prisoners confined there
among them Maj. Wedges, Col. Corclrau
and other officers. 1t says {" it is uncertain
when the prisoners will be sent away
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sume, owing to their crippled condition, bat sPiA
ed them before leaving them.
ATLANTA, April II, lso--
A gentleman who left Corinth on Wednesda'
night states that there was hard Sighting on sun'
day and Monday last, but none sincs. he zoe,
federaie loss was about twenty thousand Amols
the killed were Gems. Buell. and Wallace Iai'i'
confirmed through other sources. ,-,
Up to Wednesday night seven Thousand iels'i'
prisoners had been sent in
Gen. Folks division drove ave thousand OF Us
federals into the river. About two thousand Ns-s
lost. and many officers captured
The woods in the vicinity Of the battle s'I-.,S
having taken ere, many of the wounded en- U''-
sides were burned to death.
Our forces were compelled TO destroy the ~.
munitiOn captured for want ct transports WE
remove it to place OF safety. -
The federal army. it is stated, is disoIganIse1'
and there is no prospect of a renewal OF tne us-'
-DepafeA 70 Atlanta Commonwealth
Tho Riehmond papers Of Saturday clam '--.
the onfeds rates took six thousand pris11sis r
the battle %, Pi;tsburg Landing They ss' - -
that John Z. Breckenridge disJipsuished hil7'
on the battle field by his bravery. t
Gen. Prentiss and another officer 81 tie go -
army, who were taken prisoners, weFs se-'
Richmond, where they have arrived la
Gen. Johnston, il is stated, was struck au'i-S
the battle in the thigh with a Mime e@i-' -,
continued on in the 6gh., aud finally, roe 90
less o. bjoad, tell irom his horse ald sooH
expired. .s.,.,-i
The Confederatss admit loss Of lhIes iaoa'.-i
in killed and wounded and about Two
prisoners. 49,. uers
oo,h Richmond and Norfolk, it is stated W.
Illuminated On Friday night
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The steamers are now running regularly
from Osdensburgh to the Upper Lakes.
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GEi. Scorr's OPINION General Scott, in

a recent conversation, said
There are two men whO can be depended upon
under all circumstances and in every emergency
- mean General Mcclellan and General Hal
leek. There is no doubt they must tax things
they meet them-and they have great oppO-
sition to contend with, but Mcclellan Is, at thus
oment, at the very work his heart loves, and
which will call forth all the abilities OF his now
erful mind-tkst Of trenching engineering and
besieging. And in regard TO General Halieck.
be will do bis work like a soldier. There eau be
no fear of these two able soldiers doing any base
or disloyal act. They are honest to the core. and
will never hetIay their country"
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l learn that killed is not far from $500,
and the wounded abou. 900. Many of these are
slight wounus, and the men will be out again IN
few days. Our wounded are brought DIVA the
ryer and distributed at the towns and cities along
the Ohio. NUne carried inland. treat efforts
have been maze to supply their wants. livery
city tow IN the " est has poured out its con
trioutions, and surgeons and nurses have freely
offered their services, which have been gratefully
accepted.
The rebel dead will not be IA from 1000. Their
entire loss in killed and wounded must nave been
ls.OoO or 10000. We took about 60J prisoners
and lost $500. /; IS easy to write tnese figures,
anu easy TO read them; but noLe th,se who
have witnessed tbs scenes oan comprehend their
meaning. Ten thousand killed Twenty thou
sand wounded in As hours What icarfu har-
vat