Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1862-04-08
TELEaRAPHLC NEWS ITEMS.
FROM WASHINGTON.

ALAG@IfaiAE III ~ w ~ lA44ILDs
frRou WASHINGTON.
March 81 ,las Officer Dupont has forward
ed his oflicial report, containing the particulars
Of the affair al Mosquito Inlet, by which itap-
/ pears that Acting Lieutenant Budd OF the PEN
gum, and Acting Master Mather of the Henry
Andrew, and seven seamen were killed, and
others wounded Iae remainder Of the boats
crews ESCAPED.
They were landing to explore certain earth.
works and were fired upon from a party Of reb-
els concealed in dense grove.
G. Butler Vi ONO has procured an order
from the War Department to have our scattered
dead who fell ct fort Doneson, removed to, and
buried within the walls off, the fort.
The House, in Committee Of the Whole, has
acted upon II sections Of the 100 ef the tax
bill. The former embrace the general ployi-
slons OF Licenses, manufactures, articles and
products, auction sles carriages, watches,
piano iortcs, billiard tables, plate, and saugh-
tered cattle, hogs and sheep.
The following is an extract from a private
letter in London TO a gentleman in Washington,
describing thedebato in ParIamenton the Amer
lean question.
Mr.. Mason who was on the Tory side Of the
House did not at all ike the way it went The
members who wcie ueaI him say that he Sla-
SOM cheered when Mr. Lindsay 10 The course Of
dls speech attacked Secretary Seward. Tins put
him IN an awkward fix When | remember bis.
/ tyrannical, insoleot bearing ~ the United states
senate 1t was a sweet revenge to see him soll'
tary and alone during the debate Only one or
two were near him,
New York, April l. The Times Washington
despatch says Cap. Fox, Assistant Sacrauryof
NE Navy, as soon III it was known that the
Nashville had run IN at Beaufort, ~ G., teic-
gaphed 10 every gUnboai Of the navy that was
available to proceed forthwith 70 that port TO
prevent her escape. al urgency was expressed
ia his dispatches, but byll.-uck not onor reached
her destination in time TO DO any good.
The requirement OF passes for persons visiting
Manassas ceased from last Saturday. The pros
poet Is excellent Tor the passage OF the bill for
the completion Of Stevens battery The Secre-
tary Will request the amendment referring the
matter to him 10 be stricken ont The Depart
meut IS ANXIOUS to have everything in the way
OF impruy, ment Of irot-cad Ships fully tested.
Col. D'Utassss,tl s Garihaidi Guard, was
pat Under 49, 6s3der of Gen. Simmer last,
saturday, charged VITA neglect OF duty in per-
hitting his regiment topundcr the residents in
the neighborhood Of hiacamp.
Notwithstanding thercmogal OF a very large
number OF the troops nom the immediate Vi
entity OF Washington, iego has been more dis
order here during the sat week from uuray
soldiers than Iog long period before.
WAsHISGroS, April l. The military com
mittec OF the Senate haze recommended the pro.
motion OF Two persons iom the ranks of tie ar
my but took no action upon the number Of ci.
VILLAINS appointed, 1t IS understood that the
committee opposed the refusal of the Secretary
Of War to appoint volunteers to positions in the
regular army, as the committee think they ought
to receive them, when qualified, in preference to
civilians.
Mr.. Kellogg Of Michigan urged as a reason
why newspapers should not be taxed, that it
viii require their united effort to reconcile the
people to the system Of taxation now proposed,
Mr. Coltax Of Indiana made an able speech
against taxes en- knowledge. No New England
members OF the House spoke.
NEw York, April >. The Herald'S Wash.
ington despatch says the dispose OF the thou
sands OF contrabands that have Aocked within
the lines OF the Union army at various points,
is troubling the wIsest OF the abolitionlsts in
Congress
The naval Committee and other members Of
Congress and their trends. returned from For
tIess Monroe. where they had II pleasant and
interesting visit They report that prepare
tons Tor taking care Of the Merrimac, should
she venture out, are ot the most complete and
formidable character
April , Intelligence has been received here
from Richmond VIA Baltimore, that the rebels
were senGiUs lheir u0acco to the interior to-
wards Danylle and Evansville, and beyond Pc.
tersourgh IL is aliei tina; private citizens
have no control over cotton aud tobacco, the
military having assumed charge of them.
April ,. The Pcoys, Marshal has given no.
tice that only passes now issued are for officers
aud soldiers who wish 90 visit the south side Of
the Potomac ana return, and the only nterdicted
articles are liquors ana contrahand OF war.
The President, accompanied by party Of
personal friends, visited Mount Vernon by steam
er to-day The order dispensing with passes
Tor citizens, Is To Restore matters us lar as possi
bic, IN this section of country, to the condition
in which they existed before the commencement
of this war.
oui loss IN inc engagement on the Ind and
23d of March, at Winchester, was S6 killed
and 42l wounded. Fifty have since died. a
portion OF the wounded have been sent away
including so taken homo by the surgeon general
OF Pennsylvania In tht hospital at Winchcs
ter there are at present lg2 wounded
Com. Duport reports The abandonment of the
batteries on Skiddaway aud Green Island by
the rebels, and their deduction by our boats
April ., The Commissioners to examine into
the affairs OF the Western Or Missouri Military
Department nave made ,eporr. in which they
state that they examined oyer twelve hundred
witnesses, and had claims presented to them