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

Corr. Dupont sends long dispatch to tn
Navy Department in relation To the attac
on our boats crews at Mosquito Inlet, Fla =
He says be ordered the Penguin and til
Henry Andrew there TO establish an insid
blockade, capture any rcb-l vessels there
aud guard from inccndiarlsm large quaint
ties Of live oak timber On the gOyernmen
lands, cut and ready for shipment. Com
Dupont went down himself on the Nabasi
On the 22I, and learned that a boat expe-
ditiJn had been sent southwark, consisting
OF five boats with IS men commanded by
Lieut.. Commanding Budd Of the Penguin
and acting master ). ". Mather Of the An
drew. CA their return when within sight
of their vessel heavy fire was 'udGenly
opened upon them from oarthwOrks which
appeared abandoned when they went down.
and dense ". vr. OF live oak. Lieut.. Com
lDandin. Judd and acting m9ster Mather,
with thIcc Il tile five men composing the
fret boat crew were killed. The remaining
TWO men wcrl wounded and made prisoners.
Is the Other boats came up they were alsJ
hfcd INTO and ,uhsred more or less. Ihe
rear boat oi an had a howitzer which how
ty,T could not be properly secured or worked;
the boat not heIaE Lifted iyr the purpose
TIE men had % seek cover On shore. but a.
soon g., 10 was dark, acting master mate
Mack utu-h returned % the boats. brought
away tDe body Of enc OF the crew, who had
hcgn kIli,d, al tHc arms, ammunition, the
Et-- and the h1Wiiz rs.
Next morning boats went from the Va
bash went across ttc bar 70 the spot but no
gulmY could bee d.sceru,d The bodies OF
jac killed ,tIc-r, were sent IA by the rebels
under DO. cd truce from their camp, some
distance Oh. The rebels were those who fed
from 81. Augustine at the approach Of our
tro1Is.
Mesquite lul,tl- u miles south of ST.
Augustine aud was used as a harbOr for
small vessels coming over from Nassau.
Gen. Curtis has issued an order that three
negroes Charles Morton, Hamilton Kennedy
ard Alex. Lewis, formerly slaves, employed
IN The rebel service and taken as cont aband
of war, are hereby confscated, and not be
Ing needed for the public service, are per
mittcd % PASS the Uickets Of this command
nOrthvsrd without let or hiudrance, and are
forever emancipated from the service OF their
masters who allowed them to aid in the ei-
forts TO break up the government and laws
our country"
4 letter in - Cleveland H,rad irom
Cumberland Ford, Ky, March q. says, our
troops are at the Ford, which Is l. miles
from the Gap. 4 reconnaissance in force
vl- made. by our boys, to the Gap, on the
-2i and kept the rebels stirred up with
shells all day. y prisoner says the rebel
loss was 10 killed. Our men lost not a drop
ol blood. The rebel, are strongly ontreuched
"a the Gap. and number COCO men aud l.
guns. Tie place seems mIregnable.
By arrival OF the Jura from Liverpool,
March 20. We learn that Gibraltar adyicas 10
the lith say the Federal vessels Iu-car1ra,
lu1 and k.lrsa-e were at Alsesirls. The !
Lieutenant Of The Sumter and tx L. ). Con- !
sal Ill Caliz. who were arrested at iangiers, |
were transferred from the Ino 10 the Harvest |
Home, bound for Boston. IL is said they /
were put in irons.
The hombardmcut of Island No. 10 still |
continues. The firing on Friday was quite
heavy, tho rebels opening from a new battery /
1t is supposed, with l2S-pounders. /
The rebels could De seen cutting away trees, !
and rapidly pushing forward other means Of !
Gelcus.. they seem TO have DO idea of cvac- /
Uatiu- al present, and are daily getting more |
cannon In position.
Word lett the fleet Saturday night, that |
tour rebel gunboats. partly clad with railroad |
iron. appeared below Point Pleasant, but a. /
Gen. Pope's batteries extended in an almost /
continuous line for ) miles, 1t is not believed |
they can force "a passage.
Morgan rebel cavalry captured another /
tram ou the Louisville and Nashville railroad I
Friday, Col. Curran Pope of Kentucky was
D. fl. ..i1f
The locomotive was run into ditch and the
cars d -tIoycj.
f;v the arrival of the Suwanee from New
bern we learn that Gen. Burnside had gone /
to Beaufort and taken possession Of the place.
There was no rcsistanc, whatever and uo !
burning of property. Fort Macon was still |
occupied by tHe rebels IRON three TO five hun |
dr,d strong but they were entirely cat of |
and must soon surrender Tie fort was sand /
To- he but slightly Ir1yisioned and 1t was not /
believed it could hold out more than a week. /
The cxfc.itl1n u Washington y. {. consisted I
of about oae th5u-anl men with Al escort Of /
suui~4f>. Two companies Of the Mass. I'D /
landed and took tine lace. The stars and I
stripes were nailed to tree before the Court /
House and left there. The citizens received |
the invaders without any apparent excite /
In-ut or apprcheusl ION, some expressing IN
ION sent iments. whist the mass had nothing
to say either way. After holding he place
one day and gathering al the inform iton
they could, the expedition returned to New
bern Perfect order relgned at NewbeTn'
and number OF citizens had returned % the
IIaca. The rebels were believed to bo in
strong force toward Kingston, thirty-hve
miles uu the road to GoldsbOrouEh, and /
the,r scouts frequently appeared IN the Vi
entity of Newhem. The rebels burned the |
bridge on tie railroad between Newbern and
Beaufort, bat 1t was in progress of repair,
and the road would soon be IN operation be-
tween the two places.
The Merrmac has not yet made her aI-
Iearance at Fortress Monroe, the high wind
preventing. probably.
On Friday evening the rebels threw ball
from one 90 the rihcd guns at Sewall's Point
which came within about three hundred
Yards of the -hippn. in the upper roadstead.
The Lincoln Gun has been mounted and
tried. IN order TO test the carnage
only ten shots were fired. The second shot
WAS a splcndI ricochct The immense
bali. weighing four hundred and thirty-sev-
On rounds, after making three plunges and
ltntNfu ui--ltns AuAll1 HAhA away "a 49,
Sewall'> Point. II the Merrimac can stand
these o.. Lincoln pills." she Is proof against
al appliances OF modern gunnery.
The arrival Of the Empire City from Port
ROYAL, and the Huntsville from Key West,
brings as later news from the Union forces
IN the South.
Pensacola has been evacuated, including
also forts Bdrrancas and McRea, and the
rebels announce the entire abandonment oil
Florida. Troops raised in Florida had been
ordered of but refused to 20.
Gen. Wright was about removing his
headquarters from Fernandina to Jackson
vile. Some eighty inhabitants OF Fcrnan-
dina Lad returned TO their homes.
Gen. sherman had issued d PROCLAMATION
inviting the people to return to their ale
glance, and TO hold elections for the choice
Of loyal civil officers.
1T jacksonville the night before the moe
troops arrived, the rebels burned a largn
foundry. several saw mills five million leet