Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1862-06-20

A large number Of rebel prisoners are al
winchester under charge OF Capt Ccgswell
OF the md Mass. Capt. Wm. Monahan oil
the 9th louisiana Is among them. Their,
are 20 federals in the hospital.
The weather continues unlayorable f,I
military operations. IL has rained every
other day for the past two weeks The water,
In the ChickahomlnY have not receded, aud
the roads are in terrible condition.
The Philadel phia Press army corresp d.
dent reports mutiny in the rebel army. seen
from balloon. The mutineers were North
Carolinians. Volley after volley Was fred be-
tween them, and the party attacking them,
and finally the North Carolinians broke and
fed. The letter is dated the seventh. and
refers t. the mutiny as two or three days
before.
y gentlem-n Just from Corinth WHO j.
conyersant with matters there, says that
Gen. Buel with 10000 troops, enbracin :
two divisions OF his own ard al. Of Gen.
Popc's forces, was at tiuntown in hot pul-
sult of Bishop Folks rebels. Gen. ". L.
Sherman's division is repairing the bridges
on the Memphis and Charleston railroad
between Corinth and Graud junction. Gen.
Woods division OF Buel's corps il repairing
on Big Bear Greek, 26 miles east Of C9rint1.
Zen. Thomas with about COCO trJous Is at
Corlnth, renoyatlng the town 50 that 1t may
be used as habitation for troops.
Generals McClernand and Wallace are at
Purdy with about 20 600 trooVs The rail-
road from CoriEth to jackson, thence to
Grand junction, is being rapidly repaired
and communication is expected % be opened
with Columbus. Ky, IN a day OF two, al
iordlnS an important and speedy route iol
transportation Of supplies Eleven locom1-
tives have been captured at different points.
four OF which are IN running order and tie
balance are being rapidly repaired.
The Senate on the Ilsh, confirmed the f.i-
lowing presidential appointments Christi
pher p. WolcOtt Of OHIO, Assistant S cretary
Of War in place Of Thys \. Scott. resigned
Henry Clay Smith, Of Kentucky, Major
Jealous B. Fowler, OF the Corps Of En-r.
neers, Major Washington Elliot of the lst
Cavalry. for gallant service at Bonneville,
to be BrIEadier Generals Of volunteer.
The Louisville Journal and D.ae.r1. el.-
nsstly protest against any arrangements
with the rebels whereby On. BucAnsr val
be released.
1t is SAID that Gen. Mitchell recently te.e-
graphed to Secretary Stanton tor authority
to hang some rebel guerillas whom be had
captured, and that the Secretary answered
him 10 swing them MP.
By an order Of the Secretly Il War, the
Department Of Mississippi Is ezteniei 50 as
to include the whole OF the STATES ct Ten
nessee and Kentucky. All the othoef, o.
these States Will report to Maj. Gen. Hal
lcck
The Mountain Department ls extended
eastward to the road running through Wi
Transport, Mart nsburg. Harrisonburg ana
Staunton. including that place thence io
the same direction t. the southern bound-
ary Of Virginia.
The department Of Shen 4nd1ah is extended
10 include the Piedmont district and the Bail
Mountain Range.
Nassau dates Of the 9TH note the arrival 9i
the rebel steamers Cecil on the 5.h AMI Kate
on the 9th, from Charleston, wit date,
from Tebeldum OF the 2nd inst The BAHIA
ma Herald says at last 1t appears that the
Southern star Is in the assent tut, aud their
noble courage Is getting som. reward. l.
then gives rebel accounts Of Jaekscu's r4iI
in Virginia. The steamer Nellie attempt
inE & run the blockade on tuc - ih. was
run ashore after being shellel by the federal
cruisers, and her cargo landed on Long L.
land, but the vessel was badly damaged
The steamer Tubal Cain, with her cargo !ar
the rebels, had arrived at Nassau, consigned
to Adderly & Co.
The principle being recognized that medi-
cal officers should NOS be held as prisoners Of
war. it is directed that such officers Sd held
shall be discharged
a large number Of volunteers are now all
sent from their regiments, WHO are ht for du-
ty. To enable them to return, the Govern
ors OF States are authorized q giuc them
certificates and passes which VII! cutiae
them 10 transportation T. the nearest Juit-I
States mastering officer OF quutemas;er.
who will pay the cost Of such transrort4-
ton on such certificate or PASS, and provide
transportation FOR ths soldier % hi, re-i-
ment OF station
1t is stated that at the Port Republic hight
the enemy's loss was very heavy Four
HUNDRED Of their dead, by actual count. w re
bers OF their dead scattered on other parts of
the battle ground. it is believed there ars
two hundred more Of their dead on tic & ia.
making their loss in killed 600. besides oli-
GERS, who were carried away. Gen. Stewart
was killed, Gen. Elsie wounded, Col llaush-
ton mortallY wounded, and On. Jacks lu
wounded in the wrist.
The Union force engaged Is the h-it vas
mostly posed of Western men, who did
their duty nobly, fighting foe five times
their number for over five hours Had the
first and second brigades been enabled 10
reach the scene Of action, an entirely dlil-g-
ent result would nave ensued. After the
fight. it is understood that jackson took the
road towards Stewartsville, passing through
the Gap Of the Blue Ridge in line for Cor
louisville, at which point there Is railroad
communication with Richmond
Incomplete returns show d Federal loss ot
65 KILLED, 1853 wounded and $50 missing, IN
the following regiments e4th and Hon
Penn, eth Ind, It'll, 5th, 18th and Goth
Ohio, lst Va. cavalry, and two batteries of
lst Ohio artillery.
Messengers from Mount jackson report all
quiet at that place Sunday morning. The
enemy pickets, Out lew III hHAA'1A' etr
about five miles beyond
4 despatch from Memphis on Saturday,
says an officer occupying an important p
sltion on one of the railroads running from
this city. has Just returned from Grenidl.-
Gen. Hindman is said to have gone u Ar
kansas with the troops Of that State after
the evacuation OF COrinth. Gen. Pope had
reached Oklahoma. Gen. Beauregard was
still retreating. Gen. Price IS with him, and
JEFF Thompson was at Granada with
less than one thousand men. The
rolling stock Of the Memphis d Ohio
railroad is all at the Pano!o station, tbs
side Of Grenada.
Another dispatch says, Beaurtgsrd army
is reported at TLrellcs, 50 miles south Ci
Corinth. Arrangements have been made
looking to the foriifcation Of tie place.
Gen. Price was at New Mobile on Tuesday
last. Ga the same day Gen. Breckenrl4e
was at Meridian.
Memphis remains unusually quiet and o.
DERBY, and business steadily is revivlng Thus
far the amount of rebel property seized