Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1862-11-28
JACKSON GONE TO RICHMOND.
NEWS IAoM NEW ORLEANS.

through the Guy lAuhAA4f iNi 49, t-l
of attending Church.
The rebel force at fredericksburg is I'M
derstood to be twenty thousand. Several
locomotives are kept fired up constantly.
Gen. Longsireet assumed command last
Wednesdiy.
The steamer Oriule from Newbern tie
18Th. has arrived There Is nothing new at
Newbern. The OriOle was obliged to lay
three days at Hatteras, owing 10 the storm
The steamer Geo Peabody went ashore at
Iatteras on the 18th and lay IN a danger
GUS position.
A despatch from Nashville the Ord inst.
saws there is no doubt that Bragg with the
rebel army is IN Tennessee. His stiff are at
| Tullaboma. still he is not there nor at Mur-
FREE sbo1o. Ii is said the rebel force at Muir
freesboro has been increased to twenty thou
sand. and that they sent large force OF cav
alrv 10 obstruct Cumberland river and inter
runt railway communication. Our scout
| ing parties hav. captured about two hun
dre1 rris, ners last week and a large forag-
ing party was successful. Morgan and For
rest have captured $50 Of the our men since
the 9th. mostly all stragglers.
Gen. MeClernand's Mississippi expedi-
ton, it is thought, will be ready to move
about the 9th OF December.
It's said that Gen Pope has been order
ed TO st. ouis 70 relieve Gen. Curtis.
A dispatch from Summers head quarters,
| 23d, states that Is deserters inn the rebels
saw that Longstreet's division has arrived at
Frederick sburg, and Hills corps IL expected
hourly. The talk IN the rebel camp Is 10 the
| feet that Lee intends to dispute the federal
crossing Of the Rappahannock with the en-
tir. rebel army. The rebels have enlarged
| their entertainments. but have built no new
ones Their guns command the fJrd oppo-
ste Falmouth. Summers division has the
advance OF our army. Trains were running
all day Monday and during the night to
Richmond. The entire population have IeiI
! the city. A brigade Of rebel infantry occu-
! pies the city.
a dispatch received Tuesday night from the
army OF the Potomac. says - acre Is
nothing Of importance to communicate.
Gen. Kelly on Monday sent out scouts
| from New Creek. who captured a rebel cav
/ alry ricket Of twelve men with horses and
Announcements, within four miles Of Win
chester. The prison, rs say that Jacss1n has
started with hi whole force for Richmond
via Front Roval. leaving only reslment oil
cavalry at Winchester, instructed 10 follow
in a lew DAYS The probability Is that our
loreeg will occupy Winchester IN 4 few days
when the work OF recoustrucung the bAlu-
IN ,re & Ohio Railroad will commence.
Tuesday morning, at daylig' body OF
rebel cavalry crossed the Potomac, SAID to be
sixty in number, entered POolsyllle, seized
| M,s-rs Sherry and Sergeant, the government
Telegraph operators stationed there, IN bed,
uarvled them and permitted them to tele-
graph their mishap to Washington.
The Roanoke from New Orleans the 18th,
has arrived. Among the passengers are Zen
Arnold and staff. en- route Tor Boston zen.
Arnold is suffering undera paralyuc shock.
Mill ary Governor Shepley has issued
nrocla1naiIon calling upon the loyal electors
If the l-taud % districts Of Louisiana, to
choose Congressman, ard has appointed the
81 day of December for the day OF election.
I2i men OF the 9Th Nt.Teglment, captured
the 4th Of Sept last, were returned 10 New
Orleans the 18th inst. were shot Tor hay
Ing enlisted IN New Orleans. Three former
conled, rAtes, also Sergeant Mills and Private
Smear. both Of Royalton, Vt, were detained
at Vieksburg, and died while m captivity
Gen Butl had seized and closed the Bank
ofN,w Orleans Tor sending $4O5 900 IN spe-
cie, within TO days, to the rebel government
Tins specie hid teen previously reported 70
Gen Butler as having been sent away, which
was not the tact.
A cavalry reconnaissance from Gen Wet
zel's force. captured 2 cannon within miles
. | ol Baton Rouge.
The Delta OF the 18th. exposes the trans
Z actions of Z Grantherin & Co. with th'
: | rebels, and duplicates the Fren Oh CONSUL
On Friday evening the citizens oil freaer
: icksbulg began to leave; the military au'n
: critics were also not idle, as daylight mex
! morning revealed to view a line Ot eArtir
1 works 10 the right ana rear OF the town, ut
the result of the nights labor. Our artIl
: I.rv was placed In the most favorable posi-
ton. while the encam pments, which are IL
, range of the enerny's guns, removed further
back from the river. A tsw shots were hr'
ed by the rebels, but no reply was made
On Friday the rebel pickets were posted
down To the bank Of the river, which, until
swollen by the rain, was not more than ore
hundred wards wide, The bridges on the
rai,ruad from Aoqiua Creek will soon be
completed. The rebels had ten guns, lnclu-
ding two heavy Rodmaus planned back Oi
FredericksburS, but our bItteries completely
command them. Nothing OF I"terest occurred
Saturday,. Owing TO some misundeTstand-
ing a train leaving Fredericksburg with wo-
men and children on board WAS fired into
!, but fortunately npne OF them were hurt
The citiz- Ms OF Fredericksburg are last leay-
ing The Mace. 1t 10 believed that the rvbelt
have been reinforced frum Richmond The
streams are much swollen, ard the roads
are u imust impossible.
depatch from Harper's Ferry, Saturday,
saws IL Is Iumored that jackson IS still near
Winchester with 40 900 men. The general
impressiun IL, that he Is retiring to"a-s1'
GordOnsyille-
Our working parties were attached SatuT
day morning near Halltown, by a troop OF
rebel horse Gen. Geary ordered masked
guns to open on item. They were driven
back at the fret round, and shelled as long
, tbyy were within range. S.yeral men and
horses were placed AOrs dS combat. We DID
not lose man.
: The Washington s ar Of Saturday evening
says there was an impression II front thai
; two divisions Of JaeksOn's troops - we're ad'
vancing upon Washington. aud hau arFiVe1
in the vicinity Of Midi, burg and Leesburg
q ne merely state what we Krow IN saying
that il SiUnew4ll comes IN this direction wi,i
less than 100000 men, G,n Heinize
man WIl never let him get b-cA to the noun
: tain- again
A dispatch from Siahl's Headquarters date'
2Otb, says 50 rebel cavalry are at Warren
ton. and > uart with 500 men and eannOi
are at Warrenion Junction. Our scout
: founl no rebels il MIddleburg, Aide, d
e Gainesville. bot met n number OF stragglers
/. A Fairfax despatch dated Friday Afternoon
n ,ays captured PIusslan belonging t
t Stuarts Light Battery, reports Stuart Will
d 10 regiments Of cavalry. and one com PAM
: hight artillery ol piecrs. Tney left Cu'pep
A mr. IN Tuesday last Part Of the force wen