Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1862-09-19

| 125 600 strong. The citizens OF fredeticA
have suffered much from the rebel lncufsl y,
;ncludinr the loss OF domestic supplies Inc
enemy were in a starving and ragged conu''
/ tinn many CT them being without shoeS'
| They confidently expected that at isaSI 9V'
| OOO men would flock in to them IN freIeI-
| lex county. jackson was there to-r'"S'
with Longstreet and Hill. They lett Ireu
/ erick with the intention, of going to fehu-
| sylvania, but subsequent events seem " u
| dictate that they will endeavor 70 retreat INTO
/ Virginia, By way or Wlliamsport-
Before the rebels left Frederick they 7'cS-
ed and destroyed all the Union ue"'Pi
Office. The ladies here were forced to hiie
the American figs about their persons %
prevent the rebels from carrying them Oh.
Ia the artillery duel Friday, which
lasted till one O'Clock, between Gen. PEAS
anton and the rear guard Of the rebels, we
had three horses killed and twJ wounded
The rebels, fearful of being surrounded by
our infantry. fell back three miles beyond the
mountains tc MiddletOwn, from which place
they were driven in the afternoon. Our
troops held the town during the night.
SUNDAY MORNING, Sept. l4.-There Is no
nrobabIIity that our troops will remain H.
active. There IS now no fear OF an INVASION
| into Pennsylvania The troops are IN ex-
ceIllnt spirits at their reception By the PEG
ple Of the State The sick and wounded reo
els left here have been paroled.
Yesterday afternoon, the Sth Ill. olvalry,
Col. FarnsWorth, charged on two rebel regi-
ments of cavalry and guns, short dlstane
above Middletown, on the road to HAgers-
town. We had men wounded and took ~
! prisoners The charge Is represented as hav-
ing been a splendid affair. Later IN the al
ternoon, / squadrons Of Iud. cavalry, charS-
ed on a regiment of cavalry supported BY ar
| tille1y on the road leading from Midd.etown
| to Harper's Ferry. twas desperate affair,
we lost 80 men killed and wounded. The
loss Of the enemy in killed and wounded was
double that OF ours Our cavalry Sd pushed
the enemv's wagon trains that they were
reed 10 burn half mile II wagons 70 pre-
vent them falling into our hands Or N an
column will come up with the enemy It IS
thought this afternoon, when a battle, 1t
seems must take place. The forces Engaged
by our troops Saturday we're those covering
the rebel retreat.
The men are in fine spirits, and are anx-
ious TO DO led forward to rid the Nlarylanders
who have treated them 50 we'll, Of all IN
vaders
The Ohio troops are reported to have re-
| turned 10 Cincinnati from Kentucky on Sd'-
urdly, their aid being no longer required in
| that State The rebels are reported 10 be at
| Alton. twenty miles south OF Cincinnati.
On Wednesday, a column Of the enemy,
about four thousand strong, said to be under
command Of Gen. LOrIug, made an attack
on the 34th and 37th ONO, under Col S.ber
numbering 1900 men, encampei at taye.te,
Va. 4 desperate battle was fought, lasting
| tili dark. Our forces cut their way through,
reachin. Gauley during tie night, having
lost 100 killed and wounded. Meantime,
another column OF the enemy appeared at
Glulsy Bridge, on the L.wIs5urs road cut
ting fl the 18th Ohio, two companies OF the
oh Virginia cavalry who were at Sdmmer-
vile.
| CI. Lightburn', front. dmk AMI f',r,
beng threatened by an overwhelming i5.r-.
be F4s compelled g. svlcuate G4uley, 0.'cl
was successfully done. Ga tie llrh a.-.T
destroying all the Government PROPERTY .s
was unable % brin. away. be removed o sn
the Kanawha In TWO columns, -Jae on each
side OF The river-reachiu. Camp PIRATE on
the l2.h. ,kirIni-hius the whole oi tie Wy
there.
Gen. Buckner is reported Q, De marching
toward Kentucky with 10000 men. Tue
rebels a der zen. Duacan attacked our iHr-
cs 40 Green river. hear Nlni1tisvj .s, h q,
yesterday, (l4th) Our men fought trave,v
ami the rebels were repulssi with great Joss
Col. Wild Of the Eth I1i. clmminlsi
our forces.
In compliance with orders from the Secre-
tary Of War, Gen. Schofald has ordered the
Provost Marshal Gen. for the district Of Mis-
souri,, 10 proceed without delay 10 carry into
effect the cJnfscatiln act, 50 far as the pro-
visions Of said act are subject to be carried
into feet by toe military authorities % the
United States in the district. The property
. liable to c1nicltion in the dist let is eztimat-
ed at so ,000, coo.
Intelligence from Fortress Monroe, save
that Ill prisoners were sent 70 Aikcn's
Landing on Friday, 70 exchange. They
were those taken a. Slfllk. \ Sufficient
number Of steamers went up with a flag Of
truce % bring down the 6000 Union pris)-
ner- nov awaiting transport.
The firing heard Monday morning. was
an attack upon Fraukin's cJrps. With Hhich
| no direct communication was bad up to 9
\. NJ, Monday. The telegraph operator
at the Point Of Rocks reported that Frank
lin was engaged some miles in advance Of his
1.-THE OpsTe.or's) position. The division Of
army corps that occupied Hagerstown on the
morning Of the lith, was not in the engage
ment Of that day, though il hastily retraced
its steps in order to BE- in at the fight Mon
day, which it could elsIly do.
An officer slightly wounded in the battle
on the 18th. represents that the battle took
place three or four miles west OF MiddletOwn,
Frederick COUNTY, ct the foo; Of the first
mountain, going west. The enemy were
strongly posted there, but our men. with the
most determined courage, drove them up the
mountain through a strip Of wood, c0rnfelds
and open grounds. The rebels made Occa-
siOnal stands behind walls and fences. but
were driven thence to the top Of the noun
tam and over into the valley, when, it being
now night, our troops were called from fur
Their uursut. Not one Of our men laltered
I This part % the contest was maintained by
our troops Of the centre Two Colonies were
/ found among the rebel sain on the fed
/ Monday morning.
The battle was fought principally with
infantry on cur part, II being impracticable
to brig the artillery into full play Gen
! Gibb5n, however, with much toll. succeeded
IN getting a battery upon The mountain to
the right Of the infantry and did execution.
Gen. Hatch is said to have been wounded
IN the leg. Gen, Reno was killed either
while seeking = position for battery or re-
connoltering the ground.
PART 5 from the neishborhood Of " illiams-
port report part of Jlckson's forces movin,
towards Martinsburg, for the purpose of cap
turing Col. White and bis command, but be
had evacuated the place two hours previously
and succeeded IN reaching Hlrpeg'a Ferry in
safety.
Neither Summers corps, nor Couch di-
vision were in the action Of the I4th. though
both we're prOblbly aiding yesterday.
The army corps Of Fitz John Porter pass
ed through Frederick at 3 \, NJ. yesterday.