Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1862-05-02
WAR ITEMS,

- A.
Vi tlnts seemingly satisied to save their DOW.
l. der until sJmeChing can be ACCOMPLISHED by
n its use.
The enemy are rel orted to havs fourteen
gunboats at the Fort together with the ram
Manassas. The latter and several of the
|. former arrived on Sunday. Hollius has re-
n turned from New Orleans.
= The steamer Desoto left the feet the day
before with 100 bales of cotton for Cairo.
Inns Is the hrst shipment to the North since
the commencement OF nostIities.
HarrlSonburg, Va, was occupied on the
e I'd by Col. Donnelly, with two companies of
: the Ohio and Vermont Cavalry, the Michi-
, gan Cavalry, Connecticut 5th and Battery
The rebel Cavalry after the first fire retreat
ed to the town where they joined their com
> nand, and when escaping by the Gordons-
vile road, were pursued By the Ohio Cayal.
~. Seven men and ii horses were captured
the rest ESCAPED.
Gen. Pope's Division has been ordered to
r. JOIN Gen. llallcck, and left tie fleet on the
18Th.
At yorktown on Tuesday the rebels came
out from thcIr riae-pits in front of Lees
, Mills killing one of our pickets. After he
was dead about thirty of them fred their
pieces into his head, completely Kidding it
with bullets. The officer Commanding
the reserve then ordered his men 10 charge
on the rebels. which resulted in several of
them being killed, and one of them taken
prisoner. Two men were killed on our side,
and two mJrtally wounded.
At Pittsburg Landing. the roads are i'm
proving fast.
! remembering party under Cen A. j.
Smith, on the oath, attacked the enemy's
pickets, 80 strong, who lett in great haste
and the Iarty proceed d on foot TO Pea Ridge
and there found 5000 or 900 men drawn |
up IN line OF battle, who. at the first fire of |
our artillery, decamped, leaving tents, |
camp equipages, private baggage, halfwrit-
ten letters, and other things indicating great
surprise. Enough tents were left to accom-
! modate a division.
Every thing was burned. We captured II |
| prisoners, none Of whom expressed regret at
being captured. They said the people OF the
south were getting tired Of the war.
Another skirmish is reported from Pitts
| burg, IN which Gen. Granger, with 500 cav
airy participated. About . miles from our
pickets, they came in contact with the rebel
plekets and drove them in, and encountered
strong force OF rebel cavalry. After fighting
one hour, both sides retired with considera-
Die loss.
Gen. Fremont tolegraphs from Wheeling
April ., as follows
"a telegram from Cen Schenck says that
a squad of p infantry sent from Romney by
Lieut.. Col Downey, 20 look after guerillas,
was attacked yesterday morning on Sash
River, by the rebels, 40 in number. Our
forces lost killed but drove the rebels who
took refuge 10 the house of one Pollard. Col
Downcy then went " it'll a reinforcement Of
cavalry, and carried of several Of the dead
and wounded Among the latter was Col.
Parsons the rebel leader. Col. DOwney pur
sued the flying rebels taking 81 prisoners.
Gen. Scheuk sent a reinforcement Of 100
cavalry and piece of artillery, to come on
the enemy in the rear. These must have
reached the phase yesterday afternoon. Our
messengers passing TO and fro were fired on
within : miles from Romney by guerillas." ]
The Memphis Appeal Of the 18th acknowl.
edges the fearful mortality among the rebel
officers in the recent battles, and attributes
it 10 the cnemy's organized bodies Of sharp
shooters.
The Appeal says that the rebel loss at the
battle OF Shiloh does not exceed one thous
eight hundred taken prisoners, and ascribcs
the defeat on Monday to the whiskey found {
in the federal encampment on Sunday night. !
4 gentleman from Memphis reports that
since the passage Of the coEscription bill 10y
the rebel Congress all males between the
age Of eighteen and thirty-fye have joined
the army. There Is no impressment and the !
people enter the service with zeal Three
gunboats are being constructed at Memphis,
which will be completed IN a few weeks. !
One Is to be plated with two thicknesses Of
railroad iron. Another is wooden boat
with thirty inches OF compressed cotton
placed between heavy tmbers eighteen inch
es in thickness. which is also considered i'm Y
pregnable. They dre provided with pr0ws 7
similar to the Merrimac 4
Headquarters OF THE DEPARTMENT
OF TIE RAPPABANNocK
April %, 1862.
70 Hon. f. ". SGHtoa, Soy Of War ?
have Just returned from the camp oppo- i
site Eredericksburgh. | was tod that the t
Richmond Examiner Of the Goth had been :
received in town. announcing as follows: t
New Orleans is taken. Great destruction 7
Of property-cotton and steamboats,. Steam Z
boats enough were saved to take away the
ammunition Great consternatiJn Of the
inhabitants.
IRWIN McD0W ELL. !
Mai. General
The news from Halecks division is Of b
very srea. interest and importance. On L
Thursday of last week, reinforced by Gen. a
POpe's division, which took its position on a
the extreme left above Pittsburg Landing, I
Gen. Halleck began the advance OF his grand g
army. \ reconnaissance in force encountered b
a large force Of rebel infantry and cavalry, a
S miles from the Landing. The rebels form y
ed in line of battle, and, after firing one VOL O
ley, retreated in great disorder. with consid- Ii
cradle loss ; 50 prisoners were taken. The i
advance guard pushed on to Pea Ridge with
10 6 mi es of COrinth. where they renamed
from II O'Clock in the morning until IN c
the afternoon, but no signs Of the enemy a
were seen. The constant rattle Of cars and :
sounding Of steam whistles towards Memphis J
was heard, and the impression received that a
the rebels were eva:lating Corinth for Mem I
phis. Thirty deserters from the rebel army,
who entered our camps, and begged to be /
enrolled among our troops, corro5orated this
impression. They asserted that Beauregard b
had withdrawn a considerable por tion OF bis o
force for the defence of Memphis.
A dispatch from Cairo, the 9th, ann oun- \
ces the arrival of the steamer Mcclellan, from o
PIttsburg Landing. Saturday, and says 7
Passengers by the Mcclellan bring further t
accounts of the evacuation OF Corinth By the t
rebels, who will make their next stand at
Columbus, Miss. '
Gems Buell. and Beauregard had effected
an arrangement FOR Interchange Of wounded
prisoners. a
Col. Turchin's brigade had moved back b
from Tuscumbla to Huntsville, where Gen. c
Mitchell is encamped. '
Maj Gen. c. f. Smith died at Savannah,
Tenn, Of dysentery. He was taken sick !
shortly after the occupation of Savannah by i
the forces under him, and has been sinkins