Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1862-05-23
FnV NIW ORLEANS
ADVANCE up The FIyLG.

lie rebels a7e s.ia 90 De visiting every
h.a-a rear strssllTr, Va, md imTrcssing
b mr1 between 30 and so. In cYn>equ nce
ard is.m q report that our army was rc-
treating. 81 taiou. IF Union mCn iavC come
10 o. e-rae|grg tor protection.
Ihr --rc~sieri,rs along the route O. llTri-
eauhursh, say bat Jackson will Up: attempt
ta { Boss u-.
T.u currently reported az Strasburs that
NIr1y sud >.hcugA are ia occupation Of
ctiuDiuu.
On I.cl.l47 afternoon a baud oi about
fhI.e hundred mounted guerrillas made a
sash ,u 'ie r%rilroad guard beyond Fort
Eeyai ~ Sllled one man and took fourteen
lrisa9.~. al belonging t. the c9th Penn.
Regimen.
Eha senate yesterday confirmed the nom
nation oi Brayet Gen. Wool TO he MAJOR
General If the Army fr gallant conduct on
the lU.. @ Nav. DC taking the city Of Nor
f.lk, grd lr5 other gallant services.
Al-.e. a, thanks, from Secretary Stanton
iy order a. the President, to Gen. Wool is
published. which -.ys that the movements
# his fFr-s which resulted IN the surrender
IT N~4rlls aud the evacuation of the strong
a4ttari-, erected ly the rebels Oh Scwelis
Point uuG CraDey Island, and the dcstruc-
t.5n Of the rebel iron-clsd steamer MeTrimac,
are regarded bg the President as among the
most important successes Of the present war.
The Navy Department has information
cha; ON the Isl inst, Acting Volunteer
Lieut.. Nichols Of the Onward, despatched
Acurs Mast. Sleeper in his launch in
,hass VI O.. schooner Sarah, about 100
TONS blg,hea. cnleay0riug 70 run the block
de ui Bulls Bay On the coast OF S3uth Ca
raina. H-r c-yW thereup1n ran hcr ashore
and burned her, themselves escaping.
Tho steamer Ori9le from NeWbeTn, May
l2.h. arrived at New York last night. She
aas 65 discharged soldier, from tAc l04th
y Y Regiment, several soldiers on luriOugh
asd The bodies of Lieut.. SouthwJIth and
Esemll. of Connecticut. The health Of the
ttoots ri Nowten was good, and that Place
va bsin. fortified.
The secretary Of War, upon application OF
Representative Ely, has ordered the release Of
COL ". F. Baldwin If Va, to be exchanged
tar Col. Colc5Tan.
! dsseIter from Corinth one Of the 18Th Lyul-
siana reports the whole army OF Beluregard
without coffee. At one time more than three
DAYS they vent without rations. lie says
Van Dorm and Price left Corinth eight days
aE,. l. Is not known were they have gone
= gentleman from Augusta, Ga, 9TH inst,
says that the property owners Of that State
are adverse to the destruction Of their goods.
Nom have been destroyed as yet. No body
f.vors such destruction but reckless persons
without property, whose designs Will be
shUaItvi By the JWncIs Of cotton, a..
When Com. GJldsborough's feet went up
Tho james R.v.r tGey found the first rebel
battery at Days Point deserted. The rebel
h.G was still flying over the battery at HAr-
uy s Point. fifteen miles above New port
News, huj the battery was deserted aud
most cd It's guns dismourted. Through A
solitary inLabitlnt picked up there he a.
ce.talntd that on the previous Wednesday
ni-ht its -srf-sJn Of four hundred rebels
had evacuated it. All the rebel batteries
between Hardy's Point, Font Ilugcr aud
jamestown were deserted with their guns
mostly d~ismounte1 and rendered Temporarily
useless. Near jamestown Com. GolIsbor-
aueh met the division Of the squadron that
had previously gone up the river under
Commander John Rogers and learned the
fa~II4 r "a ALt H4I B-ANAN O. o. hA-''E
and also 81 tie bursting Of the Naugatuck 5
Lsfso gun aud the evacuation by The rebels
% fan their lc- T h-ations below Fort Daring,
sgrr,ssd % Lave taken place On the Treyi-
aus Wednesday night. Wien la't heard
ir.ua Il Friday, Com. ,lds5orough was con
ttei.. RE Ifo.rsss with most Of hia squad
l.u az l- Iy-r above jamestown, securing
th- rr-ra e. Ike, abandoned 10y the rebels
s- 30 -. - escl.
T. etus iAr Monitor and Galeua we've the
rni7 y --els Of tie squadron atle to run past
All t.e rebel l5He r lur.i6cati1ns, up 70 Fort
DulInS, & miles below Richmond, where
they found the river ei-ciually hlUckadcd,
et.d 10 "a previous despatch. On arIiy-
iu- ia the range o! the guns OF l,rt Darling,
.iir.tej up.u aa ,@leya1la % 200 icet above
GEL waters surface. the further urcsress Of
:H. irIa olui, Was prevented and HAT oi the
f.Iuaiuder .l the ilset Stopped at points be-
Boss Tie heavy guns OF the fort were 70
oppressed IN their range as u llay most ei-
a%liiyely upon the two gunb0ats. Oi . shots
Kat struck the Galena, Is penetrated her
arm9r not one Of those striking the Moni-