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As soon a. We commenced to cross, the enemy
began to evacuats Island No. 10 and his batter,
les along the shore. The divisions were Pusnea
forward to Tiptonville as tast as they laneeu,
Paines leading. The enemy was driven oe.o, :,
him, and although they made several at'emP.s -
form in line Of battle and make stano' Iane
did not once deploy his columns. Inc enemy
was pushed all night vigorously, until at o.
clock, A. NJ. he was driven back upon tne s"aHp'
and forced to surrender.
Three generals, I colonies, regiments, serelai
battalions Of infantry, five companies OF sa,'
over one hundred heavy siege guns, t"ents e
pieces Of field artillery, an immense qus1y
ammunition and supplies, several tnousAnI 80
o. small arms great 1 1.IaO int, % our hands
Before abandoning Island No. lO tne enemy
sunk the gunboatC rampus and SIX oil MS trans
ports. These last am raising, anu eIPeo' "
have ready for service in a few days ine H
nous floating battery was scuttled anu tu.ne
adrift with all her guns aboard enc -.
ed and run aground in shoal water oy our 10i'''
at New Madrid.
Our success is complete and overwhelming our
troops, as / expected, behaved gioriouSiy,
will, in nv full report, endeavor to do iul Jus
tice TO ali. Brigadier Generals Paine stanley
and Hamilton crossed the river ana couuu .',
their divisions with untiring ACTIVITY anu n ~
l am especially indebted to them. zen fainei
fortunate in having the advance, exhioltee unus
uaI vigor and courage, and had the satsiscI cS
to receive the surrender Of the enemy vi OUi'
Bissel, of the Engineer regiment, can nAluIy
say too much. Full of resources, ururing AM
determined, he labored night and day, and com
pleted a work which will be q monument oi Gu
terprise and skill. -
We have crossed this great river with a iarg'
army, the BANKS of which were lined with batter
les of the enemy to oppose our passage; nav
pursued and captured all his forces and materia
of war, and have not lost q man nor met an &C
cident.
JOHN POPE, Major General.
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he had just beaten Grant and Buell.? Beau
regard was whipped. though he hates to
oun n
PERSONAL.

We arc rejoiced TO learn of the escape from
Jeffdom of valued friend, GEO. S. DENIsoN.
Esqr., who reached his former home in
Royalton on Friday last. Mr.. Denison
married at the South and has resided in Texas
for several years, but was q staunch and un-
conditional union man, such as Vermonter
should be anywhere. lie has been endeayor-
ing for many months to make his way
North, but all his attempts to procure
passport at Richmond failed, and he finally
reached our lines at Nashville after foot
journey of 200 miles.
Vice President HAMLN has gone to Maine
on a visit, and Senator FooT, as Vice Presi-
dent of the Senate, occupies the chair with
his accustomed ability. Mr.. Foot is also
doing credit to the State by industrious ser
vice on two important committees, and by
other important labors in the public service.
Col. SNALLEY, of the 5th Vt, had mar
row escape in recent sk4rmish near York
town. a rebel musket ball passed so close
to his head as to cause the blood to start
from his ear by the conclusion, the same
ball striking in the left shoulder and wound
ing severely private Brady, OF Co. G.
Paymaster a. S. Kenny, of this place, has
been ordered to service, on the steam gun
boat South Carolina, recently returned from
blockadiDg service in the Gulf, and now 4
Charlestown Navy Yard for repairs.
Rev. Eben II. Dorman died at his e:idenc
in Swanton, VT, March 81, aged y. Il,
was pastor of the Congregational Churcl
in Swanton thirty seven years.
Hon. Theo. Frelinghuysen died on sundl.
at his residence IN Brunswick, y. J.
1iaj Gen. Sigel has been compelled t
leave his command in the Southwest for
short time, on account of Ill health
Brig. Gen. W. II. Wallace. who was til
only Federal General officer killed a
Pittsburg Landing, was 4 native of illinois,
graduate OF West Point, and, previous t
the present war, had seen service on the Pa
cifc frontier. At the opening OF this war IA,
raised and obtained the colonelcy of the Id
Illinois regiment, With bis regiment b
was at Fort Henry and from there be wen
to Fort DonelsOn, at which battle be wa
acting Brig. General, and Immediately after
ward was confirmed Brig. Gen. by Congress
lie was very skllliul and gallant officer
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SOUTHERN NEWS.

Keel ACCoUNT CT THE OPERATIONS OF
GEN. BURNsIDE.-Ire Fayetteville OjserUer
learns from reliable sources that. up Ia the
DIST ult., Fort Macon had not been attacked
but that i Yankee regiment was at Shepards-
vile on the night OF the DIST Shepardsville
Is in Carteret County, about II miles from
Beaufort, ami 10 miles from Macon The
enemy have taken possession Of Swansbo.o'.
which Is a snail port at the end Of BJgue
Sound, about 50 miles from Wilmington. and
had advanced 10 Pollocksville, in Jones Co.
Gen. Ransom 5 Brigade, We learn. Is looking
after them. OF the strength of our force in
that section we say nothing DO Is, however.
believed to be ample.
Not halt a dyz.n persons had left Beau
Tort, their means OF esress having been cut
of. The Carolina City Hotel had been
burnt, by order, it Is said, Of Col. White,
the c1mmandant at Fort Nacon-flr what
reason we cannot imagine. Fort Macon Is
fully prOylslOned for SIX months, which will
serve for eight OF ten months, if carefully
preserved. There are North Carolina com
Panies there, having, probably about 300
elective men. These companies are Capt.
BlOunt's from Wilson County Cant. Go
dell's Formerly AndrewsO, from WAYNE
Odlt. fOOl anu Odpt- Manney 2, from Car
teret. and Capt. Guyon's from Newbern.
These have no higher officer thla a captain
and Col. White OF the Confederate army (of
Mississippi, Is IN command. lie is grad
uate OF West Point, about = years OF aye,
and had been in tie United States army.
tie has the reputation Of being as brave a
man as ever lived.
\ number Of negroes had run away and
gone into Newbern, but Burnside did not
feed them, and had delivered. them IN to
their owners whenever applied for. SIX of
them had been shot by the aukee sontinels.
The enemy's boats went to Washington
few days ago and took quiet plss ssiln the
troops marched through the town and de-
parted without perpetrlting any Of their
customary Ou,rages. From. our exchanges
We learn that the Yankees hOisted the Uni
ted States flag over the Court House, cheer
Ing lt,whllst the people remained perfectly 81
lent They destroyed gunboat and some
threatened 70 hung any ne
sroes that came u their boats. and expressed
at no, finding any Union
sentiment there.
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THE OCCUPATION OF HUNTS
VILE, ALA.

Gen. Mitchell has followed up his occu
patton of Huntsville, Ala, in itself an event
of the first importance, by promptly seizing
the important positions of Stevenson on the
East and Decatur on the West. lie now
holds one hundred miles OF the Memphis and
Charleston road Gen. Mitchell in his des-
patch announcing his success, speaks OF this
road as 81 the great artery of railway commu-
nication between the Southern States" 1t
was. il fact, the only railroad connection
left the rebels between Louisiana, Mississippi
and all Alabama west of Pensacola, and the
seaboard Slave States. It's possession by our
forces, cuts the confederacy in two, inter-
rupts the best line for achievements and
supplies for the rebel army at Corinth, and
cuts off their best line of retreat when Gen.
Halleck cleans them out of that stronghold.
Huntsville is the capital of Madison Co.,
about ten miles north of the Tennessee River.
1t is place of 1900 inhabitants, the me-
tropoIis of North Alabama and the resi-
dence of much OF the wealth of that sec
ton of the South, and the scat of large
cotton trade. II was one of those pllces
that came into the rebellion very reluctant
", some of the most prominent and deter
mined Union men hailing from there.
Gen. Mitchell, who will doubtless hold 1t
with the same energy and skill with which
he has taken, is the former Professor Mitch
ell, of astronomical fame.
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PRESENTS IRON JArAN.-Maun E1n. the
present Tycoon Of Japan, IN rttlrn for the
elegant sewing -machine sent to his predeces-
scr, the late Tycoon, by the Wheeler & vii.
son Company, has presented 70 the above
firm, through Mr.. townsend Harris. our
Minister to that country, several very cur
ious and valuable gifts, comprising five
pieces OF uncut velvet, Of various patterns and
colors, Of about five yards each; and five
pieces OF rich silk, each one yard square
woven, in geld and brilliant cJlors. and de-
picting various birds and flowers; among the
former are number of singular looking
cranes. sombre in tint, and several gor9
geous chauticleers, with hens and chickens
around them. These pictures have been
suitably framed, and, with the velvet, which
have been arranged in u glass ere, contain
lng Crawiorl's beautiful statue Of DANCING
Jenny. now adOrn the wareroom of the
heeler " Wilson Sewiog-machinc Com
pany Ia this city. Those persons who take
pleasure in seeing foreign curiosities should
not neglect TO examine these Japan MANN
iactures. The widow of the former Tvcoon
as we have been informed by Mr.. Harris.
works the sewing machine, which was semi
to her, most successfully. and takes as much
interest IN it as do so many Of our ladies at
home. Home Journal
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during this day. This is an action Of tr~spass for
passing and driving cattle plaintiffs land. NJ
L. Bennett and E. &. Hari for PLAINTIFF. T. Ed
munds and J. French for defendants.
iayissa and Hauisn Gould were arraigned
this morning on charge Of lswd behavior. Both
pleaded NOT gully.
TUESDAY, April IS
Tracy Us. Atherfons was concluded yesterday.
The jury brought in a verdict this morning for
the defendants.
STATE rs. Eugene and EE=s5,fh SIMS. has Occur
pied to-day's session. The case has attracted
a throng Of interested listeners.
J. French and E. L. Pierpoint, Esqs., prose-
cutting. Daniel Roberts and W. ". Walker
Esqrs., for the respondents.
Eugene and EEsaJ,th SIMS were convicted Of
keeping disreputable house.
Cianssa and Harriei GoHid were severally tried
to-day for indecent behaviour. tlarissa was con
icted, but H,rrist WIS more fortunate and sue
ceeied in gaining acquittal. She il still in
jail, it is unders God, on another offence.
s. II. Davis aud q. W. Kennedy. Esqrs. fol
respondents.
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THE VOTE,

The final vote for abolishing slavery in the
District of Columbia stood 90 to 50.
Every Republican present in the House
voted YEA.
Two members, and two only, from slave
States, voted yca,-Blair of Mo, and Fisher
of Delaware.
The Rhode Island members, elected on a
Union ticket, voted YEA.
Four Democrats, English and Loomis OF
Conn, and HaIght and Odell of New York
also voted YEA.
of the thirty-eight democrats in the
House thirfy-One voted NO four, as above
stated, voted YEA the remainder did not
vote.
The members from Western Virginia,
Blair and Brown, voted NO.
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CAMP NEAR CLouD's Mills. Va.

March 20, 1852.
Capt. &. q. Chandler, Fifh Reqimsnf II Voj1,,-
tiers, Chairman and Gentlemen Of CoB,nitf,,,
Of staff and Line O6sus F,Gh Vermont Voi.
uHfeeTs.
MY FRIENDS AVID BROTHER OFFICERS Your
kind communication Of yesterday, desiring me to
appoint day upon which to receive a testimonial
OF your regard for me, has been received.
cannot express to yoE how profoundly am
touched by this mark Of your esteem and good
feeling towards me, nor can 1 describe the proud
satisfaction feel at this proof of the high sense
IN which my labOrs with the regiment arc held by
you, to whom IN great measure is due its eli.
cheney.
Under existing circumstances, it would Sc ircolv
become me to accept of the present indicated, and
perhaps it would be best to defer its presentation
until shall have proved the field If battle. al
the head of my regiment, and with Won. NV
worthy conductors, that deserve it.
On that fila TO which our General has prorn-
ised to bring US, know you will not dishonor the
confidence he has plaoed ia all of u.s. and that the
people of our native Green Mountain State will
be proud to greet US when we shall return 10 our
homes. as among the wOTthiest of the Army Of
the Potomac"
With many thanks for the high honor you have
me
am, Gentlemen, your friend and Colonc',
Ii. A. SMALLEY,
Col. Fifth Vt. Volunteers.
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A TERRIBLE WAE.-Au Irishmln, speaking 10
friend Of ours yes criay, said this was the most
terrible wa be had heard of:-Lincoln. the Com.
mander-iu-chicf, was killing of all the white men
North and South, so that the negroes could unmo-
lcstedly multiply, repielish and populate Ameri-
ca % the exclusion OF IrishmeD, Yankees and
rebels. There is more truth than poetry in the
asserfion.--RaflaHf Cora-ie.
The above paragraph is scnscless if it does
not mean to condemn Lincoln and exllt the
leaders OF the rebellion sympathy with
the traitors lurks ia every line OF it. Were
the paragraph to come under the n,tice of
the rebel editors in the South, there is not
one OF them IN all the region Of Secessia who
would NOT publish it as proof that even a
Vermont newspaper ddres to declare that
Lincoln is waging an unh1ly war, " killing
off white men North and south" in order
that this beautiful heritage OF America NAV
be delivered owe. to the black race on tbs
continent ,-EulaHd HeraH
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CHITTENDEN co. COURT.
APRIL TERM

- M AA-tsA
Hon. JOAN Pierpoiut, Presiding Judge.
" + +, n II. W " l,,,1i2' Assistant Judge.
WEDNESDAY, April Oh.
BIrer rs. Blaeop, end Pi1t was finished vez.
terday altcrnoou. The jury were unable 20 agree
and were discharged without a verdict.
b.. an, Pay born s @. rr. y. " 81. Johns. 4,
Trial to day. This is an action Of replevip for
lot Of goods Purrhissl Of the p.aintia, in New
York, by Ell Barnum. and valued a, about 5000.
Smith, Underwood 4 Walker for prG.. Roberts
AID Eimuads for d,ft.
Eugene and Eliza Snans, arraisued on an in
formation for keeping house Of i'll fame. pleaded
not guilty. The same parties were indicted bv
the Grand Jury ofIast fall The indietmen, is
Holle pressed.
FRIDAY, April l.
Bro'r', Pang5ora s Co. u. y. W. ~. John.
was argued this afternoon by II. B. Smith for
PHI, and b. Roberts for delft. Messrs. Edmuods
and Underwood were to follow.
case of hI5e1s e1rpu was BROUGHT bofor,
Judge Pierpciut last evening. It appeared that
james D. Ellis enlisted in Cabot as a private i,
Co. Z. 81 Regiment Vt. Volunteers. The reri.
ment had previously been mustered into the L. 5.
service, aud the sergeant with whom Ellis enlisted
was acting under the orders Of Lieutenau, J. "
Jones, 18th Regiment U. S Regular Infantry. a,
the time Superintendent Of the recruiting ser,i.a
for the State. Elliss father claimed the eus,od-
OF him on the ground that he was min,r and
bad enlisted without his (the flthers) consent. re-
lying in support Of his claim on the act Of the
extra session Of ls6I (Sec. Of No. p which
provides that "no person shall be received as a
volunteer pursuant TO this act whose age shall be
less than tweaty-one years. except by written con-
sent Of his guardian if he have one.7 Ellis
would be twenty on the 18Th inst. It was olsin.ed
for the L. ;. that Ellis enlisted willingly and had
himself no desire to be discharged and that At tho
time OF his enlistment he represented himself to
be above the age Of tWenty-one. The Act of Con.
gress' approved Feb. II, lSG2, providing that the
oath Of the party shall be conclusive as TO his ace
was referred 10.
The Court was Of the opinion that enIistneuts
made to I'LL up regiments already mustered into
The L. 5. service BY officers acting IN .er the q.
authority aad reporting to it irrespective Of the
state, were exclusively under the jurisdiction Of
he U. 5. laws and, under the Act Of Feb. IItb. /
'rdered Ellis to be discharged fsom bis present
'ustody AMI restored to the custody OF the L. s. /
Ulcers.
LamPsoa appeared for the relate. J . French
or Us
SATURDAY, Apul Il.
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FIFTH VERMONT VOLUNTEERS.
CAN'T NEAR CLOUDS MILLs, Va
March -, ls62.

CAN'T NEAR CLOUDS MILLs, NA..}
March -, lsJ2.
Col. Henry 4. SmaHey, CoHmaH4rqg Fifth
Regiment P,rmonf Volunteer
SIR The line and staff officers Of this regiment
having, within the past few months. become duly
sensible Of your high tone and character As zen
ueman, and your qualifications as an officer, aud
desiring to acknowledge IN some manner your
uniform courtesy to us, and your eyer-watchful
care OF your soldiers, have directed Inc to ap-
prise you that, in token Of our sincerity we have
procured for presentation to you. a case contain
ing some articles which trust may be accepta-
bieto you, no. for their intrinsic worth or value.
but as an assurance Of ever-abidinr friendship
towards, and confidence in you.
he pleased, Sir, to name such time and place
for the presentation, as may be most convenient
and agreeable to you.
with the strongest assuIauce Of our esteem and
respect, we are, Sir, very truly, yours.
c. g. CHANDLER, Capt. 9Th Vt. Vols.
Chairman Of Committee.
CHAs. ". SEAGER, Capt. 9th Vt. Vols.
JONI r. LEWIS. Capt. 9th Vt. Vols.
A. AUSTIN, Lieut.. 18th VI Vols.
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Gen. Pope's Report.
ExPEDrT1oSARr FoRcss.

NEW MADRID, Mo-, April 9, 1862.
Msjor General II. W. HALLEcK:-
The canal across the peninsula opposite Island
No. l0-and for the idea of which | am indebted
to General schuylef Hanilton-Tas completed by
Colonel BisselPs Engineer regiment, and four
steamers were brought through on the night of
the 9Th. The heavy batteries / had thrown up
below Tiptonville completely commanded the
lowest point on the high ground on the Tennessee
shore, entirely cutting a the enemy's retreat by
water; his retreat by land has been possible
through the swamp.
On the night of the 4th Captain Wake of the
navy, rsn the enemy's batteries at Island No. 10,
with the gunboat Carondelet, and reported to me
here, On the night of the 9th the gunboat Pitts
burgh also ran the blockade. Our transports
were brought into the river from the bayou where
they had been concealed, at daylight on the 9TH,
and faine's division landed. The canal has been
prodigiously laborious work. 1t was twelve
miles lo ng, six miles of which through heavy
timber, which had to be sawed of by hand four |
feet under water
The enemy had lined the opposite shore with |
batteries, extending from Island No. 10 to Tip. |
tonville, Merriweather's landing, to prevent the
passage Of the river BY this army.
directed Captain Wake to run down with the
two gunboats, at daylight the eth, to the point.
selected for crossing, and silence the euemys bat
teries near it. He performed the service gallant
ly, and here bear testimony TO the thorough
charged his difficult duties with me, and to the
hearty and earnest zeal with which, at all haz-
ards, he co-operated with me.
As soon as he signalled me the boats cjntaiIins
Psine's division moved out from the landing, and
began to cross the river. The passage Of this
Voc, furious river, by our large force, was one
OF the most magnificent speciacles that ever wit.
messed By twelve o'clock that night (ths 7th)
all the forces designed to cross he river we're
over, without delay or accident.
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THE BATTLE OF WINCHESTER.
Gen. Shields official report of the battle
of Winchester, is published. He thus sums
up the results in killed and wounded

Gen. Shields official report of the battle
of Winchester, is published. He thus sums
up the results in killed and wounded
The killed and wounded in this engagement.
cannot even yet be accurately ascertained In
deed, my command has been so overworked that il
has had but little time to ascertain awning
The killed, as reported, are l03, and among them
we have to deplore the loss Of the brave Colonel
Murray, of the Eighty fourth Pennsylvania lol-
unteers, who fell at the heal of his regiment
while CALAMITY leading it in the face of the enc
my. The wounded are AL, many of them slight
ly. and the missing are twenty-four. The enemy's
loss is more difficult to ascertain than our own
Two hundred and seventy were found dead on the
battle field. Forty were buried by the inhabi-
tants of the adjacent village and by a calcula
tion made by the number of graves found on both
sides of the valley road between here and Stras.
burg, their loss in killed must have been about
500, and in wounded 1000. The proportion be-
tween the killed and wounded of the enemy shows
the closeness and terrible destructiveness Of our
hre-nearly half the wounded being fatal The
enemy admis loss of between 1000 and ] 500
killed and wounded. Our force in infantry. cav
airy and artillery did not exceed 900. That Of
the enemy must have exceeded / ,OOO jackson.
who commanded on the field, had, in addition 10
his own stone wall brigade, Smiths, Garnett's and
Longstreet's brigades. Generals Smith and Gar
nett were here in person. The following regi-
ments were known to have been present, and from
each of them were made prisoners on the field -
The second, Fourth. Fifth, Twenty.frst, Twenty |
ty-third, Twenty-seventh, Twenty eighth, Thirty
third, Thirty and Forty-second Virsinis.
First regiment Provisional Army, and an Irish |
battalion. None from the reserve were made |
prisoners. Their force in infantry must have been
5000. The cavalry of the united brigades amount |
ing to l,50O. Their artillery consisted Of thirty
six pieces. We had 5000 infantry and a cavalry |
force of $50 and twenty-four pieces of artiIIerv
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1t would seem from the silence in the direc-
ton OF New Orleans, that the Mortar Fleet
did not 90 thither, after all. Instead, por-
tion of it seems to have turned up at Pass
Christian, Miss, which is small place of
some 900 Inhabitants, on the coast, 30 miles
from Ship Island, and so from New Orleans.
a letter to the Hartford COwant, dated at
Ship Island, March 10Th, states that the fleet
left the day before to shell out Fort Morgan,
at Mobile, and that cannonading had been