Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1863-04-03
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Inc H--Q'a special dispatch from Head
quarters Army of the Potomac. March 18th,
saw every thing remains quiet over the river.
The onemv's camps are visible for several
miles, hut tho troops display Themselves very
little The main body Of the army lies hack
about miles from Frclericksbur.h. though
lar-e force has recently been sent down
near p1rt ROYAL pcetrtcr- are coming in
by scores Yesterday o lieutenant. aud three
serccauts, Ill from one company .eamc and hun
drcls of others would come, but for the din
culties Of crossing the Bapplhanu,sk. pc-
r.rteIs report great suffering in The re,,l ar
my, and much di-aiT-ction among leteolTs.
I7lfa ping of d,ur and quarter of pound
of meat clp--iut, thcir daily rati1n-.
ro-,b.y v, have had d sharp wind which
ha- done. much toward. drying ny the mud
caused 10y tlc rain Of yesterday.
The Tribunc'- Washington di-Ietc5 saws
dc>crtcr- srr rushing back to tho army Of
The T.t .u,rc NJ the rate Of two or thrcc rcci-
men,- week, the number daily increasinsa as
the firSt OF April approaches.
ten. E. P TYLER has been sentenced by
Court Martial to be reprimanded for making
an official report of the part taken by his
brigade in the tattles Of Frclcrick>'ur@ Q,
tie Governor of Penn without aut GRITTY
and Publishing the same in the Harrisburg
Telegraph. TIE sentence of tire 'aurt-Niar-
sial was carried into ciiec, by orn. Hooker.
TYLER las been released from arrest and or
dercd 10 return TO duty.
The Tribunc's Special despatch, irom Muir
fre,-boro 22th, saws it is certain that no r.
bel- have Tas-cd either flank Of tlii- army in
Kentucky, therefor the Kentucky panic /,
useless. There i reason To- believe that Van
Dorm with = .ooo mounted infantry and ,,-
valry has moved To- strike the Cumberland
river below Clark-yiilc to intercept ua,i-a-
ton. We have Trustworthy information
that III, rebcl- ai, concentrating exclusively
IN the front t, resist Eo-cenu-' advance Oh
t, attack him. rbcy are now mot less than
90 900 strong and fortified at rullahona.
Stephenson AMI Bridgeport.
Their arr no troop at Chattanooga. No
infantry has appeared at knoxville. The
rebel, are moving provisions from Virginia
to TuIlahcma. Their, l. "a, doubt that tho
rel,el. are suffering from want Of provisions.
Joe ,l,bnstons head quarters arr at Atlau
ia. ia. Bragg IL in command Of the army
and his head quarters are at Tullahoma
\ Washington despatch saws Gen. Hook
er states the amount of sick in the army is
lees than per cent.
The Herald has information from the ar
my Of the Potomac which shows that it is in
splendid physical and moral condition. never
in better f@htlp- trim or more completely
ready FOL any emergency.
4 number Of refugees approach our out
posts daily but are compelled to turn lack
1r wait permission from the War Department
10 enter our lines Al tell the same story
D ldestitution at the South and the imris-i-
bility to procure supplies of food.
C1HcI>SATI, March 50.
The r,htI raid into Kentucky has proved
failure The Commercials Murfreesboro des-
patch rays the rebels report l5oOo Ftderals
IT Savannah. Tenn. that Grenada j. in our
possession aud that Cen Grants force- arr
Nickehurg.
The Gazcttc's indianapolis dispatch says
there has been a great reaction in the public
sentiment in Indiana since the adjournment
pf the Legislature.
No doubts are entertained Of the prompt
enforcement Of the Consumption Act. AT no ,
time since the commencement Of the rebellion
have Union men felt more encouraged than
ut the present timc.
Memphis dispatches say it Is known for
certain that the SunAover river expedition
has arrived safely at its destination, and that
a large force under Gen Sherman arrived at
Haines Bluff.