The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1863-03-02
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TO THE FREEMAN
r O'CLOCK A. M.

admitted that the close of the session of Con,
gress will witness a decided change in the policy
of the Government.
The President has yielded to the advice OF
Secretary Seward and Ihurlow Weed to pro-
pitiate the conservatives and thus make the
consumption palatabe. The measures in view
are LIST, A change in the Cabinet that will
give Mr.. Seward and his policy majority of its
members, Mr.. Chase to be retained, or, If he re-
tires, robert y. Walker to take his place. I'd,
The restoration of Gen Mcclellan to some com
mand, to shut the mouths of his no;sy and dis
loyal friends. Sd, As concession to the ne
gro prejudices of Northern soldiers, the blacks
In the army to be kept in subordinate positions.
4th, The radical Republicans to take the back
seat, and moderate Republicans and War Dem
ocrats to have the confidence and direction of the
administration. 5th There are to be no more
arbitrary arrests, except in very fragrant cases
The diplomatic representative of the Repub-
lie OF Haytl has arrived and paid his respects
to Senator Sumner, chairman of the Senate
Committee on Foreign Relations He will re-
ceive from the Government all the courtisies
usually extended to diplomatic representatives.
The lst Pa. reserves refused to do dutv on
picket yesterday over liz Virginia, on the ground
that they had been 10 the service since 1861.
and participated in most of the hard fought
battles that they are so reduced in numbers
that no one regiment will number $50 men. and
that their request to 90 home and recruit has
been disregarded, while the I'd New Hampshire
regiment is allowed to 60 home.
Immediately after the adjourn ment of Con-
gress complete enrolment of the whole fight
ing population of the North will be made. and
some drafted men called into the thin ranks of|
our service.
Nearly 200 Union cavalry were captured on
Thursday near Winchester. The rebels first
captured six of our pickets, which were retaken
by the 18th Pennsylvania cavalry, who advanced
to far afterwards and were themselves captured
New YORK, March |. The Tines special
Washington dispatch says Gen. Hooker and
Gen. Mcclellan were examined at great length
before the Court on the conduct of the war
to-day.
Gen. Mcclellan has nearly completed his
statement, and it will be read in the court on
Monday. Gen. Hooker's ev ence relates main
ly to affairs at Fredericksburgh and Falmouth.
The court will examine one or two witnesses.
and then close up the evidence and submit it to
Congress.
Gen. Fremont has returned here, and will
certainly soon be assigned to very important
command.
WHEELING, Western Va. Mar |. A cor
respondent of the LnteIhgencer under date of
Winchester, Feb. Goth, gives the following par
ticulars of the late disgracefu affair between
a portion Of our troops and the enemy. on the
25th /
A rebel cavalry scout, 80 strong, came inside
of our pickets on the Strasburgh road After
skirmish with the infantry rickets. in which
two were wounded on both sides, they retired i
capturing cavalry picket of twelve men of the e
Pennsylvania and New York cavalry. force E
sent in pursuit re-captured, beyond Strasbureh /
most of the prisoners and horses, and also took =
a number OF prisoners.
The commander of our detachment transcend 81
ed his orders, and pursued the rebels beyond r
Woodstock. After driving in the rebel pickets e
he stood parleying in the road without guard
ing against surprise. The enemy returned in
force, charged upon and threw our men into A
confusion, killing and capturing 200 in a Apbt >,
af twenty miles. Our men made no Stand
though outnumbering the enemy. r
WASHINGTON, Feb %. The resolutions re-
ported by Mr.. Sumner, of Massachusetts,. from
the CON- on foreign relations, and concurred in
by Meesrs Davis, Henderson and Hicks bor-
der state members, assert that the Government
is engaged in the suppression of conspiracv
for the establishment of separate Governmont
upon the cornerstone of Slavery, and for tho
building up of great slave power, and that the at
only effect of mediation, arbitration, or inter.
terence would be to prolong and intensity the
struggle and add to its horrors. All tenden-
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