Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1863-05-22

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Total bales -.-7o
Vervfcv hlles Of these receipts had been placed
on tho market The fIil returns since the 5"th
n April by way Of the opclousas Railroad. 9TH
srv - dencminatsd c1pturcd cotton. have been
isis bale
4 private let-e' r,,ciecl ip B'-ton dated
N,w orl,au., N,y 9Th. rtatcd that l5e0
bale of cotton hal arrived there from The
Attakars- county, and that ID, Government
had decided ., shir II % New York f,r sole
The c-untry move held by zen. Banks pro
ducss annually 10000 bale. Of cotton and
50 600 hhds cf suSsF, and u 'rss thought
o .oOo balr. crd lo,oeo bid -eouli r. .
cured
In reference 70 trss l4b1r c'co-, 70 t,d
the following n ,he ,-sw York To-. Of the
l-tb inst
The Arago brought " rs hale Ct clear 50
Island cottor. sorted, .rd n good condition. OF
this $50 bales, OF ah1r, : ,Go0 pounds, are the
product entirely q fres lahor The remainder
Is cotton raised ~ thess-.s q rcbels II Florida
but carturei BY the loval bl,cks. zinuel. s'rtei
ard packed in Beaufort, BY free labor.
There Is still At Beaufort q quantity Of cotton
raisei by the South Carolina freedmen, amount
ing to isome 5000 pounds IN the seed, which
was not cleaned IN time 20 send W with tho
Arago, because the machinery in the gin house
ct Beaufort broke down some time $50
On tine whole, our cotton prospects are
temporarily. ., least. improved
Cot. GH1rs-o>'. B.r.-wheu Col Grersou
AMI hi, cavalry had besu out nine days in the
enemy. country, and had reached Ralcish in the
very centre Of the State, Col. Prince Of the eth
Illinois cavalry, believing tina, rs the citireus
were arming themselves and the news about
them was flying IN all directions, II was 2 mat
ter of lie and death thst Pearl River should he
cross-i, and the New Orleans and Jackson Rail
roai reached without any delay whatever. OBJ
tanned permission from Col. Grierson 70 move
directly forward. With 900 picked men Of his
regiment, 70 secure the ferry across Pearl River
before the enemy should he able to destroy It.
C.lPrincc reached the bank ofthe river before
daylight, when, contrary 10 his information. the
fat boat vas upon the opposite idle Of the river.
4 man came down from the house toward the
river, and in true North Carolina accent, askei
IN careless way, If we wante'l to cross 20 which
he got rCply-in a very capital imitation Of his
twanc-that few Of them did want 70 20 across.
and tina, It seemed harder 70 wake Mp his negro
fcrryman than 70 catch the id c1uscripts The
proprietor took the bait. spolosizei for the de
tention and woke up his ferryman, who immeli-
atclv brought over the boet. which thence for
ward became the property Of Uncle Slm-the
proprietor all the While believing he was lavish
inc q he Ill -
ma Cavalry, fresh from Mobile, The breakfast
given to the Alabama Colonel that morning was
highly relished and appreciated, but too much
time was not spent over II, and the importance of
speed was clearly proved. only hGif an hour af-
terwards, when they caugh; n courier fving 10
the ferry with the news that the Yankees were
coming, and that all the ferries we're 90 he i'm
me'iiately destroyed.
At Hazlehurst Station, Col Prince succeeded
N capturing large number Of cars, four or Eve
being loaded with shell and ammunition, and
others with army stores The whole Of this
property was utterly destroyed
Capt. Forbes, who had bean sent 70 Macon.
from near Starkyiue, reioined the command lust
As they had all crossed Pearl River. Having
been unable to take Macon, he followed their
trail TO Newton, where he was informed that
they had gone 70 Enterprise, on the Mobile and
Ohio Rzllrosd. He followed on 70 that place.
and marched with his little squad into town,
vhers he found about 5000 rebel troops inst
getting of the cars. He promptly raised Gag
OF truce, ard boldly rode forward, demanding
the surrender Of the plaee, in the name Of Col.
Griersor.
The commanding rebs. ofhcer-Col. Goodwin
asked ore hour to con-.dA the proposition.
and wished to know where Capt. Forbes would
be at that time. The Captain answered that he
would 60 back with the reply to the reserve
which ne did pretty rapidly. and was laughing
N his sleeve many miles of while those Enter
rrise-ins people were trembling IN their boots
The Mobile Register. Of the 2stb. in the depth
Of It's CONSERVATION and ehsgrn, treats this rid
lculous sell with the most absurd ard amusing
gravity The only thing satisfactorily ex-
plainei," says the oraculsr Register, "is that
they ran away from Enterprise as soon as they .
heard that Old Blizzard va. about" The /
Register little thought tina, it was only thirty-hve
brave fellows whom its terrified imagination bad .
into " 800 Yankees
At Brookhaven, the 7th Illinois in advance,
charged into the depot. cars, bridges, &C., and
captured and paroled 2el prisoners. The peo-
pie were much terrified BY the idea that the
whole town would be burned, but when they
found all private property perfectly undisturbci,
they seemed to entertain very different opinion
If the Yankees to what they did only few
hours previously.
This noble hand OF toil-worn heroes arrived at
Baton Rouge about noon of May >. where their
riumphal entry created a furore Of joyful ex-
-itement.
Some idea Of the pluck and endurance Of these
men can he CLEANED from the fact that during
he last thirty hours-in which they had ridden
ighty miles, fought two or three skirmishes,
destroyed bridges, camps, equipages, &C; swan
river and captured forty-tvo prisouers and
Quantities Of horses, they had scarcely halted
I all, and went through those terrific exertions.
,ithoui food for man or beast During the last
light il was observed that nearly the entire cul-
out almost beyond human endurance
were fast asleep upon horseback; except when
he sharp report Of a earbine told Of the near
ess Of the enemy. And all this Was rendered
ithout one word Of murnur or complaint from
ny hp, either Of officers or privates. ,
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