The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1863-10-22
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TO TIE FREEMAN


airy tight yesterday. | have not learned the
particulars. As Elz liogh Lee was at James
Mills Sund y, 1t is likely that be was enga. e !
with our cavalry. The fight commenced near
Gainesville and continued all day
The Herald has the following
ARMY OF TIE PoTrmAc, Oct 81.
Among the camp rumols bearing the sem-
blance OF ru,h are these
That Gen. Lees headquarters are now at
Culpepper that EgelI's and Hills corps of
rebel Infantry are beween Culpepper and War
renton; that Lee Is greatly dlsapL ointed at the
failure OF his plans 10 occupy Centrevlle and
the Bal Run field, before Gen Meade could
march his troops and send hls supplies back to
that point that Lee Intended not only to force
Meade to fight him al CenTe7llIe, but proposed
to take mp his winter quarters there.
Ii is also SAID hat Lees Army is discouraged
nd di>hearteuc1 ami wat tbs Blue Ridge is
full tf rebels, who 81, awaiting an opportunity
to desert, and GENE into our lines
The times Washington dispatch Of the 2lst
says our army is follow u the enemy up to cay
rapidly. Ne rebels were discovered tAis side Of
the Rappahauuock by q Reconnaissance to-day.
Stock spectators to day endeayored to create
an impression here and ever the wires that Sec.
rotary Chase would soon throw en- the mulEet
large amount oi exchange on Europe aud SO
reduce the pr MUM on gold.
lie vi. d. no such thlng b yoad rayint the
November intey5ss on the public debt.
The story lhat tae treasury agent has Id
vast am nnts OF hve-twentys IN Enropc aud par
tiyularty III England Is untrue.
This morning, quite early, there was an arhl-
lery fight and cavalry sklrmlsh in the vici.ity OF
Sulphur Sprln $, bar the particulars are not yet
known.
1t the enemy ever entertained any hopes Of
permanently cutting the lines Of communion
ton by which the army Of the Cumberland re-,
cevcs its supplies, they must be disappointed.
The Cumberland and Tennessee rivers, until
recently too shallow to be navigaoie by gun
boats, have riseu very greatly.
Admiral Porter has taken vantage of this
circumstance TO 90 with his squadron TO points
where he can render essential service to the army.
The message which the President sent to Gen.
Meade last Saturday deserves to be recorded as
part OF the history of the campaign now draw
ing to closc.
Mr. Llncoln told Gen. Meade tina. he must
find and fights the enemy at once that il he
won q victory he should have all the glory, but
il he was defeated he himself as Commander in
Chief would assume the responsibility
The work Of apporionlDg the number OF
troops to be raised und4r the last call OF the
President, among the several Sates has begun.
The States thus tar appOrtloned and the mum
Der of men to be raised by each are as follows :.
Name, 75S!; New Hampshire, 3,769 Yer
mont, 3 ,33l Massachusetts, 5,l26 Connec-
ucut, .432 New YORK, 3S2oS: Delaware,
l, So Indiana, Is 9O7.
The Heraias Army correspondent Ct the ooh
says.
was told by a man that lives on the place,
and at whose house some officers stopped after
the fight, that the rebels had about 800 killed,
an they locked upon it as regular defeat.
lie saw two generals who were badly wounded.
This is confirmed Gen. Heath had hls horse
shot under HIM. They complain that the con-
scripts did not fight.
We have found several letters giving most
fearful description OF the saI, o. desuIution
prev Hing at the South.
Lee had his headquarters near. but was no
able to bring up The main body OF his army in
season.
The Iribunes Folly Island letter says moth
ing OF interest has occurred the past week
There has beer little firing on either side.
The Contederates appear to be awaiting the
opening of Gen lImore guns Gu the city
Ia the meantime they are not idle.
A Morris Island letter to the Tines of the
18th says, that during the past three or four
days there has bee but little firing on either
side
Admiral Dahlgren a short lime since expressed
his determination to 60 up to Charleston on the
next trial, or else assure himself that the IRON
clads are unequal to the task.
1t is believed that James Island is occupied
by 5000 rebel troops, and Sullivans Island il
supposed to be occupied by about the same
number.
In the immediate vicinity of Charleston are
10 900 men.
ST. JOINS, N. F., Oct. 30. The steamship
Hberola from Galway the 18th, for Boston, ar
rived here at o'tlock this evening.
The adviees sent out by the Scotia of th'
seizure of the rebel rams by the British Govern
men are fully nfrmed
Lord Lynd urst is dead.