The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1863-08-22
BY TELEGRAPH
TO THE FREEMAN.
7 O'CLOCK A. M
NEWS FROM CHARLESTON
The Rebel Papers Giving it up
sATAN's KINGDOM TUMBLING DOWN
Glory, Glory Hallelujah

NORFOLK, Va, Aug. 81. The Richmond
Wing OF to-day contains the following
CHARLESTON, Aug. 20. The enemy's opera
tions during the last twentyfour hours have
been mostly confined to steady and continuous
bombardment of Fort Sumter from their Parrot
guns on Morris Island.
Their fire begins to tell on Fort Sumter which
replies only at long intervals. The defense of
the hsrbor does not depend mainly on fort Sum-
ter Even if that fortress should be battered
down the harbor may still be held.
Gov Bonham has issued proclamation urging
the removal of all non-combatants from Charles
ton as soon possible.
The 2O0pounder Parrott guns of the enemy
are too much for the walls of SUMTER and the
fort only replies at intervals.
1t has been determined to defend The city
street by street, aud house by house, as long as
foot of earth is left.
LEAvENwoRrH, Kansas, Aug. q. About six
o'clock last evening the rebel guerrilla chief,
Quantrel, with a force 800 strong, crossed the
Missouri river into Kansas near the town of
Gardner sixty miles below here, and immediate
ly started for Lawrence, arriving before this
town at this morning Quantrel posted a
guard around the town so that the inhabitants
could not escape, and with the remainder of his
men commenced pllaging stores, shooting citi-
zens and firing houses.
A gentleman who managed to escape and Sc
creted himself in a cornfeld near the town, re-
ports that he swan the river, and on reaching
the bluffs this side had plain view of the town
which was then sheet of flames. From what
he saw he thinks the loss reached two millions,
and by this time perhaps much more, as the
rebels seemed determined to destroy everything
that would burn.
We cannot learn that any resistance was
made, as the citizens were taken by surprise
the first alarm being the cracking of the flames
and the yells of the rebel incendiaries. A large
number of Union troops have been sent in pnr-
suit of the guerrillas, but with what success is
not known.
FORTRESS MONROE, Aug. 90 Brig. Gen.
Onderdonk has just returned to Portsmouth
Va. from long raid into North Carolina
They passed Edenton and opened communication
with Capt. Roberts in command at South Mills
Thence they proceeded to Pasquatank and
Hartford. While about half way between the
and in the skirmish lost two men. They killed
80 guerrillas, drove several into the Dismal
Swamp, who were drowned, and captured 81
horses, some cattle, &c. The raid was very sue
cessful.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 81, Gov. Pierpont is
here making arrangements for putting the gov
eminent of the State of Virginia into operation
The seat is to be at Alexandria.
New YORK, Aug. q. Eleven hundred and
eighteen names were drawn in the Doth ward to-
day, thus completing the draft in the 9th dis
trict. The day passed off without the slightest
disagreeable incident.
MEMPHIS, Aug. 81. Advices from Arkansa,
say all the rebel forces in that State were con
centrated at Almeda, five miles below Little
Rock under Kirby Smith.
=, JACKSON, Miss, Aug. IS. The Federal cav
airy from Yazoo city have reached Durot Sta
tion on the Mississippi railroad where they cap
tured train and cut the telegraph wires Sc
rous destruction on the rail road northward is