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Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1863-08-28
News Of the NccL.
BY Telegraph.

dispatch from Leavenw0rth, k.u.,. -.
ODD. gives further particulars OF the - =.
of Lawrence by Quantrell's guerrilas r-
list of killed and wounded number, l-4 p,
houses that remain standing are u..-,
hospitals Remains Of victims tn.
burned to death are constantly beiD- r..-.
in the ruins Of the houses
The guerrillas took all the u-nev 81
could be found in the pockets and hons.
the citizens. They stole all the iew4r-.
the ladies even TO the rings on their f-.
They spared nothing that was at all vai-...
Gen Jim Lane managed TO ESCAPE On
back with about % men fully arDsl
equipped, and followed and overlook
trell when u miles from Lawrence.
suit Of their fight Is not yet ascegtails5
Quantrell is now retreating toward. ~
souri,, burning and laying waste evs-v,,.--
on his route.
1t is not expected that he viii To- Inca.
cePted by our forces. He viii r-lllIT
away without loss.
No resistance Was made at Iav-e...-...
guerrillas. The people We're Shot l...-
they ran through the streets IN ta-.--...
clothes. and their bodies thrown l.-.
and cisterns.
The men comprising Quantrels f-.
I principally those bands Of guerri..s. d.
I have been rO5bing and murlerin- -.-..
| border for the last SIX months Win -
/ opposition being made 10 them. H.
had ample time to prepare every
would insure success They arrr.7 ...
ably safe in Missouri with their r.r-.
] good union citizens.
The loss at Lawrence is not less tina.
900 900 and will fall heavily s1 N.-
and Leavenworth merchant.
/ Two banks were robbed af ,..-. I'D.
they had, and the third e,carcl -iui-- E..
only because the heat va, So GREAT .....
burning buildings tina, The r.. ,.s..-ri ..
stop long enough to g., tle,af r.-
\ Fortress Monroe li.ia-t .r .... s..
says The steamer NI. L.r .--.-
this morning from of UaE,s-... ...
ports leaving StJuI Inlet a-. I.ar.... ...
which time the guns OF Fort ~.H-.- a..
silenced and several Lrta-hs, made
walls No doubt existed tar tr, ..
would soon surrender Sumter tr-...
time our Monitors ver. close uH..-- .
Of Wagner, and 'y tie alb ut u.r.
shooters bad nearly -i.guenl -.- sa..-
IN oihcer just from tie army. h..
secruns, reports that the CsH-.
army wus at Chattanoo-i vh,5
that the left wing WAS ~ Bll,.a.a-.
Buckncr and ClcvChuI With
thousand rebels. Gen. B-l--
army OF about ''-r" '-aiw-
III. ,.-...;...- ..-.,...---
I. t,,.,l.. ~. ..u. ..--
,,,aI,,.,;,. ~ -, T.--......
..ii"I I..
NON 81 -. -.........-l
4 Washington ji-ratcI .t
+ that in accordance with an .-,--
Heintzelman. CD. swain. .t -
ON : Fidly nizhI ' 'l q D7,.
". ''i'si'''.- '' '.''
h n5! ON ''' M ..L' ~ ~.
'"l' N"i.'i- ny
"4'e circuit %. i' -.'-'' '-f
ri '--'
"'l,'
''hi'N Ii-''-,l'u '',' .'.'
'1,' n'I7eS' '-'I-.'.' ,-.'-
sent % Wa,li--,.r
y 7'n--'- .r, -o.- 80. '-
mae Say Ire regiments '-r --.'
with rtcialt,. i4t sanitary .'-...
trGops l. -''I. I9i'e l"'a,.-
Island. just arrived were SD. WI"
act % dt>eriln-, ~ tit'1 -.
crulis on the 81. i'a.'t -
the road 10 Narrent'n asa .-.,-.i
time IN ma sing their c>--l- l.'
dispatched ~ pursuit '... .-t---
OF these KIND OF soldiers H-Ii-
beyond our military lines. as -.-.
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From WAsHNGIoS.-We hear on authori-
ty in which We place confidence, that gen
eral exchange and return of prisoners has Been
agreed on, including officers of all degrees.
to take place as soon as the arrangements to
that end can be completed.
We have at this time between 20 900 and
10000 rebel prisoners, while they have about
10000 Of ours. Under this arrangement we
presume that the large excess of rebels in our
hands will be returned paroled, to await ex
change for Union soldiers, who NAV some
time or other fall into the hands of the oil
carchv
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An enrolment of all the contrabands en-
ployed in the Army Of the Potomac is now
progress This SIS preparatory to draft.
which will take place as soon as possible
N. Y. Express
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FoR MEMBER OF CONGRESS,
HON. PORTUS BAXTER, of Derby Line
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ENROLMENT OF coxrR.sASps.

is IN Alexandria, and there seems to be a
general movement of troops in this direction.
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Intelligence from Gll .Wa-- 81
brigade, now in South Cao.l1s, SIZE
the colored troops are eager fora
their discipline Is excellent. Tire .
the department continues -I.t
eral j. j. Peck. with his staff.
and takes command of tie lH.
in North Carolina.
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CHAR,EsToN. Aug. - Tie 'i'
enemy land batteries has h,'n t',
Sumter. ami more guns are di''. --
was only one casualty today V
also Il heavy FIRE kept up ON ia''t-l h.. E.
both from the fleet and land. ana % nj
Battery Gregg. The casual'''- ''
were one officer and four private -,.-
Gen. Gilmorc's demand for me vI-5
of Fort Sumter and Morris isiaI q
threat to she'll Charleston IN iruI Ma
the delivery Of the paper at t'l. ..,.es 3.
was received and rrturncd at ~
morning.
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OBSERVER.

THE Alabama au1 Mississippi Rivers Railroad Gem
4 pany Of Alabama, will offer for sale at pnbllc
auction to the highest bidder mot less than par9 on
Wednesday, the 4th day of March 1863, at the BANK
Of selma in the city oil Selma; $500 900 bonds of the
Company, dated January lst 1862, ard due Jon
uary LIST, fS75; ana &A2 600 bonds OF the city OF Sci
ma dated January lst, 1862, and due January lst,
1872 The last n2aed bonds will be endorsed ana
guaranteed by the Railroad Company Al THESE
bonds bear per cent interest, payable sem-nnnpA--
ly at the Commercial Bank Of Alabama, NJ Selma,
with coupons attached for the interest. The bonds OF
the Company Interest and principally aie secured by
mortgage duly executed and recorded on the entfe
Railroad Of the company with oil Us machinery and
la nds, and franchise, and other appurenance3 The
TO ad commences at the city Of Selma where IL COP
10 CTS With the Alabama and Ifnnessee Rivers Rail.
~ ad completed 1875 miles, and now heing extended
under accRtr8ct with the Confederate Government,
to Rome, Georgia. aud with daily line Of steam-
boats, plying between Selma and Montgomery ana
extends West through well cultivated and very fer.
tile region, via UnontOWn and DemopoS, about u
-miles; and Is connected by meaga Oi Tue hotlheast
and Southwest Alabama Railroad, win the Mobile
and Southern (Assissipp) Railroads, At Meridian,
Mississippi Besides its very marked local sdVantas
ges securing to II large focal business this road
holds most favorable position, IN the great eastern
and western line OF travel between Texas, Arkansas,
Louisiana, and Mississippi, and the Northern ga
Eastern portions Of the Conlederacy hnoishg the
most direct aHd shortest route from VoksburI, aAd
all intermediate places, to the Capitol Of the Coasedo
racy, and the South Atlantic cities;
Although the route thrOugh from Selma to Meridian
has been opened only Withia the last few weeks, sud
not vet working as regularly 81 II will soon az the
arrangements u progress are completed the ln-i
come already far exceeds the sum required TO make
GOOD the bonds proposed to 10 issued lp short Is
believed that no better securities than these bonds,
can be found In the Conlederdcy Two priOfsliens
exist, t0wit: a mortgage tosecure $4,000 bonds OF
the Company due January next to be paid out Of the
proceeds Of The bonds now offered; aud which will
be- received In payment for the latter bonds Second
a mortgage 20 secure $4,000 advanced by the Con-
ederate Government for the completion Of the road
and payable in 1872 uHless sooner discharged as ex
pected hy transportation rthe Government
kSealed proposals or bids directed 10 the undersigned
~ pemopoliA OF W. S. Knox ESQ, Treasurer, At seL
ma (rho on opplicatn will give any Information de-
sired) will receive due gttcnuon,
FcB7tas q, G. GRIFFIN,
President
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hing through and widening cut 'qieif7'.s.'eh
tho great river is actively formipg ? sand
bar at its mouth. Thus it is again de-
monstrated that the waters ana gwen the earth
itself is against oar invaders. But the great
river is not only forming sand bar to shut up
the Yankee canal, but it is also fling all the
swamps with water aud making transportation
a very difficult matter on the Yankee side OF It,
That side is very different from this Here
we have hisides and dry ground fer encaap-
meuts: there they have one continued b'g
swamp aIled with mud and water. Day before
YESTERDAYS yoley after wolfe, Of musketry fired
in quicksuccession was card on their side Of
the river, and some suppose that they were
queiing mutiny, On the same, day tlieir
transports were going up and down The river
all day, and there was less noise and drumming
ever there than usual, and it was thought pro
babe that they were moving some of their
troops. AL this, however, is Of course only
cenjectsrs, for we can have but little means of
their movements, still we know
that they must be at a loss how to proceed
They arc before Vicksburg, but Yicksburg
having wthstood so many shocks of battle and
conscious Of increased and increasing strength,
looks cOlmly and serenely down upon them
from her many hills and deies them. They
have made no demonstration since their arrival /
av,ort T., run ,.,,, az tIoi, .,,,,l.oots a.. ~,
Connestoga, by the batteries, the ether moving
just at day break 1t is said to he one Of their
nost powerful iron cads, sud ON thib occasion
had cotton bales on the outside Of its .iron
casing II was evidently surprise on our
batteries for tho shooting that was done was
very awkwardly done, and ana told that some
Of the batteries did not fire gNn She was
struck, however, and it is said that hole oil
great size was made in her side, To use the
commOnexwession, all is quiet here. Whether
it is The quiet that precedes Tie storm am
unable TO say. Rumor is busy with her thoss.
aud tongues, telling Of the coming conflict, bar
tie old dame has been in camps 50 often and
told Ike stories that no one pays much atten-
ton to her. Of this, however, all may be as
5ured yicksburg is ready and If the yandals
again attack her. she will neet The STOCK
unawed, msubdued, victorious. Gem Penn
buton has renewed his request for he non
oonlbatants to leave the place but tho women
Of vicksbmg ike their sisters at ,Fredricks
burg, seem determined to stay and take care Of
their homes.
Opouovpu
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EoNDURANT 4 MATTHIAS,

I1NNIIHUNIf, ~
COMPREHENSIVE NOTlCE-.The undersigned
" have associated themselves together mder the
style and firm Of B0NDURANT a MATTHIAS, for
the purpose Of Conducting the GROCERY AND cox
MISSION BUSINESS, in f.ynchbarg, Va
We shall keep constantly on hand Qs large and
well selected stock of GROCERIES pnd STAPLE
DRY GOODS rs can be obtained, and will spare no
pains 10 sorve our customers 40 all times.
Conducting the business on the CASH principle,
we will be enabled 10 offer Inducements 70 city and
country purchasers either by wholesale or retail
ConsiQnmeHts OF Flour. Wheat Corn and all other
country produce solicited and prompt returns In all
cases, as soon as sales are mcde.
Manufactured and Smoking Tobacco and Snuff OF
all grades always on hand.
Wesollcit a shane Of the public patronage.
JAP. BONDttRANT,
declTGm JAMES MATTHIAS.
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$50 REWARD

u ANYWAY from the subscriber on the qm two
II boys. Sam and Hilliard. Sam is afoat 3s years
old, not very black ieet II nches In height and
little grey from sickness. He is very bow legged. ana
awkward in appearance, but stout, active shrewd
and sharp featured. Iluari Is about rs years Old
feet 10 inches high, very black, and blacksmith By
trade eHe Is sqnare built, well proportoped, and Is
times slow spoken, and sluggish IN appearance, but
shIewd and sharp They will attempt 20 enlist under
the FedeWs in Tennessee will give $50 for
their confinement in Jail that can get them, and
SlO6 for proof enough to convict The whiiN person
who has deeoyed them away,
JOSEPH q. BL0uNT,
Turkey Town, ?. o., Cherokee Co. Ala.
Jany. &c Inns
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Membera b Lle lra ID loeoek y \ rarrIsh /.
sl00 REWARnL

! sion Of a negro boy namcdeAndrew; about % feet
eight or nine inches high very bnek, viii weigh
about 1850 or no pounds aud very stout: had on when
No left abrown coored coat bark coiored pair lanes
pants and black hat rather slow Of speech ,toleiaby
trot VI Hamilton county in this State, eight miles
above Harrsop on the road leidite from Harisoa
10 George Town. on The night Of Tho 23d January
1868 aud " supposed 20 Ne making his way FOR Ken
lucky or for to lines Of the Federal Government
Tho aboye reward will be given for his safe delivery to
me, on Confinement IN l0mo jail 20 that ean ert film.
Ny Post ONCE II Harrison, Tenu. VIM SNOW
FebG8W
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LYXcHpuse. va.
STAPLES & pILLLRn.

TUE senior partner has associated M, p. II. Dn.
i lsfd with him in bis GENERAL Commission
HOUSE, at the old stand 81 Staples & Anderson and
solicits consignmeuts of sugar. MolaSses cotisn
Merchandise and Produce generally. To sell rro.
duee at highest market rates attend IN person. 10
weights and delivery, and send account sales and
checks at once is the old established rule AZ t6h
House u has answered al extended pat}naee
which 30 years experience with this market ata an
present increased facilities prepares as d meet Win
our usua, prompiness
Liberal advances on any amount II Proiucbln hand
ALWAYS oni hand n Heavy stock Of ManuGettgsa
and Smoking TOBACCO, warranted as represented
and as low as can be had M Virginia.
janI7 6ms STAPLES & DuIARD
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Correspondence Of the Chattanooga Rebel
CaNR NEAR yicEsBURG, Miss.
Eehrnnrv Alh lRG3

FEBRUARY 6tl, 1868. J
Grants army has arrived hOre Sherman's
and Netherlands had been here some days.
The three armies combined make force esti
mated at from sixty.fye to eighty thousand
men Their tents whiten the opposite bank Of
the river above below, and in front Of town
as far % The eye can reach and their great
feet Of gsuSoats osd transports across the
bend look ike a lille city We cav easilysee
them moving ABOUT, and can hear their drums
day and night very distinctly In truth they
keep up an extraordinary amount Of drumming
Drum GrgyH. drum day and night, it is a con-
tnual thing and as these men are western
men, aud we have good reason to believe that
there is a greatdeol of sickness and dissats-
faction IN 'their ranks. We interpret their
continual drumming to mean that they have
an extraordinary nuober OF roll calls to pre-.
rshc desertions Squads Of desertors make
their way to our lines nearly every day and
they report a bad stale of affairs among the
invaders across lhe river They state that the
greatrovolutionw which isgoing on III the North
has an existence IN the army, that thousands
would desert &c hey had an opportunity, and
that when Spring Genes, if il docs not bring
peace, they villa 80 home OF course we
connst tell how much truth tlerc is in these
statements, bat Il IS singular that all these
d,sorteto ootsipo al Il iHersnt fip,es .,d ro,,.,
sentmg nauy regiments md States should all
tedtl game stories. They also state that
t,cy case here this tine with full purpose Of
opening their famous canal and every evidence
goes to confirm this report, but they have
signally failed and have about concluded to
give Il UP as an Improbable job and every
evidence goes TO confirm this report indeed
il ia now quite evident that tho Father Of
Waters will not leave his old beaten track to
accommodate all yondaldom So far from ram
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800 REWARD.

I WIZ pay Twenty five dollars for the recovery Of
4 my negro han named lessee, who was lott from
me during the tyacuitl0n Of Hsf!f4cabofo
no IL VI light black complexion Eve got eleven
inches high wears bnck niousiaclie and WHISPERS,
about thirty years old stout bult, and bad on when
be- left me, black hairy oyerooat ard mouse coloed
sOit hat.
I viii also pay one hundred dollars iCr tbe cobyc.
ton Of any white man who may be hafbofng said
negro.
Apply 10 Napi W. ~. OBRlEN,
2ith Ala, Ree't
Col Nanuigault's Brigade, Wlther's Division, 90.
camped on The la fayetteville pike.
LanH 2s.lm.
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TAKEN UP

A ND committed 10 ih by the military authorities
~ ~ Chattanooga on the 3d Of October, 1862, and
mole recently committed ny an acting Justice Of The
Peace for the county OF Hamilton Tenn, on the 18th
Of December, 1862, negro boy Cgilmg biz name
JOHN and says be belongs 10 VIM. Jones, VI Mem.
phs, said boy black, 20 years old o feet "a inches
high The owner y requested 10 come forward
prove property, pay charges and take him ont Of jail
deco ~ j. ", SWAIN, Jai0r.
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FKoM HuSqslILLe.
80 csrle.panseae. ar Oh. psEy Co.


An incident occurred daring the iTe the
enemy occupied The Rlace that j, worthy O
being mentioned as illustrating The frmsess
aBd resolution Of Southern men IN this, our
struggle loriuaepcndencs Dr. Feam, whose
leatA ! mentioned IN orc Of my former letters
Who was one 81 tie unIy grsatmen Of Alabama
was arrested 10y thep on account Of ,his devo-
tiou 60 -he Southern cause. although lie was
over aeYeRty years 81 age aud in very feeble
health, we. when he was threatened with being
seperated from lis family, to whom no was
worry muck devoted, and being sent TO Fort
Warren the Northern bsstile, refused to yield
to their demands.and said, az have been in
formed. that he had but few days tqlivo and
tina, he would saorifce Ms life rather than
ceppromise his principles or abandon the
cause Of his country Noble sentiment was
this, worthy O., his Mstrious character. II
was in striking contrast with the CONDUCT of
some men more vigorous body bat less dc.
termined in purpose or sss patriotic in feeling
he is gone, but may the brightness Of his ex-
arnlo cheer and summit, 49, IL ro i.n
bebnd nj, mtoloct a., lam ro,,.;nod
vio.r,ussn3 .lc,, nm ~ No ti,oo orli, Sooth
and he never failed to fesl ani express. the
l,ycliest interest +, tl,s sn,cess or orr corso
and file trmuls Of op,.gr,,y r.t ocr vons,
hen take courage from his example and imi
tafebis yrtues
Jmet.to.dav with o, o,.l rao,d c.n MA
ard n Au.n fis,ri. rroar.n, s,,
Tsppssses wbo +. o.. ,.,,,.l.no,,,, !, I'M,
ne,ses readers os n,o bon.r.d c,ttor r. no
rollont Cent W6 p AHA, ,5,o,r.lt.a4,f,,,.
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tbio ,ro, oor,.an..a n. H.. cI.,.,.1.
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QuARrERgAsrERs DEPARTMENT,
~ T.t "a TlNu

NTIIH''l. :, - = n ? :
NFFICERS assigned to duty Al this Post, viii com.
" ply with paragraph Ol5, Army RegnIatm, 70
ayod confusion In accounts Quarters not obtained
through me will not be paid for and citizens are mo-
tiaeA that will hereafter recognise no claim for hite
or rent unloss they hold orders from ma
FeblS-Im b. +. JONES,
Maj. a Qm.
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DIgSOLUTION.

QlHB Run Of Qulnby 4 Robinson n Memphis, Tenn,
IA this day dissolved BY mgtnnl consent. An
persons having claims aganN said drn vii present
The SANE 70 W 7. Quinby, who isalone auibOrzedto
pay, and all persons who arc Indebted ~ said nrm
wh' make inmedintc payment 10 said Quluby, whS
ha8 been authorized " SETTLE Maid nrm's business
WIN 2. QUlNBYt Z can 49,.
W. "A. ROBfNsON, WI fWtneVi
JAs.s CLA0HOHN, Special piftner
Etowah Go Jan.si, 1859 fie6lOgml
"a Ytf
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HEApQUARTERs nIsTMcT OF fEES.
Chattanooga, Tenn. Jan. ~, 1868.
Gpuefai Orders

General Ordersl
No.4.
l. AL officers arriving at Chattanooga except
ing tue connection of the RAILROAD srGls-are requi'
red to report without delay to lieut.. Col 9 6aanon
commandant of the Post.
H., An enlisted men found IN Chattanooga without
proper authority will be arrested and sent under
guard 10 the Headquarters OF the army
BY order OF Brig. Gen jackson.
ian23-lm JOS. b. CUMMING,
A. A. Gen,
t1. Atlanta Contcdemcy copy Ina and send billto
this office.
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LOST

10y one Of my negro teamsters, somewhere IN The
10 street black memorandum book IN The pocket
notea one dollar and Grty cents ID silver, ind orc
dollar State bill aud one par cni buttons. He N
much distressed and says BIO IL tdead broke" y is
hoped that the Gndor viii bring 10 me, and receive
proper reward aud further the Interest Of salerlpg
hnmanjtvn 3. +. JONES,
FsbiS,lW Maj y ON.
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oy1- A ateruubor Of Chicago TilnoS,
eontaio' letter describing the vandalism Of
Yankee troops in ASir, reeeat passags down
the Mississippi. We clip tAs following
TUESDAY ligh brought us to GaiEes Land
nag ati,rring pretty place Sa the Arkansas
shors, and surrounded with extensive plants.
tens ou both sides Of tho river Here The
e1ceesss Of our trssps exceeded all belief
Scarcely had the boats touched the bank vixen
a large wages WAS set op fire and quickly csH.
sumed. The samss communicated to enc or
two dwellings adjoining, which were nearly as
qriclly laid ia asloS' During the evening the
lower part Of the town--knoWn as Gastona
Landing vas visited. Mr.. GaSton's dwellings,
and oubui'dpgS we're all kred and destroyed
Alittle below was splendid plantation, one
Of tie finest on the river, this was completely
destroycd--Uot building being left Spon it.
A npmber Of dwellings in the town were de-
stroyed, including one occupied by three IN.
teaaIes; these were obliged to fly
for their lives ut lni&night, ssYing all their
effects 10 the deyesring element. Just abeye
the town another plantation With a splendid
cotton gin, was wholly destroyed. On the
opposite bank there was "a large Quantity OF
wood piled estimated at twelve or fifteen hun
ired cords. This, toe, was set ON fire and
burned up, Notwithstanding the fact wosd is a
great scarcity ON the river but very little hay
ing been cut and hauled out since the war
broke out