Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1863-04-21
lAD0uARrEn ARMY OF the PoroHAc

April 10.
The Richmond paper. Of tho 18Th are rcceiy-
ed. They contain the following dispatches
JIcEssN. Nj" April 10. Ffty-oee Yam
kee gunSoats have gone up the Coldwater. A
3-gun iron-clld wasabsndsned and destroyed at
the mouth Of the Amite river.
TIE Memphis lines Grc closed and hermotical.
ly sealed for 60 days Neither cotton nor con.
trabar DIS will be admitted within them.
JAcS'oS, Miss April II. The enemy in the
Black Bayou are retrcstiug towards the river,
laying waste the whole country as they move
along.
Ger river patrol men report that two Yankee
eunhoat', Conveying i've cavalry transports,
passed up the river on the 9Th inst, also 10
transports With infantry, aad 40 freight boats
loaded down. The enemy are reinforcing all
the depots on the hemphis and Ohio railroad
Csar'ts'0a, April T.. Last night the steamer
Leopold, while attempting to rnu into TIL, h.r-
Dor, was holly chased By hall dozen bloeka
ders, which fred ~ her, and she received several
shots through her hull, Capt Black, finding
u impossible to escape, run the steamer on the
beach and burned her The crew and passen
geis took 20 she boats and have arrived here
Very little was saved except the mails and the
Passengers elects. The steamer burned to the
waters edge in sight Of the Yankees. Her care,
consisted OF several pieces OF field artillery, 200
barrels OF sal4ette 10000 army shoes, and
lArsc s'sorImsnt OF merchandise.
i@n9rAsTtSs AyNY q TUX Por1uAc, April
10. specla dispatch to the Appeal from Sen
aloha, Miss, says that thirty boats and tvelys
guntoais have gone up from Memphis to operAte
on the Cumberland Heavy shipments g DO.
lng made on the Memphis and Ohio railroad.
The CorInth merchants are shipping their goods
north, and tho suffers are selling their wagons.
\ great strategic movement is atloat.
M'l'Ie, April TO- An official dispatch states
that The enemy, 400 in number, mostly contrs-
band troops, landed At Pascagoula yesterday.
and were attacked by our cavalry The enemy
lest fifteen killed, aud our loss was one leuten
ant and one private slightly wounded. The Yam.
kee gnnboals put back to Ship Island with their
wounded. RelnIorcsments have been sent to
renew the acton,
Mohe, April II, An officer from the British
ship of.war Of the bar last night, reports The
capture Of the city of Mexico by the French.
Admiral Farragut is reported to be again
blockadIug Red River.
Chattanooga, April 10 There is nothing "a.
diuonll from the front of our lines TODAY
Gen. Burnside IA reported to be at GAINESVILLE
with 10000 men,
licAs5wg, April 10. Nothing new has
uarsprcd here, Two additional Yankee trans.
ports went up the river to-day loadsd with
troops. Others were preparing TO follow.
The Richmond Wig SAYS that report, ver,
IN circulation yesterday that Gght took place
at Williamsburg on Sunday the l,h inst, under
Wise and the Yankees.
These reports were confirmed by poscnecr.
who arrived here last evening, At an early
hour that morning our troops drove in the
Yankee pickou and occupied the town. the
enemy retiring to FORK Magrddcr, from which
poiu, they commenced shellng tho place Gen.
Wise took position near the college and 70.
Piled to their ere Our cIusaliti up to the
Sih inst, were slight. A cavalry movement
had boon ordered the result of which had not
ssen learned Rumor 10 that We captured 40
prisoners, Lieutenant and large quantity of
eommissary stores, but this is not youchcd Tor.
NEw fosk, April l6. A special despatch
to the PoH from Washington says II ia rumored
that ioros Of rebel cavalry has been pushing
forward toward llarpers Ferry. The Govern,
mont is fully prepared 10 check any such more.
nelt.