Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1863-01-16
News Of the War.
WHY WE LEFT VICKSBURG
NEWS FROM REBEL SOURCES.

NEWS FROM REBEL SOURCES.
4 despatch dated Month Of Yazo, River
Jan 3i'' -1ys
The expedition against Vicksburs was
withdrawn from the Yazoo river yesterday
safely 4 single attack by the enemy wa
repul-cd by our gunblats. The Yazo1 l.
abandoned as a hase Of operations the enemy
being impr,- enable on the front facing that
stream. There ha7 been no fighting of mo-
ment sine, las. Monday. Nothing has been
hard from Gen Banks OF Admiral Farngut.
General McClerand arrived here on Thur
day night The army Is now in transports
at Williams Bend No further developments
have been made of the movements Of Gems.
Pcmhcrtln and Price In Nicksburz The
enemy were reinforced q she number Of six
t. thousand men. They had one hundred
and sixty guns in their batteries besides their
field artillery. Oar losses in the Aazo0 viii
amount % 300 or 5000. The loss Of the
enemy j. unknown. Capt. Gwin. OF the
gunblat Benton. died this evening of wounds
Boz received in action on the 9th December.
liz remains will De sent - Cairo In gun
bat and thence % his friends east. Ii has
h,,u rliniu. here iuce-santlv for the last
rhirtv-six hours. causing heavy rise in the
Mississippi river.
4 council of war was held ou board the
Ti.ress. Gen. NeCernland's headquarters ,on
Sunday Commodore Porter. Generals Sher-
man. NcClcuand. and other officers. were
present. Il was determined that it would &c
folly O. make any further attack on Nicks-
burg with the present force. that the enemy
received their rriuiurecments to- rapidly and
that there wa- uI probability of our side re-
ggisiu- reiulreemcnt- Therefore j; was
deemed ezpedienr 90 abandon the attack on
\icksburg and operate against some other
place. \ point Of attack was decided on but
IT. Publicity j. forbidden.
Tie following day both fect- eot under
wei-l. There was no e.al for the sunboats
and they were unable @, raise steam. There
was a flood IN the river at this time. With
wood fuel the transports took the gunboats
in tow and moved slowly along. The ad-
vince arrive! here last evening and met coal
going down the river.
There was considerable excitemen, al TIE
mouth ot the Arkansas river. The rlm Pom
chartrain is down the river. The gunboats
and rams are waiting for her.
The Richmond Enquire Of the l2Jb has a
despatch from Gen. Pcmberton commanding
at Nicksburg which SAVE
From the latest information am satisfied
the enemy's transports have gone up the riv-
CT. There are only seven gunbOats between
the mouth Of the Naz0O river and Miliken's
Bend Nicksburg Is daily growing stronger.
We intend 10 hold it,
We get most Of our intelligence Of move
rusrlrs If prr tsxrr, a. r.aan IT,. 6
the rebels. nowadays. from the Southern
newspapers. A semi-oficial dispatch to the
Chattanooga Rebcl. dated " inchester, Tenn,
says
General Morgan's report cf his expedition
shows 1000 prisoners were Isroled and sew
eral hundred of the enemy killed and wound
ed and an immense quantity Of arms and
property destroyed. Forests report shows
500 prisoners taken, 1000 Of the enemy
killed and wounded, an immense quantity Of
arms, ammunition and stores DESTROYED, and
his whole command splendidly equipped from
their captures. Our operations at Nurfrees-
boro, including the capture Of the FIVE thou
sand prisoners, and the capture of the two
thousand at Hartsyille and around Nashville,
sum up ten thousand prisoners in less than
a month We have also captured and sent
% the rear thirty cannon, six thousand
small arms with two thousand FIVE hundred
more in the hands Of cur troops fifteen
hundred wagons DESTROYED and the mules and
harnesses secured. The enemv's loss in
killed and wounded Is estimated at % 900.
including seven generals
Ii Is reported in Richmond that the rebel
gunboat Merrimac Il now living under the
blockade Instructions. and cannot return on
account Of the low water in the James river.
&c At Ncwhern, ON Wednesday. there were
five Yankee transports The forces there IN
clude the commands Of three Malor-Generals,
which gives a force Of 10000 at least There
Is a formidable fleet at Beaufort 1t i sup
posed that an attack i meditated On " L.
mington and Goldsboro- Seyenty-three Yan-
kee officers arc al Atlanta. Ga -
\ despatch dated Charleston. Jan. II.
saws late advices from san Antouio state
that the express from Brownsville had
brought information that four thousand
troops had landed at Matamoras and taken
possession Of the city
The Daily Bulletin. Charlotte. y. c..
saws The papers Of this morning publish a
report that ten. Ilindman has executed ten
Yankee officers in retaliation for the Mcneil
butehery.
An expedition which went out from York.
town last Wednesday has returned, having
been highly successful The expedition was
in charge Of Mai. Hall. and consisted &C Com
Ianies b. d aud z, 9Th Penn. Cavalry, and
H. and +. 9th +. \. Cavalry. and several
companies Of infantry. They were taker
from Yorktown on the Thomas \. Morgan
and landed at West Point. from which the,
proceeded 10 the White House There they
captured a rebel bageage train, and also tool
large quantity Of contraband goods, s0mt
fifty thousand dollars worth. found in posses
sion Of a jim Brown Of Baltimore, who l.
now a prisoner on hoard the United State
gunb0at Mahaska.
\ letter from an officer Of the Unite,
States Steamer Bib oE Charleston. saw
Fort Sumter is plated wish railroad iron.
Five hundred Union prisoners and ninety
eight wOmen and children came down from
Richmond 10 Fortress Monroe on Saturda,
and 800 more prisoners came down on Sunday
An arrival at Cairo Sunday night from tn,
mouth Of the NazOo brings authentic account
from Vicksburg.
Gen. Shermans repulse was complete
The entire force, under the direction of Gen
/ McClernand, re-embarked Saturday on trans
ports, closely pursued by the rebel advance
which coming in range of the gunboats. wa
driven hack with severe loes.
At last accounts the entire fleet Of trans
| ports with troops had arrived at Island No
, 8, on the way to Napoleon.
: The engagement was less general than here
, toiore reported. The principal fighting wa
: done by the centre, under the command o
Gems. Smith and Blair. The conduct Of th
: latter is highly spoken Of, Our loss Is nea