The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1863-07-31
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TO THE FREEMAN
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New YORK, July 81 The probability of
change IN the army of the Potomac is again
discussed IN Washington, and Gen. Sedgwick is
named as the coming man.
Gen. Meade's forces are said to occupy the
heights of Fredericksburg, while Lee, who was
at Culpepper on Wednesday, holds his own line
south of the Rappahannock
The Iri6une's Washington dispatch says prls.
oners continue to arrive In small squads, and
are consigned to Capt. Todd, Provost Marshal,
who consigns them to the old capital prison.
They are mostly stragglerS, picked up in the rear
OF Lee s army, and many of them express
strong prejudice against fighting again.
1t Is believed by officials here that Vallandig-
ham furnished Morgan with information and
plans for his late raid. The route was careful
ly chosen, through sections where the Vallan-
dlghamtes were known to be the strongest, but
inasmuch as Morgan appropriated the horses of
his copperhead friends as we'll as those of Union
residents, he failed to produce that uprising, or
to receive the sympathy which had been prom
Used and expected.
The Tribune has letter dated Richmond
Va, the 10th, stating that the late mission of
A. H. Stephens, was to prevail upon our Gov
eminent to desist from arming and organizing
negroes, or they would retaliate by arming and
organizing all the slaves in the South to operate
against our army, under their masters, as Off
GERS.
The letter is an extraordinary one. After de-
nying that the rebels have any negro soldiers,
or have ever armed them, he threatens, if we do
not desist, to arm 100000 slaves IN the South.
Nothing new from the Army of the Potomac
| to nj ght The position of Gen. Meade's forces
remains the same. The belief here is that no
battle will accur between the two armies for the
present. A grand review of eleven batteries
took place this afternoon at Camp Berry.
| A New Orleans letter dated noon of the Odd
inst, says the steamer William Bayley, with
| 600 bales of cotton on board, arrived here this
morning. She is a prize to the United States
sloop-of.war Ossipee, and was captured while
attempting to run the blockade at Mobile
Another steamer with 800 bales was captured
at the same time and under similar circumstan
ces. She was also on her way to this point.
CINCINNATI, July 81 Vicksburg advices o.
the Goth says that Gen. Herron's division has
gone to Mobile
Our army has fallen back to the Big BacE
river. Jackson, Miss, is entirely destroyed
Gen. Joe Johnston is believed to be retreatine
towards Mobile, which place the enemy are
making desperate efforts to defend.
PARIS, Ky, July 81. The rebels, 375 strong
drove in our pickets, and attempted to Aank
us and burn the bridge They were driven back
two miles, when the 45th Ohio came on theil
rear and captured fifteen, and drove the rest to-
wards Mount Sterling Col. Sanders of Win
chester attacked their force, about 1000 strong
with eight pieces of artillery.
The rebels reiterated towards Irvine. Col
Sanders is pursuing. None of our men were
hurt. The railroad is all safe. Gen. Burn
side, who was lat home on q furlough, volun
teered his services to drive the rebels back, anC
was complimented for his galantry.