Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1863-12-25
News of the War.

Inc AraeO Drlngs news rum OudIltctoh vi
the 18th
Gen. Gilmore again shelled Charleston on
Thursday night, throwinga number of shells
into different parts of the city, and it is be
lieyed doing much damage. All the rebel
batteries opened and d heavy bombardment
ensued for several hours.
The storm is washing away the rebel OBJ
structions. and Saturday large number of
heavy timbers bolted together with iron
came down with the tide. They were Sc
cured and toTed in shore by our tugs. The
amount of timber that came down is 50 large
that it j. believed that the distractions must
be seriously damaged.
The entrance to the harbor is now believed
to be clear, and 1t Is supposed that our navy
wi! take cue advantage Of the fact.
Thursday night the I55th y. Y. regiment,
at Sangster's Station on the Orange and
Alexandria r. r., in the midst Of terrible
storm then raging, were attacked by body
of stuart cavalry, about l000 strong, under
tne command Of the rehel Gen. ROssier,
which LEX fredericksburg on W ednesday on
the r-al. Contrary to their expectation the
company 0a railroad guard duty made a gal
IAN. and. as it turned out, 81 successful re-
s.stau-e. having beaten them Of four times he
I-i' .'' --iliA' 10 '--' i.' 'i' an t'leii teL'S
i-I- Toy a lof-i'A OK INC enemy VINO sot IN
t-t .... me CON any was Ihen l9fCel 20
retreat. $500. % JOSS "i Two mei wounded ana
one l.a." PRISONER.
BIZ. '..- t.eA attempted ID "arh the
... A.l' i'-h' i''- l''h a stampede
l..a-e -.in- % any carnage 10 SPEAK "-.
'H H'.'i- ol again iie rebels sent 10
1900 '".- 1Hrtt ain'oi'.ii'es Oh wounded
" PRISONER lH OUT hahe7. ihey
... ..' Eth. -'',.-i.H % Oe-it'''iii'- ~ soon
'- +s- daylight Ten t'Ieofan' IN com
-ai. -.a- .7'ai.! Dag pursuit 'i 'ie I'e' aho
-..' t..'-l us ADVANCE mas come
uH "-t -e rear 'i the enemy iAe wounded
r.-. .-.-1 B i-.nef -as SINCE aIcd. tie re-
ported .- al 'aiH ana loif H5Isc7 ul ms
chi .-s a- among '-'e h--.e--
-T........- ,l,, had l...-, z.,.,,.. ti,,. -,
,-.-.p ~ Atlanta. tieor~ia. arrived NJ
F1.u.-- Monroe. W bile they were at
hie'A'e.t lhe I-nel olicers showed them
J.Fo-- ala tne prisons IN and about the city.
lhcy report Trey found our prisoners quite
comfortable and well led, though they were
partly iurnl>hed from the provisions sent
from tle loyal States.
They represent that whilst the supplies
furnished by rebel authorities were very
poor quality ana very meagre still 1t was the
best they had 10 give. apart from this the
eondyct Of the rebel officers and guards had
been generally kind. though there had been
unusual cases Of hardship and acts Of cruel
Coz. tbcy t,I II dne to .av that there bs ss
fecn much cxaarerstion in the statements IN
reoard n the treatment If tb.. prisoners
me sup,,lios If f,,i sent from here ana fr,,,D
the North were most timely ana donbtle-.
there vyopld have been intensely, moro sptier-
ing hut for such relief The c,1dition If onr
prisoners ON Belle Island these officers sa,,
y do,,I+ics. ,,,. ,,r,rs rI,a,, -, -, In
At least I'e0 Oh our poor fellows are With
uHt eheiler oi any Aihd- hIst Of me tents
are 20 worn ana threadoare as 70 afford but
little shelter Ahey are exposed to the cold
WINDS anu wet sands and must suffer IN
tensely apart from the scarcity Of provisions
The srsaro.r .T,Ii, fro,o N.,. Orleans 70
rorts rf.r H.. RraziI vas tirst into b.lo,r
Roiner IN the Nfss;ssi,,,i ID, IN. l1tb
mr. omen and one nan ,r.r.. t;Ilad "a
seyeral yonnde1 Tbe .Tnlis renorrs tbat
the steamer Iecgmseh was burned on the
Io'h oi Nov The Julia brought 20 pas
sehsef7- numerous gueTrilias are reported
III various points along the river between
Oaiio ana Memphis
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