Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1863-10-20
Miscellaneous TeIegraphio Items

BRasHEAR Cry. Der. 10 T6e GREATEST activ-
ity in military affairs is plainly dsce:nible. You
NAV look Tor details Of Inportsnr movement, bv
the next steamer.
The main BODY ol our forces arc already en-
camped beyond tae AtchaGalaya river. while our
advance to-day crossed the Bgyou geebe. Gen.
Franklin is al present ia communal OF the expa.
diuon His Headquarters are at Camp Bislaud
Ns,, y.,l, o.t IA p.. f,,,...,... 1t
annears pndor Woshino.to,,- Ia. Wi '0''
Things arc UNCHANGED win tho ,vco,t;,, thai
The enemy have romoyed ,boie orGllarn Eaa,
Lookout Mountain, tnear Chattanooga and aD.
pear to have somewhat Withdrawn their force.
1t is supposed that they will concentrate thor
artillery On Missionary Ridge. They held both
Lookout Mountain. ana missionary RIDGE from
which they threw shells on the It'll and 5th init
On the latter day about 1850 shells were thrown
by the enemy. They inflicted no damage beyOnd
wounding three men
We nave several lines OF dplences of eptreuch
ments aud extensive earthworks are goiag up.
The pian Of the enemy seems to DO to oonpal
Us TO abandon Chattanooga By simply holding
us III our present position, with their army IL
our 'front.' annoying Us with their artillery, ana
breaking our lines OF communication by cAyll-
ry RAIDS ~ our rear
Inc las. part oi tins programme IL cow beng
carried out by Nhealer's cavalry, which man
aged to cross The Tennessee river near Nash
vile. Alter crossing. tbe main body moved
fis.V Oh II northern direction
Part OF Tue lofce Tell 10 WIN the tram OF
'ne lf'u army corps near Anderson IN the Sc
qua'ohee v"hoJ destroyed between 2OO and 900
wagons, aUout 81 o. winch were loaded with
ammunition AS they were leaving the scene
% u9S Iuo''oi lus oohAahl' consisting OF The
-nu inui"na' Is' isconSln' ana lst East len
nessee cavalry, came up and attacked the rebels
and had running fight with them to Dunley,
in which ~ re5.ls were killed aud wounded.
with the ass stance Of the reinforcement IL
ready arrived movements VIII soon be nude
that IT is b0p.d will drive tbs reb Ia from our
front. The army Is still well supplied with s.
erythlng but clothing and blankets, Tor the want
OF winch the unusual cool weather causes con-
siderable suffering.
Inc casualties IN the late battles will not BE-
less than 5000
The forces OF Wheeler, after bUrnug por.
ton oi obelbyvllie, were attacked by Colo el
ofooA, no. lar from that place on wednesday
we KILLED l2O rebels, took 300 prisoners luu
three pieces OF artillery The rebels were
pursued by our forces aud oyertaken, an 800
more prisoner eapu,ei AT last accounts lIey
were beIng clJseiy pursued mo the interior By
our forces
Nav YoRK. Oct n Tb.. .teamer co,.......
tal' from hilton Head the Jth has arrived, and
reports that on tbs night OF the 9th the re1els
sent down TORPEDO, attached to a raft. from
Charleston to tbe lronsIdas of Fort Moult.ie.
which exploded under her bows throwing great
volumes Of water oa board, putting out all che
hfes, killing Elslgu Howard ana wouudInp Two
seamen but doing no damage 10 the vessel
The rebel who had charge Of the torpedo was
captured. The lronsidss remains nt anchor off
Moultrie. Gen. Gilmore ia still erecting lat-
terles on Morris Island
The Tribune Rockville. Tenn dispaten d
the lth says Gen Burnside advanced toward
Gfeenvllle Thursday and Friday lie overlook
rebel force under Jackson and Williams On
Saturday, on Blue Springs
The reb.ls occupied strong position. and
were supposed to number about 5000 m n. Our
cavalry held tie advance till p. NJ. when the
hrst division charged the rebels several times.
The hiring was sharp aud destructive to our
men. Tie rebels used only one battery. They
were driven ir IN the field ~ sundown. but dark
ness rendered pursuit impossible. The rebelal
are now Tetreatlng on the Greenville road
We lost 60 killed aud wounded. Gen. Bum.
sue is pursuing the rebels, AMI everything looks
encouraging
HEADQUARTERS Army on THE Poros.c.
October -
The trains have all come in n safety. and N
excellent order. Gems Fitzpatrick aud Buiord
have also arrived Az the river. and are IN line NJ
battle. Our forces are now in position IA con
test any further advance OF the enemy. who an
pear in force south Of the river. do NOT tb.nk
general engagement will take place to-day. bof
in this may be mistaken.
The Worid says: from Passengers who Ar
rived in the steamer Continental. from Port
Royal Oct. 9, we learn that three monitors were |
disabled by the recent irs from Fort Monltrio
and the siege was temporarily abandoned The
monitors were sent to Hilton Head for re,o;r.
The officers of the NAVY wcra da;lv axnd,,ir. |
that Admiral Dahlgren would be superseded by
Admira Farragut When rho Contnoa,,I
passed Charleston Bar no firing was heard.
The Worlds Washington dispatch says the
military situation to-day shows that the rebels
inc Gan Md ' apa ailaIen. purpose OIL hank
,he Ren,son ' IL aaI ua'e w'h'rawn toward
mnva,nant !; ~ 'uereofe looks as IL the late
tom on ,hs;S rO"e uosor 70 military demonstra
'" '''ei' pa'' '''e"uore'
PENNSYLVANIA ELECTION.
nAsroN' "a, Oct 10. Forney Press figures
curtin majority at about % 900.
ONO ELKcrloN,
NEW loR9, Oct IL. Hamilton Couaty gives
nroush oSVo majority In 20 Counties Brough
mas o,'oio majority. Cain on last year, % ,2S9.
opi@ D'SPa'eh 10 he Boston Journal
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. Ia. The returns from