Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1863-05-22
News Of the War.


Porter = AMI portion Of HI. own fc,,
Prior T. the capture Of alexandria Fort ~
Cus>cy On the Red River wa demolished af
ter fight, and rebel gunboat also c7,ptur.d
After the capture. on tho morning Of the itl
Of ilexsndria by cnr gunhoets. the ll,a7r.
cayalry Of Brig. Gen Dwight dashed M,
the place. forming junction If Farra.rt'.
and zen. Banks forces.
Opelousas dates Of the 9Th state that on.
army was there on the march Genera
Dvisht's brigade was supposed 70 Re II
Alexandra. and Generals Emory. Wsir-ei
and Grover with their forces behind
An Opelousas letter of the 5th states -ta,
information from Grand Gulf and the -ur
boat feet under Com. Porter had been re-
ceived there. with details Of its capture an,
the capture Of Port Gibson by Gen. O,ter
haus.-W hen the latter was nearing Po-,
Gibson he Va- met by hundreds If families
fleeing from the interior 70 escape the rad %
the Illinois Cavalry, and the prevalent ori.
Mon among the -ccesh wss that Port Gib.,-
was the safest place in that region. The dam
age done by our cavalry raid Ms i-rer.
rabbi.
Il WAS rumored at OJelousas 'ha, P--
Hudson had been evacuated
Lieut. Col. ~ G. Hills. editor Of the F-.
had heon placed under arrest for having OLE
lowed questionable article To BE- published
in that IaT.r. John +. Hays and T. O. Tr7-
cv had been expelled from View Orleans f-
writing and publishing the same article
Quite an excitement occurred on the even
inc Of the 1th, at the opera. ocra.i1rcI PIG
the audience demanding that the National
airs hc played, Int nothing serious re,ultrf
Gen. Sherman ha- ordered an place, ..
amusement hereafter % submit pr1sranm.-
N Provost Marshal prior 70 the perfcrmanc.-
AMI suggested that national air 10 PLAYED
! Baton Rous. letter of N7v end s---..
that Col Griers3n'- force. the rrh and --I
Illinois cavalry and hatterv. numterln--ar..
900 mon. followed by several hunlre. r.
croe= and a h.r-e nuul-r rf prI-,re-- III
into that city that dav They lor, Tr--.r-.
Anil 18th. burned stores ami r7i'rg7I i.r.
At nkalonc. md the depot and tv5 r..,,-
laden freight and c1mmi- arv train, and 4-
ordnance train ~ Newton. IN rho Cha-'os-I-
and Nick>hur- railroad The orInere. tram
contained three thousand llalsd shell. f-
the Nicl shur- batteries. which xxi I-.l -.r
rihcall~ From Newton thst f'Isvsi o..
railroad 90 Meridian. burning IN rho Iril-..
road ~ Enterprise. WHERE they DESTROYED PIN
rehcl ordnance works then back Nsvt~
and burned an the bridge, from theme, o.
Jackson. Including the great lrii-c over o..
Pearl River and near ok-ou. and t1.. Pr.
two milc> ~ track Then they fllnvei -t.
.Tsck-.u ami N.v Orlear. railroad SOUTH
the J"ui-isna 'iu'.
III, u-l,l L,fco ,r i.nnu sr tlirtor r..
svrd.I by maxim. circuit sr1u1d then
our lore. destroying thar camp s4urrs-.
-trr.~. Ac.. anil capturing s"" Iris1nc--
While -rI>.Io- p lrgnch Of rho imits rI~s-
leut Cl Blackburn va, severely T9unl-I
ari va loft m The hanl. Of the enemv Ihs-
~ I'D Amite river on the morning { tlr.
It, la miles from BATON Rouge, captured
ra,=l cavalry plcker # leo mer and hors--
burned Ger. Wetherlr.s house. cartrrs.
h. hcr-es and then role into Batlr Rouge
boxing r0z-h but N god condition Ever-
railroad IN Mississippi has been cut - then
They have -uPplie1 themselves with fr.-l
horse on the route. and brought II orer Een
c.ntrsh.ud, on horses nearly al the late.
all le-din- horse f-ri,rspn h.. arrived ,-
New url.an-
The E-c If tbs t,h -r-cs particulars r. RE
burning If the -loop Of war Prehle 81 Fen-a
cola, April 9Th The tire took accileut.lI-
from an oUen light carried in-' the -t'r~-
room AT hands were -srvsd The Prch.
after hurnin. number n b'Irs blew ny
With terrific explosion.
\ West Point. Va, letter Of tho 18th. q,
the Hc-1H, states sunblat rccouuOi-sance
up the Mataponv River found a number cf
-unkcn vessels and other distractions. Alou-
th. river are well cultivated fields hnc farm-
and abundance Of cattle At noon on The
18th. heavy firing WIS heard in the direction
Of the White House ou Yorktown penin-nla
Gcu. Burnside general order rccit,- thr
proceedings Of the Nallandisham court nnr
Jial, the finding Of which J. scntyuo. of
clo-c imprisonment during the war IN som.
fortress To- be selected by the commander ..
the department. The order nance F,r- War
rcu rs the place Of confinement
it L represented a. coming from r=t.'
sources that Gen. Gcorgc Pickett. flrmtrl-
of the 9th I. Infantry. viii succeed Jack
-cn. He l. n1w second IN command J'-s-
streets corps.
riymaster, will svln d. provided with
funds 70 I7y the Army of tho F'tomsc ''
Nav let
Aiyirc- from Nurfreesborl tho 18th s-v
There art rumpr, IN camp and 81 N4,H.
Vile that ten. Rosccrans l. 10 take CONNER.
oi tho Potomac army. Gen Hooker retiring
Il =, not known what truth there l. in rh'-
report but it Is stated it grow, out Of som.
important correspondence between Cor
johnson and Secretary Stanton. Nothing r-
known Of IT at Gen Bosccran,' headquartrr-.
Brcckmrijsc. in he official report of ,he
battle Of Stone River, admits the los, Of -,v-
eutccn hundred in four bri.adcs, ono hrisad0
not reported in Fridays three hours tight
Bragg ha- changed hi lme somewhat
We hear Of his left at Williamsport Their
movements 70 our left hoax suspicious. Z
has been suspected for some tune that It D..
attacked It would be on our right wing
Gen Palmer. with hls escort. attacked
p,rty Of Georgia cavalry. three miles from
camp, Saturday, and succeeded in capt1rin-
eighteen Of the rebels among them. CAP
tain Edwards
Gen. Grant. under date Of Nay llth. tslc
graphel e Gen H,llsck as follows
Ny force will be es far advanced. along
Fourteen Nile Creek. the left near Blsc.
River, and extending IN 4 line nearly sas-
and west, as they can get without bringing
on 2 general engagement shall oommgni-
cate with Grand Gulf 10 more, except Il be
comes necessary to send tram with heavy
escort. You may not bear from me a-,ln
for several days.'
zen. Grant also telecraphed Gen Halle-k
from Raymond, Miss, 18th, rs iollov-
Mcpherson took this place on the l-'h
inst, after brisk fight Of more than t'yo
hours. Our loss was 81 killed and i"
wounded. The enemy's loss was IS killed,
buried by u, and ls6 prisoners csptured,
hesldes the wounded Mcpherson Is now 81
Clinton. Gen. Sherman il on the dircc,
Jackson road, and Gen. McClernand Is bring
IN. up the rear. | will attack the state
capital to-day
H.. Ill - al.