Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1863-04-17


for Nashville. They also plundered the pas
-cnScrs Of their watches, money and cloth
ing They paroled cur officers and soldiers,
nut many Of the former refused 10 accept of
tic parole and were sent South
dispatch from Eicksburg says that the
irou-clads Louisville, Mound City, Caronde-
Jet. Benton, Lafayette, and two others are
prepared to run the blockade They expect
ID to execute the movement Friday OF Satur-
DAY night il was also said that transports
had been prepared with log and cotton bulk
heads TO run the batteries. The reported ar
ri,al Of Gen. ostenhaus at carthage, 10
miles below Warrenton. ln the Louisiana
.ilc, with heavy force j, confirmed.
The divisions under Quimby and Harvey
have been ordered tn Vicksburg.@
4 dispatch from Nashville crthc 10th -ay.:
Van Dorn's who'll, force attacked General
Granger to-day, at Franklin. After severe
fighting for two hours, the rebels retreatcd.
leaving their dead on the field The casual
tics on either side arr not vet known.
,1cn Bosocr.,us under DAT, Of Murfrees-
'1ro the llth. reports 20 Gen. lIallcck a.
follows
Van born made hi, promised attack today,
at ono clock directly in front and on the
town. rh. infantry regiments on guard in
town with the cavalry pickets held him at
fsv until trcir ammunition was exhausted.
The deu-c smoke and atmosphere favored
their operations, enabling them To approach
very near without cur being able 10 observe
them. u1r sicg" guns and our light bate
RES opened upon them with murderous ef-
feet, literally sJrcwins the ground with men
AID hor-c-
had halted Stanley four miles out Gu the
Nurfrcc-bjro road. lie at once crossed his
forces over at Hci.hts Mills, vigorously at
lacking Forests division moving down on the
iowishGIsA pike, capturing six pieces of ar
tllorv and ono two hundred prisoners, but
owing Co %, uniayorable nature Of the
country 'yle unable u hold them, being at
tackled Lv greatly superior numbers, out
fank,d and nearly surrounded.
our lr-- in killed, wounded AMI prisoners,
IS less than one hundred, while the enemv's
cannot be less that 300 They were re-
pulsed on all sides and driven until darkness
prevented the pursuit. Capt Mcintyre Of
the 18th regulars took the battery and Iri-
saucr- bringing Of thirty odd Of the latter
4 special dispatch to the Boston Herald.
dated Newhcru. April 9th, -ays \ recon-
noi;cling cavalry force sent ont overland on
Tuesday the eth inst, encountered strong
f,rr, of rebel picket- ten miles from here and
irevs them 10 for ton mile-.
Yesterday d largo force went over the
Ncu=e river On an overland expedition 10 the
relief of G.n. Poster.
The transportation train y,ae across the .
river last night where the expedition l. tn .
canled.''
"Precaution. are hing taken against sur
Tris. here
"Itis expected that there viii be some
hard fighting mp the rad.
The rebels are REPORTED in Immense num-
'.r-, aud rum'r say- th"r ere under the com
fgrnj of Gen Lee.
4 letter from Col Bi--.ll. an officer under
Con Foster. under date If the
oh, SAYS that th, latter cannot hold
out mor, than dsv longer. being short nf
provisions aui r'aIi,t.lv surrounded.
4 ra',l s,,.,ui.t. r,,..i,,-d via New Orlean-,
-av- Admiral Fa'ta-ul r. in Red River, be-
tween 'wt l1tf-rr-. rnt of range IF either.
'at unable 70 la-~ rh'rr. that messenger
Int bv him 10 inform tsrn Banks. wac cap
t1Icd and hcla "a prisoner by the rebels.
Tir., d.scrtcrs FROM the rebel army, VIA
Newborn. confirm Irr7ipus reports Of desti
tuition. Thy say they have been on half
rati3n- for months. and are suffering for want .
IF clathu-. Great Dissatisfaction exists .
among the rank and file, and de-ertions are .
fr.qu'of.
Tho -r,h.t YaU,- CITY. which passed .
tnc r.a.l iat-,ri'- l-.lt Washington, y. C.,
., Cen. F,eycr'- a,~l-ttnrr, was struck by s.
shot if~ fate b. NOT Lu.r-,u
fbc Herald -r-risI dispatch from head
quarters Amy If the Potomac, April llth, .
-iys ..a rafu-,c "a ho l.it Richmond last Tues
dav. hl- arrived here. The bread riot in
that city. was witnessed 10y him and caused
rhe greatest conformation among the author
itic-. Tn, women were heads Of families of
tic working cias-,,-. and were actually stary-
ing. \ repetition Of the demonstration il ,
feared and every prerautiJn i being taken /
~ avert il. IT,, effect 1u the troops Is very
J,lo1raliziu-, tine lu,r hline very clamorous,
and demanding dat their families should be
ieJ.
Reintlrcencut- are hurryiag mp TO Frcder-
ickshur. a> rapidly as possible; most of them
are c1r-criIts and conyalescent-
Several divisions are cucamIcd about RIcE-
mond, one of them started of in great haste
at the time Geh. Avcrill visited Culpepper-
hut returned in n few dave.
Work has been suspended pu tho fortified
tions around Richmond, their impTegnabiity .
being considered certain.
Earthworke are l~in. thrown upalJug the I
Eapidan river, hut the force in that vicinity +
j, composed mostly Of cavalry. Two gun
ats, iron clads. arc a1oat in ,Iames river. /
The Virginia lie, near Drury's Bluff and has 4
inside ,c,eral attempts to pass the olistruc- /.
tipns, hut failed. \ third. unfinished, j. be I.
ius rapidly completed '
The Navy Department las received official .
information Of the follnNin. captures The f.
b Sargent. from Galveston, bound to Hondu- I
ra-. with 81 bale, Of cotton the J. ".
Chapman, on the 18th Of March. by the /
ls,at, of the Cyanc la the harbor Of san
Frauci-'r', under circumstances showing that
she Mas tii-Sui---l L. prey upon our commerce; .
Gee ,loop ranger, ct Ciay'z landing, Suwa-
ace River, by the Fort tl,ury's armed boats 4;
her cargo consisted Of salt, dry goods, gun
powder, &C al>o the schooner Anna, Of
Nassau while cnd,avorin. to evadc the block
AIDE of the mouth ct The Suwanec river
She had an assorted cargo.
\ Savannah ,apcr Of the 9TH says: '' On
the 9th ult. the Yankee gunboat Zen De
ford wac attacked ia 1t. Johns River by
Dickinson's Cavalry Battalion and vas
driven of. NIany Yankees were killed and
wounded. Amon. the killed is the notorious
Kauss, villain Montgomery.
4 Mis-. Iaper of the same date says, - re-
liable information from St. Joseph's, Ia,
states that Harri-on- pickets have been
diminishing with the enemy. Three flats,
loaded With Yankees. came down the Tensas
Yesterday. lIarrizyn's pickets captured
negro hearing dispatches from the lower to
the upper fleet. The contents Of the dee
matches have not been made public The
negro was hung today. The enemy have
been reinforced with three regiments"
Humphrey Marshal at Winchester with
heavy infantry force. encountered Gen.
,tl,o ,.n,,n,Doplf-- AID