The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1863-09-14

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Sc Mt Is inch shell into one of the magazines
OF Fort Moultre, exploding it.
The lronsides sent shell into Moultrieville,
setting 1t on fire, and destroying half the town.
The monitors and Ironsides bombarded the Sui
Ivan Island batteries for four hours, doing
extens i've damage
The Weehawken grounded near Comming' s
Point but soon aoate0 off, receiving no damage.
AT IL Z. M. on the 8th inst, a boat expidi-
ton LETT the squadron to storm Fort Sumter,
and were repulsed with the loss Of number
killed, wounded and prisoners.
WASHINGTON, Sept. II. Information from
the Army of the Potomac sh,w that we still
guard the fords between Falmouth and Kappa
hammock station
The rebel plckets continue to front ours in
these Localities, and occasionally converse with
them, but they profess to know little or nothing
OF Gen. Lee and the disposition of his forces.
note from the Upper Potomac states that
the guerrilla White was recently near Purcells-
vile, Loudon county; that Mosbys force was
south OF the mountain, near the river.
Citizens frequently cross from Loudon valley
to Poolesville and other places in Maryland.
WASHINGTON, Sept. IL. private note re-
ceived to day from off Charleston, states that
about $50 men composed the recent expedition
to Fort Sumter, and that only portion of the
force landed, some of the boats having grounded
on the shoals But for this, there would prob
ably have been different result.
The Navy Department has received in(orma-
ton OF the capture, on the 22d inst, by the
steamer Cayuga, of the steamer Wade, which
had run the blockade near Galveston Her car
go consisted of 80 of bales of cotton. The
Cayuga also captured the schooner j. T. Davis
which run out Of the same port, H or cargo
consisted of 90 bales of cotton.
The following was received at headquarters
OF the army, to-day
ST. LOUIS, Sept r.
To Maj Gen. HdAeck
COL Cloud routed the enemy near fort Smith
on the lst inst, and now holds that place.
Western Arkansas and the Indian Territory are
now IN our Possession.
(Signed) j. NJ ScHoFIELD, Mai Gen.
New YORK, Sept. 49, The Times correspon-
dent with the Army of the Potomac writes on
the 10th that it is believed that about one-third
OF the army under Longstreet is moving to Rich
m0nd, there to be transferred, two divisions of it
to the southwest, and one to Charleston. This
seems to indicate that the rebels in Virginia
will remain entirely on the defensive for the
coming campaign.
The evacuation of East Tennessee caused the
greatest surprise ana gloom IN Richmond as all
were anticlpating battle there instead of
peaceful occupation by the Union troops. The
troops from Lees Amy have been arriving quite
freely in Richmond.
FORTRESS MONROE, Sept. r. The Richmond
Enquirer OF the 18th has the following:
Charleston, Sept. 9.
To Gen. Cooper
Last night thirty of the launches of the ene-
my attacked Fort Sumter. Preparations had
been made for the event. At concerted signal
the batteries bearing on Sumter, assisted by one
gunboat, were thrown open. The enemy were
repulsed, leaving in our hands Is prisoners, in
Guiding Ii officers. We also took four boats
and three colors.
A flag of truce arrived from City Point this
evening.
The Richmond Enquirer of the 18th, saws
the office, type, and presses of the Raleigh Stan
dord have been destroyed by party of Georgia
soldiers. Mr.. Holden, the editor, was in Pc
tersburg at the time. In return for this out
rage the citizens and friends of the Standard
destroyed the Office of the State Journal Gov.
Vance reached the spot after the work of dem
clifton was mostly completed, and begged the
crowd to desist, rebuking them for the act and
telling them no such example had been set in
Lincoln's dominion.
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