Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1863-05-26
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AoparLmA II.

son, repUrl that Grn. Grant defsa.ed Gr,gg's
brigade at Raymond on uesd, ~, The l.th.
The rebel loss is admitted IN the PAGES at 700.
The next day Gregg was reinforced by zen.
W. Walker OF Georgia, wnie be was al
lacked AT Mississippi tph"gs aud driven COW " 1
Jackson on Thursday.
eegram from C,nton says that the Fede-
rails naJ ,aken jackson IRON the East, probably
by cavalry movement u n J seph johnson
arrived AT Jackson 90 the 18Th lust, and went
out towards Vicksbdrg with three brIgades.
tic must have been west Of jackson when the
capture was made by our forces The force
winch fought Oregg's brigade was from Port
HUDSON, and W alker's WAS from Jordan. Every
horse it Tor service in Mississippi Is GAINED by
the reOel government to mount their troops
Gen. Grant has struck the railroad near Ed
ward's Station.
(SigDed) s. A. tlUnLBURT, Maj Gen.
Murirecsboro, May l7.--lO NJ. The Chat
tan"oga ReJei oi the Ii says Gen. Grant has
taken Jackson, Miss. lie took it alter bard
day hsht
Rebel papers contain the following
Monte May Ii jackson Mss is occupied
by the Frdrra,s We fought all day, .ut could
not nold the city.
PDILADnPnIA, May Is. The Bulletin OF THE
evening contains tue following
Brig Gen H=scall, commanding the Depart.
meut Oi Indiana, has bren reviewed.
A letter IRON Ruoeegie XIV. states that on
"Wednesday II parry VI mounted gue,r,llas bred
on train near South UDlon. The guard Oh
the tram returned the fire and routed Inc rebels
with the loss oi one man killed and one wounded
The rebels are Collecting large cavalry iorct
sou oil the Cumberland rlyer, and large IN
fantry force IN Ea-t Tennessee, aud intend ~
advance INTO Kentucky this month under Gen
Breckenridge.
The bulletin also has the following
MknPsls May H. Reports have reached
ihis q y from Arkansas thai Gen. Marmaduke,
last Saturday OF Sunday had fight with The
Federal force On Urowley's Bu0ge, near ST.
Francie river, Ark, 40 miles wesl 81 Memphis
Reel repO Is claim victory for Marmaduke
Bragg's headquarters have been removed IL
Shelby vile.
he Chattanooga Rtbtt contains mournfuI
editorial ever The Bragg and Bfecainridse dIfi
culy.
CIScISSAri, May Is. Gen Buroside's gene
raj order recites ne pfOce lilDs If the Valian-
digbsn cjurtmar,IaI the finding of which is
sentence u close lOprIs0nmrnt during the war
In s'no iorues o be selected by the command
er ol the department.
Toe Vrde' names Fort Warren as The place o
confinement.
CAIRO, H., MAY 10th. The latest dates from
Zen. Grant 9 army, u Ough federal sources, III,
to The llth inst via Mlhken's Bend IA h
Gems Logan an Osrcrbaus were marching to
wards Jacs-Un, driving Bowen, with rec re-
ported at 10 900. before them, while Gsn. Gran
was marching upun the Black RIVER and tx
pectlng 10 engage P-mberton at the bridge owe
that aTean. PeinDerton's fIrca was estimate,
at 5O,OJO aud were SAID to be strongly entrench
cd. great battle there IL imminent. tn
health VI the army is better than ever before.
Nav YoEK. May 10. The 1ribune's Wash
inglOn dispatch states that Gen ocuheld ha
been assigned the command Of the Departme'
OF Missouri IN place Of Gen. Curtis removed
BosToS May 20 A dspa,cb from Washing
ton . The Merchants Exc ian Essays the Press
dent has received from bei. Grant full contir
nation Of the evacuation OF Viokshurg.
FLAo SHp ,iES. PRcs, below War; ntou, !
MAY IA, 1868.
To Hon. g. Iieiies, Secretary ot he Nary:
haye the honor " niurm y u that arrived
of the mouth oi tue Red River on the morniug
OF the 4tn inst. and on the Ssh took poss ssiOt
OF For. d. Buss'y, about miles from the
mouth. Ga the evening VI the 6 h ] took poe
sessOn OF Alexandria without res stance. Gen
Banks arrived 10 Alexandra on the evening OF
the Tn aud 'urud the city over to him.
Dawn PoHTsR, Actlng Rear Aemiral,
Commanding Mississippi Squadron
CT cissATi, May 20. We have intelhg nee
here 'h.t ten. Graut, alter destroying ;he State
H,dse aud rebel stores IN jackson, MIss., evsc-
uated the place. We have NJ particulars later
than Gen. Grants own dispatches give.
rumOr ID prevalent ut Murreesboro that
Gen. Bragg is cautiously si,bdrawina u portion
OF his troops from In lrInt and ssnd,ug them tt
Jackson, Miss From Snelbyyle it is reported
that three brIgades had II there and were at
terwa'd ,een at Chattanooga. 1t is p issible they
went 10 Ku xyille rather han Jackson. Al
quiet ~ Murirreshoro.
CaiRo, ID MAY 20. Col Clayton OF the 5il
kaDsa cavalry, with his own regiment and de-
tachmentS al three Others, made d RECONNAISSANCE
Few days since irum Helena toward Ltt,
Rock and destroyed 70 900 bushels OF corn
several buIldiugs coutaioing c1mmi-sary stores
aod u numb'r Ut grist mills near Cation Plant
hitu s4ndins his IL ,nuy back be encount
cred Iwv II bel bng'des uudef Carter, had Sc
we're sklfnisu, anu escaped by swimming tn
L,rysclllr river with luss OF two killed an,
III sounded fne rebel loss was s. killed An,
. Is'ge number wounded.
TIN. Prcr is SAID ~ have left Little Rock OF
the llth IN the direction Of Wttsburg
Col Patch made RAID from CUrinth las
Wrdn, sday, In'O Al bsme, bringing back 4UI
p isoner, and 6,0 horses. Tn, saine day Maj
barke, with $40 men, made dash from Ger
mau own, within lew miles ot Holly Springs
had a klrmish with the rebel tauikner, II
winch be lost 5 killed and II wounded. Tn
rebel rs must have h,eu much larger. w,
took lev pr son,rs aud lust none.
The Steamer Uonun nal from below bring,
news that the ieb Is evacuated WairentOn aitel
destroying N" batteries. .st
PHiLApklrHiA. May 10. The Bulletin OF thi,
o''y ia. the following important special dts.
patch
CscIxsArI, May ID. The defeat Of tho rebel,
81 Rsya,ohd, Miss Is said to have been very
disastrous To then. We are yet without par
tIculau. Gen. Grant took jackson, Mlss ou
th. ll.h inst.. and burned the state capitol
Heavy reiniorcements were hurrying forward 10
the rebels aud stopping twelve miles east VI
J~cksun. great battle 10 InmInet.
Dwpalehss IRON Somerset, Ky. say tina, the
rebel iurce IN Wayne ana Clinton counties Is in
creasine They are said to h,ve II OOU men
with II pieces Of artillery. Four rebel reei
mems have passed through Jamestown, and
twenty lour mere regiments are reported NJ Nor
ristown, Est Tennessee. Gen. Buckner is said
10 be At Chnton. Tnere are rebel pockets On the
Cumberland rlvrr atescry available roint
The Cumberland Is falling and will soon be
fordsblc unless We have ram. rweny,thre