Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1863-05-01
FRoWw1SHrv0TON AND v1oJN1rY

FROM WASHINGTON AND V7OIN7TY
The Worlds Washington dispatch says the
Dablgren guns are to be removed from all the
iron-olads and an entirely new i3.inch gun
substituted, which is capable Of using seven
ty-fve pounds OF powder at load, 1t Is be-
leved that several weeks will clspse before
they can be put in in sufficient number to per-
init renewal Of the attack on Charleston.
The Trbunes special dispatch says that
the cavalry, under Gen. Stahl, in large and
small bodies, have secured the whole country
between the Potomac and Rappahannock, and
as faf west as the Blue Ridge, and report no
rebels there save a few struggling guerrillM
and the inhabitants.
The Hcrald's dispatch says Gen. Gordon
has reached Washington. He says that the
governmen; engineer who was charged with
the duty Of inspecting the iron clads reported,
on the day after the battle in Charleston har-
Dor, that they were ct for immediate service.
The Navy Department to-day received
dispatch from Admiral Lee Of Newport News,
stating that Lieut. Cushing the day previous
with ninety men aud howiizer went to the
village Of Checkatuck. where he encountered
forty rebel cavalrymen. He defeated them,
killing two and capturing three Of their
"VIecst lulll equlppeu' Lieut. N"'nlhB l"N
Que man killed.
The President has officially proclaimed the
additional article or the treaty between the
United States and Great Britain for the sup
preston of the African Slave Trade tex
tends the reciprocal right Of visit and deten-
tion by providing that it may be exercised
within thirty leagn Of Madagascar, within
twenty leagues OF Island Of Porto Rico and
,tht IL 4 of No T.I. Al .,F San
Domingo.
A Washington letter to the Post says
there is to be second attack on Charleston,
and Dulont will probably leadt +; and the
time Of making il is probably left to his judg-
meut.
The Worlds dispatch says it is thought
that the main body Of the rebel army lies just
thi, side Of the North Ann river from ten to
twelve miles from Fredericksburg, and that
not more than from II 900 to s 600 men are
in the immediate vicinity of the later place.
The Times has letter which says that
within twcuty-four hours after Cen Thomas
speech at Helena, Ark, fifteen hundred col
ored men in the vicinity were recruited. =
The greatest enthusiasm prevailed among tho
white soldiers at this remarkable demonstra-
ton of the military spirit of the negroes.
A Newbern letter of the 22l states that
200 rebel cavalry we're charged on BY 70 OF
the Sd n. Y. cavalry near Washington, and
fed en- masss. capt. richardson, who COM
nanded the rebels, was taken prisoner with
several Of his men
I Massachusetts, troops at Washington occu-
/ pied the rebel works at Hills Pointthe morn
ing after they we're evacuated. capturing a
numb OF rebels who remained in the rear.
Gen. Hits rebel forces are believed to
have gone in the direction of Richmond.
Intelligence from England leads to the be-
lief that the departure of privateers from
I British ports will be arrested by the English
Government.
Z Rebel cavalry in small squads have been
hovering about our lines at Chantilla for sew
erai days past. Their efforts are unimpor-
tant