Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1863-02-03

WAHlNGToN. Jan %. A delegation Of Cal
iOrnlaus 90 TO Aqua reek tins Afternoon to
present to Gen. liUokera pair oil shoulder straps
b,afinE the three safs which he is now enutltd
to wear. magnificent swold also the gift oi
taliiOTnlans, viii beIresonted to him IN a few
days
The following is The address Of Gen. Burn
side to the amy
HfADousR1ERs, Army or TnE PoToMAc
Camp near Falmouth, Jan. 20.
General OrdsrS, No Q
by direction Of the President Of the United
States the Comm ndIng General this day trans.
iers the command Of tins army to Majjr Cen.
eral joseph Hooker.
The short time that be has directed your
movements has not been fruitful OF victory, nor
any considerable ad anc mcut Of our line, but
II mas again demonstrated An amuultu courage,
patlrncr aud endurance thai under more favor.
able circumstances would have accomplished
great results. Continue % exercise thlso vir-
tues, b. true 10 yuur devotion to your country
and the principles You have sworn 10 maintain.
give to the brave aud skllu general, who has
long been identified with your organization and
VINO Is now 10 command You, your full and cor
dial support anu cooperation and you will dc
serve success
Your General. IN taking an alsotonate leave
oil the army, which lac separates IRON with SO
much regret, may he pardoned if he bios an IS
peeial farewell to hH long and tried associates
oil the 9th Corps. lie prayers are that God
may be with you and grant continual success
until the rebellion is crushed.
BY command OF Major General Burnside.
LEVI. RicnNoNb,
Acting Adjutant General.
1t is understood that Ms.lr General Franklin
and MaJlr Geneial Sumner have also been re.
lleved OF their commands, ths right and loft
grand divisions OF the Army Of the Potomac,
but the names OF their successors have not vet
been Iivulged.
Gen. Burnside, with most Of bis staff, have
been allowed thirty days leave OF absence. They
gU 10 New York.
Tho weather is warm and pleasant. The
mud is last drying up
INV York, Jan. 81. The T,mes' Washing
ton dispatch says that Gen. Couch succeeds
Grn. Summer, and W, +. Smith succeeds Gen.
Franklin.
The IriJuns'S Washington despatch saws the
senate mas ordered an inquiry which will an.
donhtsdly have the effect u discourage the busl.
ness oil giving the htcIhg'Rcra monopoly OF
&c tain Department news, aud then pay Tor its
publ cation as an advertisement.
Upon arrival Of Gen. Bu lcr at New Orleans
10 Resume command OF the Department OF the
Cult, Gen, Banks will be ordered 10 Texas
NJ Tue mead ol lOrce Sufficient or the purpose
OF assisting the IulOn IA n Of that State to
rest4io ITO the Union as tres commonwealth.
Thus the original plan OF the Banks Expe-
dition, will be carried Into execution.
The New Orleans DeHd. al the l7th insl.,
says, We learn from Berwick that an engage
ment took place yesterday between Gen. Wen.
Esll iOtce aud the rebels. At the time the
tram lett, II was reported that the Unlonlsts
had Killed and captured 10 OF the rebels.
lie Defd a.so received the following
Berwick BAY, JON. Is. have Just learned
the particulars oi an affair OF some impo rmnce
which toOk place yesterday.
Early Ia the day Commander Buchanan
went up the feche with the Calhoun TN he
came 10 ,he obstruction placed in the channel
by the rebels.
Al this point, uumckily, the gunboats rot
aground. Comm lnder Buchanan went forward
soine distance and was shot IN the head from
one OF tho rhi pits near. A man named
Nhlthurst, also was killed. Col. Thomas of
the Sch Vermont, hearing the hiring ordered his
regiment ~ charge the rife pit which resulted in
the capture OI 80 rebels and dispersion Of II Q
rest. have been told that FIX rebels were
Killed learn that the captain of the rebel
gun oa' Cotton. was killed, and it is also re.
ported that the buat Is captured.
letter, from OIL Calves on, saws that tho
rams and Qualifications Of Galveston are brmi.
dable. The rebel steamer supposed To have
been the Alabama may have been the oreto.
irOm MOblIe She was ut that post at Ia,
accounts, ready Tor SEA. She was waiting AN
opportunity to run the blockade and probably
ncceecei
IL s also surmised that the cruiser NAV bavs
been the Harriet Lane, but We have no account
Of her escaping from Galy ston.
The hey west correspondent Of the Htra'd.
states that tho neutral British blockade run.
ming steamer Autonica, with a cargo of powder
IRON England, was captured OF Mobile, by tho
steameriPocahontas.
letter from Hampton Roads states that tho
new merrimac, that was reported TO be fail.
ore, ha'i been showing herself lately at the