Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1863-01-20


The officer Of the rebel army captured Of |
CharIcston with dispatches for Europe, was
son Of George Sauders. The paper iound upon
hin show that the rebels are reduced toextfem- |
tiles. The conclusion Of one Of the dispatches
WAS, send Us aid or we perish
Adyices from the army of the Potomac, to.
night, s1y that an important reconnaissance re
turned from up the Rappahahnock last night
after two days absence, having gone as lar as
the mouth Of the Rnpidan. Gems Hunt and
Woodbury. accompanied the party
The Iobels axe building block houses, pierce
for sharpsho0icrs at all the places up the river,
available for crossing. The lords and crossings
are thoroughly guarded
Special dispatches from Washington state
that the rebels are liberal in their offers to the
Wesi Of free trade and freedom from taxation.
if she will join Il South.
Gen. Wool has been ordered to the command
of the Department of the East, which depart.
ment embraces the New England States and the
STATE oi New York.
llaAnQuASrEes Army OF rnE PoroNAc, !
January II.
| No Southern papers have been received to-
/ day.
Returns at the Medical Department show
remarkable exemp, ion from sickness among the
troops fJr this season of thu year. The enemy
are very rialously AZ work to-day, strengthen
ing then d9.cnces.
FoETREs' Monroe, Jan. 49, The steamship
Karnak from Port Royal the 10th, bouud for
New York, put IN here o.day for coal There
wss nothing new at Port Royal. The troops
were very healthy. Den. Hunter was daily ex.
pecled.
The stea ner Express, under flag Of truce
returned from City Point, to-day having
brought down 2lj Union prisoners and pryates
capared at fredericksburg and Dumirics.
CAIRO, Jan. A. The steamer Gralnpos. ".
ing at the mouth Of Wolf river, was surprised
aud captured by thirteen rebels Sunday night.
/ She "as taken five miles above Memphis and
stripped and burned. The evacuation Of llol.
ly Springs is confirmed.
ltis reported in Memphis that 5000 rebel.
had arrived at Lumpkin's Mills. six miles below
Holly Springs, for the purpose OF repairing tho
railroad.
The Builem says the expedition up White
river has already reached Little Rock, having
left The mouth OF the river on the 5th.
FoRIREss MoNRoB, Jan. Is. The Richmond
Examiner OF the 18th, says We believe the the
atre Of war On q large scale is about to be
transferred to North Carolina. Stirring scenes
are imminent on Que soil.
lhe Rchmonc Despatch of the 18Th, SAYS
the North Carolina papers indicate manifest
uneasne,s not for W ilmngton and The country
east OF Raleigh but for the capital itself
Nav York, jan H. a special Washing.
ton dispatch states that the dispatches captured
oil Charlestown give many important facts and
details relative To the condition of the rebels.
They give the strongest statements Of desper
ate straits to which the rebe eaders are reduced,
and shew that unless relieved either by Euro.
rean interference Or by dividing the free States
they must give UP their cause as lost.
WAsmNGroN, Jan. II. The Committee on
Naval Atfiirs have, according to the resolution
passed unanlmouly on Monday, commenced an
inquiry into the practlcability of connecting all
our naya. and military stations between For
lress Monroe and New Orleans by submarine
] WV SlhiH'N thHl'As
Cyrus w. Field Eq, Of New York, now
here, has presented to the government an offer
from the celebrated firm OF Messrs. Glass, Eliot
y Co, OF London 10 manufacture and submorre
cables connecting all the points between Wash.
ngtOn aud New Orleans They are to be pald
only on the successful completion and delivery
/ TO the government Of the lines in good working
order. Ia other words, they take the entire risks
OF manufacture, shipping across the Atlantic,
laying down and working tho lines etc
| Tho Importance of such arrangements for tel.
/ eeraphing is admitted 10y all parties both as
matter ol economy aud an actual military ne.
cessity; hence there seems to be no doubt that
Congress will, without unnecessary delay make
an appropriation for that purpose. The firm
OF Glass, Elliot 4 Co. last year laid a cable for
the English government one thousand five hun.
dred and lhirty.dSe miles long, which has been
in perfect worSng order ever since, while other
lines land by them have been in UNINTERRUPTED
operation IRON nine to eleven years.
NASHVILLE, Jan. IL. Wheelers rebel CIV.
airy and u battery attacked three OF our boats
at llrret's Shoeis yesterday,
The boat TrlJ, with 200 sick and wounded
was cred lnto, and the men captured and pa.
rolled
The other hats with commissary sore,
aboard were burned.
The gunhoat SIidcll engaged the rebels but
surrendered
Her guns we're thrown overheard and tho
boat burned. LiUt. Van Dorm was taken nris.
Unar.
|, is raining and the river is risiog rapidly.
lltAperARrFRs Army or rnE PorouAc. Jan.
". The Richmond papers of this morning
nave como To hand The mos. important Cea.
tare of the news Is leif DAVIS Annual MESSAGE
20 he rebel Congress.
lie believes peace to be- near at hand in the
right Of the States 10 sccede. lie speaks of tho
injustice Of the European Powers toward, the
South, and that they are over.submissye 10 The
North but be has no complaint to make.
e takes the United States government, 10
task for sund y reasons assigned lilo reyiews
financial aud military affairs and advises ,elc.
dependence in place OF that ON European IN.
teryCntion. lie gives his views Of the em.nc,.
patton PROCLAMATION ia its moral add political
aspects.
In conclusion, he says the energies Of Tho
whole nation have accomplished marveou. re.