Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1863-03-27

good spirits. and within miles of Port Hud
son.
y letter from Rear Admiral Porter. datet
March lith, has been received. in which h,
speaks OF the difficulty of navigating tn.
fazoo Pass with safety to the vessels Of tn,
expedition. The natural impedimcnts are
represented as similar TO those heretofore re,
ported. lie says nothing as to any engage
ment With the enemy upto that date
Rear Admiral Porter, in dispatch says he
has received information from Lieut. Com
msnder Watson Smith, that on the 7ih iust
the whole feet arrived in the Talnhatchic,
which gives us control of the heart Of Missis-
sipri The vessels all got through in fight
lng condition, excepting the Peuol, which
lost her wheel entircly. This movement Of
the feet evidently alarmed the rebels, as they
are cnergctically at work prcpsrinS them.
selves against Ill contingencies There Is
much distress in Nicksburg It. occupants
have no meat, but arc living almost cxclu-
siYcly ON corn meal.
\ gentleman recently arrived in Washing
ton from the neishborhool Of Charleston.
;. C., say 1t Is uncertain when an attack bv
our forces on any Of the Southern Atlantis.
forts may I've expected. Preparations were
being made for heavy demonstration at a
point which it may not now be prudent to
mention. The officers of the navy felt conf
dent Of success, hut time is necessarily re-
quired TO perfect all the arrangements TO &c
cure TINT end.
\ special dispatch to the \. Herald,
dated 10Th saw, the rumcrs heretofore gwen
Of the proposed rebel invasion Of Kentucky.
are not grOundless learn from a southern
man who left Chattanooga on sunday, that
rebel troops, known to have lcft Virginia,
did not reinforce Gen Bragg. hut conccntra-
ted at Knoxville, Tenn Yesterday body o 2
100 rebels crossed the Cumberland at Rowe
ma, Ky. II was reported that large force
was following. ItIs expected tim the inya-
sion has already begun.
The Richmond Enquirer of The 18th has
the following
THE municipal election took place to-day
in Fredericksburg. though under tho gun, Of
Gen. Hooker Mr. Slaughter wa cho>cn
mayor.
The cpnscrip: officers have been quite busy
for few day. hcrcalput- ,haulin. in tho nice
young men.
\ eonsidcrabl, furrc nth. enemy. CONSIST
ius Of cavalry and artillery. made a demon
-tr'tion y, >terlayon the ford Of the RIPARIAN
mock. near and south Of the Orange and Al
exandria railroad. The movement was anti
eipated and Gen Stuart advanced sufficient
force 10 hold them ~ cheek at least. until =
proper time for more cheerful greeting -
Fighting was in progress ycstcrda, and it was
reported from trordonsyille that the enemy
had succeeded in crossing The result of the
engagement did not reach NJ
The Yankees had crossed the upper Esppa-
hammock in strong force with cavalry and ar
tillery. advancing toward ''ordon-,ille on a
raid
The Charleston. :. G.. Correspondent saws
the captured .unboat Isaac =. Smith. now
call the Stone. has been repaired and j, now
in good Fighting thin She will he the has-
ship Of Commodore lnSreham.
The fa--oftrucc boat, State OF Maine, al
rived at Fortress Monroe on the lpth. from
City POINT. having on board al thc political
prisoners who have heen imprisoned 1T Rich
mond, slso the 100 privateS and soamun, in
charge of Capt. John Z. Mulford The SEA
men belong t. the Columbia smith and the
Vesror.
The latest intelligence from the black brig
sde which i now marching into Florida II
that they hare taken several important points
with many prisoners, end captured large
qusntitiee Of munitions and supplies, and are
still driving the enemy before them They
expect the arrival Of another army corPs-
said to he Burn-ilt the departure Of which
as noticed in the Richmond papers. has crea-
ted frcsh hope aud additional enthusiasm
alnun- the other iroule
The sunb.sj Chilicothc h3wlardcj Fort
rcmbcrton ou SATURDAY and SUNDAY. hut
without decisive result. The Fort j. 81, sit
ustcd it could not h. attacked 10y land
force on account Of high water.
The guns Of the Dckalb had bccn taken
ashore and a land battery constructed near
the rebel work.. The rebel force j. cstIma-
ed AT COCO. under Ten. I0rin. Reinforce
mcnt. Ar, leinS rapidly sent forward TO the
seat Of operations. and it j. expected that cur .
fleet will soon he able To- reduce all the rebel
fortifcations pn the Waco.
\ -lecial dispatch from pari-, ny. dated
the 22nd. says The rebel Col. Ciukc EUR
rounded Mount Sterling. Ky, at , o. clock .
tbi- morning Our force. amounting TO 200,
fought them from the houses for four hour>,
but were finally compelled to surrender. u .
l. lelicvcd that Cluke intends 10 attack Paris
tonight"
The CINCINNATI Gazette has additional par
ticulars of the Milton battle Our forces
were commanded hv Col Hall. of the l0jth .
Ohio. who, finding that he was being attack ,
I'd hy superior numbers, fell back to com
handing position and sent courier to Muir .
frccsboru for endorsements, promising To .
1 - 1 Il To- .el Dart pf
the rebel cavalry dismuunted and attacked
our position with imIctucsity, but were re .
pulsed at every point. Section fret OF the 4
Harris Battery kept up brisk hrc ali this 4
time
The enem, enrasod at IT. execution masscd .
three regiments and charged the battery,
with bideous wells. The 1T Missouri regi-
ment who were living concealed behind the
battery. waited until the enemy were within
so wards when they opened destructive tiro,
causing them 10 rccoi and finally to retreat I
in-coniusion from the field. leaving their
dead and wounded
Col Halls victory was complete. before the
achievements arrived. Among the rebel
killed WIS one Colonel, one Captain and three
Iieutcnant- Our loss was seven killed and
thirtv-one wounded The tattlc lasted about
four hour
An unauthsntical rcP1rt was received At
Louisville on the 2lst, that portion Of ten.
Stanlev's forces encountered John MorSans
cavalry at NcMinnvillc, Tenn, on the goth,
and whipped them badly, driving them en-
tirely away.
The Port Roval New South ot the lith
.svs jacksonville was taken by the colored
brigade on the 10th inst. The negroes hehay-
ed with proprioty and NJ one wac harmed
On the lltb. Col. Montgomery with -uo men
had sharp skrmieh three miles from the
town with 100 rebels. Baldwin, the junction
of the Jacksonville and Tallahassee and Ce-
dar Key railroads, is supposed to he the
pointaimed at by the expedition.
Havana advices convey intelligence Of the
suppression of the rebellion in st. Domingo.
Only one skir1ni-h occurred and the insur-
,euts were disnersed The Snauish forces