Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1863-08-14
News OF the War.


Intelligence from Washington dated th,
sth says MOsby gnerillas still inlest th,
region Of country between Alexandria an
Fairfax, making continual attacks upon sut
lers' trains. Some Of the property Is recap
turcd from tiiae TO time b7 our troops anl
the marsudeEs pr; 70 aiShg.
( Friday James Coyle. a tayern-keeprr. va:
I shot dead hy the victims Of the plunderers
/ lie was suspected Of aiding the rebels. and
/ his re sent conduct proved the fact The sut-
7 lers alsgo that MOsby's glrg is composed
almost entirely Of farmers and others If uIe-
I tended lovolty in that section who share in
I the l.lnder. IL is sand that arrests Of sueh
Z rerscns are being made and other measures
adopted 20 I'D the country Of these thieves.
Tie Ei haond Era1niner Of August 9Th
says From the Charleston Afereury Of be-.
M.ujuy.l The asPee, Of Affairs on Morris
Hand lIi elsewhere in our nciEhborhllI
hes not materially changed. On Saturday,
eui,- q rr,iied bomhaTlment WAS kept up
iy iil hostile land bstteIies, but the feet
did nll PARTICIPATE. On Sunday slme Of the
wooden gunbOats steamed IN and fred a,
Battery Wagner, but s0on withdrew, leayin.
tAe h. IS heretofore in tie hands cf ;lc
land Hrtig-ies exclusively.
On tuesday last two monitors and Three
El-lests appeared in James river, and ad-
1aneel aa iIr Up rs Sandy Point, where they
Gl-' 4-ei and threw shells shoreward Yes
,er-ay one monitor and two gunboats started
up aud Lalung within Is miles Of Drury e
B.li, clmmcnced a vigorous Smelling Of ,h-
w0rl- night and left The firing was heard
n t-e outskirts Of the city. The object Of
the expedition appeared 10 he one Of observ-
aticn uf the depths Of the river, and 10 as
certain tnc location Of tOrpedJes.
There Is no doubt that zen Grant, imr7c
diarllv after the surrender Of Nickshurg,
fJia reed Gen. Meade 10 the extent Of l., eco
10 10000 troops. The troops were sent on
board transports at Nicksburg two days after
its lail, and arrived in the Chesapeake about
q fortnight since. The jth L. ;. artillery
battlIis= A and Of the 95th Penn. and the
Sd Mass. artillery, accompanied the REIN
ilrcCmcnt- under the command Of Gems.
Smith md Kelly.
Substitutes arc beginning to command
large price. This morning a man in Rich
mon1 offered S5,0Os and another offers
81 800 for q man 10 take his place IN IN az
ullery company. The substitute system
ought % be stopped os it has already done
much mischief in the army. At the Adiu-
tant Generals Office there have been received
Co,tNu sui stitutes in place Of an equal num-
hcr Of able-bOdied men capable 0t bearing
arms. lad those 1900 men been with
Gen. Lee at Gettysburg. we should have had +.
n treaty Of peace in prugrcss before this.
Aivicss from the Army Of the Potomac
-ay that our troops occupy Beverly Ford,
.lus additionally protecting the line Of tie
HapTahaunock.
NEW YORK Aug. lH.
A private letter from Morris Island, dated
Aug. 5th, says j; is just reported that re-
niurcement Ut between : 900 and 600 hss
,rriveI outside, and that they ere % be Land
ID Tonight on the south end OF Folly Island
When General Banks went u New Or
cans with the nine months men he said they
h0ull return home BY another route than
hat Of the ocean. Tne 2jth Connecticut
las arrived al Chicago. on It's way home, by
be way of-thc Mississippi rivcr.
Tie Baltimore American, Aug. :, has the
blowing dated Flagship Augusta Dius-
lore, Oh Morris Island, Aug. 3 find my
eit this evening lJeatel on the flagship
,ugI-ta DinsmJre, the guest Of Admiral
lAllE en-, by whom have been most kind
8 received and welcomed - It's hospitality
All here are confident Ot success, Rome secia
d entertain the slightest doubt on the sub
-ct, and with such feeling prevalent fail
nc Is next u an inpossililIty. The grand
al will he opened in the course Of the week
nd II will be the most urijus q sht OF the
-ar. Moving buoys have heen located from
ach Of the Monitors and the lrousides
-itiin FIVE hundred yards OF Sumter That
umter viii fall IS. think, rs certain rs
bat tie day Of attack wis arrive. Ire enc
: are siso at work erecting batteries on
am,5' leland, but we are pu,-inG up bate
les 20 Command them also.
On Sunday there was considerable cannon
ding all dag and during the night. The
uEs u the naval battery, which Is u Be the
tvancc battery, Will be erected tonight
i've hundred prisoners we're taken Sunday
y four companies Of the .. L lst Children
b an island IN the rear Of Folly Island.
ley showed but little fght and after re-
arying two volieys laid down their arms
here have not been dozen guns fired to
az, AMI they were principally from cur
ater batteries. Tne enemy has been unu-
lally quiet, evidently finding that he has
zen wasting great deal Of ammunition late
:. The sea Is very calm and the weather
cry hot. but all are hopeful and confident
{ victory. The arrival Of reinfUrcements
as given uev spirits to the troops % shore.
\ Washington dispatch says that eight
alters wagons were captured on the 9Th
ear Fairfax Court House by Mosby and hls
lng. The Richmond Examiner feels gloomy
yer the prospects at Charleston, and saws
re tall ot that place will be the last mvsIl-
ing and disastrous event Of the war, and
tal blow - the cause Of the CUnlederacv.
The Richmond papers state that Gen. Lee
assed his troops and is ready for another
little
The Examiner says that the soldiers in
en-. Lees army are in excellent condition
nd spirits, and that an engagement is pos
bic, If not probable, on the line Of the Ra-
dan. Il is believed in Richmond that Gen
eade has been reinforced from Grants ar-
y to the extent Of . 900 men.
Richmond papers Of the 5th, contain the
lluving address Of the President TO the ,,
,lIiers of the Confederate States 80 dated
ug. lst.
After more than two years Of
ariae hardly equalled in the number, mag ..
tude and fearful Tnase Of its battles, a
arlare in whica your courage and fortitude
I'VE illustrated your country and attracted :
1t only gratitude at home but admiration /.
lroad, your enemies continue a struggle In
hieh our final triumph must be inevitable.
nduly elated with their recent successes
icy imagine that temporary reycrses can
lel your spirits or shake your deteriaina-
On. and they are now gathering heavy !
asscs for 4 general invaslJn, III the vain
,pc that by drspeate etjrt suceees may at !
9Th Be reached. You know to- well, nv '
lntrymen, what they mean by .suooess.h y
leir malignant rnse aims at nothing less
an tho exterminaIi0n Of yourselves, your c
ives and your children. they sex ~ des- v
oy what they cennot plunder. They pro- ,
sc rs spoils Of Victory that your houses
all DO portiOued among wretches whose !
rocious cruelty has stamped iniamy on a
cir government. They design 10 ineite @
rvilo instruction and light the fires of in