Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1864-03-18
News of the War.

Rumor assigns To Gen. Halleck the rank
Of Acting Assistant Adiutant General TO the
President, which l. practically a higher p
siti.u than that he is to vacate.
One or two more shiTs Of war are to 20 %
the Pacific. The Ticonderoga l. named as
one.
The business Of blockade-running Is re-
sumed at Charleston. Hardly a week passe-
but one or two vessels run in.
Over 10000 negroes are engaged On the
Notifications Of Charleston. 4 Joint stock
company has been organized pt Charleston
for blockade-running. and two swift steamer,
are now employed between there ard Nassau.
Two successful trips are reported within
month.
Information received at Cumberland Gar
says that Gen. Longstreet's headquarters ar
at Greenville and Gen Buckner 5 at BIT.
Gap. Their main forces are between thee
two points and their pickets 5 miles above
Norristown- Gen Vaughan is at Roger.
Vile and tIen. Gaines at HattOny's Mill.
eight miles from Jonesville, Va.
The gunboat Bombshen arrived at Ply
mouth, y. c., on saturday last. from the
ChOwan River. She reports that crowd Of
negroes awaited her coming down the river
and that the rebels opened on her from their
batteries on the banks. rendering It mpos si-
Die for her 10 proceed. Her commander sent
to Plymouth for assistance The yunb1ats
Southfeld and Whitehead were DESPATCHED
10 the scene. as was also the Massass6it with
loo infantry on board. The gunboats open
ed on the enemy and shelled them for five
hours, when the rebels dispersed and the
river was opened. 4 one hundred FOUNDER
Parrott gun exploded on board the South
neld and wounded two men. There were no
other casualties on our vessels
A jacksonville letter dated March llth.
reports heavy firing up the river. Il IS
understood % De our EunbOats feeling the
rebel lines. Later that day our advance
(Col. Henry's Cavalry,) were attacked and
driven in from 4 second position with loss
and number wounded 1t was expected
the rebels would make an attack on Jack
sonvIlle the next day. If not our forces
would soon advance.
Vicksburg advices Of the % say that all
the boats in that place have been pressed in
70 the Government service, owing to the t.
ported movement 70 be made via Black.
Red and Washita rivers to Monroe, thence by
land to Shreveport. Gen. Steele will o7sr-
ate from Little Rock.
The Mobile Tribune has rumor that Gen.
Beauregard Is ordered 10 the command Of the
Department OF Mississippi
The statement that Gen Wsdsworth bad
on Gen. Butler plan is authoritatively de-
MED. with the exception of the single fact
that Gen. Wadsworth has left the city.
There was some slight skirnishing Mon-
day beyond Morristown, Tenn. in which TIE
rebel Col. Jones was killed.
The rebels are supposed TO be in force at
Bulls Gap.
\ Lieutenant engaged in recruiting for the
LIST l. ;. colored artillery. was shot Monday
near Louisville by a rebel citizen.
Peace has been ratified with the North Car
ollna Cherokees. Those recently captured
say that they were induced To take up arms
under the belief that they were lighting far
the I. ;. Government Thirty Of the tribf
have since come in and accepted the snn~s-
ty.
Capts. Flynn and Sawyer, and Gen. Nesl
Dow have arrived at Fortress Monroe fruu
Richmond.
The Richmond ETG,nIney Of March lith
contains the following
CHARLESTON, March l5.-Elght shells have
been fired at the CITY since the last report
Nothing new
CHARLESTON. March The enemy have
kept up a slow FIRE on the city. The position
OF the feet l. unchanged
CHARLESTON, March S.-Flve monitors are
outside this morniu- Ten shells were hrci
at sumter. IN artillery duel has been kept
up tor several hn,rs, between Battery Gregg
and ;be Batteries on Suilvan's Island. There
was unusual activity among the enemy-
feyt IN Folly Inlet ON Monday night.
The prs lners captured ut Cheney store
arrived NJ Libby pri-un on the 9th.