Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1864-08-19
NUMBER EIGHT II

camp, shooting his men and Draining en
with their guns while asleep. The o. In
diana lost about 400 men,
Three hundred and eighty prisoncrs u
war. including IS commissioned officers, we
! arrived. Mai. Gen Palmer is report On
route for Washington. 1t is reported ID 'ls
/ been relieved Of the command OF the iih
Corps.
Later information is TO the effect that Col.
/ Capron with several squads Of his men n
Marietta This will reduce Gen. Stone "a 3
loss to less than one thousand.
\ rebel pirate is reported 60 miles -1 .l-
east Of Sandy Hook She captured tie pie
lot boat james Funk, on Thursday lst.
FIVE vessels were captured and buruc vi
Sandy Hook on the same day by the -lte
Tallahassee.
One thousand guerrillas are repor. "a
Union County, Ky. under Col. Johns3a -
large number in the Western part u' the
State near the Tennessee line Gen. l'yne
has gone u clear them out.
ten PAYNE has assessed tax OF p nor
cent. az yalOrem On each hOgshead OF 'ic-
co Of disloyal men, for the benefit Of NJ
lies of robbed and murdered Union men it
is expected this tax will yield 100000 IN
six months.
The navy department has INF '-aa-
tion Of an expedition sent from on
board the L. : sloop OF war S'a-
toca. lying in DobOy Sound, Ga, for tie
purpose Of capturing the male inha 1is
OF Mcintosh county. Ga. vino were OIr-led
to meet on the 81 DAY of August, at TIC
Court House for the purpose OF io' ing
themselves into a coast guard. All en-
in the meeting were captured. There re
also captured - prisoners. % horses nd
buggirs Two bridges were DESTROYED
large enclmpmeut which the enemy = y
needed for the protection Of his fOrcc. ms
burned Among the prisoners were s,'tiai
who held important Offices.
Bv way OF New Orleans We have rexs
from Texas, by which appears that on no
10Th Of june party OF loyal Texans '.-h
some Arkansas refugees attacked the --lel
garrison at Eagle pass and forced the 70
surrender. They also took possession o.. he
Custom House There had also been ut
at SanAntonin, between the loyal AMI Il
citizens. in which the latter were whirrd,
but subsequently the loyal citizens wcTe IS
pcrsci by IA military force
RttAA AlNu0Al - liNAA~AiNNN az Nti''
Kirby Smiths order against the expur i1n
Of cotton. The exp0rtatiOn continues. nj
the Brownsville Jorraal says it all the .';-
ton was cut OF the State a counter n ..i-
ti1n against JEFF Davis & Co. would u.tr.
New Orleans papers are received v III
have full details Of Farragut's mOvcmc
The Hartford, with the Admiral on b. j,
steamed up to Fort Morgan, delivcrius ch
a succession of broadsIdes efeetuH. -
lcncad all rebel guns and water bat'r s.
The monitors at the same time engagg 20
rebel ram tennessee The Tenne-s,c ads
sJon captured and Farragut is probably 'ns
bcr as one of his fleet.
Tie Tecumseh was sunk By torpedo. Ja-
" 10 Of her crew are known 70 be slvc.-
The gunbolt Oneida had she'll expl-l- IN
her boiler. -calding 30 Of her men
Buchanan Is not expected to live. Lieut..
Comstock, commanding the rebel gluH'ot
Selma, was killed, and bis crew are nelr.. al
killed
Lo.s on the Hartford-23 killed, 42 w1-ad-
ed our losses are 249 killed and woun d,
including Capt. Cravens and crew o. tic
Tecumseh.
Font Powell was blown up on the niG OF
the 9th. Troops had been landed and ocre
nj tie forts Friday night
Loss of rebels unknown.
All our fleet was inside the rebel obs -uc-
tions. and will probabls move for Dog Liver
Bar Immediately.
The Richmond Examiner Of tho i2-h,
publishes dispatch from j. W. Harris OF
The Confederate States Navy, address 70
the rebel Secretary OF the Navy. IL Is -.;ed
Mobile 9th, and says:
.The enemy steamed IN through the main
entrance with four monitors and aboyt 10
heavy vessels of war The Tecumsch, C1n-
mandcr Craven, was sunk with nearly %. her
crew. and also another gunboat, the p Hip
nj. which subsequently burned. TIE llch-
mond. Hartford and BROOKLYN, IN line o.. 5at-
tie. followed by the remainder of the Let,
pushed by Fort Morgan under full head"ay,
when thew were encountered by the I,uucs-
see, Morgan, Gaines and Selma. Toe Len
nessee and the vessels steamed IN Close r nge
ofthe advancing force. and poured hravy
| fire into the leading ships. After a ucsper-
ate struggle between the fleets, the G. 'fncs
retired to Fort Morgan in a sinking eonti- N.
| The Selma, cut off, surrendered, and The
Morgan escaped to Fort Morgan. The Icn-
nessec, so far uninjured, steamed up % The
whole fleet, and after an obstinate fght sur
rendered, her ruddcr sabled, and her sT- Se
stack carried away, and, as we suppose, her
crew in an exhausted and smotherIng csadi-
tiop. On the Tennessee Admiral Buclanln
was severely wounded by splinter In the
| leg. two men were killed and several wJGnd-
| ed among her crew. On the Gaines two we're
killed and wounded. On the MorCIn one
wounded On the Selma eight kilc,l IN
/ cluding her executive officer, Lieut.. = ii.
| Comstock, and seven wounded. The enemy
suffered severely, and requested Permi's'9a'o to
bury his dead"
| Further intelligence has been receivll IN
/ regard to the boats destroyed by the rebel
I pirate ship Tallahassee, near Sandy II X
| Louis Samson, pilot. reports on the IIth
inst, 25 miles of Montsuk Point, hcrma-
phrodite brig burned, bottom up; no doubt
/ inc Carrie Estelle. Capt. Bardera, ot the
Hamburg bark Elbe, 18th inst, of Non
tauk, saw three burning vessels. AooGt the
same time the pirate Tallahassee came cl1se
aboard with the Union ensign flying. Alter
passing hoisted the Confederate flag.
Tne boatman of tho associated pres at
Sandy Hook revorts that he boarded the
bark Suleote Of Belfast, that she was cap
tured on the 18th of Montauk Point 50
/ miles distant, Dy the pirate lhiidnaoe'V' t"o
pirates bonded tho bark for 5000 and p-ton
board her passengers and crews IRON c.aer
chips which they had burned. On the tth
the Sulcote arrived at New York. Shc had
on board the Capt crew and passengcTs OF
the shin Adriatic, about three hundrId Ter-
sons also the the crew Of tho pilot lat
Willian Bell The passengers lost all their
Luggage. No food or water was gwen mem
BY the rrates and they loaded the bark
Suleo,c 80 heavily with the crews and Plss-
Hengets captured, that she vas sunk d1wn
until her deck was nearly level witt the
water. In case Of storm al would nave
been lost before they could roach loFt.
When last seen the Tsuahasses vas -lov-
ing southeast.
A dispatch from the Potomac Army says
that rebel deserter reports that kersnaw,s
divi-ion of roDpstrects cOrps rdeeed tnrOugn