Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1864-04-22
News Of the War.

\ Cairo dispatch Of the 18th says; Tn
rebel forces under Forre-t are menacing botl
Columbus and Paducah. The portion o
Forests force advancing on Paducah passe'
I.oyettsyillc ut noon to-day. and it Is expect
ed thew will make their attack tonight. Gu
pickets az Columbus were driven IN by th'
rebels to-day. Reinforcement have been SEN
from here to Columbus, and we have five
gunboats ready 10 receive the rebels.
Accounts from the Army of the Potoma,
say that scouts report that Longstreet is ii
Richmond with the greater part Of bis force
and that many persons credit this statement
Gen. Torbett. formerly commanding a
brigade in the 9th Corps, has been assigned
to the command Of the lst Division OF cavalry.
The regular troops on detached service are
ordered 10 rejoin their respective regiments.
The cuerillas Monday night captured hive
or six men. and killed a captain Of the Penn
sylvania Reserves between Union Mills and
Manassas.
\ fight took place at Winchester, April
Sth, between Maj. Hunter, with force Of
Pennsylvania Cavalry and the rebels under
the guerrilla, Gilmore. Our troops dash,
through the streets, and completely surpri,-
ed the enemy, who took 10 their heels and
scampcrtd away. While our forces were in
the town, a large force OF the enemy made a
dash ON them, and they in turn were COM
PEELED t. fall back % the main force. The
rebels followed and captured some twenty Of
our men before they reached their support
Our nain force coming up, the rebels turned
and lied, our forces pursuing them beyond
" iucat -tcr, when nIghJ overlook diem. Ilu
Il- rebels escaped over Cellar Creek. which
was 10 much swollen tJ allow 1aE forces 20
- -mticr DO pursuit. i number Of tar en-
envy dead were found along Tire road. Eile
of our men were killed Tie iclc force
numbered about go
New Y.rk dispatches say t-e du.ti7 plz.-
poned, probably until TIE lst oi june.
From 500 to 900 rebel Ge,e-te1s are sad
to te IN OkcignoAee swamp, ID Florida, re-
gallrly armed against the Confederate nu-
tH0rIHes.
Letters from the 5iockadins Gltilla of No
bile. March p, report the tormillble rebel
ram tennessee getting ready 10 pay the feet
a visit.
The Raleigh CONFEDERATE SAYS Gen. Nor
gan Is about 10 undertake one the b0ldest
expeditions he has ever Vet made, which If
successful will be productive OF much good
TO our cause.
A Watcher paper Of the Ist has the state
ment that the rebels have blown up the rams
at Shreveport 10 prevent their falling INTO
our hands, and evacuated Shreveport.
The French papers Of New York publish
an article taken from the Opsns0ns National
Of Paris, which include, Oficial documents
and proves that the French government Is
quietly c1nniving at the efforts Of conieder-
ate agent o. have iron-clad war vessels built
ln France for the confederate service II
appear, t.at firms in Nantes and Bordeaux
have been Tor months at work building war
v,->rl> o-t,nsihly for China but really for tire
rr'-Is. Mr.. Dayton last fall hid before the
French Government proofs Of the real GceJi-
nstiIn OF the vessels and after much DELAY
the work was stopped by Government orders. .
During the last two months, as the C.ua-
zone declares, the work has bCen resumed
ana Two ut the vessels ure now ready 20 d,
passed over to the confederate agents.
The attack On Paducah. THURSDAY. urov-
al % be- "a mere raid for plumber. made
by couple of hundred men. Who were she'll .
81 out by the fort and gunboats. after occu-
pylng portion OF the city
Several guns captured BY Forrest 40 Fort .
Pillow were spiked before falling INTO hi, .
hands. Others were turned upon gunhoat
No :, which fired some 500 rounds. and e1-
haustci her ammunition. She received hut
slight injury.
Forrest with the main force retrcat,d after
tine fight, TO Brownsville
Two negro soldiers wounded az Fort Pillow
were buried by the rebels. hut afterwards
rSed Themselves out of their grave.
HE correspondent of the St LOUIS T1iou
who WINS ON board the stcumcr Platte Nrllcv
a. Fort Pillow, gives even mu-c aTpilliu.
dee ,rpuln 81 tie fendisluc>s ot tie rebels
tnan our Cairo despatcae-.
Many 90 our WOUNDED were shot IN the
hospital. The remainder were driven out
and the hospital WIS burned
On the morning after tac 1lttla the ie5el.
went over the field and shot the nozr. es who
bad not died from their wounds. MANY of
those waj bid ESCAPED FROM the work, and
hospital, were rrie.ei d .al into line. and
when they h7d formed were Inhumult 20
down.
OBJ $50 callrel troops. not more tlaL S.
&c, ar-.. the massacre, sni nJ, one ..1 .s- chat
q, l-llaulei them survives Only H4-a F-
1a-- 90 t.e 18Th fem. escaped ie-t1 The
ls- ol tae 18Th Tennis 500 ELl.i. TIE. De-
-n.c- wcr, wounded and rrr-,i
on the Ito. 400 Texan cavalry ar,.mu,ed
On sarI rise camp of 20D f,d.ral- 40 Rose
Vile on the Arkansas -iver. bur were r.-
-a'--l with the is, Of T. killed and @ large
number wounded. Our ss vas five killed
-" GIT lasted i3r- t.ar-. seven hundred
Dos 'I cotton were placed 17 board the
steamer during the fight
Tie steamer Nina was fired into on Fri
FAY night near Fort Pillow bv 50 rebels in
ederll uniforms. supposed to have been the
ear guard Of the enemy, who arc withdraw I
NJ IN northern direction. Il is believed
hat forrest has not yet removed his head
quarters from jackson, Tenn
Tie steamer swan has arrived az Cairo
rom New ORLEANS. Her officers report that d
he rebel force under Gen. Writ Adams !
Rove our troops from the Big Black week
70 and took several hundred prisoners.
The steamer Golden Gate from Meupbis
)r Fort Pillow laden with boat stores and a
rvaLe freight was taken possession Of Bv C
uerTiilas on the night Of the 18th inst. at 4.
'radley'- Landing, Is miles above Memphis. =
'N 'eNts liEtle duu crew were llileQ OF =
verythng.
All steamers approaching the shore above
'uvall's Bluff, are fred into.
An affidavit states that the quartermaster -
the 18th Tenn. cavalry while living was
allied TO a board by the rebels and thrown
no the flames Of building at For, Fort L
i!low. Z
ne steamer Glendale from Memp's hos ard u
Cairo She passed Fort Pillow last even q
X There was no appearance OF the enc u
y and the river is all clear Nothing re-
aims Of the fort but ruins
Ihe main brdy of the rebels left Fort Pill "
W on Friday morning, their rear guard in 81
e afternoon, after destroying all the ammu- tb
ton and everything else destructihle. CO
\ Louisville dispatch says On THURSDAY. "
b. Gallup, while falling back to get an adj m
ntageous position, attacked 1000 rebels r
ling and wounding 25, including a rebel m.
lionel, and tapturIpH 80 rehalS Ieo h.,,-..