Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1864-07-22

the vicinity During their stay the ,-
the neighborhoOd Of RandalltOwn ro'
) body indiscriminately, not only Of b
cattle but OF watches, money and
Severalrcbcl svmpathizers pleaded exour
but it was OF no avail They also l.-
them three officers Of Franklin Stall.
they took away with them.
At Baltimore. Wednesday afterR
business was suspended, and all the
citizens ordered to report for duty.
were. however, no signs Of the lu
presence Of the enemy.
Arrangements have been made
twIce daily each way between Pima
and Baltimore to Pcrryville by rail c-
Perryyille to Baltimore by steamer.
are prepared TO take passengers. mail
and supplies.
Gen. Tyler. who left Frederick
states that our forces had held uni
possession since Sunday.
There are over 4O0 rebel wOunda
Frederick hospitals under the. care OF
geons and the rebels removed every
their wounded that could be moved.
burned all the government building
the h,sVitals
Dr. johnson, Ihe mcdicll direc-a-.
the following results Of the battle
ocacy. Union loss Killed l3l. w
100. prisoners 400 Total I'll. RcH.
Killed 300. wounded IN our p1sses,ial.
total, 80 They lost heavily in oil
The battle OF Mlnocacy, though o.
was invaluable in its results % BIltin
it held in check the rebels TILL the au-
could make arrangements 70 renel sB-
if made. GOV Bradl0rl's call was
ed 10 by thousands At midnight r..
were rung and 5000 men assemble.
the treasure Of the city was placed ON
! under the guns Of the forts
Gen. Ricketts, Is stationed outside
There is encouraging news from II
His troops are nearly equipped an
condition. He has been reinforced ' -..-
unteers from Ohio. He now holds
and passes by which Early's troops
the Potomac and they must return
lower fOrds.
Grant has not reduced his force @
surrender Of Petersburg is hourly e.
Adviccs from Sherman's army ST.
three Of our strongest corps are sout.
ChattahOOchie strongly entrenched
rebel abandoned works.
1t is rumored that the rebel Gen. y Is
wounded.
The rebels have fallen back 70 the
fortifcitiOns OF Atlanta, three miles
city The works are very stron
10000 militia in them.
The rebels are moving all supple
gusta. fearing flank movement and
Another report says Johnston ha-
n1rH- afrh+ los FL
Of Atlanta, thus virtually vieldI-
stronghold.
Passengers at Nashville state that
has captured 5000 prisoners but
and locality are not stated
Letters from the Army before Pete
dated the ith. say the night of the
2d Corps marched out TO the works
up by the 9th Corps, near Weldon.
movement on the part Of the enemy
ticipated. Hancock had his troops
near Williams house. The enemy ..l
appear. though We waited his comm
and day.
An arrangement has been made
the 5th Corps and the enemy to stla
mishing while doing duty. Ii l.
lief to the men on both sides, who
blcd 70 walk lcisurely about.
The enemy are constantly makinr
works and strengthening their old ou---
Deserters continue tC come in.
There Is great joy inside the rahc,
perhaps at the Maryland raid.
Dispatches from Buffers headquar
the rebels continue TO fire on transulr,-
a moving rife battery. Our gunboats
the battery and shell 1t. Otherwis- s
quiet
The rebel raiders appear to be all
the Potomac again. 1t Is reported tLL D
Of their rear guard were captured. ..s
body of them passed through Sperrv
Thursday night, on their way to Cox
VILE. with $50 captured horses and .
oncrs \ body Of our cavalry was in
suit. and only about half an hour b- /
them. They seemed in hurry. .v-
ing received information that SheriIlE WIS
between them and Richmond with --
cavalry force, smashing things general
Another body of 200 passed near Les
burgh at an early hour Tuesday night. E--I
rider led horse, and they were driving e-
fore them nearly thousand cattle. N Nl
last heard from they were making Tor a..-
by's Gap. Another portion of the Il
cavalry is known to have been at Chester
Gap Wednesday noon. The cavalrr "
Gilmore were the last to cross the Potion e.
After crossing small force was de.le-1
from his main command and sent t1vlris
SnIckerville, when the main body m0-cl de
rectly for Ashby's Gap.
There was a report in WashingtOu o.-I--
day that the rebels were running the O.-lEe
and Alexandra R. N. to Manassas, i--it
is not confirmed.
A dispatch from St. Joseph Mo-, says I've
companies of militia have pretty much al
gone over to the rebels under ThornI..
Mobile papers are very despondin-. 'alr-
ing raids by sea and land. \ ste re-
Gently ran the blockade at Mobile wl
valuable cargo.
Guerillas are pretty active near Nla-----a.
Steamer United States from 3 It
Fortress Monroe reports that on the li-' 10
heard heavy firing apparently a3'ei >
miles distant. Next day she spoke TO- 10
boat Ticonderoga which Immediately
in the direction Of the firing in lat. --
min, Ion. 73 deg. % min.
Ii was thought to be an engage e.