Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1864-11-22
Chr freeman.
MONTPELIER VT.
Tuesday Morning. November 22, 1864
NEWS OF The WEEK.
THE WAR.

Information from Spott lysnia and Stafford
counties, Va, shows that tho rebel conscriptng
officers are securing the country in all directions
and every man under so, and boys over Is, are
impressed into the rebel service. few DAYS
ago purity OF these rebel officers captured five
men, and were conveying them ts the rendez-
yous, when two Of hem taking favorable
opportunity drew pistols which they had con-
ceAloi On their persons, and shot the two lead
eFsoi the other party dead, watch put the others
to night Men are everywhere hiding in the
WOODS and endeayorlng to escape to our lines,
fredericksburg has be5ome SO dclopulat2d that
1T IS estimated MT more thln one house out Of
ten is occupied. Fuel is 80 scarce that the in
habtanis are pulling down the vacant house,
Hnd using them for iirewo0d, The market price
OF the article being s $50 per cord.
Gen. Pope, in submitting his official report Of
the operations in the d .partment Of the North
west for the past year, says in settling peace
with the Indians he intends to do away entire.
~ with treaties, which system isalways attended
with fraud upon the Government and the Ind-
ans. lis plan is based simply upon the under.
standing thatthe Indians behave themselves and
10 not modest the whites, and that the whites
snail oe made to deal fairly with the Indians and
not modest them in any way. The military au-
thorltles undertake to enioce good conduct on
both sides, and will have the power, if not in.
terlered with, to Go 80 thoroughly lie says
The Government may safely dismiss al appre-
tensions oil Indian wars in the North West,
from the army o! the Potomac, We learn that
IN trent OF part Of our line, near the Appoma.
tox' the rebels have succeeded in dammng a
small creek, with a view Of forcing back our
picket line 70 considerable extent. While
experimenting some works which he had devils
Cd to countcract these efforts on the psrt Of the
enemy, Gen, Egan was wounded by sharp
shooter on Sunday night, the ball entering the
right forearm dldgouaily downward and com
pslng him 10 obtain lurough Of twenty days.
There was sharp picket light on Monday
night, but, apparently, without any important
result
WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON,
Nov. H.
Ii is ordered by the President, First. That
The resignation Of Geo i. Mcclellan as Major
General in the United States Army, dated Noy.
9TH, asd received by the Adit Gen on the 10th
INST, be accepted IS of the 9Th Of November
second, That lor personal ga antry, military
riotism Of his troops displayed by philip Sher
can on the 10 III Of Oct. at Cedar Run where
by, under the blessings Of Providence, his rout.
% army was re-organz.d q great national dis
asIer averted ana brilliant victory achieved
over the rebels for the third time in pitched
battle within thirty dap, Pn1IP II. SHERIDAN
is appointed Major General in the u. S. army,
to rank as such from the Sch day Of November,
1864.
BY order Of the President of the United
States. h. D. townsend
Asst Adj't Gen,
The army Of Gen. Hood, $4,000 strong. is
reported, by The Cincinnati Gazette to be
still concentrating in the vicinity Of Florence,
Ala. with one Of their corps on this side of the
river The Rebels were comparatively q1iet,
however the condition OF the roads prevent.
ting active military operations for the present.
CINCINNATI, Nov. 1.-THE Nashville CORES
PondcnS oil tue Ii0ief, in letter dated the
10Th, says
one column OF Shermans army left Allan
tn on the 9th inst, taking the Macon read 1t
will pass through Milledgeville, and probably
take 1t and release the Union prisoners The
second column lett on Saturday last taking the
direct road to Augusta, which will DO reached
10 fourteen days. The two columns will con.
centrate there and move on Charleston, Sayan.
nah or Beaufort, as may be deemed proper |
Beaufort was the original destination. The |
Macon and Augusta railroad will be eifsctualy |
destroyed as the army proceeds. Sherman car.
rles sixty days rations, and beef cattle lie will
depend on the country for other Subsistence.
Atlanta has bsen rendered untenable such
buildings as would be OF benefit to the enemy
have been destroyed, but no others. Sherman
VIII NEE no enemy on the way. The Georgia
militia are lew 10 number and harmless. About
2O0O troops besides militia are at Savannah"
his correspondent states that Sherman ar.
my consists OF four infantry corps and 10 600
cavalry, in all AZ 900 men.
COMMERCIAL.
hAmrT. NEw YoRK NOV. 49, Floui 81 to 800 higher
sales $500 bbs State co. to 90 90 Round Poop Ohio
$40 so 10 $i p Western ~ % to Sill sou,hern--sae,
$50 bbl at S09j to 10 Canada % to 30j higher sales
sales 800 bbls at 50 o5 to sIl Is Wheat to &c higher
sales unimPoriau Corn 10 % higher; safes "a 900
bush mixed Western 81 81. Beet steady. Pork I'M
changed Lard Arm Whisky DAFT
MONETARY. L. $. one year Certificates oGl Treasury
$40 liSi U 8. IsiOs %, O. $40 coupsns 100, U. $
Coupon Skies Of 1881 nos Gold 9l7l Gold since Board
gi9 money abundant at per cent
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Why They FAmED-The Argus, in giving
some reasons why Mcclellan failed Of election,
haI the following: