Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1864-01-29
News of the War.

Information was brought from Knoxville
that L0ngstrtet hadsbten re-entOrced with
~ 900 men. and was advancing ON Knoxville;
pushing Changers forces before him. lt was
Thought that our army would be- compelled
to tail bach rc rie entertainments at Knox
Vie
= despatch from Nashville however says
that the demonstrations Of Longstreet were
apparently intended only to recover the for
age ground taken by General Foster, and the
latest information Is that he is retiring. Our
troops are in winter quarters. Gen. Foster
anticipates no attack and is able to repel any
Longstreet can make There is reason to
doubt the truth of the report that Lee has
reinforced Longstreet. No active operations
in that vicinity need be expected for weeks.
Marshal Kane Of Baltimore, and thirteen
conlederates, mostly escaped officers from
/ JohnsOn's Island and Camp Douglas, left
/ Quebec yesterday morning by the Grand
Trunk railway for RivIere du LOupe 10 take
the overland route to Halifax.
Gen. Vance and his brigade, which were
captured near Knoxville. arrived at Nashville
last night Vance had captured one Of our
forage trains. when Gen. Sturgis went in
pursuit and captured the entire rebel force.
Rebel officers and soldiers continue to come
in daily for the purpose of taking advantage
of the amnesty proclamation.
The people of East Tennessee are revivlng
the old project Of forming separate State Of
that section.
A rebel cavalry raid down the Shenandoah
Valley is not improbable.
General Grant has gone To St Louis.
The House military committee Monday
reduced the Communication clause in the SEN
ate enrolment bill to $500, and refused TO
exempt Quakers and clergymen-
The President has pardoned Mr.. Griffith, /.
one Of the Arkansas delegation, who was a
member Of the convention which passed the 7.
ordinance for the secession OF that State. I
The delegation will return 10 Arkansas this .
week % arrange for calling convention % /.
bring back the State into the Union. Print .
ed forms have been prepared By order of the 7
President To facilitate similar proceedings in /
other rryolted States.
Charles N0yes, who had been on trial at
81. LpuI, for two days, for rob5ing the L
; Express OF $4,000 last August has been
convicted and sentenced 10 ten years impris-
slnment iu the Pcnitentiary.
\ note lsom the Army Of the Potomac
makes tue novel statement that al is quiet.
with u, Indications ot active operations.
The enemy have recently moved their
picset- 90 EHau-,u'- River. advancing TWO
mui-.
Tie Redmond Eagars- OF tlc Iith SAYS
s. al-f atca Yesterday from Au-.-ta, au-
uluuc,> che Sudden and serious illness oi Mr.
Stephens. lie was attacked ou SUNDAY
moaning Toe attack Wiki tIe well known
state u. Ai- 4esl.l daring thc winter. create,
serious al lrrtens.lus lu re- .rl % him.
A refugee from Macon. Georgia. confirms
tie reports .i de-ti;uuln and Suffering 10 the
south be says ccln>cripu1u is p'ti.y,-iy
cuiorcci tlc odd men are taken. and mere
Buys are hardly spared.
lie also says the Shareholders admit that
tAo system must fall, and are willing TO COM
promise Tor gradual emancipation.
The people OF Macon say ,heir only hope
is Jhat ihe Federal army viii advance and re- ]
.ieve them from rebel despJtisn.
y letter from Newbern, y. c.. Jan. Igth. d
SAYS
Ca the 18th of this month three companies J.
lt the 24th y. G.. regiment came in, and "
most of them have enlisted under the stars ,
and stripes. They say all the regiment o.
would have come 1t they had had the chance. $
Gen. Butler sends the following dated J.
Fortress Monroe Va. Jan 2jth :
Brig. ten. Graham by my direction went :,
With three armed transports and a competent h
orce, 10 the Peninsula, made a landing on
he James river, seven miles below Fort 4
P0whattan. known a. the Brandon Farms. \,
md captured - Of the enemy. OF. the sig
ial corps. and brought away go ncEr1cs q,
They also destroyed - 900 pounds of pork :,
md large quantities of oats and corn. and
aptured a sloop and schooner and 24O boxes Il
# tobacco and Jews preparing to run the n
'lockade. and returned without the loss of +,
nan. :