Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1864-04-08

nation that they are in force at Copan's Mills
ten miles south Of here, and at a place eight
miles west. Col. Oakes, Provost Marshal
General has arrived.
The 43d Illinois regiment has been order
ed here from Camp Yates, aud 500 men from
indianapolis. Gen. Heintzleman is expected
here tonight. Sheriff O'Bair has been join.
ed by the Sheriff Of Edgar county by band
Of desperadoes. A spy sent out by the Cop
perheads has been captured. lie coufesses
that there are large bands Of Copperheads at
the two places above mentioned. The tclo.
graph wires east and south Of here have been
cut.
NATION, H.. March 81
Everything seems to have resumed it's usual
quiet and the copperheads are believed 20
have dispersed. The 18th Indiana regiment
has left The 4lst Illinois volunteers remain
until the return Of Col. Oakes from Charles.
ton, Ill.
KKoxvTLLE, Tenn March 2s.
About sixty rebel deserters have come into
our lines during the past week. making a
total Of eleven hundred for the past three
months. They state that all Longstreet' >
baggage has been sent back toward Richmond,
and that his whole force was under marching
orders
Last night forty guerrillas captured a MIR.
Foster and carried him off in the direction Of
Marysvlle.
Col. wolfred has been summarily dis
missed from the service. lie left here on
Saturday.
LOUISVILLE, My, March 81.
About 100 rebels under Gen Forrest
crossed the Cumberland river at kddyville
yesterday.
An officer direct frc m East Kentucky re-
ports that large force of rebels is concen-
tfated at Pond Gap under Gen. Buckuer.--
They have five days rstions and forage. and
he thinks an extensive raid into the heart OF
Kentucky.
The rebel force that evacuated Bulls Gap
few days ago moved north II Is presumed
th they have either gone to join Longs;reet
or to effect junction with Buckner at Pound
Gap.
SAN FRAsofsCo. March 80.
Oregon dispatches Of to-day contain late
news from Idaho, relating principally to the
extra measures made there for the suppress
sion of crime. The grand jury Of Morse
county had returned twelve indictments for
murder, sixteen for assaults with intent to
kill, and one for manslaughter A Vigilance
Committee, composed Of 1000 men, was max
ing clean sweep of the villains infesting
Beaver Head county. They huas eleven men
at Virginia, five al Big Hole, one at Deer
Lodge and seven at Briar Hat.
The Indians on the Snake river we're com
mitting ravages, armed with riAes and shot
guns.
The rush of emigrants TO Oregon and Ida
ho is immense. The late rains have been ol
incalculable benefit TO agricultural and mining
districts.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn, March 81.
The rebels, after destroying the trestle
work at Bulls Gap, fell back beyond Green
Vile. They took up the wagon and railroad
bridges across Sick Creek aud carried off q
portion of the rails and telegraph wires.
Deserters continue to come in, and report
that large numbers are trying to make their
way into the Union lines
Parson Brownlow teegraphs from Knox
vile that Gen. Sherman left this morning fol
Chattanooga, after returning from the front
All is quiet at Masaay Creek.
Knoxville is so we'll fortified that we could
hold it against Lees army.
Longstreet's forces are at Watauga, more
than 100 miles from here east. A force o.
cavalry remains at Balls Gap, to protect the
retreat.
LOUISVILLE, KY, Mach 81.
1 The military authorities here state that o.
the rebels who crossed the Cumberland al
Eddyville yesterday, several have been cap
tured and others have given Themselves NJ
under the Amnesty proclamation. aud the re
mainder are scattered. No further apprehen
sions are felt from Forests force.
uv, or fhara hundrad rnouptad rshpls hav,
appeared in Kentucky this side OF Pond Gap
supposed to be covering the advance of Long
streets forces. Our troops are ready fol
them.
New YORK, April /.
Gold, 81 81 l-2.
| A Fortress Monroe letter to the Herald
states tnat there is quite excitement th II
I consequent on the arrival Of the rebel com
: missioner Ould on visit to Gen. Butler rel
alive to an exchange of prisoners. Ould hal
! brought an immense number of books, papers
&c., and il is expected that his stay will las
week.
Acting Master Williams. during the lat,
storm, made night expedition up the Nan
semond river and captured 20 men at the reb
ell signal station, bringing them safely into
our lines, although there was quite force o
rebels in the vicinity,
The Worlds Beaufort correspondent men
tions that reinforcements have been sent t.
Florida and that the next movements will b,
led by Gen. Gilmore himself 1t is reported
that our troops will soon advance from Jack
sonville.
The Worlds Baltimore correspondent say
the rebels will assume the invasive policy thi
spring, in two columns, one for Pennsylvania
and the other for Cincinnati
The same paper states that supplies OF clio
thing, &c, we're shipped from the North tt
Paducah for the purpose OF being capture'
by Forrest, in order to elothe his men.
l The Union prisoners lately sent to us an'
rebel prisoners lately returned to Richmon'
are not exchanged, but paroled.
The Newbe Times Of the 23d, In refer
ence TO the denial by the rebel Newspapers q
the recent hanging at Kingston, says: "W
have an eye witness, who saw the hanging c
twenty-tw soldiers Of the I'd North Carroll
ma Union volunteers, and was within tw
hundred yards Of the scaffold at the time q
the murder"
The steamship Cahawba from New Orlear
on the evening of the 26th, arrived this morI
ing.
Franklin has been evacuated and the go'
ernment stores there removed to BraShe'
city.