Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1864-03-15
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HkWS OF THE WEEK.
1.-THE WAR.

Dispatches from North Carolina saw thai
DAVIS has given directions for the seizure Of
every important point in that Sac by Coned-
crate forces. This is Interpreted as an lndca-
ton that the Rebels, having worked out and
worn out Virginia, are compelled to abandon
that state and retreat TO poiIts nearer their
base Ut they have any OF supplies
jeff Davis has suppressed III. Raleigh
Standard for telling the truth about his Con.
iedaracy and The feelings theretowsrd in North
Carolina. Our dispatches say that this went
viii probably secure the election Of Mr. llol en,
the editor, as the next Governor Of the State
IL Is also nd that the paper is tarted again
Gen Sherman has destroyed forage and pre-.
visions enough to sub sit the Rebel Army from
three to six months. In one place he DESTROYED
over w OOO,O00 worth Of property. In other
places he DESTROY ID immense stores. Thousands
OF bushels OF corn and large quantities Of
wheat were set on tire and consumed lie
oroU ut 10 large droves Of cattle, several thou
sad mead OF mues, 5000 negroes, and over
1900 Prisoners, with bat tr6ing loss ia men and
Materials ON our eide. HIS army has now main
y returned 10 Vlckuburg.
On the 9th inst, the Rebels at Kinston. n
g., hung twenty-lhree soldiers CAPTURED from
Gen. Foster command On the ground that they
were deserters from the Confederate service
Sume had never been N the service at all. Ore
was drummer boy only Is years old There
was much lndign- ton among the people, and %
The same day rot occurred in Raleigh, but al
accounts OF II " re suppressed. The 0yal poo
pie oil North Carolina ire anxious for revenge
and It meg get the chance blood will be taken
without mercy There is a restiveness and
threatening spirit among the people that will
not ms al opportunity to throw off the yoke
Va the Union side eDlistments are more FREQUENT
and there is now strong force OF native trools
ready for action
We aaye from apparently Trustworthy sources
the terrible statement that the prisons at Rich.
moDd where Union soldiers are KEPT were mined
When kllpatrcks raid was heard OF and that II
Was the certain purpose VI d avis or bus interiors,
10 Case oi the capture Of the CITY. to blow the
Union prisoners Into eternity before The eyes Of
their Union pr s.rvers.
ABORTION of hllp4tricks cavalry have march.
~ eN'''N WV ebihouio w lNDW pDTb NEWS IOlUi
and on the Tn were enbarklug Tor Portsmouth,.
Va, from which point they will march on SUI.
folk, where Gen. Hickman is threatened by the
enemy The enemy are pressing at all points
In the dep rtment.
Suffolk, Va, was captured by the Union
forces yesterday afternoon after brief struggle.
On the previous day there was diminishing two
miles from the place, between the Rebels and
three companies OF Colored Union Cavalry. The
Rebels lost rs, our side ten killed
Gen. Grant is to return to the Western armies
Immediately. He returned from the Army Of
the Potomac to Washington on Friday morning
accompanied BY Gen, Meade.
Richmond papers contain the following order Of
Col. Dshlgren, who was lied in Alternating 10
carry out part Of he plan in X fitzpatrick 3 raid.
There is some doubt, however, whether these
papers are not partly, or wholly manqfactured
by the rebels: