Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1864-07-29

R.R.-Thc Rutland Hro'd of the
2lsi, states that the decision I Chancellor
Kellogg. ar To the power .. a.. remaining
trustee, Mr.. Birclara. t'arp'inta successor
10 John W Stewart. uiia mad resigned SIS
trustee Of the 81 mortgage 11ndh1.Icis, was
IN favor Of such power. No objections were
made by the lsr mortgage houihoidars %
the appointment Of Hon. John b. Page
raey insisted upon. only ,.c. purely legal
objections a. they might ultimately be- euti-
led to rely upon arising nat o, iac adverse
rights Of their clients iacrca0on thc
Chancellor made an order accepting the joe
-ignation Of Mr.. Stewart. and apT intci Mr.
Page 10 the vacan, tru>tccs.in. wia. we mn
derstand, yesterday oatrrci a!HH TIE duties
Of his Office.
1t is due to Mr.. pdgc e. say shat the ice
sponsibility of the great trust which !, thus
devolyed upon him, has come 90 him without
personal solicitation, and WAS urged by the
entire class Of the b0ndholders under the
second mortgage, and large body of the
boudholders under the first mortgage also
who signifed in writing their desire that he
should accept the Office. Mr. Page thus
comes into the management of the road IN
der the most favorable auspices and in view
of his well known capacity, integrity and
energy, highly efficient conduct Of the al
fairs Of all concerned in the property and
interests OF the road may De anticipated.
The LATE RAID INTO MARYLAND.-" Perley''
the Washington correspondent of the Boston
Journal, writes under date Of the 18th, as
follows
How many of the Confed,'s rode this daring
raid is now the topic of town talk, and wide are
the differences OF opinion. Some rivaling Sir
John Falstaff in his accumulatiye enumeration
of the ''rogues in buckram'' who assaulted him
on Gadshill, declare that at least $4,000 rebels
came TO besiege the city, with trains Of artillery
and mortars. Others declare that there were
never over 1900 rebels actually in front Of
Washington, and that they only made demon
stration to cover others in their rear who were
running of " horses and cattle. The quarrels
between the Long Pipes and Short Pipes, AS mar
rated by knckerbocker IN his - History OF New
York was nothing compared to the squabbes
between the Big Figures and the Little Figures.
Why the friends of the War Department desire
to magnify the number Of invaders, can't see:
neither can | comprehend why Gen. McClellan's
partisans are so anxious to make 1t appear that
the rebels actually before Washington were not
over 900 or 1000 strong. From careful in /
vestigation of the facts cited on either side. and
from an examination Of certain rebel quarter
masters documents left at a house used as head
quarters, am of opinion that the total invading
force which crossed the Potomac WAS about S 600
men, and that about 10000 advanced toward
Washington, although not over 5000 actually
joined III the demonstration against the city.
Had the rebel infantry come up to support the
cavalry this day week, l don't see why tine
mounted dare-desils could not have rode down
Pennsylvania Avenue, and done much mischief /,
But Providence favored the Union. When the I
infantry came up on Monday it was too late for .
a coup-ie-main, and on Tuesday the appearance
Of the battle-bronzed 9th Corps gave the signal
for retreat back across the Potomac. Let US
hope that this will be last invasion-the last
scare