Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1864-06-17
News of the War.
WASHINGTON. June 5

IL have been To Altoona Pass, and fn i
verv admirable for our purposes It is ..e
gate through the last OF more eastern -r III
Of the Allcghanics II now become 's
useful tu us rs 1t was 20 the enemy, t
easily defended from either direction. Ire
roads hence from Ackwurth INTO Georgis are
large and good and the country more ope"
Details OF position Of our troops and me
templatej movements are given, hut no
needed fog public information.
Tho desrltch further states that the en- eng
is not in our immediate front, but hls 2
mails are seen ot Lost Mountain and kenesaF.
Dispatches from Candy, dated the 81. have
been receiy,d, which report satisfactory pro-
grcs- :n thc organization Of his cOmmanl.
l.45 ?. VI.
4 di,ratch from Mr.. Dana at Gen. Grant
headouartrrs. dated last night NJ $50 an-
nounec- victory hy Gen Hunter over The
rebels beyond SJaunton. and that the rebel
ten. Jones Was killed on the battle field
The dispatch is MS follows
The Richmond Examiner Of to-day speaks
or the defeat Of Gen. W. +. Jones by Ne
eral Hunter. l. miles beyond Staunton. Va
Gen. Jone, was killed on the field. His
successor retired % Waynesboro and now
holds the mountains between Charlottesville
and Staunton The paper further states NJ
no hospitals or stores were capturtd by
Hunter. Another dispatch announces t-'t
our forces occupy Staunton.
Gen Hunter victory and our occura'l n
Of Staunton are confirmed BY the following
dispatch lust received from Butler
IAN quiet ON my lines. Richmond n
pcrs Of the 9TH give intelligence Of hsnt
AT Mount Crawford between Hunter and
Jones, in which Hunter was victorious ma
Jones killed Staunton was afterwards oc-
cupied by Union forces. The fighting was
Sunday
Signed F. NJ. STANTON,
Sec of War.
Adylces from the Army Of the Potomac
dated June Sth saws
All quiot to-day, except occasional heavy
Guns in the direction Of Bottoms Bridge
The mails now are regularly received
\ portion Of the 5th corps is reported as
having arrived al a point on the Chlckll1Hi-
inv. near Bottoms Bridge, and considerable
eannonadng was heard in that direction
yesterday afternoon.
A rebel Captain, Lieutenant and five pri-
Yates came in Yesterday under flag OF tru e.,
looking for the body of an officer. Our lea
seized them but they were returned last eve
ming.
The railroad TO White House viii be re y
for travel in q few days.
\ das Of truce sent by Grant arrived last
evening. and the dead and wounded betwcen
the lines Of works were brought in. Trara
were very few wounded at some p0iHs,
while at Others a number came in. re
but medical officers and stretcher-bear rs
were allowed to 20 on the field, and al. -n-
tercOursc with the enemy was strictly pro-
hibitcd. At the end of the time agreed up-
on. a voice from the rebel lines sang l-r,
..Boys. get 70 your holes, times up. All
left ut once.
A few shells were thrown on our leiJ yes
terlay afternoon without damage.
The CommercIarS Fortress Monroe c1---s-
pondent OF the eth saws indications in j Q
ler's army are that forward movement ii
soon take place just as the inform, %
was leaving the army an officer SAID, ' "a
need not be-. surprised 20 hear very so1u 1t
the moving OF heavy force from us
denartment u the rear Of Richm ID.
We have pontocn bridges enough to span III
the rivers near Richmond in dozen places
The steamer Massachusetts from the b. k
aiing squadron, reports the gunbOat W Na.er
Witch captured By the reoel boats in O-sa-
b,w Sound on the 2l, after severe Fight.
An expedition was fitted out at Port Royal
to rc-carturc or destroy her.
There appears to he another invasion Of
kentucky on a small scale.
About seven hundred rebel cavalry entered
Paris. Kentucky, Wednesday evening unre-
sisted
The rebels are near Falmouth on the Ken
tnckv Central railroad and at Willlamstlwn
on the pike. 80 miles from Cincinnati
large rebel force are reported II miles east
Of Lexington, and another approaching nom
Richmond. Rebels are also reported @
tween Crab Orchard and Stamford. Iney
burned a large warehouse and water station
AT Cynthiana Thursday. The rebels now
have possession Of Paris, Georgetown, Gym
thiana and WilliamstOwn.
The Richmond Sentinel Of the 81 announ
ces the arrival of $50 Yankee prisoners
Friday evening at Libby Prison, and calls
them a barbarous mass. 1t says, Friday IA
assaults were made by Gen. Grant 5 army on
the right. oftheir line held by Kershaw, lloS'
and Breckenridge. all of which were rcpuls
ed with great slaughter. the rebels esca plns
, almost unharmed. Ii acknowledge w
} gained partial success against Breckcnrilse
/ but subsequently recovered ground. 10 say
! the Yankee loss was very heavy, and puts /
) at lrom ten 70 twelve thousand IN the en-
I ,arement. and says they took thousant
r prisoners. The Sentinel remarks "Grant
! object WIS TO gain strong positions aruun
Gaines Mill, and open the road to Bottom
: Bridge and connect with Butler, but hl
J., object has been sIgnally defeated.
5 The Sentinel winds up its article O. to
\ lows ssIn short, yesterday was a happy On
+ for us and dark one for Grant. We nav
It lost no ground on our right and have game
n largely on our left. We have taken uelrl
: 1000 prisoners, have put hors dH oOni5G. pei
f hsps 10000 Yankees, and suffered yer
n slight loss. Thank God"
IT The Ssntinei also says raid was mad
in Nansemond last week by our trools u
der Mai. Gates, who arrested numerous ci
IZens-
es Gen. Law was wounded above the c
is Friday, also Gems. Lane, Kirkland aHo Ia
II necan. Law brigade in the battles git
ie Butler lost over 400.
IT Thursday night an attack was made J
= Gilmore on tine works Of Beaurcgard. y ll'
!" was repulsed.
A dispatch from New Hope, Ga, rcpor
skirmishing along the line on the 2, al
that Dallas was evacuated BY the Union iC
y Gee on the LIST inst.
n \ dispatch from Atlanta, says 4
en- =, movement of the Yankee army towards {
y Etowah river is generally accepted as q !
; lipouishment of the son TO Atlanta" Ilo'
''o ment- The Yankee loss since the adysn
Us from Chattanooga is estimated a. 800
wounded, $1,000 sick, missing and I.ist
ere. 1t IS reported that at KinSstJu {
IN forage is all eaten out and the coun.iy !
,r- vaged of every particle Of food.
al An official dispatch from Atlanta says
/ the evening of May 9th the enemy at,a'
m ed Cleburn and was signally repulsed. U
=, casulties were 800. The enemy left hr
iIv dred dead on the field. At night C.ebu
,ur attacked them, capturing 20O pTisone
,en without loss.
he Another dispatch says the fight commei
>, ed about ) p. NJ. 57tb, and continued
md dark when each army lay upon their ar
within hundred yards of each other.
soon as day appeared the combat was rene
ed. The enemy crossed the Etowah river