Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1864-01-19
Che Iretm an.
MONTPELIER, VT.
Tuesday Morning january 10. 1864
THE WAM.

THE WAR.
We have extracts from Richmond papers d
the LIST and 2nd inst. No passports will be grant
ed hereafter To any mln abl. IL do military qu-
~ lbs UulJn forces 10 North CiohuA were
bel!eve To be- maturing plans for Selling upon
the w tlmiugtjn ana Weldon Railroad. The
sbe,ssiy tnat 10 jackson Operations against
AVeritl Tie Tn On ambulance tam was eap
tnred, wi'h 100 prismers. some arms, eight u
Aseriil othceIs, tnolu1i' ms Atiu Gener.
al, "a eutcDaft C0luue. AVsrlll horse. bI,
servant. aud number Of his maps Of fifteen on
twenty counties, IN which uearl, every house
vas put d0gI jackson also capture a mum
Der OIL mules and wagons Ga Dee q the an.
KEGS made u raid on Luruy, aud burued 4. b.
borsts large tahuery, the old Bip st ChuIeh
aud Mr. Bjoton = n0rk-hop broke open ali
the stores anJ robbed them ct all their GOOD.
and what they could not take they distributed
among the Negroes I ey also broke open the
meat houses soe, clrried away, and DESTROYED
neariy oil the purs and bacon 10 the place. be.
side killing neafly ell tbe CHI krns they could
nnd - Tue Enquirer has a saw &c arlele upon
the people VIM ate making money out Of TN
war; intlmatDB that the game will soon b.
stopped 0y Congress, and the WI Jle crowd fiji TO
pea' arms Dc sweep into The ranks Everything
seems to be quiet within tie Confederate lines.
dispatch from Chattanooga to Che philadel-
pba IaYavr, dated Jan. Y SAYS that aiF.irr
in East Tennessee are exciting. A sharp cagal
ry heht occurred near Straw berry Plains On Sun
DAY, Dan. ~, The enemy we're repused with
serious loss ODr plcket lines front e CD Other
at BARS Gross Roads 20 miles north east d
M KYLE Oar repul-e az Bans Station WIN
very tfihug, F3rrest has been badly handled 10
W est and Middle Tennessee but has mana. ID
10 ESCAPE with most OF bis command. Gen
Johnston aluains b00 front at funnel Hill
an Dalton. Gen. Graol has left Rockville. via
Cumberland Gap, aud i. making a complete,
circuit OF this d p4rtueos lls reached Knox
vile BY way OF Chattanooga. The army here II
In good condi'ion. The weather Is fearful,
cold, Dat there s little sickness.
The Boston 7fareqer, says that letters have
been received in that city from Northern ole,
gyman, who established himself in Cbarlest,n
WHO ms family but short time before the re.
oeiiion lie gives touching details of the an.
guish and suffering Of the inhabitants Of the
place. macy OF whom hope AMI y ay for redemt.
tlun even at be hands oil the Yankees ia ~
opinion, the time Is rapidly approaching wAenit
VIII Do lounG necessary to give up The CITY 10
save the people from absolute starvation. o.
course, all that can leave the place but many
have tot the means, neither have they any place
OF refuge.
Dates from the Army Of the Potomac to Jan
uary 18th, stale that our forces az Culpepper
have information that the rebel Gen. Stuart -
upon another raid, at the bead OF 500 cavalry
lie crossed the river lar up 10 the right ana ha
reached Leesburg. Uur forces were falling back /
to Fairfax. IL was not known whether he in
tended TO cut raliroad co nectlon at Bull
Kun, or the Baltimore and ONO Railroad al the
Point OF Rocks The government was prepared
or him at either point. TIE health Of The Al.
ny OF The Potomac is good no smAll-pox is re-
)oried. During the late cold spell live men were
rozen 10 desh. + Or men are 70 BE- shot r
lesertion. The North Carolina lroops IN the
tebel army have been sent back 10 Orange
JourtH House, aud are no longer permitted TO do
picket duty on the Rapldan.
We learn from Newborn that an tbe I1h
inst, the gunboaI Iron Age was aground ma
under the fire Of the Rebel land batteries an III.
eartern sho eat the entrance OF W ilmington H,r-
Dor The Minnesota had gone to her assistance
Judge Stewart OF The Admiralty Court At
Halifax N s., distinctly announces that he hold.
The seizure OF the Chesapeake to be an act of nj.
lacy, ami should 80 treat the case Throughout
eil. is In progress in the Rebel Congress fer
tax OF 90 per cent on all general currency treas
nry notes ontstandn 90 tho LIST Of January
next. Your money or Your life
The Richmond papers Of the 18th have blind
iispi,cb dated Wilmington, Jan. II, SAVING
hat the steamer Hero had run ap.ound mem,
teorset0"n, alter iandnl the navy I'll ,ets. On
ansee Steamer Was flown up TIE rep RI was
itari III towhi twenty four prisoners were cat.
ured 10 particulars received.
The New York he,aifs letter from Charles.
on, dated the 7th inst, says that Gen. Gil!nore
ias been " amusing" the enemy by tbrovin,
helis hiied with o'eek fire into the city. On
''noas week iwenty shells thus loaded were
,i'cned INTO the city, aud Every one exploded
me result was that hre 5 klndlvd in The
''uthern part OF the city, which burned WI h
considerable fury DUNG the balance of the day
heretofore II appears that Gen. Gilmore haa ,
ot been able to throw shells containing creek
re into the CITY. as they generally exploded m
sec"nu or TWO after leaving toe gun; but hy
GO MT contrivanee the shells have been made tpI
ana Their fearful aud Destructive contents ms
'here they are wa'ted by our arpIlerists Sut
r.. 4
mere they are the mpst unwelcome 10 the
'nafiestonians' The tieet rs perfectly qulescent
A dispatch from Chattanooga, dated Jan IL,
sys that Langstree' is forulying at Bulls Gan.
lie IL rrIorted 10 have been r Reinforced Nv ID (
0o mtantfe. He tn'ire force is estimated AZ I
4 Wo infantry and Il QUO rsv,lry. A squad ,
Rebel cavalry went mo Cleveland on thu Nm /
nd conscfIrled every man able for service.
10 regard to the presumption of active work r
J the Army Of the Z. i5mac, respecting wb,cl /
lnory hints have bep casuug ah.ut recently. d
zen. Meade, ~ has speech az PoIladelpbn las, I
tuesday, SAID: " We te making every .d ~ =
Improve the present, and as som as ne ,esa,b !
m"dadt. and The season ,o,t aLo,o ae,,y. an.
'auons wal be oOhmsncsd anew and IN ear.
est." "' - '''' q
Gen, Burnside was entertained al the Fifth il
venue Hotel New York Friday evening, BY II
'ominent gentlemen OF that CITY. la the course
speech which he made, he paid glowing q
iou's W the palrioslsm OF the men oi E,st a
ehnes,ee Their seifsacrlfc,ng LOYALTY was .
cry where apparent. They nutlhed him OF the el
'p'oach OF Longstreet's Orces; they hailed his h
my Win CHEERS, waving flags they ad con a,
aied unuer their b DIS ADD under the aooIs of
eir dwellings, tor ,hat purpose they eheer inl