Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1864-01-12
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
TIE WAR


Valley aud along thu Nashville K r.
Gen. Stonem III is relieved from the command
OF the Cavalry Bureau and made Chief OF Cav
airy in the west
Col. McChesney's expedition which lei, New
bern N. q, on the Both ult. for Greenville, met
the enemy on the 3lst near w Washington, and
alter sharp hght routed them, killing lieu
tenant and i've msn, Capturing ten men, one
CANON, and the horses Of u battery. Lieut..
Adams was killed on our side, and five men
we're wounded.
The Navy Department is in receipt of ofhciai
dispatches from Rear Admiral Bailey, com.
manding the East Gulf Blockading Squadron,
detailing some very important operations in
which portion OF his iorce had Lately engaged
An expedition or series OF expeditions, under
the direction of Acting Master Browne, of the
bark Restless, had explored the waters Of Lake
Ooala and the West and 81. Andrews Bays,
landing repeatedly and destroying the very ex
nsive salt.worBs from which the rebel Con.
federacy has mainly received lis Supplies
Nearly two hundred Of these aItboiIlng ea-
adjustments with their boilers and manuiac-
sured stock, we're destroyed, and value Of the
property lie estimated at SO 900 600 The town
OF st. Andrews which was occupied by rebel
force, was shellci and burned to ashes la the
Sowanee River, the United States schooner Fox
hadsurprsed blockade-tunnng steamer, which
she could not bring out, and CON PEELED to burn
he Fox had also captured the British schooner
Eawn ate ping to run the blockade.
General Butler has visited Washington and
returned to Fortress Monroe invested with full
powers relative to the exchange of prisoners.
LIE government will sustain him and com pei
ZEN DAVIS and the rebel government to respect
him as an officer of the Union, in spite of Jeis
outlawry.
Advces from Cumberland Gap say that
body of Union troops, numbering about 300
men. stationed at Jonesville, Western Virginia,
70 guard region which was an excellent place
ior foraging, VS. surprised on Sunday last By
an overwhelm ny force OF rebels, estimated al
4,ooo, under Gen. Sam JONES' Our men made
desperate resistance, continuing from 7 A. NJ.
70 +. NJ, and only surrendered after losing
oo Killed, aud 30 wounded, one gun and two
small howizers.
on Monday Rear Admiral Farraeut sailed
from New York in the flagship HartiorJ, to AS
s ~ Command OF the East Gulf Squadron
me Hartford has recently been renovated and
Id excellent CONDITION. Commodore Drayton
i4'e inspector OF Ordnance at this port. and
commander at the Passac during Du Points
STACK on charleston, sailed also IN the Hart
iord 70 assume position as Fleet Captain.
We have dates from New Orleans to the 3lst
nit A secret expedition left there on the 30th,
destination thought to be toward Mobile, proba-
bly, to land and iortiy at Pascagoula From
the front the report is " Army encamped all
well. F" The Texas refugees were freely coming
IN TO swear allegiance. On the 18th the bones
OF Captain W w. Montgomery, Of The FIRST
tUDivn) Texas Cavalry, Uoion officer captured
and hung BY the Rebels, we're picked 10 and
Inferred IN F'ri Brown 10 presence OF all our
troops IN Brownsville and large concourse OF
citizens General D,na, commanding 18th
Cups. and Guverno: Hamilton made thrilling
speech. The loyal Texans have taken an oath
OF Vengeance on bis murdersrs Recruiting il.
rapidly going on Rebel sympathizers are forced
to ay int, Mexico At New Oleans a mass
meeting OF all the loyal people in the State of
The obJ,ct was to take lnso consideration the
formatiun Of u Free State Government Near
~ enough arc su,olled to euabls the State to
return to the Uoion under the Pfeslle nt's Proc
lamstion. Guerrilla firing upon boats along
the Mississippi Lad almost entirely ceased.
A 6Sht occurred on the 18th ult. near Fort
Gibson, in the Cherokee country, between one
thousand rebels under Quan,rell and Col PHI
iIs, OF the indian b gade. The affair lasted
several hoars, and resulted in the complete de-
ieat VI the rebels who scate I'd in all directions,
leaving nifty killed and wounded on tie field.
Ine ioss ON our side was slipht.
A letter from. Harper's Ferry. states that
Coles Maryland cavalry have met wi eeri-
Gus isaster, f,ty seven out of seventy five men
o'ing either captured OF killed near Rectortown.
Virginia, where they encountered an oyerwhelm-
ing ioroe OF rebels.
A dispatch from Cairo states that line of
signal stations 10 to be established along The
Misslssippl below that city, for the better tro
tecsion OF the river commerce from puerr;las.
General Burnside, it is said, will be assigned
to the Middle Department headquarters at Bal.
timore. lie Is r, ported to have expressed wish
for some post that is Administrative and NOT mil
itary.
Information has reached New Orleans from |
three or foul different directions that all the
rep'i troops which have been operating IN Wes-
tern Liusania on the banks OF the Mississippi, |
ana - Tact the whole force II The enemy are
gathering IN Central Texas and uniting to form
one large Amy to attack our new ACQUISITIONS on
the coat OF Texas. They will number at least
~ ooo. The most ample preparations have been
made W meet this force as well as possible with
the numoer oil troops IN this department. There
Wall soon De news OF great interest from Texas.
Inc lsth Army Corps still remain at New
ioeris Nearly every regiment has re. enlisted as
veterans. The agent of the State OF CJnneoti.
cut Is at New Iberia paying every man from that
State who re-enlists $500, The Twelfth Connec-
ncnt has re-inlist.d gu masse.
General Banks has issued general order EN-.
bracing the Presidents amnesty PROCLAMATION
ena suen parts OF hls message as explains its Inn.
~, y anu 'ne oa'h oi allegiance prescribed by the
Iresident: GENERAL Banks informs the leople
mat all deslrous oi receiving his AMNESTY nd
ns '1s Above oath can 10 60 ss once, and
AZ TUG riosoet hafshabs are instructed 10 ad-
minister 1t.
GENERAL Thomas has issued an order assessing
sso,0O0 Oh rebel sympathisers living within
tel miles OF the recent iuurder of three sald,.rs
nesr Mulberry, Tennessee, the money TO be diy,.
oed between tns iamilss of the soldiers ,ill.d.