Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1865-02-07
NEWS OF CHE WEEK.

W AsNiAGf0A- Jan. so
Richardson and Brown ulnalisjs who q.
capped FROM Salisbury prison. appeared bslor
the Committee 90 the CJlduc. Il the War th
morning, and tes,Gai that tie reb'! autb1ritit
are numbering our soldiers bg e1d AMI Hung
while they NIGH easily sappY them vita amIl
food and fuel. Njgem1er - ia. many pfisln,r
we're WI bOnl food tJr forty eight b9ur Ihe
mentiol deliberate ctses Of killing and wound
ing. During thi two months from 1850 Ot'-
ODER TO 18th December che deaths were 70 De-
cent, OF the whole When taes i't, 80 IT,
Latter date they wera DIVING attus ute ~ J,
per cent per moa'h
Advi ca from savannah the Q2I state That
great Reaction Wa taking phc9 10 Cite minct
OF the people in the interior % Ocgrqa Ihe,
now openly confess that t'e a,hmpt Do esmb-
lish n Southern Cunademcy IS Guulc On
the question Of an imue iia.e return to the IN
ion. the people are undivided.
Gen. Sherman finds that the people have
hearty hatred Of the ptot OF South Carolina
Ger. Sherman was 10 leave Savannah on the 22I
to JON bis army. lie says il the people Of the
North will provide men and money to carry on
the war for four ye.r', 20 will not last fur
months ong GER but il they fail to dose there il
no telling bow lo1g il will last.
The Heraid's Fort Flsher Correspondent SAYS
Our losses are officially reported at G6l OF
these, eleven off ers and seventy seven men
killed Thirty niao officers Az mrn wounded,
and 90 missing.
The Heyaid's " Washington dispatch savs The
War plr'ment mas been notified Of the errl.
val OF the rebel Cong .ts.man Ioote within Gen
Sheridan lines at Winchester
Gen Meade has issued IN important order.
intanda1 "a .
among the enlisted men OF the army II pro-
vides by the recognition and reward Of meri'ofi-
ous conduct by granting, under suscl6ed oondi.
lions, furloughS 10 snch men as by attention to
duty. proficiency in drill, conduct on toe march
AID In battle and care Of arms, horses and
equipments, have proved themselves To be- the
best soldiers in the brgsdes 10 which they are
attached.
The Nashville correspondent Of the Chicago
Journoi, writing under date Of Jal. %, has the
following with reference 70 the movements Of
ten. Thoma,' army " There is very little Of
interest tr1nspirlng here let nov but tho lull
VIII be broken IN good time by a general ad-
vance Of 40 600 cavalry into the Sac q Ala
bsms To destroy the remnant Of Hood army,
to open the Alabama River, and B.iz cad hold
the towns Of Montgomery, Ssml aud Mobile, is
the task assigned 81 Thomas. and wheneser all
IL prepared, be will move he conjunction With
Geo. C,nby; and such a clearing our ss Hood
will then receive will only dud parallel 10
that Of last December IN fronf oi this city.
The lew thousand men the rtb4ls can muster to
resist the avalanche which is about 10 he hurled
against them, will be scattered like chsii before
hurricane. The dIshearteued msn will seek
their homes, as the Iepnesseeans sought tbei
after the battles Of the 10 n aud 10Th Of Deem.
ber.'
Gen. Grant, with Capt. Fox and several other
officers, has just returned lfJn visit to Fort
Fishor. Gen. Grant is SAID 10 have expressed
the opinion that IL could not have been carried.
II tbs naval fire had not dismounted oil ihe guns
on the side assaulted by ihs soldiers Nyme
rous circumstances were found c0ntlrmttorv OF
the belief that the rebels supposed that the main
assault was that made by tho sll0rs and ma
riner, and were but Iolrly prepared for Terry's
assault on ihe other eide. Extensive as the Tort
10, the gentlemen are OF the opialou that it was
not hnshrd according to the orieln4l plan.
FoRrGtss MoSRoE Tuesday, Jan 81
The ste nship Cabawba, Capt Johnson, ar.
rived here this afternoon, from Hilton Head,
5. o., with over 500 reoe prifousr., c,ptered
By Maj. Gen. Sherman 10 his late campaigns
The Cshavbs, SAILED irlm Hilton lead on
last Saturday, the 2Ssh. and, b.sia the mail.
and dispatches from armV, rings intelligence
Of the mighty gratifying success, attending thu.
lar the opening OF lbe campaign IN the ) ate ol
South Carolina.
0ne portion of Mi. Gen sbemans army
moved dlreos from savannah, ia ana tho other
consisting Of twO Cups, moved tom Beaufort
) T., aud were bOlh iapidly advancing against
Oh ,rlestou, ), Z.
The latest intelligence from Shsrmans army
represents 1t he distance OF less than lorty
miles from Charleston. Tns rcbels we're q /.
Ing resistance ~ ev ry point, but are rap dly
being driven from Every available position iar
deienrs Forage and eubsist nee wore found Ia
large quantities by our soldiers IS thev followed
the re1reatiug steps Of the rebels
The army commanded By Mai G,n. F0ser
was cooperating win tho army under Gen.
Sherman, and the movements Of our ryofs
through South Carolina are but the precursor
Of far more terrible ard DISASTROUS osnp,ien TO
the rebels than that OF their celebrated march
through the heart Of Georgia
The lines OF Cen S1ertnaa wore heinz .r.dn-
ally constructed, aud II was probable that ro
desperate resistance wonld b. mace or battle
ohere1 until our forces mad rescAed 60 within o.
lew miles Of Chsres On, where the main body
OF the ebel ferce would DO concentrated u
make one last terrible Effort to save the State
IRON the lnroad, Of Snsrmsn's conquenng
army.
A dispatch from St. Louis gives tho important
lntelli. .uce that Gen. ChaimtIs. of the rchf
army, VINO has led division OF WARY IN 4 r.
rests command, has nifty dJnoutctd Hood
In aepeeeh At Cotiuth, d, clarng hls intention
To qnit the service and try aud save the ftst 81
hi propeIty and also telling his meu t. 20 home
Gen. Morrow OF II OILS army, is also rep1rte,
TO have expressed desire 10 surrender On tn,
best trms he could obtain ten Roddy 3 d.s
af,enon was reported several daysaso.
CONGRESS.
Jan. %. In the Senate, it was voted to p,b