The New York Herald Newspaper, June 19, 1863, Page 1

ee WHOLE NO. 9774. ray nn NEW YORK, FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 1863. THE NEW YORK HERALD. PRICE THREE CENT : » c ie weed appesrance, A number of citizens who fled THE REBEL INVASION, |“csssor snr nne 2 | ‘Me city ie filed wnb soldiers, and drunkenness ie very nnn & toll company of Philadelphia police, Captain Joha ) arrived to-day, and encamped op the capital The Retreat of the Rebels from rae hundred of General Milroy’s troops, who ’ Chambersburg. were cut offfrom the main body at the battle of Win- chester, arrived at Bedford, Pa., today. They creed porsit the Potomac at Hancock, aud worked their way safety through. Genoral Milroy, who arrived here to uight, states that these seventeen hundred are part of the two thousand he reported baying lost at Winchester. The Drug Stores Cleaned Out by the Rebeis. A despatch received to-night states that the rebels occu. Pied Mercersbarg again this afternoon, driving our men . ye tees AS out. The number is not mentioned, but is believed to bo ‘only @ small force after horses and cattic. Governor Seymour has tendered Governor Curtin fifteea regiments of infantry, whieh have been accepted. Regu Soveral Farmers Taken Of by the Rebels. arrived here to-day. The Cartisic Telegrams. Canisir, Pa. , June 18, 1863. T left Greencastle this morning at six A.M. The euemy were then encamped two miles outside of the town. ‘be enemy yesterday alternoon threatened to burn Greencastle unless certain slaves who bad been recaptured tg citizens §=were delivered up. de. ee. I lieu thereof the rebels expressed their willing. ness to take fifty thousand dollars in gold or silver. They finally offered to take twenty-five thousand in green The Rebels Retreat from Chambersburg. | backs. . ‘Survrs xaaunG, Pa., June 17, 1863. Toward night they set fre to warehouse having Mt. A gentleman direct from Chamber sburg reports that | thousand bushels of government oate in it. The citizens the rebdele heft that piace this afternoon, having first set | put out the fire before much damage wus done. _ fixe to the warehouses of Oaks & Linn. ‘The sick in town were removed @ short distance ‘The fire was afterwards subdued by the citizens. of t. Is lo supposed the rebe!'s retreated towards Hagerstown. ‘The enemy had fears of being cut off when at Chambers- har acaerel Durg, and said they fell back for reinforcements, Bight Thousand Rebels Advancing Om | 4i4 that we need ck (hind they were going to leave the Hancock, Md. valley. ‘the enemy destroyed a smail portion of raliroad MoConriisevnc, Pa., June 17,1863. | detween Chambersburg and Greencastle, They did not ‘Stragglers from the late flight bring information up to plunder the town, five o'clock yesterday evening from below. ‘There was great exci mn : ‘They report that cight thousand rebols have crossed | yon on Pose of pastepeh as 0-180 Legon the river at Williamsport and aro marching oo Hancock, | pois, Many instantly left town with their horses and Maryland, at which point sixteen hundred of Mflroy’s | o:noy property, weuted forces bad been collected. These men, being in astate of utter demoralization, Pbeiesuabesab nope ta ae Pt amie ‘without officers or organizition, fled at the reported ad- pao So erat vance of the rebels, and they are now scattered through The Chambersburg Telegrams. CHaMmRsBUKG, Peun., June 17, 1 ee ees: About ten this morning the rebel General Jenkins re- ceived a despatch from the rebet General Rhodes, and inmediately afterward commenced a hasty retreat from this place to reinforce tho latter. The rebel rear went Asrival of the Eighth and Seventy-First New York at Harrisburg. ee “Bey The Harr! ‘« Telegrams. Hannusnure, Pa , June 18, 1863. If ip del lieved that thero are co rebel troops in this ‘State now. Out of the town at oue P. M. ‘The rebel cavalry, under Generat Jenkiws, was at Hae ‘Thero was every sign of a precipitate retreat, tho gerstown last night. rebels ja their haste throwing away many equipments. ‘There is no evidence of any infantry force having been | They carried with them some Afty nogroes, part of whom wih him. were free ones, Some nogroos they strapped behind them on their horses, Geueral Jenkins treaated the peonle here tolerably While at Chambersburg the rebels cleaned out all the @rug stores in the piace, paying for the drugs in Confede. rate serip. well. So did bis men and officers. They paid for moat Oo \eaving Chambersburg the rebels took with them a they got, but destroyed about five hundred government Bumber of the most prominent farmers in that section of | fms. Also some private arms. They treated the women the valley. very civilly, They did not get many horses, but Adespatch received bere this afternoon announced that | £%t large quantities of oats and hay. They did not ‘the rebels were near Chambersburg, advancing in force | destroy either pubtic or private property, bat at. again upon the town. Harrisburg was again all excite- tempted to fire one warehouse in the town, ia which they ment, and people once more began to pack up and pre- did mot succeed. They even left the Union flag flying pare to leave. As tho rebels did not occupy Chambers.’ | @ the telegraph oflice. Darg, however, the excitement subsided as rapidiy as it | General Jevkins ordered the stores to be kept open #0 originated. they could get what they wanted. ‘The latest news is that the robels were on @ reconnols. | ‘The Chambersburg telegraph operator aud your cor- (sance, and that they nave fallen back onee more to the | Fespendent errived here from Shippensburg this evening. victaity of Greencastle. He bad to repair the wires in many places, and we had Among the asrivals here today were the Fighth and to walk six miles from Scotiand. Two bridgss are de- Geventy-frst New York. They are bivouacked one mile | *#royed. from the city. ‘Here was no railroad communication beyond Uakville Areconnoitering party has been sent out, aod news is | '-day. exp@ted every moment. Heavy Gring can be heard im the direction of Harper's A ramor prevails here that Gevernor Seymour has ealled General MoCielian to Albany to help him to organize Mfteen regiments to come to the resoue. Thie report qreates general joy. General MoCiellen te regarded bore TSElare fn report from rebel euurces in town thas Vicks- Dury is taken. ‘The general appearance of the town does not indicate a Dessile (oe 20 1.40 to have boen here. @m the hope of the nation. ‘The following order has been issued:— From the best information the enemy is now beyond NOTICE TO THE VOLUNTEER A. prog pec Nene Mae Prog ta, rvania MILrria, sevoral hours ago at a brisk rate. The enemy had no ... seer tee artillery, and But With: means of transportation. The ‘The following order has been made by force is mot over tweire huadred mon, consisting of Couch, commanding Department of the Susque- cavalry nd ted infantry. ° SPECIAL ORDER NO. 6. ‘There 1s considerable excitement here today. The Maapquanrens, Deranruant o Tux Sesqvansn4, + | rebels are in the neighborhood of Greencastle, und carry. , chief mustering officer, will, at 9A. M. | img off horses, hogs, abeep, &c. It is believed that there Fearne on of ihe Prondent of the Unived | 18 00 force north of that place. ‘and the call of his Excellency Governor Cartt oa Ne from day today until all are Statement of General Cameron. be vo ne acd Puaverrma, June 18—8:30 P. M. OF during the exi-tinz emergency. of hiayor General D. 8. COUCH. ‘The following despatch was sent to General Cameron by & gentieman of this city yesterday: — ar. Le Roy, Captain ani A. A. G. Tho volunteer militia who are willing to enrol them- elves bs the defence of public and private property in It is reported that you advised taking ‘the command ef the the State troops from Geveral and eg tt iM, on | ether Genera! Franklio or General Mo’ leilan. this , will erennd hog = an ramp. . and ail ot tl Prag mh heen 4 aa they true? If not, will you autborize me to contradic: it? ‘The following reply was received :— to-morrow (Thursday) morning, when they will be sworn ‘mw and at once furnished with ail the necessary equip. jor to being regularly organized into regimenta. ibe people of Pentaylvania ‘abs have testified by their Ang telegram of yestentay wan hended to mo. inte eat Presence bere their willingness to bear arms to dri y y made no such pre Fedels from our State apd protect it from invasion, wil | "HO SIMON CAMERON. Peadily notice the propriety of this order and their to act ‘ obedience to it. ‘They are called mtoservice by the United States gov-* ernment jor the purpose of protecting the tate, and are under the command of a geueral officer detailed for | The Uniom Troops Ketire to Maryland duty. “1 To onjey all the benefits of that government it is neces. | Helghte—The Rebels Sh vegeucelioe = gary they sbould be mustered mto serve, and that ser- vice only to covtinue dui the existence of the emer m Take Posscssion—Th. y for whicit they were called; and no ove can desire return to bis home until all the people of Pennsylvania and the soil of our State is safe from tue | ebel. A. L. RUSSELL, Adjatant General Pennsylvania, It is stated that a body of rebels have gone from Cum- We learn from the headquarters of General Scheock Derland, Md., to Romney, Va. that information bas been received from General Tyler ‘The authorities are busy in organizing the troops, who | gnat the rebel forces invested Harper's Ferry on the 16th continue to arrive in large numbers. inet. and made an attack, attempting to surprise General ‘The work on the rifle pits and fortifications ou the other | Tyler's forces. side of the Susquehanna is still going on, ‘There is much The jatter, after resisting, retired to the Maryland activity there and at Cainp Curtw, and everywhere else | Heignts aud shelied the rebels , compelling them to evaca- fe and about the city ate the Ferry. ‘The volunteers are flocking in fast. The New York The rebels then retreated to Williamsport, when Gene. Seventy first and two other regiments arrived via Easton | rai Tyler recroesed and occupied bis (ormer position. asfour P.M. Recroits are being mustered in for six ‘The rebels tore up the railroad and did some damage to NEWS FROM HARPER’S FERRY. Hi &e., &e. Barriwonr, June 17, 1963. months, unless sooner discharged. tho canal. Trains are running within five miles of Chambersburg Travel between Harper’s Ferry and Baltimore is re ‘The fugitives who joined in the hegura of the last three | sumed. @ayn are returning home. ‘The military authorities refuse all information, but it ‘ presumed that uothing important has transpired which as not already been made public. Rumoré from the Border are scant. 1 hear of the rebels ia force at Wil. Manspert, six miles beyond Hagerstown, also at Cumber- Jand. The latter report is doubtful. ‘The volunteers are enjoying the largest liberty, roam- lng Silover the town no quarters being yet ready for Major them. General Milroy has arrived (rom Harper's Ferry. eleven o'clock on a special train, with bie staf, He came down to bavea personal interview with Major General The late rebel force at Chambersburg was dve miles | Sovvy-t, and io waive. all Cialm of fark Io. lnterto lag beyond there to-day. with the command at that pot M4 enieh will remain under Thres New regiments repor Read. Brigadier Geveral TyWr. He, however, desired to return fr pes deg ted at Reading. | 1) nia men, sid volunteered to ect in auy yemition tbat be ‘reparations are made to receive them here to night. might be deeme: moet rerviceabie ‘The drafted men aud nine months volunteers of this At the time be let the Ferry, forty two members of State are volunteering fer six monthe. | yiand bastery bad arrived, and it was be The eis eld ih ‘tine Fegettiig. the move | lev amber had made their evcape ia ments of the eoemy. No large force has yet approached All accounts agree that the rebels have left Chambers. burg, that there are none at Westminster, and that they are but ia amali force at Hagerstown. THE AFFAIR AT WINCHESTER, Additional Partt rey’s from whe Baltimore Ameri-an, June 17.) eneral Milroy reoehed Ba/timore at one o'clock thie morning, from Harper's recry. and ret direction of Romney and Cumberiand. They mostly secured their hoses, and hav ® probably accompanied the the Cumberland valley. cavalry The ovly Maryland regiment that suffered severe! Reports from the border line have been very conflic the Filth regiment, known as Cohnel Sobley’s, why was durtig the day. abeent in Haltimore, The enemy turned the Maryland battery on this regiment, and fora time they wera in a bot position, The number killed and wounded ig not Knows, though but fow of them ecaped | casualties of capture They fought bravely, and ‘The operator at Chambersburg, under date of six P.M, states that the latest scout just in reports being eight ‘miles from there, and saw no rebel#, and heard of none Deing at Greencastle. lie confirms the report brought by @ baud car of a boty of two hundred bemg at Greencastic noon, and dividing there, one body going towaras Waynesborough, the other towards Morcersourg. They are suppored to be after bores. Heavy cannonading is beard at Greencastle in tho di rection of Harper's Ferry, A misunderstanding exists bere among a oumber of eltinens who have arrived for the protection of the State, ‘The author (ies are receiving troope for six months or the emergency, The time of servies required under the call eannot exceed ono oF two monthe at the farthest. A large pomber left for their homes to-day, having refused to exbit for fear of being hold for the six months ‘here are ne rebels now in tho State, encepe @ thieving ee ree tration Procol eateent ot a0 pasty operating along the border. cet ine Tased Ley and two compa. Penasyivan: The pierce were oggued jo-day oBd the city ensumed fo reireat W Bompey and Cassborland, abd be, yenenass, The Sixth Maryland regiment, which was reverted to have been cut up and almost destroyed, to the atoneh ment of every ove, came marching int) flarper's Ferry yesterday afternoon with their flags fying. arma at rest aod singing “Halt Colmmbia,”’ with the gallant Colonel Howe at thetr head. It appears that at the commencement of the assault on Winchester they were entirely cut off, aod being sur rounded by am immense force surrendered, and were taken back of the works In the confusion of the eaeaurt Deiug made by the rebels tary were neither divarined nor placed ander guard, and Colonel Howe knowing the conn try wel Seeing Gn Opportunity to ercape by a sido road, formed hie men in line, and in the darkners of the 0g Fegan ogy 4 oft, ey were compelled to take ‘erry, but went on their way rejoicing with neither an enemy in frout nor pur- fuers wo the rear. Jarly organized troops from New York and New Jersey | be boped that a good many of them are prisoners of war. | received a despatcy, announcing their safe arrival at that place. . The outer wor?.s at Winchester were carried by the re- Dele by storm ‘as six o'clock on Sunday evening wid tho |, whole tort strongly invested by a force of nes lens thaa tfteen Thousand men under General Ewell. | It be- onme rrender,or to make @ bold ar feo et wy through = enemy's besa war held on Sunday night. unanimonsty ads aneyecuation The larze wath bie aetiry. ware ‘ait | C7MBLTY, ANd, wee it Dot for the dust, would Dive ben 8H ut once, and at ope o'clock on Monday morning be Na. detichi'w. We marched the twenty-six miles is and ned 'ything except his horses. and strick | @ jittle less than seveu hours, and anytbine suid ooncernimg them would be mere mut ter of speciation, Mr. L. W. Buchingham’s Letter. Tux Cav cay, ov ma Pimp, Juae 16, 1668. OUR RECKNE MARGH was over ® fire road, through @ beantiful, remantic Dobtly thrangh the y'a lines. The movement war =o | | rapid that the enemy was taken by surprise, and the INFANTRY STRAGGLERG. bight being quite dark, the movement, so far aa tie | When we hadaccomplished about half our journey we | trvors immediately Investing the works were concerved, | desarse@imtont-y vtraxgiers im alk directions as far an (be eye euuld reveh Ido oot wish to opimadvert dis courag fwgly o@ the unfortunate body which these rtraggiera prowed © be but they deserve to be censured severely for the ve™no boyish truant ike, on eles and hazy uw an- per ip which they were muking an importamt march, ‘There vihg to the (ront of us, stra gline te nae. ‘They were fuito ry, and a great many’ Btragelors teken prisoners: but when four milee this + of Winchester, at the Junction of the road lendiny irom Berry Vilié to Bunker Afi and Martinsbury, they wore in tercepted by % strong rebel force, with a tiilery, and Ptrongly posted in the words on the roadside. General Milroy rallied bis men, un! made several attempts to storm and capture théir batteries, but was driven back Raylight was now rapidly appronehing, and it warm deemed prudent t endeavor aguin to cnt their way through the enemy's Hines, which was sveeessfully accom. piishe, and being without artillery they suffered consides Tably, éspecially in prisoners captured, beiore the evemy pave ub the pursuit. A © would buve been above us, They were mt yother ass ray abe. PAULEY SICK ON THE MORCH, J poticed severa) vmbulanees, aud lquired Of two Des pital £teW ore i Lie anid. aes coutained wounded men, and Woes inf vmed that’ thoy were vot wounded, but had weive o'clock on Monday they reached Haile | Bot wick ov the ina ch” 1d the enemy having abandoned the puranit, | There are suine 5) ; ator @ short rest, marched into Harper's Ferry | He during the afternoop, The gallant fellows were in asad One corps. howev: condition siter so severe a march and light, but were (ull | Bek! of their of epirit and gratincation that they escap d the | their dvty—te clutches of the my. +) their proper \iaces. and co sejventiy the men were too, All the stores, ammunition and wogons at Winchester | They marched closely, without breaking, goud ustured bands be close HON. w day, and everybody ng. Hero the ov ces did fol) tata tbe Renda, of the enemy, together wih sli thgi) ATS nee ane we Gotwot—ran aaaats 1 xml ne won rite byt sae cnriend of Milroy’ | Noboty scone to kiow where wo are really going to. noticed that traiu at Harrisburg was announced t bim by telegraph after he had communicated tne above facts, HOOKER'S ARMY. altbourb ali have their different ideas It ts reported ‘What tho rebels, in largo force of all arms, are rn'rowe 'Yivania om the other side o the mountains. ie @ few heavy quus are heard. ‘Mr. L, A. Hemdrick’s Letter. Heapquarruns, 1x THe Frac, June 16, 1963, MAGGAGE TO BK REDUCED, ‘The order to move at daylight this morning was coun- fermanded, for reasons known to the Commandiag Gene. Fal, Bo doubt. 16 is now understood that we will resume our march to.night—! am writing this at six P. M—or early tO merrow. Meantime thorough inspections ha: Deen made ot ai! officers’ and other baggage, with a view to reduce the quantity to tho least minimum amount possible, Everything supertiuous is to be sent to Wash. ington. A pile of valises and carpet bags, Tam told, has Deen accumulated, whose transportation over the North erp railroads would make the fortune of a new express company. Spirited Cavalry Skirmish Jear Aldie. The Rebels Forced to Retire with the Loss of Eighty-five Prisoners. . The Army ef the Potomac in Light Marching Order, &e., &e., &e. Sharp Cavalry Skirmish near Aldie. MK, GEORGE H. HAKI’S DESPAICH. Wasmnaroy, June 18, 1863, Yesterday, at three o'clock, our cavalry, consisting of one division, met General Fitzhugh Lee's brigade of caval- Ty and a battery of artillery about one mile beyond Aldie towards Uniontown, Some of General Lee's men, who had gone forward to have their horses shod at the | Diacksmith’s shop, saw our cavalry coming, and returned to their friends with the information, Captain Boston, of the Fifth Virginia rebel cavalry, and Captain White, with a command of thirty men, were despatched to act sharpshooters with others, to hold their positions at all hazards, but not receiving support when our men charged they were obliged to surrender at discretion. A little behind was the Fifth Virginia cavalry, under the cimmand of Col. T. L. Rosser, an old Went Point class ate or General Kilpatrick. Our troops charged on this Fegiment, and also on the Third Virginia rebel cavalry, and a haud to hand eacounter ensued, during which we wok many prisonere. ‘The order was them given for the rebels to right about and fall back. This information i» from the prisoners taken. The Bames Of the prisoners we captured are as follows: — Captain R. P, Boston, Fifth Virginia cavairy, Major Car- Tington, Third Virginia; Captain F. R. Winser, after & desperate resistance; Captain L. 8. White, Fifth Vir- ginia, wounded; Captain Jones, Third Virginia; Lieutea- ‘ant Boston, Fifth Virginia; Lieutenant Turnell, Firth Vir- inka; Lieutenant Douglass, Fi(th Virginia, and seventy- seven privates, principally from the Thied and Fifth Vir- ginia cavairy. Lieutenant Howard and Lieutenant Bagsdale, of the Fifth Virginia, were left en the field, supposed w be mortally wounded. A number of the privates of the rebels are known to be killed and wounded, ‘There was slight artillery frivg kept up by both par- ties, without material results, The rebel force engaged was the First, Seoond, Third, Fourth and Fifth Virginia cavairy, and some artillery. Our joss is not known, but it ts ineonsiderabie. The rebel officers who bave becn taken prisvic:s all coucur ta the statement that this was the most desperately contest. ed cavalry contest of the war, They say our men behaved gallantly, and thas the affair was a band ts hand eo- counter. General Fitzhugh Lee's brigade left Culpepper some few days since, and was acting a4 a flank squad to the rebel army. Acolonclof one of our eavairy regiments is re- ported among the killed. The rebels only partially sue ceeded in carrying off their killed aud wounded. The fight lasted until dark last night, we holding the fleid at its conclusion and the rebels retiring. Aldic is ia Loudon county , ten miles southwest of Lees, burg and in the gap between the Bull run and Kitweton mountains. Despatch of Mr. Thomas M. Cook. ARMY oF THR POTOMAC, June 18, 1863. * The sitoation and intention of the rebels begins | say. more aod more to be developed, and we gato @ clearer insight into their plans and purposes. There is very large room for doubt whether any | considerable body of the rebels have yet parsed be youd the Potomac Northward, Indeed, it is quite certain that the movement into Pennsylvania and Maryland up to this time embraces only some five thouraud cavairy, supported by perhaps ® single division of mounted in- | fantry and @ battery of light artillery, With such @ force they are enabled to move with great celerity and strike rapidly at seemingly distact points. Washington is not #0 oasy @ prize to them ax they TR AICK—DR. RUSSELL. About one hundied sick from this corps were sent to Alexandria to-day, Dr. Russell, the vew acting corps medical director, takes hold of nis work with g thorougline WOOL# AND BENDING? FIRED—DRARTH OP WATER. Nearly all the baildiogs im this vicinity have been burned. The woods im several places are on fire, The fires are the work of incem Dearth of water and ite muddy and onheatthful cbarac ter make it greatly dewrable t+ et out ot this looality, Horses and mules have to be driven two and thee miles for water, THe KNEMY NOT IN THIS VICINIRR. Our infantry and arti Jery are in position, awaiting apy demons ai 00's arwny NAS Ae yet giv delieved he will not ex! upon us here, making to bok for him elsewhere, were bid ip yesterday alteru on, aud wo ieave here fen as ordered. Meantime other troopa are passing dy here. Their destination or our own is would be con- traband fer me to make public. 1 will exy (bis much, that J believe a fight is imminent, and (bat it wi'l not be many days, yorsibly pot army comes face to (ace with the enemy, iu which coso— and It requires no gt of prophecy to foreiell the (wct— the tercest batile ever fought ia Virginia may be looked for. A SCOUTING FARIT—-A FALSE ALARM —KXI) 0-10 Cavalry haye just returned from a two days’ rcouting expediteo through Louden valiey. They report having seen nothing of the evemy in their travels. ‘Cannonad ing, suppored to have been heard in the direc tion of (horonghfare Gap, proves to have beeu the explo- #20n of the contents of an ammunition wagon be onying to this corps. Several sheila were thrown hundreds of feet he concregated train and ‘be was com. po otber cause but beat from friction can be assigned for the expiosion. SUN STROKES. ae elt soldiers: Weyer he this corpn were sun corps suffered equally. In no march during hee there beon such suderimg from the heat, The thermome- sar" not have been much below eve hundred ia the On Tus Mancn, Juve 17, 1863. scours. Scouts from the mountain passes of the Blue Ridge Dring im bat little interesting news. In fact, you are probably better posted jo reward to the rebel movements from the front tham you cau be from the rear, and the movements of our Own army are necessarily not permit- ted to be published. THE REVEL ADVANCE / 8 HrARNGTH, It neoms to be satisfactorily determined that the rebel army that moved up the Shenandoah valley at Ost, and which is now despotling Southern Pennsylvania, is but 50 quietly created, It courists of but two corps, thore of Longst;oet and Ewing, 120 acoorpanying it in person, ‘These corps are estimated to number thirty thousand men each, making the total foree sow in the upper valiey, io Maryland and jn Southern Pennsylvania, sixty thousand men. 1) MH. Hib ik now following, his corps having parsed the vicinity of Thoroughfare Gap on Tacs day. He bas thirty thousand more, ihese. with St art's exvalry, make a total effec:ivo force of ene hundred th va: men Low definitely known to be engaged in tho inva. Whether there are more to follow or not I canne RN RR They have more troo;# in reserve, as we have fully as cerinhied. Yesterday they appeared in lorce, with in alry, at leverly F withdr, ud hawnock. But they bh bot ven ured to Wake any demons’ ration agrinet the ‘rey of the Potomac, ihe on!y e.ecnies Hooker teving found to battle with being heat, dust and the lek of water. THE HORRORS OF TI Rat there enemies have been terribly severe in their assaults, Thit army, in the march of Monday | susered untold miseries. The beat war oppresive i the extreme, with scarcely a breath of alr wturing. The ads were aki deep with dust; aad to cap climax 1 ge Rlong the way were all dry, ‘be filed wikh stragglers. Men could not | wovie country imagived. They will not get into the national capital | be key t in ihe ranks. | very plee of woods was filled without more desperate fighting than they bave hitherto wiih them, ard no coaxing or (breatening could prevail * | om them te move on The ambaionces wee crowded 2 with there who bad completely given out. I presum 1 can only say that our camp is not idle. Gem. Hooker es many as « th ad eaoee of up te el, in watching General Lee as closely an Lee is watching bim | h at least a hundred were iusantly fatal, The I think f may venture tbe asertion, that in view of the | Pt! Gvuntry was crowded with these pur fellows, drop ping down by the roadside in ail PURSTY OF WATER NOW—ALI KH WRAY D But we bave renched the end of the havty moreb at shape affsirs have taken, the danger is about over, By this oye tne I do not mean that no greater damage will be done by the rebels in Maryland and Penneyivania, but simply that | Wer And have had soe day @ reat, with wienty ut water no more revels will venture across the Potomac than are | ju which wo have al bd a god batho. The renlt there. These wilt undoubted!y do all the damage they cau, bat their numbers are go small, and the popa- lar upricing “© great, that there will do no great dim culty for the militia to drive them back; and the Army of the Potomac may be relvat onto make their retreat ap | conpral tne ine erinel echt balara: lot tnd the vailay more difficult thaa their march down bas | jiehed his headqua ters. Yertorday wax m-inly ver beoo iu vreperwg fot ab (ber taarch, which it is ex ected | ‘Their main force of infantry Im yet in the Shenandosh | (wer ee Wwaday. Pay in, Sa oe ae vailey and about Winchester, They have quite a wing. The adminirtration seem w he force seattered aloog the valley higher up Hed to continue General Hooker In the com It wevideut that the rebels have been checkmate! at : wee the outset at their invading campaign, They calculated on wy 4 impressing the nations! authorities with the idea that pareton all hands hyerybedy (erm ifite, AL nder ati ributed Lo keep the army I may bow way we are in cond rations, re'rested and f the beat hae w a betior trim, and | thi n Wo reRume aetive ope ARRIVAL OF GKN. HOOKER ION ACTIVEY, | effort to retrieve hie re pofferéd Tom Lee's m what | do know of @ rom may expect to A, you | thelr whole army had ercaned the Potomac, euprewing | Dot “enious CmnmnIOe An ee ane very | that then the Army of the Potomac would be iinmediately | perbape he muy have ocea-ion to wikh that h- had inade sent up to Maryland, leaving this read open for their con | 0 Chort ty get rid of it Deore he advanced ao far on his pur bward jouw | neripted reserve force to make @ dash inte Washington. they have been cum) letely baitied still continoes intense in this intitude, and the | ¢ Abe incaleulabia 8 The rercion o ite opers abene or eccaniont e convenicree acd ev : ni Water eccaniona great incon ve deve |, S basee’ os the anpeah pars.f tas eolleriog. If we only have s good soak ng rain to | Furte It in pew unuually dry, Water, water, water, ie | Ail up the little streama and the springs the elective | the ory on every hand bh water wo may have bope #trepgth of the army would be doubled IA 6 BESS 8 G.rle0d comonign Our cavalry met a force of the enemy at Aldie, in the Kittoden Mountain, yesterday, and gave them hattie The enemy's force was principally eavairy, Our covairy | was too much for them, and drove the rebels hack, taking | two entire squadrons. The Albany Strime. Avnant, tone 18, 1868. There han been no disturbance among the railroad mrkers today, A large number of them have resumed work wire, Jose 14. 1488 Basigers ia dull. The bell of the Cora Kahane haw boon apprertited t the une of the regiments now etart ing for Harrisburg. Potomac are known in ths city, Were the facts in thiw | ‘The poritions of the several corpa of the Army of the | consectien, however, publicly stated, shey it be | regarded as rothing more (ham what might be expeeved | under the vircumstances, Barning of a Bridge om the Grand Trank Katiroad. Howtos, June 18. 1968 ‘The covered Wi ler over Bopal river, Yarme sta, Me. oe ibe Grand Trupa ile: romd, wae destrvved by Bre yee The whereabouts o Gen. Lee himself # net koown—at | least pot publicly ; and there # naturally mach soveitnde everywhere to discover something eomeeroing ims | whssores may be bie plans, Re preps them very secret, mimander in fropt, the oflicers all in ny kourr, before our | the advance of the great army of invasion the rebels have | NEWS FROM VICKSBURG. The Bombardment Kept Up Vigorously. The Garrison on the Point of Surrender. No Signs of General Joinston’s Forces Within Thirty Miles of Vicksburg, &o., &e ae, Heanquaxtees, Wasser Hits, Vocksnva, Juoe 13, 1863, eloped a chinge in the ie It ides Aride along the linen tien of the enemy, Their batter es are silent om aud there are only a (ew of their riflemen firing. Our Bombardment is kept up with continuous vigor, We Rave more gune im position. (eserters coming in\> our lines to-day report that ther men and {ine officers are discontented, and are only pre- yonted trom deserting by the hopo that they may be be porably surrendered in a few days. General Bluir’s reoonnotssance between the Yazoo and Big Black revoated mo igus of the enemy within thirty mies. Every useful thing bas beeo destroyed for miles around. General Breckinridge is said to be at Jackron Our pusition is equal to an Nuadred thousand men. sats Hracqvakrens Warnur bins, June 14, 1863. Fothing of importance hag transpired for the last | twentyiour hours. On Friday our batteries slackeued | and the enemy rarely replies. ‘The rebels ure believed Wo be erecting an interior line of works and falling buck. Abvut one hundred of the ‘enemy are reported to be Killed and wounded aaily by our shar) shooters Our wounded are well cared for in eld hospitals. The health and morale of the army are good. Chaplain Eaton, superintendent of comtrabands, is here making arrangements to withdraw to a pate place a largo umber of negroes who have collected here. Gen, Osterhaus holds (be Black river bridge without interruption Paymasters will commence paying the troops imimedi- ately ‘Ihe prospects of the siege look brighter and brighter, and no tears ace entertained for the result, Mr. T. H. Whipple's Letter. Cosmo, June 15, 1869, The Late Fight at Milliken’s Bend—Sanguinary Nature Of the Conted— Preparations of the Union Commander— Beyvnning of the Payagement—Brillian: Fighting of the Union Lreops—Second Approuwh of the Enmy—The Gun- beat Choctaw Arrive—The Part She Took wi the Act Gailantry of the Negro Soldiers—Agfairs at Vicksburg, de , de. de. THOMBATTLE AT MILUKEN'S END, 6 particulars of which the telegraph bas ere this | takeu t» you, turns out to bave been a more mangpiinary | anuir thon was at Ort euppored, It uccurred on Satur. Gay aud ~unday, the Oh and 7th inst., the first ‘attack having been made im the afternoon of Saturday, closing with the retreat of the rebels before nightiall. I gather the folowing in regard to the affair from an officer of the steamer Dunleith, just from the scene of action. 1b would appear that the Union forces at Milliken's Bend were under the command of a, colonel of lows yolunteers—suppored to be tho Twenty third—and his force convisted of two Jowa regiments and one or two eolored regiments, new in the service, and short in poiat f numbers, and no heavy or oven light artiliery of avy Importapes with which to repel anatiack. But hear) g early on Saturday that the febel@Panier Gen. Heury McCollech, brother of Ben. McCulloch, were eunce: trating near bim, with @ menacing (ront, toward Milliken's Pend, the commander sent out some cavairy with orders to reconnoitre and rep rt. ADVANCE OF THE CAVALRY. ‘The cavalry dashed owt from the works early in the day, and soon returned with a full confirmation of the re- port previously brought in in regard to the proximity of | the rebels and their designs upon the little garrison at the | Rend. The rebels were mid to be about five thourand | strong, and Inte {rom Alexandria, La., but mare recentiy | at Kichmond, upon the Shreveport Railroad, this force | | of from five to six thousand, it was supposed, General MeColloch had divided into three parts, sending one part to Young's loint, another to Lake Providence, and with tho thipd was about to attack the Union forces holding Milliken’s Bend. ‘This third force was eammated at some three thourand, The approach of the rebels, momentarily expected—ond prepared for am well we the limited supply of ammunition and arma woult permit—at last became ayparent. Mick eta, own out for the purpose, came in saying an no | moose army was coming. The commander sent out de | tachments of white troops to repel dieir approweh, det | ing a reginent of negroes 10 act a roverves, the orders being, if the white troups could not stem the current, to 1) back upon the support Of the eoivred U | untedly oppore the advaoce until Bo jomger able to with | stand tbe inem brought agaiort them THK PIRFAIL TIONS YOK ORFENCR | M4 Bowntre, was mot promptly ear ys advanced, met the e him in force and with effect, with munketry A, ue the | cojonel had sntehpated, found thet our streagth wae not Adoqmate 0 the urdertakwg, being grestly cotoumbered by the rebels, But beth fought for an hoor most stub | boruly. The lows troops were Jotb W retrewt at all aid | obtain the «a Ml ther col | on the rebel mide, mald to have » early alfray however, until the blacks y they came | jo with a will The mptrit and outiuin beret jowany were raitod: they railed, tuey stood ther | the Negroes came op With volley alter voliey | ed with good efect aot ty and atter a ehort | Vaitie, in which the black tthe revels i back fine and retromted in 0 lures were ai! namber to no canvon with wh pirhe, their then rear guard oo the * without great ior After the | rebstn bad doappeared, it being might | Paice, poole wet out, sad every preparadira mae bbe | ready ip tue event of & return of Lhe robe It war right y Kupjored tbat, baying felt their bara to Cour me) were w ‘ in the omy ay & reomd at muyy ut this was (he end ‘ A weamer from below rg to Howos. , aod font back ( at the br eek ¢ dark nde, 4 yawning ports f (he x tricia od by ihe guard, Here was help inieed port the garrivu fuever be Like WHBOUL jusnense Jone to the copiers. The hoctaw took ber porition with reference (0 the point (rom whien the rebele must nece wiiy atiack, and F od GUN MUMTiNe, awaiing ia | ominous *lenee the @ 4 ad\ ance | seoUND AD ANC OF THe that day. rictit suo og bad hard y been n, aod the fon bad it Of his easier h bed bat ha fam hour. © and proknn of the garrison oa o great re.ort that * wrod ws “ ne un o the map be . comm eder 0 a kew Pe y vert works, When the advance of the rebew mate their ap | + pravance (bere war pot a be sent ail t flouted Leen Was aileper aed apparentiy dee ted treme | Wo ke and Fille pin, ut, (ear of Of decmption, te rebet o nander bad pr wetion of Bie devaming Ww OA Hed trom ed pnt im phat were brow, lw thee treet the cenire beh wing of eovee ue 1 Mordiere from | whe sight # vtow, weve tation of the cevoind ae, ad iby S800 @ 6 Uwi0 de ences tne eommy 0; ened bee Theme Geet vouey wae | | tee mgnoas for 10 conned gt Ne te | rake thor syrarance a thngh by mone | | from wenind iene peetection Sehivereio hea . 6 felert Comed be nee and drape thett ballets | 7 uty (he len Of 6 eb an weee to + re wet mle vocal iweb brigate were deleuind by the ap ted eretued balew laay, iiseks they fad baore thet ae bany neared the Colm tamer | Mereiee> expected to gar Milliken'® Deed by sete tag oars ‘ot bay mms! thee te prada | on ses if the eoemetion «| (heme be propored sthck i A eo owe @ bey might mae 8 bree the males, unlens moved work of considerable vl f known to be stub ward #idewise—anil t rh-- presented but slight cle to the sharp eye of an experienced ritleman. Hence the rebely fell in con. fiderable numbers {rom the first volleys of our troops. Still they advanced. But now came the turn of the re bes w be surprised, When within a short distance of the works the guabeas, wotil the mom Dt partiaiy con cowed by (he smoke of the battle, upened with heavy FUOs, sen ny & coptingons line of tom med Khel: Into Lhe of the enemy. It was an axtoninber. It the previews day. ter worse , the same their surprise, wore ithin. rushing negro regiments, taking adv again oy b them, sealing the works fi @ wn upon the mules, frightening to BO0m pabure hy owed them with, fay the soldiers with ba: nd clabbed um caine (Ue bivek besom of destruction, like ante a rtnall, dark coloredymighty destructive hurricane. Kebel nerve | Goud wever withstand all of trie. A ter afew vollies— after an ineffectual attempt to drive back the wegro asmail A.te—aftor imploring bis men in vain tortand up tit 4 fihtor ‘dic im & Lat diteh Mot nloch—if it oe MM pelled 4 the retreat Hy conmderal eat lack of caution thelr colevel Wd them forward ir pursuit of the thes g foe, until they were in full range of the gunso the Choctaw, and, sal to relate, a goodly umber of the brave black®, who hud Iiteraily saved the furtuves of the day for the federal arms, were eat down and instanty kiled by our own Fheil, A signal eb ppod the firing ak quick y as possible, bur not until dreadful Bavoc had boen made, It the rebels ware, it ls now supposed, most effectual Wped, and go badly erippled by lorsot dead and ded that they would not retura lo the attack. Cur loas is put down at about one bundred ki led, wounded and mikaing during the owo fights. That of the rebein was twice the nutmber, Had it not deen for the unfoe tupata vocurrence of the Choctaw, our low would buen very smal indeed, Over one hundred dew lot by iho enemy unburied, unattended to, upon the fleld, They tovk oit nearly all ther wounded. YOM Mt Thave a despatch from Memphis of date the 13th just. , fr ich | loarn that the ateemer Hlawatha, only Cree out from Young's Ps Wad arrived. reported mas a) along the very qu gveriias were poe Istant they mate no oflengive demonstrat uist at Vicksburg That Ix, a0 ily skormiahing of pickets and operations of «harpahoot ers had occurred No decisive results, exeepting the sure but gradual approach of © pita to the vicinity of the beavy works of The enemy, had yet beem accom plished, Graut was still engaged in mining the enemy’ | position, with the best of apparent fuccess 1a perspeo- | tive, the march not yet having been ua single instance in” A trial will oo be made, bow walrealy completet, and no doubts are wait applied to ts ever, of the mi entertained of the aud thea | ¥, eogaged | wait bad just retarned from another reconn ivsanes in force ty the direction of Me bad eoour country for over forty miles to the rear of Vicksbury, | searching Y place where an enemy could coneeal a | corporal s guard. without fading m than a fow gueriiias, ¢ Th wee po news to tamed | confirming the reported advance Jounaton't } army from Juckwn, tu the of wot | place he was when last beard from. + guorttlas Ned | and bis adv tee gion! tried iy vaun at Bair's approve ch one nm ym whom to gall some news wea reports! to bo in danger of an at 1 ie » coniredie @ the states kee a good locke (4nd haw menaced by the 08, “inal jartiie of th enemy have bees on at Vor ‘ort end Mobken'a Bend mince ts ph-co on Sumuay fighting at the | week; emenustea made " Not a day pastes at Vicksburg thas mre or | do notpome out of the workn and_volw themssives prisoners of truthful or otherw ite tinpmnt vi y they ay Lruthfubesthat th >visiuns of all kinds, and that ui foes nucoir in » bape ¢ | pelted to surrender, From extromity to which the few re itizeny had beor reduced, lve handrat pegroes bi arned out Of the works td meek food and sle!ler with thy | Jewving the same number bers jw | leaguered city, General Grant reoetved the culeted men | Kindly, selecwd the pees! ane! heathiest and mons Hikely to aid Dim ia certon hard laber te is wow bury im y returned the remainder to nto him Of eres Pemberton n. Ho did seat lant, but with ® . jurt as though he had moots rather Grout had coneripted the eneire number, sib placed epades or muskets in their hands, Hut Grant knew whet be was about. needed men to eat up the bread and bacon of the rebe's even more than be wanted dolders to use spades and firearms im repeiling Joe Jobn- ston (rom the rear DEVELOPMENT OF THE REBEL PLANS. performing, and wory bad grace } Out Baltimore © pon Barrons, June 17, 1663, The Rebel Objective Point ia Worhinyton—The Hebel Porce im Penmylvana Very Smalim What Will Mia Neat Step te? —the Defences of Warhington—the Army there Needs Rewnforcenenta and iher Old Gene ral-—The End of Hoker—No Time t lake Kiehmond New, de, The purpose of Gen. Lee now more clearly developed than it was two day® ago, oF even twenty-four hours #go, | ae will be keen from the following fects, which Ihave | towrned t ‘The whoie etury may be numined up im | a word—tne glittering prize upon which the eye of the ebel general tx fixed im Washingtoo, The posaereim of the national cay-ital is the iinmmediate object which he pro paves to gain. The movement into Pennsylvania, by way of Wincherter and Martinsburg, the demonstration to wards Harrieburg, and the \nvestment of Iarper'® Ferry, are all feints, intended to divert the atteotion of the ad ministration, and, if possible a portion of the Union mpm, also, away from Washington ‘The rebel forces pow investing Merper’s Verry—the | name who defeated Milroy at Winchester, General Tyler | at Martingl apart of whem are now playing the rie € taischief int berland valley in Penuryivania—are not only near Harrieburg, commanded by (« Hwell, but they are pot even chiefly from General Kw corye, There are au them three equadro Ashby cavalry, about eighteen hundred of two thow mand ra «tad wight pleces of light held artih fory. That is ail there is from kwei's corps. The ow remainder of the force is precively (ue fame Wat played such havce and caored snch omatervation along the western end ot the t re and Ubio Railroad, end im the wewtern part a Or nO weet AO namely, the moun sed gyetiline under (Cen ta bee hey number There are beer snumbering tn the aggregaie } 20 or 14M men, Thus the wheoke furee numbers 12.44 tea at the 0. unde © thee (acts (rom the bert author ty pol the slatement on record oo, and the events Of the next week will prove Ik Cor echumem such ty the bezeariy force that i ‘ney terror in Peunay ivauia. It may ve, if Cowmel bnboden ed (he people im Harriahorg are ring sil thie at bow badly © the vas A body of elev . iy me that under Je . wood tot think such en ad Het all thie at Hen, Lee i Going He wea vn yon fe ariny. at Thorn gh fare Ga ening There will be helt ree. b the follwing brief 2, an it vetoes Wo the very theumand tro or) tewber, He will move mew Wit Mme bum Ls eepmes te ue hin o army re rar) thew ° rent his by way Peirar oF ' ae at Con vera * eabore Work Km en lO move Girnetiy eat WH Kladeonburg, Ww he railroad n that dir revel Gag «ih that the m rel Hooker © | have wottvng rat 4 oat ~ Ty 60 eat 1b wi re a) 1 4 sit the strength at the arta raleradn the owe pure twe.cet tit Batt more ment ned and the t My etter ow ome Kicked i v0 (roam the beet aatherity that bere ere Wroepe enough there poe We magd & frngt b tomrn. Let -enere) Me ene omer more take command “all the trope ter Kine Garenee of the empital,”” end all will you be wel Lees ill be Aetentet, O04 thew, ineens , < eae mre ow witb one bee ef commen,