The New York Herald Newspaper, June 12, 1864, Page 1

THE NEW YORK HERALD. WHOLE NO. 10,131. HUNTER, Interesting Particulars of His Late Movements. Account of the Engagements at Nerth River, Near Mount Crawford, _ and at Port Republic. Splendid Combinations and Suc- cessful Strategy. Scenes aud Incidents at Warrfsonburg and Staunton, &e., Be Ge. Mr. Theot ©. Wilson’s Despatch. ‘Haanquanrens, Darter Wesr Vininia, Stacwron, Va., Juno 7—A, M. } APMhoogh your correspovdent bas written but little from this department in tho course of the last few weeks, tt), during thet period of time, military movements have beon in progress within its limite-of a bighly tm- Persant cbaracter,and having for their vitimate object fesults of an emivently weighty kind, On several occuxiona during the last fifteen days you Reve been the recipient of brief despatches reluting to ur progress up the far-famed valley of the Shenandoah, ‘The despatches referred to were necessarily meagre, be- @ause ut the times they written there was pot op: Portunity or “‘permis+ion” afforded to enter into details.” ‘Ia ts to give these latter, with incidentally accompanying fects and figures, tbis correspondence is now forwarded, PRELIMINARY TRANGACTIONS, Toefore surprising the enemy General Hunter took occa. on to originate a more than little surprise ‘‘at home,” by vapoditiously relieving every officer and man of his tent and bagg»ge, asalso all articles not absolutely necessary oa the li.e of march contemplated, Besides thie there ‘was a geveral notification that after a specified number ef days’ rations had been exhausted the troops would be wequired to subsist on what could be foraged ip the sec- Sion of country through which they were about to peas. Bevera) Hunter anoounced in plain terms that it was cf the utmost importance that this army should be placed ‘®™ condition for immediate efliciency, To this end he ex- piaicod how we were contending against an enemy who ‘were deeply in carnest, and how, i we expected to se @are a complete success, we must. be deeply io oarnest Woo, Inrelerring to the Lieutewamt General command. tug the armies of the United States, be pointedly made ‘mention of the fact that Genera) Grant expected much of ‘the column operating in the great valley, as also of the ber column co-operating wiih it, and added there must ‘be no dizappointments. By this latter announcement Both ofticers and men knew what was expected of them ‘fa the event of 2 heavy battle, and prepared themscives aodcordingly. Ia s commendadly short space of time what were Geomed superfiuities were sent tq the rear, and we were (Qhen to rendinces for the ‘ FORWARD MARCH. ‘The first move was made from the neighborhood of ‘@edar crock (the locality to which General Sigel rotired Bubeejuent to encountering Breckinridge) te within two Salles of Woodstock. Here the mais ariny made ® short ‘pau. In the interim a regonnoissance was sent out; bat, an it found 20 formie'ie force om our front, such was Ge report forwarded te hesdquarters, and we prepared te and did goos. Up to thie time the column under ‘Weneral Huvier’s immediate direction bad met with no werious opposition wor overtaken more of the ‘dire cala- mities of war’? than are attached to an oocasional Dashwhack and afow straggling shote direcved againat (Be extreme advance. BFEMY TW THR REAR, “Yet {t was in the roar the evemy bad this time e/nosen fw anwoy us. Detachments frow several rebel oe7amands, Qectoding & small oumber of men from the BeM%ed Mosby's Morces, were sent to interrupt.our commy.nication with ‘eae Beadquartors of tho reserve division 7% Marimsburg. Je truth, it must be stated the robels Were partially aue- eesetul in carrying out their designs, They made prison- ers of ove or two couriers, fired on single parties and small commands of mounted men, and destroyed some Dridges, Desides attacking and burning @ train of wagons ‘while on iis way to tho front, loaded with orduance eadether stores. Jn thia atinck we lost both in kilied end prisoners, Tnving the const clear, one command of revels took geansion to inflict brutalities om some of our eoen who fel! into their hands as prisouere of war. It is Qe Ge hoped that the condact of these partigan rangers wil be examined into by those authorized to act in be ‘Wall of the United States, and that a prompt end judicious ‘qverse will be pursed ja retaliation that will surely have ‘Mee effect of preventing a repetition of ‘note similar to (we 0m plaines of. ONWARD MOVENENT®. @a oceapying Woodstock we found the majority of the @itisens seemingly very friendly towards os. Hf they @M Rot exectty open their hoarte, at least some of them epeved ihe!r doors to all those who desired to enter, But praia Vs they became aware of the peculiar man- eh we were repeating an advance tp the val- we. When they learned we bad come with no suger @ cofiee to spare them, Sut, on the contrary, & encereneniously accommodate our wants from every gean’s larder, long face and pious expressions of counte- wwance coon took the place of winning smiles and cheerful Sooke, while words which wero more forcible than sle- geet felt from lips that might better have deen cugaged fe proveunciag a prayer, and others that had, no doub!, Dat recontly ‘opened’? ‘om the line’ of the “tender gravion,”” Indsed, hile we found a few who seemed as hough they would not object to receiving the Tankeos fnto thoir confldonce, we discovered not cue man who mani ceied any desire te roosive us tte bis smokebouse @eornerib. Ashad been expected they would, the poople heard tn etvance of our appreach of the order permitting foraging the couniry, and “patrioticaily” ‘hid thelr provisions Se O88 of the way pieces, ood hurried off their stock, to femora! it in the woods and mountains, Inoome instances We Ciacovered where it had been hidden, acd left 4 there we tenger. Be passing through Rount Jacksoa, not « few of the Midas manifested an at least apparent pleasure at oor eomteg. Thay were oven welcoming Im their remarks abd generally courseous in their sections. ia some in mMances ladies waved bandkerchiets from botweeu bow window shutters, and in other weys indicated to the aasiog Yankees that anothor advance upon the onemy’s works wan Dot objectionable to their personal and pollti eal feolings. Mount Jackson at one tine was @ place of qonnidorable importauee, It ie Jooated one hundred aod tweive milos from Alexandria, via the Ma \seeas Gap Rall- goad, eod about sixty miles from Marti eburg and the tee of the Haitimore and Olie Raliread, Since the com mencement of the war the place has fallen into vapid decline, ae te plainly manifesta ce. stroyed buildings and impaired raitroaat y. gs tbe summer searon used to be much reworte by ploanure seekors, who here took’ etages to , She Oapou Biprings apd Virginia Springs. The denery in’ wiew from this point ts highly pioturceque. by Houth river, which empties iato Middle river, and on The vext locality of interest wo approschod was New. ) the other by the river of the latter name, About the market, the scene of Genoral Sigei’s encounter with | same time the left column was demonstrating against the Breckinridge, Our movements in this neighborhood | gsbel position as Port Repudiic, the column to the right, were, naturally enough, conducted with much caution; | frtbe direction of Mount Crawford, got into an engage. ‘bet, a0 we met with no opposing Loree, the field of the | mews at North river, As tho sound of cannon both right late ongagement was oocuplod with footings more of in- | and Sai) was mado evident to our hearing, we knew the Sereat than excitement, The grondd on which the ght | plan wae Working well wed the Work of defeating the eaine off did not prosent any eapseiaily peouliar features | robela nem" At hand. White we were moving ay the fo remind one of the content, A doen oF ¥o grAveS indi. | yalioy the anx™Y Made preparation to’ make « stand ab sated whore wore Wistily buried somo of our own or the | the points nama’, and fo that end drought down from Y , LEX! F NGA e y INSTITUTE BURNED er cated where ‘shot and shell hed done their work, and some people whom we mot tol’, tales of Breokinridge’s mancenrres before and afteryine fight, and explained the Teally gallant manner in wh’ ch the young catlets (boys of from sixteen to eighteen, years old) fought and ebarzed “the Yankee Sines and artillery.” Judging from what the citizens say, {8 ¥, no wonder General Sigel was de- fexted. Goneral Greckinridge bad engaged six brigades of infantry, Imbeden’s forces, the cadets and other sont- tering commarte—making tn ail @ total field force of fifteew whoursnd men, On ihe other and, General Sigel had in the Beli only Ave thoosend infautry and two thou- send cavalry, of which entire force only thirty five bun. dyed men were actonlly engaged during the fight. Having encountered ne serious opposition at or in the neighborhood of Newmarket, peoesed forward to Barrieoaborg. On she way up the enemy undertook to be somewhat bold, by making one or two attempts at akirmiebing; but our advance wasso #teady and ‘‘eolid’” that the rebcle’ beet efforts were to them of 0 avall, At MAPRISQHRTRG, Attending the occupation of Hervisonburg there were no fighting operations or a remarkable chareoter, In the place (Harrisonburg) we found » newsparer office, which had been baetily evacuated by the editor and bis ‘*devil” apprentices. tt was the Dearest approach to not merely a “one horse,” bot harliy = horse bt al!, concern tmagi- a Among some of the private papers picke@ np in the office was one referring to the subscription (for the paper) book, This taduced an Inquisitive genius to look for the subscription book Im question, on examining the ‘‘privale” acoountit: was found that ovor one half of the subscribers were in arrears for the paper, thet but few of the arvortisements bad been paid for, and that the proprietor or edivor, Or soinebody else about (he eoucera, had squared up with many patrenizers on the tradesprinciple anf the like. For the ineertion of A ane square advertivouent it cost from $10 to $20, a0- cording to the part of the paper in which it appeared, Latters and private papurs wore found loose In diferent places throughout the town, and they plainly showed how difficult the tradesmen. and merchants found it to continue business. Many of those letter showed, too, how little faith they pisced in an expected’ iture value of the rebel eircalpting medium, known agsorQp ‘There aro toleradiy good hotel accommodations at Har. risonburg, besides much to interest a stranger who desires to oritivive the pesullarities of the residents, their modes of living and the obaravter of their Aweilings. THE ENGAGHNENT—PIGRTING AT MOUNT CRAWP RD AND PORT REPUBLIC. Op leaving Harrisonburg our column was divided tate twe parte—one taking the direct road to Staunton and the other bearing toward Port Republic, It was our devign to demonstrate against ihe enemy's right, while, as we afterwards discovered, the euemy had ovnceived the notion of attempting to turn our ieft, which, a a natural consequence, brought om an engagement at and in the neighborhood of Port Republic, a place somewhat famous to Union commanders im Virginia, who have always experienced move or less diMouity in approaching or re treating from, oF mancouvring around thie point, Tt wiil be seen that Port Reyubils te situated on-the line of Mid- dio river, a body of water emptying Into the Shenandoah river. Bofore the place there te considerable width to SED | see et A ca | eR Ea eee ah gi kee fa well sitaated for dofence, aa it te protected en one side engmy’s dead, 4 (iy eon with Shattered limbs indi. J Staunton Some of t10 millbia Forces, with all abe reguiarly } Mount CRURCHVILLE, = ay My & Mf Linn, > ——$_¥ Y CALE OF MILES. ‘enlisted rebels that eoull be mustered for the occasion. ‘The left of the redel tine was entrusted to the command of General Jonés and the right to Imboden, eo famous for partisan warfare snd petty raids, Our advance on the rebel position was conducted with much gal- lantry, Both mon and officers of the three branches of the service behaved. admirably. Vine of infantry was advanced ateadity and to good this time the rebele kept pouring ine rapid fire from field ordnance and musketry. Many of those who jonght against us were mere boys, who bad broken through tne crust of a military edacation at some one of the various military institutes of Virginia And hero they were—boys who had‘ bat attempted to learn the art of war—being, not drilled im a comfortably fitted ap, well aired sehoolroom, of an enemy, ac opposing army, aud engaged in the fa! glory of actual warfare. In return for the bot Gre which the enemy opened from his artillery, dirocted agatnet our right, we returned a similar compliment that bad 9 very good efiect for the Interacts of our aide. It made the rebels more than once give way, and nodoubs they would have broken and rum pel!-mell If tt had uot been for the per- sone! bravery of their officers, who ex; ined their men to remain firm to the iast. retreat, The militia forces that were so valiantly to defend Staunton to the last extromity, a04, 1f necossary, to stand a etego, Mensa d payed ropert} were leav! ut Prop discoveriog that the rebels were rapidly tating poe BO Se tehhae: cavalry beck towards the Blue fhige aed the gape of that tine pieces), made an attack upon detachment of our troops on near Mount Crawford, twolve miles the otber side Staunton, under the. Geanmand of General Willian i jones. ime of the attack o large portion of Gene- Twa other pieces are Fe | Fc) jones’ command bad been detacied to operate in another direction—whero, it 1s not prudent to say—and the svamy made their appearance, but in the face of omy, to whom our defeat was inevi- of the valuable ‘evory effort to intercept them. tn the celerity of our movements, wo i vation, oaphoring many prisoners; arms partes. to have been subsequently taken, and s2id to be ail of one battery. ha pissin de Hed not the rebels retreated ap hastily from Staunton we would have captured the whole rebal | Our forces made a gail command le't to garrison it. suffice to ahow that we were on throe sides of them, aad | 12°18 any hesitancy on their part would have capture by giving us as opportunity to out off thelr last lige of retrest—toward the mo fated ae “i the Be piace ju a wild etate ions Kinde, tneinding ord- ‘ed sround generally, aud in In their efforts to roy their stores the fobpia ina eroat moagure (alied. Seman wo guts ood don i raven property iossiog | 80 frens nad bean Fevied, avd bat will reach abouts miliion Aeliars. As rite Wi reported twe guns of heavy calibre have covered in one of the many fortification thie‘ptace. AKbough the rebels abandon’ | ae they did, stauuion ia well ont kinds, and ret topography of the enrroundio aneoess of our formbinations, the fn Agianuce at the map will ft practined in the face ee gntaring Staunton me he property captured mareeniing ortified by worka of diffar- ered defensible from the peculiar It was only the AKiul axecution of ied for us tha ad. ie lous of life, what avail] could it be for auy force romaia firma when an enemy kept steadily advancing bir lines heavier and beavier fire, at we ver thres hours. Much to the gi blow «| . all Se gaa Gl we cond see at thie time that forts were and rf tow areas a ‘ porsur ho Te REneia. "i got atten me A} tis time our forces, in part, aregtt ‘enemy, and constantly sending iu prisoners. and fearions a spirit as PRISOWRRS. Up to this time we jaye ome four hundred prisoners, Besides, the fring at Port Repubiie was 2i30 0 tlced to jess fierce of rapid. No doubt the enemy wn ncncorted ty vr plans and activity. He had io- moverment on our left, Of hie pisns ea the fulfilment of ing erected Im ite execution Le was genoralled. ‘The polat of success was frat five ‘on our right, where we =: io @nemy dack from the line of the North river end placing 6 force on the other side. With commendable activity we kept pushing oor forces over nati we got sufficient foree together so continue the offensive, The first move mont was to Restily drive back the evemy’s left, me we ‘This placed eo mn ie rere wld been in anaes of of the rebel Staunton. "thie we intended * the Sane i. the rebel force at Port Republic hed to treat with rapidity. I arp ge an Sine were nipped even in the bud. We were teo sharp tn intellect and too strong in numbers for reoverance. On and after the commencement of retreat we commenced to take. “ to get Th ie bane of deserters. In a verward wo columns wero again united, and wo wore (0 readiness fer avother advance. if While our mea are resting for a brief peried, and eet ting a hat poe j North river in readiness, the reader's attention is asked to anotber part of the country, where birpets rh ee Averill were successfully operating and co. At about the time General Honter moved from Coder the Shenandoab valley, another column, com ocoeded Lew execute a flank Our tens fm killed, a and'wouaded will not exceed two bomen ‘ty Of course we are losing a fi mey materieily iocreas® the uumber of cagualtion before this despatch reaches its destination, OBVERAL REMARFR. Tt te almost tmpossiblo just at this time to engraft into ich ail the mivor details of intorest, or to ex- ngih bow each regiment before the enemy. engaged moved upon > and Tuesd interesting features {| evening, reporting that the enemy Of our auccestnl proewediogs mun. be reserved for Tatare | Fortunately for us, if this even We true, thoy can.do Yet" lo a general way 1 can meation with | bot litte barm, unless they bare the town, whith promis ection of the divi. | ‘ask they bardiy will do, all ow soreaae sions commanded by Gowers! Sal!ivan and Genera! Btahel, tho latter a cavalry command. In the whole of the move: mente there divisions did all they could to execute the orders of General Hunter with ibe groatent of protmptness, reflecting much credit om their commanders and troopa under thom. ‘The brigade of cavalry commanded by Colonel MaRey- polds was particularly conaplouvus for gallantry. The after the rebels was vory With General Crook’s comimand, Genoral Duamtie’s bri- gade wae once or twice engaged, And susteined some boas ta killed and wounded. RERELA RETREATING 70 THR WOUNTAINA, At this time the rebel commands that we have de. feated, and to some extent domoraiized, are in full retreat and several of the gape tp that id the } attempt fo pute the fine Jones’ command mi ton; but the atten rannner In which they toward the Blue Riv vidge At Rookfish ke another siand ould w , "and Averii’s com pad pen Ayre tra mand, Walch Ie under bin, iabing and enter \uto Ml of nee lo of the Virginia bout forty Avo Tre @ Block OAPTURS OF TB BLOOKADE RUNNER STEAMER T#ANEE.. Wacmisrow, June 12, 1664 ‘The Navy Department has revived inforrantioa of the capture, off Velasco, Texan, on the 28th ultimo, of the Diockade runner steamor Isabel by the Uoited States ‘On the whole of Our long maroh the soldiers of thMfer. | steumer Admiral, Bho had made upwards of twenty succesefal tripa Detwoon Havana aod Mobile and Gal- ‘yeaton, The captain and crew of the Isabel fought with desperate courage before they were oaptured, robels will | gna did not surronder until they had reoelyed two broad aides at ehort range, The cargo consists of powder, arms, Contra! Railroad, tile, By railroad from again in danger from their operation for im het Girection, Having acoompiimhed ther suddenly moved on /exingtos, to Rook dridge ere ie located phy ‘astitate, at which oally jo arms me nponet (tem Sat ent on ny ‘cnn | gathered to the country ommends bave boree very and nardsbips they have had her than what was mek ahold we wtvence the fret try to make a atand on tho line of Bay eed BS yng I may add that the coi the river, besides islands of various sixes, Port Trpabte:| were ‘aeairoyed. fend Averill reached of Staunton 80 As to be threatening and the time General Hunter was roata from the Ue aT aap the whole ‘rneontity”” of saw our design full. foattiored “baneing” oheracter es as ih Tria KHOWwN DAL OUF two Golumne Ware named, and (hat wice@ns at Nor! river, oF iw tbo fades hes @ommenged a rapid Growding On Staunton (rom the jon) had report that got noined around the city of & revarce (0 our arma wort of NEW YORK, SUNDAY, JUNB 12, 1864. ‘SCENE OF HUNTER’S OPERATIONS. The Splendid Movement in the Shenandoah Valley Leading to the Capture of Staunton. NEW haveng ABAPORT REPUBLIC 6} p Kaa SEMONS onrZ MECHAMSR > Ro genre : oe JO oN <p Staunton, Tumor was soon ———————— ————$——————————————————————————~ sotana | Staunton, TEL roror won poon caught up and creat up and great magnified. ‘The facts of the case, as we were able to lect them yesterday morning, seomed to be abont theae:— On Sunday evening the edemy, in very ents to be about ten or twelve thousan had not some up when rexistave! the overpowering numbers of thy foreee were but ag a more banc red their yous diverging —oue leading to on the other side ofgthe diately at itn foot--botb poit wt fo the diroction of the tatter p' and wagon trainy. There w: amor on ¢! troat was condueted iu gocd order. William K, Jones was certain) the country can 1M afford to lose at thi wns an officer in tho cld army, it we tis ho left a record of much distinctio drow tions in thi war have been mostiy word. ‘all the | Lieve, a of Tennessee, wore conirmatory fact? understood that ® secon had al having been removed from there a# muah the 7th inst., bas arrived bere, aoe pemene Le nye probability oseeuen a iS percussion capa, hardware and medioinen. more reret the @ vhe enemy's ariierys REBEL ACCOUNTS. § and artitiery (thirty Atthe polst where the fight oeoured, there are two waton and the other to Waynesboro’, a email town on the Osntral Railroad, Ridge Mountain, equally cistant, back upon Staunton, jeri tho enemy might cut thor off by moving on Wayceedoro’, our fore lace, saving th tained considera. Jo disaster in thoir retroat, but this is not so A despatch receivod yesterday morning by the Secretary of War, stated distinctly that we had saved our arHillory and wagon trains—a pretty good evideuce that our ro- The worst cows of the whole affeir fe that General ‘ied fn the dgbt. Tale eed, for Le was deckledly one of nd ous whom nd was as, bravo onfwed to W oatern Virginia, aud ars tod fresh in the mind of the pablic to neod any review at this lime. Since hie demise the evolves upon Geseral Vaughan, who, we ba ‘The enemy, we lard, was o@dor command of (eneral Baie ibe sucovesor of the vanquiehed Dutoh General be Aeapatches reset EnenpeA 7 the fepartment cond of t tated above. been received Inet taken Rumors wero Oying around the city dat night, roport. ing that the enemy had alco reached Laxtugion, burned the Military Inetitute, &o.; but we bolieve this report the | entirely destitute of truth Certainly no euch infosma- tom bad been received by our authorities a up bo laat wight WEWS FROM MEMPHIS. Carno, June 10— Midnight The tteamer Hillman, from Mompbis on tho evening of John Callahan, Jn666 Saiver and Thomes Jobneton, pri- ‘vates of the Second Now Jersey oavairy, wore to be sbot at Fort Pickering on tho 196b inst, for the orime of rape. Thore was little doing in tho Memphie cotton margot. ‘The stock on hand was small, and all the offerings were Le od ani y-neven. | taken at the ruling rates, as follows:~Strict middilog, miles into the enemy's country, this takin I toem vo 940, ; good middiing, #90. # 950 Shouvtem and to Waynesboro, on Ue t ‘ome i” J To ap air line we to frty miles from Lypobbdurg. By railroad wo are twenty six mes from Char: ncaeraly wo Lynchburg it i@ some seventy odd Mio an str Tine we Jes than one huvdred miles from where General Grint bas bis headquarters, of is supposed to have them, at this time, nd fair, #0. Colonel Mareball Lefferts, late commander of the feventh Now York regiment National Guard, has been appommted @ Drigadier general by Governor Seymonr. Twonty accond brigido, bat it is not yet known whether big agvigument je to duty in the field oF ip the Slate. PRICE FOUR CENTs. GRANT! Secretary Stanton’s Despatch to General Dix. Two Days’ Work on the Whole Line of Operations, Immense Extent of Military Tele- graphic Communication. News from Meade, Sherman, Butlek, » Hunter, Burbridge and Canby, &e., &., &o. Scoretary Stanton to Mujor General Diz. Wan Deparment, Wasuincton, June 11—8:40 Y. M. ft Major Goneral Dix: Official reports from the Army of the Potomac dows t¢ five o’clock yesterday evening detail no movements of importance, A despatch from Ceneral Sherman, dated yesterday, states that our cavalry yesterday (Tbursday, th), @e- veloped the position of the enemy in a tine along the bills from Kenesaw to Lost Mountain, and are now marching by the roads towards Kenesaw. A despatch from General Butlor, dated this mornieg at one o'clock, reports all quiet along our lines. Yeeterday General Kautz charged the evemy’s works at Petersburg, and carried them, penetrating isto the town, but not being supported by General Gillmore, who had withdrawn his forces without @ confict, Genera) Kautz was obliged to withdraw without further affect, General Kautz captured forty prisoners and one piece of artillery, which be brought away with bim. A despatch from General Canby, dated Vicsburg, Jose 4, says (hat General Emory reports that an attempt by Taylor’s force to cross the Atohafalaya bad been frus trated, the troops that bad croswed dispersed, and a large quantity of commissary stores and clothing captured. General Burbridge, commanding tn Kentucky, im @ despatch dated yesterday, at Lexington, reports thas “after concentrating a force at Beaver creek, on the Big Bendy, | moved against Morgan’s force im Virgicia Went, as far as Giadesville. Morgan, with 2,400 men, wed into Kentucky vis Whiteebury, I parsued, and by marobing ninety miles im twenty-four bours, came upon bim at Mount Sterling yesterday morning and de- feated him. By etealing fresh borses be reached Lexing- ton at two e’clock this morning, Qur forces held the fort and the rebels did but iitile damage, He left bere at seven A. M, for Versaities. { start is purse wih @ tresh force this evening.” ‘No official report has yet been reeolved from General Bunter. RDWIM M. STANTON, Secretary of War. THE REBEL RAID INTO KENTUCKY, Capture and Burning of Cynthiana. REPORTED OCCUPATION OF FRANKFORT: MORGAN BETREATINO FROM THB STATP, ae. &e., ee | Loviavinia, Ky., June 30, 1866. ‘The Ppecial trato, with two huadred armed soldiers, which le't here at eight o'clock Inat evening, reports that: they weot within thirteen miles of Frankfort, and ascers tained that the orduance train bound bere turned back and went towards Frankfort, The ezoort on board the train, consisting of about forty soldiors, wore trying to fight their way Soroughs and dad several skirmishes with @ following force of rebela as various points, The rebels had obstructed the road im several preoes betwoon here and Bagiad by felling trees, &c., across the track, and destroyed the bridges in the rear of the ordnance trata as it retired from Bagdad towards Frank- fort. Tt ts suppored thet the train arrived safely at Frank fort; but, ag telographic communication im NOt yet open to that olty, 1s a sill a matter of doubt, Lovmvi.a, Jane 10—Afernoon, Privaie cdrices recelyed from Dagiad this afternoon report that Frankfort hae been occupied by the rebels. ‘This le discredited here, as headquarters have received ne latelligence ou the subject. Lovisyiuum, Ky., Jone 11, 1864, Headquarters have jst received advices that Governor Bramloite bas armed the citizeus of Frankfort, aud that the fort thore is well garrmoned, and can doubtless bold out against aay attack of the rebels unt! Geveral Bur ridge, who a} last accounts was at Lexington, shall ar- rive there. Fight at Frankfort. Lovers, Ky., Jane 11, 1864, General Carrington, commanding tho District of Indiana, pow here, ba received a telegram dated Bagdad, ball-pasd tou A.M, saying that Leavy canponading commenced im the direction of Frankfort at seven this morning, ang blll continnes at {ntervala, About nine o'clock this morn. Ing @ large fire wae seon in thet digection, reported to be from the burning of a briige abdY¥ three miles this side of Frankiort, The Town of Cyn =& Burned—Re- treat of the bel Curcomats, Jove 11, 1964. After leaving Lexington and Georgetown, Morgen’ majp force appears to have turned north, and following the line of the Kentucky Central Railroad, attacked the Ove hundred and Sixty-elghth Objo regiment, at Cyntbi- ana, thie morning, driving them norte, burning thejtown ‘and two trains which left Covington jast night, ‘This morn)og Morgan te apparently trying to make hie way out of the State uoariy 1a the Aane diretion be eo vara, NEWS FROM NEW ORLEANS. Camo, June 10—-Midmight ‘The steamer Emperor, from New Oriesus on the 41D inst, bas arrived here, She brings 90 news, ‘When the Lmporor passed Columbia, om the 7th teak, an engagement hed taken piace between ® portion 0 General A. J, Smith's forces and the rebels at Columbie, No satisfactory information concerniog It could be ob- tained, Out forces are reported to Rave ‘Wout thirty or ge Killed and seventy wounded. ‘The battery oF Cokumbia had been removed when tbe Emperor passed. ‘The boats of the Marine drigade were lying tbere, ane the town was burning, a# were also {he dulldings om several plantations above whore Smith's forces were stationed, ‘Tho (oot was lying Adont two miles Above Cotambia,