Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1861-06-27
LATEST NEWS.
Marching Orders J5r the T,celey,ffth
Pennsylvania Regiment.

Cake commanding, j. b. Seiheimer, of
this place, Lient. Colonel, } received march
ing orders on Sunday, but do not know
their destination. The officers and men
are in high spirits IT the prospect Of active
service. They have been provided with
tents, ambulanccs, transportation wagons,
and, indeed, all the necessary equipagc Of
camp life. The Logan Guards and some
other companies belonging to this regi-
ment remain at Fort Washington
Large h.crease Of Traps,
Fifteen regiments arrived in Washing
ton city during the last week. They come
equipped and ready for active service
The force now in and around Washington
Is not less than $4,000 The arrivals du-
ring the present week will probably exceed
those Of the last.
Rereaue and Protection.
Dr. VIM Elder has been appointed bv
Secretary Chase to a position in the Treas
ury, with special reference to the revenue
aud protection department, for which he
Is peculiarly qualified. The Doctor is
from Pennsylvania, aud has given the iron
and other home branches Of industry
much attention in years past,
Destruction Of Forty-ejyht Loeon,9ttecs.
The agent of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad at Martinsburg, who left that
place on Monday, informs the Baltimore
American that on Sunday the work Of van
dallsm on the part Of the Confederate ar
my, in the wanton destruction Of the prop
erty Of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
and Of the State Of Maryland, was resumed
at NartInsburg. All the cars and locomo-
tiyes that they could not carry away from
Harpcrs Ferry were destroyed. and now
we have tidings Of the destruction of the
locomotives and cars at Martinsburg.
He states that the work of destruction
was accomplished in the most effectual
manner by piling immense quantities Of
cord wood over and around the locomotives
and firing it. \ number of gondola cars
and coal hoppers were also similarly de.
stroyed. The entire value of the proper
ty thus given to the flames cannot be less
than 100000
The hotel, occupied by B. II. Carpen
ter, opposite the shops Of the company.
was with great difficulty saved, the intense
heat several times setting fire to it. The
shops were not fired, though they would
have caught from the intense heat had It
not been for the efforts Of some Of the en-
ployees Of the company, who were pres
ent and cxtinguished the flames. The
agent, with the master mechanic. Mr.. Ed
wards, was arrested and taken before Gen
cral johnson, who IS in charge Of the Con.
tolerate troops at this point, charged with
endeayoring to put out the fire over the
locomotives They proved, however, that
they were merely preventing the flames
from extending to the shops, and were dis
missed.
The Confederate troops at Martinsburg
and in the vicinity are said to number FIVE
thousand five hundred, being portion Of
General johnson command from LIarper's
Ferry. the advance guard towards VII
liamsport being in command Of General
Jackson. \ collision with General Cad
wailadcr's command, which was approach.
ing from several points, Was confidently an
ticpated.
Interesting .ff2m Htyper's Ferry and III
HamSpoTt.
HAGERsrowS, June 24-The correspon.
ieuE Of the Associated Press has just return.
ed from HarpeI's Ferry; the town wears
look Of desolation almost inconceiyable. -
Scarcely an inhabitant is visible, and no
troops are there. The last Confederate scout
was seen on Thursday last. On that day a
skrmsh took place between the Confederate
scouts and the Sharpsburg Home Guard the
latter was under cover Of the canal and took
deliberate aim at the rebels, and it was stated
at the Ferry that two of the Confederate
troops were killed and one wounded
The best informed sources there say that
body of 1900 to 1000 Confederate troops
are stationed about three miles from the Fer
~, towards Winchester but they were not
visible either from Camp Hill Pinnacle or
the Loudon county mountain. Your CORES
pondent saw a small scout near Shepherds,
town.
The Confederate pickets no longer show
themselves at Shepherdst0wn, but they are
known to be concealed as near as two miles
back from the river, and a rumor is general
that General Johnson. at the head of four
regiments, has entered the neck and is sta
toned seven miles from Williamsport This
report needs confirmation, although it is
generally believed at Williamsport.
Hugh Brennan, a private in company Z,
Of the Twenty-fUurth Pennsy ylyania regiment,
was arrested for trying to shoot Capt Thos
Smith, the officer Of the day, on Saturday,
in the camp of the Twenty fourth. He is
now under trial by court martial, and will
probably be shot.
John NJ. Stonebraker, prominent Seces-
sionist, who held a commission il the Vir-
ginia militia, endeavored to get his company
into the confederate service. Failing to do
this, he supplied General Johnson's troops
with provisions at the Ferry, be having two
brothers in the Confederate army. He came
into Maryland on Friday and was arrested
by order of General Negley, at his mothers
house, at Sharpsburg. where he was conceal
ed under the sofa lie is now under strict