Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1862-01-01
By this lKorninq's Nail.

The steamer Vanderbilt arrived at New
York on Monday, bringing three thousand
seven hundred bales of Sea Island cotton,
and Intelligence from Port Royal to the
Sd inst. Gen. Stevens Brigade of FEEDER
! al troops had advanced upon the mainland
from Port Royal Ferry, and assisted by the
gunboats, took possession of the rebel bat
teries after a short resistance The ad-
vance was prosecuted to within six miles
Of the Charleston Railroad. The rebels
sent flag Of truce asking permission to
bury their dead. One hour was granted
The Rebels then fell back to their fortif-
cations and reserves, said to be twelve thou
stand strong. Gen. Stevens retained pos
session of the position on the mainland,
and awaited reinforeements Our force
was but 800 strong, of whom eight only
were wounded The Southern accounts of
the affair admit loss of six killed and
twelve wounded on the first day and the
driving back of Gen. Gregg's South Caro-
lima Brigade on the second day with heavy
loss.
From the Upper Potomac we learn that
six thousand Rebels on Saturday attacked
the Fifth Connecticut Regiment, engaged
in protecting the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-
road near Hancock. Our troops we're fore
a1 70 oy,I fha roboi. Il.
renewed the work of destroying the rail.
road, at the same time shelIing Hancock
1t was reported that they had burnt the
new tressel bridge erected over the Cacapon
creek south of Hancock. Gen Lander's
Brigade had arrived at Hancock, and the
Third Brigade Of Gen. Banks Division
left for the same point yesterday morning
The whole of Gen. Banks Division were
under orders and preparing to move I'm
portant movements are looked for
We learn from Annapolis that the troops
attached to Gen. Burnsiae's expedition
were rapidly embarking and that the de-
parture OF the expedition viii probably
take place within the next forty eight hours
\ British var steamer arrived and anchor
cd in Annapolis roads Her name was not
ascertained.
Gen. Mcclellan has so far recovered as
to ride out in his carriage yesterday and
attend 10 his official duties,
The New York papers of yesterday give
currency to rumor that. prominent mil
itary officer had been detected in treasona-
bic correspondence with the enemy. Lat
er and authoritative dispatches state that
some important correspondence has been
secured and parties imp icated arrested, but
that the suspicious of the new Y ork papers
are entirely unfounded. The Washington
Star, of last evening, says that the officer
against whom these unfounded and injuri-
Gus suspicious were directed is Gen. Thom-
as, Adjutant General of the Army.
Reports from Kentucky state that the
bridge over Green river is completed, and
that Gen. Bucl will probably soon make
an advance. The Rebels in the Eastern
portion Of the State have retired before
Col Garfield, who is advancing towards
Prestonburgh, where Humphrey Marshall
is stationed with large force. Gen.
Schoepf is reported to have made several
Intellectual attempts to draw ZollicOffor into
an engagement outside of his entrench-
ments at Somerset. Last Thursday the
Rebels captured man from skirmishing
party of Federals, whom they threatened
to hang, and in retaliation the latter arres-
ted Robert Voolfolk, prominent rebel of
Paducah, and sent word to the rebels that
his fate would be determined by that of
Owens, Mrs. Voolfolk has gone to Colum-
bus to effect an exchange of the two men,