New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-10-16
wur RECENT REBEL RAID.
epecaintions Upon tho Event in H"sers'
sown-Thc Damage Done ut Chameers'
hura-What wns bone Elsewhere.


EaGRRs1owv Nd, Oct II 1852.
Uogerstowa "a safe; all is quiet on the foio-
nacp Three Major. Generals ten or twelve pFiga-
der Generals aud 80 900 trOePs protect 'n'
Old Datch city from the danger OF being saeSea "
9. $50 of Gen. Stuart hungry asd naked ca'aileiS
hungry and naked said, 30! but well ciad snu "ei
fed from the stores and ganaries Of Pennsylvania
All the town. this cool Sabbath morning. seems 70
he n,op the main street and in The halls Oh tue
hotels. But few are going TO Church. al'houSu 'h'S
ia an eminently Chnrch-going colnmunHy "eh.
s,rsr,s hold raid into Pennsylvania is the universal
,bar,o of conversation il WAS amusing this morning
a. braskfast az the Washington Hoose, to hear Ma
;o,Geperals and Bigsdier-Generals talk III tms
stein. " Stuarts horses must be nearly worn OUT
the favu horses be has captured cannot stand long
ride; the roads via Emnettsourg must DC very OaH
after f,e rain Of Yesterday Gen. Pieasanton VIII
catch them before they reach EmmettsbuIs, &C;
willie NJ the very moment Of the conversation they
had escaped from Gen. Pleasaneons clutches by sew
eral hours had passed through Emnettsh9rg yeSer-1
dav afternoon at ( O'Clock and were rapldy gaming
the Potomac near The Point # Rocks, after hawks
made the entire circuit Of McClellans army.
At this hour Of writing, ii a. ~, 1t Is to' posi-
tiyely known that Stuart has reached Virgin IN
safety but tue probabilities arc all IN his iavor
He has with lin ia guide man named
Hugh Lorins, who formerly rer4dod IN hagers'oWn'
end pedHed farming Implements all over Washing
ton aud Frederick Counties. Every road and lane
and farmhouse is thoroughly known by bin as well
GA evs,v ford on the Potomac. Stuart knew the
exact position of every brigade IN the army OF the
Potomac, and with the greatest skill has thus lar
avoided every point he'd by any considerable force
of nati nal troops Rave not yet heard Of his nav.
mo Cred shot-indeed | do not believe he Will
meet with anything but sick ana wounded soldiers
liz his march.
Yesterday afternoon the regular train not having
succeeded in getting through on sccount OF Gen.
L
engine with eight or ten others, and went down to
Chanbersburg the rnins, and to make an effort
to send dispatch TO TIE TRIBUNE. The engine
carriedos to Chant. rsburs - miles, III 50 minutes
The moMeut we arrived there We found that the re-
ports which bad been arriving all day about the
terrible destruction Of property bad not been eN'g
eerated. In few hours the Reb'ls had Destroyed
what it will take more than year to replace az a
cost of from 500 600 TO $5000O0. The large rail-
road depot ali the macbne-shops the Cumberland
Valley railroad, the heavy warehouses hlled Win
grain and Government storee, i've hrst-cass passeb-
ger locomotives, 5000 stand OF arms, o,OOO Cot
Sevolyers. $4,000 worth of ammunition captured
not long since from Lopgstreet, and large quantity
Of oyefcoats and Winter clothing for tue soldiers
were burned up or taken OIL 49,,
The peonle Of Cbambersburg suffered but little,
hut one shoe store that Of Mr.. Hutton. had every
thing taken from ii. The Rebels found 80 much
valuable pluDder in the warehouses that they hsc
not time TO trouble smaller stores. lney reached
Cbambersburg at o'clock on Friday evening, and
left al on Saturday morning. Almost every Rebel
had O Yankee soldiers overcoat on bis back OF
thrown across his saddle. All the horses OF any
value TO be found in the stables taken out and
The skin and bones they brought sith them put In
their places. Contrary 10 expectations tne citizens
were treated with great polIieoess by this gang OF
thieves. Not an insult wac offered TO any one and
the usual amount OF swearing about Tue IAN
KEGS seems TO have been dispensed with.
The sick and wounded soldiers, numbering about
500 paro'ed, and nothing was said about retail
alton for Lncolns Proclamation.
10, lara l.urf. AfHHguf HrnI IN
Gettysburg but is ported this morning that when
about six miles out, left that road and took the
to Emmettsburg. citizen who reached Hagerttown
this morning, says they were In Emmettsburz yester-
day afternoon at O'Clock; that tSey had an i'm
meuse number OF horses wi them, all OF which
were loaded heavily with clothing, &c Toe Rebels
told him they expected 10 be saie in Virginia by day
light this msning. Before this letter can possibly
reach you, you will have learned by telegraph
whether they succetde in reaching Virginia safely
or not. Their route thus tar has been from Cherry
Ran Ford TO Mercersburg, from MereeisbGTg TO
Cham crsburg and from Chambersburg TO Emmetts-
burg. They probably have no intention Of touching
Frederick City, but VIII keep TO the leit and pass
through the villages OF Mideiowu and Crbanns, and
reach the Potomac near the Point OF Rocks or Ed.
wards's Ferry.
This bold raid OF Stuart's will without douht dis
arrange Gen. Mcclellan plans very materially. 1t
has already shiited tie position of more than one
third OF his army. Gen. Franklin now hiss bis
headquarters at The Washington House il this city,
and will probably remain here some time. His Dr.
vision Generals are also here. The loyal citizens
are becsuing cisgusted with the way in which If
fairs are conducted a1out them. They attach 10
blame TO Gen. Franklin, but declare it to be an out
rage that their property should be exposed TO tbose
thievng marsuders when there is such immense
army near them. IL wsl tsse but little more to
wear cut the patience Of these loyal men, who have
already suffered much from the ravages of both
arures.
In addition 10 the large amount Of property de-
stroyed IN Cbambersburg, Pa, Stuart took about
1900 horses from the city and the adjoining county
Nearly all the Rebels, 40 they left tire oty for EN-
nettsburg, were mounted upon fat, sleek hor.es,
which bid been raised with great care by the Dutch
farmers Of Pennsy lvania.
The store of Isaac Hutton, boot and shoe dealer
was the only which suffered. All the other
merchants closed their doors upon hearing the fret
reports of the Rebel advance, and were not re-
quested to open them by tie Rebel Qaartermaster.
H. +.