Newbern weekly progress., 1862-09-27
THaE NEWS.

euOSCociOh VI ''StoiiOo, "hNh1 ~ 10 hot
too mnch to say, must culminate in the
total destruction Of the invading army
Of Maryland, and the speedy subjuga-
tion Of the rebellion. All the news
which reaches us from Harrisburg,
and other quarters, confirms the story
that the rebels are bafled, dcmoral-
lied, and utterly routed. Tho pursuit
by our troops on Tuesday was mur-
derous affair, as the account of dead
left on the field to be buried by our
men will show. Five hundred of them
were found Wednesday morning, un-
cured for by their friends in their
flight, and were consigned to their
mother earth by the soldiers of our ar
my as early as nine o'clock, and the
work was not yet finished. The re-
cords Of Wednesday show a still more
desperate contest in which it is evident
the whole force Of the rebels was en-
gagged. The battle field was in the di.
rection Of Sharpsburg, near Antietam
creek, on the roads connecting Will
Transport with Middletown. 1t is re-
ported to have been the most fearful
battle Of the campaign, and continued
during the entire day. The rebels
we're reported Wednesday evening to
De- driven towards Hageratown, as
though their passage across the Poto-
mac was cut of. On the Pennsylva-
mia border, the State Militia, 10000
strong, were fastening down. to meet
them. 1t was said that jackson had
made junction with Lee, while our
:mny at the same time was reinforced
from Washington with 10000 men.
There is no doubt that the rebel
forces at Eeesburg have been sent
across into Maryland to support Lee.
There was serious fight at Centreville
maryland, not Virginia0 Wednesday,
hear Kittoctan cresk, between large
body of our troops and the rebels, in
which our side gained a complete vic
tory. 1t is not improbable that the
rebels engaged were the fresh troops
from Leesburg, who were endeavoring
to get into the rear of McClellan's ar
my. No particulars of this battle
have reached us, however.
Late dispatches from Harrisburg,
confirm the reports that the rebel ar.
my has been annihilated. They say :
"a great battle has been fought, and
we are victorious. The carnage on
both sides was awful. General Long
street was wounded and is taken pris.
oner. Dispatches just received at
headquarters from Hagerstown say
that we have achieved a glorious vic
tory. Longstrect is not killed, but
wounded and a prisoner. General
Hooker was wounded in the foot. The
rebel General TIilltis.reported, killed.
II is said that General Mcclellan
has destroyed tile aqueduct at the
mouth of the Antietam creek, and the
bridge across that creek upon the road
leading to Sharpsburg, TINS cutting off
the retreat of the rebels in the direc-
tion of Shepardstown. Later reports
from Hagerstown state that on We'd
Desday evening the rebels were retreat
ing in great diserder and that subse
.quently heavy and rapid firing was
heard. in the direction of Williamsport;
which induces the belief that General
Mcclellan had pursued the retreating
rebels to that point, and that they
made a,stand there, to cover their pas
sage over the Potomac.
The recapture of Harpcr's Ferry and
its occupation by portion of General
Burnside's division seems to be con-
frmed' by dispatches Wednesday
night, from Frederick. The original
statement'that the rebels did not at
tempt to hold the place, but abandoned
it almost Immediately, is repeated
This >statsment comes from some of
the Twelfth New York regiment, who
formed part Of the garrison, who state
that they met the Union forces march
ing towards the Ferry as they were
coming away, and positively assert
that our troops wore in possession on
n,nsdav evening,