Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1862-06-11

heard of the rebel steamer Van Dorm
which escaped by running away. Com.
HolliEs is reported to have destroyed four
gunboats which still! remained in his pos
session at a point farther down the river
Our belief is that all of Hollins' feet were
destroyed below New Orleans by Com Far
ragut.
Dispatches from the Mountain Depart
ment state that the advance of Gen. FIRE.
mont's Division pursued the Rebels through
ar,isonburg on the 9th, Friday last The
New Jersey Cavalry, under Col. Wysham,
were ambushed by the Rebels and in a
skirmish lost thirty-fve in killed, wounded
and missing. The infantry reserves after
ward drove the enemy back, but portion
Of the Pennsylvania Bucktail Regiment
was outhanked and suffered very severely.
Lieut.. Col. Kane of the Bucktail Rifles, is
reported wounded and prisoner. The
Rifles lost 55 men killed, wounded and
missing Col Ashby, the famous rebel
cavalry officer, is reported killed.
\ skirmish took place in Southwest
Missouri few days ago, between four hun
dred guerrillas, under Col. Coffee, and one
hundred and fifty State Militia, command
ed by Col John NJ Richardson, in which
the loyalists were defeated, and Col Rich
ardson mortally wounded, beside sixty of
his men taken prisoners. They were releas-
cd on parole
BY accounts irom rebel papers, it ap
pears that our forces are advancing On
Charleston and Mobile.
All the printing materials, including the
types, machinery and presses, together
with the buildings which contains them,
Of the Nashville Patriot, Nashville Baa-
ncr, Nashville Union, Nashville Gazette,
Tennessee Baptist, and the Southern Meth
odist Publishing House, and the Baptist
Publishing House in that city, have been
libelled by the United States Attorney.
Brig. Gen. Dumont, in command at
Nashville, Tennessee, having discovered
that salt, bacon, coffee, iron, leather, med
icines, and other articles of prime neces-
sity to the rebels, were finding their way
through the national lines, has issued an
order holding to a strict accountability any
person who shall attempt to take away from
that city any morch lise, without a spe-
cial permit
Cotton is coming into ST. Louis quite
freely from certain parts OF the South. =
One hundred and twelve bales arrived
there on Friday last. On May 90 two
hundred and forty y.nine bales were shipped
from Nashville for the North.
\ rebel gunboat came to Jacksonpert
Arkansas, on Tuesday, and destroyed all
the cotton and sugar stored there. She
returned down the Black river, destroying
all the cotton and sugar as she went. of
which it is supposed there was large
amount Considerable CONSERVATION pre-
vailed for time in the vicinity of Poca
hontas, and our troops were under marching
orders during Tuesday night; but it soon
subsidcd, and at last accounts everything
was quiet.
The United States transport Philadel-
phia, from Pensacola on the 10Th via Key
West on the Both ultimo, arrived at New
York on Friday. Our troops still occupied
Pensacola, and the place was being forti-
fed Martial law had been declared De-
serters were constantly coming in. About
eight hundred Of the enemy were in the
vicinity, several cf whom had been captur-
ed. The Navy Yard is entirely destroyed,
including the fine Naval Hospital and the
private dwellings. The health Of our men
continued good.
Instructions to Governor Stanley.
There is no longer any doubt but that
instructions have been forwarded to Gov
Stanley, at Newbern, n. c., requesting
him not to interfere with the educational