The daily Wabash express. (Terre-Haute, Ind.) 1857-1867, 1862-09-16
Noon Dispatches.
FROM sEw YORK


Ssw YORK. Sept. l5.-On THURSDAY al
O'Clock in the morning. the Rebels nan
BODY, consisting of = division under Jack
son. division under Longstreet. division
under u " Hill, and possibly fourth d.
VISOR. hal been encamped at Urbsna. and
commenced marching through Frederick 20
wards HagerstoSn. The movement began
At four in the morning and lasted till eight
in the evening.
The most liberal estimate made OF the
whole rebel force is 81 600 strong. including
5000 negroes The negroes were mixed in
promiscuously with the whites. Many OF
them carried a musket. a sabre. and dirk
or bowie knife. The worst looking person
in the whole army, a contemplate bloated-
/ looking BLACKBOARD. was Howell Cobb
We have been doing a fine business to-
day in chasing up rebels. About 500 prison
ers have been taken in the skirmishes and
are now arriving and being rapidly disposed
Of.
The rear guard of the enemy, fighing OBJ
stinatelv. contested every inch of ground
Nearly all the Marylanders who enlisted
in the rebel army, while in this vicinity, have
been taken prisoners TO day.
In the skirmishes 70 day We have lost in
killed and wounded but - or 20. The en-
emy * said to have suffered severely from
one O. two of our cavalry charges. Two
priyatss of the "a Mississippi Battalion were
captured this msrning near LeesbGrg and
brought TO headquarters. They came from
Montgomery by rail, via Gordonsvil.e,
thence afoot through Culpepper, Manassas,
Cen,revilIe and Fairfax. Taey intended TO
join their regiment in Maryland They
agree ia saying that they were pressed into
the rebel service. and expressed satisfaction
at being prisoners.
But few troops are in Richmond They
say that city being little more than one
vast hospital. They further report that
Charleston, ;. c., has been practically eyac-
uated by its citizens. Many became fugi-
tives TO distant cities. and many Others hav-
ing cncased themselves in hastily bull, huis.
beyond the limits of the corporation and
range Of Yankee gunboats.
Times Correspondence dated Sugar Loaf
FRIDAY says last evening. the Union signal
corps went up and occupied the crest OF the
mountain and signals were kept up through
out the night.
There has been occasional skirmishng be-
tween GAINESVILLE and the mountain, also in
the psighborhood OF HyattstowD, without
material result. u is stated the enemy were
yesterday ftutathR OF t1ONiilb w inc uifeS-
ton Of Point oil Rocks. The Signal Corps
saw from Sugar Loaf a body OF cavalry pro-
ceeding toward Frederick City yesterday
ABOUT 4 p. m. The only effective force of
the rebels in the State is believed TO be
cavalry. Franklins corps moved from near
birresville this morning. 1t moved over
the mouth OF the Monocacy to watch against
toe advance of more rebel troops across the
river. and TO prevent them recrossing to
Virginia side.
1t is well known that large droves of cat
tie have been sent from Maryland to Vir-
ginia for subsistence OF Lees army. and that
within days our pickets reported the fact
and they were allowed to proceed without
opposition. The fact was reported TO me by
an army officer while at GAINESVILLE yesser-
day.