The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1862-09-18
The War in Maryland.

S'Ue ]"S AleOetS hrPVDe~ @HuT|s"y
on Harris6urg-Skirmish near POOles
1als--RsJl Movements toaoord HGgers
tOwn-- General Wool to Command al
Troops North of tie Sasqush0nnah--
Rebels sick from eating Grsa Corn
Jackson leading tho Advancs 10 III,
CamJerland Valley, ..' . a3
WAsHINGToN. Aug. l0.-7Specials state
that an officer just arrived from PooIes.
vile early On Wednesday morning says
that large party Of Stuart's cavalry
came down to Edwards Ferry, with IL,
intention of recrossing to the Virgiuil
side. but were repulsed by forces unjei
Gen. Keys, who had occupied the place
last night. al d retreated toward Frede
rick again. with a loss Of from eighty t
one hundred taken prisoners. ..' q
ROCKVILLE, Md. Sept. 8.--Today mat
ters are assuming more worklike ap
pearance. The corps Of Gen Banks and
Sumner passed through here last nigh
without Gre eating much excitement. This
morning the Commanding General him
self, accompanied by his staff, galloped
up to the principal hotel in the village
and made inquiries. which led to the sup
position that movements Of great impor-
lance were on the Iapis. ..0..
Following Gen. Mcclellan came caval
ry. artillery and infantry in great mum
btrs, and still! coming; Il e whole army O.
tie Peninsula seems to he on the march
in this direction. Ifreports this morning
are true, we shall need it all in this vi
cipity:
Jackson is said 10 have established hii
headquarters at Frederick, twenty. .eigh
miles distant. Hill is reported at Pooles
vile. The whole rebel army is said tc
bs marching on Harrisburg, Mcclellan
presence leads many to suppose that HI
is TO assume the offensive al once, anC
attack the enemy in the rear,
Our army Las been dawn up in line o
battle fol the past three days, about thre,
miles from this plsce. 1t covers the roat
to PooIesville and to FIR, derrick, and wber
Mcclellan is ready a column will prota.
bly, move down both of these roads and
assume the offensive.
About Z o'clock last night (Monday ),
two companies of the 4th regular cava'ry
B aid F were out on rec onnCisaDce, wher
they surprised, or thought they did ,abou
10 or 80 Of the enemy, near piece o
woods in the vicinity of Poolesville.
Two 6eld pieces we're drawn out Of th'
woods and several rounds fred. our mer
filling back, they reured to iheirrt serve
The enemy declined following. Sever
were wounded on our side. three or lou
selionsly, and one morlally.
/ hear this morning that the enemy
have taken possession Of some Of the i'm
portaut points on the Baltimore and Ohio
R.R. Tho Tribune says, edi,orially, tb'
latest public intelligence is that the army
is concentrating at Rockville, but from
private information wO learn that dis
position o! The forces has been made will
reference to further movements.
The Baltimore Amrican of yesterday
says: "lntolligence we give this morning
indicates that the advance Of The rebel ar
my had taken western route toward Ha
gerstown. When the enemy moves from
Frederick toward HagerstoWn tits virtu
ally turning his back on Baltimore ant
Washington, and moving to poin
where he can reach the Potomac at Will
iamsport, by march Of but seven miles
While his infantry has partly movet
west, his cavalry is securing toward lh
border of York county, Pa
Statements received from correspon
dents Of New York apers as to the fore
the rebels have crossed into Maryland
entirely disagree with accounts that haV
been received here from fugitives fror
Frederick county. No one who has arr
ed here speaks Of having seen more tha
$4,000. 49,. l..
HARRisBuRa. Sept. l0.--The rebels,
is presumed, have arrived at some poir
on the Northern Central road as the tel
egraph line has been tampered with. On
the words Damned Yankee" heard b
the operator here.
Geu'l Wool has been. assigned 10 III
command Of all troops north of the Sus
quebanna. Within twenty four hour
20, 900 men will be in the Cumberlan
Valley, and before jackson can reac
Chambersburg, he will be required {
meet and overcome 5000 PennsylVanl
yoemanry.
PAILADELPHIA, Sept. 1.-THE Inquire
of this city has a special dispatch frol
Poolesyille saying that our troops occup
SugarlOaf mountain. aa.. ..
HARR1sBURe, Sept. 10, Midnight.
State messenger has sent intelligeuc
amounting in substance has the following
He reached a position in the mountain
Iaboye Frederick; and by means Of
glass, saw all that was going on in th
town, rr.3.e ,...,rj...# ....
He says there was evidently ,moyt
ment of troops in the direction Of Middl,
town and Boonsboro' going on. Farmer
informed him that q forward movenel
began at 8 O'Clock this morning, suppc
sed to be about 10000 strong.
He saw three regiments Of infantry or
Of cavalry, and eighteen cannon, and
large number of wagons at Boonsboro
The soldiers looked ragged, shOeless an
hatless..
A captured mail carrier says grel
numbers threw themselves down .i9 Il
middle Of the road, attacked with billior
collie, caused by eating green corn. (,
A sGifmish occurred between the M