The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1862-09-15

ana he rebels 5uuth of Hanover Trn Ra
nolds has assumed command Of che .rnv for rho
defence Of Pennsylvania
LATER.
Tho excitement is Increased ~ she capnon,.
ding at Green Castle aud C1anhersburgh Mil
tary preparations ar" progressing hneIv. The
troops are pouring III ON toot. and by rail rom
al directions.
HARRIsBURGH, Sept. l4-Mldnieht. There
vas oacfie Today N Middleton. LOngstreets
DIVISION moving IN the Boonesboro road. N
me direction 81 Nlliiamsport, with 1ae irra9-
ton, no donot. OF recrossIng the Potomac at
that point was engaged by 5he Federal Rooms
Nothing Official mas been received nc head
quarters concerning the battle ~ 70 ohis hour
FALLIAPoLIs, Ohio. Sepr. H. On Wenesdav
j column Of the enemy about 5000 gtronG
made an attack On the 34th and 9th Ono
regiments under Col. 5ibel. numbering 1000
men anCamped Lg Favcl.e
\ desperate battle was fought Iasijny nnti1
lark. Our forces CUT cAeir wav through reach
ny 1auley during the night. having ost 100
n alLed aHd wounded. Meantime another ,oi
Rmn oi the enemy approached Ctaulev bridre
IN me L.wlsburgA road, cutting IF the +-fh
ono. 5wu companies ut The 9th Va ana one
u the Zd Va. cavalry who we're from summer
VILE NothIng bas since been heard from them.
nder these circumstances. Col. [ightburng
'front.' rank and rear being threatened bv IN
Over"hellnln-. force, he was compelled TO evacu-
ate TauieV. lie moved down the Kanawha N
lWo columns, one Oh each side Of the river
reaching Camp Pratt On the afternoon Of the
18th, sklrmishng the whole way here
lie massed nls troops On the north bank Of the
hanawha. but being hard pressed retrearec du-
ring the night-reaching Elkhorn Just below
Charlestown IN the 10Th he made another
stand On the lower bank OF Elk river where a
desperate hght ensued, lasting from morning till
dark. Our t1rces sheiled and burned Charles
town. Two houses only being left.
The result Of The tight is nor known. Moth
ing mas 1een heard OF Lghtburn since P NJ
I TO That time our troops were holding the
ground, punlshng the enemy severely. It ~
understood that our troops DESTROYED all the
salt works. Great anxiety is felt for the safety
Of Lightburn command, as we'll as Point Pleas
ant and GaIliopoIis. The enemy force is said
to be Ii, 600
LOUISVILLE. Sept, H. There has been much
excitement here tins afternoon m consequence
Of news Of a battle between our forces ana the
rebels 1t Mumtordsyille
BALTIMORE. Sept. 10. We have positive IN
or'natlon that ra.lroad communication Was IN
5prcepted and ,he Telegraph wires cut between
Harper Ferry ana Cumberland yesterday bv
che rebels.
\ Reconnaissance to tie vicinity Of North
Mountain, about seven miles son1h Of Williams
port encountered some r-ee pickcts We IllI-
.d .nd oaplureo I3. Ig war discovered thar
Generals lee and jackson had crossed the Po
Tomae river near Muruusburg.
zen. LJngstroe5, it vas thought. will cross
further up the liver.
The whole 7ebeI Iorce is retraaflng across the
Potomac.
hL.zABETHTowY, Sep IA The rebels under
6en. Duncan attacked our force At Green river
near Aumiordsvllla, about 0 clock this after
noon. HE ight Iasicd several hours Our
men bought bravery. irns The last shot The
rebels were repulsed with heavy luss. The
rebels sent IN dag Of truce, asking permission
to barry their dead winch was granted
FREDERICK. Sept. L. On our wav lhithpr
this morning from Urana. ten McClell an
stan passed through zen Summer troops who
opened their ranks Tor thaC purpose. The en-
thusiasm with which Gen. Nee leIlan was re
celved by hat veteran corps - beyond iescrlp-
ton.
Before the rebels eft Frederick they racked
ana DESTROYED the newspaper office The ladies
were iOrced 70 hlde the American iug about
Cher persons to prevent the rebels from carry
lng them Dit
In The ARTILLERY duel yesterday which lasted
until Ii O'Clock. between Gen Peasanton ana
the rear guard Of the rebels. we hau three
horses killed ana Two wounded The rebels
fell back three miles beyond the mountains to
Middleton rom which place they We're driven
in the attcrnoOn.
SUNDAY MORNING.
There is 40 probability that our troops will
: be Inactive There is now no fear of an INVASION
of Pennsvlv2n.a.
Yesterday afternoon the 9Th ILLINOIS cavalry
charged on two rebel regiments Of cavalry
ana three guns, IN the Hagersiown road. We
had } wounded ana took 10 prisoners After
wards the Indiana cavalry charged On the rebels
IN the IDS leading from Middletown to Har-
per's Ferry 1t was desperate affair We
lost 80 men killed and wounded The loss Of
the enemy in killed anu wounded Yesterday was
double hat Of ours.
Our cavalry 50 pushed the enemys wagon
lraIns Yesterday that they were forced TO burn
halt mile Of wagons to prevent their falling
INTO our hands.
\ man who left Harper's Ferry Yesterday
afternoon, reports that Longstreet was repulsed
there IN the Afternoon. At this wrltng-eight
D clock, II. NJ. the battle mas been renewed
IN the direction OF Harper Ferry. The firing
% .apid and heavy Oar main column viii
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