The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1862-09-24
WAR NEWS.
News from Gen. Prices Commant


ports that on Saturday afternoon the md-
vanced guard surprised and attacked the
Yankees, 5000 strong, nj luka, driving rncm
0ut Of the town, and taking 200 prisoners.
Gen. Price, with the main body ol the army
came up on Sunday morning. The enemy
fled in The direction of Eastrort, leaving in
our hands 100000 Of stores, principally
flour and salt. Gen Price immediately star.
ted in pursuit, ard when last heard from,
was seven miles behind the enemy.
MOBILE, September ia special de.
spn,ch to the Advertiser uhd Register, da-
!ed 10Th inst nj Iuka, says:
This place was captured on Sunday
morning last.
The cnemy evacuated it during the might
fearing premature attack, else We should
have captured the whole garrison.
We captured over n million dollars in
value.
The enemy had been strongly reinforced
Oar loss was hive that of the enemy thlr-
~, Of whom ten were left upon the field.
Our forces arrived IN time TO save the
town from destruction.
The citizens We're found out doors with
their household goods, awaiting the appli.
cation of the torch by the vnudnEs, who
carried off all the negroes, thirty of " HON
were released BY our scouts.
Twelve houses and three mills were
burnt on the line of the march Of the ene-
my from Marietta to Iuka. They reiterated
in the direction Of Corin,h
A demonstration was made on our lines
last night, believed to be felnt TO cover
the retreat of the enemy.
They are crossin: The Tennessee river Mt
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The Chicago Times Of the 18th SAYS
that Stonewali Jackson lett Baltimore aud
Washington to the right and Was marching
on arri,burg.
| Jackson's cavalry advance is on every
road, cIeatlug Consideration, it not ueing
known "p"n what point he will make II
| demonstration.
Gov Curtain has called on the Mayor of
! Philadelphia TO furnish 10000 men within
twelve hours for lhe defence of The City.
The hou. of retaliation is come.
The War in louisiana
! CAMP MoonE, la, Scprember l7.-The
Yankees, two hundred s,romg, came up the
Jackson Railroad 10 Ponchntula, on Monday,
and burned seveu or eish cars. They lost
about five or six killed in this exebilion,
about the same number wounded, aud few
prisoners. Our loss was Que killed aud II
few wounded.
Important from ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
in Western Virginia-Stonewall
Jackson Captures Harper's Ferry
With Eight thousand Prisoners.
RIcHM"ND, September l7.-An official
despatch from Gen. Lonng, dated Charles.
ton, Kanawha County, Va, says :-"Aiter
ince,sant diminishing We took this place at
p. m, to day. The enemy, six regiments
strong, made n stout resistance, burning
their stores and most Of this town, in their
retreat Our loss was slight that OF The
enemy heavy. lie is now in full retreat,
and Gen. A. G. jenkins is in his rear"
The Secretary OF War received despatch
es to-day from Major Brown, commanding
the most at Dublin, Va, stating ihrl Gen
Loring's command entered the Kauaw la
salines last Saturday morning, and took
possession Of the Salt Works, closely pur
suing the enemy, who was making his way
towards Charleston. The Salt Works are
not much injured. A very large quantity
of salt was on hand when the works were
taken. IL is now selling at 35 cents pei
bushel An osder has oeen issued, urging
the farmers TO seLd forward their wagons
loaced with forage, &c, aud return with
r salt.
An official e-pntch from Chattanooga
this morning, confirms the occupation Of
luka, Mississippi, by General Prices army
lie captured there several hundred thou
sand dollars worth Of army stores.
Private dispatches from Smnn,on, to
day, say That The cmemy's force at ilarper''
Ferry had capiluIaIed to General Stone
r wall Jackson on ihe 18th. Eight Thousand
, Y.nkees and one thousand negros wer,
captured.
, A Battle In Maryland.
3 RICHMOND, sept. iS.--hd'ic.s just re
4 ceiyed sIaie that Gen. ID. III Hill Was at
tackled in Maryland by Mcclellan, on Sun
!. day, with $4,000 men,-Ihal tn. fght cop
I tnued all day with heavy loss on boil
i sides
On Monday Gen. Hill was reinforced b,
y Gen. Longstreet when the battle Was &c
a newed and the enemy was driven bacI
v three miles.
Gen. Garland, Of Va, was killed in tn
y Sundays fight. His body arrived this al
tefnoon.
6 The report Of the fight a, Haiper's Fcrr
v and the eapinre Of 5000 prisoners is cor
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