Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1862-07-23
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0n Caturuay last. The
force made descent upon the Virginia
central Railroad at Beaver Dam, thirty, five
miles from Richmond, DESTROYED the rail
ROAD track and telegraph for several miles,
ana burned up the depot, which contained
forty thousand rounds of musket amrnuni.
tion, one hundred barrels of -four, and muc h
other valuable property. The expedition
occasioned the most intense alarm in the
country through which it passed The
cavalry marched eighty miles in thirty
hours, and accomplished their purpose with
only one man wounded. General SioeI's
Division is at tSperrysville, near the entrance
to the Luray Valley, where his pickets
have frequent encounters with the Rebel
scouts. By consulting the mapit will besec
that the position of General Popes forces
from Warrenton to Gordonsville is such as
to hold the entrance to the Shenandoah
Valley, and to preclude any more raids
from jackson in that direction. The STRAIT
egetlc value of the line now held is so man.
lfest and important that the wonder is it
has not before been taken
From Cairo we get the true account of
the running of the Rebel ram Arkansas
down to Vicksburg, and find as we antici
pated that the story Of the great damage
inflicted upon our feet was monstrous ex-
aggeraticn Two Of our gunboats, the
Carondelet and Tyler first encountered the
Arkansas up the Yazoo river In the fight
the Carondelet grappled with the Arkansas
and both grounded. The Arkansas got off
whilst the Carondelet remained fast for
over an hour The Tyler, one of the least
formidable of our gunboats maintained a
running fight with the Arkansas until she
reached our fleet above Vicksburg. None
OF the fleet had steam up, and were SO scat
tered that but few could bring their guns
to bear on the Rebel boat. Those that
could opened their broadsides on her, and
no doubt did considerable damage, though
not sufficient to prevent her from reaching
Ficksburg. The entire Federal loss was
twelve killed and fifteen wounded. None
OF our gunboats were either sunk, blown
up, or burned.
Governor Morgan, on behalf of the State of
New York, assumes the responsibility of pro.
claiming bounty of $50 for each new recruit
under the recent call for troops. He does
this to save the time ard expense of special
session of the Legislature, trusting that that
body will indorse his action.
The Petersburg (Va.) Expr ess, announces
that Hamilton, n. c., has been sheltered by
our gunboats, and considers it probable that
an attempt will be made to reach Weldon by
the Roanoke river, as that stream is now
high. Hamilton is situated about midway
between Weldon and the confluence of the
Roanoke river with the Albemarle sound
The Rebel Gen. Lee, in his congratulatory
orders to the Rebel army, published there,
claims as the immediate result of the series
of battles before Richmond the relief Of the
city from state siege, many thousand prison.
ers, including officers of high rank, and the
capture and destruction of thousands of arms
and fifty one pieces of artillery.
VIM. IL. Aspinwall, Esq Of New York,
has given a striking example of d;sinterested
patriotism to greedy contractors and specula
tors who are thriving of Of the needs and ex.
igencies of the Government. As the agent of
the War Department in purchasing arms
abroad at a stipulated price he received
profit Of $25. .290. The whole of this sum he
has returned to the Government, declining to
receive any remuneration or to accept any
profit from the operation. The Secretary Of
War has appropriately acknowledged the re-
ceipt of the money and the patriotic spirit
which induced its return.
The Nashville Union states that company
of guerrillas, ninety in number, were busily
engaged in drilling in an old field between
Gallatin and Hartsville on Thursday, July
10, and otherwise preparing themselves for
the work of murder and highway robbery, as
taught in the code of Ferguson and Morgan,
when several companies of Col. Boone's regi-
ment pounced upon them aud captured the
whole gang. They were taken to Nashville
on Friday.
The report of the safe arrival of General
Curtis army at Helena, Ark, is confirmed.
The force left Batesville June "a, reached
Jacksonport on the Goth, and on the I'd of
July started across the country. On the 4th
the 18th Illinois regiment, while coming down
White River. were fred upon by guerillas,
whom they easily routed. On the 7th Gen.
Curtis advance was attacked by two regi
ments of Texas cavalry and large force of
infantry, but the latter were soon put to
flight and lost a number Of prisoners and
over one hundred killed. Our loss was eight
killed and thirty two wounded. When our
army arrived at Helena they had but three
days supplies.
The Assassination Of Union men in Vir-
qinia.-A single correspondent mentions in
a letter to q New York paper seven cases of