Newbern weekly progress., 1862-09-20
so, 900 MEN CALLED FOR IN PENN
sEEvANBA.


entered Hagerstown. The telegraph operator
withdrew, and established his Office at the State
nc, five miles north, on rock in the rain.
The inhabitants are flying north. At latest
accounts 200 rebels occupied llagerstowh, and
their ca,ahy are moving toward Greencastlc.
Their first purpose is TO capture our for
ccs at Mar insbuIg uHd Ilarper's Ferry, and
then strike Washington aud Baltimore III de-
tail
Gentlemen from Frederick report the free ad,
mission of all Marylanders to and from the
ebl lines A company of sixty rebel recruits
we're raised in Everetsburg Immediately on re-
ceivipe BRADLEY Johnson's proclamation.
In 9hsls are all well armed, but totally I'm.
disciNi'H1B and when turned into the corn
fields SeIzed and deyoured the ears like hungry
cattle
Gen. Weul arrives to-day to take command
Of the State forces. The people are responding
en- masse to Gov. Curtin's proclamation. There
will be forty or fifty thousand here within three
days. Arms are plenty here for all. The rail.
road to Baltimore is unbrOken.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept II.
Aspecal dispatch 10 the Inquirer Of this
city says:
'ln ormation has just been received from a
! highly reliable source that the rebels, twenty
thousand strong, with forty-eight pieces Of ar.
II lery, took possession of llagerstown at TWEEN.
ty minutes past nne o'clock this morning.
The telegraph operator skeedaddled."
The BUiictin'S Harrisburg dispatch says that
! llagerstown is occupied by only 200 rebel cav.
two and half miles off. small rarty had
! i, a., @,
! Pennsylvania is not yet invaded.
jackson is reported 10 be at Mddetown,
with 1900 men, mostly cavalry.
WAsnrNoroN, Sept l.
There is but little additional from Upper
Maryland to-day.
Reliable courers from Westminster Han.
over, and York arrived to day, and report
that the rebel advances toward those places
exist only III the imagination Of the frightened
and fleeing people As yet nothing but scouts
have appeared either toward the Pennsylvania.
line or the Northern Central Railroad. The
enemy are moving as usual cattle and other
supplies to the river bank, which is generally
construed to mean that the bulk Of the rebel
army is still in Virginia. The Baltimore pa
pcIs OF to-day declare that the enemy is hugglng
the river shore from Frederick to Edwards
Ferry, while This evenings STIR makes it ap-
pear that in twenty four hours the enemy
must necessarily advance toward Baltimore,
or toward this city, They have everything
10 lose, and nothing whatever to gam, by de
laying serious work in Maryland and the fact
that they have delayed it up 10 this time looks
much as though their only purpose in crossing
the Potomac was to c'ulch food, shoes, and
I ,ln nd int Eir.;n;a
The mails are not sent hence westward fur
lher than Ecott's mills, nor areany forwarded
beyond that point on the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad. Other routes are selected 10 insure
safety.
Letters were received here from York, Penn
sylvania, to day, which show that there is no
interruption Of facilities in that direction.
Twas confidently believed that to day would
clear up the mystery attending the rebel move.
ments, but intelligence from them continues as
Indefinite as usual. One of the volunteer nur-
scs arrived to-day, leaving Centreville night
before last and reports that thee is DO large
4 slrebel force there. The Sixth Regiment of Vir.
ginia Cavalry hold the place. They seem to
have plenty OF prov Sions for the men and for
4 age for th, horses. They ore also well clothed
andwell shod The rebels have no pckets
extending this way rvm Centreville.
HARRISBURG, Sept. II.
Fears are entertained for the safety of Capt.
Palmer and the troops Of mounted scouts, who
when last heard from were in the neighborhocd
OF Hagerstown, procuring information OF the
enemy's movements.
Hagerslown is now occupied by large force
f of rebel cavalry, They were in possession o
the tl graph Office, ald had commenced tear
ing up the track of the Franklin railroad
A cavalry raid is expected at Uhanlbcrsburg
and many citizens are preparing 10 leave
Force enough, it is expected will be there, tt
check the cavalry raid.
Gen Reynolds, of the Pennsylvania Reserve
Q corps, is expected to arrive here tonight, tt
: assume active command cf all the forces for tn,
= defense of the Valley and Harrisburg
Direct from Frederick, Md.
I WASHINGTON, Sept. II.
One of the correspondents tf the Pniladel
, phia MguirGr arrived here tonight having
{ left Harper's Ferry day e.ore yesterday, pas
sing through Frederick City yesterday, wher
, he spend several hours. He gives lengthy
and ineligible account of affairs, and confirms
the reports that there is large rebel fore
about Frederick, stretching up to the river, an,
n under command Of General Lee being mostl,
composed of the divisions Of the rebel Genel al
Walker, Magruder, Anderson, A. P, Hill, Jack
son, Longstreet and Ewell. They have bcel
crossing at different points for a distance o
twelve miles from Nolan's Ferry upwards, tn
b river being very low, while a bridge has beef
!, built across to an island at place near Ball.
;. Bluff. They have large number OF baggag
It wagons in Frederick, among which were som
!. captured from US. Those of the Rhode Islam
d Second and the Pennsylvania One Hundie
C and Ninth Regiments were prominent
But two div S Ons had been sent out towar
: the Pennsylvania line, into whic, state th
IS rebels boast that they are determined to move
@ Rebel flags were displayed at various point
5, in Frederick, and the city presented an aninlc
d ted appearance, the soldiers purchasing largel
W and paying in confederate money. There wa
every indication that the rebels are resolved o
continuing tho offensive in large force. Som
of the troops are well clothed, while others al
not, the South Carolina and Louisiana troop
being quite destitute.
j. The rebels were doing q good rccruitin
I. business for their army in Frederick, recelvin
large accessons from the county adjacent
=" No passes is required TO 10 into their lines, bl
ID one is needed to get out.
BALTIMORE, Sept. II.
A gentleman who arrived here from Frcde
ck this morning confirms the previous stat
=, ments as 10 the wretched appearance Of II
rehpls They annnnrrd In hp trpnprallv wp