The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1862-06-19

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From ths Richi6sni Enauirsr. :
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES ts.sSe,snS
e Dia-- ralsehoeds Of yHe
Meffhsrn Rfess. y
In hitdf leiai repsrt of his d;ss,te, s.rss,
night, Gesersl Bahts states that he lost 81
ty wsEObs. g - 81. Z = =
A gensIeman Of our acqusintsu.ce. Who
has heid asfssponsib'e post In Jsckssu, : -.
my for twelve months, assures us that A.
least 100 captured wagons aero driyau ont
from Newtonj that he Limself counted Al
at Cedar Greek !. that they were s,retoked
along the road bctween sfiddtetown. M
Newtowp,s distance Of fye milps, thore
being Que ir,seysky 40 az = hpndrsd yspas,
u'at bauks snfnt Sdskyy wagons With CON.
missary stores below Newtowp; that hs
left many between Winchester and b. .soroes.
ing place on the Potomac, and THAI bis
whole loss IN wagons was not less than 300
or 400. ,.
ihe' gentleman above referred to ful!y
CONFIRMS what has been heretofore report
ed IN our paper respcctiug the achieve
ncnts OF Jackson's army within the last
month.
There is no truth in the report that the
prisoners at Front Royal bad heeu re. cap
,ured by the enemy. All the prisoners
were brought of, except few OF the
wounded. A company of the 18th Geor.
Yia regiment fell into tie cnemys hands,
" some blunder on the part of an officer.
Alout 5000 prisoners we're secured ss the
uits Of the eIpeaition down the Wiley.
DAr informant, - physician, estimates the
value of the medical sores taken at Win.
chester at from SIS, 900 to 500 300
The stores cutrace almost everything use.
full snd valuable in the medical department
Including i very large quantity OF opium,
The value Of all the articles secured to the
Confederacy is estimated at several millions.
The loss ~ The enemy is admitted, by one
of Banks Chief Commissarics, who is now
prisoner, to be almost inealcuiablc.
The gentleman above alluded to, states
on authority which he thought entitled 10
credit, that General Banks put stolen ne
groes into his wagons and made his tired
soldiers walk-for which, and for other al
legged bad acts, he is severely denounced by
some OF the prisoners. He seems to be
disliked by his soldiers.
Jackson. did not go into MARYLAND. sssre,
ported. Some Of his cavalry may kaya
crossed the river, aud probably did. They
burnt one or two bridges on the Baldmofs
aud Oiiio railroad, and tore up the ,tsseik
for some distance.
In the period Of 90 days jackson marcL.
ed from Stannton TO Mcdowell, where, in
conjunction with johnson, be whipped Sill
roy thence to Franklin, 30 miles distant !:
thence to Earrisonburg, 95 miles, over
Shenandoshmou "a real Jordan road, !"
as soldier described iti; thence to Front
Royal via Luray, 55 miles thence to Win
chester. 20 n,i es thence beyond Charles
ton, 26 miles. In his expedition he fought
four battles and number Of skirmishcs,
killed aud wounded considerable number
Of the enemy, took 5000 prisoners, secured
millions OF doIa,s worth fion the enemy.
and chased Banks out of the Valley Of
Virginia, and across the Pet,mac. All
this lac did in 22 days, and with q loss of
but little upwards of 100 in, killed and
wounded,
In this sketch. We omit all mention of
what the telegraph is telling us that Jack
son:. :.is now doing That, we hope, will
make IN another chapter OF fame for the
.untiring hero.