The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-09-15

piled over one another In heaps
Inc rebels were close upon them aud those who
were down could on'y surrender. The rebels beg an
6ripg into and sAheIing the PROSTATE men, Soue
oi them were crushed under their etrn9gtIng horses
Capt Chamber lain. wbose horse had faiisn i,poa
him, shouted ~ he rebel leader TINT his men v.ore
helpless. and the firing ordered 10 cease Cap.
Motley and Capt. Wells. with most OF their men
escaped Crpf. Chamberlain, with about twenty
| msr, was captured An were liberated next day
| on parole.
| Before the men were sent OF Gen Lee mad.
them specct, advised the to take az arms
again to subjnsate the South, de Jared that there
are and mnst DO two Confrderaeies this cont
nent, aud dscoursed at length ethics aud poli.es
in gensral, by all OF which the Han w.ra duiy sii
hod Capt. Chamberlain had long ION es,satioa
with Fitzhush Lee and Stuart. and reports that
their cavalry turce il Very large foolesyi!la ,ii
6ens fired from house, along th. streets on the re
treating cavalry. At Jamestown the rebels flung
stones and bottle. and all Of missiles trO the
windows.
The letter Indignantly adds that the s,st duty
performed by the lst regiment Mary land volunteers
called out for the deence IF the State WAS 10 pour
vol!ey into the retreating Federal cayally The
correspondent from that thinks ,ha: the Mary land
troops cannot be relied OH.
THE PANIC IN NPENNsYLvANIA-rHE STAMPEDE.
The very latest intelligence published in the
Northern papers is dated Wednesday night DOH }
midnight. 1t comes from State messenger wuo was
sent by the Governor Of Poausylvan to ascertain
the ststa OF asfaifs. IL says:
lie reached position On the mountains overlook
ing Frederick, and, by leans of u glass SAW ali
that was going ON in town. lie arrived there about
eleven O'Clock this morning, and SAYS there was
evidently movement Of troops III the direction of
Middletown and Boonsboro' going on. Farmers in
formed him that 4 forward movement began ut
three this mornins-supposed to be about twenty
thousand.
The messenger then crossed tho mountain TO
within two miles Of Marysvi!ie, aud reached posi-
tion overlooking BoouSbOro'- lie SAW three re;si-
men,s Of infantry, one Of cavalry, eight cannon.
and a large number Of wagons. The soldiers looked
ragged shoeless, and hatlesh
1t Is now certain thai no rebels b "a entered Ia-
gsrstown at six p. n. jackson undoubtedly moved
from Boonsboro towards Hagerstown; but there
is nothing reliable as to lid Rear approach to ia
gerstown. He may bs moving to Wiliiamsport
to Off General White, now at Martins
burg and Harper's Ferry, direct npon Wsynss
boro', in this State. The former is most probable
The Northern Central Railroad and telegraph are
still untouched.
The people Of Pennsylvania are now thoroughly
aroused, end one Thousand men from Berks county
and one thousand from Chester will probably be-
here by morning, in anticipation of the Governors
CALL and within ty-iour houcs 20 900 wilt
De in the Cumberland Valley, and bsfore Jaca son
can reach Chafnbersburg, be will be required to neet
and overcome $1,000 of Pennsyivania's yeomauly
General Wool has been assigned to the co,p naad
a mail carrier WAS taken prisoner and held i've
hours. He says great numbers threw themselves
down in the middle of the road, attacked with bill
ious chollc, caused by eating green corn.
A skin mish took place between the Michigan cav
airy and Virginia csvssy leading the rebel al.
vance al Barnesvil.e A rebel lieutenant WAS
killed and two pTeates captured. 1hey say
Jackson lead tne column.
The Iebai tickets were within A mile AMI 4 half
OF Esgerstown et eight this morning
The main body appears 10 BE- going between
Barnesviile and Sharpsbnrg, eiSLf inles balow Tia
gerstown.
The rebel pekets nciforrnly told the farmers that
Jackson leads the rebel army, ANA The Cumberland
Valley is their destination
Much excitement prevailed in Greencastle, Pa
about thrty-,wo miles from Frederick, Wednes
day night abou. he rebels" 4 dispatch froin
there says:
They are ID 10 be advancing tow ards that place
by way Of CaveoVn, 50 AS to get IL the Tear and
cut off the retreat OF those who might attempt
get away. Up to I'VE Z. n no s!gns ot the
envy appeared a. any puat, although some two
hours previous negro among others reported Them
within three miles Of the Town.
The people there Wel". very much excited, and
numbers were leaving With th6ir families while
oWLe., al hocEes weio hendius iheIl .nt nf town
thai the Geo>i4 shat. not 5e2e them. A Lor;e at
wagon could no! be hired Il any prioa.
islpoRrANT FROM THE wFsr- THE coarFDERaIes
VII nv MitIfS of ttNiNtlDH.
The news from the West is important The
Conftderates, numbering about 1900 infantry and
Oo0 cavalry, arrived in sight Of Coving,on Ky,
on the 10th. Business sgain suspended in Gin
cnnati, and military CONF pslies were ordered to
report fer duy at : o'clock On the morning of the
llth. Three thousand isborers ordered TO
commence work on the trenches. A dispatch from
Cincinnati Wednesday night, at 10 o'clock says:
train Of thirty ambuances, iih fas OF trace.
lett here yesterday afternoon, for the use Of our
wounded at Richmond. When they were twelve
miles distant they were ord.red 10 halt by the
pickets Of General Ewing. They did 10, AID tie
officer iii command OF the ainbusEces was taken
bsioCe General Heath who informed him that he
could no. pass tie train. lie receiving
flags Of truce AT present. ,An appeal WAS then made
- General Kirby Smith, who promptly .iio. ol
snbulancca 10 proceed
oar scouts repoi, that the rebels ,rc mo-, my ia
two divisions, numbering lU,UOO men. Early this
morning large rebel cavalry force attacked our
pckets on Licking river, driving them back mle,
several Of whom We're wounded Our whole force
tue river was drawn up in !inp of battle At
noon TO day. One OF our Iiien was killed in the
picket skirlnlSh.
LOUISVILLE, Sept. l0--Hon. Richard Appe.son
from Mount Sterling, reports Humphrey Marshall,
there, with 4.G0O troops, including cavalry and
tiIlery, arresng citizens, searching houses, sc. 1t
is reported that force OF rebel cavalry took pos
session Of Eminence. Ky last night. John Ii Nor
gan occupies the O5se1ptr and Reporter Office as
headquarters. Hon, Joshua r. bell, recently
condtonaliy released BY the rebels arrived at the
Gait House to-day. IL is rumofed that about 4 900
rebels from Lexington last Sunday took possession
OF Lebanon to day.
THE CITIZEN PRISONERS AT RICHMOND.
The Washington correspondent Of tha New York
Tribune noticing the capture Of the citizens Of
Washington who went out to the battle field to
take care of the wounded, says some were vo!un
teer citzons and were department clerks,
who had before constituted an infantry battalion
for home defence. OF the capture he says:
As the hacks toiled up the heights of Centrevle,
passing through the shattered columns OF POpe's
army it became evident that the victory not
q great one. There was no iubilation in the ap.
pearance OF these men aGd in INSTRUMENTATION
with them, and officers all expressed the Opin-
ion that no victories could be under Nc Doweil
and Pope AS for our hacks, out Of about two hun.
dred which started from Washington, only sixteen
were present. Rumors We're atiOat that number
had been engaged by the clerks of the departments
and volunteer assistants to carry them back TO thS
city. The horses had given out in some places and
the hacks In others. The battlefield was in pos
session of the enemy, and, in fact there was moth
ing for the volunteers to do but walk back-a pleas
apt prospect, whch number Of them at once pro-
ceeied to realize. few went forward at all risks
toward the field, to carry out the purpose which
led them there. These got captured by Me rebels.
The following letter received at Varins by
flag Of truce from three ii the sufferers who got
captured"
LIBBY PRISON Sept. T. 1862