The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1862-09-19


Nsw YoRK. 8 'ptember IA. -
Thursday - 4 A. NJ. the main body
ut the rehele, consis'ins Of a division
under Jackson, a division nndei
L,ngstrect, a division under ID. II
lii'l and possibly q fourth division
had been encsm,. o ! q, Urbana, oo.n
'menced msrcl ing through Frederick
To u3gcrstown. The movement be.
gan at 4 A. NJ, and las'ei until s
L N. The most liberal estimate
makes the whole force ca 900 strong
including 5000 negroes. The ne
groes were miSed in promiscuously
with the whi,es; many oi them cor.
ried q musket, ssbro, dirk or howl,
knife. Tho vilest, worst looking
person in the whole army. q con
,emp'ible, bloated blackgasrd. wac
Howell Cobb. We have heen doing
a 6ne business to-day in chasing up
rebels.
About 500 prisoners have been
taken in the skirm,shes and ar.
now arriving and being rapidly dls
posed Of. The rear guard Of th.
enemy were fighting obstinately and
contested nearly every inch OF the
ground. Nearly all the Maryland
rrs who enlisted in the rebel army
while in this vicinity, have been
taken prisoners to o.day. In the skir
mish to-day, we have lost in killed
and wounded, but as or 80. The
enemy is said to have suffered SO
verely from one or two OF our cavalry
charges. Two privates oftbe second
Mississippi battalion were captured
THE morning near Lseshurg and
brought to headquarters They
came from Montgomery, Alabamo,
by rail 10 Gordonsville. thence atool
through Calpepper. Manassas, Cen
treville, and Fairfax They intend
TO J in their regiment in marylan /.
They agree in saying that they were
pressed into the rebel service. aud
expressed satisfaction at being pri-
Yates. But few troops are in Rich
mond. they say that city being u lit,
tie moro than q vast hospital They
further report that Charleston, South
Oarolins. ha' been prac,ica ly evac
usted by its citizens, many becoming
fugitives to distant cities and many
9th RS having enoased themselves in
hastily built huts, b,yond the limits
al the corporation an range OF tue
Y ankce gunboats.
Tho Tines correspondent, dated
Sn ,ar L,s, Mountain, Friday, says:
L,st evening \ Uai IN signal corps
went up and occupied the crest Of
the mountain, and signals were KEEP,
up throughout the night.
There has been occasional sIir.
b.tween Il rnesville and
the mountain, als, in the nsighbor-
hood OF llya.tstowu, without mate.
rial result.
II is stated tho enemy were yea
,eriay rotreatihg or moving in the
direction OF Point Of II ,cks. Signal
corps saw from Sugar Loaf, a body
Of cavalry proceeding towards Fred.
orck city yesterday abou' 4 p NJ.
Tho only ,ffsctive tore, of rebela
10 the State Is believed to be- caval
ry. Franklin's corps moved from
noar Rarnesville this morning. -
Cochran's brigade yesterdsy morn.
ng moved over the mouth o! the
Monocacy, TO watch against the sd.
vance OF more rebel troops aorosa the
liver, and to prevent them re. cross.
ing to the Virginia side.
IL 10 we'll known that large droves
,i cattle have been sent from Mary
and to Virginia, Tor the suhsistanoe
81 Lees nrmy, and that within three
isys onr pickets reported that they
were allowed to proceed without op.
position. Tho fact was reported 10
me by an army oflloer while at
Barnesville yesterday.
II AnRI.nuRa, l'snnsylvania, Ser.