Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1862-09-09
LATEST NEWS
By TELEG RAPH.
THE REBELS CHING INTO
MARYLAND.
ST0NEMALl JACKSON RE.
PORTED At FREDERICK,
Reported DoAth Of Rebel GeneYs
EWeil.
FL aCTI0N IN SAN FRANCISCO.
The War in Virginia.
From Washington.

From Washington.
WASHINGTON. Sept. Z.
From one Of the 7imes' respondents who has
just returned from foolsyille. earn that on
Thur day night the rebels begun TO wi h
airy at or near the mouth of the Monococy. They
brought over two regiments ef cavalry and threw
over pontosn bridge and eros ed with artillery
| and threw out pickets towards Pooesville. On
FrldAv, about III o'clock, a column Of infantry and
artillery commenced to They crossing
in three aces besides the bridge, the water bel }
up t. the mems waist. No resistance ffered
to their crossing. Soma cagaray who we're watch
ing tn EN- were attackei and chas cd 20 Poolesville
There the houses were closed and the streets
| blockaded by the citizens. Tho farmers fired up
on our flying cavalry as they passed. Alb ut dusk
Gen Lee rcde into Poo'esville ut the head OF four
regiments Of infantry and guided BY farmer who
h.d ben professedly Union man. Their infant
ry went Of to the lett towards Frederick burg
he rebel Genls Lee, Hill, Stuart, and II Lee
! are with the main army. Their wagon :rains
were crossing on Saturday and Sunday morning.
The farmers are bringing in hay and provisions
Of all kinds and giving them away. There is not
q loyal III IN with one or two exec ptions there
The women received them with flags and tokens
Of JOY.
SU>DAY,'l1. p m.-Ths following account has
just been received from the U; per Potomac and is
believed to be reliable Tho rebel force in the
neigh borhood of Jamestown ard CT rksburgh is
estimated at SEQ and is composed Of cavalry. A
body Of the enemy 500 strong, or ssed the
lass night at Whites ferry and suIpss ed to be
route Tor Frederick. Our forces old the bridge
across Seneca creek. which not inj ured by the
rebels on their return from the recent dash on
Jamestown.
1t has been ascertained that jackson crossed
the Potomac opposite Il g mUu h o. the Monoc cy,
and passed along the bank of that stream to
Frederick. rebel picket captured near Clarks-
burg to- day. says Jackson's torce is As coo.
kuaiS nd Carr of here fo
obtain certain certain changes the management
of the war in the West.
AJvces from Gainesville state that the rebel
General II IL arrived about two and half miles
beyond :;ull Run day before yesterday, with 3D.
900 from Richuond division under Gen.
Walker has lett Gain>ville for Lefsb rg. My in.
formant saw Jacksoa, Longstreet, and H'li at
Gl,nsrie, and had A. piec IS Of artillery, mo ..ly
fled guns, and nsne larger than II 2psundeIs.-
At Ccnte-vlle he saw a few cayar only, and
battery which was returning from having as they
said, driven the Yahkees away from Munson's
Hill One Of the Ttm.s' CORES spondent who left
the vicinity Of Tair.ax a. o'clock this morning
says our pickets are within niles OF that place
The s:emy's pckets seem to be within mile Of
Fairfax in semi circular shape on the south west
There has been no artion there vet. The
Times cores spordent at Port hoya. under date Of
the 2l inst, gives report that a large steamer
suppo ed TO be the Nashville, hai been burnt bv
the rebels in Savannah river the proceeding
cf The guls at Fort Pula XII, while attempting to
run out early in the morning and being INA bic TO
get her of the rebels were obliged to bur her TO
prevent her from fall g into our hand. The
7ritun. core eSp3ndent writing from Washington
the 9Th says. The rebel surgeon who ampu ed
Ger. Ewels leg, told me q; one surgeon that said
yesterday that Gen Ewel had since died. The
erier or court Of inqnry into the causes Of the
recent reverscs. has been countermanded Acquia |
Creek was evacuated yesterday md 58 cars we're
ln-,. -
The engines aud whatever else could be carried
away were brought to the CITY Before the trans
ports got out OF sight squad Of reb- cavalry
appeared a mile from the river and were scattered
by shells from gunhoat. A cilizen of Freder- |
icksburg who came into Acqu,a Creek a day or
two ago, reports th at tho inhabitants were found
with but two houses after Burnside evacuated the
place.
An escaped prisoner who was in the hands Of
the rencls lays, says that all the Federal forces
1T Frederick fell back to fiarper', Ferry. but be
fore doing SO had on Thursday night, burnt the
hospital and commissy-y stores aod removed the
sick and wounded. On Friday p. m. the rebel
pickets extended cut as far as New Market, elght
miles south east Of Frederick. The Federal pick
cts were withdraw Is miles from the me place
The rebels had got possession of two three cars
at Fredercks, some of which were loaded With old
pontoon bridges.
Intelligence arrived here la It nj ht and was ad-
diionaliy confirmed this morning Of the occupa-
uOn or FREDERICK City, MAT land, by the rehcl
forces naturally excited much surprise with in
digna tion and alarm. There wa but lii lie oppor-
tunity for obtaining information from that point
almost all the Intelligence coming by the way of
Bal imore. The Government authorities received
the news early yesterday evening in written doc
umentary form
Last night immense bodies Of our troops were in
motion for the upper Potomac and elsewhere and
to-day the MILITARY operations continue. Nearly
all the rebel trooIs have apparently been with
drawn from our from, ,none in large force remain.
There is no doubt that large reintorcenents Of
rebels were yesterday passing from Ashby's Gap |
south If Leesourg if intending to cross at Sny
ker's Ferry which is between Pciut Of Rocks and !
Edwards Ferry.
The rebels move in solid colu ns first, cavalry
next artillery then infantry, with their baggage in
the rear and aga IN are followed in the same or er |
BY similar descriptions of troops.
The people Of the valley have contributed to the |
subsistence of the rebels. and doubtless furoish
them with all needed in formation. Nothing has |
been heard from our troops at Harpers Ferry and |
Martinsburg, who are cut IF from reinfovcemenis |
by rebels towards Frederick. person who came |
here to-day, having left Frederick between nine |
and ten o'clock last night horseback, says that
the rebel forces there ars estimated at 40 900
under Stonawall J ackson. From this gentleman |
conversation with rebel soldiers he dis crned the |
impression that Of their obj ects is to destroy
the western central Pennsylvania railroad, and !
otherw 20 operate in that State, and having ute
rior designs OIL " Washington and Baltimore. Our |
informant was glad to leave the neigh borhood Of
Frederick without caring to remain longer to YER
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