The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1862-07-30
morgan on His Rounds.
CONFEDERATES ON FEDERAL SOIL

PETERSBURG, July 25-The Petersburg
Express has n special despatch from Knox.
v'iir, announcing the arrival of a special
messenger to Headquarters, Tennessee, from
Morgan, dated Georgetown, July IS. lie
says he had captured eleven cities and towns
win heavy amount Of arms and stores,
and has force sufficient to hold all the
country outside of Lexington and Frank.
'or'' which places are chiefly garrison.d by
home guards. The bridges between Ley
ington and Cincinnati nave been nil do.
s,roved
MOBILE, Jnly 25.-h special despatch to
the Advertiser und Register, dated Jackson.
oath, states that Lieut.. Col. Ferguson. Of
St"rks Cavalry, with two companies aud n
held battery, captured and destroyed Fed.
e'nl mail STEAMER at Skipn ilh's Landing, 80
miles above Vicksb1rg Col. Ferguson
succeeded in obtaining possession Of the
mail bsg from the steamship Richmond, en-
route for Washington, the contents of
which is highly interts,ing. Yankee letters
admit the impossoiIity of capturing Vicks
ours without an immense land force, AID
a'h''t That the Arkansas whipped ,hem.-
hey eVince great terror of The Arkansas.
Her appearance round the bend this morn
ing was The signal for general skeduddle,
lhe o"mbardment continued slowly.
VIcK>BUEG, July 22.-At half pas; 4 O.
CLOCK, this morning, Two iron rams enrnp.d
Tie Arkansas An attempt to boa. d her by
INC Essex resulted in miserable failure -
shot through one of her portfolios killed
and wounded six or seven on the Arkansas
The second ram, supposed to be the Mon.
arch' turned tail, badly crippled. The
weather is dreadfully hot
special despatch to the Tribune, dated
Grenada, 23d, says that New Orleans dates
OF The 18th says that llalleck has been or.
dered TO Washington TO take the chi.i
command Of the troops of the United
States. He issued his farewell address to
the troops ut Corin,h on the I7lb.
Sherman hns evacuated Germantown, In.
Grange and Moscow, moving hi, whole
force to Memphis, and burning these towns
on his flight.
ou' guerilas took Henderson, XIV, on
the 18Th, and crossed the Ohio River into
Indiana, and captured New berg, with $50
Federal prisoners. Great consternn,iop
prevailed at Evansville, indiana, and CIV
Mur'on had called out the militia. A Dor.
ton Of Curtis army have left Helena for
some point below, probably Vicksburg.
RICHMOND, July 25.-The following oifi .
elal despatch was received this morning:
KNOXVILLE, July "a.
To Gen. s. Cooper:
Col. Morgan sends a despat.h, dated
Georgetown. Kentucky, 18th instant. attn.
ting that he has taken eleven cities and
towns, with very heavy army stores, and
has force suificien, TO hold ali the coum,rv
between Lexington and Frankfort, which
places are chiefly garrisoned by home
guards. The Bridges between Lexington
and Cincinnati have been DESTROYED.
(Signed) Z. KIRBY SMITH
sPeciai despatch 10 the Advertise. and
Regis dated Jackson, 25th, says it is re.
ported that the lower Federal fleet, with
the transports, went below last night
Great commOtion was observed in the flee,
above this morning. II is also reported
That large Federal force is embarkinr n,
Memphis, which is supposed is designed for
n land attack on Vi;ksburg.