Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-06-30
FRONT THE UNITED STATES

We are in possession Of New York Her
all' Of June 24th. The principal items oi
interest are comprised in the following ex
tracts:
The Situation article of the Herald
SAYS:
The news from the Pennsylvania invasion
continues to be the most absorbing topic, and
the intelligence to-day is exciting enough.
The enemy rcoccupied Chambersburg at |
o'clock yesterday morning with considerable
force General Knipes, with his commalfd,
fell back tn Shippcnsburg. There were no
signs of the Rebels around Frcdrick yesterday.
Gen. C"uch's corps was in possession Of the
| city last evening.
The Rebels gutted all the stores in Grceneas-
| tie and Chambersburg and robbed the whole
country of cattle ana horses. There appears
to be very little doubt that an army Of con-
siderable iorcc-of infantry, cavalry and ar
| tillcry--is advancing upon Harrisburg. At
seven o'clock last night, the news was that the
advance ut our troops was entering the town
Of Carlisle, falling back before the rebels, and
that the citizens were flying towards lar-
risburg.
Yesterday afternoon the rebels, one thou
sand stIsng, were at Scotland, six miles near
or to Harrisburg than Chambersburg. The
people were everywhere flying before them.
The rebels were said to be ut Cniontown
yesterday, Which is only forty miles from Pitts
burg, and, consequently, the excitement Of
the inhabitants ot' the latter place was in
| tense. All business was suspended, and the
citizens were making anxious preparations
fox defence. They are digging trenches. and
extending for miles outside the city.
In an editorial on tho "dcSigns Of Gen.
Lee" the Herald says:
The army of Cen Lee is in the Shenandoah
Valley. Some Of his advance dctachments
are in Maryland and Pennsylvania: but they
have lnSitatcd So long on the borders that VT
cannot imagine that they ever mcditatcd
march upon Harrisburg. Lee is playing an
other g;lnc: he is manGuvrrinS for the
back door Of Washington, and if lie can
get over the Blue Ridge through some of
the caps between Winchester and llar-
pcr's Ferry without detection. it is possible
that our first information Of his whereabouts
may be that his main army has again crossed
into Maryland at the iords of the Potomac
near LecSburs. The Herald" closes its ar
ticlc bv calling attention to THE fine opening
offered ut Richmond for Il magnificent bit Of
strategy in that direction, and adds, that ''if
Lee has undertaken all the risks Of S;lcr-
hcng Richmond to get into Washington, now
is the time TO secure Washington by tho cap
turc Of Richmond"
Affairs at Nicksburg appears from our in
tclliycncc Of the 18th instant. to remain un-
changed The fire of the enemy continues.
but without little damage to our men. We
no reports regarding the movements of Gen.
lIookcr's army. The President, Gen. Hooker,
Mr. Stanton and Gen. llaleck held lengthy
council Of war yesterday, after which the
latter started off on visit to the army
The ''lIerald' sums up the loss in the late
iirht ut .Aldie at lI5 killed, wounded and
missing. Among the killed WAS correSpon-
dent Of the Herald"
4 despatch from Cincinnati, last night, says
the rebels who made the raid into Indiana on
Sunday are still in that State, though their
whereabouts is not known. it was supposed
thew had pushed north of the Ohio and Mis-
sisSippi railroad 1t is reported that one
thousand citizens Of Indiana are encampcd ut
Bloomington for the purpose Of resisting tho
draft. and that they have pickcts out for eight
miles around the town.
The rebel privateers are doing terrible des-
trnction in our waters. The Tacopy is said to
have burned six schooners from Gloucester,
and three ships off Nantucket island, on Mon
day.
TIE CAPTURE or THE ATLANTA.
The official reports Of the officers command
inp the L. 5. steamers Wcehawken and Naiiant
rive Il lengthy account of the Confederate iron
clad Atlanta, on the 18th, in Warsaw Sound,
TIA. The engagement commenced ut FIVE min
E,.n, ~ \
one mile and half distant, fired Il rifed shot
which passed across the stern and struck near
the Nahnnt The Atlanta was lying across
the channel, waiting attack. At quarter past
five o'clock, the L. $. steamers having come
within three hundred yards, commenced firing.
At half past five o'clnck the Atlantas col
ors were hauled down and Il white flag hoist
ed. 4 boat was sent along side, and Mt a
quarter to six. Lieut.. Alexander boarded the
Wcchawkcn to surrender the Atlanta. He re-
ported the vessel aground, on the sand-spit
that makes to the southeast Of cabbage island.
Shortly afterwards Capt W. 4. Webb came on
board and delivered up his sword. On exam
nation Of the Atlanta, it was found that four
of the five shots fired ut her, took effect, first
on the inclined side by fifteen inch
conrd shot. which, although fired at
an angle of fifteen degrees with her keel, broke
in the arlnor and wood backing, strewins the
deck with splintcrs, prostrating about inrty
mcn hv the concrission, and woundinS several
bv broken pieces of armor and splintcrS. Ono
man has since died. The second shot, an H.
inch solid struck the edge of the knucklc, doing
no damage, except breaking q plate or two.
| The third shot, l5-inch concd, struck the top
| Of the pilot-housc, knocking it of and wounding
two pilots and Il steering man at the Wheel
The fourth shot, supposed to be a 1l-inch,
struck the port stopper in the centre, breaking
it in two, shatterinS it very much, and driving
| many Of the fragments in through the port
At ~ minutes past S o'clock, the engine Of
the Atlanta was secured by engineer j. e..
Young, and the vessel backed off into deep
water, when she was brought to an anchor.
| The wounded were sixteen in number.
EUROPEAN NEWS.
The London Army and Navy Gazette, y
thinks Gen. Lee will be obliged on political and
military grounds, to invade the soil OF the
| North.
. The Belfast, Ireland steamer Heroine had,
it was said, been purchased for the use Of the
rebels.
STILL LATER.
We arc indebted to the kindness Of Mr. Petit
of Wise's brigade, for copies Of Philadelphia
papers Of the o5th inst, from which we make
the following interesting extracts: