The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1863-07-02

guarded BY about ihrss hundred cavalry. Ewen had
orders to march Monday night or early on Tuesday
morning; bus fss not made pablo ho dd nrA
commence 70 move I'm command unts yesterday 81 frs
A. n o. the column did not ret out Of Car sio
until nine A. ~ he had about twelve thousand On Of
the three arms Of he service.
There was division under Command Of Gen n, Brad
ley johnson that encanped two miss wsss q Carlisle
ms force AID not pass through Carlisle, ~ rssreated
with evident precpancy towards shpps 1ssars yestsr
day afternoon. So hasty was the n Of shis COM
mand that cooked rations were len beh a.
General Early took hundred 49, twenty six pri
soners At Gettysburg These prisoNsrs wers .ken 70
Carlisle and piacee under guard h tho market house
Here they kept twelve hoarA when they were pa
rolled Ae nature Of tho pAyole required them 70 remain
twentyfOur hours in town-frm i've O'Clock eve ming
They fulfilled their parole and started towards Harris
burg this morning. whA these prisoners
veyed from Gettysburg hey had pass through Ship
pensbura At that place their shoes stripped from
them, and they marched barefoot to Carlisle Al
the latter pace the townspeope furnished them with
shoes 70 90 10 Harrisburg
Tho following speaks for itself. II addressed 70
GrsRRAL oRnERs--so. 49,
HEADQUARTERS, Army or NORnERy NReIMA,
iNAMHKRspuRG, Pa, June ~, 1858
The commanding general has observed with marked
satisfaction the conduct Of the troops the march, and
confidently antci ates results commensurate with the
high spirit thev have manifested No troops could have
displayed grenter fortude or better performed the ardu
marches Of tho ten days Their conduct In other
respects ms with few exceptf been keeping with
their character as soldiers and entities them TO approba
tOn nd praise.
There have however been instances Of forgetfnness
the part 81 some that they have in keeping the yet
unsulied reputation OF the army and that the duties
acted ns by civilization and christianity not less
obligatory IN The country of tho LAO in our own.
The commnni,ng raj considers =. greater dis
grace could brfl Tho army, and rsfni. i tnr whce
peope than per}etrati0n the tr'n
upon the innocent and de.enceess rnr'nn ~
strucon OF private property that have marked The
The enemy In our country Sach proceeding -
only DISGRACE the perpetrators and ali connected with
thm snbversve Of The discpliGe and efficiency
the and destructive Of the ends OF our present
movement II must be remembered that we make war
only upon armed and that cannot take
for the wrongs people have suffered without lowering
ourselves in the or all whose adherence has
been excited bv the atrocities Of our enemy, and of.
Tending Against Him to whom bel0ngetb with
out whose favor and support our efforts must all in
vain.
mo commanding general therefore, earnestly exhorts
the troops 70 abstain with most scrupuous from
necessary or wanon injury TO private property and he
snons upon all officers to and bring summary
punishment all who shall in any way offend against the
orders On this subject. r. +. LEE, General.
The following copy Of certificate for goods taken
Carlisle
CARLISLE, Pa, June %. 1853.
This 10 certify that have this day received of Mr.
John Rcble for the Of this DIVISION ETY. bushels
JOHN A. ROGERS
Major and Chief Quartsrmaster Second Division.
when the rebels came into town here they madc
immediate requiston twenty thousand pounds Of
bacon, hundred sacks Of SALT fifteen hundred barrels
Of -four twenty barrels OF potatoes twenty i've bar
reis Of molasses, hve thousand pounds Of coffee five
thousand pounds Of sugar twenty I'VE Thousand pounds
Of dried rruit and for various other articles in small
quantities Their design seemed 10 be 10 completely rid
the OF these articles They also made another re-
QUESTION for three hundred OF qunine, ninety
pounds Of chIoroform, fifty pounds Of gum opium, &C.
They took all the drugs and medicines they wanted also
surgical instruments
curious incident occurred last night. At twelve
O'Clock guard sent to search the Manor House for
something eat for General jenkins. The searchers
found part Of cold turkey in the cellar and this
set before the General.
When the rebels were in town they kept female spy
At the Mansion House. She pretty, hut impudent
piece o: rebel calico.
General Ewell made his headquarters at the barracks.
Those were not destroyed
The rebels did great damage to the railroad. They
have destroyed treste work bridge, built on stone
piers, near the town, completely and have torn down
the piers the rails up all the woodwork
The track also torn up and much destroyed for nearly
mile out OF town. portion Of the railroad is also
destroyed between Carlisle and MELVILLE Tho telegraph
wires have suffered much.
While the rebels town they preserved the best
Of discipline, and order prevailed everywhere. Hats,
boots, &c, they paid for in rebel scrip. and then
offered TO buy It up at thirty per Most Of the
citizens took this but kept the money for curiosity
They went into Adams Express Office and took away all
the boxes in IL.
Tho rebels when here had regular mail Communication
with Richmond, including the newspapers. Two mails
were distributed TO them while here.
From Mr.. Woodward they three thousand dollars
worth OF grain.
Some rebel soldiers committed rape Miss Worst,
in Frankfort township. She lived at Mr. 6ephart's.
Last night hand car came down hero from shippens
burg with bearer OF dispatches to Colonel McCare
The bearer reported only few rebel pckets en- shppens.
burg.
There are not many citizens In town today II III now
very quiet here The town looks very dirty scarcely
presents any strange sights Tho rebels bore were
more dirty than ragged The enemy cut down telegraph
wires for mles and made canes Of them.
The enemy selected thousand dollars worth Of good.
principally provisions which they could not send away
for want Of transportation.
THE REBEL LEVY AT sHlREMANsTOwN.
SHIRExAssTowS, Pa, July LIAM.
The enemy did particular damage here. They only
made levy for something to cat
REBEL OCCUPATION OF MECHANICSBURG
MsHASssrse, Pa, July LOAN.
The enemy agreesbly disappointed the people here by
his actions General Jenkins preserved the best Of order
in town. He had his at the Ashland House
sunday, and ordered citizens TO furnish atons for
1900 men, and Monday for only 100. The citizens
complied as far as they could
The rebels did carry OF large amount OF stores
IN warehouse here and did particular damage abcu,
town
EVACUATION OF sHIPPENsguRG.
NEwvIrir Pa, July 1-l30Pk.
All rs now quiet hero. The enemy are said TO have LEFT
shippensburg have seen several citizens lust from
shrresburg and they all confirm this report hey say