Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1863-07-03

portion of the road from the north. II,
then crossed the Tallahatchie, pursued
Chalmers beyond the Coldwater on thu
Helena road. Chalmers endeavored t
cross the Tallahatchie at the mouth o
the Coldwater, when Wisner killed IL
or 20 of his men and took 40 prisoners
He paroled all the sick as Pamela ant
brought away or destroyed all the army
supplies, workshops, mills, tanneries, de
pots, &c. He passed within three miles
of Austin and Commerce, destroying i'm
mense amounts of forage and subsistence
took GOO to 800 horses and mules, SOC
head of cattle. sent detachments NORTH
and east from Helena to destroy or bring
away all substance, forage, horses
mules, &c, passed through five counties
travelled 200 miles and crossed three
rivers. Chalmers had with him Stokes
Sinners and Blythes men, 900 strong
with three pieces of artillery. The re-
mainder of his force, 900, fled south via
Charleston.
Phillips destroyed all the ferries al
Pamela and Cold Water, lost one mar
killed and five wounded. His fight al
Tallahatchie was very severe. The enc
my's loss was over 100. A large mum.
Der of companies raised in Northern
Mississippi have joined Faulkners, Chal-
mers, Ruggles and Roddy, who had ar
ranged movement on our lines which
was broken up by this raid.
Gen. Garpleson had made speech at
Oxford, Miss, threatening to force into
service every man in the county if COM
panies were not organized to reinforce
Johnston.
THE DEFENsEs or PTTTsBURG.
The Notifications enclosing Pittsburg
on all sides are nearly completed, and
every day there are nearly 10000 men
engaged in pushing them to completion.
The labor already done has placed the
city in such position that we do not be-
lieye the combined forces of the South
could take it. They would have TO fight
through miles of entertainments, forts
and rife pits, placed in such position as
10 command every approach. The
streets are filed with men from morning
until night drilling and preparing them
selves for any emergency.
sPECULATIoNs AS TO LEES DESIGNS.
The Washington Star of Wednesday
Ifternoon says: There is nothing known
0 justify the current story that Lee has
100000 men al Winchester. There is
10 probability in the coun saying
hat a large force of rebels was yes
erday evening moving from the direction
# Boonesboro to Frederick. If true,
however, it simply proves that Lee pro-
,oses 10 steal in as many directions as
'ossible and over as great an extent Of
erritory as possible, in the shortest posi-
lie time, for he cannot be swooping west
0 Pittsburg with large armies directed
gainst each, while he also tarries at
Winchester with 100000 men--such
eing the tenor Of the various accounts
inning to Washington since our last is
lie. In truth, up to 2 p. m. Thursday,
re have been able to learn nothing JUS
flying the change of impression we late
7 published that Lees main object in
oming north was to attack Washington
he can induce Hooker to scatter his
rmy, and that he is trying to accom-
fish that object while at the same time
applying his forces from Maryland and
pennsylvania with absolutely necessary
lings of which the rebel territory with
his reach is utterly exhausted. The ,
ost deplorable fact involved in the stu =,
ion is the certainly apparent utter /
competency of the people of Pennsyl- f
mia to protect themselves and aid the :;
use even to the poor extent of driving q
cir horses and cattle north, and con- O
aling their coveted other goods be- =
re the different little squads of rebel ;,
valry pounce on them.
EN-. LEES PRoGRAMME-HoW 1T is TO n
BE DONE. e
A Louisiana officer, taken prisoner by .
cavalry, makes the follow 6
2 credible disclosure of Lees plans u
r the present campaign, which is con- G,
med by the movements thus far: !
The aggressive position assumed by 4
en-. Lee was resolved upon in cabinet e.
nncil at Richmond as far back as the >,
ddle of May. At that time it was h
animously decided that the army u
ould move from Fredericksburg for .,
} valley of The Shenandoah, avoiding q,
its march any contact with Hooker's III
hit wing, then too strongly fortified to o.
attacked with success. Hooker's po- N