, 1863-06-26

it was understood that Longstreet, in COM
mand Of tie right wing Of Lees army, was
1ten crossing tlc Potomac, below Williams.
port. The main body Of A. P. Hills forces,
comprising the center Of Lees army, WAS
understood, yesterday, to be somewhere bo.
tween Winchester and Martinsburg, moving
towards the. river. To-day, we have no
doubt, from nl1 the information We have
gathered, that tho whole Of Ewell'scolumn Is
in Pennsylvania, not far from Chambersburg.
Tic gentleman who eaw Ewclls troops,
says they lad with them avery Large number
Of empty wagons. It is evident from this
fact that they intend to gather al the sup.
plies they can aEd.
Nc 1LLvASE's HOTEL, II NILES WEST or
McCosSE1IsBuRo, June 25.-The rebels iu
force, entered McConncllsburg last night at
o'clock. The telegraph operator after SIX
llt u'e journey through the mountains reach,
I'd this Place and established IN office. The
rebel Advance was met By the 12th Pcnnsyl.
vanIa eayalry, and brisk skirnish cnsued,
Tie 1eth YVES finally. compelled to retreat be.
fore the superior numbers of.the enemy with
loss Of three wounded.
A regiment Of militia under Col. Sink fell
back Mt the cdyat CO Of the enemy, but an in.
+ depend. company under Capt. Wallace took
its position in the mountains, bushwhacking
The rtbels with great success. Numbers Of
nbcls are known to have been killed, but the
extent Of their loss Is unknown.
UAnn1sBURo, June Is, 80 p. m.-During
the whole Of last night and, aud up to the
present time, long trains Of wagons laden
With goods and household furniture, have en-
tered the city. The turner's are tlocking in
with their horses, and also any number Of
contrabands Of all ages and sex.
There arc about coo contrabands between
here and Carlisle, on the way. Many Of OUT
citizens art packing up their goods ready for
shipment. The matter Of declaring martial
law~ts under consideration, to prevent the
ab1e-bodied men from leaving the city.
The rebel column Is slowly advancing on
ta1hsle'
114pE1fn1A' june ::5.-Ihe fenns5lyani'
ffalifoad company mas received ol=pateh
ooted cafhsle IL oeloek th's morning. "mctl
says the rebels commenced moving at 10
o'clock this morning, and their advance xas
then eight miles of.
~ ouf'ness IL psa ''a'is sosienueo III tn1s Guy
tfnnaoe.pn'a1 to'oay' hece'pts ana snip.
menle VI eoooa W 1ce 1enoss1san1a ceatra'
hnlroao are temporarily SUSPENDED.
1he teoelS nave zen regiments Win ar11l.
Iery and caFnlrs' On son'h Mountain, beyond
Genst on1g.
counts last night from trederiek arc that
there are no rebels nearthere. The force ID the
valley beyond South Mountain has made no
movement In this direction. There are no
rebels east of Booneshoro, which Is four miles
west Of South Mountain. Information at
headquarters goes to confirm the3pr< vlous nc.
counts Of heavy rebel force being in The val.
ley west Of Boonesboro. They were moving
notthward, but it was not ascertainesl
whether they were taking the Chambersbury
road, or the road lending to Gettysburg. The
artillery accompanying this body of rebels is
said to lumber sixty six pieces.
PHILADELPHIA, June 25-The Baltimore
4mtriean, Of yesterday, says: There Is no
aonoer onr donht th,t "a nn,noaoe , 70.
nax,1 ~ tba .ttcnnt ~ c,nt,,-a w.zh;n1-
I'm h. +ha ay.-r,on5 -on+a IT. oh.onoo &,
~ r,,..1s.,sa rs1,o., :. g. s:, s.,-
~. r. :. 1,a1,..-os .t.t - ,.7'. s
p,'es' ~ - oe'ies eo tna1 ne lns ~ purpose
~ psns..a.4ng " .la.!1'as: '. ~ a@o W.
80 NnAs ..o4 go "... - a c l@so
t ~ ne,.,. 14 ~, w. ,r1 uss"esa
~. s -. ,raA1.s Hs,.,.. a eus 'Uu. ~
.;o,,t M1ar - f1aa,-or,s s-n,,- ana T. ..1a.
lie con,n,nd '
Tho pbi1,da1nh,, z,n,,;r-,- h.a &ho fo,,o,r,,s
81, c,o1a.
EcCoonc,1sburg w,s occo MED bv rc}e, cav.
a1ry this evening.
lee md Loneetreet were bDtb at w;nc,,cs-
ter m Friday. With 10 GOO men. They intend.
ed To crcss tta Potomac in two f1ays.
Rhodes, rebel division of 10000. left uag.
crstovn m Tuesday for rCbamhershnrf-. Jobn.
s+on,a raha1 div,sion 10 nm md tbfrteen
~" ~ oI,,,a-'. - a,s ' ~ es-a..a'srs
pieces cf artillery, crossed at snepardslo"n,
on Sunday. Half of the force left Boonesboro
nm Tuesday fnr the North. tfe other halfvent
- Tu.n,a.s....t Tsa ...1oa,, - 49,, H. =
~ "uaahlePoi1' LIS ae4"eu"st 1Aeis 411s
been destroy ed by the rebels, also number Of
bridges.
It is generally believed that the greater part
ofTa.is army crosscd ;n+o A5,rviar5 sincn
r.ss -. 80, c,'o.,,..a.:~ ~, 1.Ts,
,,amaS,4 s,aas, ~ AD'4' A'pAAo''0"n 0no " -
HAHpIsn1rRe .Iune 2t-NidnIpht. The
rebels are within twenty five miles Of Harris
hrrr Tho ononp,a ro1nmn to1tad ,bont
ou,s' 49, , ..ss'r ~ eo-.
eight miles Inc otners1aeo1 Garasle ana went
into camp. The authorities ARE In telegraphic
corrrnnico+;or will. Garr;son,s Station two
- ~, n. ~, 4.
hlles uonl tne leoe1 plehets' aneI LUIS w.
night Is very strong. The result OF to-moF-
row Ia looked forward to with much anxiety.
h,++,o will nnf,oph+ca1r In fonrbt or tha
. ua'..c ".n ueo' ~ .vns E,nh. " WI
place cVacnateo oe1ofe to-morroW nlgat.
Everything is quiet in the neIghborhood OF
Gpttrsfrr1r md Hanover Jnnction.
The reht1 oner,tor, IT. II, o,cloc, to.n,ebt NJ.
tne feoe1 opei.lola' ~ . elocA 1o,hlsa' ~.
tached wires ut MeConnellebVrg and opened
communication with Plttsburg. He told d
1onr s+ovv obont Jenkins and what he In,
TN ten5ed s,G Gofnr No reliance IL nlaced o,, f. 49,
teSHsw N.Y. VIE WEE 1nna 9SMA Har1;shnr1 M ~ a,a.
,fch to fha rad stata5 that
S 1nr E1esaa9 W. ronet; i that m t saho9s ~