Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1863-05-15

special intelligence from Washington to the
effect that General Ialleck is about to take the
field in person. We are told, however, that
he does not do this with the intention Of re-
lieying General Hooker of his command, but
simply ''that he may be in the very presence
OF transpring events, and be better able to in
ftuence their general direction.
Perhaps, the very grossest deception which
has been practiced on the credulity of the pub
lie, recently, was that which originated with
the Philadelphia journals on Saturday last,
and which most of the New York papers OF
Monday were swift either to accept or to en-
dorse rs true. We were told that, Peck or
Keyes, as it was varously stated, had moved
up from Yorktown with thirty thousand men,
and I" in the absence Of the main Rebel force,
had captured Richmond" We were also posi-
lively assured that General Hooker had once
more crossed the Rappahannock in pursuit Of
Lee, who was in r.pid retreat, and, that Gen.
Heintzelman had reinforced the Army of the
Potomac with thirty thousand men. On the
strength of this hattering news, the cities of
Philadelphia and New York were decorated
with gala flags, and the sudden rebound from
bitter disappointment and depression of spir-
its to joyonsness was as marked as it was ge-
neral The New York World declared EN-
phatically--" 1t is true that General Lee is re-
treating, and that General Hooker is again
across the river and in pursuit" Subsequent
ly, however, the World was led to doubt the
accuracy of its intelligence. The Tribune more
cautiously, or cunningly, "guessed I" but
was pretty sure that Hooker, with his army
freshly provisoned, once more, crossed the
Mppahannock during Friday night; whilst
the Times asserted, without any reservation,
that we know it to be true that Gen. Hook
er has transferred his army again to the south
side of the Rappahannock. In the face of all
these descriptions, the Washington cores
pondent of the New York Times now writes in
the following indignant strain "The militia
ry cdRards let fly on Saturday from two Pha-
delphia newspaper Offices to New York were
certainly hatched by Munchausen. Nothing so
false has been published since the war begnn.'
So the whole burden Of the blame is cast upon
the Philadelphia newspaper Offices and the
Times, which caught up their statements and
affirmed TO the truth Of them, publishes its
own condemnation by implication, meelly and
without comment.
A telegram from Louisville, Kentucky, un-
der date of May 10th, reports a skirmish on
the Cumberland river, in which the command
of Colonel Jacobs after two hours hard fight
ing, repulsed body Of Confederates, driving
them back with heavy loss, and in great con-
fusion. On the other hand, telegram from
Lebanon, dated May llth, announces that, ai-
ter eight hours hard fighting with Morgan
cavalry, Colonel Jacobs, whose loss is report
ed to have been heavy, "got his command TO
the north side of the river, and will be rein
forced From this it would seem as if the
success of the 10th turned TO disaster on the
llth.
The latest information received Of the Con
fedcrate cavalry raid in Western Virginia
reaches us from Pittshurg, under date of Mon
day last. From this source we learn that the
raiders visited the oil wells at Burning Spring,
and destroyed the wells that they also burn
ed the boats and destroyed a large number Of
oil wells on the Kanawha river, thirty miles
from Parkersburg. Pittsburg parties have
suffered severely.
THURSDAY, May l4.--No news Of moment
was received from the Army of the Potomac
yesterday.
The entire Confederate force now under Ge-
neral Bragg, in Tennessee is estimated at from
sixty-iye to seventy thousand men--nearly
double Tie number that fought the battle Of
Murfreesboro'.
The Confederate partisan cavalry under
Moseby, have been heard Of again recently in
the neighboIhood of Goose Greek church, Lou
don county, Virginia.
A telegram from Cincinnati reports that Ge-
neral Grant now occupies the town of Jack
son, Mississippi; but the story is not credited
party of guerillas attacked and burned
the United States steamer Transfer, on the Big
Sandy river, near Cattlesburg, Kentucky, on
the 9th Enthusiastically last