Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-07-25
ITEMS FROM THE REBEL PRESS.

FORTBEss MONROE, July "a.
The Richmond Whig Of the 23d says -
" The evacuation Of Jackson, Mississippi,
left in the hands Of the enemy the rolling
stock ofthe New Orleans, Jackson & Great
Northern, the Mississippi, and Mississippi
& Tennessee Railroads, the motive power
alone consisted Of over forty engines, the
loss is incidentally important and irrepar-
able
Nothing goes well in the Southwest.
The Federal cavalry raid from New
bern, North Carolina, reached Rocky
Mount on the Wilmington & Weldon Rail
road on the 2O;h, and destroyed two miles
Of the track. One thousand feet Of the
bridge over the Muse River was burned
thereby cutting of communications for
some weeks"
The following is from the Petersburg
Express
From passengers who reached here yes
terday morning on the train from Weldon,
we gather few particulars Of the raid on
Rocky Mount, n. C. The gang'numbered
between four hundred and six hundred,
and came up from Washington, n. c. This
is the route supposed to have been taken
for Rocky Mount, though about the same
| distance from Plymouth as Washington.
The roads from the latter point are much
the best, and either read would bring them
FaIbOro', a fourishing little town in Edge
comb county, about fifteen miles from
Rocky Mount, where, until recently, the
Government has had immense supplies Of
bacon, corn, sc.
The raiders reached Rocky Mount about
| II o'clock, meeting with no resistance.
The small squad of fifteen or twenty men,
| guarding the bridge Of the Tar Kiver, near
| Rocky Mount, of course did not risk an
engagement with such odds; but, we pre-
sumo, retired in good order The enemy
proceeded to burn the depot, destroy the
water-tank, and commit acts Of vandalism
in this vicinity; they also burnt about 5OOu
hales of cotton, belonging chiefly to private
individuals.
A squad repaired to Q large cotton fac
tory near by, owned by Wm. S. Battles
and that splendid building and all its val
liable machinery was soon redneed to ash
es. This is a serious loss to all that por
ton Of the State, as well as the south sIdi
of Virginia. ..-
A very large quantity Of cotton yarI
made at the factory was purchased b.
people Of Eastern and North Carolina AM
= the south side Of Virginia, who, since tn
war, have been largely engaged in manu-
featuring clothes for home consumption
: The regular mail train for Wincheste
passed just thirty minutes before the arri
val of the raiders, and thus made mar
r row escape from capture.
. The train on the Tarboro branch Of tn
road was not so fortunate. II was cap
tured by the raiders and two car loads Q
, ammunition and over thirty thousan
o mounds Of bacon were destroyed. The
q also attempted to destroy the cars and Il
eomotive. We understand that they onl
partially succeeded.
The train from Weldon which reaehe
here Yesterday evening brought no int
L ligence later than the above.
Travel and telegraph communication b,
. tween Weldon and Wilmington is now Il
Il terrupted, and we can find no one who
n able to inform US when 1t will be resume
h A military force sufficiently large % pr
vent a repetition Of the destruction enect'
on Monday, is now at hand on the roa
n but unfortunately they are just in time
/ be too late. The damage has been done.
LAErR.-We learn by telegraph fro
= Wilmington that the bridge destroyed
the raiders spanned Tar river near Rocl
- Mount. Il was q most substantial stru
: ture some three hundred yards long, t
track for the distance Of a mile or two "
B torn up and other damage effected VIII
will require a week or more to rePa
Travel, it is thought, will be suspended
IS or eight days.
" It is understood the raiders have on
fallen back to Tarboro, distant from Roc
Mount about eighteen miles. If allow
iia 10 remain at Tarboro, it will be time thro,
me away to repair the Wilmington and "
:, don railroad, for the Yankee cavsfry v
~ be able to reach it in two hours time WI
they feel so disposed, and so destroy
al track.