The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1863-07-28

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and drove them oui Of Washington.
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liarrisbarg, July "a.
Ma lnformatioa whaever has been
received here to confirm the r1mored
alYanee of Gen. Lee.
Newbera. \, G., Jaiy 20,
A dispaieh vas received here 10 -day
iron y aaiort sialing That our forces
bad Obtained entire possession, Of Nor.
rIs Island.
The latest intelligence received
from the cavalry expedition which
left here on the morning OF the 18Th
inst. under Gen. Potter. states that
the extensive railroad bridge a, Rocky
Mountain on the Wilmington and
Weldon railroad was destroyed 10.
geshSr With several miles of the rail
road,
The resistance 10 the draft in New
York and elsewhere by the Copper.
heads. had aroused the indignation u
The veteran troops 10 this Department
to an extent which knows no bounds,
and were il possible for them TO be at
The scene Of shame and anarchy they
would slaughter Unfortunately al
who were engaged IN this attempt to
overthrow the Government.
Baltimore, J1ly "a.
The rnmnr Of Lees return into
Maryland is ridiculons. II such a
hing had occurred We should know il
here.
TT Monroe, July 49,
The followi < Is from the Peters
burg Express Of July 23d ;
From passengers who reached here
/, Is erday morning on the train from
Weldon vc gather few partit ulars
~ lie raid on tie Rocky Mountain.
n. G. briefly rsiirrled to BY US il
yesterdays EAmes
Tie gang uuahclel leteeen 1 to
GOO aud came up from Washington,
y. G. This is the route suppo ed to
haze been taken for Roxy Mountain,
for though about the same distance
from Plymouth as Washington, the
road, from the LATER point are much
she BEST Either road would bring
them to Tarboro, liou'ishirg liHh
town in Edgecourt county about IL
miles from Rocky Mountain. and
whore until rece,ily the government
has had immense supplies Of bacon,
corn &c The raiders reached Rocky
Mountain about ~ o'clock, meeting
with no resistance. The small squad
ron Of 10 or 20 men guarding the
bridge. over Tie Far river near the
Rocky Mountain OF course lid MOI
risk ~ engagemenf with sucl, odds
but we presume rrlired IL good order.
They tihe f,derals) Immediately pro-
ceeied to burn the depot. destroy
the water iank. and commit acts Of
Vandalism IN this vicinity. They also
burned abou- 1900 bales OF cotton be-
longing chiefly to private individuals
which had accumulatedat Roc'y Noun
thin. 4 quad repaired to the large
cotton factory near by, owned BY VIM.
:. Batter, where they applied the
torch and that spacious building with
ali il, valuable machinery was speed
Il reduced TO ashes This 4 really
serious loss to oil tha; portion Of the
state a. we'll as Tie south side OF Vir.
ginia. A very large quantity Of cot
ton yarns made at this factory wese
purchased b. the people of Eastern
North Carolina and HE south side Of
Virginia, who since the war have
been largely engaged in manufactur-
ing clothing for home consumption.
The regular mail train for viii
mington passed Just thirty minutes be-
fore the arrival Of tlc raid r, aud
thus made a narrow escape from cap
ture, The train on the Tarboro branch
Of the vii nington road was NOT so
fortunate. II was captured BY the
raiders and two car loads Of ammuni-
iion and over 80 600 pounds Of Bacon
we're destroyed. They also attempt
ed TO destroy The cars and locomotive.
We understand that tbey only partial
j succeeded. The train from Wei
don which rcaehrd here yesterday
brought no intelligence later than the
above.
Travel ard tleararAic cemaugi
carton between Weldon and Whining
ton are nov Interrupted a "a wa car
Hnd 10 ono who Is able 10 inform us
shen i VIII be resumed
4 military force sbffcrstly IsrgA
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