Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1863-06-19
A stirring Week.

the Rebels by Hooker's assaults at Chan.
cellorsvlle, aud n front Of Culpepper, it
seems that ten. Eweli, with more or less
force, pushed out, wcstwardly and north,
up the Shenandoah Valley, and fell upon
cur forces near its head.
WASHINGTON, June l6.-The follow
ing official dispatch hus been received from
Gen Milroy, ct Harper's Ferry
81 am in with the greater part Of my
command The Notifications at Winches-
ter were invested by about 10000 Rebels
and 20 pieces of artillery. They carried
my outer works by storm at six o'clock on
Sunday. l spiked all my guns on Sun
day evening, aud left with the whole Of
my command at l o'clock on Monday
morning. bringing away all my artillery
aud wagons, but was intercepted by an
overwhelming force with artillery, four
miles this eide of Winchester, on the
MartDsburg road, and after q desperate
fight Of two hours, cut through. We
we're pursued by a large cavalry force who
picked up a Dumber of my weary boys. |
think my loss will not exceed 1000 in
killed, wounded aud missing"
Our troops ut Mar,iusburg also fell back
to uarper's Ferry, aud the Rebels passed
by, above the latter point, aud occupied
Wiiliamsport and Hagerstowu, at once.
Thence they went on to Greyncastle, in
Pennsylvania.
A farmer who arrived from the neigh
herhood Of GIeencas,le, Pa, said that the
Rebels had stolen eight horses from him,
killed all his cows, and burned bis barn
aud ou,-buildings. He said that as sooa
as they prssel tie Kirytrnd line they COM,
nae"cet burning and pt!taytny.
Thence they pushed, about Monday last
to Chambersburg, our pickets and smaller
forces utterly unable to compete with the
Rebel force of 5000 or 1000 cavalry
They compelled the stores and shops to
open and sell them whatever they wanted
and receive pay in worthless Rebel rags.
One report is that they loaded all the
wagons they could get with their plunder,
aud sent it, with their old horses, south
ward, while resting, aud getting fresh
horses, to proceed further, northward.
Meanwhile, 10 Harrisburg, every
effort was made to arouse the people Of
the State TO come to the rescue. Between
Chambersburg aud Harrisburg is the
broad, rich, Cumberland Valley, wherein
q force of horse would have met no resis-
,ance. Rumor prevailed Of an advance to
Shippensburg and Carlisle. A large fire
(accidentaD at Emi,sburg, gave color to
a report Of the burning of Greencastle by
the enemy.
The REspoSsE-Thcc calls of the Pres
idens were manfully responded to by New
Jersey aud Now Iork-and well they
might be, for Ieansytoania must saue
those States if they are saved from the
blight of the Sccesb. New York excee.
ded New Jersey and Philadelphia in speed,
SO that the famous New York 7tL and
others we're in motion on Wednesday, and
somo reached Harrisburg Thursday. But
Old Pennsylvania again began to awake,
and-forgettipg all past differences about
the Adminis,raticn-men Of both parties
prepared to drive back again the insulting
foe. A paper of Thursday morning says:
We have authentic information that the
Rebels evacuated Chambersburg about
two o'clock yesterday afternoon, after
plundering the citizens and business men
of everything they wanted. They also
fred the several warehouses, but the
citizens exrioguished the flames. 1t is
very doubtful, however, whether they left
our State. A large force Of Infantry
arrived at Hagerstown yesterday afternoon,
but whether they will move in this direc-
tion is hard to imagine. Another body of
Rebels was moving toward Cumberland,
and we're encountered by Gen. Kelly some
twelve miles south of that place, but the
result of the battle had not been received.
Troops are arriving in this city with
every train, and We have now nearly
enough to defeat any force that may be
sent here, with the Notifications now
almost completed. The glorious North
sent in her full share of brave soldiers last
evening. The counties of Union, Snyder,
Lycomng and others in tho vicinity
poured in some twelve hundred sturdy
soldiers, most of whom have seen service
before. Easton, Lebanon, and Allentown
sent also several companies who have been
10 service After ten o'clock full
regiment of brave men arrived from the
counties of Berks, Montgomery and others
llopg the line of the Lebanon Valley
Railroad. The New York Seventh Regi-
nent, fully equipped and armed, :iwill
'rrive during the night.-Harristury TEL
yroph.
HooKER'sARMY-The moving Of Lees
rmy up the Rappahauuock induced Hook
r to break up his camps at Falmouth,
md move NOrthward in o line to thwart
IS much as possible Lees movements.
The maneavres of these two forces are
much in the dark to the world, but bat
lie or battles may at any time occur. The