The Chattanooga Daily Rebel. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1862-1864, 1863-06-28

Under the call of the President and sew
eral Governors, a large force of volunteers
was being raised. Gov Seymour of New
York, had offered twenty regiments. Twelve
regiments, chiefly from Brooklyn and New
| Y ork city, were under marching orders on
the Hth.-Among them were the famous
Seventh" the 69th, (Corcoran's old regi-
ment,) and the 7lst. Secretary Stanton has
telegraphed that their services would not be
required for more than thirty days. Several
of the regiments recently mustered out have
offered their services. Fifteen hundred New
Jersey men had volunteered including the
I'D regiment recently discharged from the
army OF the Potomac
! In Philadelphia, motley army was raised
companies OF negroes, navy yard employ
ees laborers for the gas works, custom
house clerks, home guards, &c.
Gov. Curtin, of Pennsylvania, addressed
the people of Harrisburg, advising them to
rise and hurl back the tide of invasion that
is to pollute our soil, and was greeted with
overwhelming applause.
Most of the stores in the city are closed,
| the markets deserted and private residences
abandoned Those who can are leaving, and
already many have taken advantage of pub
| lie and private conveyance to leave the city.
plague, the regular boarders having vam-
osed. The Jones house, the finest hotel, was
offered by the proprietor for sale. He was
willing to accept the moderate sum of $l6,-
| 600, but could find no purchasers even at
that price. The hotel and furniture cost
nearly one hundred thousand dollars, yet no
one appears willing to take the risk upon
such apparently advantageous terms.
| A large force of assistants in the various
Offices of the capitol are busily employed
packing up the archives, reports, State Ii
brary and other valuable papers, together
with the portraits of the different govern
ors which have already been forwarded
! A correspondent says, the people have
shown the rebel leaders that when it comes
to Northern invasion Democrats and Re
publicans occupy one and the same plat
form, and know no difference of opinion.
Many politicians think the rebel raid into
Pennsylvania may do good, by arousing the
masses of the people; who will at once
crush out by their mighty power all vestiges
of copperheadism in the North. 1t is as
sumed that present msfortunes in failures
to enlist and by desertion have been entirely
brought about by opponents of the Admin
istration at the North.
Hooker's Federal army Of the Potomac IS
preparing to intercept the return of the reb-
els. The march from Falmouth to the pres
ent position of the army was severe one.
Many of the soldiers tainted from the ef-
| feCts of the heat and mules and horses gave
out In the third corps alone about twenty
of the men died by the way from sun stroke.
A cavalry force was left behind to take
care of and bring in those who were eX-
hausted. The creeks and rivulets, and even
| the springs on the road were nearly dry, and
afforded no relief.
We compile the latest intelligence of
! Lees operations:
Five hundred of Purnells cavaly had been
Aanked by the rebels at Greencastle, Pa,
and but twenty escaped.
Intelligence has been received from Gen,
Tyler, that the rebel forces which had in
vested Harper's Ferry made an attack upon
that place, attempting to surprise Gen. Ty-
! ler The latter, after resisting the attack,
retired across the river with his force, to
Maryland Hghts, and Immediately com
menced shelling the enemy, which was kept
up with such vigor that they were COM
PEELED very speedily to evacuate the place,
and Gen. Tyler again crossed over and re-
occupied his former station.
The train went out to Harper's Ferry to
day, and travel is consequently resumed to
this place.
AT WilGamsport the rebels took food and
horses, tore up the railroad track, and did
some damage to the canal having attempted
to destroy the aqueduct, but to what extent
is unknown
A gentleman direct from Chambersburg
report that the rebels set fire to the ware
house of Oaks & Dim, The FIRE was after
ward subdued by the citizens.
The rebels have left Chambersburg, hav-
ing burned the bridge there. The telegraph
operator is now there, and communication
has been re-established.