The Portland daily press., 1863-06-18
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Portland Daily Press.
The Raid into Pennsylvania,
Contradictory Rumors from Westminster.
Retreat of the Rebels from Ohambersburg.
REPORTED EVACUATION OF HARPER's
FERRY.
The Raid into Pennsylvania,
,ntradictory Rumors from Westminster.
Retreat of the Rebels from Ohambersburg.
REBELS ALL LEFT FREDERICKSBURG.

HARRISBURG, June II.
The aspect of affairs SO far as can be Judged
by reports from the border seems to be this !:
The corps of Gen. Ewell, Jacksons successor,
is massed at Westminster, while the rest of
the rebel force occupy Hagerstown and such
other points as leave them free to operate
either against Harrisburg or Baltimore
approximations are entertained by the peo-
pie of Altoona and other points on the line of
the Pennsylvania Railroad, that the rebels will
strike for the West aud then go back to their
own soil by way of Pittsburg and Wheeling.
The Notifications constructed on the hills
opposite Harrisburg are considered sufficient
for the protection Of the city. and an offensive
movement on our part is not unlikely. The
panic is over here and the people are disposed
to underrate the danger of the line of the
Susquehannah becoming the seat of war,
though there is high authority for statiug that
such an attempt may be made by Gen. Lee.
No doubt whatever exists as to the presence
of the enemy at Chambersburg up to three
O'Clock this afternoon, when they retreated. it
is supposed, towards Hagerstown. The oper-
ator is now at Chambersburg, and teegraphic
communication has been re-establshed.
PHILADELPHIA, June II.
Business is suspended. The merchants are
devoting their attention solely to recruiting
for the defence of the State
A special dispatch from Harrisburg saws
$500 rebels are at South Mountain and $500 at
Chambersburg. The latter have not advanced
any to-day.
New YORK, June II.
The Posts Washington dispatch says inlor-
nation from the front shows the situation of
affairs to be unchanged. There are no signs
Of the enemy this side of Blue Ridge. Gen.
Lee is believed to be in the rear of Thorough
fare Gap in the Shenandoah Valley.
BALTIMORE, June IL
l learn from an undoubted source that our
forces have evacuated Harpers Ferry and that
we hold Maryland Heights, which are strongly
fortified and capable of standing siege against
vastly superior number.
The report contained in the PHILADELPHIA
Bulletins special dispatch from Harrisburg
that the rebels are being massed at Westmin-
lister is certainly incorrect.
Hagerstown dispatches are very unreliable,
Trains arrived this evening from Westminster
bringing passengers from Emmittsburg, who
report no rebels in that section of the country
The excitement along the line towards Har-
risburg was abating. Passengers say that the
rebels are still at Chambersburg, and had told
the people they intended to stay there.
Passengers from Frederick represent that
there are only a few rebel pickets at Hagers-
town, though rumors are prevalent that an
infantry force was coming across from the di-
rection of Shepardstown.
WASHINGTON, June IL.
BY an arrival from Aqua Creek to-day in
formation has been received that three de-
serters report that the remaining rebel force
left the vicinity of Fredericksburg at shutdown
yesterday with their battery. Five rebel scouts
were seen in the afternoon eight miles from
the Creek.
An official telegram from Gen. Tyler at
Harper's Ferry says the enemy has an infantry
and artillery force Of 1000 to 5000 at Williams
sylvania. ~"'airV is moving into Penn
Gen. Kelly telegraphs from New Creek, Va,
that the rebel Gen. Imboden is before Cum
berland, Nd, with two regiments of cavalry
and a battery.
BALTIMORE, June IT.
Reliable information relative to the invasion
is that small force OF rebels, not exceeding
$500, crossed the Potomac at Williamsport on
Sunday, evidently in pursuit of Gen. Kelly's
baggage train which arrived at Harrisburg
last evening. This force passed through
Hagerstown and entered Cumberland on Mon
day night. They did not proceed further than
Scotland, five miles beyond Chambersburg,
where they burnt bridge.