, 1863-05-02
FROM WESTERN VIRGINIA.
COL. MULLIGAN DEFEATED
AT PARAMOUNT,


P17TsBURG, May There is great excite
ment today here in consequence of reports
frcm Morgantown. Gen. Howe received o
letter from AInjor Showalter, showing that
the rebels had defeated Col. Mullisan at Fair
mount, and we're returning to Morgantown in
force, having received reinforcemcnts from
Beverley.
4 letter from Col. Oliphant confirms this
rcport, stating that unless reipforcemenss
we're immediately sent from here the whole
Of the.district would be at the mercy Of the
enemy.
4 meeting was held at Gen. Howe's Office,
ut which Gov. Pierpont, Of Virginia, Senator
Wiley, Col. Cross, commander Of the post
here, and several Of the most influential citi-
zens were present. After earnest discussion,
1t was decided that nothing could be done for
want Of proper authority.
Tic ten O'Clock train to-day from Union
town brought Sergeant Boston Of the Provost
guard, one Of the scouts sent by Captain
Wright who went lis far Us 3loEgautown. lie
states that the rebels number 1900.
4 special messenger arrived here last night
from Greensboro, ten miles from Morgan
town, with Intelligence that Col. Nulligln
lad attacked small force under the rebel
leader Jones, and WAS getting the better Of
himswhen the enemy was reinforced By large
force uadez I,nbolen, by the Evansville Pike,
and by Herman, By Julian Creek, so that Col
MnIligall's little force Was nearly surrounded
and had to retire.
No troops have yet left here, but two rcgi-
ments are fully equipped, and could be sent
Immediately should Governor Curtin cali them
out.
NEW YonK, May 1.-Accounts, believed to
be reliable, state that in the recent raid into
Morgantown, Va, the rebels, numbering
1900, Ill cavalry, under the guerilla jenkins,
they shot Lieut.. Herman, Of The 1st Virginia
loyal regiment, who was visiting his home on
! furlough, and stole fifty horses and all avail
able property. No women or children we're
molested. They went South on Tuesday.
Alter sending ont foraging parties, and steal.
ing hundreds Of horses in other places, there
| is reason to believe they came to secure plum
| der, and enforce the rebel conscription in
Western Virginia.
t From the Baltimore Sun Of Wedncslay.J
! Il appears that the first intimation Of any
| movement northward In Western Virginia to.
/ ward the line Of the Baltimore and Ohio rail
| road, was an attack on Beverly, in the Cheat
Mountains, some fifty miles south Of Grafton
der Col. Latham, by cavalry force, with ar
tillery. It il reported that Col. Latham haG
to retire from the position.
Considerable anxiety was felt about the
condition Of affairs at Grafton, which is the
most important station between Piedmont
and Wheeling, heind the JUNCTION Of tue Par
kersburg road. Colonel Mulligan Of Lexing
ton fame, was in command there on Sunday
| with 4 considerable force, and being attacked
on Monday in the neighborhooa, drove tht
Confedcrates to the southwark, since wlici
nothing has been heard Of tue situation there
The telegraph operators at Grafton. taktn:
the panic on Monday afternoon, removed o
broke their instruments, aud no dispatche
from that place hare been received since then
| General Roberts, with another considerlbl
force, is not far oil, while General Kelley, il
chief command Of that district, under Majo
, | General Schcnck, is cooperating cttectiyel
in another quarter.
The Northwestern Virginia railroad, it aI
pears, has been sufferer III the present rail-
Gen. Schenck received information at 4 lat
hour On Monday night from Clarksburg, .
that road, announcing the fact that from
situated few miles from Clarksbusg. towa1
: Grafton, had been destroyed BY tic Fe6er:
: forces. This was done without any ordc
from Gen. Schenck. The bridge, howcye
will be rebuilt in few days.
S At late hour last night, information Il.
= received from Col. MullIgan to the effect th
n be had succeeded In sustaining himself
Grafton; also, that he was then marching h
c command to an important station on Il
c road, which would insure its safety. Di
. patches were also received stating that info
= nation had been obtained Of the burning
the railroad bridge at Warrington Static
. about fifty miles from Wheeling.