New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-07-25
THE BREAKING OF THE SHELL OF
THE REBELLION.
REBEL VAIL.
the EFFECT OF THE CAPTURE OF JACKSON.
The Great NeuSe River Bridge Destroyed
FoRTRRls MONROE. Friday. July "a. 1859.

FoRTREls MONROE. Friday. July "a. 1853.
The Richmond Wing, of July ODD, says:
"The evacuation Of Jackson, Miss, left in tho
hands Of the enemy the rolling stock Of the New.
Orleans, Jackson and Great Northern, the Missis.
sipp Central and Mississippi and Tennessee rail.
roads. The motive power alone consisted of over
forty engines. The loss lie ncalcuable important,
and wholly irreparrable. Nothing goes we'll in the
Southwest. The Federal cavalry reid from New.
bern, NC, reached Rocky Mount, the liue Of tho
Wilmington and Weldon Railroad on the 2Otn and
destroyed two miles OF the track. The bridge over
the Neuse River, one thousand feet long, was
burned, thereby cutting of communication for some
weeks."
FoRTREss MONROE July %, 1850.
The following lie from The Petersburg Express Of
July %:
"From passengers who reached here yesterday
morning, on the train from Weldon, we gather few
particulars of the raid on Rocky Mount, N. c.,
briefly referred TO by Us in yesterdays Erpress.
The gang numbered between four and six hundred,
and came up from Washington, n. C. This is the
route supposed to have been taken for Rocky
Mount, though about the same distance from Plym.
outh as Washington.
1.-THE roads from the latter point are much tho
best. Either road would bring them TO Marlborough,
Hourishing little town in Edgecomb County, about
eighteen miles from Rocky Mount and where. until
recently, the Cove nment has had immense supplies
Of bacon, corn, &c. The raiders reached Rocky
Mount about IL o'clock, meeting with no resistance.
The small squad of fifteen or twenty men guarding
the bridge over the Tar River, near Rocky Mount,
of did not rink engagement with sueh odds,
but, we presume, retired in good order.
"They the Federals) immediately proceeded TO
burn the depot destroy the water bank ard commit
acts of vandalism. In this vicinity they also burnt
about 900 bales of cotton belonging chiefly 70 pri-
yate individuals, which had accumulate a. Rocky
Mount, and squad repaired to the large cotton
factory near by owned by Mr.. 6. Battle, wners
they applied the torch, and that spacious building,
with all its valuable machinery, was speedily re.
,duced to ashes. This is really a serious loss TO all
that portion Of the State as well the south EIDE Of
Virginia.
"a very large quantity of cotton ysrns, made at
this factory were purchased by the people Of East
ern North Carolina and the south side Of Virginia,
who since the war have been largely engaged in
manufacturing clothing FOR home consumption.
"The regular mail train for Wilmington passed
just thirty minutes before the arrival of the raiders,
and thus made e-cape from capture.
"Tbe train on the T.srboroush branch of tho
Wilmington road not fortunate. IL was
captured by the raiders aud two car loads of
muui,ion aud over $1,000 pounds of bacon were de-
stroyed They also attempted TO destroy the cars
aud locomotive. We understand that they only
partially succeeded The train from " don, which
iea,hed here yesterday afternoon, 81, ; 80 INTEL
iicriee la'cr than tue above. Ts.si and tele-
traphic communication between WELDON snd Will.
aiugton are interrupted, und We can ind no
one who is able to inform as when it will be-
snmed.
a military force sufficiently large to prevent q
r. clifton Of the destruction effected on Monday 10
unw ut nard on the road F; but unfortunately they
are lust IN the to be 100 late; the damage has been
done.
Lafer-We learn BY telegraph from Whining.
ION that the bridge destroyed by the raiders spanned
Tar River near Rocky Mount. 1t vas most sno-
srantia structure, rome 300 yards long. The track
for the distance Of mile two WAS torn up, and
other damage was effected, which it will require .
week or TWO TO repair Travel, 1t is thought, Will
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