The Burlington weekly hawk-eye., 1863-01-03
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INTO Muftreesboro' It is supposed that Morgan
Is skeddadlng out Of the State. -
FROM WASHINGTON.
WAsHlNGToS, Dec. 29.-On tbe application Of
Senator Latham of California, the Nsvy Depart
meDt has ordered the armed steamer Connect;.
cut to leave Hampton Roads on the lst of Jan.
uary next for Aspinwall, to bring to New York
all the treasure at that place from the Pacific
coast.
Senator Latham hopes to obtain from the
Navy Department regular armed convoy for
California steamers from Aspinwall. The sub.
ject is now under consideration.
Consignees of treasure should Immediately
send authority to the Navy Department, 90 that
the commander Of the Connecticut can obtain
the treasure ct Aspinwall.
WASHINGTON, Dec 29.-The official informa.
ton received by the steamer Of this week from
Europe, refutes the idea of the probability Of
any disturbance of oar relations With any of the
European powers.
There was great excitement in Alexandra
late yesterday evening, growing out of the bur
ried arrival there Of several of our cavalry men
and teamsters. The latter being mounted on
horses cut from their own wagons. t.
They represented that Stuart's Rebel cavalry,
with some light artillery, appeared At Peybick
Church, several miles from Nj. Vernon, on Sat
urday night, and on Sunday proceeded to Aca
tuck, which is only IL miles from Alexandria,
and then attacked two or three companies of
our troops and captured a wagon train at Deco.
quon. There is difficulty III arriving at the pre-
else truth, owing to the many conflicting rumors
in circulation in regard to the matter, but that
rebel reconnaissance appeared in that neigh.
borhood is beyond question, and that the Rebels
created much alarm is equally certain.
Military men who have seen official kilograms
from Dumfries, says it IVES the same rebel force
which several miles from that place, made re-
connoissance, driving in our pickets and killing
three or four of them. The rebels fearing cap-
ture by our troops, which was at one time
probably left for Occoquon and Occotinc, where
they made their alarming demonstration. Due
allowance, it is claimed, must be made for the
statements Of frightened teamsters and others
All such accounts are unavoidably exaggerated
The following is the Stars version of the last
rebel raid:
A rebel force of cavalry with battery of ar
tillery, suddenly appeared at D. m, on Satur-
day in front of Dumfries, then held by the 9th,
7th, and Goth Ohio, with two pieces Of Milroys
battery. The rebels were frst estimated at A.
000. They cut the wires leading to Falmouth,
attacked our troops who had three men killed,
and we're driven Of In the meanwhile infor-
nation reached these headquarters by telegraph
before they cut the wires leading in this direc.
ton. Troops from the quarters were immedi.
ately put in motion, II possible to clt off their
retreat
To that end Gen. Geary marched frorn Wolf
Run Immediately to the Ielief of the troops en-
gagged at Dumfries, and after being worsted be.
fore Geary's arrival, they pushed directly for
Occaquon, where they had slight engagement
with 1900 Of our troops there under Col. Can
BY, resulting in considerable loss on both sides,
our troops maintaining their ground. They
next proceeded up Bull Run, crossed it at Wolf
Run; thence they went to Lenadale via Burke's
Station, where they camped Saturday night,
thus avoiding points where we had troops. At
day break yesterday they we're again in the
saddle In the meantime our troops at Fairfax
c. d. did their best to head them of in that di
rection, but being infantry could not get up in
time to do 90. They we're last seen in the vicin-
ity of Lewinsburg, where their numbers were
estimated ct but 1000 cavalry and pieces Of
artillery. At nightfall yesterday they we're un
der whip aud spur, evidently bent on escaping in
the direction of Leesburg They certainly got
nothing for their pains but Is empty wagons be-
longing to Col. Kellosg's command.
Throughout the line of their raid, they had
occasional skirmishes with Col Kellogg's Cav
airy, who though forced to fall back, exchanged
many shots with them, with no damage to his
command. His heaviest skirmlsh with them was
at Accatink--at one time they had possession of
one Of our guns at Dumfries, but were forced to
abandon it to us again, in their retreat
LArEsr.-We have just received reliable in.
formation that the rebels we're badly repulsed
on Saturday at Dumfries. In their retreat they
fell in with our troops under Gen. Geary, be-
tween Dumfries and Wolf Run, and we're driven
BY them south of the Run. They aimed to take
the direct road to the shoals.
They took the telegraph operator and bis in
strumert at Burke's Station, and burned the
Orange and Alexandria bridge at Accotink, an
inconsiderable structure. Besides the l6 empty
wagons of Col. Kellogg's command. which fel
into their hands they took 8 or 10 suffers wa