, 1863-06-18

to draft to Ill them. .~~
General McC cC1el1sn #iu remain herc day
or two longer. ., :.--.-' :: !,
No further disturbance among tho railroad
strikers occurred. g., =.
HARpER's FERRY EVACUATED .,
BALTIMORE, June III learn from an IN.
doubted source that our forces have eyacuated
Harper's Ferry aid that We hold Maryland
Heights, which are strongly fortified andcapa
BILE Of standing siege against vastly superb
or number =
WASHINGTON, June Ii, 1868.
:: Tie Republican, Of this evening says: Tint
Lees whoio army is in tile Valley, stretching
nearly its whole length, and strongly REIN
forced from the, Peninsula from Suffolk,
Richmond, GoTdonsyille, North Carolina, Is
almost certain. There is very little doubt,
too, thas Lee Is makiDEa @ @rapld noyemeatto m TO-
has lcfs Fredericksburg, the last division NOV
ing ont on the: plank road, toward Chaaeel-
1orsyfl1e, yesterday afternoon.
The Star has the following information in
regard to the new movements Of Lee:
As 1opga ago asSunday and Monday last. yes
I terday and today week, Longstreet and Ewen
passed. through Gulpeppsr, headed toward the
shenandoah Valley, marching BY two differ
ent routs.~ The dispatches In the morning
papers speak only Of Ewelfs s Corps, estimated
At from 10, GOO to 18, ,0oo men. as having mld.
their appearance in front Of Mitroy-
Wo take 1t that Longstrest's corps is also to
be taken Into account as increasing the Con-
federate force there and We ehnll not be sur
p1tsed to hear that while E~ell was engaging
MilToy Il. Winchester, Longstreet was NOV
ing across the Winchester md Potomac Rail-
roud toward Martinsburg. On Saturday
mornirg Gen Reynolds WIS attacked At Ber-
ryville, twelve miles east Of Winchester on
the Washington and Winchester turnpike, BY
an oyerpoWe eriug force Of the enemy under
Gen. TEjlnble aud fell back to Winchester
after fierce, combat
On the came day. and about the same time,
Winchester v ns attacked on the south By
Ewcll. and 1lilroy on that day repulsed Eweil
sharply A force oftle enemy, apparently Of
The came tlat moved on Bsrryyille, advanced
to Mnrtintburg, and at 1 p. III. yesterday da-.
manted the surrender of that place, giving
half an hour to the: women and children to.
leave the town. Gen. Tyler reiused to sur-
evident that the Confederates have received
sufficient check in their advance to give op-
portInity Of heading them of IN their forward
movement Of invasion and Of intercepting
their retreat.
ssThrox:fn@ Dust In Iookerss Eyas.ss
[Fron, the Richmond Enquirer OF Saturday.J
The Philadelphia Eaq,si,er is greatly e1er-
ciscd with appFehensfons that General Lee is
merely rnising clouds Of dust" to blind
Hooker as to his real iutentio1-that no
serious movements are contemplated By Gen.
Lee toward the Potomae-that 'ciouds Of
DUST reported in the direction Of Gordous-
yilie proceed from bodies Of troops destined
rather "to reinforce Bragg than to mike an
Offensive movement against Hooker:
that sets them in motion, to vox sose eyes,
we know nothing; but, to us, the military
aspect Of affairs looks more like d grand
struggle in the Valley Of the Mississippi than
upon the banks either Of the Rappahannock
or Potomac. Relnforceluents are said to be
hurrying forward to Grant, from Rosecrans,
Huslbur, aud evcn Hooker, while ne presume
that our Dwn authorities are not Indifferent to
tile magnitude Of the conflict or the impor-
taIce Of its issue. Should the struggle
around Vicksbnrg eventually draw into Its
E9stsx ths gtsat;5E r. armies l1yns "on TO-
alike inpotent Of men and means to accom-
p1ish important results, the struggle at Vicks- j
burg will assume IN importance which no
other battle has ever approached Gen. Lee
may, indeed, be merely throwinS .*dust in
Hookes's eyes bJ tie collection Of O large
cavalry force in Culpepper and the maiute-
nance Of a strong position at fredericksburg;
but his purposes are known only to himself;
the traitors that lurk in our midst may carry
Information Of the movements of .troopsand
Z" "clouds:of dusr;" they may Indeed see the
railroad; but, though knowing and seeing the
starting, they are ignorsnt Of the destination,
and tier information must necessarily be un-
important to Hooker. :
The enemy have persuaded themselves that
Gen. Les has some yast movement on foot;
they arc not yet satisfied whether his object
be Philadelphia or Vicksburg, Harrisburg or
Chattanooga; and In this :state Of uncertainty
Hooker il liable to do something desperate.
Tho utmost vigilance should be observed, If
there is 4 movement on foot. But If these
ominous clouds of dust" resulted from herds
Of cattle proceeding to the nrmy, Jet vigilance
is necessary. - -