, 1863-06-20

planned by the Importance Of the position tt
be gained, that is the commanding Cup al
A1die, between the Bull Run and Kettletor
Ridge.
PHILADELPHIA, June 19.-ApP1fcation was
made yesterday, By Gen. Couch, for the ser.
vices Of Gen. Henry b. .Nagle, Who is NOM here
entirely recovered from serere Illness, to aid
In organizing the State troops, but 1t WIS per.
emptonly refused by Gen. Halleck. This re,
fasal ia sincerely regretted, as the service OF
able and experienced army officers Is greatly
needed at Harrisburg.
! Gen. Magic, although. not able to resume
active service In the field, Is willing to enlist
his strength in defense Of his native State.
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE PoToMAc,
June l5.-A conflict transpired yesterday, be-
! tween detachment OF our cavalry and Gen.
Fitz Hugh Lees brigade, lasting until night.
| Our forces pushed herebe1s distance Of five
miles. Night then coming On, and not know
Ing the enemy's strength in the vicinity, the
| ground vas cleared Of the dead, wounded
and prisoners, and strong position was taken
By cur forces on the battle field.
NEW YORK. June 19.-The Herozrs Wash
| ington dispatch says: "Yesterday. at three
O'Clock, our cavalry, consisting Of one divi-
sion; met Gen. Fitz Hugh Lees brigade Of
| mile beyond Aldfe, toward Uniontown. Some
| Of Gen. Lees men, who had gone forward to
have their horses shod at blacksmith shop,
saw our cavalry coming, andrcturned to their
fIiends With the Information. Capt. Boston,
| with command Of thirty men, were dis
patched to act as sharpsbooters, and with
orders TO hold their poAition ut ill hazards;
bnt not receiving support when our men
charged, they were Obliged to surrender ut
discretion.
4 little behind was the 5th Virginia cavalry,
uIder command Of Col. T. L. Roscr. Our
troops charged on this regiment, also on the
sd Virginia rebel cavalry, and short hand to
hand encounter eusued, during which We
took many. prisoners. Tie order was then
back. There Was slight artillery firing kept
up BY both parties without material results.
The rebel force engaged were the 1st, I'd, Sd,
It'll and 5th Vitgfnia cavalry and some arti.
1ery. Our loss Is not known, but is consid
etAble. The rebel officers who hare been
taken prisoners ali concur in the statement
that this was the most desperately contested
cavalry contest Of the war. They say our
men behaved Eallantly, and TINT the affair
IVES hand to hand encounter.
Gen. Fig Hugh Lees brigade left Cu1pep-
per some few days since, and was acting as
tank squad Of the rebel army.
a Lieutenant Colonel Of one Of our cavalry
regiments IL reported among the Killed. The
rebels only partially succeeded In carrying Oft
their killed and wounded. The fight listed
its conclusion, and the rebels retiring.
NEW YonK, June ia special to the n.
7. Tines from Harrisburg, Pa. says: The enc
my has retreated to 1Villiamsport. A small
rebel force Is at Hagezstowa.
No New York troops have arrived as Jet at
other regiments from the same State, are Of
dercd to report At Baltimore.
The excitement in Harrisburg 1as subsided,
and business is generally renewed.
The editors Convention is in session.
PHILADELPHIA, June 19.-The following
special has been received here:
BEDfoRD, Pa. june 1880 rebels came to
Hancock. Md, aud burned the canal boats
there. Col. Galljghcr's cavalry. subsequently
drove tie rebels off.
Seven hundred rebels came to st. Johns
River opposite Hancock, but after an hours
fight were driven back. Gen. Kelly then or
cavnlry to Cumberland. He went within six
miles Of there, when be received word that
the rebels had 0.000 men there. Gen. Kelly
went to New Greek.
Pn11A2E1rnA, June IA spaacIal from
are this side Of GrecncastIe, Pa. Heavy can
nonadipg was heard yesterday in the direction
Of 1larVer's Ferry.
The Baltimore Ansrr5ean Of last e1enlug
contains tie following:
A hody Of rebels crossed the Potomac last
night near Point Of Rocks, and captured nbout
thirty Of our cavalry. Another body crossed
further up, ani had q fight with our cavalry ut
Catockten Station-result unknown.
"A ttain Of twenty. three cars. from Harper's
Ferry for Baltimore, with few passengers,
&c was captured at Point Of Rocks, the train
3lrr m aA ofF In
telegraph line was cut in several places.
1t is rumorel that the rebels are in consIl-
erable force at the old South Mountain battle
ground.
M,1,ey and md staff hesssipE Of the disaster to
HARR1snCRG, June 10.-Parties who left
Williamspon, Nd, Wednesday evening, re-
port that there we're Elk re, ;iments Of mounted
rebel infnntry encamped tits side Of the river,
aud more crossing. The rebel General
with four gimcnts OF infantry cncampcd
this side Of town. The rebels arc paroling
the citizens and boatmcn at Williamsport,
This morning, MosbJ's cavalry Is eight miles
below Chambersburg.
WAsnNaroN, June 19-One hundred and
six Of the wounded from the tight ut AIdie,
Virginia, arrived at Fairfax Station last night.
The boat this morning brought q number Of
stragglers from Stafford Court House. They
left there Wednesday night. There were ut
they zee any on the way.
In B1yoEAc, SACRED Son OF VIRGINIA.,
juno 16, 1869.
It having become entirely apparent to tho
enemy that the army Of the Potomac is In
motion, presume it cannot longer be contra
band to inform the public that this army has
doned its Old base Of Aquia Greek, and gone
Immediately after Gen. Pleasantop's cavalry
fight Of Brandy Station, Gen. Hooker learned
that the enemy vas actually executing q
movement toward the Shenandoah Valley.
His army was first in motion on Saturday,
and by last night was fully fifty miles from its
old camps. On Sunday morning Gen. Hook
er's headquarters were broken up at the old
camp below Falmouth, md last night they,
too, we're set down In a spot full fifty miles
from our old haunts,
This change, Of couree, involves a total
abandonment Of Aquia Greek and the Rail-
road, as base Of supplies, The work Of
clearing out began the middle Of last week,
aud has gone on rapidly and successfully ever
since. Ittryfhing has been brought away,
water. The sick from the various division
hospitals hare been safely sent to Wishing
ton, the work being completed last night.
The Quartermaster and Commissary stores
either issued or rcshipped; the entire rolling
stock Of the railroad, consisting Of . dozen
have all been safely brought Of, thanks to the
energy Of the Qnartermaster's Department.
All the warehouses and sheds are empty; like
wise all the Union Eating Houses" the re-
freshment slop-shops, the news: stands, and
last, but not least. the dens Of the suffers.
Everything has been brought away clean, and
not thing burned nor wasted-not shed at
the stations, HOT bridge On the road-and
Aqua Greek, with its many warehouses, and
its great docks, and its once busy scenes, now
lies bleak and bare under the friendly protcc~
ton Of half dozen grim and eHlen gum
boats.
The exodus Of itinerant hangers-on, during
the last few days: has been great, ridiculous
md am%unog mhs5 "ers qa;sk; to a smen the
change their base. Not less than flve thou:
sand Of theee fungi, who have hung on to the
army for the past six months, like barnacles
to ships bottom, hare suddenly been set
down IN Washington, just In time, we hope,
to be gobbled up In the enrolment about to
take place. From these streaming crowds
Washington will be stuffed and sick with ru-
mors aud stories for week to come about
the evacuation" the "skcdaddle," and the
destruction" SC.
CESTRETu1E, Tuesday, June t6, 1858.
The first corps d'aTMee reached here about
2 o'clock p. N. Of yesterday, and found the
11th corps encanped, having arrived the day
before. The Sd and 5tl corps were last night
ut Manassas Junction. and will join us this
morning. The 9th corps is advancing from
below Fredericksburg, and the I'd is said to
bare struck camp lat Falmouth, and arc NOV
ing in this direction. The 12th corps is at
arily The location Of the enemy Is uncer-
fnin Int heavy c1onds pf' 7ust are rapOrtei tn