The sun., 1864-08-01

dencc Of drsgn to move on Harrisburg. Intel.
gencc ffcm HsrIsr's Ferry Is 70 the osee; TIA,
ncecby's gang had crossed the river On . nsrsud-
ing expedition Our lorcss are Largo In tho diariS
through which lhs rohcls srv o,sraiing, bet the
later exhibit sr~, ingenuity IN avoiding danger.
A thcrc Ia An absolute embargo for obvious r,a.
sons on oil news Of movements on our side, tho
alarm Is much greater than Il would be Il tho rut.
lie could 10 nypriscd Of the military ueparn.ors
ofthe Federal and s,ats authorihes in Fcnusyl-,
LA and Maryland.
LATEST ~ TELEGRAru.
Thousands Of nsnseIe9 PeopIc-An Appeal
for Help.
chsase-'ourp July sl,--on the morning y, ~
so,h Of July, the rebels under the command ~
Mccau.land' With force Of about 500 mon enterei
Chainbcrshurs ri., and demanded Eve hundred
thousand dollars from the citizens under ,hr,i'
OF burning tho town. This requisi,ion
writing AMI vas isrcd by General Jubal rir'y
II is now established ,'y indsputsbic proof tha.
this demand was "a moro rrc,rtt IN the rart 81 tho
mnraudcrs 70 cover up purpose formed befor.
they rarhcd the town TO bum - the around
without giving any time to remove private proven.
~ and sarrcly time enough ~ the ci, rens 70 re-.
move their families. They srcd the houscs n our 90.
'rcns IN pcrhaps hny places. over two hundred sat
6fy houses 10 the hear, Of the town wcro conmm-
ei. including all the public hui':ingt, stores, ,nt
hotels comprising ahou, two thirds n tow con.
tanng six thousand Inhabitants. Thus a isrys boiv
Of citizens are reduced from comrarativo we.l'h y,
absolute poverty. Many families hsvc os. all thor
bedding ani sell their clothing p, slch &c ihcv
had their persons Tho loss will 10 largely over
one million of dollars. viii oil, aid from abroad.
there will be great -ifcrns IN cI- ccrnmunitv.
The Rev. John Il. wsruer, o. GN.y .hurg, pow.
dcnticlly with us at this time, ia the accroil,ei
Agent of our citizens or rcccyins s'ibsrripuons and
contributions for our relief. Signed,
I. VI. KiVsrlf,
bARsARn WolrN and many others
SECOND pisr,ron.
NIrr.SL0r7, JuIy Bi.-Gcnoral MoCausland wss
in command OF the rebel troops when hoy buruef
Chsmtcrshnrg. Ancr he bal taken formal pos
session Of thc town, Lo made proclamation domand-
ing Que hupirci thousand dollars In gold. 1t was.
" course, npoSs.blc to comply with such de-
msnd and .ac TACT that the most valuable portion
of the merchandise hgd h,cn removed previously.
added H. the rage aud disappointment of the rebels.
Parties Of S,dicrs having sacked the several drug
aud chemical stores, manufactured turpentins
BALLS which ,hoy thrrw in all directions, creating
many dincrcn, flames in different localites.
which soon united In general connsSrstion.
Spoeiily the scene became bcart-rcndlus ant
appalling. The cracking aud roaring Of the flames.
as they leapod from house to house, the shrieks NJ
terri ned women, pauic-strcken and suffering
children, nni The pItfl appeals Of tho old ans
helpless. formed an indcs I'll ahlo OF horror.
Tie town fired ot about II o'clock in the fore.
noon. 1Ne rrt,l- remained iust long enough W
The ilsmo4 rc, under proper hcadway, when tho
alarm WIS given that Ayc-i'l wrs approaching the
town. Instantly every Freebooter wss in he nd
dc, aud hulriodlv tcot 10 tho 81. Thomas road.
with Averil In pursuit, md 1t is believed that he
succeeded in punsN'ns MrCaus'and very severely
4 train heavily laden With commssary siorcs vs
Dispatched from 'hiT city this mornnr, to Cham-
hcrshurr relieve IN. present wants Of u house
less women and children al that town, who nov
crowd the surrounding fields pnd woods. NAM
residences n prominent citizens in tho outskirts of
the town. were burned.