The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1864-07-07
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CmAnBERsnuro, July 4.--The latest :
Information is that cavalry force had O
erosscd a, Falling Waters and the main q
force was within three miles OF VIII d
Transport, numbering, u is sad oOVo' /
A force Of 1000 cavalry was reporico
crossing Dam No. last night
ITAnRisnrRc. July 4, Midnight.
Official Information from the border,
received by the Governor tonight, lndl'
Gates that the enemy Is advancing north
ward on raid
/ Yesterday morning at 9 o'clock Sigel
was attacked at Lcctown and Darkville, j
IVA. by largo lorco Of the enemy, said
Ia be under Early and Ransom, and driv-
len from his position with slight loss.
SioeI says there were 28e0 cavalry.
The number Of infantry is not known.
pmLADELPuA, July 3.
The Enquirer publishes a special dis.
patch irom Gettysburg, 4th, stating
that there was much excitement there
and In the country ol Harrisburg, in con.
sequence Of the rumors that large body
cl rebels ore making araij on MorylnDd
aud southern Pennsylvania, aud bad al
rndy crossed the Potomac.
The following was received rom tho
lhcadqurat, r. of Gen. Couch:
A diapotch Just received by the Gov.
ernment suys that 10 rebel cavolrymcn !
were seen within five miles of Hagcrs-
town this i. NJ.
Other reports. cot sldcred reliable. say
there are no rebel this side of the Poto-
! mac
> The obicc, of the enemy is to advance
, M far rs possible into Pennsylvania, and
steal horses aud prisoners.
BALTIMORE, July b.
was reported and believed yesler-
- d,y morning that Hae"rstown was III
possession OF the rebels, tho operators
II having left their posts under an alarm
4 The operators, however, returned about
/. one O'Clock in the afternoon and reported
=. AL was quiet. und that there were rebels
inca rrr than Failing Waters aud Will
> inmspori, from six to ton miles distant
!, rom the Putomac, where Il was said
Il, fyl ting wss going on yesterday after
/ noon,
" The snmc account also snys that fight
" inc wns puinu on at ar near Shurpsburp,
- the +, deral forces b ing commanded by
ID Gen. Sigcl. Previous reports from Hor'
# Ipor's Ferry had located Gen. Sigcl dur
I, ing Sunday night at Shcrardslown, to
j. which point he wus falling bnrk from
lc Martinsburg, aud where a junction was
n formed with him by Mulligun with the
~, lurcc from the I.1ctown fight on Sunday
ten miles below this poiut. This force,
e IL wns thought would move to the Mary
n land side oi the Potomac To succor tlc
to Mary land flights it attacked by tho rcb'
h., Irls. An attack was made on Harper
Ferry nhuut o or 10 o'clock yesterday
~ muruiup, hy u force estimated at sOmt
cs 1000 cuvulry, with more than us many
he infantry.
-. Gen. Weber, however, set about mnk
Ing vigorous dolcnce, and up 10 th
Nv latest accounts was holding his own
&c. Nothing had been heard up to two o'clocl
10. IN the afternoon at ll'rpcr's Ferry from
~, either Sigcrs or Mulligun's forces
4, (Which is uccuuHtcd fer perhaps by til
w lIegrrstown story of their bcirg agui
'cr ,nn.pcd opposite Shcpardstown--t
Do. which point they must have hoo" g.
- ,,,vrd bv tho -"Lsh ~ the afternoon IN
AZ, I,,;''"e were Interrupted near Ilarper'
r'ny on the co,t siGc, aud the oprr, aio
=" Ut 'he r"'"t ni Rocks was understood I,
he 'cPufi thnt body Ol fcbrl cavalry I'm,
ry crossed lhe Potomac thr.c nud intcr
-, ruptcd the telegraph. ~" '"'''
:" In the meantime the ,",',,"....- 80
re Frederick, Md, continuing, all Tho sicl
he from the hospitals, with the provost guar
NJ, 1i town, were removed, the former goin,
to Annapolis. The Government store
" were also r, moved from Frederick, u
ial they had prey iuusly successfully !, move,
w from llarpcr's Ferry.
H., No reason * given for this movcmcn
from Frederick, Us No hostile force
w were known To % within 20 miles Of th
IL place, except at Point oi Rocks, ~ mile
to IN.
,s Gen. Tyler remained at Monocoy i
. cDmmpnd OF Gen. Wullacu's lurccs, tina
point being the cNtr, me western limit 4
his department. lie is protecting tn
!rcut railroad br dpc of nlonucav rive
three miles from Frederick. No signs O
the cn,my having appeared up To las
n night the true object and extent Of tn
~ ttbcl movements are Us yet n mystery,
u. 1t is known, from refugees from Mar
rr tinshurg, Winchester 6nJ other places il
Nrg ma, tia tier bels are RENT rs is ST
" tnu rclCntlCss y cuturcing the consclpIlul
RI taking all males between IL aud 60, VIII,
N. have left Their homes. Every house i
d, takcn on the line Of march aud scoutin,
ho parties scOur the county roads aud stch
'" them whether owned by ricnd or foe.
'H The capture OF supplies and the divis
- ion of the reinforce mcnts going to Grant
he arc very probably the reasons Tor the raid
al Provisions aud all kinds OF supplies ar,
no doubt very scarce in Virginia at pres.
no ent, aud the rebels have tu make lnrr,
OF haul on his side ui the Potomac, but
I'd they have evidently been disappointed
thus Tar,
M'j. Gen. John Farley commands the
~, xpedlton, which is composed OF cavalry
" infantry aud artillery.
nc Gen. Ransom is believed TO have churg,
n nf the cavalry, aud us he ia said to b,
III SluNrl's succ ssor, the object Of ths emo
! NY may be Inferred To be an importan
70 move ON the pert OF Gen, lee.
'L The infantry force is said TO be unde
cy command otGen, Farley himself, Ewell'
al, late corps. Probably now numbers no
80. less than $4,000 men.
- Other reports name Brccknridge, I'm
'r DO ten, Jenkins, ard even Wheeler, a
ss leaders, but 10th the Southern Jenkin
ne SIS are dead, Wheeler Is known 10 DO Il
!, Tennessee, ard Breekinrdgc's prescnc
'h' in the Valley very doubtful. Genera
'tc Wallace il very active, and is maxim
le. every preparation that prudence ma
In suggest
ha The following is the latest and mos
Nv authentic Intelligence re ccivcd up to hin
.h' O'Clock this evening from the Upper Pc
II tumNc;
sc About siX o'clock this evening an al
tack was about being made upon Mary
land Hights, whore Gen. Sigcrs Who'll
force Is concentrated, and was the
,ai formed in line OF battle Tor defence
NV Very little Information or details Of tn