The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1864-08-13
OF TIE WEEK.
rom Fort Smith dated the
under General Cooper. GANG


INV Ness to eceiVe them. General
~ + Commanding, had moved out with.
acavalry, infantry and artillery force a
mile and half IN front of the Notifications
and attacked them, and in half and hour
completely routed them, driving them from
the field
The casualties were small on our side
To-day they are in full retreat. pursued BY
our cavalry. This place is thoroughly for
tilted.
There has been great excitement ia Ma
ryland from the demonstrations of the reb-
els, and it was supposed fight would take
place near the old Amtietam battle ground.
Wheeling Virginia was also threate ned.
But latest advices from Washington and
Baltimore. indicate the withdrawal of the
rebels. Perhaps this whole raid into Ma
ryland and Pennsylvania, has been for the
sole purpose Of attaining supplies for Lees
army to continue the siege of Richmond
and Petersburg But to the dispatches
''The Washington Star of the 9th says ::
From a gent who arrived here Saturday
I from Hagerstown, where he has been So
! iourning for two weeks past, we get some
interesting particulars of doings Of the reb-
/ els in that vicinity. When the rebels took
possession of the town they proceeded to
institute thorough search of stores, but as
/ the merchants had not replenished their
stocks, since the former visit Of the rebels,
the latter got but little, with the exception
of small quantity of shoes and hats. At
! grocery stores they filed their haversacks
| NTH opd III aip NTH yoolac
ses, and at one or two stores they turned
the molasses out and let it run into the
/ streets. Trains of cars reported to have
been burned by this party when they enter
! ed Hagerstown, were destroyed by our
own troops, in order to prevent their fall
ing into the hands of the rebels, as they
contaiped valuable cargo.
The Baltimore American furnishes the
following in advance of publication
eve learn from gentlemen who arriv-
ed here this morning, from the Upper Po-
tomac, that the entire rebel force Yesterday
evacuated the Maryland side of the Poto-
! guard crossed at Shepardstown at l l clock
yesterday morning, and the balance cross
ed at Hancock about the same time from this
! has been moving up the valley toward
Winchester with his heaviest trains during
all last week securing the country for con
scripts and grain. Information received q
weeh since says that the rebels would make
a feint movement on Maryland merely to
! cover his return trains. II has been veri-
fed to the fullest extent and they are now
all moving off towards Stanton"
A Washington special says that Gener-
al Anes was dangerously wounded in the
side in charge made by the rebels after ex-
ploding their mine.
General Grant has been on a visit to
Washington lately.
A dispatch from Harrisburg Pennsylva-
MIA of the 9Th says: Col. Boyd, of the 2lst
Pennsylvania cavalry, took possession Of
Hagerstown yesterday. The last scene o.
The drama has been transferred from our
borders to rebeldom. Later news received
Ibis moraing states the rebels retreated
homewards and have again evaded the prep
arations for their capture. It is thought
they are under a new commander, and tn,
rebel inroad into our State will cease.
Information from Sherman 5 army leaves
no doubt of the capture of Gen. Stonemar
with portion of the forces under him.
Gen. Hunter has been superseded by
Gen. Sheridan. operating on the Upper Pc
tomac.
Our latest advices from Petersburg re
ports nothing new of importance. No ma
terial change since the late battle The reb
els tried the mine exploding business, but
it was not even so successful as our at
tempt ''The Herald's 18Th corps CORES
pendent says Of the mine sprung by the
rebels, that our forces were aware of thi;
intention. 1t occurred in the afternoon oil
the 4th, and was Immediately succeeded By
rapid and successive volleys of musketry
The smoke from the explosion had hardly
cleared away when our men answered The
rebel fire, and drowned the yells ofthe reb-
els with their wild cheers of derision a
the failure of their mining operations. The
enemy in all probability was intending tc
have blown a sap we had run towards then
line and charged through. They had,
however, sadly miscaiculated their distance
and the explosion took place five rodsin ad-
vance of the head of the sep, and not par
ticle of debris was thrown into any portion
of our lines, and the shsrpshooters did not
think 1t necessity to abandon the sap. The
explosion could bear no comparison in
magnitude With that of Burnside's mine.
: The rebels Immediately perceived that
their mine was failure, and they were sat
isfed with rising behind their works and
pouring in musketry fire. The rebels de-
veloped no new batteries, and fred with fal