The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-07-28
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We refund The money, q desired, for
which fail IN any respect.
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WulJossible to get any definite inform1tion re-
IDB thtF Iatc. That purtlUn Of uur wounded
c.y,S we're al g to wa k have been and still are
pg sent TO Hagerstown. There Is ut THIS time
long railroad train Of wounded aboul s,artiur
IDumberland.
T-sosDAy'e orBntrroNs-NoRR rIaur1yo.
q, n, y (Moudnvl morning the Rebels con-
tt.,ra ti.i. advance, aud as c0u.apuence Wa
had a feIewal y. ~ hosttes The enemy AL
yanced SLOWLY. our men eut Che liuo, eud n
falling back preserved lhc host of ot,.1 ln ls llls
rcIogrado movement we dis uot quiolf sNg
way before the advancing Zoe, bat compeloo
him TO win the ground by fighting for &C. -1s,ub-
born was the resistance offered that the enemy
was compelled to use his artillery even up to the
time OF entering the town, which is sbout "nOw"
-nOOr-ihe time OF clO.ing this despatch.
The last lines formed for the defense of Mar
tins6urg land yet not so much the detanse
Of burg as to gain time to get of our rail-
road and other trains) we're stretched from she
Faulkner residence (the late home of ex-Mnis
ter Faulkner, now occupied by Mrs. + across
the Winchester turnpike, % another road beyond
It. Our lines were but few yards distant from
the Rebel ones. Both parties faced each other in
fine style.
The Rebels opened with their artillery. We
replied and as they used small-arms, 50 we re-
turned like for like In this last endeavor we
gained time, and in truth il was the saving Of us
BY its aid the railroad and wagon trains were got
out Of the way, the woun'ed despatched in
safety, and stores aud other United States pro-
perty saved.
Last night there was genuine excitement In
town. All night citizens kept leaving genera y
going towards Pennsy lvania. Buggics, wagons,
and horses, loaded with men, women, and chill
dTen, LETT town, rather with more haste than
grace. During the same time the railroad COM
pany got of its property, rs also did the quar-
termastCrs and commssaTies Of the United States
Government.
CLOSING SCENES
The Rebels have reached the outskirts of the
town; railroad train loaded with passengers has
just LETT citizens are skedaddllng on steeds of an
antique and angular character, and otherwise
looking; there is a constant pop pop Of small
arms, and the discharges OF cannon and
bursting of shells. The last of our wagon
train is moving of in good order; men aud
women, citizens of the town, are rushing
into their houses or are grouped upon stoops TO
witness he ongoing Of one party and the incoming
of another, Notwithstanding the dangers around
them; the stores are closed aud the town looks
dingy, overturned boxes in the streets and arti-
cles Of some value laying here and there indicate
hasty parting from their keepers or owners
our lines are slowly moving back towards the
WilliamspOrt pike; infantry is marching in
column out of town Adams Express COmpany's
Agent and the telegraph operator are retreating
in good order-the latter on horseback with his
magnet under his arm, and the former on the
car, after saving the company's property, and
the accumulated grecnbacks In his pocket, and
the grey backs almost at his heels the Union
cavalry (our advance, if wo were going the other
way is in sight; the Rebels are in town no
more from Martmsburg, and the correspondent,
following the example of the army, also retires
in good order and excellent spirits, without the
loss Of any important item tit for publication
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