Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1864-07-27
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The Pursuit Of the Raiders.

from Gen. Hunter reports the following,
just received from Gen. Averin.
NEAR WINCHESTER, july 2O-Breck
lnridse divided his force al Berrvsville last
night, sending Early to Winchester and
taking the other division towards Mill.
wood.
attacked and defeated Early to day in
front OF Winchester, killing and wounding
over oUO OF his officers and men. captur
ing iour cannon, several hundred stand Of
small arms, and about two hundred prison,
ers.
Gen. Lilly is seriously wounded and in
our hands. Col Board, of the 5Stb Vir-
gina Regiment, is killed The cannon
and prisoners have been sent to Martins
burg. The enemy's loss in officers is
heavy.
The prisoners admit their force to have
been i've thousand. The commands of
jackson and Imboden. which were present.
are not Included in the mentioned strength.
Generals Hunter and Wright in Pursuit
WASHINGTON, July 2l-It appears that
Gen. Hunter only asked to be relieved of
his command in order to avoid a possible
embarrassment to the Government. and to
facilitate Major General Wright in his
movements IN pursuit of the rebel army
lately invading Maryland. Further ex
plantations have shown that there was no
necessity for this action on the mart Of
Gen. Hunter, who will. therefore, continue
IN his present position, in which already SO
much service has been done.
Brig. Gen. Crook has been apnoiDted
Major General on Gen. Hunters very
earnest recommended on.
The pursuit of the enemy and of the
enemys trains is being carried on hy the
forces under Generals Wright and Hunter
with great vigor and every promise of
large success. They are moving south
ward on parallel lines, and between them
1t Is believed that little of the MARYLAND
plunder will ever reach the Richmond
railroads. There was but little in the way
OF food or stock to he stolen in MARYLAND.
and what little there was the rebels were
IN too great hurry to collect systemati
cally. Many wellinformed people think
Earlys men will be hungry before they
reach Richmond
Capture of Rebel Teamsters-Wagon
Train Destroyed -Mishap of the
Raiders.
WASHINGTON, July 21.-Eighty one
rebel prisoners have been brought hither
from Sandy Hook, Maryland. They state
that they we're in charge of one OF the
invading plunder trains, and were over
taken near Smokers Gap by portion of
the pursuing force Of General Crook.
\ fight Immediately followed, but the
train guard, finding it impossible to save
the train, destroyed it by fire and retreated,
leaving the teamsters and others at the
mercy Of our forces.
The Reported Invasion.
The evening edition of the American
publishes the following:
We have been able this morning to as
certain nothing definite with regard to the
rebel movements at Martinsburg and along
the line OF the Baltimore and Ohio rail
road, further than the fact that most of
the exciting stories in circulation on Mon
day evening, were either untounded or
greatly exaggerated
As far as we can ascertain this morning,
Gen. Averill has not been killed, as report
ed, but was compelled By a greatly superi.
or rebel force to fall back to the Potomac,
through Matinsburg to Williamsport, Nd,
carrying with him the garrison at that
point.
Whether the rebels occupied Martins
burg last night is not known; but of its
evacuation by our troops there seems to be
no doubt This morning trains to Freder-
ick and Washington went out as usual,
and a train for Sandy Hook left at .45.
The suspension Of telegraph operations
last night is said to have been caused by
the storm of wind blowing down the poles.
Gen. Hunter has, however, forbidden
all telegraphic communication with Har-
per's Ferry, and of course we have moth
ing direct from that vicinity.
From Gen. Sherman.
WASHINGTON, July %.
Official advices from General Sherman,
received this morning, cover the operations
down to last night The work of investing
the city is fast going on. There was some
hard fighting yesterday, resulting in the re
pulse of the enemy in his efforts to dislodge
our troops.
Gen. Palmer advanced his line to a more
advantageous position. Our loss during
the day was small.
Gen Sherman holds the railroad leading
from Atlanta towards Richmond, so that
Johnson cannot escape by that route to rein,
force Lee. His only means of leaving
Atlanta, is by two roads leading south to
Macon. and southwest to West Point and