, 1864-08-01

ent, Was the notorious Orlando B. Flckli
Of Coles, and he prudently refused to addre!
the Convention.
| THE NEW RAID.
PennsyIvania Invaded Capture {
ChAmberAbmFF
BALTIMORE, July 3.-The telegraph lin
west is now working beyond Frederick TIL
! rebels under Mosby are supposed to hAy
cut the wires between Monocacy and Poiu
Of Rocks. There is little donbt' that thes
raiders in force are NOW operating on tn
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, ne1r Point 0
Rocks.
/ PHILADELPHIA, July 30.-The excftcmen
is very great here over the news Of the cap
| tutc Of Chamberbburg mud the INVASION o
the state, md the vicinity Of the newspaper
offices IL crowded BY citizens, anxious tol
1 more 4details. which are momently expected
HAnH1sBuRo, July So-A gentleman at
tached to one Of the newspapers at Cham.
beraburg, who left there al s O'Clock thie
morning, reports the following facts;
The people Of Chambersburg received In.
formation yesterday Of the approach Of the
rebels. At once the merchants qnd business
men commenced packing up their stocks,
and before ten O. clock last evening the most
was sent far beyond the reach Of the rebels.
At three o'clock this morning rebel torce
OF 5000 mounted infantry reached Cham,
hersburg and cncampcd on the Fair ground.
This force was met short distance from
Mercersburg by small party Of troops from
stubbornly, but were compelled to withdraw
on account Of the overwhelming number Of
the invaders.
The disposition of the rebel forces rs they
crossed the Potomac is described by our iu-
fo1ma9t az follows: One party moved
WRssooro sna anaher By asaaE
General Averi1l is reported as having en-
gaged their center, and Ia satd to be falling
back on Chambersbnrg. II this be so. his
position must be peri1ous, and be is likely to
be surrounded at any moment, should the
then, moving from Waypesboro, also join In
the assault
The rolling stock Of the Cumberland Val
ley Railroad is being removed to this point.
Large numbers Of fugitives aud colored peo.
pie accompany this stock, and present . de,
on the hearth and side walks around tue
Railroad depot
It it reported that the rebels have burned
the Court House, Town Hall and residence
Of Colonel A. Z. McClure, at ChambersburG.
Various estimates are made Of the number
Of the invading rebels, the lowest putting
them at 80. .000
vance beyond Chatnberebnrp. and our forces
st,1, ho1i shfnnfnahnr. a1eper ro,taa aas+ ~
Sho,n 49, he@ahmrF Sbn1id tha ,aha1s odTanoa ~.
N Sh,nn,n eb2ro ne Inovamant won1d "L DIIo do'
yelop the apparent intention to make demon
STATIONS still further down the Valley, and 1t
not, to lay siege to Harrisburg.
LATER -
HAnR1sICRo, July 3o.-Most positive In
formation has been received that Gen. Ave
burg, and is following them westward, to-
ward London. franklin county.
The best part OF Chamber5burg Is said to
be In ashes, and 5000 people rendered
homeless.
It is stated on the authority OF rebel pris.
raid toward Wheeling, OF about to return BY
the KapaWha Valley. It seems BY the state
ments of these prisoners that it is the inteu-
tion Of Gen Longstreet to threaten Wash
ipgton, while Breckinridee makes bis raid.
In the meantime Gen. Early is to hold the
Shenandoah Valley.
PHILADELPHIA, July M.-Pre1ty well au-
thenticated information received here to-
night is to the effect that the rebel Mosbey,
with 500 cavalry, has crossed the Potomac
into Maryland, at Edwards Ferry, and is
endeayo1ing to intercept our wagon trains.
I learn that they arc ont OF his reach, and, be-.
Rides. strongly guarded.
that there are no armed rebels yet il Mary
land. Trains still arrive regularly froa:
Sandy Hook and Frederick ::
NEW YoRK, July 30.-The Rsfs Washing
ton .speeial saga. 1ntolligcnce direct from
Frederick states that body Of rebel cavalry
crossed Into MARYLAND at the mouth Of the
Monocacy lost night; also part Of McCaus-
lano'5 cavalry, and entered Pennsylvania.
:, NEW 1oRK, july N-A special to the New
iork 1r,o"ne, oatea haFpefs fefFg, Juiy :9,
says:, Ihe rebels have tallen back toward
winchester, where 1t Is believed they intend
y possible that tne rebels Will TT tho despe-
[ate expedlent OF making apothef dash on
washington. 1t Is Impossible, therefore, to
predict tntu1e moFements.. collision may
occur before tomorrow morning. In spite
OF all that can be learned from Scouts, DESERT
CTS aid citizens, the number of the euemy
and the composition of his forces are sttll
matters Of speculation.
a special to the Hord, dated Washington,
July 20, says: Intelligence from the Upper
fotonaS today confirms the advlces Of yes
terday, that the enemy his fallen back from
the line Of the rivers, having made no new
demonstration during the past twenty-four
hours. whether they have fallen back to
winchester, or even farther 10 m the valley,
is Jet unknown:
aARh1snuRG, "a July 5o.-A large rebel
cavalry nnd artillery force entered chamoer5-
oasg Lnls .ao}!nng. ,oa.,o;, =, .,ua.,
caiiinr on lie peonie I to ,son oS9anile ana defe0
ths1r 1T homes: p1,.., nna n;,u n.n,n,,.u, ,..
!, laG fa1T7N ana oHtoH,. newspapers, say
r. tnat me telegraph wires are az down between
" GhanpefspuEg a9d Aarper's Ferry, and
The n;aHt UNI hsrs ore
rinced that the invasion Of the State is bY a