The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-08-13
{ WorLTS Special.

Worlds Special
WAsHrNoroN, Aug. The invasion 9
Pennsylvania has entirely subsided.
Yesterday It was confidently believed
battle would take place on the old Sharps
burg battle-ground, or in that neighbor
hood but it 10 now believed that if the reb
given them up, Of giving US fight, on find
ing how large force we had ready to con
test their march into Pennsylvania.
With the recent changes in Maryland
and the present disposition Of our forces. |,
will b. utterly impossible for the rebels q
got a. far - the Pennsylvania line without
2 desperate battle, in which the odds would
b against them.
|. a heavy cavalry force, our greatest wan,
Upper Potomac, and instead Of rebel in
yasion Of Pennsylvania the country will
b more likely to hear Of . march Of q
heavy column down the Shenandoah.
Gen. Wrights command was ut last &C.
counts at Boonesboro, in North Mountain
valley. ~ AF
The country may rest assured the inva.
sion Is over for tho present. N
T. NEW CREEK, WESTERN VA, August S.
10 Coz. Broom: have just arrived here
this evening: The enemy was edectually
repulsed and rapidly retire ating towards
Moorfeld. We have saved Western Vir-
ginia from teraible securing by the reb-
els and invaders.
lsigned) 1"'ge R.F. KELLEY,
Brig. General.
The following Is . dispatch from Gen.
CUMBERLAND, August5.- Io Gov. Brown.
Ny force repulsed the enemy again ct New
Creek. Gen. McCauslaud ana Gen. Brady.
OF Johnson's force attacked that post Of
3 p. m. The fight continued till long after
dark. The enemy retreated during the
night, leaving their killed and wounded.
The snsmys les; Y sever Our Ice viii
ave wounded. : - a m - ~
The garrison made . most gallant de1snse
under the command Of Col. Stevens, Col.
Hay, and Maj. Simpson. " s3 JfsE' n n,
(Signed) eil-l II. F. KELLEY, t
54A f,f ,af{s,. Brig. General.
The Tribune correspondent from Peters
burg says that the armies on the Potomac
and James Rivers were never in better
condition, and that an important move
ment u on foot, from which you may soon
expect news aai " .na.esIrs6A " n q.
New YoeK,. Aug. a.-Ths receipts from
lion dollars per day. $50 aaa
Warrants for three millions passed yes
terday to pay the army.
Brig. Gen. Wild, CHARGED bv Baldv
Smith with deeohedience Of orders. has
been returned to, duty The proceedings
Of the court we're set aside By Gen. Butler
Surgeon General Hammond has been
suspended from rank and pay for three
years. F48 sngtfff ~.1,,.81f t6.
NEW YORK, Aug. 9.-The World Wash
ington special says: The rebel movements
on the Upper Potomac were feint to COW
or the sending of reinforcements to Hood.
1t iS supposed that not less than $4,000 o.
Lees veterans have been sent to Atlanta.
and much apprehension Is felt in the mat
The HeralTs Washington special says
Grant and staff have returned from the
Upper Potomac, and have started for City
The Commercials Washington special
says: There is great exultation at the Ma
W Department over the news from Mo-
Blockade running at Mobile will be bro
ken up. and several Of our best gunboats
relieved from duty there.
The Tennessee and Wabash are said to
be the most powerful rams in the World.
The sinking Of the Tecumseh is entirely
.discredited. aas aaai sf
Buchanan is the only .Admiralia the reb-
A private dispatch from Washington to-
day Gays: Our news through rebefsources
- Al encouraging. sta .aaa
The capture of Mobile is confidently ex-
pected, and we learn from the front that
great excitement exists among the rebels,
both ct Richmond and Atlanta. 1n
Military men here say that Sherman will
undou btsdiy take advantage Of the confu.
sion OF the rebels, and we look for accounts
of q battle at any moment. .I
Averilrs victory in the Valley is con-
captured from 500 to 900 prisoners and all
the rebel artillery. e
This, and the report from Mobile, have
made our Washington officials very happy
to-day.
NEW YORK, Aug. 9.-The Commercial
says: We learn that kilograms were In
town today announcing the fact that both
Gems. Sherman and Thomas state that At
lanta will surely Be ours BY the close Of the
week. -.