Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1864-07-08

WsR DEFAKTDsESr. WssHISoroS
JUN S-4p NJ


giving the successful rvsuit Of The eAnking
operations IN progress Cor several DAYS
past -
The movement on our right caused thc
snemy 20 cvacuate. We oocspied Kencsa-
At Daylight and Marietta a. 80 A. NJ.
ThCnas = moving down the main road
towards The CAaiiAh00sAi And McP bersoa
toward tn n0rth o. NieksiAok on Tie sad.
town road.
Our cavalry i on The extreme iiank..
wbethsr tn easny viii kalt on ia, side
Oftbs CAAtASoooh or sO'. ~in soon be
known
Marietta - almost entirely abandoned
By Iis Inhsbitants. anI more thaa a rnils
OfrailroAd iron i moved bet-een The town
and tbe tot ofKe-e-a--
A dispatch from zen. Grsurs Head
quarters a. ? O'Clock this A. NJ. give. the
following resslt Of Gsa wasoas Opsra-
tons
SiEiy miles OfrailroaA we're tboroughly
destroyed
The Danvilie road. Gen. Wilson rep ort..
could not be repaired N lcss than 80 DAYS
even II an the materials we're AZ hand.
Tie has destroyed al The blacksnith's
shops -here The rail might b. enlightened
and all the niils where Scaling f0r sleep
~ oouid BE- saved. Thirty mile. % the
South SIDE rad -cre destroyed
Wiison brought IN about 900 n-rross
ard many % the vs.i number q horses ana
males gathered By has force.
lie rvPort. that th- rebel. Slaughtered
without uercy the n~grOs, they rstook.
Wslson's 20. 81 property ). snail
wagon tram used % carry asanunitioa. r..
anbalAnce train and ~ cannon.
The horses % artillery AM wagons we're
generally brouehs Of OF The eannon to
~ere removed from their carriages. The
vheels Of -hich -erc broken add ths gun.
thrown into the water. and one Other gun
had been Disabled BY a rebel shot strsk ing
tbe trunions before "a ~As abandoned. lie
estimates his total los, a, from go 70 1000
men including those iOss from KaatE's
division
"A rcbel force made ITS apP>a1ncs nesr
Mar'insburE this morning. .ad we're At
Last Accounts destroying the railroad and
advancing on Marsinsbarg The reports
received a. yet are too oohfsse1 an4 con
hiesing 70 determine the mAgnissde Of the
force Or tie cKteat o. its op.sratioas
(Signed) =. VI. STANTON.
Secretary Of War.
CARo. IL. Jsls 2 Memphis paper. %
the "a learn that a. soon a. Gen. steel
heart o! The movement Of the rebels near
tbs mouth % Waite River. be ~, q strong
force under Carr. ~hich eonfronted tn ~
bels on the 2sih. Wien 6gkt ensosd AMI
30 rebels and thc guns recently captured
from the Oaoea city. anl four mountain
So-nEen ucre captured ~ Carr. Our
los uas 80. Carr ca receiving inforlna-
ton iLat The rebels Errc rcciving rrinsorce-
ments under Marnauuke. eu back on
Clareben. t~enty miles bel,- DAHL.
Bus. Rcinforoenehts have been sent
% Carr. Tho forurs % Marmad IKE and
Shelby are said 10 BE- rctrcating.
Gen. Hantsr arrived .aisly a, Charls.-
Ton. W. Va. ca FRIDAY With his whsis
eounaad -iihout the loss q pound o.
government property. during the march Of
800 milcs. lie defeated The enemy IN H..
dihcrrnt engagements. All the raiiroads
and canals on the route wcre totally De
stroyed. He los IN the expedition wiu
not exceed 20oO, that Il the enemy. in
elsding Prisoners. must b. a. least 500
Tie army Is IN excellent spirit.. Andwil
soon BE- beard from -b,re least expected
WssHNoroN. Jolly @. Passenger from
City Point say that zen Grant sent De-
uant for the unconditional surrcnder Of
Peters5urg. a. ansser lad not beea re-.
ocived af latest dates
ALnsST. y. Z. Jolly 3. The Prcsidens
has called on tbs Governor 70 furnish A..
CO. militia for ere hurdrsd days 20 r,pcl
The rebcrs invasion. The Pr,sidcut says
tie rebels. from 1900 90 1880 s,ronr.
have iakcn Hapcr's Ferry sni thrcstsn
Other places
Havis'urg. Pc. Jolly 5-P VI. Tbe
rebels had not crossed che Potomac A. &
a VI today. 81 vhieh tine direct con-
municaiion ~as open With Gen Coach.
Caps S + Keen. ofti- s0tb regiment.