The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-07-12

eatte IN The mountatns. The ex eitement
1hambrrsburs this morning, osf hearing tina. n,
gers'owa was occupied, and tha, the r,be, cava
Vwcfe advancing ON Gseene astie, IL repye.a,e
| rs most iatsnse. Gov Curtin had s,stt.d for C,.
tyshofg on the III, but was tel.graphed 10 ,etur
when about fifteen mile from Carlisle. AZ ,be r,.
was not safe. Whoever the Confederate Geue,,
| IN command may be, Il wnnid seem frem the ff
owing ie'egraurs that he is levy log on The town.
aud trading" on the roads pretty heavily:
| PHADELfBia, July IA man from Hsp.r.towu
Just arrived at Greencastle, snys McCausl,n,,,
e"mmand, formerly Jenkinss, 10, 900 strong cav
| any and mounted infantry. and one battery en-
Tered nagetstown Yesterday and left at II o'c,ocl
ny ihs frederick turnpike, where the main bod,
had all gone.
Asrqu'sifioa made on the peoe,, for Gf
te'a hundred outfits aud twenty tiiatsand dbl
iats, under ustcats OF butnias the ,owa.wbici
was paJ.
BALTIMORE, Juiy 7-i2ia Pm-The ,.bc,s =
| Hatpus Ferry have destroy Ell all the iaIisoua
property there, fgcladiDg the telegraph and he se
, ue'e-s' fhey Rave also burned large quantity
al forage
NothiH3 hehaie Is kHown as to the Ian.a .e
| toi'e 20 rue road hfy1nd iiarper's Ferry and Mar
tiiSbHg trough IL Is believed that lis destruction
WAS one oi the main obiec's of the raid aud I, is
10 ''e presumed that they have accoiup ished All
| within their power.
The papefs filed with confused mass Of
cycIir" iciegrams which throw very iitie Iigb, ON
The movements oT the Jontederates. Ca the 9TH
they len ilagerstowB, portion moving ON the
road ;a edanck, and another portion on the Bal
tima.n Is.-e. Oi .--e same day they appeared be-
fore Frederick, and the latest Telegram, waieh is
dated Baltimore, midnight, of the 7ih gays heavy
canHonadng was heard at Frederick that evening
and that Gen Wallace had repuised every .lFa,t
of the Confederates 10 take The town. A telegram
from sandy look, dsied the night OF The 7th, SAYS
The bridge over the Shenandoah was in flames
Hunter ts moving iron, Western Virginia, Ccuc,,
Il "fsHniZ!pg the fesns yivaGii militia ard Wal
lace Is defending Frederick.
sEsAf sHcirEMtNf IN hanhtsBuG0 -!HE saw ~
VAsioN, ,sTsMpsps FROM MARYLAND,
special correspondent II Harrisburg, taiy ),
Whites:
',a The breath of su'phusors vapors ard "viiia,.
nous sai.hese, were bore tons OF runiors of iava-
SION, ana wars a'arums" hIled the city with
thousand fumorJ yesterday, adding u z2st To the
excitement which would otherwise hay,. been
MISSED But Harrisburg, and no donb, all the
towns In the Cumberland Valley, have got used
10 these alarms, which are beeomi np ouit, fsmtI
lar TO our ears; SO that nerves are by no means
"unstiune' now that new alarms greet us from,
the border. and We told the rebels are again
advancing nOrthw1ri.
During Sunday evening last there yyas consIso |
Tabie excitement here's bui this was owing to the |
suddenness of the intelligence Yet the papers |
made tha most of the occurrence, and bulletins |
shnou6ced TO eager crowds news highly excltIpg |
and 50 Confl sed and contradictory In details tha;
1t was impossibie 10 obtain q true Idea of the |
reality OF affairs.
At one iine the rebels were represented as hav-
Ing crossed the Potomac and on their way TO Ha-
2erstown and GreeDcaste full tit. The next !
hour brought an official dispatch tfom Major Gene
raj Couch, denying there any rebels this side
of the Potomac One dispatch from the border
I AFrp sE fhn |
or fifteen Thousand, which subsequent oiIiciai dis
patches would reduce to three or four thousand
gueTias.
The facts seem TO be as ielegraphcd you last /
night, that at six O'Clock ON SUNDAY morning
fisoi was diivcn IRON Lectown and DaTly:iic by
d superior tofce OF tue enemy, whose Cavalry
nunioefed som; twenty -si1 hundred all told bnt |
whose iniantiy Seem 10 be involved In mach Oh
sChf!tYJ so lar as asceItaDing their humbeta il
cone eeIhtd' falllng back oH MaTiinsburg, sisel |
was agaih Obliged to retreat, this time T., iie for
at HaIpefhs Ferry CUR losses In men
nanuot he great, bccaIse Of the instputGcqnce of
ihe force under Slgel at the time of the attack.
Inhl the !oices OF The enemy cannot be- very
great is pretty welt indicated In th. fact thar vim
al The forces OF cavalry they are represented as
having, Sigei escaped with but very few caplure- |
t Is hafdiy probable that m"ie than one Hind on
,ne haif oi ttis forces seat against Hunh.r, ut
'ilnnton aud Lynchbnrg have advanced north /
ward wlth this mythical Ghost
Sise ro" has 4 saiheent force to- hrIn LIa,-
'ei 1t he WEI. He holds Harper's Feriy, sud |
hStc ubhpt HHt titit HIS fbsCcS able
,"'p the place heatast all attacks. 4 f,N rebel /
eouts have been seen In the vicinity of Williams.
'oft, HageIstOTgD and SCttouuc!,si'IIrs and mi.
ias given ise 10 reports of the approach of the ;
nam body. we have communication with Iia- |
erstowu to day.
la ttc meantime hundreds Of negroes, from |
Johannesburg and ibe border, have pass. through
erc and Other places, for the North Il, ..,. -.
Dslavemrnt Horses and cattle ui all kb,Js arr. |
sing ftino,ci noFihwari from, the valley
MospY At POINT or ROCKS
A dispatch gives the following Intelligence
bout Aosby:
Yesterday afternoon, about tN, O'Clock = marty,
umbering several hundred OF Il; Osby's guerii las
rossed tie Potomac, Gom The Virginia shore and |
coupled tvs Point Of Rocks, Stealing aud de- |
Iroyibg everything that come Within iheis reach,
nd capturing several soldiers and ELI zeua amnug
.hOpI were Lieut. john ]. Sullivan of comnauv
!, FIRST Maryland Regiment, and Mr. x b Means |
dams Express agent, stationed at Point of | .
Ocss.
These gentlemen were, we under stand, lied | ,
horses and carried of by Mosby's men. Geory. /
Iichaels. OF company H. isi Maryland Ies imcu;
'as shot In the face aud thigh while dspu ing the
assng Oi the rebels Icr0Ss the river. The l,irr
iaS crossed tlie river In feSuiat iue of hattIr IL
c:rs easily iosdabie at Ihe Point Of Encta and
'err protected by IhFce pieces OF aIhi:afy stt |
uued OH The Virginia .iut. and Commanding
vsiyihing on this side. The movement WAS en- |
rely uusA eecttd by III. small i0tce we had sta |
dhrd nj the t'"at oi Rocks ani, b.iug entirely
'ltHuut hfuUcFp. IL lrCiEle necessary them |
ttiie towtgIs ffeaeIick Ciy.
Aitef remaining al Point Of Rocks fer three or
,ar hours, aud gobbiibg up everyth ing within :
each, the scOu1dreis beat basiy retreat across :
Ie river.
FROM GRkNT'S ARMY,
dispatch from Washington to the Phiiadeiphis | j..
Gqgiyer says that Grant will soon startie the J
Duniry with another "bli!liaat movement,,-i
yer The left. We suppose. A telegram from :
rants army says
Fires are occurring frequently In Petersburg i
hey have stopped calling upon tbs tiTe depart.
ent 10 assist In e0nquerng the flames The | ;
remen now occupy the trenches. We at
Ia moment fighting the whole rebel population. |
Every Gay regular ration of shells Is impartslly
str!buted smong the various wards OF Petersburg.
,a right OF the Filth aud Ninth happen to have ]
eir line of battle in close proximity to the rebel J
orks. This brings the skrmishers pear each J
her. aud the line is continually EN- mSroiled in some
tile skirmish. q
A refugee and two deserers from Richmond. who i
It there eeveral DAYS ago. represent that there is
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