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bels had entered Hagerstown at six P. M. Jackson undoubtedly moved from Boonsboro' towards Hagerstown; but there is nothing reliable as to his near approach to Hagerstown. He may be moving to Williamsport to cut off General White, now at Martinsburg and Harper's Ferry, or direct upon Waynesboro' in this State. The former is most probable. The Northern Central Railroad and telegraph are still untouched. The people of Pennsylvania are now thoroughly aroused, and one thousand men from Berks county and one thousand from Chester will probably be here by morning, in anticipation of the Governor's call, and within twenty-four hours 20,000 men will be in the Cumberland Valley, and before Jackson can reach Chambersburg, he will be required to meet and overcome 50,000 of Pennsylvania's yeomanry General Wool has been assigned to the command of all the troops north of the Susquehanna. A mail carrier was taken prisoner and held five hours. He says great numbers threw themselves dow