We make the following summary of news from the Baltimore
American of the 9th instant:
‘
The
American is exultant over the news from
Mobile, "through rebel sources," and by the small victory in
Hardy county,
Virginia.
’
From the Upper Potomac.
Our intelligence from the
Upper Potomac asserts that the rebels have again left this State.
Hagerstown was re-occupied by our forces on Saturday.--The rebel retreat is said to have been made in great haste, the movement of our forces on the south side of the
Potomac threatening their rear.
General Wright's command, composed of the Sixth and Ninth corps, crossed into
Virginia on Saturday, and the prospect for a battle is, therefore, regarded as imminent.
The main rebel force, under
General Early, is reported to be retreating on
Winchester.
Before leaving
Hagerstown the rebels arrested and carried off two prominent Union citizens.
General Sheridan has been temporarily placed in command of the defences of
Washington, the Middle Department, including
Maryland, and the Department of the Shenandoah.
General Kelly reports, on the authority of a scout, that
General Averill overtook the rebels at
Moorefield on Sunday, attacked them, and captured all their artillery and five hundred prisoners.
From Grant's army.
A dispatch from the Army of the Potomac states that the rebels exploded a mine under one of our works in front of
Petersburg on Friday, but succeeded in doing very little damage.
The rebels managed their mining operations very badly, and the explosion took place forty yards in front of our works.
They attempted an assault afterwards, but were repulsed with considerable loss.
Both armies are engaged in strengthening their defensive works.
A few days since fifty rebel deserters attempted to come into our lines in a body, but our troops, not understanding their intentions, fired on them, and twenty-nine of the number were killed or wounded.
Miscellaneous.
A dispatch from
Fort Smith, Arkansas, says that the rebels, under
Generals Cooper,
Gaines and
Standwaite, were defeated near that place on the 31st ultimo.
They were in full retreat, pursued by the
Union forces.
Lincoln has revoked
General Hunter's order banishing rebel sympathizers from
Central Maryland.
General Hooker has not been assigned to any command yet. He will visit New York.
Admiral Dahlgren has published a letter attempting to prove that his son, Ulric, did not write the orders found on his person.
The so-called
Governor Hahn, of
Louisiana, has arrived in
Washington.
The last quotation of gold in New York is two hundred and fifty-seven.
