Further from the North.
Northern dates of the 25th inst. have been received.
Of course the papers are chiefly filled with news concerning.
General Ewell's march in
Maryland and
Pennsylvania.
A dispatch from
McConnelsburg, dated on the 23d, asserts on the authority of two Confederate deserters that the whole of
Ewell's corps is within the
State of Pennsylvania, and that the rebels are overrunning
Franklin.
They had taken
Mercersburg in the same county, and driven in the
Federal pickets on the other side of that town, in their advance on Harrisburg At
Harrisburg great excitement prevailed on the evening of the 24th, at the report that the enemy were advancing in strong force on
Carlisle, which is about 7 miles from the town.
They were meeting with no opposition.
Gen Knipe would probably give them battle at that place on the 25th, on which day they were expected to arrive.
No infantry had been discovered in the rebel force, though a large body was thought to be with it. From another deserter, the statement is published that
Ewell has only 12,000 men. They left
Hagerstown Md., on the 21st.
The people of
Harrisburg had their feelings somewhat composed by "sixteen veterans of the was " tendering their serviced to the
Governor to defend the capital.
We are afraid that the
Confederate veterans of 1863 will be too much for the old soldiers.
A dispatch from
Harrisburg, dated midnight of the 24th, says:
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The rebels are within twenty-five miles of
Harrisburg.
The enemy's column halted about dusk, eight miles the other side of
Carlisle, and went into camp.
The authorities are in telegraphic communication with Greyson Station, which is two miles from the rebel pickets.
Their line to night is very strong.
The result of to morrow is looked forward to with much anxiety, and not without some doubts.
General Knipe may give the enemy battle at
Carlisle, or he can fall back to the
Susquehanna.
A battle will undoubtedly be fought, or the place evacuated, before to-morrow night--
General Couch has thrown a strong column of men in the neighborhood of
Gettysburg, on the enemy's right flank.
This, in connection with certain movements of the Army of the Potomac in their rear, will make it a dangerous experiment for them to attempt to hold the line of the
Susquehanna.
Numerous arrests have been made to-day on the
South side of the river, of parties suspected of being rebel spies and guerillas; but on their cases being investigated, most of them proved to be refugees.
The clerks and other attaches of the
State Capitol to-day organized themselves into a company for the defence of the city.
The works on the opposite side of the river have been completed, and the guns are being mounted.
The Philadelphia Gray Reserves, 1,100 strong, are still here, but refuse to be mustered in. Their conduct is severely commented on by the other troops.
Gen. Andrew Porter arrived here to-day and tendered his services to the authorities. --Everything is quiet in the neighborhood of
Gettysburg and
Hanover Junction.
Great activity is being displayed in that quarter to prevent any demonstration on the lines of the Northern Central Railroad.
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Yankee report of the capture of the C. S. Steamer Atlanta.
The official reports of the officers commanding the U. S. steamers
Weehawken and
Nahaut give a lengthy account of the Confederate iron-clad
Atlanta, on the 17th, in
Warsaw Sound, Ga. The engagement commenced at five minutes to 5 o'clock A. M., when the
Atlanta, one mile and a half distant, fired a rifled shot, which passed across the stern and struck near the
Nahant.
The
Atlanta was lying across the channel, awaiting attack.
At a quarter past 5 o'clock the U. S. steamers having come within three hundred yards commenced firing.
At half-past 5 o'clock the
Atlanta's colors were hauled down, and a white flag hoisted.
A boat was sent alongside, and at a quarter to G L!.
Alexander boarded the
Weehawken to surrender the
Atlanta.
He reported the vessel aground, on the sand spit that makes to the southeast of
Cabbage island.
Shortly afterwards
Capt. W. A. Webb came on board and delivered up his sword.
On examination of the
Atlanta, it was found that four of the five shots fired at her took effect, the first on the inclined side by a fifteen-inch coned shot, which, although fired an angle of fifteen degrees with her feel, broke in the armor and wood backing, strewing the deck with splinters, prostrating about forty men by the concussion, and wounding several by broken pieces of armor and splinters.
One man has since died.
The second shot, an 11 inch solid, struck the edge of the knuckle, doing no damage, except breaking a plate or two.
The third shot, a 15 inch cone, struck the top of the pilot house, knocking it off and wounding two pilots and a steering man at the wheel.
The fourth shot, supposed to be a 11 inch, struck the port stopper in the centre, breaking it in two, shattering it very much, and driving many of the fragments in through the port — At 20 minutes past 8 o'clock, the engine of the
Atlanta was secured by
engineer J. G. Young, and the vessel backed off into deep water, when she was brought to an anchor — The wounded were sixteen in number.
The position of Fey's army
A letter from
Frederick, Md., dated the 24th says:
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It is rumored here, and generally believed, that the greater part of
Lee's army has crossed the
Potomac, and is now on the soil of
Maryland.
It is confidently asserted that the crossing was made at three points.--Williamsport, Shepherdstown, and Antietam fords, and that it has been going on since Friday or Saturday last.
The people of
Pennsylvania must now be prepared to defend their soil from the tread of the invader, for devastation, plunder, and destruction follow in the track of these Godforsaken traitors.
Momentous events are at hand.
I have not the time, nor the desire to expatiate further, and shall close with the expression of the heart felt prayer--"May God save the
Commonwealth."
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What the Canals and Railroads are Suffering.
A correspondent of the Philadelphia
inquirer, writing from
Frederick, Md., on the 24th, speaking of the damage done by the Confederate forces to the
Chesapeake and Ohio canal, says.
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The aqueduct on the canal at
Williamsport has been blown up, the locks destroyed, and all the boats in the vicinity burned.
The lock gates at Millstown Point were also torn out, and six canal boats burned.
At
Green Spring the embankment was broken, and the water running out of the canal into the fields.
He corroborated the statement of the other refugee that the canal was a perfect wreck from
Williamsport to
Cumberland, Md.
The rebels have burned about three hundred canal boats on the
Baltimore and Ohio canal.
They paroled the boatmen and drivers not to divulge any of their movements, and then released them after taking possession of the horses employed in towing the boats.
All the bridges on the railroad between the
Opequon and
Cumberland have been destroyed, track torn up in many places, and water tanks burned and demolished.
At the
North Branch bridge, over the
Potomac, they fired seventeen shots from a 12 pounder before they could break the top cord, the bridge being an iron one and a very fine structure.
Only one span of this bridge was destroyed.
The bridge over the
South Branch was destroyed entirely.
The bridges over
Back Creek,
Sleepy Creek, Sir John's Run, and
Green Spring Run, were all burned, and the water tanks at
Green Spring Run and Sir John's Run were both burned.
The devastation has been extensive and complete.
The same correspondent saw droves of fat cattle driven South through
Martinsburg, and large numbers of horses, the fruits of plander in
Western Maryland and
Pennsylvania.
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The advance up the Peninsula.
The plan of the
Yankee raid up the
Peninsula, as we gather from letters in the
Northern papers, was this;
Gen. Wise was supposed to have a regiment of his command at Diascund Bridge.
Keyes sent three regiments up
James river to land on the
Chickahominy, and thus draw
Wise's attention to his right, while
Gordon's division was to go up and attack him in front.
When
Gordon's advance reached the Twelve mile ordinary he sent forward a regiment of infantry, two squadrons of cavalry and a section of artillery, under
Col. West.
to attack the force which it was supposed
Wise would leave at Diascund Bridge after sending a portion of his troops to the
Chickahominy to stop the advance there.
At the same time two regiments of infantry were sent up the
Centreville road to get in rear of Diascund and capture the
Confederates when they should be driven in by
Col. West.
Of course the trapping of
Wise proved a dead failure.
Of the expedition which landed at the
White House with Keyed, nothing is said.
The correspondent says
Peck is advancing from
Suffolk.
Miscellaneous.
John Morgan has creased into
Kentucky, with 5,000 rebel cavalry.
Only 21 regiments have been sent from other States to aid
Pennsylvania in driving back the
Confederates.
A Pennsylvania letter writer gives the following whine: "Our poor farmers are driving off their cattle in crowds." He might have added that the
Confederate troops were helping them in the operation.
The safe arrival of
Vallandigham at
Nassau is announced in the
Northern papers.
He is going to
Canada.
The Confederate privateer
Tacony is said to have burned six schooners from
Gloucester, and three ships off
Nantucket Island on Monday, 22d inst.
The
Provost Marshal of
Baltimore has issued an order prohibiting the
Baltimore papers from making any extracts from the New York
World, New York
Express, New York
Caucasian, Cincinnati
Enquirer, and Chicago
Times.
