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JL Fight on the Rappahannock.
Stuarts Rebel Cavalry Defeated.
BrLLKrN, Va., June 15.?The prand
Army of the Potomac is now on and near
the old Bull Run battle field.
The Third army corps arrived at Manas
sas Junction on Monday morning.
The First and Eleventh corps are at
Centre ville.
The balance of the Army of the Potomac?the
Second, Fifth, Sixth and Tw elfth
corps?"will probably reach here to-night.
Major-General Hooker and the retinue
attached to the general headquarters are
on their way to this point, and by to-morrow
noon or night the army will be together
again.
Our cavalry commands have during the !
whole time been on our flanks. They
have done invaluable service as scouts,
gaining information of the enemy's movements
and making reconnoissances which
impeded the enemy's progress.
General Gregg and his division are and
have been operating in the neighborhood
of Warrenton and White Sulphur Springs.
General Dufhe's division, late General
AveriU's, are at the base of the Blue Bidge,
near Ashby's Gap.
..General Buford, with the regulars, has
completely blocked up Thoroughfare Gap,
thereby preventing the approach of the
rebels to this neighborhood through that
channel.
Loionel Taylor, of the First Pennsylva-'
ilia cavalry, now temporarily in commanu
of General Wyndham's brigade, Las had
the Orange and Alexandria Railroad un- .
der his special care.
General Pleasanton, now in command
of the cavalry corps, lias his headquarters
in the neighborhood of "Warrenton June- ;
tion.
Our cavalry have captured many prisoners
and brought away numberless contrabj*tds,
from whom invaluable information
bos been obtained,
Among the prisoners captured is Capt.
Hulcliins, of Stuart's cavalry. He was
with General Twiggs in Texas, when
Twiggs surrendered his command and the
Government property. +
Among the most important seizures
made by our cavalry has been that of a !
bag containing mail matter?letters writ
ten by the rebel soldiers and addressed to \
tlitor friends in the South. i
^ Not only were the bag and its ton tents
captured, but also the parties wlfo had it
in t'liaige, thus breaking up a mail route
that has doubtless been in constant operation
for a considerable length of time.
Among tne letters capturea was one i
^written by nn aid to General Longstreet,
to bis wife living in Alabama. After talk- j
ing of family matters, tbe writer goes on
to tell what is the object of their movement
North. He says that thev will ultimately
send a cavalry force into Pittsburg,
and sack and burn the town, while their
infantry are to pillage and plunder sundry
parts of Maryland and Pennsylvania. 1
A severe engagement took place on the
9th inst, between our caval^r and that of
the rebels under Gen. Stiiart. The locality
at which it occurred was Bernly's Ford,
on the Kappahannock, live miles above
Rappahannock Station, and about the
same distance below the Sulphur Springs, j
General Lee, it was pretty well known, I
had assembled his cavalry, supported by ;
artillery and infantry, between Culpeper j .
Court House and Beverly's Ford, with a 1
design to send them upon a raid, and this
fact is further substantiated from a docu- j '
ment that fell into Pleasonton's hands, by
^ which it was ascertained that Stuart was
io^iave started on his journey within an j '
hour or two of the time our forces came
up with him. General Pleosonton, in view
of the information above stateu, was uespatched
with portions of the divisions of
onr cavalry, commanded by Generals Bu- j
ford and Gregg respectively, to prevent
the consummation of the enemy's designs. '
The forces under General Buford consisted
of portions of the First, Second,
Fifth and Sixth Regular Cavalry, and the
thxth Pennsylvania Cavalry, and those
^ under General Gregg, of portions of the
?ighth and Ninth New York, Eighth Illinois
ant} Third Indiana Cavalry. General
Buford's force, which was on the right,
first met the enemy's pickets half a mile
south of the ford, when a severe engagement
immediately commenced, the rebels
* being in heavy farce and resisting the advance
of our troops with continuous hand>
to-hand fighting. "When Gregg brought
his force/up to the right and became engaged,
the enemy gradually gave way, disv
-'every/inch of the ground desIn
mis way our men made more than a
dozen charges into the midst of the rebel
ranks, relying almost entirely upon the
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so heavily reinforced 'with infantry and
artillery as to make it prudent to return
to this side of the river. The recrossing
commenced about four o'clock P. M.,
General Pleasonton bringing off about two.
hundred prisoners, his own wounded, and%
the bodies of those of his officers who had
been killed in the engagement.
The Sixth Pennsylvania Cavalry, which
was in the advance under Buford. lost
heavily, including six officers killed,
wounded or missing.
Of the Sixth Pennsylvania Cavalry,
Cant. Davis was killed by a shell; Major,
Robert Morris is missing; Lieut. Tenny
is missing; Lieut. R. Ellis received a shot i
through his leg, and, Capt. Leiper was cut
with a sabre.
The Eighth New York regiment had the
advance under Gregg, and the command
of Col. Davis, who was killed on the field.
Among the casualties of that regiment
were Captain Foote, Co. E, and Lieutenant
Catler, Co. A, killed; and Lieutenant
Reeves, Co. C, and Lieutenant Essler, Co.
I, mortally wounded.
On the return to this side of the river
the enemy skirmished frequently with our
rear guard, doing us no damage to speak
of. Our loss has not been definitely ascertained.
The proportion of horses killed
on both sides in the engagement is considered
almost unexampled. The field
from where Buford and Gregg became
first engaged, throughout the whole dis.
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UlDCe 01 nve limes uvci ?men mc t-ucuij
were driven before getting back to their
reinforcements, was strewn with dead and
wounded rebels. We liad two batteries
of artillery engaged, and the enemy the
same. Much credit is given to our artillery
for its bravery and efficiency.
The officers represent this battle as the
fiercest and bloodiest cavalry fight of the
war.
Another Cavalry Battle in Virginia*
Head-Qvarters of the Army o* the
Potomac, June 10.?A conflict occurred
j-esterday between a detnehmdht of our 4
cavalry and Colonel FiWiugh Lee's Brigade.
The rebel forces had come from the
direction of Snicker's Gap, arrivftg at
Aldie two hours before our forces reached
that point, and had posted their mounted
sharp-shooters behind stone walls, ready
to pom* a murderous fire upon our advancing
column. Col. Kilpatrick charged '
upon the rebel advance and drove them
furiously through the town. The rebels
then made a stand on the other side of
the town, where was posted a rebel battery
of four guns, on the road to Ashby's
Gap, and the rebel cavalry posted themselves
along the wooded and stone-wall
country towards Snicker's 'Gap. At this
place desperate charges were made by our
own and the rebel cavalry alternately,' and,
after a fjglit of over three hours, with
varying success, the rebels were routed
witli severe loss.
We captured over one hundred prisoners,
and a battle-flag belonging to the
Fifth Virginia Cavalry. Among the killed,
were Colonel Douty, Captain G. K. Summett,
of the First Maine, and Lieuts. D.
Wliitaker and Mortimer, of the Second
New York, and others.
Washington, June 17.?Advices to-day
from Aquia Creek state that all the stores
and the rolling stock of the railroad have
been brought away. The rebels have not
as yet shown themselves in that vicinity,
and could do no injury were they to attempt
it. The place will be held as long
as it may be deemed necessary or advisable
to do so.
Three deserters report that the remaining
rebel force left the vicinity of Fredencksburgh
at sundown yesterday with
their battery. Five rebel scouts were seen
in the afternoon, eight miles from the
creek.
We have glorious intelligence from
Pittsburg. The citizens of that place now
nave me euy miyicgiiuwij ?wiuu^u. v,v.?
two hundred pieces of heavy artillery have
already been planted, and twenty thousand
men are manning the works under
command of Major-General Brooks.
Tom King and Jack Heenan.?The
Benicia Boy and Tom King must again be
prepared to post ?20 each on Thursday,
June 4, the house appointed for the ceremony
being that of Bob Travers, the Sun
and thirteen Cantons, Castle Street, Leicester-square,
where we have no doubt
Bob will be surrounded by troops of
friends,?Bells Life.
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sabre, which they used with terrible effect.
The enemy, on the other hand, repeatedly
charged, but relied for the most part on
their revolvers.
Both sides were repeatedly driven back
in the course of the battle, though we succeeded
in driving the rebels, Fitzliugh
Lee's and Wade Hampton's divisions of
cavalry*, with their artillery, all commanded
by Major-General J. E. B. Stuart, back
to a point about six miles southwest of
where, their pickets were tirst encountered.
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JRDAY, JUNE 27, 1863.
News from Vicksburg.
The Progress of the Seige.
Late reports from Vicksburg are to the
effect that guerillas throng the western
bank of the Mississippi as far as Milliken's
Bend. ?#ho rebels hold Kiclimond and
New Carthage, and their forces are being
daily increased from the Wachitu river.
It is also said that troops are sent across
the Mississippi from De Soto during the
night to reinforce Pemberton. The rebels
not oil fVioir information from Vicksburcr
by that route. Supplied are also taken to
the starving army of Pemberton by the
same route.
A letter in the Knoxville Register of the
9tli, from Meredian, savs that the proclamation
of Governor Pettus and General
Johnson, urgjng the people of Mississippi
to rise en masse will add little strength to
the Southern armies. A few counties will
respond' nobly to the call for volunteers,
but from all indications it will be found
imi>088ible to arouse tiie population
generally. The Mississippians, in many
instances, deem Vicksburg already lost.
Point De Soto, June 10,1863.?By the
arrival of the ram Switzerland, Col. John
A. Ellet, from the mouth of the Red river
to-day, we have information of the destruction
of Simmsport, on the Atchafalaya,
on the 6th inst.
A reconnoisance by the Switzerland on
the 3d discovered a batter}' of six field
pieces and a regiment of infantry holding
the shore. The Switzerland engaged them
and was struck seven times, one shot
severing the the steampipe. The damage
was repaired, and Capt. Walker, with the
Lafayette and Pittsburg, silenced the
battery and burned the town and commissary
stores.
The river is now clear between Port
Hudson and Vicksburg.
Washington, June 16.?Official advices
from Vicksburg, dated 11th instant, have
been received here. They are of the most
cheering general character.
Our artillery and mortftrs continued at
intervals to piay upon me unvn.
Three females, put outside the city by
General Pemberton. assert that the garrison
is short of ammunition, and provisions
are scarce and not to be bought at
any price. The garrison is subsisting on
quarter rations, mainly consisting of corn
meal and peas.
The women and children seek shelter in
caves from our shot and shelly which fall
heavily on the city, aqd consequently few
lives nro*iosfc among them.
The enemy occupy Canton and Yazoo
city in considerable force.
Bebel cavalry are continually scouting
outside of General Grant's lines.
Much sickness is said to prevail in Vicksburg,
and the citizens desire its capitulation,
which General Pemberton absolutely
refuses.
Washington, June 17.?The news from
Vicksburg for several days past has been
unimportant. All the advices received
represent the siege as progressing steadily
and everything going on well.
A detachment of tars from the gunboat
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vumiuuuurc j .uuej, uu tuc iui>. juuued
near Chuckatuck, Va., and proceeded
toward that place, taking along with tliem
a howitzer and a small load of ammunition
drawn by a ninle. On nearing the village
they were met by a mounted squad of
rebel pickets. The moment shots were
exchanged, 'Corporal Mule' became refractory,
kicked up a dust and ran with
rfrailroad velocity, pell-mell for the rebels.
Here was a go?and the mule was a goner.
Regardleess of danger, the jolly jacks
clarged vigourously to the reseue of their
ammunition. The novel system of battling
astonished the rebels so much that
tlisy fled?to use a geographical term?incontinently,
leaving a captain and three
privates dead on the field, and three superior
horses. One of the latter was soon
mounted by a sailor, but the animal seeming
unused to nautical phrases and mauceuveres,
undertook to run away with his
rider, in spite of all attempts to cast anchor.
Jack, finding all other methods fail
dettrmined to heave him to, sailor-like,
by a gun across his bows, anil, accordingly,
drawing his revolver, he put a bullet
through his head, and was able to dismoint.
Mrs. Eunice Hayes, died at Milton,
Voir TTtimnolitra nrt 1 7t.f? nf llLSt Mfirpll.
at the age of 102. She left 191 descendant*,
was born on Friday, consecrated to
God in baptism on Friday, married on
Friday, moved into Milton on Friday, her
husband died on Friday, and she died on
Friday, as she often affirmed she should.
"Wm. Lynch, a private in the 2d Massachusetts
Cavalry, was shot at Fort Independence
on Tuesday, for mutiny. Lynch
was one of the ringleaders of the revolt,
when the chief one was shot dead by the
Colonel at the time.
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The Rebel Invasion.
[From the Philadelphia Inquirer, June 2rt_]
The Rebel column, of which Jenkins
and Iniboden's cavalry were the mrtul
couriers, appear to have undisputed possession
of the Maryland shore of the Potomac,
from the old Antietam battleground
up to Hancock. About four thousand
infantry are reported at Hagerstown,
and a much greater force at Williamsport-,
They also appear to have control of the
Maryland side from near Point of Rocks- <
up to the Maryland Heights. That important
position, indeed, appears to be ?
quite surrounded, thongli not in great'
force. Why the strong garrison of Umoi*
troops there do not try the virtues of a
vigorous sally out among the enemy, is>
not easy to understand.
The position taken by the rebel advance^
indicates a purpose to occupy that portion'
of Maryland for some time to come, nnless
the calculations of General Lee areoverthrown
by some reverse. It is a formidable
position, from which the enemymay
make a descent upon Baltimore, attack*Washington,
make destructive excursions
into Pennsylvania, or overwhelm^
West Virginia. If Pittsburg was not so>
far off it also might be in danger from the
same base.
As Lee's movements have thus far developed
themselves, it would seem to be
his purpose to transfer the battle ground,
of the Northern rebel armies from Virginia
to Maryland, if not to Pennsylva- _ _
nia. He is. doubtless, driven to tliis hazardous
course partly by the clamors of thtultra
rebel press, and partly by the utterly
exhausted condition of that part c?
Virginia to which his army have been sc>
long confined. It is, as we have said, a
hazardous experiment, as he will, doubtless,
find out before he is many weeks
older.
We liave news from that part of Virgin- f
ia just to the southeast of Leesburg, and.
there appear to be but few rebels in that"
vicinity. The bulk of Lee's Army is, beyond
doubt, in the valley of Virginia, following
the track of the column at Hagerstown
and Williamsport. -?
We have intelligence also of the progress
of the Army of the Potomac, but iuobedience
to the desires of General Hooker,
abstain from any indications of his exact
whereabouts, except to advise the
public that his army is making substantial
progress towards the right quarter.
From the foregoing, which we state in: f r ^
plain rfnd Oispassiumue terms, the people
of Pennsylvania, and of the great StatesNorth
and East of her, will see the necessity
of using the utmost energy in placing,
troops in the field " to repel invasion;" tocheck
the forward movement of the enemy,
and to so develop? Lee's forces between
the upper and nether millstones of :'
the outpouring militia of the North and'
the army of the Potomac, that they wiffi
be ground to powder.
It is a gratifying task to close up this
running commentary upon the "invasion'^
with the intelligence that General Milrojr
is on the track of Jenkins, Imboden and
their "confederates," with a large forceof
mounted men, sufficient in numbers
and of the right sort for the work in han<L
Rebel Raid Into Indiana.
Cincinnati, June 20.? Yesterday about
one hundred of the Fourth Kentucky,
rebel Cavalry crossed the Ohio river intt*
Harrison county, Indiana, making a raid
into the interior.
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at i>iew urieillls, 111 ujul ouibe, mcicuwe
bad a skirmish with the Home Guards
whom they repulsed.
The rebels were moving toward the Oliic* '
aud Mississippi railroad at the last accounts.
The militia, with convalescents from thehospitals
at New Albany and Danville,,
have started in pursuit of the rebels.
The Indiana State authorities have issued
a call for 20,000 volunteers to serve
for six months.
The Beauty of a "Woman's Arm.?Whc>
has not felt the beauty of a woman's arm?
?the unspeakable suggestions of tenderness
that lie in the dimpled elbow, and all
the varied gently-lessening curves down to?
the delicate wrist, with its tiniest, almost
impreceptible nicks in the firm softness ?
A woman's arm touched the soul of a great
sculptor two thousand years ago, so that
he wrought an image of it for the Parthenon,
which msves us still as it clasps lovinclv
the time-worn marble of a headless
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trunk.
The patent medicine elergyman of New
Jersey city, whose "sands of life havenearly
run out," has taken a new lease oi'
life. Somebody has sent him a half bushel
of sand by express, not prepaid.
A gallant knighlfof versatile talents, renowned
at Tynemouth, is about to lead
to tlie hyraenial altar a lady of great personal
charms. Their united ages are 102
years, a^d of these the lady has 23.
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