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T1 r K WJC KJ£* S X W S.The Invasion.To thi*» community the p i.-t wc«d; ha** Ik-cu a “eason uf in tens* excitement and apprehension. It was known that a Ucbvl raiding force was operating in Pennsylvania, ami it was deemed highly probable that in n turning to Virginia they might strike fur the up-jMir fun Is of the Potomac. Ifence, during the latter pari of last week all the road* loading into the town were ?■ trough* picketed, ami Ingres* and egress prohibited. On ^nn-day morning it was a-ecrtaincd that they had captured and defrayed a jmrtion of Chambersbnrg, Pa.. but had Lien finallyGeneral AveriU\ forces, and were retreating towards Mnry)aml. On Monday morning the excitement increased to sm h a degree that business was almost uimen-ally suspended, the burintv* houses ciot4.d, and the merchants in many instances packed and removed their goods.About noon tl»e scouts report* dth.it a heavy body of rebel cavalry and mounted was approaching the town iijmuj tin* Baltimore turnpike, and was then disUut but about six miles. Gen. Kef ley at once took tlic field in person and the troop* stationed here were marched out the turnpike tamic two and a half mtlca. The enemy had formed hi* hue of battle a slnut distancebehind the residence of Jos*e Hinkle,his troops holding the turnpike and his artillery jH)-ted in high j*o.»ition» in the neighborhood. As mxiii a.* our troops wt r,. formed into line, the rebels opened a bri-k tire,which wa* promptly replied to hy our guns! The hat tie opened about three o'clock* andthe a* till cry tiring, intm.-pei-ed with an occasional toller of musketry continued until sir, when the rebels cea*cd firing, both tides occupying pretty much the sime position^ aj, when the content began. The dwelling, mill and barn of John J'olek, l-q., were pretty much in range of our guusmid were struck toveral times by shell. IThe barn was fireii by an exploding shell, mid Wits entirely destroyed with it* contents almost the entire product of the Lite harvest. The casualties were not very numerous. Forty or fifty, jwrhaps less, will probably' cover the entire number of killed and wounded on both sides. Fatal injuries wwe summed by only one of our gunners we belie* e, while the wounds re- j eeived are not generally of a set ere character. Two or three of the enemy are said to have been killed. Our troops rested on their arms during the night, and in thu mornmg it was discovered tL.il the enemy* had retreated much to the relief of our citizens. The .nevtppiut we hear of them is at Green Spring IIun, where they* captured and paroled Col. Stowe, and tome eighty of his troops, who are hundred day men. Tim railroad battery of Capt. Petrie was lying there, the engine attached to which rcceheda shell in its butler, tliuabeeoiueingdisibled. II he battery is al-o id to have been con- I sidcrably damaged. AVu have heard var- I.ions estimates of the rebel force, but thov are to extremely diverse and confiietiug. that we cannot gather from them a clear idea of I he number. Gen*. MrCamdaml and ltlt;wer, with tlicir brigades, are Indicted to have composed the force, though we have also heard it stated that Gen. Bradley T. John-son was with them. A considerable mini- I her of horses and cattle wore taken from the farmers along their route iu the lower part of the county.
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Alleganian
Cumberland, Maryland, US
Wed, Aug 03, 1864
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