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the probabilities are in favor of an advance from Buckbannon towards Beverly, to night or to morrow. A few days’ subsistence for the army have arrived, and the transportation department is so regulated that it is not considered risky to leave it. At head quarters, it is believed there will be some fighting— guerilla warfare — on the march to Beverly and at Laurel Hill. If the rebel forces are chiefly concentrated at the latter point, I do not perceive any reason for much fighting. The possession of Beverly will place us in their rear, and by closing in upon them, which can be done easily, they can be staived into submission. But we do not know satisfactorily what are the forces or resources of the enemy at either point. They certainly know to a demonstration, what our forces are, although they can ooly guess at our resources. No reliable estimate of their strength gives them more than 10,000 men and seven guns—of which three are said to be near Beverly—and most scouts say they are not more than 8,000 strong. Their cavalry is of little use, excepting for scouting purpose, or an accidental charge, which might be afforded in a valley.MISCELLANEOUS.I forgot to mention the promiscuous way Uncle Sam’s horses are galloped. At any time of day you may choose to look down street, a dense cloud of dust is visible, aud you are startled by a thundering clatter of hoofs. Directly afterwards, a flock of snorting borees marked U.S. on the near shoulder, and mounted by teamsters, dash in mad career through town, literal)^ swallowing up the ground, which their iron-shod feet have stirred up in thick dust. Keally men do ride “free” horses to death.A TOWN TAKEN.A8 I was about to close, a farmer arrived with a report that the expedition under Lieutenants Hogeland and Shortle rushed into the town of Jackson, a few miles up Buckhannon river, yesterday, and a considerable party of rebels rushed out of it. The Federal party “let drive,’’ and several of the fugitives fell. No further particulars.ANOTHER NIGHT EXPEDITION.Col. Benton, with two companies of the 10th Indiana, and a detachment of 25 of ^hrker s dragoons, left camp on a secret expedition, last night, in a northeasterly direction, between Beverly and Laurel Hill.xxr rv n
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Cincinnati Daily Commercial
Cincinnati, Ohio, US
Tue, Jul 09, 1861
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