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led scattered, or captured. Next, the rebel forces of Vaughn were discovered at Papertown, near Bristol, trying to effect a junction with Breckinridge, at Saltville. Our forces pursued him to Marion, where an engagement occurred, resulting in a loss to the rebels of all their force and artillery, except about two hundred men, who retreated towards Lynchburg, Virginia. Breckinridge's command had followed General Stoneman with the forces of Galtuer; Crosby and Withers, and the balance of Duke's command, who had been on the frontier of Kentucky, waiting to co-operate with the cavalry. General Stoneman attacked the force at Marion and drove them over the mountains into North Carolina. His command then attacked the salt works, which were defended by about seven hundred men, who were either captured or dispersed. The loss by this raid to the rebels is immense. All the railroad bridges from New river to the Tennessee line are destroyed. Thirteen railroad trains, with locom