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TOE SITUATION.
That nothing has been received from
Washington concerning the movements of
the invaders is sufficient assurance that the
capital is no longer the object of their at
tack. The natural curiosity to know
whither they have gone should be partially
satisfied by the logical inference that they
are in full retreat, and' are more in
terested in securing their own safety
than in inflicting further injury on us.
What probability of their escape there is
cannot be ascertained in - the present igno
rance of their numbers and the line of their
retreat. If the rumor of the arrival of
General SnEurDAN's cavalry at Hanover
Court House is true, it will be impossible
for the enemy to escape without great loss.
Certainly the interception would compel
them to abandon or destroy much of their
-plunder.
.The successes in Mississippi:arc locally
valuable, but do not materially change the
situation in the West. It is only from
SILEBMAN that we can expect news Of great
interest, and from his position on the . Chat
talioochic he should be able to act with
energy. The rumor of the capture of Pe
tersburg has been too hastily denied ; car
thinly we expect that success, for we are
fighting for it, and tholigh such a statement
is not to be accepted till it is proved, it is
not to be rejected ns absurd. It is already
self-evident that the , rebel invasion has not
changed the character of tha campaign,
and that the military situation is essentially
the same. The invasion is, therefore, in
relation to the whole war, a failure, and we
believe it will not be long before the rebels
will discover it to have been the worst
strategic movement they could have made.
Its immediate result is the decided increase
of the Union army, and the distribution,
therefore the weakening, of the rebel forces.
The Finances.
Mr. Secretary FESSENDEN4i now in New
York endeavoring to negotiate a loan with
the bankers of that city, in order to imme
diately supply the demands of the treasury.
The Secretary evidently finds that the trea.
sury is much in want of money, and that
before preparing a policy for the future he
must obtain money for the present. While
there is a necessity for this negotiation on
the part of the Secretary, we trust that he
will make his appeal directly to the people
whenever he finds it necessary to replenish
his finances. Let the Government de
mand' as large a loan as it will
from the people, and it will be sub
scribed. The great five-twenty loan of Mr.
CEASE always seemed to us to be one of the
greatest triumphs of his financial genius.
The people answered the call. The nation
offered its honor for its redemption, and
every true citizen found that an induce
ment more acceptable than the safest and
most honored private investments. The
farmer, with his last year's crop ; the ap
prentice, with his last year's income; the
servant girl, with herd early-earned savings,
are the people to whom we should appeal
in the hour of financial necessity. The
support of this class is substantial at. per
manent. A laboring man, who has a
five-twenty bond for a hundred dol
lars bidden under his mattress, or
buried in. the recesses
. of the clock, will
fight for the Government more desperately
and vote for 'it more willingly than if he
had no other interest in its salvation than.
the mere allegiance of the citizen. When
isiksoimort 111. found the old families of
France—the aristocracy and tile moneyed
men—arrayed against his Government, and
ref Using to negotiate his loans, except
with vast and dishonoring discounts,
he turned aside from the Bourse and
appealed directly to the people. Ile told
them he wanted so much money, and
would pay for it a certain interest ; that
he wished the pdople, to give France
their money, and France would preserve
it for them, pay them good interest, and
whenever they tired of the investment re
turn it again. France came when the Em
peror called. The laborer, the artisan, the
bourgeoisie all hurried to the revenue
agent and gave him their large accumu
lated hoards of gold and silver. This confi
dence of the people in NAPOLEON is one
source of his great and imperial power.
People will not revolt against the keeper
of their dollars—their batilge l r and savings
fund commissioner. In England -, the
same effect is seen. When tile debt
of Great Britain is placed upon .ptiper,
it seems a task for memory to comprehend
it. Yet this debt is nothing more than
the investments of English lords, clerks,
farmers, and draymen. England owes her
own immunity from civil commotion and
perhaps many abuses of her Government,
to this very circumstance. •The people get
their . semi-annual dividends - punctually,
and dread any reform -or revolution—the
introduction of . the ballot or universlll
suffrage, or the partition of lands—for fear
that the upheaval of institutions would lead
to the embarrassment of the Government
and the cessation of their .dividends. . The
Republic of America was never dearer to
the people than it is now. If the people
North and South had held a loan of five
hundred or a thousand millions, before
1801, we should not now be itithe midst of
a rebellion. This very debt we are now in.,
curring will be a new bond of strength and
union in time of peace. We trust, there
fore, that Mr. Secretary FEsSENDEN will
find it in accordance with his policy to call
for another popular loan. The people are
.called' upon to fight—why should they not
be called upon to loan their money ?
The Second Day of August.
Are our people generally aware that upon
the 2d of A.ugu* 7 -eighteen days from this
issue of Tan P . imes—the people of Penn
sylvania will be called upon to vote upon
one of the most important questions ever
submitted to their consideration ? The
Legislature at its last session adopted an
amendment and submitted it to the people,
giving the soldiers in the field the right to
vote at national elections. This amend
ment was approved by a majority of each
branch of the Legislature at two consecu
tive sessions, as required by the State Con
stitution. The people will vote
,byliallot,
as at an ordinary election, the ballots de
posited containing the words "For the
Amendment," or "Against the Amend=
ment."
We should hope that in a question of,
this hind, the•justice of which is so appa
rent, there - would be no opposition, and the
voting would be merely a quiet, uncon
tested exhibition of the people's will. This
'will not be. The Copperheads arc deter
mined to defeat this just provision. If the
soldiers can be kept in the field and pre
vented from voting, they, ill hate a better
opportunity of carrying the State. The
disfranchisement of these brave men will
likewise be a verdict against the war and
these soldiers as the agents of the Republic
in the prosecution of the war. The practi
cal effect of such a declaration in Europe,
and among the soldiers themselves, would
be gratifying to the Copperheads. Our
soldiers would lose that interest in the Go
vernment which men unjustly treated
wotOd he justified in abandoning. They
would regard their fallow-eitizens at home
as• Cold, ungrateful, selfish, and .no: Ringer
appreciating. their perils and cleVotion;
while our enemies elsewhere would say
that our war was conducted by mercena
ries who could not be trusted with the
franchise, or with deluded and . kid
napped foreigners who knew , nothing
of the institutions or laws of 'the country
they were serving. Those who know how
easily and 'widely
. these, stories circulate
will understand the - effect that would !be
produced by the rejection of this amend
anent.
More than this, there is a question ofjus
lice in the proposed amendment. The fran
chise is the most sacred right of the citizen,
just as the military service is his most sa
cred duty. Why should the citizen, when
he goes forth to fight, lose his right to vote ?
Because he proposes to do his duty
must he be deprived of his rights ?
Where does the principle of exclusion and
disfranchisement begin ? Does a man think
any more obtusely, or does he become a
felon or an alien when he takes a musket
and goes down to fight? Is he less able to
perform the duties of a citizen, or can ho
be no longer trusted to speak his opinion of
men and measures? We do not think so,
nor do we think it was at all the intention
of the founders of the Constitution to per
mit such a gross injustice to our people.: It
is not a political question, and we very much
regret that our enemies, by their opposition
to the amendment, threaten to make it a
political question. We, as Union men,
must at least see that justice is clone to
the soldier. We must not permit this
amendment to be lost through our own
apathy and neglect. The State Central
Committee has done its duty, and we are
convinced that every citizen who reads the
thrilling appeal of Gen. CA.nunox will find
it impossible to resist the logic and elo
quence with Which he presents the claim
of the soldier. Remember, friends, that
but eighteen-days remain until the day of
election. Improve them by organization,
and conference, and .entreaty. See that
your neighbor .properly appreciates this
great net of-justice, and, having convinced
him, see that he does not fail in the per
formance of his duty. It would be an irre
trievable shame if this amendment were
lost by our own forgetfulness and neglect.
Let us -do our duty now, and all will be
well on the second day of August.
WE nTait it constantly said that the pre
sent advance in all articles of comfort and
necessity, particularly those essential ,to
the support of a family, is occasioned by the
high price of gold ; and the Copperheads
are making the argument that the advance
on this metal is bringing distress 'and
misery upon the people. It will be seen,
by examining this question, that upon some
commodities the advance has been larger
than upon others; and that special reasons,
arising out of the existence of war and
interference with agriculture and commerce,
have caused this state of affairs. Ever
since the commencement of hostilities, all
articles of comfort or necessity . have been
steadily.advancing. During the last three
months this advance has been more mark
ed than before. It will be found that these
prices have kept 50 per cent. ahead of the
price of gold, so that instead of following
the fluctuations of that. commodity, they
are kept. at an unnatural and artificial
standard by the schemes of speculatOrs, and
the abundance of paper-money.
TUE ACTORS in New York are holding
meetings with a view of raising.theireata
ries to the old gold standard, and urging
the managers to make an advance in the
prices of admission. In connection with
this movement of the actors, we are re
minded of a piece. of theatrical history,
which Will serve to illustrate the justice of
their demand. In 183?, when money was
very scarce, the adniission price to the
first-claSs theatres was reduced, and ever
since it has been kept at a very low rate.
It has been justly remarked " that the
tendency of low prices of admission is to
reduce the grade of plays and actors, and
to turn the drama into mere shows, suited
rather to inferior tastes." The actors think
that the effect of advancing the scale of
prices of admission will be to elevate the
character of the drama, and make the
theatre to us what the opera house is.
This reasoning is Very plausible, and will
probably accomplish the result intended.
IN Missouri, where General FREMONT is
supposed to have his greatest strength,
there is much political excitement. We
learn that there are twenty-seven or twen
ty-eight Radical newspapers in that State
which support Lute°TiN and Jormsos, be
ing a majority of the
.politieal press. Of
the four or five journals supposed to be in
the interest of Mr. BLAIR, only one pre
tends to support Mr. LiNcoi.N. The Mis
souri Republican is in- favor of . the Chicago
nominee, and daily abuses the Administra
tion. The Lexington Union, another Clay
bank or Blain newspaper, has given in its
adhesion to the Democratic party. The
course of the Baltimore Convention has en-.
tirely disarmed and destroyed the Radical
faction of Missouri, by showing•them that
their objection to the Administration was
unjust, and that in every respect it is faith
ful to freedom.
EARL RussEr.r„ in a recent speech in the
HOUK of Commons, stated that one of the
reasons why he did not favor the armed
intervention of England in the Danish-
German question was the great power of
the United States, and the
.danger of our
navy to their commerce.: tie says :
There are other parts of the world in which our
Interests may be as deeply involved, and in which
we may have, some day or other; to maintain the
honor and interests of this country. The civil war
now raging in America, ending how it may, whether
by the establiabment of an independent republic in
the South, or whether it ends most unexpectedly as
it would be to me, I confess, by restoring the Union,
still the United States of America, or the Northern
States, or whatever they may be called, will then
be in a totally different position to that which they
wore in a few years ago. A great army will then
be maintained by the United States. A formidable
navy will also be kept up. Our relations with that
Power, are liable at any moment to interruption.
I hope and trust that our friendly relations maybe
maintained; still those friendly relations must be
considered and kept in view as well as our interest
in the maintenance of the balance of power in Eu
rope."
England has now to drink her own bit
ter cup of humiliation. •If she had been
true to America in the beginning, she
would not have been degraded, as she is,
to the rank of a third-class Power; by pro
mising to protect Denmark, and in the
hour of .her peril . isbendouing her to her
fate, The "balance of power" in Europe
has been transferred to Anierica.
Oun Micawber friends are about to
have more trouble at Chicago than they
imagined., Mr. Hthnrr MK; formerly
Democratic member of Congreh from
Maryland, declares he will have nothing
to do with the Convention unless it is
unqualifiedly in favor of peace. FBRNANDO
WOOD declines to state whether he will
support its nominee or not. At the head
of a small body of gentlemen calling
themselves the Peace. Democracy, he has
summoned a peace convention to meet at
Chicago. Would it not be strange if we
had a four-cornered fight in 18641 just as
we had in 1860 ?
Tn New York herald, a journal which
sustained Governor SEvuoun's election,
and which is perhaps as friendly to him as
to anybody on this earth, save JAMES GOR
DON BENNETT, disposes of that facile Pre-,
sident-seeker as follows :
Tho Governor still harps upon the militia regi
ments which are not filled up and not ready to go
to the seat of war. Why does he not send off those
regiments which arc filled up, and which are really
to go 1 .Then the Governor lectures about constitu
tional law. Is this tho time for such essays 1 Let
us all do something to save the country, and then
we can quote the Constitution at our leisure. The
Governor is as full of words as a dictionary. But
we need mon, and wo peed them at once. What Is
the use use of wasting time' In talking about the
Constitution when we should all be trying to sottle
by force orarms whether we have a country and a
Constitution to talk about 1
THE New York. He ws threatens the do
vernmcnt with an outbreak in New York in
these terms :
"The lthportance of strengthening the militia of
the State is being appreciated In kite Interior. Our
State sovereignty has been Insulted and assailed so
often with impunity that most of our citizens had
te c e n utNe. all 4e op :elle r y however protection from
that the of State
moor has finally becomo ' impressetl with a sense of
the necessity for his official interference in behalf of
the Interests of the Commonwealth over which ho
presides."
The News' professions of peace mean
peace with the rebels, bni.war with patriots ;
end Gov. Szymoun's militia Would more
likely be a reinforcement for the rebels than
an enemy.
IT Is so rarely that we see a compliment
paid to America in the London Times that
mar readers will pardon the vanity which
leads us to print the following extract from
that journal : •
tt ninst be allowed that General Grant and hie
notdlers-mnintaln the chafacter they had already
acquired for indomitable perseverance. Few gene
rale and few troops would persist In this dogged and
determined struggle. Beaten Won one side, heat.
tacks at another,
and promises to be true, at mil
events, to part of his dotermination--' to light It out
all summer.' "
Wilma' the rebels were at Magnolia, rob
bing the reticules of the ladles and the
pockets of -the gentlemen, they took occa
sion to express their opinion of the North
and Northern men. Of Mr. LINCOLN they
spoke with the utmost detestation. Of
McCutr.LAN we learn that they spoke
with much respect, saying "ho was the
only Union general' worthy of the posi
tion." This compliment to the General
will no doubt please his, many friends in
our city,
A NEW YORK newspaper suggests that
the Chicago Convention pass a resolution
"that every delegate in that Convention
who believes in the further prosecution of
the war," tte., should be willing and reads
himself to enter 'the ranks. This, we
submit, will hardly be necessary, for the
majority of Copperhead Democrats who
" believe in the prosecution of the war "
will already be found in the ranks—with
LEE at Petersburg, or with JourtsToN at
Atlanta.
SOME of the Copperhead papers arc com
paring SEMNtES, the pirate, to Joint PAUL
JONES, our Revolutionary naval hero. The
difference betiveen the two is this : JONES
captured guns, and Smr3rEs chronometers.
It is the difference between a warrior and a
highwayman.
Tmt LATE GOV. lisElMA—OneTuAity RES°.
LuTrorm.—The Easton Daity Express says that the
Union League of that town hold a meeting last
Thursday evening, at which the death of Gor.
Reeder was announced and obituary resolutions
passed. Several speeches wore made by the mem
bers referring to the oharaeter and ability of the
do:mewed in the very highest terms.
WA.SIIINGerON.
WASHINGTON, July 14
MILITARY AFFAIRS AROUND VIE CITY.
Major General GILMORE was this morning
thrown from his horse, at the head of the troops
now following up the rebels. Ho was severely in
jured in the ankle, and has been succeeded tempora
rily by General EmERY.
It is reported that the rebels were yesterday after
noon crossing their main forces at Seneca anti oppo
site to Poolsvillo, and that their advance was this
morning along the roads in Loudoun county lending
in the direction of Ashby's Gap.
Cannonading was heard in the nolghborhoed of
Seneca early this morning. Our cavalry has been
harassing and annoying the rebel rear. No definite
result of the operations has yet been received, fur
ther than the capture of a number of prisoners.
REPORTED oCcurATIoN OF rETERVI3IIRG
Nothing is known hero about General GRANT'S
reported occupation of Potersburg,, nor of General
SHRRIDAN'S intentions. The Wall-street brokers
Seem to be particularly faxored with noes.
FROG[ VIE ARMY OF TUB POTOMAC
Accounts from the Army of the Potomac state
that, on Tuesday morning, the rebels made .a
de
monstration on the Jerusalem road apparently for
the purpose of attacking our troops, but being con
fronted by 'an ample force they changed their
design. Perhaps the rebels made their movoment
to feel our lines and ascertain onr military
position. The body of Col. P. S. Davie, aOth Massa
chusetts, was brought to Washington to-day. One
of the enemy's shells entered his tent on Monday,
and after rolling under tho chair in which ho was
quietly readlog, exploded, wounding him in so
shocking a manner that ho died within an hour.
afterwards.
REBEL rrosorrarts AT WASHINGTON.
- .
• WasurriuTox, July 14.—The Intelligencer contra
dicts a statement that Senator Sumner was in the
train cnptsrcd by the rebels.
About 150 rebel prisoners have been brought .4,
Washington from the point above Tenallytown.
The Alexandria Journal learns from a party who
left Falls , Church on Tuesday that there were uo
rebels in that vicinity, nor had there been during
that day, as was sensationally reported.
FORTRESS MONROE.
NEW Form, July 11.—The steamer Western Me
tropolis has .arrived from Fortress Monroe, with
Live hundred sick and wounded men.
The ship Milan was spoken on the 12111, lye
miles southeast of Sandy Hook, by th• gunboats
mount Vernon and Montioello, In search or the
Florida,
lIETICO AND CUBA.
Reported Adhesion of - aen.llraga to the
Emnptre—Doblado•s Army istatorszused;
Naw YORIE, July 14.—The steamer Liberty, from
Havana, with dates to the 9th inst., has arrived.
She brings Vera Cruz dates to the 2d inst., and City
of Mexico to the 2:7th ult.
The Sociediul says that General limga with his
whole army has given MIAS adhesion. o the Empire.
The Estefette denies it.
Doblado is stated to have disbanded the remains
of his army at Potosi, and is on his way to confer
with the Emperor. Elsewhere It is stated that h. is
at Matamoros, bound to the United States.
' The Spanish consul at Oajaca has been murdered,
arid the murderer sentenced to execution:
The sickness Ls rather Increasing at Havana, owing
to the heat and rain/.
Bulls are. announced and described in glowing
colors all over the country.
The stages have ceased running from Toluca and
Morella, on account of the Juarlat forces, which pre-
Tent them.
General Donay returns to France. Ho has been
relieved by general Neigre.
Don Francisco More has boon appointed to go to
Paris, Brussels, Copenhagen, Stockholm, and St.
Petersburg, to announcatho safe arrival at Mexico
of Maximilian. Don Grogoria Ihrrandiaran Mu;
gone on a similar mission to Italy, to' reside at Tu
rin. Both gentlemen left Vera Orus per the Eng-
MI steamer of the 2d inst.
CUBA.
Tho Howitt House at hiatanzas, long known to
American citizens, was destroyed by fire on the
morning of the 3d Instant.' The Insurance on the
building was fifteen thousand dollars, and on the
furniture twelve thousand—all In England. No
lives were lost.
CALIFORNIA.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 14.—Sailed, steamer St.
Louis, for Panama, carrying 260 passengers, $1,090,-
000 In treasure for England, J)280,000 for Now York,
and 13600,000 for England on Government account.
NEW YORE CITY.
Icsiv YORK, July 1.4 . 1864
ARRIVAL FROM ra:w ORLEANS. •
The steamer Crescent City has arrived from New
Orleans on the 3d inst., via Washington, where she
landed the 135th Now York Regiment. She brings
to this port 833 rebel prisoners from Point Lookout,
under a guard from the 11th Regiment Veteran
Reserve Corps. She passed, July sth, lat. 34,
long. 84, the gunboat Do Soto, with' Monitor No. 3
in tow, steering south.
r==!
Thorn is no decision yet as to kIM loan from the
banks, but it is probable they .will iiCld to Mr. Fes
senden's wishes, and take tho loan of $50,000,000,
payable in instalments upon seven•thirty notes not
legal-tenders. is
The convention of railroad °Moors has raised
freights twenty per cent.
I=l
Arrived, bark Thomas Pope, from Monrovia;
brigs Zephyr, Rio ; Sarah M. Newhall, Jaomel.
BOSTON.
BOSTON, Suly 14.—Tbe British prizo stoamer Bos
ton, from Bermuda, which was captured on the Bth,
off Wilmington, by the Fork Jackson, has arrived.
She is a idc.wheel steamer of 150 tons, and was
purchased at: Halifax seven months ago for $35,000.
She was captured on hor first trip, with a cargo of
450 sacks of salt, 24 barrels of copperas, and 100
bans of soap.
TIIIC PIIIZZ-STEAIIER LITTLE ADA.
The prize•steamer Little Ada, from Nassau, N.
P., arrived here this morning, having been captured
on the Sth Met., while attempting to run the block
ade Into Charleston, by the U. S. steamer Gettys
burg. She is In charge of Acting Ensign Lighten
and a prize crew. She has a general cargo of mer
chandise, is an iron propeller of about ono hundred
and twenty tone, carries only one mast, and hails
from Savitnnah.
MA SBAOIIIIBETTS VOLVNTHERS
Two thousand volunteers wont Into camp yester
day, and it is believed that the number will reach
five thousand during the present week. As there is
no lack of arms; this force will speedily be ready.
CRATE 01? COLONEL t. 8. worts
A despatch from Petersburg. states that Colonel
P. S. Davis, of the 39th Massachusetts Regiment,
was hilted by a shell, on tke 12th, while in the
trenches. He was a prominent citizen, and for
many years identified with our State militia,
George N. Snioderti to James Gordon
Bennett.
BurrAL°, July 14.—The following mossage lies
been sont to J. G. Bonnett, Es' q. 3 Editor of the Now
York Herald: . .
"Mirror Hove; C. W., JuVl4.—l am here for
mice—the opposito of anarchy—and for a ro3tora.-
Uon of all that is valuable to either section. I
would Ulm to lice you here. Como on; don't be
afraid of your own thunder.
"Gxonot N. SA:o.ntn.s."
The New York 100 bays' Men.
Armarrv, July 14.—1 t le understood here that the
one•hundred•days' men called for do not count upon
the quota of the State, neither will they ho exempt
from draft, though It is believed the one hundred
days will be deducted from their term if drafted,
It does not appear that the militia volunteering
called for any particular hold duty.
Movements of Steamers
ST. 3011x8, N. 8., July 14.—The - steamers Fire
Queen and Fang Shuoy have sailed hence respect
ively for Shanghao and Hong Kong. They both
came from New York, and the latter loft hero, os
tenelbly, on the 2d Inst., for Now Orleans.
Arrival of Secessionists at Halifax.
HALJFAX, July 14.—Among the passengers ar
rived here by the steamer Alpha, from Bermuda,
aro , George Sanders, Jacob Thompson, of Be
chananN Cabinet, the engineer of the Florida, and
a largo number of Southernors.
The Pirate Florida.
CAPE MAY, July 14—Noon.-- 7 There is no news
here of the capture of the pirate Florida.
THE PRESS:-EITINDELPITTLA; FRIDAY, J OLY 15; 1864:
Details of the Fighting before Washington.
DESCIIIPTION OF TIM RATTLE•FIRLD.
THE REBEL OCCUPATION OP HAGERSTOWN,
WHO COMNANDED, THE INVADERS.
THE STRENGTH OF THEIR. ARMY.
The ,WeShlngton Chronicle and Star furnish us
with very full details of the events aronnd Wash
ington during the time that all communication be
tween the City and the North wore savored. From
the accounts it appeals that .no attack was made
that was not easily repulsed by only a small portion
of our army of defence. We have ntreadygtven the
events of Monday, and those of Tuesday, the last
day of the fighting, are thus narrated In tho of
Wednesday :
When within a mile of Fort Stevens, we could
begin to hear the picket firing, with its peculiar
sound, like ' , chip, "chip," as though some wood
man was cutting down a tree. We soon reached a
line of sentries placed across the road to step °Will
ans. We got by without much trouble, and soon
'reached the top of the bill at the south of the fort,
and about throe hundred yards down Into tho val
ley wo could see the opposing skirmishers banging
away at each other, at times very vigorously, then
again lulling, with only an occasional shot. - Hero
wo could see the ruins of the housestostreyed yes
terday, so that the rebels could not uselhons for
cover. The chimneys were all stebding, reminding
us much of the burnt chimneys near Richmond,
where the sanguinary tights *took place between
McClellan and Lee, just before the seven days'
fight. The houses near Seventh street, destroyed
by our forces, wore those of Richard Butt, W. 8011,
S. It. McChesney, Abner Shoemaker, and the resi
dence of the late W. rL .Morrison, Esq.
MONDAY'S 3tOVEUENTS AGAINST FORT STEVENS.:
On Monday the rebels got within a hundralardS
of Fort Stevens. It was only a thin, lee; - the men
being so far apart that the heavy guns of the fort
could not be used against them. But the infantry
in the fort drove them back, the dwellings tliat wore
afterwards destroyed giving them shelter on Mon
day, while our army was forming its plokot Hue.
Lest night, about ton o'clock, while the Fedorais
were forming their picket lino out the Seventh
street road, near Widow Gorham's, the rebels as
saulted them with some impetuosity and drove thorn
back. But the line was formed after a slight brush.
After this quiet was preserved.,
THE BKIIIIIISDING ON 717/49DAT.
About daylight on Tuesday skirmishing. again
commenced. The Confederates. appeared in good
force on the left, between Fert Stevens and Fort Do
Hussey, in Widow (Jorborry's woods. 'The ganner's
In the fort (lath Michigan Artillery) threw a few
shells In this direction, which had the effect of driv
ing them out, when they (the rebels) worked around
to the right, endeavoring to got in between Fort
Stevens andrifort Slocum. Hero the Ist Brigade2d
Division of the 6th Army Corps, General Wheaton,
were posted in skirmish* lino. At first the 'Fade
rals got the worst of It, but finally the rebels were
driven beet, out of a field of low undergrowth and
bushes, from which they terribly annoyed our
troops. Two prisoners 'were captured, belong
ing to the 21st and 12th Georgia regiments. They
were dressed in gray jackets and pants, and pre
sented a terribly filthy appearance, as though they
had marched many weary miles. Two other pri
senors had previously been brought in, one belong
ing to the 21st Virginia Cavalry and the other to
the lath Battalion Virginia Cavalry, of Gorman's
corps. These prisoners had very little to say, but
seemed to take their capture with as much noncha
lance as possible. The 21st Virginia cavalryman
wore a =reef-war linen frock, with blue collar.
The rebel forces In our front are General Rhodes',
Gen. Ransom's, and Gen. Gordon's divisions, all
under .the immediate command of Brockinridge,
who was a short time ago made a lieutenant gene
ral. These aro the forces that opposed Hunter In
the valley. Many of them are from Western Vir
ginia..
Up to 11 o'clock the skirmishing was continued,
the rebels endeavoring to reach a field of low bushes
on the right of the Seventh-street road. At one
-time they broke cover, and the Federal troops could
be seen rushing across the road as though in pursuit.
Soon a vigorous banging took place. Several Follo7'
rids were seen to fall on the, right of the road:
Among them was Colonel Banter, of the OBth Penn
sylvania, who was shot through the right thigh.
The wpund is very painful, but not dangerous. All
U. skirmishing took place within three hundred
yards of Port Stevens, the rebels occupying the
house of the Widow Corberry. Several Shells were
thrown at it, with what effect we could not tell,
though smoke was seen to come from it for a time.
A large number of spectators assembled on the top
of the hill beside the fot, where a breastwork of
rails ran across the road. The rebels occasionally
would elevate tnetr rules and send a ball among
them. Several stampedes were thus occasioned.
One of these balls struck a negro in the jaw some
fifty yards at the rear of the fort. The Parrott gnus
Of Forts Stevens and Slocum, and a field battery
on the left, threw shell whenever - an opportunity,
offered. OR 'in the distance, out the Seventh.street
road, at least three miles, a heavy, black smoke was
observed, as though a dwelling was on fire. It was
too much smoke for a camp fire.
The rebels no doubt desired to throw up rine•pits
at about three hundred yards from the forts, but
those in the forts threw many, larger shell among
them for comfort, whenever their detail attempted
to work. A larger number of contrabands were sot
at work this morning, throwing up fresh rife•pits
between the forts. This was severe on the men
during the scorching heat. No one can divine the
intentions of Breckinridge, but if he means to at
tempt the capture of this city, ho is too late, as the
forces for its protection are adequate to the last..
While on the ground the followlnewounded were,
brought in:
Sergeant John Friend, Co. K, 98th Pa.; George
Roberts, Co. H, 98th Pa.; Michael Bruenner, 08th
Pa.; Prod Walters, Co. 13, 99th Pa. (shot through
the bead, very severely, and w(IT probably die);
George Everts, Co. D, 11th Vt. (shot through the
thigh and hand, two painful wounds) ; J. B. Range,
Co. 0, 16th Pa. Oay. (shot in the foot) ; Sergeant
Worthington, 139th Pa., sun struck.
Tho charge upon tho enemy in front of Port
StovenS, •on TueSday night, was made by the 3d
Brigade 2d Division of the Oth Corps, Colonel Bid
dle commanding. Our line was advanced beyond
houso by this driving of the rebels from their
position. In this charge we had 300 killed and
wounded, and the rebel lose exceeded ours. Among
the forces opposed to us wero tisl4Bd and 22d North
Carolina. The battery a? Fort Stevens was most
admirably worked, and did good execution. The
casualties among our officers are as follows :
Adjutant Wm. B. Laughlin, kilted; his body has
been brought to Drs. Brown and Alexander to be em
balmed.
Lieut. Col. Vishers, 43d New York, killed.
Lieut. Col. Johnson, 49th New York, killed.
Captain Lambert, 49th New York, killed.
Major Jones, 7th Maine, killed.
Major John W. Crosby, 61st Pennsylvania, arm
amputated. Major Crosby was wounded in the Wit
derness, and had just joined his regiment last night
in time to take part in this fight.
A. M. Woo Work, formerly of Baltimore, Md., where
ho practiced medicine, but now an assistant surgeon
in the ad Maryland Ortialry Battalion of Bradley T.
Johnson's command, was captured this morning in
front of Fort Stevens. Woolfork says ho was left by
G on. Johnson to watch the movements of the Federal
troops, and that their forces left the vicinity of Fort
Stevens last night, and moved In the direction of the
Chain Bridge. Johnson's force, Woolfork says, is
the same that was operating near Baltimore, and
they came from thero yesterday morning, and
crossed the railroad at Laurel Station, where they
burned a train of earl, (an old construction train,)
and tore up a portion of the track. The ad Mary
land Battalion before crossing the river only num- •
bored about 150 men; Mit when near Baltimore,.
they received one hundred recruits from" My Mary
land." The invading force, Woolfork states, con—
sists of two corps, commanded by Generals Early
and I Breekinridge. Early's corps has Generals.
Rhodes, Gordon, and Ransom for division com
manders, and Breckinridge's corps consists of three
divisions, commanded respectively by Brigadier
General Wharton, General Vaughn, and General
--. The cavalry is commanded by Ransom,
and consists of four brigades, commanded by Imbo
den, McCausland, Johnson and
Woolfork had no arms when captured, but says
he was left to watch the movement/ of our troops
because he knew the country.
DEADQUAATISILS CF
It . appears, by the statement of Menthe' Bonne
rant, who yesterday visited his plantation near the
Blhirs', that both Generals Breckinridgo and Early
wore at the residence of F. P. Blair, Esq., which
was the rebel headquarters. The fact that two
generals of corps were with tho robot forces shows
that their numbers could not be less than thirty or
forty thousand men. It is said that Gen. Brockin
ridge spoke of the robot movement as ono designed
to relieve Richmond. But a man of his address and
experience would hardly reveal strategic designs.
Captured rebel soldiers say that • they were in
formed on the march that Washington was only
guarded by clerks and militia, and therefore it
would be easily taken.: They confess they were un
deceived when they saw the heads of columns of Pe
ninsular veterans of the 6th Corps. The preserve
lion of the mansion-of Mr. F. P. Blatt' is duo to the
• interference of Gen. Breekinriclgo, who was no
doubt influenced by the friendly relations formerly
existing between himself and the eminent owner.
It Is an Interesting fact that at tho time of the
threatened duel between the. Hon. Francis B.
Cutting and General Breckinridge, the latter re
paired to 'Silver Springs, whore he was hospitably
entertained, and kept out of the way of the
.0111-
curs of the law while the difficulties wore pending.
The 'two passed part of the time in the use of •
'-the rifle, In which both excel. Goneial B.
frequently referred In grateful terms to the time
then pissed under - Mr. Illalr's roof. The pri
vate papers of Mr. Blair, composed of . corrospoUd
ence with Henry Clay, Andrew Jackson, and other
men . of mark, have not been destroyed, and his plate
has been transferred to the residence of Mr. Wilson,
with a note to him by General Brookinridge. The
latter is described as having become much stouter
than when a Federal oflicer, and sports whiskers
and moustache.
While the furniture and other personal oifoots of
Marshal Bonnefant hero destroyed, a large quanti
ty of hay andwood wore saved from the torch. The
cattle, horses, calves, he., of the residents were
carried of. The dead wore left unburied, and the
badly wounded uncared for. About seventy badly
wounded men wore loft at the rosidonee of F.T.
In a grove on the opposite side df the road from
Hon. Mr. Bla(Vs residonoe was found a book—tho
olgnth volume of Byron , e works—ticked by a rebel
soldier to a tree, which .I have tironght with me,
and transcribe the following Inscription, which Is
written on a fly-leaf:
Naar( WASHINGTON, .Tuiy 12. '64.
Now Uncle &hos You had bettor he (Idiot Um
TIIE LATE INVASION.
WASHINGTON.
Min=
A aurraVs ADVIO•
balance of your administration, as we only came
near your town this time Just to show you what we
could do. But if you go on In your mad career, we
will come again soon, and then you hail better stand
from under. Yours rospeotfully,
Tine WORST !MARL YOU ;Mtn SAW.
• Bth Virginia Infantry.
It is stated that the bulk of the rebel throe iom
manned retreating at 11 o'clock A. M. yestorday.
We visited Fort Lincoln yesterday afternoon, and
gained a variety or Items of interest, for some of
which, 118 well as forcourteons attentions otherwise,
IVO arq Indebted to Capt. T. S. Paddock, of the 150th
Ohio, who has been In command of the fort for two
months past.
On Tuesday morning, about eight o'clock, a de
tachment of the rebel cavalry appeared at a point
about three miles ilrom the fort, and about a mild
northwest of Bladensburg, planted a battery, and
had a skirmish with a detachment of oar cavalry,
who had been sent out to hunt the raiders at an
early hour In the morning. The robots fought well
for a short time, but, finding that they were sorely
pressed, they fired once with their battery and drove
oil. The result of the fight was a loss of thirty-five
men missing. But few of them were found, and only
one canto In. A man and several horses were killed
by a shell from the enemy's battery. Our force In
the engagement was about 500, chiefly of the oth
Ohio Cavalry. Tho rebels consisted partially of
mounted infant%
TITS RETIMAT.
Yesterday morning an additional detachment of
cavalry was despatched in pursuit of the raiders,
and when we arrived at the fort they wore to be seen
scouring the country in the vicinity. But there
were no evidences of a collision to ho seen or hoard.
A few stragglers were picked up, and it was believed
that the enemy had skedaddled during the night of
Tuesday. The quiet village of Bladensburg ap
peared as peaceful as a cloudless sky in mtd-sum
mer, with no signs of unwonted stir or occupancy Of
any description. The only indication of the pre
sence of unusual bodies of travellers to be seen with
in the area of vision for ton miles around the fort,
were the clouds of dust, which were occasionally to
be descried rising from the hills in various diroc.
thins, and from the known orders of our scouting
parties wo were convinced that none but those wore
to be seen in any quarter within the distance named.
We saw a hand-car going out on the railroad with
a small party, and subsequently an engine and ten
der with another, and we shortly after learned that
they met no obstructions for several miles beyond
Bladensburg,.
ISRECKINRLDGE AND sAnve IN COMMAND OF TyTB
There Ras every intelligent prisoner at the fort,
from whom but little could be ascertained. The sub
stance of his statements was that the raiders had
bad no intention to make an attack upon either
Baltimore or Washington, their demonstration; here
being simply that of their roar guard, to cover the
retreat of the main body, with the very largo quan
tity of plunder which they have gleaned from over
Maryland ; also, that a larger proportion of their
forces were infantry, which has been mounted on
horses stolen during the raid. From other sources
we learned that other prisoners had stated the body
of raiders to comprise two corps, commanded by
Early and rireekinridge, including three thousand
cavalry commanded by Ransom. Tho prisoners also
reported that they had obtained several hundred re
cruits in Maryland. Their impression was that their
late companions would endeavor to escape by the
ray 01 Edwards' and Nolan , s terries.
The correspondent of the Washington Gironicie
of yestorday morning gives the following accoant, of
a visit to the battle-fold :
I proceeded north of Fort Stevens, on the Seventh
street road, one-half mile, when I came to the ruins
of the late residence of Mr. Lay, of the city post
office, which was destroyed day before yesterday by
a eholi from Fort Stevens, to prevent the rebel
sharpshooters from occupying it. A little north of
this desolated spot and the ruins of the late resi
dence of Mrs. Corbery, which wits also destroyed by
our own shells. Near tho entrance is a new-made
grave, where rest the remains of a citizen patriot
who had identified hiniv,ll with an army of heroes,
and laid down his life to preserve free institutions.
At one end of his grave is a small slab, and from the
inscription thereon I learn Ned that he was an un
known cavalryman.
I proceeded still further north, and, at the distance
of a mile from Fort Stevens, came to a fence thrown
across the road and occupied ass breastwork by
the rebels the day previous. Hero were marks- of
hard fighting, Union and rebel muskets, some broken
and :others uninjured, doubtless thrown away by
those who once used them but who had no further use
for them. These lay piled in heaps by the way,
while hats, caps, haversacks, cap-pouches, and thou
sands of cartridges and ballets were scattered hero
and there on both sides of the rebel outworks, and
among the ride-plts dug by the Union. soldiers in a
field near by. Every rail in the fences, and each
tree, so_recently used as a shield both by rebel and
Union soldiers, shows well what has been the work
of the past few days in this vicinity.
While' thus contemplating, a squad of Union
cavalry - passed, on their way from the front, escort
ing fifteen rebel - captives covered with dust and
_ aparently worn out with constant travelling and
hard Service. I continued on the way, and visited
the re.Mtlence of Dr. S. Heath and Captain A.-J.
Richardson, who together occupied a house on the
right side of the road, over a mile from Fort Sta.
vens.
Here was a sorry picture. Hearing of the ap
proach of the rebels on Monday morning, they re
moved . the female members of the family to the fort,
and before they could return the rebels lied pos
session of the premises. Everything about the
place is scattered in great confusion, and what
clothing could be made use of by the rebels they ex
changed for tipir less-attractive snits. Tho building
itself shows with what accuracy our artillerymen
directed their shot and shell against its shies. Eight
shot passed through it from one side to the other, and
the doors, windows and sideboards are covered with
bullet-marks.
In a field south of this house are the graves of eleven
rebels, and In a cornfield on the opposite side of the
road fifteen other rebels rest from their destructive
work.
From a citizen ' who resides sixteen miles north;
east of the city, .1 learned that the robots that ap
peared near Colesvillo at 4 o'clock on Monday
afternoon, and it was understood that their whole
force north of the Potomac consisted of Johnson's,
Early's, and A. P. Hill's corps. - ^When they entered
Maryland they were nearly all on foot, but they
have picked up the horses in the country through
which they have passed, and now the most of them'
are mounted. Johnson took tho east road from
ColesvUle and moved toward the railroad at Bolts-
=EI
WARHINGTON, July 14.—Up to ten o'clock this
morning it was not ascertained here that the rebel
army had crossed the Potomac, though they bad
sent over most of their plunder. Alt the troops
which could be spared have gone in pursuit of the
onemy.
The extra Star says tho information accumulated
here strengthens the conclusion that the rebel foroe
was 38,000 strong, of all arms. They entered Mary . :
land with thirty-four pieces of cannon. Many of
their troops were dismounted cavalrymen, and these
they mounted until they are believed to have 8,000
on horseback.
TUN OCCCMATZON OP TIAGEESTOWN
The Chambereburg Iteposiiory prints full details
of the actual operations of the rebels in lingers
town. On Tuesday afternoon the rebel advance
drove our pickets into the town. It was under com
mand of MeJ. Shearer, who was subsequently cap
tured. He is from Mechanicsburg, Cumberland
county; has• lived in the southern part of this
county; studied law with Bradley .Johnson, of
Frederick, and went with him into the rebel service.
On Wednesday afternoon General McCausland, the
successor of General Jenkins, entered the town
with about 1,500 Cavalry. He levied $20,000 upon
the town, end seized Mr. Thomas A. Bolt, a silver
smith, and, wo believe, a member of the Coun
cil, to be hold ' as a hostage for the payment of
the money. The money was raised and paid in
Maryland funds rebel currency being con
temptuously refused. There were largo ' Go
vernment stores in various places in town, and
Gen. AleCausland didn't seem to have an appetite
for applying the torch, so he placed Mr. Isaao Nos
bit, clerk of the Courts, under heavy' bonds to have.
the stores destroyed. The bond was given, and the
stores burned after the rebels departed. An addi
tional ransom of $1,600 was paid by Messrs. Nesbit,
Hamilton, and a few others, to save the warehouses
of Messrs. Thurston & Eicelberger, as their destruc
tion would have periled privain property seriously.
Zeller & Co., having no Government stores In their
warehouse, it was not disturbed, although taken
possession of' by the rebel officers. There was a
large amount of private core, oats, &c., in it, but
when they were satisfied that it was all owned by
indiViduals, it was nut moved or Injured. The fol
lowing receipt was given Mr. Zeller when his ware
house was seized.
“Q.'M. DIiPARTMENT,I4TII VA. CAVALRY.
• "July 6, 1 5 81.
"By order of Gen. McCausland I have taken
charge of all stores in Zeller t Co.'s private ware
houi e. The amount of goods I cannot estimate, but
this will show the disposition of thorn.
"H. It. OuenAw,
"acting Brigade Quartormaster.” •
Considering that Mr. Zeller, ds one of the most
earnest Union men in the place, he was treated
rather fairly. The Government stores, however,
much more than supplied their wants, and any in
jury to Mr. Zeller would lutve been wanton destruc
tion of private property. We do not learn that they
so destroyed property of any description, violent 'as
were their threats at times. About 2 A. at. on
Thursday morning McCausland's command loft.
Scouting parties still hovered In and about tho town,
and about daylight of the same day Gen. Imbodon
came in with about 180 men, to supply his command
with certain ankles not to be had conveniently
in the dominions ofJeff Davis. The hat stores of
Messrs. illonsituip and Updogralf, and the shoo
afire of Mr. Knotllo did a large trade with them—
thetrado being wholly on the side of the rebels, and
Judge Small's shoe store narrowly escaped by the
rebels being called off suddenly by the startling cry
that " the Yanka are upon us!" Major Davis had
the immediate command under Imboden. The only
property burned was the railroad water tank and
wood house.
• Our reporter left on Saturday morning. Ho wit.
,nessed the whole rebel movements la Hagerstown.
lie was present at several conversations , between
General McCausland and one of the citizens. The
spokesman of the Council and cake:skives Colonel
Schley, aided by Mr. Seyster and several others who
occupy a conservative position—so conservative, in.
deed,that they lean a little over perpendicular on the
robot side. When the demand was made for 420,000,
Messrs. Schley and Seystor called upon Gen. Mc-
Causland, and. declared their inability to raise the
money and clothing. Tho insurgent chief—a tierce,
tniddle•sized man, with red, bushy whiskers—ad
swercd thentin tho following rather emphatic than
poetical manner: "117 if you don't have
the money and clothing by tHy O'clock this evening
1 will burn every house in town, If it costs mo my
own life and that of all my command I" Schley was
almost equally emphatic in returning compliments
with the rebel chicr. Ho intimated that he was a
thief and a Ireebooter, but it did not disturb tho
guerilla's equanimity, nor lessen his taste for plun
der. Tho demand was for 1,600 suits or clothing. In
addiLion to the $20,000; but the clothing could not
Lb Mxid.
. .
The rebel General was inexorable, and. whether
the clo th ing was there or not, he must have it. Fi-
nally, all the olothlog that could be , found was
gathered up—including children's shoes and many
other articles entirely useless to the army—and
when about everything was ot that could bo found,
'the " Southern brethren" of d " Sly Maryland " wore
content. It was remarkable that they made no dis
crimination between rebel sympathizers and Union
. men. Mr. Bell, druggist, who has a brother in the
rebel army, and who it said to loan that way him
self, hod his stock "confiscated" in the most ap
proved freebooter's style; and when a rebel sympa
thizer expostulated with them for robbing their
friends—one who had a brother in their Service—
they politely answered that it Mr.. 801 l was their,
friend he should bo with his brother In Choir army.
Tho rebel sympathizers generally worn :very. India\
. mint at the indiscriminate propensities for stealing
manifested by their constitutional friends, and
ourses loud and deep might have been hoard on
every cornet from the disappointed and humiliated
allies of treason. A special committee of She right
shade called on Gen. McCausland to remonstrate
about some order he had issued, and ho did:pissed
them summarily by saying that as they could Send
three Abolition delegates to Annapolis, they could
certainly comply with any reasonable demand m title
by the rebels. Many of the fiercest rebel emirs
thieera openly declare that they hope Gen. McCune
land may receive the that Yankee bullet that is
firod Into his commend. Altogether, &mesh Is by
no means pleased with secession. It is rumored
thot they levied on Middletown for 5,000 pounds of
bacon, on Iloonsboro fur 1,000, and on Frederick fur
6200,000.
On Saturday the rebels left tho vicinity of Ha
gerstown, and morel towards Frederick, whore
they doubtless joined the main force across the Po
tomac. On Saturday craning., and during Sunday
rind Monday, there was a steady stream of horses
and contrabands returning South, where we hope
that they may gather their harves t peace.
THE ESCAPE OF GENERAL FRANKLIN
BALTIMORE, Silly 14.—Illajor General Franklin
arrived safe in this city about 3 (Mock this mor
ning, as was anticipated from the information re
ceived yesterday, and went to Barnum's Hotel,
whence ho departed to-day for Philadelphia.
The following le a brief account of his capture
and escape : lie wus seated In a ear at the time of
his capture alongside of a wounded lieutenant
colonel, when a robel officer came on the carand ad
dressing himself to tho wounded officer, said:
"Aro you Major General rranklinti ,
Ho replied that he was not, and gave them his
name and rank.
Gcn. Franklin was In citizen's dross, but the re
bels also put the question to him, and he frankly
answered . that such was his name and rank.
There was no doubt In his wind. from the manner
of the interrogator that lie bad been pointed out by
some of the passengers.
The rebel said "General, Cam happy to sco you."
The General replied, "I cannot say that I am
happy to see you under the circumstances."
About ton minutes afterwards Gilmore came Into
the car, and, addressing himself to Gen. Franklin,
said : " 0 eneral, you will consider yourself my prl-
SOner.ts
He was then put Into a carriage and with other
prisoners driven through the country, stopping a
while at Townsonton and then going =eV to
Itelatertown, where they arrived at about 1 (Meek
on Tuesday morning, and Immediately bivouacked
for the night.
The General was put in the custody of General
Owens and two guards, who were charged with his
safe keeping. Excusing himself as sick and weary,
he immediately lay down and feigned sleep. Soon
after the captain and his guards lay down, and ho
listened anxiously for indications of sleep on their
art.
Ire had not to wait long betore hc hoard the guard
nearest to him commence to breathe heavily, mo
mentarily ?creaming In volume and profundity, un
til it became sufficiently loud to wake an ordinary
sleeper.
The captain and his other guard had also, in the
meantime, commenced to breathe rather heavily,
and the General continued, with his ears open, to
feign sleep. Ho lay In this way for some time, until
all three gave unmistakable signs of sleep,
Fearing that, they were playing " Pesaro," he got
up and walked carelessly around, end moved over
to the fence, still watching thorn. He then ebughod
loudly, and made considerable noise, thinking that
they wanted an excuse to shoot at him, each man
lying with his right hand grasping the muzzle aids
ride. The indications of profound sleep being so
unmlatatable on the part pf alt three of them, he
now thought he would test the sincerity of their
slumbers by jumping the fence. This he did, and
on looking back could sec no movement of the dusky
forms of his guards, and off he shot across several
fields, jumping the fences, and keeping straight
ahead in the direction he thought would take him
towards the city.
He run for about three.quarters of an hour, when
he entered a thick wood, and in his weakly state,
being really broken down by fatigue, he sought a
place of concealment.
He remained concealed for the rest of the night
and all the next day, frequently seeing from his
hiding place the rebel scouts searching for him and
scouring the bushes and the roads. Finally, nbout
sunset, almost famished for water and food, he
thought be would venture out, having come to the
conelusk n that freedom and starvation were nearly
as bad as being a prisoner. Ho still kept to the
woods, however, and soon saw two men moving to
wards him, carrying large bundles of hay.
Be walked up to them, and asked them what they
were doing with hayin the woods, when one of them
replied : " We have bid our horses in the woods to
keep them out of the hands of the d—d rebels, and
wo are going to feed them,"
This reply. was a sufficient indication of their sen
timents, and he immediately made known to them
the circumstances of his presence In the woods and
who he was.
They greeted him most kindly and cordially,
dropped their hay, and conducted him by a se
eluded route to their farm-house, where he was
most kindly and hospitably received by the family.
Being in a neighborhood surrounded by rebel
sympathisers,and some of the rebel scouts still
prowling around apparently watching for him, his
whereabouts was kept a profound secret by his loyal
host, who on Wednesday set about devising means
of getting him to the city.
This he accomplished, and at midnight last night
a carriage went out from the city and returned with
the General, he feeling, as he expressed himself,
" more free than he ever had before felt in his
111'0.'1
The name of the gallant and patriotic Maryland
farmer Is at present withleld'fOr the reason that ho
has reason to fear rebel retribution, should any
more of the highwaymen of Gilmore's band be still
in his neighborhood.
The General lett this morning rorPhiladolphia,to
join his family at York, Pa., where he will spend a
few weeks to reenperatd his shattered health.
TRAVEL TO WASHINGTON' RESUMED
Bavrinonts, July 14.—Tho trains are running to
and front Washington, this morning, as usual. The
Washington papers al today have been received.
DELEGATES AND STORES FOR THE
WOUNDED it' ruE MONOCACY
GMTYRBITRG, July 14.—Plflecia delegates from
Philadelphia, of the Christian Commission, reached
this place yesterday, and were reinforced by several
from hors. All loft for the field about noon. Thor
took a large iluantlty of stores. The wounded will
be taken to /rederlck City.
HARRISBURG.
(Special Correspondence of The Press.]
ILAunisnuno, July 34, 186.1--5 P. X
The cheering news froM Baltimore and Wahhing
ton, the opening of tologriLphib communication be
tween these - cltiee, the retreat of the rebels from the
Capital, and the pleasing prospects of the military
situation generilly, have relieved the anxiety of
the citizens, and produced general congratulations.
RISTIIIINING HOME
The farmers who fled to this city for safety,
driving their stook before them, are now returning
to their homes with a sense of scourity that the
danger is past. Horsei, cattle, and heavily-ladened
wagons, recrossed the Susquehanna to-day en route
for the Cumberland Valley, York and Adams
counties, and de: inations in Maryland.
ICEGBOES GOING BACK.
During the excitement of- the rebels, the Ame
rican citizens of Africpn descent, from the Camber
land Valley, came to this city in largo numbers,.
leaving in such haste that they hardly brought
with them the necessary comforts which the cir
cumstances required. These are all satisfied that
there is no longer any cause for fear, and
are now crowding the cars in returning up the
valley. The experience of last year still lives vividly
In the recollection of 'these poor peoplo—teat their
friends and relatives, freo-born Pennsylvanians,
were seized by the advancing rebels, chained like
cattle, driven beyond the Potomac, and reduced to
slavery. No similar misfortune will again overtake
them, if they have any intimation of the advance of
the enemy.
ARRIVAL OP RRORIIITS
This day has been exceedingly cheering by the
arrival of squads of volunteers and companies, in
response to the Governor's proclamation. Market
street has been rendered particularly lively by the
likrge numbers of men marching through it to the
dikerent places to which they have been ordered.
Clamp Curtin will soon reproduce the scenes of ac
tivity and martial display - which have given to IC a
degree of eminence.
lIECIIIIITINT IN THIC CITY
The recruiting in this city is going on under, diffi
culties. Too many persons - have started out to
raise companies. Several squads are in exist
tence, which, if banded together, would form a fine
full company. No company has yet completed its
organization, but, without doubt, the Curtin
Guards, the City Zouaves, and ono or two others
will be ready to be mustered into the service before
the end of the week. Ey cry effort which patriotism
can command is being used to stimulate recruiting
under tho call of the Governor. To the Influence
of copperheiulism in this city, which is dully
strengthened by the Patriot and Union, may be at
tribilted the tardiness which has marked the re
cruiting. The people, during the last day, or so,
seem to be rising above its counsels, and respond
ing In a spirit which gives assurance that patriot
ism will eventually , triumph.
A OOLORXD WAR IKERTING
A military meeting was called last evening, under
the auspices of some of the leading spirits of the
colored population, with a view to respond to the
call for one hundred days. The meeting would have
been a decided success, and one .or two companies
could have been easily raised, if colored men, like
their white fellow-citizens, were permitted to select
who shall command their company organizations.
including the callers of the meeting, but six persons
gave in their names. The second article in General
Gouch's circular of yesterday, that. colored troops
'Would be commanded by white oilloerslprovented
many of the prominent colored persons from
giving the movement their moral support. One of
them was enabled to obtain an early copy and lay
It before the meeting, which effectually chilled the
military ardor of the American citizens of African
descent. Those favorable to the movement: are de
termined to make another effort, which may be
more successful,and have called a meeting for this
evening.
THU QUOTA or TUTS COUNTY
The quota of Dauphin county, under the Go
cernor,s proclamations for one hundred days' men,
is four hundred and two.
orrxtivo OF RAILROAD OOMUIINIOATION
The °umberland Valley cars now run through to
Hagerstown, the road having in no way been da
maged by the, rebels. • The wood.house and engine
house there wore destroyed. The Northern tiontral
trains runs as far South as Hanovor Junction,
about forty miles distant from this city. This road
Kill soon receive the necessary repairs, and the
communication .with Baltimore be resumed as
There are many cemplaints . , among the recruits
arriving hero, that, the necessary preparations for
their accommodation are wanting, and soreral have
returned home dissatisfied with thisstate of things,
for which some one is responsible. It .ls alleged
that the military authorities make no arrangemonts
for the accommodation of any numbor loss than full
companies,lr kilo squads of neon are obliged to rough
it until their organizations are completed. Thom,
not able to meot hotel expanses hare boon obliged
to lie around looso in as eondertable places as [Amy
could solott in the open air. . •
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want a good bank-note detoebt, send for Peterson's;
publlated by T. B. retort:ion Brother, of this OW.
SECOND EDITION,
FRIDAY -4 A. M.
LATEST INTELLUNCE.
THE REBELS IN FULL RETREAT
DETAILS OF THEIR MOVEMENTS.
THE VICTORY ON TUESDAY.
The Country around Bock 111 e Pluacrod.
'TIE PLANS OF GENERAL EARLY.
AID FROM SECESSIONISTS rtr WiLBIIII7GTON
WHY THE ATTACK ON THE CAPITA.T.
WAS ABANDONF:D.
OUR CAVALRY IN, PURSUIT.
The Entire Rebel Mwy South
of the Potomac.
SPecial DeseateheA to The Pr(168.)
IVAsuiNcrrow, July 14
The rebels have passed entirely from the front of
Washington. The whole force crossed the river at
Edward's Ferry last night, closely pursued by the
6th Corps, which came upon them near Oxford's
Cross Roads.
Justice has not been done to the fight near Fort
Stevens on. Tuesday night. The enemy met a
bloody repulse, and over 250 rebels were killed, by
a count taken of their greens. Part of the Oth
Clops were there, and drove the enemy splendidly
• A rebel Colonel, known to halr - e been wounded,
is believed to be receiving shelter from some Seces
sionlat farmer in the vicinity. We learn from the
catpenter at Dlr. Elair , s country seat at Silver
Springs that the rebels who came there lately were
commanded by Early, Ereckinrldge, Ransom, and
Gordon.
The rebels were ragged enough, but their horses
were all fresh. They comprised nearly all the
raiders on Baltimore and Washington. 0'1).
[SECOND DESPATOII.]
jui.r 16-2) , 1 A. DI
I have. just returned from Rockville, leaving there
at ten o'clock to-night. While there I learned the
following particurars of the rebel advance on the,
fortifications of Washington, and their subsequent
retreat: On Monday 0,000 rebels came into Rock
vile, from-the direction of Edward's Ferry, and
passed up the river road, five miles south of Rock
ville, to Tenallyiown.
At the Same time Bradley Johnson went by way
of Frederick and turned towards Bladensburg,
another dotaeliment came via Damascus, Ilyatts
town, Lawtonville, Mechanicsville, and Rockville,
thence to the Seventh-street road. Another detach
merit had taken a route to Washington which was
not known. These combined composed about half
of the rebel force, whilst the others were sent Orrin
all directions to gather plunder.
Those mentioned above in the meantime made
demonstrations on this city to attract our attention.
The plundering party accomplished their'work tho
roughly, and the 0 - epic of Rockville all agree that
not a horse, mule, cow, sheep, or any article neces
sary for food or comfort, was left in the whole coun
try over which .the rebels passed. Even carriages
and wagons were taken wherever found, and rebel
and Union citizens suffered alike.
Every barn and storehouse was ransacked, widen
their contents were carried away. The divisions
which made demonstrations on Washington robbed
as they retreated. Many of the rebel infantry on
the retreat wore mounted on stolen horses, al though
the cavalry were first taken care of in that respect,
all having fresh horses and leading others.
[THIRD DESFATCU.]
When the Invading rebels first entered Rock.
vine they were very destitute and many were bare
foot, but as they advanced they clothed and fed
themselves - well. Major Pry, with 600 cavalry,
fought them at but was obliged to fall
back.
Breckinridge stated on his return that they did
not intend to capture Washington unless the stories
told them by their friends in the city proved true.
These sympathizers said that the northern side was
guarded by only one hundred days' men; that most
of the forts were dismounted, and 'that every-,
thing was in apple-pie order for their entrance. •
Early had issued orders that the attack should be
made on Monday night, but the whole rebel force
was not concentrated at that time, and had met
frith such stubborn resistance that he got frightened
and countermanded.the order. Several of his bri
gadiers, especially McOausland, were much an
gered at this.
In Rockville, some citizens suffered upwards of
ten thousand dollars loss, and one violent sympa
thizer, who wanted Washington as the capital of
the Confederacy, was among heaviest sufferers.
When they wore leaving Rockville, on return to
Edward's Ferry, they were punished severely by
Gen. Lowell, of the 2d Massachusetts. His force,
numbering some live hundred dismounted cavalry,
drove them until their rear-guard was reinforced,
when ho was obliged to fall back. Ho had seven
men wounded, and one man killed.
The rebels lost several killed, and a colonel is be
lieved to be mortally wounded. Two hundred were
left who could not
,be removed, and large numbers
carried along. Their retreat was simultaneous—a
small portion passing down the river road and the
remainder through Rockville.
The retreat commenced on Tuesday, and at 12
o'clock that night their advance passed. through
Rockville on parallel roads. By Wednesday noon
their whole main force passed through, but their
pickets were not called in until five o'clock Wed
nesday evening,
The whole command crossed the Potomac at Ed
ward's Perry during Wednesday night. Our cavalry
followed picking up stragglers. K. O'D.
ARMY OF THE POTOMAC.
(Special CorreEeondenoe of The Prom.) •
111-. UN A RTRRES ARMY POTOMAC, July 0, 180!
UEAVY ARTILLERY DUEL.
Last night about six o'clock the' pickets of the
two armies, in front of the 6th and oth Corps, be
came dissatisfied with the quietness that had hung
over the armies for tho past two weeks, and they
accordingly resolved to have a more noisy time.
The rebel pickets opened the ball by firing con
tinuously end heavily at our pickets. Not to be
outdone by the efforts of the enemy, our boys
answered the fire, which grew to be very warm. It
was evident that had it been continued the result
would have brought on a general engagement. - Our
artillerists, seeive, this, opened on the rebels a moat
destructive fireovhich was replied Lo by their bat
teries, and for the period of an hour the air perfectly
throbbed with the crashing of artillery. So far as
can learn, we had no one hurt, and it is quite likely
that the rebels can enjoy the same privilege.
A. NEW OII.DV.R
Provost Marshal General Patrick yesterday issued
an order recalling all the safeguards front the pro
perties of the rebel farmers, tc , within our lines.
The reason of this order can be found In the fact that
one of the guards protecting the property of a rebel
farmer on the extreme left of our lines was captured
by the rebels, and taken by them within their lines.
Requisition was made for him by the proper authori
ties, but his release was peremptorily refused. An
order was therefore immediately issOcd recalling all
safeguards until the rebel authorities saw fit to
recognize the usages of war in the protection of
soldiers whose duty it is to guard the pro
perty of citizens from plunder, when Said pro
perty Is liable to Immediate confiscation. What
effect this order will have upon General
Leo remains to be seen. OneNthing, however, is ab
solutely certain, that unless guards are kept Over
the houses from whisk they have just been taken
the entire canopy of Heaven will be lit up by their
Dames. Our stragglers have grown to be such &nui
sance that it is time something more strenuous was
adopted to forever put It at an end. Tho farmers
from whonx those guards are taken are a pbor but
industrious class of people. They are ignorant, and
at the present timeyerfectly dependent upon ns for
the necessaries of life. Before, or even during the
first two years of the war, their voices could not
have influenced any one either pro or con in relation
to Secession or Union. They are kind of a nonen
tity, and enjoy what may be called a subsoil exist
once. 'When the order taking the guards from their
honses was read to each occupant, many of them
burst into tears and said, " Now we are clean ru
ined. The headquarters of Qon. Patrick were soon
besieged by the farmers, many of whom had their
wives with them, for the disgraceful conduct of some
of our soldiers prevented their being left at homes
Their coining did no good ;it was not the fault of
Gen. Patrick that he had to be so severe—rather
was it the disgraceful disregard for . the rules
of civilized war, by which General Lee allowed
himself to be governod : Instead of porMitting his
betterjudgment to keep him in the only comet line
of duty. If .ever there was seen a mournful proces
sion It was yesterday morning, when these dis
heartened aid poverty-stricken people returned
home from their visit to the Provost Marshal Gene
ral. The rules of war are Inexorable, and must be
obeyed. Retaliation has become a word of equal
meaning In our lexicon, as it has had its 'origin in
the hearts of rebels.
The horrors of war can only be lessened by a strict
attention to what is called international eourtesy.
If this is violated both contestants must BMW, tho
amount of punishment always being governed by
the party 'who is compelled - lo' aceept the alterna
tive.
Right, in contradistinction to oppression and
wrong, never seems to enter their minds. The!
never have been readers of the papere r and many of
them could not tell whether the State of Penneylva•
Ma was In the Confederacy, or whether It gloried Itt
a system of fee Institutions. Who is 3 that can.
say that the minds of such people are rot perfect
blanks, upon which can be engraven truth or error
And since error has lately had tho more pi Nwerrful
sway, what reason to wonder that they shoo Id not
be ripe for " treason, stratagem, and spoils 2" I
doubt whether the Northern =FMCS could be - so
humbugged by any lender, no matter bow popaLvo,.
as have been the Southerners by the instigators of
this rebellion. Education and refinement do not
so easily give way to the hoodwinks of popular dema
gogues, or the eavllllegs or brainless upstarts.
The people should be cautious about believing the
foolish report!brought to Washington by passengers
on board the steamers from City Point, In relatioa
to movements and orders of the, army. There IS
seldom a word of truth tunny of the reports, because
It would bo simply nonsense for a passenger on a.
steamboat to be able to got any nowa of Importance,
when persons Immediately at headquarters hear
nothing of said news. By all this Introduction I
intend to emphatically deny that General Grant,
ordered the en:render of Petersburg. Wo have
been. occaslOnally bombarding the' eastern part of
the town, and have succeeded in burning a major
part of it, but that the commanding general has
ordered the surrendering of the town has not
certainly been revealed to these whmought to know
at headquarters, and it is therefore quite unlikely
that "steamboat passengers" could be any wiser.
Where are the onions about which we read so
ranch lately in the papers?—a schooner load from
New York for City Point. Its arrival is.not yet an
nounced. As there is no Alabama to dispute her
passage, I cannot tell RLy onions have not arrived.
Itis to be hoped that enough will be supplied by the
North to prevent the sadiers being coNapclled to
purchase them from the sutlers, who. ()barge triple
prices for everything in their stores. Two stray
onionewere seen yesterday, but they were natives.
UTLEIV S COMM' A Zin,
at Bermuda Hundred, you will are this have been
apprised, Is, for the present, under the charge of
General ~l 3alcly " Smith. General Mart ate has
command of the 18th Corps in the absence of Goo.
AN EXPEDITION EY GIatERAL BLOOM
Rumored Defeat of Forrest by Oen. Smith.
FORREST REFORTED KILLED.
Humored Oceupation or Petersburg by Oen. Omit.
MERIDLN'S DAYILEY REPORTED 1N ROUTE TM
Apparent Movement of the Rebels on the
Rear of (kraut's Army.
MILITARY MOVEMENTS IN MISSISSIPPI.
MEstrn le, July la.—The steamer Sultana has ar
rived with Vicksburg advices of the 9th inst. An
expedition left VickAurg on the it of July under
General Slocum. They burned the railroad bridge
over Pearl river on the sth and sent in thirty pz-i
-sellers. The cavalry expedition which left Mem
phis on July 4th has arrived at Vicksburg and
would reinforce Slocum. This expedition had here
tofore been destined up the White river. Another
force had been operating out from Rodney, Miss.,
scouring the country, assisted by the Marino Bri
gade. They had several sharp skirmishes, in which.
they were victorious.
The thermometer at Vicksburg ranged from 51 tO
BO during the week.
No advices have been received from General
Smith's expedition, but grape-vine reports say he
has had a Dght, and has defeated Forrest, and that
Forrest .we-s killed, but these reports were not
CI edited. •
GENERAL SHEII3IAN srx sirrms TROM ATLANTA.,
A. despatch was recelred last night announcing
that General Sherman's army was then within alx
miles of Atlanta.
NEW Tons, July 14.—The Richmond Examiner
has a despatch showing that General Slocum made
a raid to Jackson, Albs., and on the eth inst. occupied
the city with 4,000 troops. lie evacuated the place
on.the same day, moving back on the Canton road.
The rebel forces were reported on their flank and
front, and there was a severe fight from daylight
till 7 o'clock on the morning of the 7th. Since that
time all has been quiet. No private property haa
been destroyed, the object of the expedition being
to destroy the raliTcnid lietwoon Jaoksoa awt
Canton,
Jury A. At
We condense from several letters in the Cincinnati
Commercial the annexed connected aoconnt of the
march of Sherman's army from Konesaw Mountain
to the Chattahoochie river. It will be read with
Interest, as Sherman's operations have been alinost
lost Eight of in the attention given to Gen. Grant's
army and the excitement of the late invasion :
To one who has closely scanned the map of North.
ern Georgia, and familiarized himself with the new'
of tho day since this campaign opened, it must be
apparent that in two months the army ender Gen.
Sherman has accomplished a vast work. Marching
over 12a miles through a country unknown to them,
Skirmishing and fighting almost daily, butting up
against works capable of resisting a force double the
number under Sherman, only to gain some slight
advantage, or meet with a temporary check, contest
ing every toot of ground from Ringgold to the Chat.
tahoochie without having once hid Its lines broken.
or a regiment stampeded, it challenges the world to
show a better record. The same host that under
Itosecrans and Buell out their way through Ken
tnoky and Tennessee to Chattanooga, and, when
broken and shattered at Chickamauga, reformat
their lines and held in check a vastly superior num
ber, still carries the flag of their country forward
through blood and fire.
The supposition announcing the evacuation by
the rebels of their strong fortifications in front oC
lienesaw on the Ist, and that they would make no
stand north of Marietta, proved true. Although
our corps commanders were advised of the retreat
as early as three in the morning, half past six ar
rived ere our columns were well In pursuit. The
15th and 16th Corps, under Logan, moved out round
the base of Konesaw mountain, upon which the 15th e
Corps signal officers had established a station from
which they could communicate with any station la
the valley. Simultaneously with the "forward to
Atlanta" of Logan, Eloward, Palmer, and Hooke[
had their columns under way, moving out through
the enemy's works and down the valley on either
side of the railroad to where the roads centred, at
Marietta.
While the troops were getting into position pre
paratory to a pursuit of the fleeing enemy, I mon
pied myself in minutely Inspecting the rebel fortifi
cations, which had been represented so strong that
an army of 200,000 could not carry them. Approach
ing them at the point where Newton's right as
saulted on the 27tn, I suddenly found my efforts to
gain the works brought to a stop. Within twenty
ieet of the works bushes had been felled, the ends
toward the assaulting column carefully sharpened,
so that an *Watts capable of perplexing and
impeding our progress was encountered. Strong
as were the works, and guarded as they were
by the abattis and artillery, which could not
be ;avoided by debouching to the right or
left, the enemy had rendered our repulse
doubly certain by the construction of " hay
rakes," as the soldiers call them, bat which the
French style chesaux de _rise, which they had
placed in front of their works and upon the abattis
of brush and bushes. This very formidable impedi
ment is for/led by cutting trees about six inches in
diameter, and any desired length, through which
two rows of auger holes are bored, the holes about
six Inches apart. In these auger holes are inserted
tough pieces of wood, which are sharpened
at either end similar to the teeth of a common
hay rake. To advance and charge or work
over these things is simply an impossibility. The line
of chcraux de frise must first be torn away or de
stroyed. Mounting the ramparts, I followed their
winding course for more than halt a mile, and was
amazed at the skill and originality that on all sides
marked the deserted works.
Skirmishing marked the course of the army all the
way to within about four' miles to the southeast of
Pdariet ta,where they made a stand behind temporary
breastworks.
ARBIVAL AT THE CHATTAZOOCHTZ.
Here we are at tho Chattahoochie, within ten
miles of the chief city of Georgia, looking down
into• its streets from the mountain heights that
line the northern bank: The view is exceedingly in
teresting. Away off to the southeast, ten miles dis
tant, can be distinctly seen the form - houses that
nestle •in the forests around Atlanta—the tall
spires of the churches and public buildings, and
the fortifications that guard the approaches to
the "Gate City." Stretching away to the smith,
the eye beholds a vast forest, dotted by innu
merable plantations and villages. Nearer,- al.
most at the base of the mountain, the serpen
tine river can be seen through the thick
growth of trees that line its banks, while the
military, State, and private roads to the east and
south, remind the beholder of a huge spider's web,
so numerous are they, and, forming so many angles.
On the 4th, this curiosity or the troops to see
Atlanta was so strong that stragglers left their re
giments, and climbed the side from which they
clewed the promised land to Ishlch they are " pil
grituaging." Many of the poor fellows, I fear, wilt
never live to obtain a nearer view, as a desperate
defence will be made ere Johnston evacuates it for
another position, and by surrendering it open the
doors for greater Federal success beyond and or
either Bide.
THE RETREAT ACROSS THE RIVER-ITS DISCOVERS'
At three o'clock the morning of the sth, Ilovrard.
discovered that -the enemy had disappeared Irma
their positions around Marietta, and were in full re
treat. Breakfast was hurriedly eaten, vamps
broken, and, at five, Howard's columns were in mo
tion, Wood moving along the railway, Newton fol
lowing with the exception of one brigade that was
Sent Meng the road to the tette( the railway, in pur
suit of a wagon-train anti a battery of artillery
guarded by rebel cavalry who brought up the rear,
but which railed to overtake the train. Stanley
moved through the woods on the lea of the railway,
and picked up a large number of rebel _ prisoners and
deserters.
Tho army 'was at the points stated by the correct'
Fondant, on the banks of the river, aottording to the
latest despatches. By this time, no doubt, Sherman
is •beleagnering Atlanta.
NEW YORK, July 14.—The Commercial AdrerUser
says that a prominent banking-house in. Wall street
has received a despatch from the Washington
branch of the firm this morning, which states that
Gen. Grant's forces have occupied Petersburg.
We have received no confirmation of this news.
The Commercial also says a private despatch front
Washington to a Wall street banker states that
Sheridan's entire cavalry force has been despatohed
to intercept the rebel raiders, and had reaoh.el
Hanover Court House.
MOVIIIIMiTS OY TEE: knouts BAR rrEnsnenza.
WASIIINOTON, July U.—Reports from the Army
of the Potomac say the rebels have numomyred their
troops in a manner Which seems to augur an attack
on our roar. At the last accounts Hill's corps was
moving around our loft with tho Intention, say
military men, of gelling into our roar.
Plokett's division is In front of Butler's Comm,
and a Ilnof - -
the 91
Ttn
rebel
A CIA RD.
THE WAR.
TO JALOESON, XISS/13/31PPI,
INTERCEPT TRH ailllEits.
iIRERMAII'S ARMY.
THE EVACrATION OP ESSZSAW
ED=
RUMORS FROM GRANT'S ARMT.