@ll2 "393211131213. ’OUR FLA’G.’ \ I.“ - g- 11. J. ITAII‘I, IDITOI AN'D PROPIII‘POI ... -.., E -_ ___;z‘ ,GEP’I‘YSBUBG, PA g MONDAY MORNING, JY'LY 18, 1864 a-Tha Democratic State Central Com miltno will meet at. the Buehlcr House. in llnnishurg. on the L 9“: in}; , The Electors are invited to meet withiflue committee, with a view to a more campfire Ind eflicient organizmiop of tho mm): ‘ ‘.We call special uniontion 1;) an urticle on our first pagkemitleq, “By their fruits ye lball know them-religion and politics.” ‘ —-»- »-r~ «I» >v~ A -- ~ fi’We occlwy~ moxl nfour space to-dny ,with accounts 01 the Rebel invasion. Seve ral article. in type 50‘5”;- iu coanuenne. fi'fhnt old and sterling Democratic ‘p-per, the Luncuur Intelligence. has changed hands, Hon. George Sanderson selling out to Xenn.”£2mper, Sandeménak 03., our friend §mith. of the Fulton Dcmocral, being 'one of the “Co." ' The paper has appenred’ ‘~ enlarged and improved viith I, uegt am! of type from "head to foot.” The editorial 1 column: evince ability, spirit and energy. I:md if the paper does not become one ofllie most influential in the country we shuflbe _greatly miauken. The Daily Mulligan-r will Appear about the first. of August. The llrgélt supcesyo tlié new firm. . '—'" '" ‘m' "“ '""' . ‘ Na‘rthcrn Cmtral li‘uilroud.T—Tlle York Fret: of Friday siiys, the reports of damages to the Northan‘flontrul linilroad have been gun“, exaggerated» But I mull portion of the truck‘ has been torn p, ’nnd very for of the bridge: .on the rotil have been degtroyed. 'l‘hé officers of th road, with their accpstomed ohergy and perseverance, have already commenced repaiting the hack and putting up tempofinry structures over (he strohms wh’ere the bridges were dcsgroyod. It is expected Until: the courée of a week 31:0 travel over the road will be 'iewmod: A ~ “‘l. is nurtmfby Fomey'a Prue that Qho'Pro-iduqt will immediately issue a. call for 300.0005 men. and‘ (hat “the hundred dnyn men raked in the several States will notbocreditcd tothem umler the new csll.” Do the people want {our years more of Lincolnium? \, ' Fly 5 «lovisifin from (ha Provnni Mar— Ihnl Genornl’u Bunenu. men drafted in 186:2, Ind furnished substitute; for three yeurx. are nnl exempt from drpft under tha"‘Act Amendamry of the Enxollmenl Act." ._ . ---, . fl. ‘ ‘“l’be Blltimnre Sun my: that. Francis M. non hr the iiuHmr of the “Star Spun gled Khan.” wag‘récently arrests-(Heral legod "dialoyahy." So wp go. Pnriots ‘ and 80118 ofpaninls are impriloned and ex ;Rziled, whilst. traitorl, cogruptionists,-bullies and blackgunr'ls'hre elevated to place and po'wcr.‘ ‘ ~ —-———~—— «00> -——-r——- mhn. Dix 'hnfl been arrested and Lrought before one of the courts of New York, fpr being connecled with the sup- ‘ preuion of the Il'or’zl and Journal of (”om ‘f ‘merxe. Gov: Seimnur {A mhking the militi ) ry sntrnps of thy Allministr‘atiou dance to a = snow tune. ‘ I ' ‘ _, ———A —-->—w——»—~ Q‘Thereware upwardixof $0 applicants for the Cunxul Gcngrakhip to Canada. It. would evidz-ntly be much easier. now-n-dnys. _to mice a company to'serve their ‘country In (Lunadn than itwas in 1812. ‘ ~ Wln his spaech' nt. theflovohmdfion wufion. G 051" Cochrnne‘doliven‘d the fol lowihg sentimenf. whirh it is said ‘was re— mr’cs-ived with much applause (-L-“lntimutoli connect'ed with (base rights is the freedom of the proas. and the administration or the ‘7 man who would aim a blow at, it. i; more ; guilty than he who is a traitor to the cause , 0 ofhis cou’ntry.” , x 18.“. is said that Gen. Fremont. has n *mnt mnny fricnds in Lancaster county mong the "Republianns." who will vote fox: 'lgim in’-preference to Lincoln. if it shoulr} happen that (he Dempcralic candidaté and lylatform will not suit. them. fill. is stated that EDI-$5 Lafnyeue and Wnn‘en now contain it! prisoners a greater number of “unconditional loyal” citizens than “Copperlxcads.” ‘The “loyal” are there for stealing and the “Copperhends” ilu‘qugli spite. x @The Democrzlts predicted that the triunfirh of a sectional party would ‘produce ndissolution of the Union. This was dev ununned I! “1000 foco gtufl‘!" The refilglg' is before the country. i We now predict that the re-elootiorr of Lincoln. should _it occur, w‘ill tendin- per manent hm lopaution of the North and South. This will be termed “Coppexhead nonsepse !“ Well-dry itl—gAge. @Fnlsehoodsi-Ee atntemcnts of the Abolition paper! I t-certain Democratic journals in this. state have hoisted the names of- Lincoln and ..'[thom Th 9 Arm strong Democrat and the Lairence qurnal have, {an ago, oefiaed _to be Democcstio PM, —~—‘.-———-—-«IMO‘—" ' may.“ 4/ a; Lincoln Italy-Juan!)- mericatatrcngth oi the Lincoln party. 15 rnmnifestly waning All dver the country with great rupidky. .Strong men no falling M may from his Samson in all directions. and shangmjnds Ire abandoning (Including ‘ features bf his ‘Atlminiatraticin policy in . every. State, ‘Tbere ue‘all the rclia'ble —— prognouiu‘ofl genera! scattec‘ing' or the thinking and suffering-1113505. -He is re gnrdedu I fnflum upon all the great. ends ‘”‘ propig'gd in the onset rocpecling the re 12%;};sz Lincoln within: indefinite war. \ Orsomebody the for Preeident who in un ‘ committed against termi of peace, is begin - ning to be tha‘lvnpucal iuua. upon which the popular mind in awnyiag, with n posi ‘ tivgly visible prepondmncain favor of the Indore-Portland Advertiur. ' ‘lO-'7l» Democrats 9! .mppra. county hays minnlnd Hon. Mitfl’tnsfifné {at tg-elrcuan :0 we, Lesbian“? . Ihc War ”(1133; THETN‘V—ESTON. Northqm Central Railroad Cut. 1m“:- cuwmmo ofi In: nip-n. noun- um PHILAD'A muunun. BI'RXING 01'" GOV. BRADFORD‘S HOUSE WASHINGTON THREATENED TREJIENDOZ'S EXCITEI/ENT THE REBELS RETREAT. nlron'rmv'r than ruminant - Bunyan. July IL—The Rebel Cavalry burned Governor Bradford's residence this morning. It 15 only four miles out. on the Charles street road. A squad often Rebels did it. . They came to the residence and ordered out the Governor's family. permitting them to take only a few vaiunbles. and thon~fired the residence. The furniture mu all des troyed. ' The Governor was in the city, and was not captured. , 'l‘he‘liebeln are now operaling on the Philadelphia— -12 o’clockiM.—[llgn the wires connect— ing Philadelphia an Baltimore {:uled, be ing out, by the Rebel guernllas.] The break in the telegraph line is under stood to he at Magnolia, ninpteen miles this side of Baltimore, and nineu-en miles from llavre de Grace. 11. is also reported that :1 passenger train has been cultured at Magnolin. ~ One I’. ISL—We understand that the wires of all the telegraph lmvs between Pl‘adel phin and Baltimore are now cut. This work has probably bet-n done by small de tached parties of Rebels, advancing on un guarded poinll. - The Ital»! Mavmenlon the Philadelphia, ll'il- ‘ minglon and Baltimore Railroad. ‘ ‘ The Rebels have destroyed the depot and other buildfngs of the Philadelphia. Wil mmglon nnd Halt? sure Railroad at Magno liu. xevcnteon milcs'below lluvrp de Grace. 'l‘hny have alto cut the lelegmph wires. and, it is apprehended, de‘oyed the railroad noar that. paint. They have also, it is stated, raptured the pmsenger train. which laft Ba‘timore For Philadelphia. at 8 o’clock this mowing. and another train is also overdue, and be lieved to be cnptured. 'l‘hn destruction Ia understood to have been the work of the body of cavalry which crossed the Northern Central liuilroad‘yes tervlny. ‘ 7, j . 'l'he Rebels ifilefiving Mig'nolia took with them the telegraphic operator and the agent of the company at that point. There in every reason to believe that the Rebels this mulniugalnused themselves by reading the dmpamhm as they passed to and from Washington, and also sent some tlimnselvel. Ihvnl m Gun. McL. _July 11.—-About two hundred Rebelcnvalry. under command of Harry (iillmoge, appeared at. Hngnolia Station, eighteen miles north of this point. on the Philadelphin und Baltimore Rail road, and captured the 8-30 A. M. pane-n -ger train from 15.11timnra, by firing a volley into i(. causing the train to stop. ’l'he ten o’clock express train from Balti more also shared the same falls. ( onducwr Bryaon, of the express, was robbed of his watch and mom-y. M waialao Cuududor Mumhnwer. of the) first train. The Rehab: firm! the traim and also the freight hous at Mngnolin, which were mn aumed. ‘ - ()ne of the engine; was firm] up, reversed £lan started toward»: Gunpomlvr Bridge, fnr‘the purpose ofsetting tire to that struc ture, but it Is very probable that no damage resulted to the bridge. from the fact that a heavy guard was stationed to protect it.— Puscengers were not, as farms learned, mO - except in ~| very few can-s. The Rphgl: strxrtod in a southerly direc tion tOward: General Cadwuluder's residnnce a few ~miter; south, {or the pnrpbse of do;- treying it, nnul that has no doubt been ac comphshed. I‘afiengors are arriving here in every kind of vehicle, and many nn horseback. A battery and A 1m“, of nine guns, from t e Philadulr'hiél Navy Yard, arrived here 10-day, and one seem". :‘TOCPPdC‘f? *0 "9‘" Magnnhu, when the Rebels were (“gravel-ed in force, cnyuséng the section to return, . Large tletncbmentspf tronps‘am} marines from the Philadelphia .\‘avy Yard, are here, mtmother forces. and thecountryis scoured by our scouts. There is no truth in the re ported burning of the Conowingo bridge ovelj the Susquehanna, ten mxles north of this. The telegraph south nt‘this point is badly damaged, but the railroad is not thought to be injured to nnv great extent. Major-General Franklin was captured on one of the train: destroyed at Magnolia. ' [Through the indet‘atig-tble exertions of the Amertcun Telegraph Company. Wash ington was connerted by telegraph with the North at 918 lust evening, by aline that does not pass over thmratlrond route. As soon as the communication was interrup ted at. noon. linemen were sent out with n gunrd. and the necessary repairs made with grant expedition] BALTII‘ORE, July 11—11 A. M.—A“respon nihle citizen just arrived in town, who re sides near Kingsville. reports that this morning a party of fifty. Rebel cavalry passed his house, making for the railroad; They cut the telegraph on the turnpike as they passed. In passing the House of Mr. J. Day, an enthusiastic Union citizen, resi ding near Kingsville. they noticed an Ame rican flag flying. and some ofthem stopped to burn the horn. He made no resistance until they attempted to take down the flzg, when Mr. Day fired upon the Rebels and killed-one of them. Mr. Day has not been seen since and his fate is unknown . A gehtlemnn who was present at. the time thatfiovernor Bradford’s house was burfmd, says he was arrested and detained by the Rebels until nfterlhey had fired the building. The actors had a written order in these words:—“The house of Governor Bradford to be burned .ili retaliation for the burning of Governor l.etcher'a house by the Federal troops._ By order of Bradley 'l‘. Johnston. Commandiztg.” ‘ They plundered the house of all the ul- Ambles. and would not allow Mrs. Bradford to save even her own clothing. They car ried 011' the valualile papers and deeds of i the Governor. Barman. July 11—11 P. M.-—'l‘he e:- citement in the city ha been increased by the Rebel opepuions around the city today. The Gunpov‘vdsr bridge was destroyed by a burning train which the Rebels ran upon it, its approaches being guarded by a gun boat lying in the river. The train which they used to accomplish their purpose they had previously captured, being the regular 9-30 passenger train from Baltimore. The pagenger: were turned out and robbed, And their ”.13 nks plumfiored. A; {.l- as ascertained, the whole cavalry force in Baltimore 00111“! Which has done all this mischief does not exceed eight hundred. under commcnd 0‘ . the 90"“ ,Hiu-ry Gilmore. . The defense: of the city 2:9 139138 strengthened and manned by the cmgena in large numbers. ‘ The banksand insurance complain ban all deth-ited their valuable: on board of. otelmer chartered for the purpose, and rea dy to leave at a moment's notice. - )- ‘ . The city is run of rumor: tonight of at ’ tack: on our pickeumnrmmd the city. Ignd it in reported that Ellioou's Mills urn-'in‘ their possession. but we cannot ”cert-in Hm truth of the Yawn, ' 1 'ln the Attack on the train at Haguofiq ‘ this hmmin ; 'Abrahaln Ward, “GM“, ’m Nu; Gaff person killed. Wm M ‘ F’W'med _g‘omg prisoners, but. the mos], of them escaped to Bullimorr. Both conduc tors «ccaped. ' ' Only 1! portion OlQnupnmlor biirlge was destroyed, nvcnrdinz to the latest accounts. BALTIIOiI. July ll—ll~3o P. Mailma ml ord has been appointed to the command of the Exghth Army Cory», Ind General Wall-co commands the be "them. By this Imagine»! GmnlOnfh-a command of all the troop- for the defmuof the city. A rnllcmln ,sth from Ellioolt's Mills repom all quiel there, mud {or a dishuceof ten miles beyond. Our pivkets 11ml 9. skirmish beyond Elys— ville this moxning. with I squall cf-Bobel Cavalry, _and killf‘d the Lieutenant in com mand and captured two men,.lbe balance escaping. - FUMOBI PROS! WAI-IKG'I‘ON. W‘snmcrnu, July 11.--The information received to—n‘mht it that I. very large forge of Rebels is within six miles of this city, not. fun from 'l‘ennllytnwn. 'l‘her'e hm- beon no general engagomvnt. but continuous skirmisbing nearly all day. " Among the WUJlllel reported are the followln : Copy/F. M. Plum. 00.)}. Twentieth N. Y. Ca nlrv. woundnd in right font;_Japob ”nines. Fourth New York cavalrv. right. hip: John Laviuder, Company E. Fifth N. Y. Cavalry. concussion of shell; Graham G. Scott, Sixth Mich. Cam. in kneo: Fred. S. Robinson, C, Furs’t Connecticut Cavalry. lelt. arm; Peter Berry.‘ First Connecticut Cnvnlry. neck: John Vnndevesr, Fifth N. Y. Cavalry. in log. Of the One-hundred nnd-fif‘ly first Ohio, ten or twelve men were wounded. . . There seems in be no donM the Rebels are threatmlina “'uxliingiun, but the prep arations for its dcfnnso are of such a character as to give assurance of safety. A large, number of families, temporarily at summer residenco=._tngether with citi zens in the counties adjoining Washington, have come into the city for safely. . Active Jfovnnenrx fifth: El‘wmy Near "Wu/ting ton— The (,‘upital Serious/y T/Arcatzm‘d. Bunyan. July U.)—-Hvening.—--The [news from Wtuhingtoh a alermimz. The Star enys:—'l‘he skirnwhing on the Rock ville road lmd commenced at an eurlv hour this forenoon and was continued by the advance of the Rebels to a point about four miles west of’l‘ennllytown. Here their pro gress on that road stopped and they dimp penred in some other direction. Subse quently we hear of them skirmishinghihout j noon, on and about the Seventh'street turn pike, near the Clngett farm and the resi nence of F. P. Blair. l-l-q. .' ‘ It. ie reported to day that the Rebel-i have l burned the residence of Mr. Blair. There ‘ were eight hundred infantry only in the force that. en. rpm! at. Rockville 1m night, thopgh punterstricken refugees arriving to day trom the vicinity ot'lC lwnrd'a Ferry re port them croscing north at that point, ye:- terday and to-day, in Lirge numbers, some saying 13,000 and other: 30.000. Breckinridge it- believed to be in com mand of their ndvnntte in this direction. and Imhoden commands th'eir cavalry. now hanging around our tortificationl. All was] quiet in front of our picket lines upon whatl is known M the river mad; that. is the road skirting lhe’Chesupcnke and Ohio Canal above Georgetown. Up to noon to-dny, the Star says. the numbér and purposes of tho Rebel invading force are coutminyly confl.cting. We givel elsewhere the opinion entertained by many, around u. that the» Rebel force is not at weight, suti‘tcient to undertake a SPI ions at tark upon the forlifivations of Washington. and that it in not their purpme to do 50.- I’er contra, we have just reoeivod the fol lowing from a source of great. intelligence and relinbtlitv. and one that has on l'Ppent-l ed ocomions hurl the enrliest and movt ac. curate information of Rebel movements in Virgininz— , ‘ Tue information received from this quar. ter is‘ as fnllmfisz— ~ The Rel-01 nrmv of invasion marched down the Valjey 45,000 slrnng, including 8000 cavalry. under oummnnd of Mnjur- GeneraLJubnl Enrlyund Brigadier-{ionernls 81-eckin‘ridge, Ramona, Imbudou and Mc‘ Cnuslnnd. ‘ A ‘ Lonp‘Etreet was at Gordnnsvillo on S.xlur-‘ day last with additional furcos. lojoin the Rebel army of invasion—and the purpow of that. army was an nllumpt at lhecaplure of Washinmnn lny nun-rim. The Virginia Cc-nlrnl Ihilrnnd is repaired, and running {mm Rxchmtmd to Slnntnn.— Mbs’eby has lwo hundred and forty men in i h‘xs command, and expects to hnvv his force InCl‘PME‘d' Al. the fight of Ald’ie MOfelyy [captured eig;_:}"of our "ayahy, and hue-d Hwemy, captured om: H"J""v and had “Em Imm in mg. fight a 12 pound 5;;11- lun lchlnsJ command 95‘ one company is «filmm ‘ting ncnr Rurfnx Court House, and in the ‘ neighbormod ol‘ Ocvnguzm, 5 ' LAT R. ' . I'p to 2-15 P. M. the state or nihirs in the vici'nily of R nlrhin's Branch Post Ofline continued to be about. the same as 11an morning. _ There has been 0 genernl engagement, butcavnlry skirmishing is going on at inter vals. The enemy has not made his appear- Ence anywhere within range of our guns. and so far has shown no disposition to do so. No casualties have been‘reported on on our side in the engagement between Lowell and the Rebel cavalry this morning. Three Rebel prisoners and struggles were brought in this morning from the front. but. they refused to give their regiments or by whom they were commanded. They are inclined to brag. and some of them place their numbers at very high figures.— Some Rebel stragulers who were picked up yesterday at different points in Maryland were brought to the. Provost Bfiirshnl’s ofilce last night. They admitted that they belohged to the invading party, and’lhe in fantry consisted of BrPckinridge's and Ear ly’s Divisions, and thnt the cavalry Was un der Ransom. . LThey wenid give nc inforfilation as to the movements of the invaders, and when questioned M to their numbers they differ éd very widely in their statements. This morning the Robe! cavalry commenc ed to show themselves in the vicinity of Silver Spring, Mr. Blair’s place. just over the District line, in Montgomery county. on the Seventh street load, just beyond the lines of the fottifieationa, and up to the last accounts have kept thlt position. Du ring the morning there has been some firing between the picket... and. two on our side have been wodnded. . It. is stifled by persons coming finm that direction. and there‘tre nuny families mo ving in. that the Rebel pickets are sunbu ed m Blair’s, Clarke’s and Brown’s woods, and some ue confident that the main body of the enemy is u this phce. Preparations have been made to receive them in a be coming style». ' Lung—The Rebel force at Silver Spring in said to be about fifteen thousand strong, so tu- u developed. - Laterjrom Up “a Potomac. Yeeterdny aimmoon I force of Elle Rebels mule their Igpumnce on the tow~pnh of the mnnl near Muddy Branch. when there was 1 sgundron of the Eighth Illinois Cin— alry on Tom- com panics of the Seoond Mu mhnntu Cavalry, under command of Mn jor Thompson. ' l . Our force had order: to fall back, md started toward: the city. the camp equip- Ige being placed on a calla] bolt. They bud not. recreated fur. however. before another band of Rebels were neon upfront}. iflb’ from the direction of WV“ cuand we shots were firetl between such par. ty. but no one was Injured as far as we know. ‘ When some three miles this tide of Mad dy Branch um foycgn tried to mike s lwnd :nd mites littlenkilminh ensued, in which the Rebel- brffiht to bear upon them one of four guns. I. round that rent direct, 1y through the haunt-wing it to sink. In this little 33bit we had‘thm men llightly finqnded.’ : -“ K Uur men, however, procured anothgr “mat. to which they transferred the bum .und pu-herl on down In Georgetown, when they nniwd this morning. Th. Rebels who at [his fime showed considerab‘. force, seemed to dug-ct. their nttPntion to the Canal, which Hwy damaged considerably. lfelling green into it. and blowing up cul ‘ veru, kc. ‘ . ‘ Our men report the mutt] full offieb eh. ma thu ’4‘st thug was several aklrmkhn, in which portion: 0! lb?“ resi menu were' engaged. In (me of these Cap tain Mrm-is. of Company M. Elgblh Illinois, mu kiilod. WAsnn'cmv, July All.—~An officer who scouted the nvm- some distance above the Chain bridge, Inst night, reports this morn ing that all was quiet. aleng that line, no Rebels being visible. , “ Mijor General Meander McCook- Bu been asligned (o the command 0‘! the Northern defences of Washington. Briga dier Gnnernls Harding. Hoskin: and Home! are to serve under him. General Payne has been mmgned 10 a command in the Departmpnt. h. is reported Lhtt {he Reb els fmvc been very busy in conveying acros- Lhe Potomac. horses, cattle. sheep, swine ‘and other plunder taken by theni in Huy hind. ”V MaiortGenoraf J. J. Rnynolds ‘in placed in command ofi‘the Nineteenth Army Corps. , Yemen-flay a body of Rebel cavalry made a. (lax-l. into Darnslown. Montgomery coun ty. and captured a considerable qunnlity of stoma. . ' Last. evening. I: force “500 or 2000 Reb els entered It,m.-lurill¢=.f 13M dashed through to a point n few 111.481 this side of that. vil lngt‘. halting there for xi brief timo, when “my retraced their steps to the town‘ and hivouncked for the night. . 'l‘hk morninz they fire ,engaged with the cavalry fnroe underthe command of ColO< nel Spwell. thrown out’ toAascermin lheil‘ strength and character. No inlulflmtion embracing the dumils uf llmfnow promen ing engagement. have yet. been received.— 'l‘he pomt where the fight was in. progles-1 was in the vioini'y of Rubilt’s Creek post ofilico, between ’l'enallytown and Rock-I VI '9. ' ‘ . ’ ijnrfleneml Augur has returned from a tour through lhedeiences of Washington on the northern sillc.‘ He found all the Wnrks and the troops defending them in admirable condition. and rendy to give the Rebels a fitting reception) should they approach within range. ' ‘ . [From Friday? .\gc ] , The (lontederute expedition into. Mary land is now over, and its, history can now be written. The 'number of men engage waé about fiftm’n thousnml—no more. The% were divided into two bndies. They canié up the Shenandoah Valley. and one body attacked Mnrtineburg whilst. thp other be sieged Harper's Ferry. Mnrtinsburg I‘M: captured. flud stones amounting to three millions oftlollm-s carried off. The nolumn then crowed the Potomac at Willinmsport, ‘ hy skillful nmnmuvu ring forced Sigol upon Mnrylund Heights. The Coniedernte col umn at llmper’s Ferry besteged Sigel for i four days. whilst the other column overrun ‘ ‘ Western Maryland us list as the Monocucy. ‘ ' Ilagerstown was captured nnd contribution IPVI-Pd.“ Thousands ham the Culuborlundi .anley in l‘runsylvuniu. and many people‘ ‘in Ymk and Adams counties. lull their‘ ‘ homes. 'l'holmrvesls were hngulherod and ’ Spoiling. The authorities at Wmhington‘ hecunn- frightened mul sent to hunt forl ‘lielp. llelletzichud llivkols \i‘ith a division 1 ul tronpe, who nriivml in lhltinmre nndf “we sun! to tho Munocgtcy'lo aid General \anlnce. ' The nrriml of ltit‘kctts and Wallace changed the (‘nni'wlrrntv 1-liliifi~t)nit‘i\'hnt.— their troops abandoned llugc-rdown and inuucheil nuoilis‘t Frmit-rtt-k. 'l'he siege of l Mary-land Heights was mixed, find its n-‘snil nnls malf'lu-«i down the «oath bimk of the l Potomncnml sent :3 5 Hiking party 110195;: the river nt I‘omt ot Rot-ks. lt Inuit-lied up the .\lonncwv. “Culture \V.l§Mlt‘pll~t'tl and d-‘iezttetl. lle lmt six cannon and many prisoners. Ho ordered :1 hasty rotreot to \v.xrtl\lhltimnre. The Allxnmlm mun he came more frightened. and the N Irth mm in mnutetuntinn. Sigel this rrlizretl l‘rnm cmmnnml, and his hoops mthou! u lender. could do nothing 'l‘tn- L‘tll'rt‘flt‘luit's cup turt'rl l“!’t‘ll(‘l‘l(‘li. and followed Wullnue's re. tzea‘. From M.” tindnurg PnSIIV'IT-l thvy tore up the Baltimore and Ohio leroJ-l.‘ Wal loce ithtlrow to l-l.lxt:olt's Millshllut the Contéjierutes, nl’tl'r touring up the rmlroml, sent their mnin hmty south nt‘ it. and dq. tncherl a cavalry focc townrds the Northern Central anilrmul.“_ r ' Washington .qunred to he in imminent. peril. and the Administration hurried for- l ward reintoroenwnts. The 19th Army‘ Corps; under General ReynnhL, whirl: had 5 been «out tor as :i rei'ntnrumn-Int for (innit, | WAS \“lllel’lng the uioutlg ol‘the t'yhe-mponl’ce.‘ it. was omen.” at ence to “flatlxngton. tlne corps of Grn‘nti. firmlh thebllty under Wright—was detached {ram the 1m“ be fore I’etersburg and sent to \VnshingmnF-i General Wallace in “Boltimore. was superso"; dud by (leuyml Urtl. The Coni‘tulernte‘ rcavally expedition overrun Etrlfl’n Mary--i land. Twenty-five miles of the Northernl Central Rnilroml were damaged. 11111 l the? Philadelphia Railroad was seriously injured. . The cavalry. loaded with plunder, camel 'g‘ithin six nnlos’of‘Bul‘timore and rcturned' to the Confederate main body. i This main body wus being busily engaged in confing to the south bank of the Potom-vi He at and near Edwm-ds’ Ferrv. A strongl force lmd been sent towartlt Washingtoti to: guard against surprise. Port of it. halted: in front of Fort Stevens. on vaenteenth‘ street. Part marched toward Blmlenshnrg,l and cut the telegraph to Baltiniore,~ but did' not. injure the railroad. The Confederate outposts made a great show and frightened the people in Washington, but they made no attacks. There was heavy skirmishmg. in which_ the Federal loss was about three hundred. Meantime, the Confederatei main body was taking an immense nmountl of plunder to the south side of the Poto—' Blue. On Tuesday morning it got safelyr over. The outposts were called in. Bin-l densburg and Washington suddenly found} themselves without an’enetny. The Con-f federnto roar crossed tdthe sooth bank of the Potomac, and the expedition w": over. It cost the North nn‘ immense sum, and caused one of the greatest panics ever wit. 3 _nessed. By the diversion of forty thousand men from Generanrnnt it may have saved Petersburg. - ~ General Foster, who commands the Fed eral troops at Clmrleston. recently sent. 3 night expedition to surprise a Uont'ederatol work on Johnston’s Island. The cxpedi-l tion consisted of two regiments. They sail-l ed in boots to the island. Some of the; boats, hmrever, got aground, and the noise’ tun-med the Confederate'gurison. They" sallied out of the fort. and captured 111 or the Federal troops who had landed. _Six: officers And one hundred and thirty-seven 3 men were token prisoners; The rest at the' expadition returned to Foster’s ctmps. ! There is nothing of importance from Grant’s ,arrny. There is a rumor of that capture of Petersburg. If it were trues Secretary Stanton would very quickly tell; us of it. Sheridan's cavalry is reported as having gone towards Hanover 00th Hansel to intercept the Confederate expedition re-T turnipg from Maryland. Wright’s Cor ago divisron of troops under Ricketts, and €Vil~ son's cnrnlry. have been sent from Grant’s" camp to Washington. k ) General Johnston's army still holds its position on tho south bank of the Chatta hoochee, with One corps on the northern‘ bank. General Sherman's troops are on the northern hank. Sherman has not yet crossed the river. nor has‘any movement. looking to that end been yet reported. Sher-1' Inun is said to have captured three thou-i nand 111-homers on the retreat. from, Kenn; saw Mountain. Genersl Pnnklin amped from the one! my and arrived solely in Bnltimoro. He left there yesterdty to go to MS, home in’ York. Benmylnnio. it is uMI-tMt“ Gufl- ~ eml Franklin In the author oftho famous dam which lined the gunboata on the Rm! Riyerexpedflinu. We trunif this be so he Ii“ got the credit of“. lib il too flodest to ml: for It. ', Burnout. July 14.—Tbe trains are nin nil to and from Washington this morning Oh. The Washingpn papers have been —. ' ————«o¢>—.-——;—- $111! “ PLOIIDA” l‘fllull' wagmt; SHEoAPPEARS OFF CAPE MAY. j ~—-—— A “'EEK OF DESTRUCTION Yesterday afternoon it man rumored in the city that the pirate Florida had closed a week of piucy and devutntion by land ing thyqrews of ‘fivc American-vessels at Capo Iy. Subsrquent intelligbnce corv rubornted the rumor, and at. «Ix‘ qjclock yfslenlny 'afldrilbon’"ib'3ut thirty of the ’cnws ohhe captured vessvlq arrived at the depot 9f the West Jersey Raxlrond in Cam den, and came over tn the city, where they were provided with lodging. From the crewa the following narrauve ofthe des~ traction of the vessels was obuinad:—- Caplurc of (11l ” Golconda.” . . The first vrsselm tured was the Golonn da. 11 whaling barre», from 'Talcmhuanu, Chili, where ahe had been cruising for eigh ‘ teen months. in search of oil. .A cargo of eightnen hundred barrels was obtainod land the Golconda sailed for New Retinal-d.— Euly on the morning of the Bth. in latitude 37‘ 30, longitude 72 I's, a large burque«rig-_'ed vessel. flmlting the Amprican ensign. wus descried lying-lo n than. distance off. This latter crzilt imnwdiutely bore di-wn upon the whaling harque and fired a shot agrms her Imm. The harque have to and the pi rate’s boats bonrdod her and informed the captnin that. his vessel was a prize to the Confederate war-steamer Florida.‘ The chronmm-tcrs and other Valuable ship prn party were removed to the pirate. the crow taken all and the vessel see‘on tire. The pirate was first seen at half-pm! 4 in the morning. The bnrque'wns burned at 9. -Just previous to the cn‘uture of the Golcon dé, the Florida spukc’ ail English venael. ’A Sway, '1 Pn'n—Tlle “.llargarrlfi Y. Dn'ia." About :m hour aftei-wards the Florida. who still k. at the American flag flying at the mast-head. overhauled a schooner, call ed the Margaret , Y. ”Wit commanded by Captain Wold. ’l‘."c Davis was from Part Ruyal (,0 New York g'md had "‘7 OWL!“— llt-r crew were all taken on board the pirate, and“ llkC her predecesso“, tht‘ Dzlvii an fired. A fow’ lmurs after an flnfllisll St‘lmnn or. bound for N:L~s:u:, passed, and the Flnr. ida, hailing hz-r, put on board the captain and males nfthe two captured Vr ‘Sl’l-I. and then kept on her course up the Gult Itream. ,Tfie Capture of the “ Greenland.” The harque Greenlandfrom Philadd Uh Pu. with a c-arpo of nine hundred tons oicoa' for Government use at Pensamla, la the Breakwater about. the same time thlit the, Davis was captured. The day following her departure from the'Breakwater thetlrgen land was captured in latitmkSS 56, longi tude 75. The capture occurred early in the morning. and the first, intimation] the sail-l 9rs received of the proximity of u. .~tr.mge| vo‘swl was It peremptory- nummnm‘ tn haul' tn. This was done, and the, vowel wu§ ’ta-l ken POaSPS‘IOI’I nt in the name of the ly‘bell Government. ,The water “'in but eiglrzeen. fathnms at. the time of the capture. After? the Greenland sunendered the instruments! of the captain were removed to the Florida.l and the Greenland mm burned. She lwm' under the managvnwntof Captain Everett.l A Cha..e The Florida ary to In. the anily .\lnchi‘ne in uprmfiun, m Awwl‘ujnllyr ulfu‘ :rmt mum-Sty mul knuly. I! in Lu! heron-'in; u papul.-r for Mini". ’t'hillfl‘fl‘ uur .\lmmlarlurulg .\hrl-‘nrs an- I.»r nmnufisclunnx pnrpol'l. Thfifimuvh Ufa rs arr we‘ll .lupp‘ln-I) wi'h gm : m, xi'm-ul, “mung, nil. B‘2, of|hen~ry ln-ll’lfiifl'lily. .\'.-in} fur :I I‘Ai‘f'thlT. THEH\GHH .\I.\.\‘