, 1861-08-22

n. 7. Hcra}d's Waahiz; ton Cor1espcndence.1
You were advised last week ttat move
mint Of Sebe] force iron: the eastern suore
of Viiginia into Ma1y1GEd WAS CT foot. Tais
!EeDeuv1e Of the enemy begins to assume
ser.n4dab bic proportions a1's Considerable I'M
1,c1tanee. It Is asee1 aaiaxa that lnstaed OF
!iti1G irterded merely ~ ac- use The rsbais in
Ms.1!a s1d sustain its diSunioa Legislature
n enforcing an ordinance e1 secession, it S
GttlgneG to cooperate Ii: :he attack upon the
city Of Washington, ~ s4iziEg tle railroads.
=rd ct2.ats and cutting s:T csnmn aieatioa
.:esGs en PhilaGt}phia ala Baltimore, eimuits-
neeuf4y with The attack en Wasairgton h5
:he tuEets under Besuzegard and JOHN
ston. The plan "a well matu5el
aha rh 10rs5 reSes naF' rh.e e sfs cdpne Is asa
ofrttels organized and crlned there, as well
as IN tie 1o7ser counties ci the Eastern shore
Of Maryland. Rebels tIoIn Ill The other parts
Of Maryland have been sGcens}y flooding that
Eecsiop. NDNsers hare e1.ae ACROSS u open
baata Srnm tbs %essesn~ shtru Of .Vnginia to
Esstvil'e, Northanpton c.uu:y, Virginia.
Quantities Of a1ms AID muaitfhps Of war have
| been carried into the Eastt.1 shtrt Of V4rgania
from Philadelphia, either by~tle railroad
| 1unniog through Delaware. to Sails
Of by rsesela seward. and 1a2ded OF the
! coasT OF the Eastern s:snre Of Virginia, Gun
! vcoscnt TO DEunmonGtGwn, Accowac county.
| 1t ia Estimated that there Is nov IN that sec
| ton Of Virginia, Msry!aEd and Delaware g
| hugo force of rebels, partially armed and
| eqa,pped, and resdy to be thrown forward by
| Way o. the railroad from Salisbury, upon !hg
| ,ints Of the Philadelphia ard Baltimore, and
| NeEcastle ard FreE chtGTn Rs lfoads, and tdc
| Chesapeake snd De1a1 cenal, so as Hactu-
| slly to cut of communication from Paiia5el'
| pAla, at the moment Of greatest need, and to
| cid anaIltr uprising ct TIE rebels in Ba1ti-
mere ard the SECESSION counties Of Southern
M4ryland along the PttoHac. Washington
YOU'D thus be completely bagirt With rebel
forces, and if c: mptlIed 70 surrender or staud a
sie- e, # wpuld take weeks Tor = new Union
army to be concentrated On the banks Of the
Susqu. bsnAa and fo.ceits way through Mary.
LAID to the relief OF the capital The e2ccn
ti1n OF the Easttrr shore project has beel ea
trusted 10 General T.ueh Tlga1nan and e1
Governor E?och Loais LcTs, OF Maryland
| Tley has5 Eeen !o7 weeks busy in MaEiug
their preparations, and are ready to STRIKE
| Wktncver The Wuld Is given. Tie bloE M.
be strr.k st eny E,nr, sud cur army On th.
Potomac comp'etely cns oG frcm Ee;Gtorcs
r.en;s OF arpplies from the 1cyal States. Th'
t Government aas In.-. ago a5v:sed Of tEea.
tregara1sons or the raTi Of the rehels in tbs
| ssc;ian.
Information aaE been recsiyed that for SOM
!ispp, nnti} v,ry reees tiy, rhat lie rebels Ia.
around acd within t::s. Wlters OF the Pjt1 11n /
aI2Sai 11=ce snpa1'sr TO oE- oWu- ;tns riS
e1s, cfs lka sad 1l1!e7: alanG LEG Virginia saoc
| AS AATA n -kI A1te tEuANGt@5s AStAlAAAAs|
1sr.: tcr a1Gccas:7:a Z; u=l for iranspGr ATTIC
. e she Mary lard 5:ie, ir cadi.ica 70 the l2rg
| ste.Iher5 Geo1gI Page, II IL: IL A4a:a Crsrh
} | and the st. Nisheies ana q.:zlnia IN ii
Roppakaz:EecE, t5ey hsT2 Eunlc.r Of sn1s
| .tesm Jugs q: v.-;cu6 Pos. F.,r esy..r;
wtcks npnahcT o1 <e,e yesso.s Of GU Pit:
mar 13tlia veEo employ al uGc1 deta3l=
eU4y, a1I the r,11s waS lc't com, ,,lgG .ve:y. III
+ | .:Ea.c-d; hu: tie nc2.k ne tk2 Tlf2cipa. ~
!, | H. we're 60 carellly waseled that the reb'
: ds5t lad 20 eppcrrunltg to cmsr5s dom tn
! pltc:s u Which tE5s WtFe AiveA. It is no
:. alcy1 that tEers is in Aqua C7ee}1 alone Oh
: Turtrea and forty launches and ba:ges, cap
biz Ct hclcing an aggregate Ct from ,N
; 10 10,Cc0 men. It IS presumed thats there
: aho q large collection Of launches and fats
:: | P.tonae Creek, shout TWO miles and b.
n below Aqua Geek. 1t is evidently the des.
! | ui the raoeis to us3 These bo&ts for the tcaa
). po1tatioa OF 1lrgc force to the Maryla,
:: t.cc; iur the purpose Of attaching Masnl1stt
y L the rear. They have been exceedingly be:
>. during the last seek in that neighboEhoo
y mac st that point. They hsSe TWO batteri
n On the lower side at the mousn Of A4n
= Greek, One on each side Of the mouth OF
Il tonaac Greek, battery OF rided On the Y
1r gaLfa shore between the creeks, AID at hi
y eral Point, on the Maryland side, about nj
~ Apuia Creek to Potomac Greek is about t!
:. and half miles, azsd the rlyer opqosa
of to Mineral Point L. sWo and nalt mics VI
IA The range Of the ridsd guns on ths baste
=. opposite to Mineral Point is four miles.
nS Thnredey Iaat this battery made trial Of
in gune upon the PocahoEtas and Yankee.
be latter was obliged to haul off to q posi.i
ne five miles from the battery to get out If 4aa
cS These are Two camps OF The rebels in pl
Re. view back ct the hstrs-ies, between Aqua a
ar Potomac creeks. They have now at This po
on frcm eight to tan tacusa7d nen. snd . ca7a
be fe.ce s: Chopawampsie csssk, ehort Gistst
Ea above, and tTo Tennessee regiments at O.
ht ficog, still fartker up the EiEeT. There =
!as yesterday thousaad men at work On new
on | tTepehments in the neighbcfaood Of Aq
he cresE; but notwithstanding thsse formids
ht. preparations the passage oI the Potomac
res that point b. tie rebels viii be found al
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