Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-09-09
THE NEWS FROM FREDERICK.
The Troops Moving On.
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WASHINGTON, Sept, S.-An escaped pris-
oner who was in the hands of the rebels four
days, says that all the federal forces at Fred
erick had fallen back to Harper's Ferry, but
before doing SO they had, Thursday night,
burnt the hospital and commissary stores, and
removed the sick and wounded. Friday after
noon the rebel pickets extended out as far as
Newmarket, eight miles southeast of Freder~
lick. The federal pickets were withdrawn to
within l6 miles of the same place. The reb-
els had got possession of only two or three of
the cars at Frederick, some of whom were
loaded with old pontoon bridges.
New YORK, Sept. S.-A correspondent of
the Post writing from near Frederick juno
ton, Md, on Sunday, says: Gas am closing
l have it from reliable authority that our
forces are alive to the situation of affairs and
are moving rapidly on the enemy. 1t would
not be proper for me to say where our forces
are, or how many are their numbers, but you
may rest assured that they will come out all
right in the end. Our soldiers are now fight
ing to keep their own homes from the desola-
ton visited on Virginia, and they know 1t and
will be nerved to the conflict accordingly. L
am anxiously waiting to hear the sound OF
Rockers and Sigel's guns, and, when do, L
know all will be WE'LL
WASHINGTON, Sept. THE intelligence
received here last night, and additionally con-
firmed this morning, of the occupation of
Frederick City, Maryland, by the rebel forces,
naturally excited much surprise, mingled with
indignation and alarm. Frederick is about
sixty miles from Baltimore by the railroad
line, and forty over land from Washington,
by way of Rockville, Darnstown and Pooles-
vile. There are but limited opportunities
here of obtaining information from that point,
almost all tho intalliUpnpa COMING nv thn wav
of Baltimore. The government authorities
received the news early yesterday evening, i'll
a written documentary form During last
night immense bodies of our troops were in
motion for the Upper Potomac and elsewhere,
and to-day the military operations continued.
Nearly all the rebel troops have apparently
been withdrawn from our front Certainly
none in large force remain.
The next movement of the rebels is mat
ter of conjecture, but precautions have been
taken to guard in certain quarters against
possible dangers by them. There is no doubt
that large reinforcements of rebels were yes
terday passing from Ashby's Gap, south of
Leesburg, as if intending to cross at Smokers
Ferry, which is between Point of Rocks and
Edwards Ferry. The rebels were in solid
column; first, cavalry; next, artillery; then
infantry with their baggage in the rear; and
these again are followed in the same order by
similar descriptions of troops. The people of
the valley have contributed to the subsistence
of the rebels, and doubtless furnished them
with all needful information.
Nothing has yet been heard from our troops
at Harpers Ferry and Martinsburg, who are
cut off from reinforcements by the movement
of the rebels towards Frederick. A gentle
man who arrived here to-day having left Fred
erck between nine and ten o'clock last night,
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is estimated at 10000 men under Stonewall
jackson. From this gentemans converse
ton with rebel soldiers, he derived the impress
sion that one of their objects is to destroy the
Western Central Pennsylvania railroad, and
otherwise operate in that state, and having
Interior designs on Washington and Balti-
more. Our informant was glad to leave the
neighborhood of Frederick without caring to
remain long to verify his date.
A paroled prisoner who arrived here to-day,
reports that about 100000 rebels have passed
into Maryland, the main body of them over
the Monocacy. He had passed through the
lines and counted twenty-seven batteries
This statement is believed among military
men in this city.
On Friday, thirty of the LIST Massachusetts
cavalry were taken prisoners and paroled on
the upper Potomac. A report reached here
to-day that early this morning there was a
skirmish in the neighborhoOd of Poolesyille;
and to-day many of the citizens of that neigh
borhood came to Washington.