The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1862-09-19

AFFAIRs IN nALTIMoRE.

Af n AANb f4f b<hhAt@ OA,h.
The Intelligent and shrewd ccrrsspop.
dent, "pArArsco," Of the Chm. Garetis
writes to that paper from Baltimore, un-
der dste OF September 9th as follows:
have just had in my tficc a young
man connected with the newspaper press
ss a correspondent who LEFT point five
or eight miles this side Of Frederick ear.
" this morning. He came down on a
hand-car, en- the Baltimore & Ohio Rail-
road, in company with some others, one
Of them a high functionary, and met no
interruption. The distinguished pas
eenger 10 whom I ollud, said TO be
Gen. burnside himseli--csme only to
Relay House, aud went Immediately back
again. My Informant came on TO Bilti.
more. Foil Information was had early
this morning, regarding affairs in Fred
crick City. II was still held by the reb-
els in small force, though they had about
hifeen thousand troops some miles out.
side.
The ci izcns, excepting soms few u
nion mcn whom they captured and sent
uff, had not been seriously mol,sted.-I
Lsrgc quantities Of goods--shocs, cloth
inr, medicines, liucne, muslins, etc., have
been taken out Of the stores, and raid for
partly in southern bank notes and in
Confederate sorip--tho latter generally
given 10 Union merchants. Large quan
titios Of cattle were driven on. many be.
Ing killed for immediate wants. How.
ever careful these rebels may have been
In hypocritical Prrteusions, yet serious
devastation Il the result ofthtir brief ia
vssion. IL is stated that Gen. Burnside
himself visited Frederick City last ppht
IN disguise, aud found tut ali Of the move
mrnts. lie was satisf i lnrps body ol
rebel troops could not have been in Fred
vrisk. Furthermore. ne was impressed
with the idea he could easily surround.
,ske the town, and capture all the :, bcls
in aud about II.
This will certainly be done If they fc-
main thrre ioriy-clght hours longor.-
Burnsido's urmy numbers a, CT sixty thou
sand mon. Mcclellan il also in rood
hankiug position, near Iy, with fifty thou
sand mon. Full cot iidrncs is fell If the
rcbelc can be kept on this side of Tho po.
tOmac, that their entire army must be de
ieated aud Ial in,o our hands. II is ru.
nnored that The main body OF their forces
have gone westward to lIngerstown, and
air ady occupy that rich aud fertile re-.
Rion. This move Is supposed to be with
view Of crossing the Potomsc at VIII.
lamsburg and getting back into Virginia
sgan with their stolen goods.
Gen. Miles, learn, has taken the great
body of his (Fcdvral) troops at liorpor's
Ferry to the vciuiy of Williamsport, In
order to.cut off their retreat, or balllc il
until our iurccs under Mcclellan, Buri.-
aide aud Others follow up aud attack them
in the rear II this programme can be
varied Out success Ia certain 10 the I'm.
ion forces, aud may be- the dcntl.blow To
the rcbo llion.
The railroad aud wagon read bridges
across the Monocacy, thrco miles from
Frederick, were destroyed by tho rchcls
Tut our forces by this tune, il is believed,
have repaired the former. This is the
only actual destruction in tho railroad hi.
side Of Harpcr's Ferry, though the cars
with locomotives do not run. | think
tlIorc is no doubt but that the largest
portion ul tie rebel urmy is now in or
near llugentvwn. II viii not bc at all
surprising IL terrible battle is fought
somewhere IN that region tomorrow or
NIX; day. My informant thinks 1t might
br gun to-uight.
Tuere have been some rcbcl pickles
seen in the vicinity Of Uuion Bridge, Car
roll county, also near We ninstc-. They
have some scouts near lidnovtr, Penn
sylvanin, O. induce the idea, us a. hli d,
that the design is 10 Invade lcnnsyyu.
MIA, entering across from llugorstuwn
u Chambcrsturr, in the Cumberland
Valley and 20 down upon Harrisburg.
Amp,e preparations, however, are made
10 check them. Troops are pouring into
Harrisburg from every direction. An the
people are III arms. The people at York,
Penn, were much alarmed, but at noon
to-day no rebels or signs OF thcm were
seen there. The telegraph and railroad
are both In good working order.