New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-10-02
All Quiet on the Pofomac-The baltimore
md Ohio Railroad.
From Our Own Correspondent

from Our own toUespondent
BOLIVAR HHsHrs, Sep. 7s. ise2.
Everything is quiet on the Potomac. Even picket
firing has been stopped up the river, and the men
converge pleasantly with each other the placid
stream. There is no movement, and no present in
dcation Of movement. Neither army is ready to
make the hazardous attempt Of passage Of the
river above, they lie griInly watching each other
across il, while forces re-occupying the heights
about Harpess Ferry, await any attempt on the
part Of tie enemy here. Possibly from this
point an advance may yet DO made, leaving
strength enough TO keep the enemy In check
in that quarter. Possibly a raid into Western
Virginia may DO in prospect by the Rebels. Hthcy
have force enough to threaten with strong picket
lines on the river and prevent al attempt 10 cross
on the par. Of Mcclellan they may forage through
the rich loyal portion Of tho State and d. soale also
those parts tina, they have 10. yet eaten up. Who
knowsf
Instead Of beaten, distracted, and struggling
army, a. they perhhpr might now hays been, they
compact, fully orglnizoC, ready for any Of these
sudden and forciblc move uonts for which they have
become famous, and btonewal Jackson still leads
them.
Meanwhile, they are finishing their well.begun
work Of devastation and dosoation along the river.
That nuisance" that Gov. L@tcher wished 10 zee
sbated" is being rapidly got out Of the way 1t
has always been a nuisance" says The PeseTsburg
LIpress, particularly since the war;" and the
work Of destruction OF bridgef, culverts, and en-
bankmentr, the carrying away OF the tom up rails.
the filing up OF excavations il ssid 10 be progressing
with d,patch. my Mary land must DO punished
for not having appreciated the beauties Of Secession
she is being punished IN the pocket very severely
by this destruction Of property extensively owned
within her borders. The loes will be fearfully
heavy on the stockholders Of the road, many OF
whom. by this wanton act, will be reduced almost
TO penury, the stock having been considered OF
the safest Investments. Ihus tho Rebels must
answer for the deso!aiion Of other widows aud
orphans beside those they have made ~ on the
bloody field Of battle. There 10 q desperation Of
wckedness in the destruction Of u road that bene-
fitted Virginia 70 IN extent that caused The Peters
burg EEDrCSs to say it " Yaakcei.ed" il, that
only madness and fear for ultimate success could
have produced.
In the losses falling upon the citizens Of Baltimore
there IL sort Of poeIicl justice in the fact that the
largest sufferers ire those moneyed traitors in the
city, Of whom have spoken in previous letters, as
boiag almost the only Rebels there. There are not
only, as general thing the largest stockholders,
but many Of them are Of those wealthy merchants
and produce dealers 10 whose success this road was
necessity. They-like all the rest Of Rebel Mary
land-msy well say, Preserve us from our friends,
when they csine in such gnse this.
Gen. Mcclellan has removed his headquarters TO
Sandy Hook. lie crossed TO the village Of Harpers
Ferry yesterday and was greeted with loud cheers.
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