, 1863-07-02

One Hundred and Forty Wagons and
500 Mules Taken Within Fifteen
miles Of Washington.

500 NJ lu1es Taken Within Fifteen
miles of Washington.
New York Times Dfspatch.5
WASHINGTON, Sunday, June a. 1sGa.
6i]as Cronnse, the brother Of L. L., in tho
service Of the Times, sends to this Bureau the
following dispatch:
GEORGETOWN, June Is, 1853
On the Rockville pike toward Frederick,
abuut three miles this side If Rockville, this
FORENOON, I overlook train If 140 wagons fall
Fix mule teamn) under charge Of Capt. Pls;e,
Who WIS proceeding to~ard Frederick. With
In TWO miles Of Rockville VIC met man run
ming In great haste toward the rear Of the train
ara excla'mibg ''the rebels are upon ,you!"
He was immediately arrested aud put under
gfard for attempting to create Il panic! SUBJ
bequen1y we met q preacher whu said that he
hud just dismissed his congregation at Rock
vile, and 1hat the rebels held the place With q
furce OF from two hundred and fifty to 800,
they we're al1estfng uniou men and putting
THIN under guasdt When within three quar-
ters of q mile Of Rockville, Capt. .Page and
Several Of Us rode ahead to the brow Of a hill,
and halted. Soon VIC saw force Of about
one hundred rebels on the rise at the edge Of
the town. They sent out scouts, who ad-
vanccd 1apidly to within six hundred yards,
and then quickly deployed int0 an open field
on their left, while their main force lay be-
hind the lili. The scouts then rode few
yards nearer, and fired few shots at us. The
.,Laa1aa ~. h,-sss a,,d ~" Ta,t - r.as"St5
~ t.se+a,a 80, 1 I1p.; o'ae'sa 81
+,.;s t;,a'a. +n I,,rn ohnnf Th., ~ ~ ~ "
t1,n ar4.a3..st ~ commission ev..r ssm T6a
n bells suon saw the turning wagons,
a2d came down with Lightning speed
tj1ry ca,uc. Tia tennis at tie hea3 If
the tram which turned first came down Mt a
tl,unfe,inr rate Of hpetd upan thnse in the
act Of turning. taking of wheels. breakinr
tile tongues, and then themselves becoming
end Of the train to the other, The rebels In
TIT meantime spurred for the rear of the train
"nh utmost speed, nno sho1 such a. d'd not
.,,,,ta ai,;no rnr,s nfil"ar. and - mail n,rr;sr
wire III lie rear Of the train, and arc undoubt-
ediy captured. Fortunately, the wagons we're
teaI'y nl e!npiy. " 70 . 2. H. tae LINE
twenty made their say In. Iayine managrd to
e,cg1n: in yatious wnys The caot,re IF rn;s
1rni11 ia quite a serfous loss. as tic mntes were
il, s,]endid cond,tion.
The rthels uudonbtealv canturcd. many
people aud teatns who we're comiug toward
1t leasI 500 nules swanned hand. in an 1,onr
1Lis mnrninc- For fhn who1e affair an,mrhndv
shuuld h. ht:id 10 savsr" resf,ansih,1itv
w.ssr.oror .I,na On 1oc,
,-.t;a.s - oaa1 ~ - 1000
usaaa ~: - f or5 ~ slo's9nes @
tInns M cennl sr,ca .o VI "a ., r.
IONS SesrSsuas; VI cana. psses ~ ~"
fclfy inese oSats ~ere aot Carrying up 70
y army Us sup!ry o. loou' as Is MieSseu, LOT
tHrteen aays. 4asS wete bringing pAcs 2
surplus oi 1000, allef aNsnE 4susered Inlt
supply 10 tne ttools: Nor H. u tIne tnas Ling tne
H.
tlelf naseIeaeks with crackers, ana commit
teo pee1, pacon, pofk; sugar, conee, Deans,
hoiasses, psrges and aii, 10 the nanes. MOI
hundred thousano fatiohs were destroyed
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frofessor Newman on the war.
The Boston Transcript says: In q letter da-
tod ondnr lime 1fth and a,d-aseoa u, .T-
-, e,~aa,t p..c,s.n. ~.,,.,t1 :"
Epes oaleen1, ITo1essor newman e3nlolts
eagacity and forecast which We wish some OF
our Generals would occasionally paral1e} Ha
,,;+os,
EEidently the troops OF the South, driven
to despair like Starving wolves. can outmarch
Jour armies, II They 60 with rifles alone and q
few days rations, unburdencd BY cannon and
By wagon trains; and, like Garibaldt In North
eFn ltaiy, may possibly. get through and
st1oy az nercely As Gen. Grant at Jackson
am sure That this Is tue Only military policy
ef tie e1uth which can succeed; and If /
we're . Pennsylvaniaa o. Mar51ander,
Should be all aliTe TO fortliy and keep ward at
trery point Of access. This Is the only side
(cxcept onr nbominable priyatcers) on which
feel alarm for you.
II an. sorrY to feel ho~ low In my estimate
raany Of the English gentry, aristocracy and
statesmen lave fAl1eD, not only as to their
morality, but aa to their foresight. Those
nho have substantially come round to your
t!Ge-Who can no longer help seeing TINT the