The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-06-29

Frederick City, three miles from here.
A large force is reported at Middietown,
but | think it must necessarily be very
small. They have committed few dep
relations, and many of the Union peo-
pie have taken their hegira These rebels
all lived in this neighborhood at one
time, and are now scattered over the
country, looking up their friends, for
they have friends here. | heard some
ladies speaking triumphantly of the way
fifteen Confederates put fifty Yankees
to fight. 1t is the opinion of these
people that the rebels have come to hold
and protect Maryland. Yesterday, fifty
of Major Coles Maryland Cavalry rode
through the main street of Frederick
City, where they met $50 rebel cavalry
drawn across the road. The charge was
sounded, and the brave Marylanders
threw themselves like whirlwind against
their foe, who, unable to resist such i'm
Petuosity, fed in confusion, our men
hotly pursuing. The women came to
their windows, clapped their hands, and
cried: "Give it to the vile rebels! Drive
them from our Statel" In this gallant
encounter one rebel was killed and two
severely wounded, one of the latter be-
ing new recruit, who received bail
which will make his saddle feel uncoI
Portable for short time. Our men hau
one horse killed. They have two pieces
of cannon, and threaten to come here,
occupy the Junction, and hold the
bridges. Yesterday such an attempt
would have been easy; to-day, hazard
Gus and fatal for them. Till to-day we
had but one company of the Fourteenth
New Jersey here, who were stationed in
two blockhouses overlooking both the
bridges which span the Mono, acy.
2 A. MA few rebel cavalry aroused
from his slumbers the Superintendent of
that division of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad near Mount Airy, forty-fve
miles from here. They compelled him
to procure from his shop all necessary
tools for tearing up the track, and before
they left him, they, with his assistance,
destroyed a portion Of the traek an
severed the telegraph wires in one or two
places, and cut down few poles.
SECOND DISPATCH.
A number of cavalry rode into Fred
erick City this P. NJ and found the rebels
had all left upon hearing of our rein
forcements at Monocacy Junction AS
/ rode on a hand-car past Mount Airy,
about 4 P. NJ, saw two rebel officers
summing themselves on the plaza of
house, nestled away down in the valley.
l jumped from .the car, exclaiming:
"There are two rebels!" when they
hastily ran a short distance into the
brush, and found their horses, which
they spurred madly away. These men
are we'll known in the neighborhood. and
are officers in the rebel army l have
no doubt these men cut the wires at
Mount Airy. Immediately telegraphed
90 Mo-ee~ey 1nnctinn whore and MI
what circumstances l had seen them,
and hope they will be intercepted on
their return. These two officers with
their servants are the only rebel cavalry
this side Of the Junction.
All the forces from Harper's Ferry to
the mouth of the Monocacy Junction,
should be closely guarded-particular
Nolans Ferry, where they always love
to cross the Potomac was at Nolan's
Ferry and Whites Ford, yesterday, and
the troops there seemed to expect the
rebels along that way pretty soon. 1t is
wonder the firing of Sunday did not
bring them over. At night could see
the glare of the rebel signal lights, on
the top of the mountains. Ewells forces
are scattered from Shepardstown to Will
Transport and. Hagerstown, down to Mid
dletown. They can be easily concentra-
ted, and marched to Nolan's Ford, or
through Frederick City, by the same
road pursued by Stonewall Jackson, to
the mouth of the Monocacy