, 1863-07-09
THE WAR IN TIE EAST.
Lees Army 0yertaken in Mary
land. .
He Occupies the Old Fiald Of
Antietam.
highly Encouraging Aspect
Of the Situation. l.

highly Encouraging Aspect
Of the Situation. i
| WASHINGTON, July s-No information his
been received from WilIlaInsrort up to two
o'clock today. It is not believed sacre vas
| fight tl'eie yesterday, although it is probable
Gen. stdgewick has done the encmy'e rel,
much damage. !
LATER
WASHINGTON, July S,-Messages for ;tls
Associated Press, received from Fredorlc.s. to
night, eay:
1nfermction, which can be relied on, CONES
| from tile front this morning, Of the following
| purpoit:
The Potomac hes checked the passage o1
the rebel Amy A small potion Of Lees
transportation has been crossed on RATS al
| Nitlfamsport and Shephardstown, and hi:
stock SWAN OYER. His ambulance train, with
the wounded, has also crossed, but his supply
train, with cavalry, infantry and artillery, l.
on this side.
His first line Of battle has been formed on
Antietam field. Should this prove true and
| it is certain he cannot receive reinforccments
he will be Obliged to t1ust his army to the
a,bitramcnt of n bloody field.
Our forces arc gradually concentrating In
fist direction. The hopes and prospects o1
annihiiating the entire rebel army Of Virgirt,
| are bright.
The best possible spirit animated the OF.
Gers and men at last adyices.
BALTIMORE, July s.-The .4neriean special
FREDERICK letter, dated this morning, Gays: It
is no longer question whether the Potomac
is ftsdable, but whether any bridge the rebels
| have would etaud before such food. It
| Ieaks ofactfve army operations
Our cavalry are constantly picking up pris-
oncrs and sending them In BY hundreds, also
caI turing or burning rebel truins.
The Eebels are abandoning their wounded,
| whom they placed In wagons taken from the
! farms along the road.
Lee Is Detained at tue r,vcr. His case will
be most desperate, If not hopeless. LIT WIS
concentrating his forces by every available
route, fearing m attack He yesterday morn
3rg planted bis batteries on every =o.d by
which we were likely to approach.
lowing: Capt. Ryeraon Of the 18th New Jer-
sty regiment, who reached home at Newark
this morning, Eays that before he left, Gen.
Meade made an address to his army, In which
he stated that the rebel loss was 81, coo. Gen.
Meade has captured in all sixty pieces Of artll.
le,y.
The Iast eays Capt. Rycrson Is man Of
character and reliability.
CAkL1slE, Pa. July 8-The railroad bridge
was finished yesterday. The Cumberland
Valley Railroad is now open to Scotland
Creek bridge, this side Of Cbambersburg.
Between these points, about three miles of
the road is destroyed, and also about the
same distance between CAamb>1sbuss aud
uagcrstown.
1t is believed that there Is now no enemy in
this State:
BALTIMORE, July 8.-The ln4ericdn's special
from Frederick, ND yesterday, says: Parties
who left Hagerstown to-day report that the
head ct the army Of the rebels had already
commenced coming. There seemed to he in-
dicatios.s that it was to be massed there, per-
hars to try conclusion again with the army
Ut the Potomnc. This Is, however, very
doubtful. The greater probability is that Lee
will push rapidly on to the river, If possible,
ard try to regain for bis army, on the soil Of
Virginia, the confidence and prestige they
have lost On this side of the lae.
sanguine people may dream of the annIhl.
lation OF great army, but the doing of this
is next to impossible. In this case there ART
e ogGaphical facts that increase the difficult
tics. The Potomac above Harpcr's Ferry
makes a considerable bend northward, anu
Leo's line Of retreat from Gettysburg to the
river at WillInmsport is shorter than any
other route VIC can pursue. His own know
ledge Of m intention to retreat before it could
become known to Gen. Meade, and the con-
sequcnt preparation for 1t, is equal to ut least
twclye hours start.
Though the rebels may reach the other side
Of the Potomac without further punishment,
1t will still not be for want Of effort on our
part to inllict it on them. Our cavalry under
Gen Pleasanton is on their flank and will not
fall to strike hard. Gems. Buford, Gregg aud
Kilpatr1cls are miles In front Of here, and the
advance OF our infantry column is also where
It ought to be. The South Mountain passes
possible SUCCESS, we must wait results.
Comparing yarious estimates which reach
me, think our captures in prisoners will
reach 9, ,oco or 10000. To this number Is to
be added the badly wounded, who will be
gathered up all along the line Of Lees retreat,
and atrogglers and dcserters, whom, 1t is re-
ported We are already gathering up by hun
ho raha II. ~, Ind r%,5
can hardly fall below 12,oco or 1900, which
will swell their total loss up to q, 900, or one.
tLird OF the total Of the 5000 men Lee
brought over the Potomac With him. OF
prisoners ne lost none, exccpta few officers
whom Lee was able to carry of. Two thou
card Of our men who fell into his hands be
paro'ed, but his parole, under the terms Of the
c-1tc', Is Of no OBJECT, because Gen. Meade
poeitively refused to agree to 1t. It Is report
ed that after Meade refused to accent the
parol.s, Gen. Lee sent them to Geu, Couch.
who did accept the paroles.
NEW YORK, July s.-A special to the Torzd
fram Washington says:
Advires from the Upper Potomac from
Meade's army are highly encouraging. It
wunld be highly improper to state Just nov
what disposition of our forces has been made
to intercept the retreating army, for, if suc-
cesftul, they will soon be heard from,
HARRISBURG, July 6.-The rebel army Is
now concentrated In the vicinity Of Williams.
port, nd. Everything indicates that it ia at |
that point. It will attempt the hazardous ex-
pertinent Of crossing the Potomac into Viz
yioia. Our army is On its heels, closely fol-
loving it up, and 1t is probable IN engage.
nent has already been fought there. Yester-
day P. N. reports reached headquarters that
heavy artillery firing was Progressing. but
= 1hcther this Vas merely skirmishing to tee1
he rebel position, or serious engagements
not known. It is certain, however. that tha
inal, and By far the most decisive contest of
he present momeatous campaign, will taka
,lace imIne ediately in the vicinity Of Williams
,ort.
WASHINGTON, July SIT is estimated at the
surgeon Generals office that our wounded at
Gettysburg number 12,o00 Nearly 4ooo
ebel wounded remain In our possession. We
ave tEenty-threc Colonels and hosts Of in
srior rank prisoners. The rebels loststhfr.
cen General officers. They estimate their
Iss at 80, 600. We have about l., 900 prison:
IS, exclusive Of the wounded.
A Chambersbuzg special says: sThere ara
OF no rebels In the Cumberland Valley
hey are trying to cross tho Potomac, with
Iulligan in front and Pleasanton in their
ear."
Correspondence from Dlx's army July 5th.
l the neiglborhood Of Hanover Court House
sports no change in the general position of
our army. On the Sd Keye's headquarters
ere at Baltimore Cross Roads. Getty's d.