New-York daily tribune., 1863-07-03
How the Rebel. vi.scd the Opportun't, 10
lnpture Two ,fnjor Gcncr"i-, Cne
Brissdicr General mud Number Of
stn0 Oncers.
ktnn Onirers.

BALTIMORE, June so, lotJ
The Rebels have missed golden opportunity OF
cartnring two Mulor-Gcuer.ls one Brigadier-G'n-
ernl aud A number Of staff officers, the reader
will soon learn. Mnjor-Gen. Stahel having been
ordered 10 repor, TO MGjor.Gen. Couch at Harris
burg. for tie purpose of taking command OF the
cavalry in the Department Of the Susquehanns WAS
anxious to j, 20 at once as the present state Of al
fair. demanded rromp,ne,s. Having turned over
hi. command TO Gen Pleassnton on Sunday, early
Monday morning the General, accompanied by ms
.iAh, rode 70 each regiment to bid oficer and men
farewell. A. soon ne tie object Of the Wit was
ascertained the different regiments fell into line and
made he welkin nng as the General rode by. lhe
raftirg with the different officers was one Of the
most touching sccnes your correspondent has Wit
nesssd Devoid II all formally, the sincerity OF all
vss apparent, and the suiidscd eyes of officers WHO
have become veterans in the service told bow deeply
felt was the parting. Returning 70 his heatquarier-
the GerenI bad. adieu 10 ,hose Of bis siaf who
were % remain with the command, ard then rode
into Frede!ick City. where be designed taking the
cars for Balhmore A. doubts s,ill hung around tie
mater Of through lrain it was though, beet to pro-
led ,o Monocacy junction. There Gen. Hooker
and ,aa and Gen. Msis.on were found, they having
l,fi Frederick ,aIiy tuat morning, but were unable
10 rfocced flftler, there were reports Of Rebels
on the roaf and u was known that the bridge at
Uo,d'- Sill. was destroyed. Nothing remained but
to return 70 Frederick, which was accordingly done.
The army Jus leaving the city, ana 10 Gay Was
10 be- cal turoi eventually. To go on with the army
would not do, ss Gen. Hooker WAS 10 report
at BAlt.msrc and Gen. SiGhel q, Harrisburg.
A council Of war was held aud the Generals
decided to proceed down the pike to Baltimore, Ut
least NJ far ~ practicable Leaving behind all
,heir baggage, which was kindly taken charge Of b.
some Of the true c,iizcLs aud eAtla horses, the
cayalcade Of nineteen set out upon their journey
Atout 2. m. Scdgwic1 = Corps had marched down
tie pike in the morning, hG, 10 what distance was
not known. Nothing Of interest occlrred until
Newmarket was reached. lIcrc the town was alive
with excitement. \ Doctor Reed, who had been
captured By Tie Rebels tue night tc'ore, within
few miles OF Washington, bad Jgst arrived and told
hs story. Tie inhabitants crowded around the
Generas aud talked of tie adventures Of one man
10 men accurloined a. command thousands us though
this one event was the most marvellous affair that
had ever happened.
resumed ts journey and with protestations against
the cour,e pursued, aud propbesyings that We all
would be captured, shook their heads omnously,
aud evidently regarded the party as lost. Night Sc,
IN before We reached RidgovIlle. There We learned
that the Rebel picae,s were few nile. down the
road, and the citizens urged us not TO proceed fur
tier. sedgwicks Corps Lad here lett the pike, and
proceeded up toward Westminster. After partakng
Of supper il WAS decided 10 camp for the night.
Riding on the " estmustcr road to Mount Airy the
party selected a suitable place, and two major gen
erals, one bigadiergenernl pniIoilcers and order
lies rolled up IA they best could upon the ground,
aid slept through the rain, within two three
niles OF the Rob, pickcts hnd twelve miles distant
from our iorce-. Enly this morning, the cnyalcadr
returned to RAJ lcyillc and brcakiastod. just We
were starting, intelligence was brought that the
telegraph was hgaiu working, aud lhen came the
messngo that railroad communication would be re-
opened at 10 o'clock. RIDING over to Mount Airy
station, we took the cars for Baltimore. The inhab-
itants of this place had in great measure recovered
from their scare OF the light previous. The fright
had had tie effect ofwaking them up to proper en-
thusiasm, and il is 10 be hoped the feeling will
tinue Here we learned the particulars Of events
that had tanspircd around us which had reached us
only as runors.
The gray uniform of the New-York Seventh had
a Seeesh appearance amid the blue of the army,
and the question arose whether some OF the gentle
men might not be taken for vertable gray backs and
perhaps dlot as such If ever upon scouting duty.
The subject Of what the Rebels had done and
they were going to do formed an inexhaustiblc
theme, and TO us fresh from tho army horrid bore.
Jen. Davis Ia Pennsylvania.
PHILADELPHIA, Thursday, July2 1869.
A dispatch to The Inquirer says jeff. Davis is ut
Greencastle.