Evening star., 1863-04-28
TBE REBEL RAID On TIE BALI
I-GRE AND OitE0 EAILRUAD

The Rebel raid on the Baltim )re au,i Ono
Raiiro" d, which has caused some exci,enen- NJ
in tie city since Saturday, promises 20 be mere
q a guer: lua operation than any form ida5!a
army movement. As Tar as Ne can as eItan,
tt" following is summary OF all the infor-
NATION received up to last evening:
On Sunday morning, at ten O'clock, q force
Of 20Q Rebel cavalry, under Col. McDonaii,
3ppea1ed at Altamont. seventeen miles west OF
Piedmont, and Immediately cot the telegraph
wires. An empty stock train going We shortly
atterWards arrived, which they stopped aiG
seized he conductor and engine men, paro,ins
ttan They oTpellcd the en- gineer and fire.
men 10 get up head of steam on she engine
ard started 1t Oft in the direction of Oakland.
withont q soul on board, probably anticipating
li:at it would run into and dCS troy train com
ing east. What has been the fate Of this TAIN
il not known t d. t'- -.-.
ON Sunday afternoon, small bodies of Reoe
cavalry appeared at Cranberry. Sumit, Oak
land md RoWlesbuTg, all about the same time.
Oakland Is len miles from Altamont Cranber-
rp'Snn nit about ten miles from OaXFalld and
Kowleshurg eleven miles west o. Cranberry
Summit. At Rowlesburg the enemy made two
attacks on Sunday afternoon, and were be h
tin es repuised.
dispatches were received from OAKLAND Iass
evening announcing that no Rebels had b een
seen OF heard from in mat vi cinity since Sun
day, Between Altanont and Rowleshurg
there is only one bridge OF any Importance
that over 1onghegany river. This Is at Oak
land, and is supposed 10 he safe
The attack GA Rowlesburg by the enemy
was. doubtless: TO get possession of anu Dies
. troy the tNtaI river E1aGncT, WDIcD Is q most
impoI tant and costly work Our forces there
had, however, been sutIicienC to repuIse them
up 10 the last accounts, and have been reiil-
forced by this time.
So far as information has been Taceived up 10
the hour of going to press, no Government
property or railroad properly OF any dsscr;p-
ton has been destroyed by the enemy. Not
WithstandiDg the enemy's ferceS are supposed
to be merely small bodies Of cavalry, with d
few pieces ofartillery, Gen. Schenck ha7 :aken
every precaution TO check, if not capture theEl.
The whole movement is probably only a fsipt
to attract attention from some other uaora inl-
pcrtant enterprise i'll the Shenandoah ydt;ay.a
The rumors of q threatened attack at New
Creek and also at clarksbnrS are altogether
untounded. AT either of those places the enemy
Would receive warm reception. Gen. Null
ligap Is at New Creek, which is 8 sufficient
The rainy condition Of the weather for
some time past would seem to preclude the
idea of any large forces Of the enemy being on
The line OF the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad,
but Notwithstanding this, that company has
deemed it prudent, until the magnitude OF :hiS
raid is ascertained, to suspend for q day the
running OF its through passenger and freight
trains. The local trade OF the road. however,
is being conducted as usual, and from the coal
regions which abound on this road s. very large
trade is coming to the city. General ScheTl TX
is fully prepaIed'for this emergeifcy, and no
doubt the disposition of the forces under his
com mand is sHch Will perhaps enable him
10 capture this band Of guerillaS.-Bol,issc
.4nsTican. -