Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1863-07-08

! in front OF here. and the advance of our infan .
| NY csinmns is also where 1t ought TO be- The
| evidences OF further possible success ye MAJ
I Rw; AIT results.
OUR CAPTURES.
Comparing the various estm ates which reach
me, thnk that our captures of prisoners will
| reach nine or ten thousand. To this number
| Is 10 he added the badly wounded who will h,
| gathered mp all along the line of Lees retreat,
| and the stragglers and deserters who our cav
airy, 1t Is reported are already gathering up by
| the hundreds. The rebel loss in killed ana
| sh:hiiy wounded can hardly fall. below twelve
| or iairfsPn thousand, which will swell thsi
'ct.l loss up to 25,GG, abou; 80 per cent of IN .
| totaifef 5000 men Lee brought over the Poto.
| mac with him.
| 1t is doubtful whether we captured anv ar
tiiery, though 1t Is said we took II We guns from
me enemy right wing in Fridays fight Our
cavalry, which were engaged with Stuar. on
the right wing, also captured several calssons
| and all his battery horses, but Were anable To
| secure the guns.
OUR LOSSES
put down our losses in killed and wounded
al twelve thousand, and believe that will fully
cover them. This is the whole extent of our
losses. OF prisoners we lost none except the
few officers whom Lee was able to carry OF.
three thousand OF our men who fell into his
hanCs ne paroled, but the parole, under the
terms OF the cartel, is of no effect, because Gen
Meade positively refused TO agree to il II il
reported that after Gen. Meade refused to ac-
cept the parole, Gen. Lee sent them to Gen.
Couch, who did accept the parole can hardly
believe that Lee would resort to such ascnrvy
trick, and think it only "good thing to tell.;,
FREDERICK GETTING LIVELY,
Frederick begins to look as lively as it did
during last fall before and after the battle of
Antietam. There is a great gathering of ON.
GERS, riding to and fro, and coming and going
mat are significant Of approaching lively
times in this section. Without going into par
hcnlars that might be contraband, it is sum
cient to say that there are plenty OF indications
tnat the rebels are making towards the river,
8 N ia of fha Dot
dellcate attentions commenced at Gettysburr
Is accompanying them to the border.
THE REBEL PoNTooN TRAIN.
The destruction of the rebel pontoon train at
complished by detachments OF the 18th and 18th
New York cavalry. 1t is said the rebels have
TWO other pontocn bridges laid, one at Will
ia na ms port and the other short distance above.
The force, however, both infantry and artil
lery, at these is large and the detachment sent
out was not strong enough to attempt their de.
struction.
LATEST.
FREDERICK, Tuesd Y, noon.-Therei is no i'm.
portant news this morning, but many promis.
ing indications. The announcement that Gen.
Meade's headquarters We're in Frederick was
IN advance OF the fact. He is not here vet.
Gen. French still commands here and keeps the
Town in splendid order. He believes in disci.
pine, and knows how to enforce it.
GENERAL KILPATRICK's CAPruRRs
he prisoners who arrived here Yesterday
and still are encamped outside the town, ex-
cept the wounded who have been sent to the
hospitals, were captured by General Kilpat-
rlck's cavalry between Greencastle and Smith.
burg, and are to be added to the sum of total
prisoners captured at Getty sburg. They were
with long wagon train of sick, wounded and
sfragglers, and were captured without much
opposition. They number about one thousand
Most of them are North Carolinians with a
sprinkling Of Marylanders, several of the lat
ter being from this city.
THE REBEL PoNTooN BRIDGRs
The Harrisburg despatch stating that the rebel
pontooh bridge at Dam No 4, which is opposite
Clearspring, and between Williamsport and
Hancock, was destroyed is doubted here If
true. 1T leaves the rebels with but one bridge
remaining-that at Williamsport.
1t Tained heavily during the night and this
morning. The Potomac is reported to be rap
Idly rising, and must now be nearly unfor dable
THE EXPEDITION TO HARPRR's FERRY
1he expedition TO Harper's Ferry on Sunday
was made by Major Coles MARYLAND cavalry.
L learn from Capt. Frank Gallagher, whose
company formed part of the expedition, that
The rebels had laid planks across the railroad
bridge, for the purpose OF carrying of the horses
they had stolen, the river even then being too
high 10 make fording safe or comfortable Mai
and afterwards threw down one span of the
trestie work at each end of the bridge. Wenow
hola Maryland Heights.
THE REBELS.
There is no intelligence of the movements OF
are in considerable force at Hagerstowp Our
cavalry are operating actively on the flank
and rear, and are picking up hundreds of pri-
SOnerS.