The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1864-07-20
TI1xl ISEBEI. RAID.
TIC sEECE or HAsEEIsGTo,
The Siege OF VyaSSingtca---kC-
cOuata fECE3 the Leading Pa

Tho absurd aud ridieulouz, and yet dis
graSeial, siege af Wa hington is over. Tel
egIaphic communication with the North .
was renewed last night, but the Govern
mant required the wires for is uLos, and
this ia the earliest time az which We can |
present 4 connected view Of the transactions
since communications were cut off,
On Sunday night DISPATCHES tiom Balti-
more announced that the rebels weic NOV.
ing in this direction. On Monday mOrniuc |
mail force of them Appeared in font Of |
our fortiicati0ns beyond Georgetown, and /
near Silver Springs, on the Seventh Street
road They took posses ION oi the houses |
in the vicinity, established sharpshooters, |
and Logan picking of our exposed men |
This state Of affairs was substantially kept |
up until Tue day night. When they de |
clmpcd early Wedne. day morning, their |
retreat was discovered, but no pursuit was !
permitted for several hOus. 1t is und,l- |
stood. though not definitely known, that
the whole rebel force crossed the Potomac |
at poo!esville and Ball Buff about thirty |
| five miles up the rlver from Washington, |
and that they are now we'll on their way to
! Richmond, with long trains of wagons lad
! On with supplies and Groves of cattle, and
! that a large proportion Of them are now
| mounted on horses stolen throughout Nag
! land The bulk Of their force must Myc !
! been concentrating at PoolcSvilIe, whse
| lheirrcar guard wa. beSieging Washington.
a critical inspection "t their campaign
/ ground, will convince any one at all acqus,
tomed to such matters that they never had
more than eight hundred, on at the very out
( side thousand, men on the Seventh
street road, hesleglng this city;
4 l.. -.
! The following article, from TINS morning
/ Nah0n6f ihfe'hGe9c9 iaIIiF represents the
! general underStanolng ana leclhg on the
Wh2,6G llaicnous SUBJECT:
he military dem9nStfanoh on t'!e on"
skirts ot the National Cap'Ial' wlth'h, me
last lew days, has cone 10 an chu' ihiS
demonstration did not taEe -tlc loim OF any
thing Iike an attack on {he city except ~
ifoni OF to,t stevens "i1eie S"H'e IL
ing disclosed me presence Oh h9atue lo;ce
on Monday ana tuesday, iaSt' 4hc hUhhef
OF the enemy Lolce az 'his PoliiI' OF d! any
other, was utterly uhAho"h 70 our lhIi'4E
arihoflueS; bu' II mas ofeh subsequently HeI
velopea that al t5lls locality IL never lilEll' Il
at all exceeded hye or SIX hahdfed men
we nave received lh'ollhatioh 10 IIiS elLect
nom "uicerS VINO nave t'aceu 'ie marks O.
the eneompmehf Of "eselGesS, :, since their
evacuation duilh& the n'&htoi ueaGaY ia3''
after the acGohl9l>N'e" Which, Ia5e ~ 'ie
evening o. 'naI u|5' was o'oclct =! uchJi-
al NMshG loF tho purpose Oh leeilhS slie
>trcn%'h OF Ete enemy II Is moreover con
himed by TIE test!lhohy ei persons VINO
rave come lhIo t'ie c,lA S.hcc 'le 'elSo was
Fo>Go' some SiSnC oeuioli5ILt@''oh, were
made py thc enemy at TWO oti'et PY'nVs 9h
our north and portheaste'n l'onF, but the
numoer engaged, IN men, OF "a tne oaSii
10y H 70 W it.i tl',Io.. -. r,,-,,,,
nnEnnyn though from the paucjty Of ihej.
achievements. their .co-opegatiye dGtach.
ments must have been small. The rcconoi-
sangc on Ipcslay evening in flons Of Fort