, 1864-07-28
TEE NEW RATns DOWN TaE vAL.



No one need be surprised that the raiders
EcTies OF ot'r"siors- far there is the most
stringent necessary o1 tnsa' oeans Aept III
1hat reeaon; aaa anca1 Afsa eao't WIS u
substantial 1aaiofe, inc nessss'ts ansleaa OF
being weakened. Is mueh lncreasea. Ahes
haTc TWO olst'hes ano Important eoos ~ sun
by ftmaanlng lnefes 1ae nsst Is 10 secnre
pl1noefs 1rom tac SaAeS 1Isen ~ III e'ea'7
INC crops pc'ne nov hut 'eese9 .eet ~ ane
from MARY Land and fennssssan1a INC "as
IL open 1o1 enem" Ane sceonu ooJo.. - oue
c1 t"in itnposshnee VIZ anio' "n4eu 20 W
1eep emPioseo aA ou1 4uose .o1e.e eu.1 -
CROOKS, Ase'ne anu 11uuVl ~ ass14 4es
from 1sae'a'no'a. 1uus p,esen. .u9n w.
lsoo'DGs a'uu' ~
1nc con1o' 'uh'c''1ons "a -ue .4t3'
ast my o'nes N'o 4uo1e 44upe.' ~. "olA =, >
1hat VIII depend apon .''suosc ~ ~ csnces, ane
1heir aoln'y 10 !accoh'Fana ~. 1ues "oalu
douo'less De ieaoy 70 oecup. NsonsV'
baltlnole os t'nlaa' " e'eo D'0'o"' -
Inc Why - 4e.' open ~ 49," 49, .,1,o r
no. a..a,. sli n tnat ~ o. ne mns+ % ex,st He ,nnst
- no VI. ~ ~ ~N -. ~ ~ a~s .,:.,' ~
na'e !|at.. supps :. - -. -. -
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oo'a'n .ue' Nv - ses ". 4a5ne
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anuN1 W E...s4 t,.a.s, aas ..,s. ~ 49,,
enInE t,tssu ~ I 10 ~ ,,as. ~ 49, ~ esta-
7risleg Generals. And where would such
expeditions be directed If not Northwsrd
where plundering ia 3 gain to the rebellion,
rather than South~ard which Is held by the
rebellion at Ill events I'LL Its power is bro
ken.
II would not be strange If Esrly's command
had been materially strengthened since its
first raid, go as to encounter the various 10y
al commands pitted against It; nor will It be
strange If such be the fact TINT they should
yiEit Maryland again, to get whatever truck
Eas left before. Such being the evident state
Of the case, 1t would seem obvious that II
Decomes us, II we have the Wit Of sparrow
in pin feathers, to detail force sufficiently
urge to take care of these raiders. It is oul
.-.
policy to defeat both their nlus. II Gen.
communications II stands him In hand Ia
make the work effective, By preventing h1s
1ofaeing ~ Tue Nof'n. ano ~ oas 12lu.
crs arc to be employed In watching those Of
lie rebels, and are too weak to do anything
more, the rebel communications will be re-
stored and maintained In spite OF Us. Our
hope Il that force VIII drive Early out Of
the Valley Of the Shenandoah.
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x.,,,,,s,.tas H. .r.r 49, 1.aa-,s .,aas..e.1 s'
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e''ue ~. iotu ~ A.e ooa'usta au'se " luz
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n,s r'on,ho,,~ad I , as +,s,r s,.ha.. "s,a eT. e'
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"it"'o 'u.'a ~ oe a. LIZ ums' oua tuat the5
-a-tHr, ~, ~. aa~.I-1Is w w lcauets VIM
s eonuoi tue T.m a1n.lee .. Aee ana 1000. IL was
noneet ~ 'en' Da'ie tnus 70 explode IN toelf
,nees l'lle peace lorpedo "mch ms Northern
friends were preparing to put und 1.-the keel
OF tne good snip Union. Now that It has ex~
p!oded. 1t Is even more interesting than be-
lore. 1t vas as follows:
1hs . rsao'ut'e" Qf TIC Union In stata quo tpon
'"is Fms9..Au EST NEGROES which hax h.~n ac,nou,
freed ~ tie weT, to u xecnfed N ssel freedom.
seq - 'f0'oes al pressas shed a &aoes to
THIRD scar de1t Of Toll ,,arties to 1epatd
W ne Unafed e. atoMs
ytrcnndatd IN seoonstrieo IL sais aisa ''a4ss 70 q
The restoration of tue Union on any hos,s
wbateyer, fs the fundamental proposition
which JeG. Davis repudi.tcs. With It, Of
course, fall the four proportions which rest
upon +thc restoration Of tile Union IS their
*'basis."
The first subordinate proposition is unnec-
esBary. There is no law in the civilized world
capable Of converting man once legally