The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1864-07-22
FROM THE SOUTH.
!. Form the Richmond Dispatch, July IA.
THE CAPTURE OF MARTINsBURG.

THE CAPTURE OF MARTINSBURG.
We have received some additional par
ticulars of the capture Of Martinsburg, on
the 81 irstaut. Our forces entered the
place in the evening; the enemy, some
seven thousand strong, all one hundred
day men, with the exception of seven hun
lrel regular cavalry, retreaed hurriedly
on the IIarper's Ferry road. Immense
quantities Of supplies fell into our hands,
with one million dollars worth of medical
and a large amount Of commissary stores
including one hundred thousand bushels
of corn and oats. Merchants and suffers
had collected these immense stores, pre-.
.paratory TO forwarding them to Richmond
Tor sale, as they deemed the capture of
this place fixed fact They were appro-
priatcd by the Confederates. No casual
ties occurred on our side, except tie slight
wounding of Lieutenant Breckenridge in
the leg.
The Union element in that county is
said to be strong. But few Southern fam
lilies remain in Martinsburg. The cili-.
zens supplied the Yankee prisoners with
all the luxuries they could procure, aud
the same spirit was exhibited on the road
from Martiusburg to Winchester. Yet
the few Southern men in the country are
firm and unwavcring in their devotion to
the cause.
THE FIRST PRISONERS.
Eight Federal prisoners, captured by
M0seby at Monocacy Junction, Md, ar
rived at LynchburS on Sunday night
Among them is the son of Hsrhuck, on2
of the largest shipping merchants in New
York city. Two hundred and twenty
prisoners, captured at Martinsburg, and
sixty captured at Aide, Loudoun county,
have arrived at the same place.
MosEBY's RAID ON DUFFIELD's DEPOT.
The dashing Moseby made a very sue
cessful raid on Dulled's Depot, a station
on the Baltimore aud Ohio railroad, six
miles west of Harper's Ferry. He sent
in flag of truce demanding the surrender
of the place, and the citizens came out to
inquire upon what conditions the enemy
would he allowed TO surrender. Moscby
replied, Internationally, and that very
quickly.' Whereupon the Yankee force
of eight.two men surrendered. Moseby
also captured thirty horses, and gathered
many spoils.
At the Point of Rocks the same com-
maud captured railroad train and fred
into an engiae.
From tie Richmond Dispatch, July Is.
THE INVASION OF MARYLAND.
The news from Maryland is encourage
ing The Confederates on the 18th were
three miles from Washington, and the
same account ilforms us that Lincoln and
Stanton had ridden to the front. We
should not be surprised if the next news
was that they had been captured. We
await further accounts with much inter-
est. The sixth corps, engaged at Monoc- :
acy, was undoubtedly that Of Wright, seut
from the front of Petersburg. 1t is known
that they left for Washington last Friday
night, aud another corps took their de-
paiture the same night. This fact Slows
that Giant has reduced his army by send
ing portion OF it away to defend Wash
ington.
There were q good many reports in the
city yesterday about large .'risings" of the
population in Maryland in favor of the
Consederatcs. One had it that $4,000
Marylandcrs had joined the command of
a distinguished fellow citizen of theirs
who accompanied our forces; and another
that 5000 had enlisted under his COM
maud. As the "risings" in Maryland
during former invasions of our troops
have not been Of very formidable or de-
termincd character, it is more likely that
the present rumors have their real foun-
dation in the ardent desire of our people
to see the men Of that noble old State
make cooperative effort to free her from
Yankee bondage.
EDITOR OF THE DISPATCH coNFoUSpEp.
The Dispatch has another editorial, as
follows:
"The news from Maryland pours in
upon us with such rapidly, and is of
character so astounding, that We are scarce
ly allowed time to take breath or to cvl-
lcct our ideas. In fact, we are almost as
much confounded as the Washington or
Baltimore Yankees themselves, though,
perhaps, not SO badly frightened. Who
are these rebels? Where did they come
from? Did they spring up out of the
earth, or drop down from the clouds p
Are they large army of regulars Or
small squad Of raiders? We do not know,
the Washington Chronicle does not know.
Lincoln does not know, Grant does not
know, the New York Herald does not
know. We are told by these authorities
sometimes that it is only few of Nose
ey's men flying around aud kicking up
fuss generally. Sometimes it is said to
be powerful force of twenty, thirty and
even forty thousand men. Then again it
dwlndles into raid by Imboden, or
maraudipg expedition by some irregular
force, 1t is pronounced IA I'Gzzle' by The
New York Herald, aud '..fasco' by Gen.
Grant. The former says it must iail III