The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-07-12
NAauATIvE OF THE AoRsT OF THE
ASSOCIATED PUEss At BALTIMORE


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BAirtw HE, July II, $3.50 P. M-Pinding, 1t
iu siv.~ 20 get snythng further ~ you by
telegraph, At once set about roacding YOU by
way Of the Sus uthanGa river. On application
at headqua- ors was kindly permi by Gene
~ wallace 70 accompany Major Este, Of his
s'pG, TO this poin -Pouyvlle, Cecil county, NJ.
-wbeic / hoped to be- ahe TO Communicate
by mail or telegraph, or both, With tho press
North.
OS BnARn STEAMER "ELLA," CHHsAFBAXB
BAY, Juy ll.-Hnw far tns iolcgitph hm tn
iornisd ou Of the events trinspirnt. IN and
around Bait mOr, previous 10 the sudie1 eve.
renee uf the i,c hy tpe Re el raiders, do MT
kuu ~, had ~: al Opportunity ~ le rn pe-
fore i aymg. | wi ciJr briefly retOlnttho
,ytiis h,cu tr bspir Il urlng the timv bctwutn
q using OF my dc'patch atter one "'cIoilt OF
Muldiy rurulug, uud ths hunr Of my leaving
bhl moe % avail myself of Ills cirCiitOus and
tardN u ode ui cnmtnuu.g "a ion.
About % his a NJ scouts camo dAshug int
toNH. announcing tina, kebil fpfce, varOnSy
estn I'd, was then apont tvIi mites from tue city,
n.CSit tuwsrCs thr GunpOwd railro vi bridge.
Thus morning, about ten o't,u'k, sevird, re peot-
able Cit2cbs residing uu the Urturd turnpike
ruad, about fifteen miles from the city, reached
bore IBd y, ried that Rebel force SAID 10 num-
bcr about two huudred and fJr.y men h ID
tncBmpvd hr the night IN he farm OF Mr.
Price, about thirteen aud n quarter miles trOm
tLC city, aud had moved at ) o. lock iH the III
ttcI,n ~ IN, GnnpOwdrr Brdg', ab tut eight
mites distant o. ter IOute tbther they passed
the isim OF W. Unknown loyaist-Mr I,hm lsl
Da,-WbO bad Orayeiy kept the old hlg hyiny
from staff a. his gutcwaT, notwitus al ling
thHt br knew the Kelels were about.
Annoyed AZ this bold avoyal Of loyalty,
soue Of the traioruus blnd turned aside
10 punder and burn his properly. The
old pcnttmaa made no resistan % 60 the
vaUcas, Until orc OF ih"m approached the
Il, grttf tp take down "Oid q Ory." Then IL was
that bis righteous wrath fUund won't. lie salAeI
hs ruu and tUId the rascal that if he touGued
that huR he wonlu shoot hin. Tho teipw psr-
sisted aud good as his word, he fired ani LAID
the miscresut dead. Having mus established his
Loyalty. hr managed TO escape, whilst the COW
aIdiy vabdals burned his bIrn aud helped thOm-
selves to what they wanted.
In passing the PhiladclP Phia turnpike the Rebels
cut oil tie wites passing over that road, and this
fact WAS > % COAT med on inquiry at the tole-
graph office hy the ,n'"rm itOn thrr soyera' oS
then lines had "gouC up" Towards noOl IL was
anDUi nctd that ali hv wire, rth were gone,
and Nciy s"On word 10 ,rhed the Poi niadUlphia
depo, On President street that The Campo vdcr
biiuCc Eau been burned, aud II was aUuUtlrcd
nat 10 more trains would leave for the North
ub.i further nU.i,e. 1h.s was bad news for the
hundreds OF Ie pie anxious To get North, but
they lad to submit 10 their fate aud wait further
develupme: Is.
About o'clock one of the lice men of the
American Telegraph Company arrived at the
! uflic,, anu frtm him we gather the blowing par
ticUlare VIII - eDkHged IN dtschlrgng his
! dutut, ihls side Of the GuUpOwder river, he
Ob'UIYed ihU mali tain piOct eding on across the
! brUgc, and iS under the Impression 1t escaped
| the k, bclS, ui whose proximity u. the time he
! Was entirely ignUrdut
Alb Ut eleven o'clock, h. Observed tho ex-
! press train, " bich lOit BaltilnDrU a. 040 pass
| over the bridge, but in very few ininHtes-
not more than fifteen or twonty-he noticed
rris uain rcIul ning, backing down ~ the
hndEC, and 10 his dmazement, observed tl9' IL
YVES in tlam' J.! The Tain uad born captlr ID
by the Rebels "a hhurt distance beyond the
! brtre, probably ut Magnoia, ono mic DeyOnt
| ant, alter heDg empuvd Of lts pa1scnBotS, ss
| or TIE and batktd dowu to the bridge to 0urG
! with the bridge. FItdng by this tiIno whd
| was in p ogress, our informant hastily got up1I
! his b.ud-cRT and re urned rspitly towards BIGi
! more, wiero he communicated the unp'CasSn
| news. What further depTedaupns wern commit
TED On this roau, /, Of course, do no as yet >nu
Very IRel, the Bush river bridge, apOus eiyh
mile "a w ard shar d the same fato, but ~ tues
bridges are nnilt upon plies, they can scarcely b
very ser;uusl, damsged. GunbJats were, learn
ordeuu Iu rc of Ibese bridges, but it l. sup
posed tie ordcis were not received in time &
era 10 III. gcnbOatS 70 reach their assIgne
saiiuns. True, | have heard it rumoned th a
there was gunboat lying OF Gan
rowdcr Bridge, but that when the Rebel
cane she had not steam up. Tni
seems Incredible, aud hope for th1 creflt o
our gallant navy, is not true. have theor
in regard to the proceedings Of the Rebels d
this point, which | ihitk will DO fOuud near,
about the fac,s. Knowing from tueir friend
aiOut what tine The hIst train was due 4
Magnolia Siatrn which lies one mile east
GuDp1W der, they timed their arrival there 80
10 lc IN time 70 catch Lhr train az I'll it sta 10,
This dUnc, they probably arrested tho bridge teI
dGrs Doth of the Guupowdcr AMI Bush riv,
bridges, nnd walled for the segonl tran; kuON
my thai Ther, w5s n guh.Oat lying of the Gur
powder bTi gr, they adopted tbs plan Of firing Il
IRAN ard running it back upon the bridge, Sud
this w0y escaped the visit OF a broadsido from Il
gunhUnE.
Mourn OF THE SUsaUBHANNA RIVER, 7'20
: M.-1he captain OF our tug has just hailed d
o approaching steamer, which he say is the steam
ATCnc, he,ongiug 10 the Philadelphia II litrol
Company. aud that il was from H,vro-dc- CIR &C
/ Signals were ut once exchanged by order OF NJ
Esle, and soon the bna's near each other We
} | sufh enly close 20 exchange anxious inqpri
ss 10 the state OF affairs. From the capt in OF t
Arctic we learn that neither Of the trains viii
lttt Baltimore this morning had been heard of
, Hayre-de-Gr0ce. All they knew there was th
9 tDe Toau had been cut and he bridges were pr
badly burnt. This statement cOnirIncd our pJ
yious reports, that bOth trains had no doubt ne
: captured ard desro, ed b, the Rebels. N Ithi
had been heard Il the passengers, but It Il pi
sum they are al the ihl IN. hOlse'in the vcini
: OF Magnolia Station, which is reported 10 ha
4 been burnt