Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-07-23
Rebel Aseounts.


The Capture of Washington not AeeOmPliSh.
ed-DsgppOintmsat TO the saHguiIs portion
of the mMEHity-ARotheT Rdid intC
PenHSylpGHia Threatened, etc.
From the Richmond Enquirer, July IS.
The news from Maryland, as found in the
Chronicle OF the l4th, gave much disappoint-
ment 70 the sanguine portion OF the CON-
munity. Whether the oSpture Of Washing
ton was the object Of the expedition OF
not, its fall was most anxiously expected
by the community until last Saturday, when
the telegram from Petersburg brought 70
the knowledge of tue public the fact that
according TO the Chronicle of the l4ta, the
"rebels" had withdrawn from ia front OF
Washington While disappointed in not
hearing OF the capture, it was nevertheless
very gratifying TO know how badly scared
the enemy were, and for the world to see
how easily the capital Of Yankeeland can
be frightened out of its wits.
Il is said that lucky accident alone
saved Washington. Canby's corps, from
New Orleans, arrived at Fortress Monroe
on Saturday night, the very day on which
the battle of MOnocAcy was fought, and
which revealed to the enemy the magni-
tude of the danger that threatened Wash
iugton. Ordered by telegraph to that city,
it arrived there on Monday in time to pre-
vent the capture OF the city, and to hold
its defences until the arrival Of additional
corps from Petersburg had rendered the
storming of the works useless. The Acci-
dental arrival of Candy saved the city
Had he passed up TO Grant or been delayed
in his arrival one day longer, Washington
would have been captured. However great
the disappointment may be, yet much has
already been and much more will be ao-
complished by those army corps now,
as we believe, still north of the PO-
tomAc. Pennsylvania lies before those
corps, and invites foraging on the
largest scale. A raid by forty odd thou.
sand men, sweeping through that State,
destroying railroads, seizing horses and
cattle, and carrying retaliation to the very
hearthstones of the people of Penn
sylvsniR, would cultivate into a most
fruitful harvest the already sown seeds
of peace. We know nothing of the orders
under which that army is acting and
the secrecy observed among our people,
which has denied 70 all the least knO Wledge
of the expedition, cannot be too highly
commended; bat it would be particularly
gratifying TO our injured and plundered
people TO know that the enemy's system
of warfare had been carried 70 their doors,
and that they were being made to feel some
Of the injuries they have Inflicted IpOn
our country. This will be the case, unless
Pennsylvania is made to feel the system of
warfare instituted and carried out by the
armies of the United States. They are
entirely Indifferent to the losses inflicted
on Maryland, for they regard her as of rs,
1t not with US. The "act of vandalism"
which burned the residence of Montgomery
Blair did not infict any greater injury
than that of Sheridan's men when they
burned the magnificent residence of Mr..
BoulWare, or the humble cottages of many
hundreds of our poorer people. The mag
uauimity that spared the residence of F. p.
Blair Was entirely thrown away upon
creature as deeply dyed with the blood of
this war as any other of his fellow scoun-
drels. All the hospitality" ever enjoyed
from its owner has long since been wiped
out in the red blood of the brave. We
cSuuot appreciate such magnanimity to
such wretch.