The New York herald., 1864-07-26

s'ores, nrivate dwellings hlacgsmits shons &C. or tn
bia'r mansion. magnificent brick Structure, noinn'
rsm,ns out Cracked walls aRd nei, oi aeor's "a
snade trees are scorrhed and dyinp thu ornaments
the lawn dsgurei, and the grass and b ery rapid
orsppearing under the tread and pering many vi<'
tors. All OF tho ourbaidlngs, hay, grain, &c. were
sNyrod, limiting Mr. BlAirs loss to thirty thousauo
From Silver Spring Rockville there is little ~ indt
cate The visitation OF army. In a few placc,s the
fences we've thrown down and the edges the field 81
corn and oats along the road Eampied itte bit oe
damage done Ia Insignificant In fact this s tn
case throughout the State Tho enemy brought cooked
raIons required res fences or craiu aud
left the people to complain Of nothing except the loss OF
horses. CATTLE goods. and in few instances clothing
AlTEaRAacE or ROCKVILLE
Rockville the seat, with population of about
twelve hundred is pleasantly located on gentle slope,
shaded by ancient ocuss and bright with rich turf and
summer flowers. The OLD Eoglish Court House has u
onelv appearance very like Jail The hotels dinay,
tumble down structures the stores dark and dirty and
tho houses with few exceptions faded, decrend
lok that seems TO defy innovation. The nhabitans
about equally divided in sentiment the secessoniss
that irrate the loyal but not sufficiently to bring them
70 punishment
TrE loss AL RocxyuLx.
The loss sustained hy Rockville comparatively small
amounting 10 only about $40 900 worth OF goods taken
from the stores. The people generally throughout the
village seemed to regard the visit Of the rebels they
would circus travelling menagerie--ratner expen-
siye, but "mishty fac thing for excitement"
THE loss At DARyrsrowS
Darnestown nine miles from Rockville. composed OF
half dozen Old houses lost 81 500 from s sto Nine
miles further Pooesvle Along the roads the fences
trace Of their march. Our troops, however, who
bivouacked the town. did much damage destroying
fences and several acres Of hne oats and corn.
DAMAGg PooifsvILLE.
Poolesvle sustained the heaviest loss Of town IN
vaneo at fifteen thousand dollars. The blacksmith shops
also ried OF TOOLS leaving the workmen with tie 70
do and nothing to do with At This place sharp skrmh
bad between the enemy's rear guard ana our ad-
vance. and number OF the rebels killed and wounded
The inhabitants have not yet recovered from Their fign
and regard any stranger with SUSPICION believing tho
be full OF struggling horse thieves and every
well dressed man rebel in disguise.
just outside the town, desolae, barren knoll,
stands the gallows of the spy hung last week The
cattle have rodden down the grave between tho posts
and the pine headboard, without name date, is
pidy sinking into the earth Ihe scene Is most
impressive wonderfully suggesveo of old romances and
Is terror already dark nights TO big and little folks
who believe 10 ghosts.
THE LOSSES AT OTHER TOWNS
Barnesvie, obscure little village, lost from ts stores
f,ty. SO u is with all the towns throughout the county
but, being very small their damage does not excead
few hundred. There are some complaints OF ciothihg
being stolen bn the losses Of this Character are CON-
parativey insignificant.
HORSES AND CATTLE rAsaS PROM THE
The principal sustained by the county 10 horses
and CATTLE II is impossible to accurately smate the
number taken, the only means OF Judging d the captures
being comparison OF the statements OF those who saw
the cattle and pass down to the tOrds
careful examination OF these leads to the conclusion that
the rebels could taken out or the county less
than thousand horses and twenty i've hundred cat
te These going through Pooesve TOR twentyfour
hours in large herds and hurried tho Poto
mac at five different fords few cows and old oxen
man aud occasionally half dozen good becves seen
but these Every device was adopted to save
horses, some hiding them in their houses ana cellars
One man in Pooesve hid his horse in tailor shop. and
although the rebels bvouacked around II two days.
ceeded in saving it
DESTRUCTION or MILITARY TELEGRAPH LINES.
The military telegraph from Washington TO Frederick
badly damaged requiring n0t less than ono thousand
dollars its repair The telegraph from Washington 10
Baltimore very slightly Injured few houra suicng
for its repair
TOTAI. THE COUNTY.
careful xamnt,on Of the county and comparison Of
the statements tho inhabitants usfes the belief that
the county has lost nearly, not quite, live hundred
thousand dollars The following statistics have been
collected from all quarters and indicate the amount Of
damage done "a nearly can be attained