The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1864-07-19
Panic in tho Yankee Capital.

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RICHMOND. July Ave have the Nav
York Herald of the 9th inst. II SAYS that
the terrible panic which has seized upon the
people OF the border counties Of MARYLAND
and Pennsy lyauia, appears TO have rndered
them incnpabIG-e giving any clear account
ot what Is transprIus around them. The
retels have withdrawn from IIarper's Fer.
ry, llagerstown, Md, and Greencastle, Pa.
They tore up fully ten miles of the Bnl,i.
more and Ohio Railroad Gsssnor Curtin
ttleg raphs to the Mayor OF Fhiladelpbin
that the people are not responding freely,
and says the authorities at Washington au
thorAe them to be mus.escd in Ly compal
MES, which they Yesterday refused pcremp.
terily to do.
The Washington Chronicle of the 10th
instant contains The following:
NAsHISGToN, Illy 10,
To Major General Dix, New York: An
official report from Major General Wallace.
just received, states that II battle took place
between the force under him and tho rebel
ferces ut Monocacy TO day, commencing at
y, m, and continuing. until ), D. m; that
our forces were at length ovcrpowered by
tEe'superor forces OF the enemy, aud were
forced 30 retire in disorder. lie reports that
Colonel Seward, Of the New York Artillery
was taken prisoner; that the enemy is at
least 10000 sQong that Brigadier General
Tyler Mas also taken prisoner; that our
troops bshaved we'll, but suffered severely ::
and that he is Eow retreGting on Baltimore.
:. (Signed) EDWIN STANTON.
Secretary Of War.
The newspaper dispatches from Baltimore
represent the excitement there as Intense
and Oh the increase. No one is pllowed 10
leave tho city Frederick has been evacu-
aled by the Yankees and occupied by
BTeckiaridge, with $4,000 troops The
'svernor OF Maryland issued proclamation
IN Baltimore on the night of the 9th inst.
saying, "Ihe danger is Imminent, and every
Ioyai nan must prepare to meet the rcls.l
iorco now approaching the city, This
proclamation is endorsed by the Mayor.
The Washington Chronicle of the llth
eon,a~s three co umns Of telegraphic mat.
Ter IN regard to the invasion. The sub
stance OF the news IS as follows: Pen thou
sand men had been armed and we're march
ing TO the different fertilization in Baltimore.
Al = III. on the 10th inst, The rebels. cot
The Central Railroad, l6 miles from BATH.
more. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
has been greatly damaged. Most of the
rolling stock has been sent to Philgdel phia.
The Ashland Iron Works, IA miles from
Baltimore have been destroyed by the reb
els. Dispatches dated July ., 8 p. IN say
that the rebel cavalry are all over Bali.
more county, but il. was not feared that
ihey would enter the city. The Yankees
say their loss in the Mopoeacy fight was
1000. The rebels levied a contribution Of
SEC, 900 en- MiddletowD, Pa.
Dispatches say that the whole force op.
Grating around Baltimore City is not over
1000 cavalry, upder Harry GiImsre and yet
the American says they have the city sur
rounded. Grant has sent word that "the
forces around Baltimore and Washington
can take care of thoselplaces and repuIse
The rebels. We can attend To Richmond" T."
The last despatch from Baltimore SAYS