The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-07-16
T0-DAY'S WASHINGTON NEWS.
Special Dispatches to E1enIng Telegraph.
WASHINGTON, July 10.
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WASHINGTON, July 10.
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Several prominent Rebel sympathzcrs residing
at BadcnsLurg and IN IFS vicinity, were arrested
yesterday and sent to the Old Capitol by the
military authorities, for frateruilug with and
giving information to the Rebel invaders.
Change Of Commander nt baltimore.
General Lew. Wallace has been relieved from
his command at Baltimore. General Tyler will
take his place.
Chicf Of Artillery Defense.
LOcu'cuant-CoIoncl j. A. Heskus, aide-do-
camp 20 General Augur, has been appointed
thcfot Artillery Of the Department Of wash
ugou.
Acting Assistant InspcCtOr-GcueraI.
Lieutenant Colonel II. II. Wells, 2Gth Michigan
Volunteers, Is announced a. Acting Assistant In
spDctorGcncral Of the Department Of Wash
inston.
The Pirate FLORIDA"
More YES els are TO be despatched in pursuit OF
The fIor'ar, and She will probably be oycrhauel
somewhere OF the North Atlantic coast
The UcliNcrnnce Of the Capitnl.
Ii IDS becoming more and moro apparent that
the Rebel force which lately invaded the ma
tonnl capital did not number over twenty-five
thousand mon. This is considered by those who
are not dcsirous of bol,tcriug the military ropu-
tation Of certain localities TO bo a very large
estimate.
The htel'igoacar OF this morning is ont with
another leader upon this subject. 1t defines los
petition us follows .-
We are not of those who believe that this city
w1s ever in any peril from the magnitude of the
force that recently invaded Maryland. That
force Is now known 70 have been contempt
bly, small, and, after making due allow
aEcc for honest ignorance, nothing but
the insiuccrty and Misrepresentation which
may seek tu bolster mp official regulations yfsihIv
sinking under the load of an iutJcrlbe humilR-
tou, Will longer undertake to simulate any an.
prehensious OF these grounds but we do believe
that the city may have been in danger from
The heedlcssuess of the military administra-
uon before the approach of the enemy. and
from its shtllessncss after that approach
Whcn, under the pressure OF a sudden
emergency, it lost rs il did all preence of mind
and all efficiency Of conduct. l. is uuitc nO,,i-
ble that the few hundred men who held wash
ing.on under siege for two days. on Monday and
Tuesday last could, IL they had sufficiently pre-
sumcd IN the rciguing want Of vigilance here,
have quietly ridden into tho city under cover of
the darkness of night, before any alarm had
been raised, seized the President and his Cahiuct
aud blown mp the Capitol, destroyed the public
buildings, and retired as mysteriously and as
uuharmcd as they came"
The Militia Mustered out.
The militia of this city, who started out to
occupy the intrenchments on the line OF the Po.
tomac defcnses, have returned home and been
mustered out Of service, they having had the
pleasure Of seeing about one days service.
PRucity Of the Rebel Force.
The hnteHgcncer of this morning says that the
number of Rebels who occupied the railroad
between this city and Baltimore did no. exceed
six hundred men.