The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1864-07-19
THE WAR m MARYLAND
caplun Of Trsia, By lht Eths

10 the movements Of The rebels, Of
which bot a little vas apparently
known Active military movements
we're going on 10 order to give any Of
these marauding bands a warm recep-
ton should they approach too near
the city. AZ hali-past eight o'clock
tie way ifain Tor Philadelphia lett
Major. q eneral Franklin, together with
large number Of ofIicers, soldiers and
ladies, Was among the passengers
( The early morning tram from Phila-
delpAia had come through all safe and
no apprehensions were entertained as
to The safety OF the line, At forty
minutes past nine The express train TO
New York started with similar as
sortment OF passengers, your cores
pondent among the number.
We reached GuDpowder river all
safe, and immediately after passing
the long treslle bridge speed was in
creased. About two miles from the
bridge, at Magnolia station, two or
three pistol shots were heard, when
the train suddenly stopped, aud cry
was raised,
"rHE REBELS ARE on Us +
But few seconds elapsed before
\ they ene ed lie cars, carrying pistols
III their hands. The first question
asked WAS, Are there any ladies in
this car n On being answered III the
Affirmative, they ordered every lady TO
sit down This was Immediately fol-
\ lowed by molber order 10 Clear out.
II Was while leaving ale cars that
purses and watches we're taken from
IlLc passengers. Tie request to hand
them over was enforced by a cooked
pistol held at tie heads Of the victim
ized passengers. The prisoners we're
then placed under a strong guard,
and
rHE CARS SIT on FIRE,
laFr The bne4a age aud expires, cars had
Je,n emptied. Steam was then gol
up, the engine reversed, and tiie train
OF blazing ears un dom TO GunpoN-
! der bridge. A column 81 dense black
smoke was soon seen rising in tie di-
reciion OF he bridge, and when the
rebels who had been III charge Of the
train returned they said the bridge
was burning fnely, and would be TO-
tally consumed
TnE FIRST TRAIN WAS BURNING
when we were stopped, and it is
somewhat singular circumstance that
neither the engineer nor conductor IN
charge Of lhr express train could see
the smoke IN time to stop aid reverse
the train. i appears 10 have been
q piece OF glo,s carelessness on their
part, knowing, rs they must have
done, that the rebels we're scattered
all over the country. Many Of The
passengers did not hesitate to accuse
them OF something even more heinous
than care essncss.
MAJOR GENERAL FRANKLIN
MS a passenger on board the first
train. lie was dressed in citizens
clothes. and when the rebels entered
The car and asked hun who be was
lie replied Nobody Of any account"
The guard passed on few yards,
when Baltimore lady (of whom there
were quite number on board) told
him the Generals rank and name
The guard returned and demanded
his>papers, which were OF course
handed over, and the General was
taken inum the ear.
TnE REBEL FORCE
consisted Of about two hundred AMI
fifty men. They we're uuder the
command Of Major Harry Gilmor,and
consisted OF twenty-five men belonging
TO the First regiment Maryland cav.
airy, and The balance belonging to the
Second Mary land, Major Glmor own
regiment. They were fne, hearty
looking men, aud The majority had ev-
identity been in the eIyice consid
cradle length Of time. About a score
Of them were dressed in citizens cloth. I
ing, and, judging from their fair com
piexions, lad but recently joined the
command. From their conversation
| learned that the majority were resi-
dents Of Maryland. Major Gilmor,
! was informed, lived about five miles
from Magnolia. The men we're all
finely mounted, and said they had
had three rcmonnis within the last
week. They we're armed with pis-
iol., carbines aud sabtes. They con.
yersed very freely about their pros.
poets, saying they were ~in a tight
place" and lad bat iale hope Of get
ling out, but intended 10 make a dasl
on Baltimore and Washington before
many hours. They stated that Gen
erai Bradley Johnson had force u
trn thousand men encampe1 about
seven mil away, and pointed u
norlhge,terly direction.
IHa LADY PRISONERS
we're remarkably well treated by the
rebels, aud II was somewhat amusing
~ben the train was stopped TO sec the
rsbel horsemen ride up 70 the car
windows, where they gers greeted
some a bat as follows :--aKhy, Tom,
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