Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-07-15

THE REBEL RAID.
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INTERESTING DETAILS.
The Fighting Around Washington.
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THE PRESIDENT AND SECRE-
TARY OF WAR PRESENT.
General Franklin Safe.
TEE REBELS RETREATING WITH THEIR PLUMBER.
F. P. Blair's House Not Destroyed.
REPORTED OCCUPATION OF
PETERSBURG.
REPORTED OCCUPATION OF
PETERSBURG. 3
INTERESTING FROM VICKSBURG.
The Fighting Around Washington
The Enemy Retire afing.

The Enemy hkefrf atins.
WASHINGTON, July 13-Skirmishing has
been constantly going on, and our troops
had acted strictly on the defensive until
Yesterday evening, when the rebel sharp
shooters becoming annoying, it was deter
mined to dislodge them from in front of
Fort Stevens. This was most effectually
accomplished amid the shouts of applause
OF those who witnessed the action. The
rebels retired in hot haste, leaving at the
house of f. z. Blair, Silver Springs, hum
dred of their wounded, including eleven
officers, and their dead upon the field. Rec
onnoissances this morning showed that the
rebels had disappeared during the night
from the front of our Notifications, after
firing number of buildings they had pre-
viously occupied as shelter to Their sharp
shooters.
Scouts report the rebels crossing the Po-
tomac nearly opposite Townsville, driving
before them about 1000 cattle, which they
had stolen.
A dispatch received by Halleck from
Rockville, says the retreating rebels passed
through that place at three o'clock this
morning, moving in the direction of Ed
wards Ferry. .it'-
The rebels near Bladensburg moved off
this morning, taking the road westward,
q id carrying with them number of horses
cattle, &C., stolen in that neighborhood.
brought in to- day and taken to the Old Cap
itol. Our killed and wounded yesterday
amounted to about two hundred. y
BALTIMORE, July 13.-The only intelli-
gence gathered from the conductor who
brought the engine through from Wash
ington, is: no firing had been heard to-day.
All the information we have here to-day
induces the conviction that the enemy is in
full retreat, and that the fighting on Mon
day and Tuesday was to cover their retreat
and enable them to get their plumber safely
across the Potomac at Edwards Ferry.
New York, July 14.-The Washington
Chronicle of Tuesday has an account Of
operations about Washington. Our cav
airy, under Major Fry, stubbornly contest
ed the advance, retreating only when
flanked by. superior numbers. On Sunday
they fought. from 3 to 8 p. NJ, and were
driven only five miles Monday the rebels
were kept at bay two or three miles out of
Tenallytown. The force in our front was
estimated at several thousand. The Presi-
dent and Secretary of War were present,
encouraging the troops. About 2 z. M.
the rebels advanced toward Fort Stevens,
about five miles from the city. Their
sharpshooters got within 300 or 400 yards
of the fort. The 9th New York Cavalry
dismounted and drove them out of the
houses protecting them; the houses were
then burned, as they obstructed the range
of our guns. Other regiments then ar
rived and drove the rebels back half a
mile. Towards p. NJ. the veterans from
the fighting 9th advanced, and drove the
rebels mile and half sN g."
New YORK, July 14-The Herald's Wash
ington correspondent says Wilson's cavalry
reached Washington on Saturday. At the
same time a number of horses arrived from
the North. In less than three hours Will
sons heroes were in the saddle and out on
a reconnaissance. On Monday another re-
connoissance was made and superior body
of rebels found. After fight our cavalry
fell back upon Washington, but the enemy
did not pursue.
BALTIMORE, July 13.-Railroad communi-
cation between Baltimore and Washington,
which has been suspended nearly forty
eight hours in 'consequence'Of rebel inva-
sion, was resumed this afternoon, and the
principal officers of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad state that passenger trains will
very probably be running between the two
cities tomorrow morning.