The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-08-11

WFe0 ma o1iemy ard came OF VIGOROUSLY capturing
mrgcburnber OF prisoners and break ng up the enemys
fore ~eutreiy The General will ainly keep hammer
ngenway at them antil ne break mp the whole party
ftE rhs RspAiR or TIF RAl.KoAD
rb0 repair OF tha Baltimore aud Ohio Railroad between
,~ns ana Martnshag has not yet been nenced Ire-
psrHtons, however are beng made to set 10 work as
soon as poasfoe several BRIGGS and short distance
OF track known have been destroyed II no fur
ther damage should have been done the road ut very
be ia Running order have explored TO
the nrs creek below aboo twenty mics and report
road IN order except the bridge. With the exception or
the vicinity OF Greenspring Hancock and Martnsblrg
me road thought 70 be IN complete order. Az war
tiusburg will be the delay learn the pillar
bridge has been entirely demolished, the piers bavinS
been battered down by artillery.
mr.. Theodore G. Wilson'S Despntehes.
at sourB srDF poroNAc RivFH, |
orpusr' WulIAmsfosr, August @, 1864 I
General Early bis been successful in get,ur his own
officers and aad sympsib1ers to spread exag
geated reports OF the strength u he army and his
baple intentons that " now almost impossible to
the peopie believe that the force which has been
operating this seciop Of country s less than thirty
thousand stroug No one that | hnd such
force but they an confident thai u mus, be in
order dspcove suob stories propose 10 go into an
account OF Early movements together with The strength
and orean,zs,ier of hrs asm-. sg
.oyrsxrr
WAS 80 relieve Iypchnpra. In this he succeeded Re
was ordered by General Lee drive Hunter out OF
the valley THIS he s'so partially accomplished by forcing
Hunter II 10 The mountains In the west. Find
ing easy il wond Re 20 keep up show Of puv.
sairk nupisy and ~ the he moving down the
valley TO raid The Baltimore and 0hC Railroad, and
capture the sfores that bad prevented from reach
ing the unoD army while stanton, he proposed this
bs pan 10 the authoritcs and they accepted IT, ETly
accordingly.
E,mS's Srxr MOVEMENT
On reaching karinsourg be was surprised T. fnd the
small number 81 lott 10 guard railroad line and
defend Baltimore Washington An kinds Of induce.
Inents he'd 80 h.m attack Baltimore,
with rebel synps thzerS
within lines To learn truth OF the
he heard. Esry resolved Reconnaissance. Bnt
before dong this be sent small parties OF troops 10
scout aud gather 10 s directions, and spread
reports OF bis beng thirty Thousand strong, with the
probability o. receiving heavy renorcements The rebel
ympathaers up what the soldiers said and thus
exaggerated reports put in circulation and kept
there. n all instances FarIy's de,acnmcns made u
particular poin. II boast OF the strength Of hs army.
whe Early was 70 soft a reconnaissance towards
Bait more and Wash nGson FORE jeff behind to
gather supplies and nakense of al means of irspspor
rgr ADVANCE on RArI,soEr .Np wAs1rNGgo.
nexb made. The reader already knows the resait
ON his return 10 valley he gathered in all his sup
plies and got The greater portion Of them safely OF TO
s,agUton. from which some OF them sent 10
Richmond. this General Early reported his
General Lee, who. finding he had got along 10
well ordered him in the valley, gather sup
plies particularly destroy the railroad from Harpers
Ferry North Mountain station, be active in threat
eniDg Union lines al different points, with TO
drawing OIL troop, from General Grant 10 defend the
border, Lees particular object being TO- possible raise
sAn,Y rBsRrupox nApp ASorpER ADVANCE,
but took the precauon be he d SO 10 get out
the report Of his having thirty thousand troops aud ex
pectiDg heavy IelorCemente After this followed Gen.
crook retreat reaching the railroad Early
ta6lished communication with sympa'hizers within
regularly communicated TO Rm the Whereabouts
our and their numbers. u thus he sub
seeueny enabled 10 make the invasion Of pennsylvania
he did While he kept small parties to spread
false reports OF bis strength and intended movements
pick up horses and CLEAN information ne at the same
IeBsivesCale lie slso set work destroy the
railroad by not only wsrpng the rats and burning tc
Ties, but also by blowing M the cniveris and actually
artillery 70 knock down the stone piers Of an ex-
tensiye bridge.
a rrRrs,BxG OPERATION.
in regard To his th@eshng he nuch faciIi
lated this wsy--A Mr. Ficn, OF Pennsylvania. owned
large establishment for the manufacture 81 thresbing
machines al MartinsonrR. When the rebels occupied
Mrinburg they captured twenty ve OF these machines
which Immediately distributed among the division
conossaries ol the These commissares them
ont other eommsssres and thus perfect system fr
ihreshjng wheat was soon inaugIrated The threshed
conveyed 10 mills pressed for this work, and
ground for and the use army. As
soon ready the ground wheat sent mp the vaey
supposed 70 be During this time the rebels
lived we'll aud generally expressed their firm belief
that raiding real good thing How long General
Fariy would have continued thrssner wheat rather
than thresher Of men, hard 10 tell bat certsin II 10
after had mste some most outrageous blunders IN
movements. some wise head supposed to be General
Grant % inst method OF proceeding which
narily relieved OF the rebel horse thieves and gram
laheres and caused the Horse and Cram General Early
TO attention once more 10 his rank and rear and
the sacred soil VI Virginia
saRry LAsr MOVE INTO MARYLAND
was not intended T. give battle army, toward
OF the capture Of property aud the securing OF
hostages and more money, Hence, when fary heard u
relieved us bs presence, and the examples
OF his honest companions
1HR BpRSIxG o. .RixssRsBrRc xSrIATsn.
Just before leaving wilamsport General Early made
some public remarks IN regard to the bnrnng OF cham
eersbure which are OF interest hs sad that ne or
dsred 100000 10 gold TO be demanded Of the town and
that The demand complied with in three hours
the town to be burned; that the sum Of mossy de-
manded intended to reimburse Andrew Hunter, VIM.
Lucas Edmund j. Lee and Hon Alex r. BotsIer for their
caused the destruction Of their property by order
General Hunter and that ne fslt perfectly justified
the course he had pursued. He explained how Gene.
raj Hunter had burned the house Of bis (4unter's)
sSasn Sss cousin sndrs~ oossy on prisoner .sd
said that the act Was brutal one, because the
inmates OF the house were not allowed time TO save sven
q portion OF their clothing. In cnncludnR he said II
be the future policy OF the rebel government 10
rctate 10 the severest manner Tor all barbarties pac
tsed against them He delivered these remarks IN
calm nrm msnusr In private conversation he said
,nat man himself deprecated the necessity
Of such committed al Cbambersbcrg,
oai that he sanctioned i, believing be was only dong
his duty those people who had suffered BY Genera
r.,saliop such barbaros prsctcee would be
continued Than IN any other .ay ne Was particularly
severe on Hunter and said that, should he al
prsonsr iuto Their hands. his lot would be nafd one.
nEaEl srrEsciH.
70 ,sss,a 10 ss sn,p ~. .arspS 81 mass .en. srnl
uksskes which win correct, as folloss;-
UrrTvs ropca
esees,tr,agss corpe-
wlArton's div sion. 2.t00
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Ramssur DIVISION ............,......... 1900
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