, 1864-07-16

Thtfago Qrh11t1e.
SATURDAY, JULY 1e, 1854
THE NEWS.
We give elsewhere II our dispatches, 3
TcrY full summary of fats, conjectures and
rumors rclnt!ve to the recent rebel raid into
Moryland. As 1t Is stands, 1t is very pretty
ground for gucsswork, and more light will
be needed to fully solEe the mystery, as to
win for either opinicn, the concurrence Of
every reasonable man. Thus you may
accept It as being really an invasion
with fail intent to captnre Baltimore
Or Washington, or both, and that It 1niscar-
1ied by failure OF rebel plans. Or you may
set 1t down as great freebooter expedition,
which has cost the region visited four NIL
Zion dol1ars in loss to the residents, and that
the menace against Baltimore and Washing
ton WAS simply to hold in place, our forces at
either point, while the horFe stealing
was widely in progress. Or again,
yen may believe it reconnaissance
in force, with q sequel yet to come. We
confess we incline to the middle ground and
The middle view, and believe TINT the letter
writer III the rebel GIMP sut Of Washington
told worry nearly the exact truth. We shall
be ahle shortly 10 gain from the tone OF the
rebel press. in their comments on the move
1nent, yery correct view Of its uature and
1ntcnts.
Meanwhile, shall We catch the retiring
rebe1es Not very likely. a stern chase i5 a
long one, aud without cavalry not a strong
one. Remember our position at Washington
has bcen mainly defensive and nur cava1v
have been hrtter cmn1oved e1serhere Thara
nave been some relnforcements of cavalry
arrived there but mt ennno1, In o,rcoo,,o onr
rcrr tornfdo',e nnrsnit of The va,i -, on,+ea
enemy. Reside. -4he h,eto-u ~.
.l.osa rrov.me,4a -, hoth .,a.a =.
4nds wor declares r. In he m eosv +os11
To cut otfa ro;d,np marty. Wftnesx The ,,reot
,,atda of ,v;e,soo and Wt,eoc AND sha+faa,
ard cren that elsewhcre renorted n thss Tsry
sssne of s)ocum,s movement mt of v1eps.
7,nro and ,+a eofe retn,n pooda- +hosa c.,tu
and he content with matterx ~ thev ore and
rnust he we mnst mt exnect to 100 a co,,-
1,1ct. rendition of 4he n1nnaor of Maryland
1arn-yards and stables. perhsns we eha1I
intcrceut some. bnt the nnrsn,t viii
be a chase IN which the 1,arty IN advance
will be likely to come ont ahead
II ia necaleas tn aav tbet arr f,u sar;oos
from VlcEsbntg, via Cairo, efectuauy dis.
1,rc to disaster tn C., s,o,nn, IL M,.s,s
Eippi. It is not that, at a1l.
The rebels In Western Kentucky are aoy-
ering about Columbus, where one of our
Chicago hundred day regiments is posted.
The garrison Is strong aud will be unlikely
to be seriously disturbed.
The news from Shermar's army is impor-
tant, but not altogether authentic to the full
extent. Our readers will be able, from the
full summary of the situation elsewhere
published, to know what to believe. and
Rhat to expect
1t blcw heayy saua1l Yesterday for specu-
lative yachting parties, caueht out to SEA,
with cargocs OF gold, and produce. aud some
of them found their "mareins'' the Ttrr
Drinks of ruin. There IL one consolat,on tn
,4he truly 1oya1 in being ruIned in this wav
II Is fire co;n of thc conntrc that nroves ronr
7oss yon Ind M u,sh 1,ost,,e ~ tho ,,1,h1,c
wca1 on1v von 1houg,t ~ mala ~onr +rin
ont and hocr hcso,e +ha 1r;na rhannaa
..Thesa hs no-1ons +;,ros =,
A. Rrookiyn Yesterday a derasta+;nc fro
ewent n rop, of 1rarcbonses t11led With eost,r
7norchond3se tocet,,er with ad,.cent ,,;ers
md sb3nn,rr The 1oss hv the 4fre 1vas near,
1r fbree, ,ona74era If n,f]ifon dollars some
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