, 1864-07-20
FROM WASHINGTON.
NVUX n hCWfNW1 WNo
THE r E 3 EL INVASION.
THE TWO DAYS SIEGE OF
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.

THE TWO DAYS SIEGE OF
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
Especial Correspondence Of the Chicago Tdbune] |
WAsH1SaTos, July Is, 1864.
Well, the raid is over, and no one is seri-
ously hurt It appears that we are to have |
Annual 1nya6fons, just as We have Annual |
School Examinations and Annual Horse |
Shows. So much being settled, It seems de- |
sfrable that affairs should accommodate them |
selves to the new order of things In q sys- |
temnt{c manner. |
cACsE OF sLowSEss or ACTION.
Especially is 1t desirable that means should
be taken to supply the central. southern coun-
ties Of Pennsylvaniawith better 4Hality Of
manhood. Portions Of Maryland ara some
what lackiug In that essential element OF no.
bic national life; but the poverty OF Mary.
land is fatness when set over against that of
Pennsylvania. Do you observe how re1uc~
tant certain New York regiments were to 60
to Pennsylvania. They have not forgotten
how they were swindled there last year.
"Let Pennsylvania help herself" was the
word on every mans, tongue, eight
Often days ago, when the tele.
graph reeled under. the crazy-headed
kilograms sent out from The various towns
on her southern border. The enemy may
is no occasion that the country should 60
mad with the excitement, II he is; least Of
all, is there any present occasion to worry on
Pennsylvania account" You may say their
feeling was wrong, but yeur word will not
take away the fact that 1t existed. Men here
year when the worn and weary regiments OF
other States marched In for the defense of
Pennsylva1ian homes, nor had they forgot
ten the scenes In the Army OF the Potomac
last April, when certain PennsylVanian xeg1-
ments sought to force compliance with their
wild demands by raising the red standard OF
! mutiny. Remembering these things, men
said, s.let Pennsylvania help herself;' and
with what heart Of glad pride could one read
! the Reading telegram that public opinion
all men between the ages of eighteen and
forty-dye years." when In the very next col
| ulmn Of the paper was the third implorlng
Proclamation Of Gov. Curtin, begging for
| volunteers, and saying to the people Of the
State, "You are not doing Jo1,,r duty
"let Pennsylvania help hersclf?" was the
answer OF every man to the Reading telegram.
1 TEE FEELING IN TIE CITY.
The noisy clamor OF Pennsyl lyania had much
to do with the success OF the invasion: :
tsWickcd lie'' and Philadelphia dispatch" !"
1 have come, In some sense, to be almost
synony nous terms; and many Persons per
sistantly refused to believe in the fact or in
the magnitude Of the invasion, because OF the
bad noteriety Of those who loudest shouted
"Wolf!, Wolf!' Hence Nj. Stanton's bull
1etin Of Sunday morning last, announcing
that Lew Wallace had been defeated on the
| Mopocacy, was as beWfldering as 1t was IN
! palatablc. 4 battle-a. defeat t-gEeat , loss
rebels twenty thousand stIong-Wa1lace re-
treating on Baltimore! Tint was not avery
:, dainty dish to set before the king Of thet
IfYf
\ what could he do with it? In Washing
- ton he khut his eyes and refused to see It, 9
y turped his back upon 1t and, talked With h1
d peighbor.- He might be disturbed, bnt b
Is wonld not be excited; he might be perPlex
10 ed, bnt be would not be alarmed; ne Mlnut
= but, as for him, he would go to church Wit
Il his family like a good Christian. And
went, too. The city called the Annual 1nva
:, sion tmere rail-" a " horsestealing raid.
y a "raId Of thieves and cut-throats," 2 raj
y Of ragamnf1ias to cheat Grant, It spok
n, the rebs, ." something large for the greer
= backs.'' 1t said jocosely with Its fore dnge
~ ~ alongside its nose, "How are you. Johnnies!
-. t.Don't you hope yo1 may H. Or ,.s,. Mio }
is It laughed, good-naturedly sneered, cracke
n jokes, indu1ged In pleasantrles and proph
a cies,, made wretched puns and pungel
wreiches. OF 1anguage-in word, did ever
n thing but believe the rebels meant to. .seriou
en- ly attempt anything but plundering.
~ TILE steoSo 4hooon. ~
LII Everybody learned On Aonday moruil
y that, after defeating Wallace on Saturda
= the rebel force moved on Sunday toWal
", Washington. and that its advance halted (
~ Sunday ut kockTlile, seventeen mhes o1sta 45La
to from the city. Rebels moving On Has
ington, ana the ADVANCE ons ~ 5l hochsurs, IL
the Capital read thus over 1te MONDAY NOR
" Ing coffee, which wasn't coftee, and tenae
at- loln steaks which weren't tender Aark9
cir Ing and groceries were 70 90 hlsaer On Y
nd following day; but washington onsllnate
refused 10 believe eyen 1nea 1nat % tne Ann ann
,c- and disaster. And so it believes to THIS da
Ire The authorities treated 1t as real moveme
ed upon washington; Dull, speaklns genelan
~ the people here never believed that such
=. thing was meant.
~ TIE siAAl ~ VI 80 anA .aca.. 1875. ..,,o
he lodged The enemy lost ms chance VII
ye he halted his advance column OF cavalry
,ot Rockville, on Sunday evening. 4 he y
~ moved on Washington Immediately al
bnil nnh .n1if sedrs Wai,ing ms dav far heti
tor preparation, he lost ~ chance @ sncce
Va Again, If he had struck boldly and inst an
al neously AFTER ne overthrow OF tne 70
am campaign, he m,gnt, petnaps, nave fg7as"
u1n Aoope - e4...Sy ~ 4-.|Nt .s. - - :
th- Ing Tor preparation, ana men In mogl
~ northWard, he lost ali ehance O. success. :
too, u, instead OF ha!tlng ~ hockv1Ae !!
90, Sunday night, ne nag m at once zee moved on v!
lZo his squadron o. i,SO Ut l'eu caSau{. Uni
er. vigorous leader, IL H. y possible @ o ina that
-. rEa ~ ~ .ran1J ~ nny-ae 90 49, - J. +
1nanr men In the undertaking. Init eyel
'oi 1housand good soldiers In the city for but
mas honr ar two conld have done almost fncalt
en- iah1e damare. THE game was well worth
md effort an tLe mart of the rebels. Human ]
In. hae hrcorne 20 chean with them. that I
@ Inc ~ / 5n0 men in sucb an undertaking,
lsn tSn9 ft;cnior time wnnId in itsr]f he
IN snaa tat ~ a,ast x;ctorr fnr Their canse Rnt
ST. oeep .s,e1,aa ~ Non3ar;t vas tho late. We
ns sun,1s' sIa-,nS W hege and vf~n,ons effnrt '
~ uuUps n7ca mon;fsst to mt ttinrs into pro,
tho osi;+i,,, '~'
49, cono'eoA rar NV or TIFF s1rcr
aiy - eS..a. " ~ o.oo
al- Uuing Monuay 1o.enuon ~. saI ail1{, enSH pie
e at eo Down upon .ns sl.y noa .ia LIZ, ~,
,er. 1eacneo polnt aooat ~ mnes s,a,,as ICY
nm ~ ~ aJUu ~ 1,,,t 81 ne Iii =
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om- airy 1orce nstG. :. leelo.Gu " aIs q
wen enough, nnt efanna4y 4hy ~ oueA ps na
supen19s p9 Iaue9, fao a9,,o1 - - tha 1att "
ne1 eneys te tSe et+g IN t1a an.csIlad 49,,
ing catne up - 'aE Sy ~ ..ss ..o.a ~ =,
om- street roaa. 4ne cIy 9'enius Papele n
N ia protnse ana senean9nai WIN tnelr eat'
and the neWsboye yeAea themselves INTO
tense perspiration over '.great battles !,