Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-07-18

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inEten en- l"- eat o. Esrly's cops Wy informant
about thousand eigt thou and rebels snd
thinks ihers we're mora tha that nu Der tina he oil
not sse H. convevsed With the rebel GsoerI johnson
and other rebel ofheere, and Turks l. not their in
ten'ion 10 take Wassir go., hut TO divert the attention
of Grant from chmord and 10 destroy I'll Qducs OF
the country, hch ID y hav, icceedsd In 10 the
amount OF ore million bushels OF grain They were
ernestly praying for dry vestber 10 enable them to
rforcss the Potomac wi,ht u; tro1bc.
Tuesday morning tie picke.s of Johosous corps and
E,ry's run into eich Other near Cofsslle and fred
each into the other BY manual mistats" The outer
pckets were called In a; fuIsst on Tuesday AID al
were ordered 20 be IeIdy TO move a: mfn's no
tice.
THE RrBIs At SILVER pEse -srArRxrsrer MARSHAL
BoHNuAsf.
Marshal B,nnlfan., who visited his plantation near
the Bsir states that both General, Brecknricgs and
Early were q, the residence OF r. 7. air, EQ, which
vas the rebel headq isrefs. The TACT that Two
Generals of corp, With the rebel force Shows tnas
their numbers could not DO less than thirty or foty
thousand mea l. Is saii that General Brecberidge
spoke OF the rebsl movement enc deeigIed to re-
eve Richmond. bu. man Of his address sud expert
ence would hMdy reveal Strategic design.
C'ptprsd rebel soliers say that they were informed
| on the march that Washington only guarded BY
CLERKS and militia and therefore !. would be easily ia
ken. They sonfes TO being u1dsce ID when they
the h,ads Of III, ctlnnns oil Peninsu. the
oh corps. The preservation OF The mansion Of M. y.
L
ridge, who was no ubt influenced BY tie iret dly
ls,ions formerly sting be himself and The emil
nent owner. is an Interesting fac that at the time
| Of the threatened Gutl between ths Hon. Francs B.
CIttpg ard neral b., the latter repaired 10 "Slver
Spring. where be Hospitality entertained and kept
GU. OF .hs way OF tie officer, Of the lay while the dr.
6cultiss were psndog. The two Kentuckians passed
part CT the time che use of the ribs, in which both
excel General frequently reered 10 grsteful terms
| 20 the times then passed under Mr.. BA;r's Ioof
4 fbaR rtaaHa al nf
resp,Hde c,wlh Henry Clay, AID en- Jackson, and
other men OF marx, haze not bstn Destroyed, and BIZ
plate has been Transferred 70 t5e residence OF Mr.. Wl-
| son, vi a note TO him by Gslera Breckenridge The
st'er is dtscr ashasipg become much stouer than
an FedIal cfics aud sports uhiskers, noustachs,
10.
While tie furniture and her personal Cd cts Of
Marshal Bonniant d,st Dyed, iargs quantity OF
hay and oil aved from the torch. Cattle torses
calves, etc, OF the reeidei T., were carried or The
dead were lett unbured, and the badly wounded un-
| cared for. Abort seventy badly wou DAD men we're
left at ths resd ,ucs P: Blair s stated that tho
blk of the force retfea ing a. eleven
! ool:ek YESTERDAY.
| The rfs.deEce If ibe Hon. Montgomery Blair
Destroyed with all its contents which act Of vandalism
tails considerable loss on tie Pos master GeLe ra.
BETWEEN rIsALLrroHs AND ROCKVILLE
At an carly hour yesterday (wedaesday MOI niug the
rebels fl, back rom their position noita Of the FORTH
cations q. TeDsllyown TO Rocky lie, where they were
pursued by our cavalry 20 the number Of abou. eight
| hundred Theee engaged them throughout the cay,
atl varying success. Rockville bsen Ia our hands
II dcz tines, bu. crcements beipg sent TO the
eneny, they Houl1 occupy it IN il again.
Such tue fighting in tne vicinity OF Rocky lie yts-
terda1. Nher pny gained anything Sofs speaking
OF.
| At the time we 10 reports were very confoling.
From one person heard thai forces we're falling
back VIII Q b. tie Lexi We we're Informed that our
msu div Dg tie Ieb L. Some OH seIs with whom
sIp essed Ihs belief that the sebels would
occupy tie same post on 1T nightfAn tina; they did on
| TUESDAY NIGH
PrepaaLons are being earnestly de 70 drive the II.
bssir tier petition before Washington; and h I'll
be ma ter OF surprte II any rebes Lot prisoners
main nor. h oil the P.tomac
rebel cspain was captured yesteidy while leading
chsrse Az ut twenty prva.es and non commissioned
officers we're also captured at this time. ciuzsu of
ctvs, by Tue n.me of Baker, esp ured four rebels
unaidst. Tn.te meD having bccoms tired OF fighting,
hid tier guns and cen: INTO Fed to rest th msslves
Mr.. Baker had watched their moiols aud as soon as
they had become comfortably fixed he pres MED gun
at them aud d,mIad; their surrender They at cnco
sis the ad7autsge he possessed, psudendy did
eJ were c. mmsnded
Wren We LIST "a ~ tlem Ar. Baker and Two eagslry-
men weic mirc,iug teen towards this oty. A.
re urniag from Rockville Is. light We passed let of
tuied during the afternoon.
Pasore:s ssy th.G Breckenridge and B.sdsy johnson
are in comman1. ~
srArKNEAr OF A PaIscSER-TaE RIBELs LILvIss.
Ters o very t,igent priaoeer at tn, font, from
whom bu, little could be xscertalned Tie substance
Of hi stat ments we're 7 tae raiders had bad no
n,egtion 10 make Ell aisoS uPo cither Baltimore OF
Wahiugor, C r'dsmons rs i'm b re being simply that
OF their guard to the IeteI. Of the main
body vi tn, very large sn;t o. plumber which
her have CLEANED from "Our MarYland." Also, that q
large por ion If heir fo.ce insnlIy which has
l nm nf1un fad m lnFls 4 I'm rnsty tlar .td
Frop other Eourees LEARNED thai other prisoners
bad stated the est.re body of raiders TO comprs, two
corps, commanded By E.ly a:d Breckindd e, inclua
pg lh,eI thcu.and cavalry, commanded BY Rinsom.
TIE phi oBers also rpreeens that toey obtained several
buut ed recruits ia &u,l LAND. Ths'r impression was
their lac c)1pa9ions wOulj endeavor escape BY
ito .ay of Edwards, and Noahs Feni 8.
The mu'tsrpg OF he militia ytsserdly. and he strics
regulations respecting pi:so', had so lhntd Gus these
who could mpt Iir lie front tia. We fou I'd int
very few on tie road, going or compg The to.diers
fort greatly enjoyed the ststsEens of the after
moon pspe OF the lass two days, respecting terr &c
mbs:s ald iamense forces
cHuALrrrA 4
Toe losc, cur forces in front OF Wa,hir gioa, fc
killed and wounded, far as we haze been ablJ 60
gather. up - the present time, do not reach hun
dred.
| The omusliss smo7g officers are as follows:
'Adjutsnt William Liughin, killed, ibis tody has
besn brought 10 the Gig to be smoslned y Lieutenant
Coloue vlshe' 4Sl New York, killed; Captain Lsn
bert, 40 New York, killed; MAJOR Jon e, 7tl A.Me,
killed; Lieutenant Mclaughlin, 6lst Pens yraaia Iil-
led; Colonel Fisher, 4Si New York, kls Major john
w. Crosby, 6lit p ennsy lysnia anpe aisd MsjIr
Crosby wcuni led Ia the Wld,rn rs, tad had Just
sinrd bis regimen. last night in limo t,ke part In
tbs 6ghi
Tbs following lded officers baye been taken to-
NJ yunt Pleasant Hospital
Col JOIN =. Balier, ss;h P " Csp,. Davis Cos
sst,, 122 Will am Ooaseus, l0t1 n ass Ii us.
William Wilson, % 2. "; JACOB Top H. OF the Cd
ID .. Vols, 10 also as this hospital, wounded.
| PRISONERS.
Last night, hundred AM twenty prisoners we're for
sarded from the "fr1n," above TelGlytown by Colo.
n LaEaroux, 70 III, P ovoss AarshaL They wefe
piscipily from Virginia egmsals, thosgi there were
lev fr.m North Carolina and Georgia Amongst
| en- was q wounded Gap ain OF The Ii Msr,I,nd-