, 1864-07-19


main body commenced, which WAS early on |
Tuesday morning. Several huu':-el wounded |
in carriages md ambulaDccs ~c.c brought
through the Gap, among them one Brigadier |
her Of officers OF interior grades, most of |
them wounded In the battle OF Monocacy.
The Government has been pRt IN posses |
sion of the strength Of the force that invaded !
Maryland. It was composed Of infantry, |
artillery and cavalry. The artillery known
mounted ritled battery, With cavalry, and
two parks with infantry columns, one OF
fourteen g1ns and one Of eighteen. The
mounted battery probably. contained six |
pieces; the others four each. They would |
altogether comprise at least l 200 men: The
Mt 1ionocacy to be over 1,0O0in killed and
wounded. and have about GOO prisoners, most
of them from the charge on brigade Of the |
9Th corps. The Colone1s Of the Goth aud 18th
10 es W92
3eeterday to Washington TINT therc waa a
rebel cavalry force at Newport Mills, this
side Of the Potomac.
in running order as tar as Wheeling to-day.
Only one spun Of the bridge across the Sue
uandoah, at Harper's Ferry, was destroyed,
ntd that was repaired before the eucmy Ind
fairly got away. ,,,
u1OAE5 ~ Fh4 O4A tA% o|FNA*AA t@AE3AA~1 49, WIZ
NEW YonK, July 1s.-The Worlds special
from Washington 6nys: There Is no decisive
news OF thc pursuit In Virginia Of the rebel
forces la,ely threatening this citT. 1t seems
10 be generally conceded that they have
made good their escape.
4 Ht;.a,d Cumberland special, 18th, says:
4 detachment Of Hunters troops captureda
rebel mail, containing Important contraoand
Intelligence.
WASHINGTON, July ia captured rebel
Surgeon having been examined before the
military authorities on Wednesday last, the
following Is his statement as taken down:
STATEMENT OF 4. y. WoLFoRD, ASSISTANT
SURGEON SECOND MARYLAND BATTALION,
CAVALRY.
Was physician in Baltimore; have been
| In tho rebel service three years; have been an
| assistant surgeon two years !, am IN Bradley
johns on's brigade Of eayalr5; Johneon's briE
Sisel in the valley tor the past two mouths;
| lctt Stannton about three weeks since; A.
rived and crossed the Potomac at Shepherds
| town on Sunday, the Sd INST; went from
| Shepherdsto IN to Frederick where We ar
inst; went into Frederick two Or three days
| after; there are four brigades Of cavalry, com.
| munded by Gen. Ransom, lmb0den, Colonel
Jackson, Gen. McCuusland and Gen: Bradley
Jpbneon resr cctlyely command btigadeS Of
Of cava1y johnson has ths aath 5 Inn, ~tsa
intnntry is ID Gen. Imboden's com nand, now
dismounted md under BrccsinFidge; sup
poec We have II, 600 cavalry in all; l think
there are 4O, 600 or Il, ,000 infantry; there are
two corps OF three divisions each; Early aud
Breckinridge's division commanders are Gen
| erals Horton aud Vaughn, aud Ewelrs corps
hss Generals Ransom, Rhodes and Gordon
| four division commanders; the I'd Marsland
buttalion received about 100 recruits from
Baltimore, before which it had only $50 men
,e~ 10 not take priase prcrstfy; zen. 20 9onnson %
into house and demanding o lady'5 money !
strict orders against taking private property
were read to the troops three times before
crossing into Maryland; was left near Fort
Stevens by Gen johnson to watch tue move
mtnts OF the Federal troops; they left the
vicinity of Fort Stevens, aud went towards
Chain Bridge Early says he shall not cross
the river until he has taken Washington; I
have acted as courier to Gen. Breckinrldgc;
, crossing at Drainsvulc with 10000 men
: nearly the whole rebel army Is In Virginia ;
: Johnson's force Is the eaaae that was op.rat-
: inE near Baltimore; We came yesterday from
Baltimore to Washington. and struck ths
| r,iiroad at Laurel station, burning traiu o1
cars; there aTe said to be 10000 tnea with
, | Lee, 5,00O with Early, 10000 With Beaure'
gard; Gen. Early has thirt5-tWo pieces ol
artillery, In two battalsons Of fourteen aud
| eighteen pieces respectively; counted tht
artillery before starting; we had two t@elve
/ pounders; j had no arms, but WIS left tt
: | watch the movements Of the enemy, because
] knew the country.
8 fourth, know positively that preparation
; were made to assault Washington lust Sun
E day night. The assault was delayed till Mon
night, Early received intelligence which lei
him to believe that his golden oppoztunlt.
had been lost by day's delay, and he cuuu
t termsnded the orders of preparation to ~
sanlt that evening: Gen. McCausland cnrset
and damned this change Of purpose, and pro
aud maintained the practtcablllty Of the eas.
G capture of the city.
b The infantry, particularly the veterans o
q Stonewall Jackson's brigade, complained
. most mutinousiy that they had marched thre'
hundred miles for nothing; that EARLY bat
= | promised them the capture Of Washington
D and that the job was under their hanls, eas.
. to be done, and was utterly thrown away,
Fifth, the corroboratiye evidence Of tn
e strength Of the rebel invasion Of Maryland
and the Intention to capture Washington
e this:
- eli the expedition. =.
:. That both Of them came within a null
Of Washington detenses, AID there essahlist
o ed their headquarters on high and oSeFlooh
!, 5 That on July.1o Maj. Fry te1egraphed t
g headquarters here from Rockville, The e1
emy's column is mile long" this being th
IS force moving on single road Of many para
i. That on July 10, in another dispatc
=, from Tenallytown, counted OF the enem
d S. That on July 10 dispatch from Lee
= burg said: "Five thousand rebel ca7ali
r. entered this town between e and o'cloc
= q. On tho night of July L tratns; move
III without cessation beyound Fort dc kussy I
re the northwest, md we're SO reported here b
Il !. That at da, flight on July Is, gu the. ol
Rockville city road, the rebels commence
I'll uassing Virginlaward, and continued paEsiu
D. IN an Uninterrupted stream until thirty-ds
minutes past u p. m.
le 8. That BrecklnEidge,s and Early's aes
j eions of infantry passed througa hochSll
- | OH the night Of the 12th
as Q. That the rear guard, under J Jackson, a
entire brigade, passed through Kockylae d
ter o'clock on the afternoon Ut the 18th
10. That On the 18th three regiments
rebel cavalry were teen from Fort Keno
u pass on the. road to Great Falls.
IL. That zoo wagons and ,Coo head OF cs
tie passed Leesburo July =, food for t
coluuns coming up behind.
THE HAGERsToWN SECEsH D1SGKUSTLE
-. Correspondence N. +: Times.}
81 Our reporter LETT On Saturday morning. ]
| witnessed the whole rebel. moyerents
Hage1stown. He was present at sevel
Conversations between Gen. Causland d
IT, Vie Of the citizens. The spokesman OF t
ma + council and citizens vas Col. Schley, aid
49, by Mt, Heyster and several'others who.occu
III conservative position-so conservative,
les deed, that they lean little % 9rsr perpend
ese ! ular On the rebel eide. When the dema
np was made for 80, 600, Messrs Sch1ey n
- Be, ster called upen Gen, McCausland a
Ine declared their Inability to raise the mon
aot and clothing. The iusnrgent chicf-a' fer
| ufddle.slze man, with. red, bnshy Whisk
I'M + answered them in the following rather e
ith pbatIc than poetical manner; "by D.
C., # YOU don't have the money an1 cio'
VI ipgi 817 o'clock This evening WI .!
wn nyeT house in town if 1t costs me my Q,
lelr life and that Of all my command! sen!
FIR woe almost equally emphatic ia retur01
= romn}imepts With the rebel chiet. lie IN
H.. mated that he Was thief and . treeooot
:ad Int it aid not diaturb the gueril1a's eqnanl
Of liz nor Lessen his taste Tor plunder. The
civ ! mind vas for ], 500 suits Of clothing IN I'D
rio tion to $20, 900; but the cloth1nE conid
be found. The rebel General was ine1ora
'em s and whether the clothing was there OF 2
se- non1d he found was gath3red up-inclnii
one childreu's shoes and manJ other articles
49, tireiy pseless to- the army, and when ab
'efe eyer3 thing was got that could be found,
:. t.Snnthern brethren" Of 'sMy Mory1a1
to- were content. It was remarkable that
~, mai9e 10 discrimination between rebel q
w,11 natbizers and Union men. Mr.. Bell, di
va" pist. y ho has brother In the rebel ar
JUL and who is said to lean that way nlmself,
Els stock 'teonfscated'' IN the most appto
iYed | rebel style; and when rebel eympath
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