, 1864-07-08

| BALTIMORE, Thurs day, July :, E45 P. m.
There can no longer be any doubt that Lee
has sent considerable portion Of his army
in this direction. The An.erieln has received
the following special intelligence: =.
FREDERICK, Thursday, July 7.-3hout 10
O'Clock this morning Col Bcveridgc, OF the
9Th Illinois cavalry, with COO men and two
pieces of Flanders' Baltimore Battery, made
reconnaissance to Midd1etown, about five
miles from Frederick, where they met the
enemy in strong force, composing infantry,
cavalry md artillery. - :
.After short fight our forces were repn1sed
and fell back On Frederick; the enemy slow
" pursuing. :. 81:
a large number Of stragglers are arriving
ut Monoeacy, and are sent at once to the
front By Gen. Wallace. =.
The enemy are reported to be In tu11 force
on The Hagerstown Pike. -
>, LATER -.
FREDERICK, Thursday July IS p. m. =:
The enemy is now one mile from the town,
on the Hagerstown. Pike All the sick, and
Government stores have been removed. = "
PHILADELPHIA, June 7.-The Bulletin bus
just received the following special dispatch
dated Chambersburg: =,
a man from Hagerstown Just arrived ut
Greeneastle, says A1cCurtlund's, formerly
Jenkins, corps, 1900 strong, cavalry md
mounted infantry, and one battery, entered
Hagcrttown yesterday, and left at II o'clock
by the Frederick Pike, where the main body
of the rebels have all gone. e.
Small partie, returned this morning and
made arequisltion on the people for l SEQ
rations and SEQ, ,0o0 under threats Of buraing
the town, which was paid.
PREVIOUS DISPATCHES. :.
|. BALTIMORE, Thursday, July 7, 10:2op. H.
Reliable reports from London county, Va,
says there has been no rebel force In that
county, save Mosby's consisting of two OF
three hundred men, about half Of whom
crossed the river and committed the icpre-
dations at Point OF Rocks on Monday. They
made another attempt to cross on Tuesday,
but we're deferred by the appearance OF
some Of our cavalry. They have fallen' back
hut guard the roads leading to the river to
prevent loyal citizens from communicating
with the Maryland shore. -
WASHINGTON, Thursday, JulY7.-The Star
says We have information direct from Hagers-
town to the effect that On Tuesday p. m, at
8 o'clock, rebel squad, consisting Of fifteen
cava1rImcn, commanded by Lieut.. Slower,
formerly Of Mnrtinsburg, Va, entered that
place. This force appeared to. be q recon-
noitering party, and they had only been in
the town few moments when a detachment
Of our regular cagalry, from Carlisle, Pa,
commanded BY Lieut.: Mclean, dashed into
the place. - :r...
A brief cavalry fight immediately ensued
In the streets Of fHagerstown, which resulted
In the rebels being driven out of the town,
with the loss Of Lieutenant and two pr1Yates
taken prisoners. ''';>'''
Half IN hour inter this. fight the rebels
again entered the: town, their force consist
ing Of ca aEalry and mounted infantry. Lieut.
Mclean, Of tie Union cavalry, finding his
force too small to cope with the 1argc num-
Der ofrebe1s, slowly fell back to the Penn
sylEania line, carrying with him his. pris-
oners. :: :,:
The rebels, after entering the town, set to
work to destroy the telegraph, but they had
made no demonstration against the railroad
when our Informant left. - =. =: :
They also plundered many Of the stores,
and seem to hare adopted different plan
from the one they pursued last Sumner.
WAsu1SGToS, July 7.-There is no authon-
tic information here Of d rebel force in Mary
1op1 fr +o fntr
expedition. -.
bune's special from Baltimore, 9Th, 10 o'clock
In the evening. Gays: The Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad Com mpany has Just received In
tellfgence from Sandy Hook, opposite Har-
per's Ferry, stating that not a rebel, could
be seen or heard Of at Harper's Ferry, or IN
any part Of Maryland, and that It Is believed
By tomorrow morning there viii not be one
anywhere In that vicinity, they having ske-
daddled up the valley, It ts thought to escape
being captured by Hunter.
A New York Tribune special, dated Mono
cacy, July 6, saYs Generals Lew Wallace, Tv-
ler, and Howe are here, preparing for the
A party Of rebel cavalry was driven back
from near Frederick to day.
Sigel reports the: whole rebel force at four
thousand.
4 New Yo1k Tribune Harrisburg special Of
the 9TH, eaJ8: 'Umcial information received
here shows that Gen. Grant has notified the
War Department that large portion Of the
rebel army has left his Immediate front.
That large portion Of Hunters force has
resched Parkereburg on the way east, and his
advance will reach Cumberland tomorrow "
morning,
The n. 7. Wo4zd's Washington special says:
Notwithstanding the wild reports it Is learn
ed that the rebels have burned only oAe In
portant bridge west Of Harper's Ferry, at
Pattersogfe Greek. ~.
Goy. c6ftin has tetesgFaqhs9 that twenty