New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-07-18

more and Ohio Railroad, near the Monocacy vis1oel
IL ia well built city with wide, regular streets hnea
with houses OF brek or stone. II contains numerous
public buildings. Many Of the churches are large ana
handsome. - r,.
Nd. SO miles from Annapolis and p miles northwest
Of Baltimore. ,o..pu
road six miles east a honoeacy The Intervening Nv
lions between Baltimore are: Nj Any. "A mics
from Baltimore; Sykesville 81 miles; Marriot;sFlIe
%; ElysyiIe. 2l Eicots Mills. l5 and Relay House
miles. A,
letter dated Winchester. 9th instant says thaf
Gen. - is between Harrisburg and Baltimore, Co.
Harry Gmer between philadelphia and Bahncre ..
Gunpowder River; and Col Bradley johnson between
Baltimore and Washington, at Annapcns Juhct rl
The latter place is only IL miles from baltimore Inc
Yankee accounts state that "squas OF kepels nao
appeared at Catoctin which Is not far from direct Inc
between Baltimore and Harrisburg Little
River is about halfway between Baltimore ana he
de Grace TIE stream rs very wide near Us MOUTH
where il is crossed BY the treste work Of the Baltimore
| and Philadelphia Railroad
PROM MARTISsBURG.
A letter in The Charlottesville Chronicle, dated
Camp lear Martinsburg 9Th inst. SAYS; nm
After diminishing with the enemy at Bnnkers n' =;
the division OF Cen -, with Gilmores cavalry Ia
the advance entered MartinsbuTg the evening OF @
Sd INST Up ~ 10 o'clock Of the 80. no ntiInaton Do
been received by the enemy of the advance OF our IN
fsntry who thought the mOyement only one % h n
The enemy some 600 strong All ~ udy rstrea,ed
the execution OF 100 men, regular caylIy' 49,
hurriedy from Martnsburg on the haIReI, 80 or
road Immense quantities OF supIhes zen i"s I'd an
bands-wth 100000 worth OF medlca s,J' incInd
unbounded quantity OF quarternaStef supPn'S' ~
ing 100 900 bushels OF corn and oats. .ho,,. and
1yae merchandise unparalleled mervnal,s a,u
suter had collected their immense r ss tbey
Sensd TIE cSpture of that place fixed fact Some ~
pYisoDers have been captuied- . 4, .
casualties whatever Ia this corps yet except the
.lcbt wounding Of Lieut.. Breokinridgc In the leg.
some ten or twelve Yankees were Killed
Our friends knew nothing of our infantry until! we
were marching into town.
Strong Union element in this country. But few
Southern families in the town OF Martinsburg line cs
liens took particular pains to show the preudlce ano
guarding An the luxrries they could procure were
brought and given them The same spirit wss erhib
tied on the road from Winchester 10 Martnsburg.
What few Southern were In the country are noDiy
patriotic, and deserve the highest compliment 49, . ,
| Weather warm and the roads very dusty. We IND
plenty Of provisions for both men and beast along the
entire route.
RUMORs YESTERDAY EVENING.
The cheering news yesterday from Maryland
was enough TO produce rumOrs and out of multitude
we give only two Of them. First 1t was stated tna'
The N York Herald of the 18th had been received by
soldier connected with the Army Of Northern Virginia.
which stated that Gen. Early mot EvelD was adj
vancng In columns upon Baltimore. and was "ithln
The second was that letter had been received from
an officer OF the invading command, addressed To LADY
of this city which said that the outer foruhcaons OF
Baltimore were within sight at the time he wrote-be
morning of the 10TH We give the rumors Tor what
they worth.
From Northern accounts, as gwen IN ahother coiuun
there is doubt but that We can now take Baltimore
81 we think advisable The only question Is as to the
e1pcdlency or this Commanding General, be he
Jones Smith OF any other man. VIII Judge
| IRON MATHEWS.
We saw q gentleman yesterday morning direct
from Mathews County who states that there have been
no Yankee raiders in that region FOR some time and
that the people are now enjoying temporary saS OF
qu;etude With the exception Of burnt mills, empty
smoke houses and cribs, plaged barns and hog
pens Aogs the face of tho country Is wearing ITS
usual appearance He reports that Tor hiteen ays past
Yankee transports IN great numbers and OF unusual
size have been going up Che Chesapeake Bay lie could
not say whether they loaded with troops but the
presumption s very strong that they were taking TO
Endorsements TO the frightened Yankee army now de
Tending Maryland and Pennsylvania. Along the road
between Mathews and this city he describes the con
and thinks IL a resident who had been Absent for time
were bndfolded and taken home h would not reeog.
It, This 10 especially the case In he counties Of
| King and Queen and Hanover
| PROM HARDY.
A subscriber sends Us the following, dated
July 6;
Excuse me for attempting to give you an account in
nv poor way Of encounter with some sixty ansee
Infantry On the Sd inst about O'Clock a. NJ, Capt.
j. L. Bartlett (rcsidence San Antonio, Te1ssl com
handing advance guard under Gen lmboden, hearing
OF some Yankees IN 'front.' rode forward 10 see They,
being an ambush shot the Captain (BartetD through
the head. killing him instantly. Our men soon coming
up surrounded the Yankees the Colonel Of whom ee)
ordered prisoners be shot, which order was imme-
diately executed on worthy man and non-co,nbatant
Abraham Emmart, who was shot through the head and
died instantly.
We had time, in surrounding them, to kill but one
Yankee and wound another mortaly. We also had one
wounded; having examined his wound think il is not
mortal What Gen. Imboden will do with the wretch,
Iced, 1 have not understood Their Tory pilot, John
Moreand. who has been acting badly Cor long tme
am sorry TO say, got away Gen. Inboden eesLro!e
few miles OF r. and O. Railroad. near and at Frenchs
depot and destroyed an irOnead by burning, which
made great deal Of noise as the shells exploded which
il contained He also destroyed several canal boats and
/ al rral mt hc
then started east in the direction OF Martinsburg
FROM CHARLESTON.
CHARLESTON July IL, via Petersburg. July -.
! To Gen. G. L. BEAUREGARD: The enemy al
tackled Battery SimpklDs last night and repnsed
We have driven them nom johns Island. Their feet
dropped down last night below Battery Island Al the
available force Of the enemy from Jacksonville has been
operating against this place since the I'd inst Major
Gen. Foster rs commanding in person.
s. joSEs, Major General
DASH ON REAMS's STATION.
On Tuesday o small body Of Yankee cavalry
made dash upon Reamss Station. and epdeavored to
soriely repulsed, however with the loss of number
killed and wounded. The copy of tn. Washington
CAroEiele Of the 10th from which publish extracts
this morning found upon the person Of OF the
prisoners ca2turcd
FROM PETERSBURG.
PETERSBURG, July ia portion Of Fits
Lees command engaged IN skirmisb part Of Gregg
Cavalry Division near Lees MIL fourteen miles south
east OF Petersburg. yesterday evening driving them
back and capturing ninety. three proners iaclnding
| two commissioned officers.
There was considerable canDonsding right this
evening.
Grant Il eSidexay sending forces 10 Wash.
/ inrtoC.
THE NEWS AT yKR WAR DEPARTMENT HRAp-
QUARTERS
At nine O'Clock last night the War Depart
ment snd the various military headeua. located in
this city were without further fr0m Georgia the
Army Of Noythern Virginia, Mobile or Mississippi We
aNo,f tNA fh.Sa IN a.