The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-07-11
OF THE NEW YORK PRESS.
Leading Editorials from the New York
Papers This Morning.
THE REBEL INVASION.

From ne Times.
What is the real magnitude and meaning of
1his new Rebel invasion of Maryland2 Just a
week ago to-day the news Of an advance move
} ment of a large Rebel force up the shouandol III
Yslley astonished the incrcdulous country. The
thipg seemed so much on. Of keeping With the
position Of affairs elsewhere, that few people paid
any serious attention 70 it,
IL was generally ridiculcd as prepos'cr5us I'm
lselii and the excitement along the border was
thought 10 be but great popu ar scare prpIu,oI
by ihe sudden apparition of fe hundred Cor
ledeTate cavalry men. Eveu after the re reat of
6igel from Martiusburg IN the north siIo of tbs
'Fotumac, the appearance Of the Rebels i'm Ut-
geTstown and Frederick, and down through all
J Lhe heoel movements to the close Of last week,
lhe whole matter was treated by the people as a
p. great right rather than great fact.
The very excited, absufdly exaggerated and
tsnurely radiHOry character Of the ielogrdphic
I uespatchts that followed each other in quick sue
ctssion from Maryland aud Penn7ylvauil, wl3in
Tdr at parl tue cause Of this want Of faith aud of
NJ serious feeling IL was only yesterday, on the
IubC ton OF Secretary StantOus OH Ial blllstin,
that people could be induced to do anything but
Iapgn at The great Rebel invasion" Tue effect
OF mat bulletin was very sudden, aud Induced
th Sc who had previously been most hilarious
ever the affair 10 be most lugubrious over the
ncw aspect of e.
1hs asceuaiued facts of the invasion, as re-
Rar' Us brief history, It's magnitude, its present
% u. aud its probable purpose, are b 1t few.
Ou NAuuhl SC tuUlGuh, NGlGrll SlgtI. who
5tauoned with small force at Ml~iinsburg, some
dozen miles from the Potomac, le lrned of the
Ndyance Of body Of Rebels upOu that town
Ina believing the euemy TO be Of much superior
strength, lac at once retreated 10 HlrD6rs Ferry
from which he crossed the PO Omac next dly
and took up position at Maryland Heights
The same day the Relel cavalry crossed the
Potomac at POINTS above and below Uarner's
Ferry some t~Is,ing as high M as WIl ans
port and others as tar down as Point of Rock
Trey advanced, followed az sOme distance By an
infantry force. as far as lgerstogn and FIRE.
derrick, both Of which places were entered by de-
tacbmcnts of cavalry without any great resist
aDce.
General Wallace, who commands the district
OF Maryland, at once gathered up such troops "a
were within reach, at aud near Baltimore aud
advanced t. Frederick, where he was on Thurs.
; day last. He took up his position a lev miles
e'St OF the town, on the MOnocacy river. On Fri
!. day there was skirmishing with the enemy; and
on Saturday they alta ked our troops in force.
and alter n considerable aud sanguinary engage
ment our troops were defeated, aud fell back upon
baltimore.
After this affair, and throughout Yesterday.
the Rebel cavalry operated very extensively up0n
the railroads around Baltimore They appa,reI
on the Northern Central, the Yves minS &c aud
Branch, and tue Baltimore and Ohio RoIds
did what dnmage they could to these lines
They were also IT ported rs approaching the other
two roads dryergng from BhltimOrc-thlt TO
7 Ph hadelphia and that TO Washington but they
had cut neither Of these up 10 midnight of yes
terdHy.
n We see not shadow of evidence that any p,rt
Z of their infantry force had advanced from the
scene of Saturday s nght on the Mouocacy. A
thousand, or even tive hundred, Cavalrymen could
easily have done all the raiding that is reported
!, on The railroads aud towns near Baltimore.
In the meantime, tbe Rebel invading force is
) IN curious pred camcnt; indeed, the VIII de
affair is one of the cufiously mixed no that
we have had in the whole course Of the war
SlSel, on saturday, and even nov, so flr us We
have learned, is st Maryland Hegh in the
Rebel rear, while on the other side Of the Pot1-
mac, at MartinSburg, part of Hunters forces
have arrived, and General Couch is ut Hagers-
Rebel flank.
1t would seem that with our troops at tn,
| points indicated and ut Washington and Balt-
more, the Rebel invaders were pretty much sur
founded II there is not a very great body of
thcm, we certainly ought to be able on the
rival Of all of Hunters army from West
fsima, to close in upon them and annhila.e
~ Tie real point cG importance. and the one re-
garding which We have the least rel.ab iuforma-
,tion, is as TO the strength Of the enemy. II is
generally believed and asseried-lni we think
win the very best oi reason-tha. this is the Re0e
force, under Early which was out from Lees
army some twenty days ago TO drive General
U Hunter away fiOm LynChburg.
5 Finding that llun.Cr was b'yOnd their reach
aud knowing thar Lee for a time was safe behind
bis Petersburg works without them, they struck
UP the Valley across the Poo nae and into
Mary land, having for their ma!n obiec, =
diversion TO affect General G ant. Tlcy are
rus' ng around and creating as great Il riot as
possible, threatening Baltimore, Wa hlug.On,
aud things generally acting very rapidly and
gorouslyy magnitying their streagth and screen
ing their designs. The estimate now Of their
numbers ordinarily made is 2j 900; and cer-
tanly, so far VIC have seen no proof that they
have force even as great as this. Less than
Gno'h this iorce OF veteran troops ought 70
have eefeaIcd twice the force we met them with
on Saturday.
! We Learn from an authentic source, via Wash
irgton, that tie rad in no wise affects G.neral
Grant, or hia plans or purposes. H. is satisfied
th,t Lee has not and cannot seriously weaken
his main ioice tr any secondary eul.
l. II is well, however, thlt the Government has
detelmined TO make great effort, though It be
anuther Of our periodical slasmoaic eflrts. [,
deal quickly with the Rebels. Our millil arc
I prom pity moving forward nc its call. Let them
move quickly, aud embrace this splendid opDlr-
vanity VIII ch the Reb-s have placed within our
fitach, TO deal heavy blow at the Uoufaderdcy
: and its fImy.