The Burlington weekly hawk-eye., 1864-07-09

The Raid On Maryland.
BALTIMORE, July6-.Eyeninp-.T A ,ner
ican has the following on the situation:
| An intelligent agent arrived this A. N
from the vicinity of Harper's Ferry, an,
states that 1t Is now definitely ascertaine,
that the whole force Of the enemy does no
exceed 5000 men, Of whom lees than one
fourth are cavalry and the balance infan
try. They are concentrating In and arount
Harper.s Ferry, and are sending out par
ties to forage on the people and rob then
Of their money.
There was some skirmishing going OF
between our troops and the rebels acros,
the river, and occasionally shot and shell
were being thrown at them from Maryland
Tie fight Of Gen. Mulligan with the ad
vance Of the rebels at Leetown, IL spoker
Of as most gallant. He successfully repuls
ed them several times.
Gen. Sigel moved towards Shepardstowr
with his immense wagon train in front, the
protection of which wes deemed of more
importance than the risking Of general
engagement. Not q wagon fell into the
enemy's hands, and nothing was left be.
hind at Martinsburg, except some oats
which were set on tire before he left.
The impression when our informant len
was that the rebel force would retire before
Tomorrow night, ~ Hunter will be in their
rear by that time with an ample force to
overwhelm them If they remain longer.
The principal object of this raid has proved
unsuccessful, unless 1t be the damage they
have doneto the Railroad and Canal. In
the collection of conscripts and plunder of
the inhabitants they have not attempted to
leave tho line of the Potomac, except to
some canal boats near Hancock. What
damage has been done to the Railroad has
not yet been ascertained.
There IL no truth in the statement that q
rebel force has been to Boonsboro' and Ha-
gertown, or that raid has been made on
the Railroad west Of Cumberland. Gen'l
Wallace IL cooperating with Sigel, and has
far ~ Frederick, which is now safe.
have information direct from Hagerstown.
to the effect that on Tuesday p M, at three
O'Clock, rebel squad, consisting Of Is cav
alrymen commanded by 1t Shaver, for
meriy Of Martinsburg, Va, entered that
place. This force appeared to be \ recon
party, and they had only been in
the town q few moments whom detach-
mont Of our regular cavalry from Carlisle,
Pa, commanded by 1t. Mclean, dashed
mediately ensued in the Streets Of Hagers-
town, which resulted in the rebels being
driven out Of town, with the loss ofa 1t.
and two privates taken prisoners. About
half an hour after. this fight, the rebels
again entered the town, their force consist
ing Of cavalry and mounted infantry. 1t.
Mclean Of the Union cavalry finding his
force too small to cope with the large num-
bers Of the rebels, slowly fell back to the
prisoners. The rebels after entering the
Town sst 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 10 have adopted different
plan from the one they pursued ls1t sum-
meE.
! PHILADELPHIA, July THE Bxllstis
has just received the following special dss-
patch: i
CHAxBxnsBURo, July IA MAN from
Just arrived at Greencastle,
Bay1 McCauslandss command, formerly
1850 strong, cavalry and mount
ed infantry. and one battery, entered H4-
gerstown yesterday and left Ut II o'clock
by the Frederick pike, where the main
body Of the rebels have all gone. Small
parties returned this morning and made y
reputation on the people for 1900 outfits
Eown, which was paid.
AADAAAO0Gs July Ss-O.1O - 0s-- Aue1S
IAN no longer be any. doubt that Lee has
lent considerable portion OF his army ii
his direction. The 4mesican has received
The following special intelligence:
FREDERICK, July About 10 o'clock
his morning the Colonel Of the 8th Illinois
,avalry, with 300 men and 2 pieces Of Flan-
1er's Baltimore Battery, made b feconnois-
ance to Middletown about 5 miles from
Frederick, where they met the enemy in
strong force of infantry, cavalry and artil.
lery. After sharp fight, our forces were
repulsed aud fell back on Frederick. the
enemy slowly pursuing.
Large numbers Of straRglers are arriving
lt Monocacy and are sent It once to The
lf0nt by Gen. Wallace.
The enemy are reported to be In fun force
% the HagetstO wn pike.
LATER.-FREDERlCK, July Z. r. N.-The
enemy is now one mile from town on the
Hagerstown pike. All the nick and Gov
eminent q stores have been removed.
bALI1noRE, July 7, 1690f. M.-Reliable
there has been no rebel force n fhaf conn
" since Moeby's, consisting of 200 n am
men, about half Of. whom crossed the river
md committed the depredationsl &C Point of
Rocks on Monday. They made another
attempt to cross on Tuesday, but were de.
TERED BY the appearances Of some OF onr
cavalry. They have fallen back. but euarii
the roads leading to the river TO prevent
loyal cttt1ens nom communicative with
the Maryland shore. 3 =
BALrINoRE, July THE city = null, 81
rumors. The following is believed ia IS
correct: Intelligence from Marvland;
Heights and the region bevond vasrsnt.
the belief that the rebel force nov ~ m.