Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-07-16
THRNERS.
-Hr SIws TRoH NARHLASD.


Tie publie were ieveri3h yesterday mOruiag sbOss
add ioral news from Tie sea- OF operations in Maryland
and the D t.:e. Of COlunbi,. Tns aecoaots We gave
yss..rday from the Bait American OF she lS.A in
addition 70 he ttlegapto summary from zoe washing.
ton Chroniele we're TOO meAgrs in the aggregate 10
satisfy the IsYenous cravings Of the reading public,
whose fFoG early mOraing we're strained TO catch
the 6rs. report Of the capture Of Washington and BL-
dmOre. Mornirg passed, and noon came, And jet the
Telegraph and he War DsrsrtmOnt we're as dumb a.
al oyster. We walked TIE streets for hours in vain,
hoping TO hear OF later Northern paper than those al
ready received At one o'clock, however gsntlevAn
than whom there is lot in the city reliable,
came into cur sare.um loOki as joyous as General
LIE when Pcke,ts Division carried toe YA kse breast
works near H6Wlett's, aud announced, upoa what he
regarded as the Tesy test testimony, that troops,
with the aid Of Is 900 MuylILd SeOesonissS, bad ia
ken and now occupied he C ~ o! BAdmOre. Vein
msdiAsly threw DIVA pea AID stuck up In style
that woad have doae ciscreiit to an IAiAn opera
s;ngsr-Narylani, my Msrylan1-and, withOu. mo-
meufs hesitation, ds.tIm a to 90 OF three things
IN she event The Iunor proved tus, va: have tooth
drawn, cur dagu,ueOtgPo taken, or indulge in glAsS
Of soda water at the Alaoama"-nOst probably the
l,sh
CY.4s.,o-d tyugL 1t occurred to Us tina! Ihs sped
lest way learn whether there was any ruth in the
r1mor vas 10 30 once to the War Department. And
sure enough, sen ard, 10 our modification, learned
that If Baltimore had fallen they know nothing Of IL
This was the condition OF the news at O'Clock P. n
A gentleman in whom much con6dsnes Il TO be
paced, arrived at Lynehburg "Wednesday night from
Fairfax county, having lft there on Monday last he
states that he excitement il Washington consequent
upon the Ccnfe dsrae advance into Maryland il ntsnte
and that so grea. we're the fears Of the Yankee govern
men. that they we're removing a the stores from Alex
Andria and Washington, aud al the public documents
and property Of every Ed Tie greatest state Of con-
futon prevails in Washington and The Lncolntss are
in terrible state OF trspdAtOn aud alarm This in
teIgerce our informant obtained irom gentlemen Who
had visited Washington, whos1 vsracity vas unqusSOr.
Abs. .
At Oeo.k tie lumor Of The occupancy Of Bali
mora by troops again current, with VErA-
ton but all efforts TO trace it to q reliable source,
proved unAVAilng. We console ourselves with the re
hc,ion that if il il not true il ought 10 be. But Wash
gtOn, With its corruption and pollution, needs ceana-
ing and 10 it rather than to Baltimore do We hourly
look with payafal lOnging-ihAs our General may
y
eompl.te cleansing.
At o',loek las, night finally succeeded N Vend.
a,ing the rumOr Of the taking Of Baltimore BY our
forces. Il that gautle connected With enc
OF the city dalies early yesterday informed q diSin
guished member OF Congress from kentucky that q
Captain 90 certain Lie nAnt Generals STAFF hAdsSeA
q copy Of the Wa hiDgon Chronicle Of the lSEh, uleh
admitted the fall Of Bimors under the circumstances
above described.
This paper it VS. further stated had been sent by
him to the GoveinneIt; bat on Inquiry E;An at the
War Department, we found that they knew nothing
whatever Of it.
A gentleman who arrived last night from the North
en Neck reports ths. the 18th it stated that
had carried Forts Lincoln and Stephens (hs bA.tSieS
around Washington are called iorIs.)
We learned a. 10 o'clock last night that dessrters
Who came into our lines ytserday As Chester stated
that We had taken Washington wish the lOss Of seven
thousand men. Our readers will not forget thA. de-
ssrssrs usually pay their footing With Sousshins en-
eo1rAgng.
LOcAIrriEs ARoUED WASHINGTON NEHEIoHID II SoHHRc-
TION vita THH HIEs IRON IHGF OUARTnR.
The toll gate on the Z h street pike, the POnt
reached BY portion Of our forces as Ssty as the eve
ming Of she Ill., s Ouy three miles from The city With
IA quarter Of mile Of it. the right Of the road in
a grove, formerly stood the only Methodist Church
connected With the BIrimore Conference in the Dis
Ict which seeded, aud took sides viii the S,uthern
wing Of the O-ursa. l. pulled down, however, BY
ths Yankees when erecting batteries for the protection
OF Washington. About the distance nearer Wash.
ingtO1, on the same Told, is emineucs from Uheh
STsry part Of the city Is COnspieuOusly visible.
To the Wsst of the toll gate above mentioned, b
TsnytoWn, not TsanslytOHn, the papers have IL Il
u siluA, on The Rockville road and is about two niles
from the suburbs OF Georgetown. Here it viii be
Numbered snOher column II our forces had appeared
o. the evening Of the llth.
TROn MISSISSIPPI.
The following ef6cia despatch, rom Lieut.. Gen. Lee
gives the lates. from Mississippi
OKALoSA, July lAsh, 1884
Gen. Bra<tOH Brdgg:
We attacked a ooluml OF the enemy under Smith
yesterday on the march from POntOtOo to TupslO
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