New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-07-18
I,ebe, DeprcSntions on the naiis-The
Route Agents OGcinl Report 10 ihe
Po.t-GGce Department.

Marcus T. Hook and William I. Howell,
route aeents On the through iDe between washington
Ctr and New-YoTk, furnish tie following particulars
Of the loss Of their train by the Rebels.
Their train left Washington On Mond at 1870 a.
N. The agents Lad in charge from tie " hi1gton
Office mails lor Philadelphia Albany, Boston, New
York, Newark " j.. and Springfield, Moss.
At Baltimore they received the ioiowing Budolo,
y. - Nashville. Tenn. Cairo, III. MenderIle Penn,
four FOR Cumberland Nd both the other roads % this
point being cuO Cleveland Ohio Chicago. H., Colum-
bus Chic Cincinnati g etty sbuTc. HARRISBURG In AZ
ar1lls Lexington. LollAyne, Pittsburgh. Sprngi..d,
H. Steubenyo Ohio, 81. Joseph No. st. Louis No.
Wheeling Va. GuG Zduesylic Ohio.
The train proceeded quietly as usual. until while
crossing Gurpowder bridge, ar Hook remarked ~
~. Howell tina; there was q dense smoke uelcci,ib'
some dstaLcc ahead and they would probably no"
EJECT the Rebels.
Passing over safely. abont o mile towards Magnolia
tie train iired into by party whic pntcd 90 10
band Of CreTriias under 'ImOT. The iTu vas stopped
iEIlclicy bat tie engineer quickly reversed tAo en-
ginc. leau.d of and tuUs 10 g.. woods The tieLln
followed, ihe Ecbes firing at them as they icn.
Tie brakeman then made bis Way Over tAc top ~ inc
baggage arc on the engine shea a. 10 states ne
found hundred anu twenty-five pounds Of sita on.
lie stopped tie train 20 that point Here l.eic. en-
tered tho nacar and dena nGed money fior tle occns
ana other who ld, under the excitement asstlb 'c
n that car. FROM the Ggcnts DO money could Be oo-
TONED; but the through tagrag masters aceeleu 10
their der and, 20 what extent IS not known.
Here anoiL.v Rebel entered and announced % LIS
companion tLat GI.ro9 Lad Issued orGc.s t-i a pr
ysie properly should be respected Tie Two fellows
the Conveyance Of the mails ana proceeded mo the
passenger cars. Tho passengers aghted, thcir bag
gage taken ont and here 10 was sulpill 20 -co
those Rebel deprcCa.org IL friendly intercourse win
iAc passengers many II whom seemed IA them TO .ccoE-
riz5 Old friends and acqua,utalces. Indeed TIC way
side presented the appearance o. grand picnic Tor A
ladies and gentlemen opened up their supplies and hld
the whole affair been previously pTosIammea' Ds'ieE
effect could Lot have been given 20 it.
But 10 TIE mails. Two Rebel officers supposed 70 b
q CAPTAIN and adutaBt entered tho mail ear. The fret
ina rf cd flr
mall bags. ASKED for money OK public documents.
The agents Piled that 81 money would be seat py
mail in these critical times &c. Then the mai keys
were demanded. The ogeais replied That they hd not
the keys when one Of tie officers took ont MS Ele,
and remarked: I'VE have q key 20 the bIgt' They
then selected the Harrisburg pouch which tley cut,
uud opened dozen OF two lCtl but iler glA3 nom
this were Only about 40 which tloy sio.c lon
one letter.
for them they igited match ald set IRE o. the mail
Query. We're tie so stolen from that letter the lard
earned wages Of some day i1bo.er or mechanic ~ some
INDECENT family We hope the miserable depedator,
viii appffe tie P0>tOlico Department. 40 y ARLINGTON
80 that when he poor family perchauce the soTrOW
stricken widow should apply Tor her e!tr te Depart
mcu, ay be able with certainty, 20 inform her where
her money hos gone.
These inaguanillous officers however. allowed the
route agents 10 take with them their ya'scs Then
asked the baggage master OF she train Il IL cuel un
an engine He replied IN the nesItiye. lie b1aLes,
man who went over and stopped he engine IVES ordered
bv the Rebels 20 act engineer and under their drey
ton be put steam the engine. The train then
tired and forced back on the GunpoEder Bridge.
The b4ggage-ca, mail car ald five other cars were
thus destroyed. No para OF t-c mall Vas saved from
the flames.
Uur two iuiormant' passed over The river in boat
using every exeItOn 10 ascertain whether ans pO.LOE
VI tie mail could Be saved. bat without success.
They then walked q S,enncT's AGl and ioegTaphed
10 M Crawford. agent ia Baltimore. with Wow %
obtain hand-car ~ bring them 20 Baltimore bat the
bunglng operator at that point Transmitted their
dispatch that Nj. Crawford could not understand it.
The agents. after heir long walk stopped al the Run
oil night an" next morning tuesday we've conveyed
ia 6and-car % Baltimore. HON tie city O. mOlg
ments' they reached here in charge OF tie nails BY tie
stelmer Star.
We have shown above that the Rebels destroyed all
the mail matter-thOusduds Of lette s--adtIesscd 70
twenty eight different but impoIun. points. How
many innocent families have tius been distressed by
ths EoE-!eoeip. O! tAer leiters-hOw sau,h rUue: IA
sngl! sums Is desTOyed-Rhat delay H. the iIl Of
friends summoned 10 attend some wounded OF e.cA sol
der. hos been Oocasonet Will lot venture to state.
The wantonucss tie mischief the entsiled by
q mail depiedaor-the creature who would apply TIE
torch 10 lie social correspondence to that sac.t chu
Of intercourse which can only exist between husband
and wife, parents aud otdIeA-Ie al bcy cad the
preheIsOu OF human beings. Welcome. u THOUSAND
times over are the Rebel lllders 10 such distinction