The New York herald., 1864-07-24

from the Richmond Examiner. july I'll
We hsye before n letter from officer givirg a
sketch OF the operations of the cavalry during The
invasion q Maryland and The District q Columbia. We
est q the nsrrstve part of wo consider a prcls 70
wsrr's ropD ~ rpK rorox.c, July Is. 1854
We are back oNer tue river after too days
IN Maryland. What all the results of expedition
do not yet see, but Euspeot they are In many
rospecs the raid Il certainly success.
We lott iaunion about lhs 27tn o Jure the Infantry
pssspy .M oo~p % 's @ v.sy s voc sa'Sry sons road
reached Winchester on The Sd and the an attacked
General sge srec'own from which after severe s,rug
ge he retired A. we struck the Baltimore and ohio
railroad aud telegraph, AID Immediately pressed on
towards Mar'insbnrg On the sth our Infantry took
shopRrdEt0wn from which the Yankees driven
with loss We here took Tag from ths rrs, sew YORK
cavalry. On the 6th crossed The ro.cwsc srd pro
cceded 10 Shsrpsburg and ttsnce msrcbei 10 h0pues
bcro and Middleow ssrm,shing hts with the Van.
xecs at the latter plsce On the sih va drove hsS 70
the suburbs OF frederick but orders would Per
nit us to take the town consequently wo saw 10 oue
there TN the 9th started On raid. The army
east Cor the railroads. Marching rapidly and changing
horses fast they broken down we passe
the state Al daylight on tho iotn We we're ai Ksser
town, twelve miles from Baltimore, and Al o'ciock A.
~, We were NJ Cockeysyle, tho Ncrthorn Central
Railroad MAJOR cimor, with the Second ana part u ibe
First Maryland cavalry, pushed on while we burpt ins
bridges a, CockeyRviiie. Next day nalor srnaf 40
stroyed all the bridges on the philaserhis ant Ratk
moro Railroad, captured a train and MAJOR cciefNl
Franklin, ana rei.iaed the eommapd Al roolss
vile on the 18th From tockeysvihe Johnsnn's
brigade swept around Baltimore, Appearing almost
simultaneously on D,=ny di erent ROADS. In.
tcrvals from six 10 ten miles apart that many daert
columns reported 10 be Advancing NJ Rats
moro. ON the 1lih struck the Hst more and uh0
Railroad NJ Woodstock, and on the i2sh TIE wsshngan
and Baltimore Road s beltsvie. A The hisr pacr
fell IN with tho Yankee cavalry, which routed ~
thirty minutes. by this time Mr. tbrahan iiro1n "a
not know wneber the United states had ssccicd
We had cot all communicsiion between ~ashlnEsnn and
the North After routing the Yarkee cavalry caUgnf
passenger train ~ nips ana ccmnssry sfar laden
with sugar ani coffee Several cilifsrs tslt lhAt ~
coln had the road 10 bnthen trrln short
time before our arrival We remsined a thn place
(rcltsviilc) until ordered to rei0in the army.
party sent by General Johnson bufnei Governlr
Bradfords house, WITH everything except he itfies
clothing and the pana, General Johnson ordered ths
be done retaliation Tor he burning etcn
er's house by General Hunter. y sas harsa ms4
sure as far as affected the sdos o the family bat nst
Vengeance take account 0f pefsgus Nhs manner
of the burning was however very irerent 0c ths ~
Lexington. The young men engsgsf n u renfed -
family with the greatest respect assisted them ln -
moving their coiniug, aad carricf lher rtauo ioF
them. quantity ~ gold found " The house FiVsU
10 Of the yUung ladies % her assurance tnas
her property.
some ~ tho incidents of ride amusing We
fell In with Painters celebrated travelling
saloon, with large qusntity o. Ice ahaafd We
had ratons. ana vanilla lemon and other wege
issued 10 the whole command who sie antN they co4la
eat more This was the frst tine whnls csyalrr
brigade fe1 on ice cream.
our ioss from the time ef, the army u Frederick
until relored II at Rsirs house, one ~ cef.
lieutenant tdelin, Company p, First Maryland caysrg,
killed or wounded ani two men csptured We started
saturday, tho 9th, and re- oined the armv Weauer
day the I3h having been cut u tho ssai 2 nN y tsge
during that time and marched cghty milo- ~ strslel