The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-07-16
VOL. xAVII.

posed TO hurt anybody. Seine OF them
didn't kaow which end Of cartridge went /
10 trsi. aud the general impression amcng
them was that the regulation mode OF gc'-
ting tue .ramrod out OF a gun was TO blow it /
out
some Pennsylvania men who were In Ma !
rylsnd, aud had not been able to make their !
es ape hack home, were aaite talksiige TO
our trocfa. they themselves were Demo !
crate, (oi ,utse,) aud diaa't favor the war,
ard di int intend TO come out at anyhody's
State of feeling on the part / { the i:epubli-
cana which is rather Interesting. They say
that their Republican Leighbers won't come
on; to defend their hemes, though Curiin's
call had been out a week. These Ipiscege
naters say they cannot Join the patfiois for
y hundred days any more taan hundred
years, as one day amony the rebels might
damage them beyond the ehauce of repair
At any price They say there re no regu-
lar troops aboutthere now that eau lie sent
ent tn dram them al,, as Vas done duripg
the invasion last year, aud they intend 10
stay at home and smoke their pipes in peace.
Gen. Hunter had reached Martinsburg,
and had gene into Pennsylvania by the
Grceucastle and Chambersbnrg road. Our
scouts saw his force as i. moved along the
Greencastle road, and he did not have over
Il 600 infantry with him. lie Is going to
aettysburg, to put himself between the
Confederate raiders and Philadelphia
The stock gathered by the raiders in
| Mar, land is said to be immense. Dfoves OF
lat cattle, hogs, sheep, &c, throug the
| reads The gentleman from whom We
| get these facts says that in coming tack
from near Baltimore, on the route by way of
| Sheph. rdstown, he didn't see ss much as
| chicken left"
\ report was circulated At the North
about three weeks ago that the Conieder-
ates were about to make All effort to release
| the prisoners at Point lookout, WhereupoD,
according1o the statements of persons who
came oai from Baltimore, the Government
impressed every steamer "irom Maine to
| Baltimore" "and sending them TO the Point,
removed the'prisoners farther North.
The Maryland troops with tie raiders
| were having The finest sort OF time in the
| way Of eating and drinking ami warm well
| comes from parents and friends.
The roads in Maryland were iii splendid
condition, and the marching easy and rapid.
LOCALITIES AROUND WASHINGTON.
The toll gate on the Tih street road,
where portion of our forces were on the
evening OF the l1th inst, is only three miles
| from Washington. a elergymah informs us
| that within q quarter of 8 mile OF this toll
| gate formerly stood the' only Methodist
Church in the district connected with the
| Baltimore Conference, which aeceded aud
| joined the Southern wing OF the church,
II was demolished by the Yankees when
| constructing batter les tor tbs prote ction o,
| Washington. TenlytCwn Tor Eenailytown
az the dispatches have i) is TO the west ci
| this point, Oh the Rockville road. a:lhonttwo
/ miles from the suburbs OF Georgetown iu
this locality another column of our forces,
according to the Nolthein accounts, appear
ed on the evening of the llth.
LATEST FROM MARYLAND
At & late hour last night We received by
telegraph j summary OF news from North
/ ern psper3 of the 18th. 1t will be seen
that no allusion is mad. to the capture of
| Baltimore or Washington, which formed
| the staple OF such magnificent rumofs yes
| ttrdAy.
FROM PETER<EDRa.
The situation Of affairs on the Southside
has almost ceased, pending the exciting
| events now transpifing in Maryland, to at
.f:f a
playing his strategy in the way of "masterly
inactivity" and gradually detaching por-
| tions OF his army for the defence Of Wash
iugton. We hear that there was some heavy
artillery firing on the lines yesterday morn
Jog, the cause or consequences of which
We have not been able to ascertain. The
| sharpshooters have an occasional skir'
nish, but beyond this, and the persistent
shelling OF the city blythe Yankees, military
operations have lately been very limited
Most of the families have removed beyond
reach OF the enemy's missiles, while those
whose means enabled them TO do 80 have
secured q refuge outside Oft city limits
The Inhabitants are animated by spirit oi
! firm resolution. and have the most un.
| DOu lutS tOnHuebSt III our Ihitillit Y ictueis
and the galt troops whom they com
mand.
BELOW RICHMOND
everything continues quiet. Oar artillery
, | indulge in an occasi ohal shot at the ankle;
| transports, aud are reported to have done
} them some damage. The enemy's guuboat
reply, aud continue 10 shell every locality
on the north bank which is supposed Il
shelter "retel."
Alexander Duvall, Jr., of the "a compan,
Richmond Howitzers, was wounded ant
taken prisoner on "Wednesday. He ha,
volunteered to go on q reconnaissance will
, some cavalry, and after he received hi
wound was taken of in boat by some Yam
kee sailors.
FROM NORTH CAROLINA.
Recent intelligence from Newbefn state
that the raid into Onsiow county resulte
badly for the Yankees. 1t appears that the
|, got separated and came together unsxpect
:, ediy, when, each taking the other for a
. enemy, they fred into each other, KILN
!, an Orderly Sergeant aud two or three pri
:, vatee, aud wounding many Others.
II Ia universally acknowledged by th
Yankees at Newbern that a faiiure of Gran
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