The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-07-15


The Invnsfvu ~ Marylsud.
The news from Maryland fours In upon vi
With such rapidly. and is Of character soss
founding, that We are scarcely allowed tins
take breath or TO collect our Ideas. In fact
We are almost - much confound ed as ths
Washington and Baltimore Yankees them
selves, though perhaps not 90 badly fright
sned. Who are these rebels? Where did
they come from, Did they spring up oul
Of the earth or drop down from the clouds
Are they large army Of regulars ora sman
squad Of raiders? We do not know, tne
Washington Chronicle does not know, Lin
coin does not know, Grant does not Know
aud the New York Herald does not know
We are told by these authorities some
times that it 10 only few Of Mosby's men
hyiug around aud kicking mp fuss gener
ally. Sometimes II Is said to be apowerfui
force of twenty, thirty, and even forty taou-
eaud men. Then again 1t dwindles into a
raid by Imboden, or maIauding expedition
by some irregular force. II is pronounced
a"hRzie" by the New York Herald, and q
'.fsasco" BY Gen. Grant. The former says il
must fail ridiculously, and the latter Gays If
washington will take care OF Itself, he viii
take care OF Richmond. He Is sure that no
rebel forces have LEFT his front, aud doubt
less he knows. What on earth, then, can it
Nil mean 1t has burst upon us as well rs
upon the Yankees, with all the startling
effect of clap of thunder In Gle ar sky.
And, indeed, it is well calculated to AS
found. A corps of the United States army
utterly demolished, its remnants pursued to
tho very gates OF Baltimore, that city sur
rounded and isolAted, Gov Bradfords house
burnt, two Philadelphia trains captured and
one Yankee Major General. the bridge over
Gunpowder river burned, Silver Spring In
possession of the rebels shells falling with
In two miles ofthe heart of Washington, the
hanks OF baltimore sending off all their val
rables, Lincoln and Stanton riding to the
trout, severe skirmishing on the suburbs OF
Washington, and houses burned to prevent
their sheltering the enemy-all these oc
eurrences huddled and packed into the
space Of three days, tho presumptuous
boast. the utter rout, the headlong fight,
the unrelenting pursuit-all these things
combined we're enough to turn the heads of
the Yankees, and they have turned them
most effectually. IT this expedition was
sent from this quarter, then never was ey-
pedition planned with greater caution, or
executed with greater secrecy.
We trust that ample vengeance will be
taken for the outrages committed by Grants
thieves. Already Gov Bradfords house has
been burned in return for the destruction of
Ok Governor Letcher's, and the scoundrels
who shouted loudest when the news Of
Gov Letcher's loss was heard, are snow in
digaant," 1t seems, at the outrage upon Gov
Bradford. Let them rage to their hearts
We hope they will have more
cause hereafter. Let Blair's house be burnt
to the ground. He Is one of our most re-
lentlsss enemies, aud has been one of the
most active promoters Of this war and OF
the manner in which 1t ia now carried on
We hope the cup Of vengeance may be
nlled by our troops to the brim aud drunk
10 the very dregs. Burn, plumber, devas-
tate, wherever partisan of Lincoln dare
raise his head. That is our advice