Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1864-07-14
THE REBEL INVERSION.

horse-Wtth Hour at S25 per barrel-there were
the street cars to the Boundary, thence on foot.
| We went out. 1t is proper we see by our
| morning contemporaries, to note progress by the
| yard in going out the eth street road. Thus
! we. At the Boundary our progress was barred
| by difficulty in getting lager. There was no
| getting to the front without lager and no lager
to be had. There were bars in plenty, 9th
| street north is lined with them,) and lager in
| plenty, but "not drop to drink, military or
ders against it. The bar-keepers looked sorry
and we looked sorry.
Then we saw some soldiers coming from the
rear entrance Of restaurant wiping their
| mouths. We went in and came out wiping
| our mouth. Bar-keeper there evidently hadn't
heard the order. Then we walked up hill.
| Something smelt bad. We thought it was dead
| rebels. 1t proved to be Bells slaughter house.
At the right, on the brow O. the hill, were some
l burnt timbers in ruins-invasion ruins doubt
less. We got out our note book. A New York
"Speciap' was ahead OF us. He had dismount-
ed from his horse; he was down upon his
knees and was examining the relics through
his eye-glass. Some objects there looked like
the bones OF q human being. This human be-
ing had persisted in the flames. This was the
horrors of war. We asked an Sth Illinois cav
alryman about it. He thought the bones were
beef bones. The ruins were those of a shed
burned by accident year or more ago. The
Special put up his eye-glass. We put up our
note book, firmly resolved to draw it no more
until there was something to note.
Fort Stevens and Outside.
Passing Fort Stevens there were indications
of war ia earnest. Gaunt chimney stacks
standing amid smoking ruins, to the right
peach orchard just telled (after the enemy were
gomez to the left, some distance away, the blaze
of a conaagration, where the fire from build
ing fired by the Confederates in leaving had
spread through the underbrush enyeloping a
dwelling house. The fire was yet smouldering
in the Lay house ruins, as shown by thin spi-
raj OF smoke rising over clump of shrpbbery.
It is difficult to realize that not "a hours ago
the rebels were hiding in this yryifh oh
1mpudent temerity directly under the guns of
our fortIfications.
In fact they were yet nearer the fort occupy.
iHg positions behind knobs, bushes, and trees,
within three hundred yards OF Fort Stevens.
Here it was that the veterans of the 9th corps
spreading themselves out in fan-form line Of
skirmishers, lad vanced with the audacity gained
from previous baptism in fire, across the open
field, directly under the deadly rebel fire from
those leafy coverts On they advanced, sweep
ing past the Lay house on the right, and throw
ing mp rifle. pits at once, which they held
through the night, and on the left pushing up to
the white fence OF the Lay house, or rather its
blazing ruins, when the rebels sent two rein
forcing brigades, pushing our skirmIshers back
on that side.
1t was bit OF display on their part Of a bold
front as at that very hour, O'Clock Tuesday
night, the main portion Of their force were steal
ing away towards the lords of the Potomac
They left in the fields some 80 OF their dead,
and detail Of contrabands sent out to bury
them, came marching in at sunset bearing tro-
phies Ct rebel guns, &c. One rebel was found
buried SO hastily by his comrades in their exit,
that the feet were sticking out Of the ground.
In hospital tents beyond the third tolIgate
the rebels left sixty three of their wounded,
including eleven officers, none Of them being
above the rank Of captain. With these wound.
| ed they left a surgeon, two assistant surgeons,
twelve nurses (sOldiers) and chaplain. These
| wounded were looked after yesterday by DIR.
waters, OF tn TINS city, Hospital Inspector and
The rebel General Holmes was severely
wounded the battle Of Monocacy on Satur.
els He was not doing well when the rehaIs
| left, and 1t was not practicable to remove him
1t is believed that he has been left concealed
at the house Of some rebel sympathizer. Strict
search will be made for him.
The house of Francis p. Blair was occupied
| as headquarters by Gen. Breckenridge, and
was not in jured.
1t has been stated by morning cotemporary
that the private papers of Mr.. BLAIR were spared
by the rebels. This is q mistake. Mr.. Blair's
house was thoroughly ransIcked, all drawers,
bureaus, writing cases, &c, being forced open
and their contents not carried Off were thrown
about the house. Mr.. Blair's papers, and even
the letters of the ladies OF the family, were
thus treated. 1t is not known what portion of
Mr.. Blair's papers were carried OFF, but as they
were evidently ell handled, it'll presumed that
such as bore on public affairs were stolen, as
was all the plate, silver ware, &C., in the
house.
A valuable picture at the Blair house was
cut from the frame and carried away by some
rebel vandal The house of MONTGOMERY
Blair, with all its valuable furniture, was
burned by the rebels
The Rev. MIR. Macnehemer occupied the
Morrison house, and was Obliged to leave a
sick bed in fleeing from the rebels. He loses
all his furniture, clerical robes, plate, library
of SEQ volumes, &c, &c.
The story that Mr. z. z. Blair was at his
residence while the rebels were there is untrue
Reports brought down the road by farmers
all go to show that the rebel sympathizers in
Maryland were the principal sufferers by the
rebel raid. Not only were their horses and
cattle taken by the raiders for the good of the
cause,'' but they were impressed themselves
into the Confederate service.
It struck us yesterday in visiting the forti.
fications north of the city that they, or rather
their surroundings, are not quite what they
should be. The abattis in front of some Of them,
for instance, seems to be old and rotten, and
we noticed paths made through it by lazy SOL
diers to avoid long detour to the gate en-
trance; which paths could be used by an en-
envy as we'll.
1t seems strange, too, that we had no exterior
line Of defenses to pre- went the enemy from get
ting SO close up to the fort that they could pick
off our men from its walls with impunity. As
we understand it, the defenses of Richmond
are of very different character, having one
| line OF defenses within another, of such a char
| acter that the fate of the city does not depend
| upon the capture of single line of them. The
| underground near by, that affords so success
/ full a cover for rebel sharpshooters, should be
| removed, too, one would think
The r. ebel Weunded-W hat they Saw
| About 40 of the wounded left by the Rebels
near the Sd oil-gate. were broughtin last might
| and placed under treatment at Lincoln Hospit-
| al, Surgeon j. A. Mckee in charge. Among
them are sone seriously wounded, and this
| morning one named Russell, OF the 43d N. @.
died from the effects OF his wound. The fol-
| lowing are among them:-T @. Turner, L.
Bowman, 18th Ga, S. M: Hitchcock, ID N. O.;
| 1st Lieut. E. VinsoY. 32d N. c.; Charles Lotion,
| 45th N. O.; W. L. Nfsk, 61st Ala; T. M. Antry,
i 18th Ga; w. Stanson, 43d N. c.; W. l.. Brown,
21st Ga; R. Harris, seth Ala I'd Lieut.. T. b.
Il Shepherd. 4th Ga; F. NJ: Hardy, Both N. c.;
l Capt. ]. W. Butts, 4th Ga; Lieut.. VS.. Rem
fai, 18th Ga; f: Jordan, 4th GA; Capt. A. Gra-
/ ham, 18th Ga; ID. A. Bolin, 2lst GA, W. j..
| Whitiker, 4th Ga; T. A. Hickman, 18th Ga
| w. p. Bernhard, 44th Ga; M. M. Dunlap, 4th
Ga; J. B. Hall, ath Ga; J. W. Martin, 4th GA, /;
| a. Brigaman, SID n: o.; Robert Martin, Goth
| Ga; @. Blaylock, 18th N. O.; H. H. Lilies. AID
| N c.; James H. GallasPi, and Lieut.. H.. J..
| Williams, (sick,) I'd N. O. Battalion.
/ Tho roct of them will he broU ght in this orn-