The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-07-04

THE SITUATION.
The most mp iant today is The account Of
braid by the rebels into Maryiand Er Stanton reports
hat the enemy advancing upon Marrirsbu,g and
Destroying the railroad, but says that the was con
fused and conflicting The press dispatches Of last night
however affirm that General Sisel, after . severe
eight Of four or Eve hours At Bunker Hill, wa,
compelled to evacuate harnsbarg, ncn he did good
order, and retired TO Hsrpsr's Ferry, where he now
che attacking party a portion Of Ewelps corps
The railroad property and supply trains for
General Hunter go, OF to a place OF
eafety. Groa. alarm EXISTED in Ragerstown and
Frederick despatch, received in Baltimore at Eve
O'Clock last evening" states aghting had been going
day near Lse.own about ten miles from Ha.pers Ferry
and three miles to the left or the railroad, between
force OF the enemy that moving the
direction OF the shepbsrds.owp pike and the command
who General sige had ef, there occupy the place
Both forces engaged we're small. ana 10 officially
ported tina, troops repealed successfully ali
attacks All freight and passenger the West
worked successfully through Saturday night but
express train Ter the West loft Baltimore yesterday
evening. At las. injury had been done 70
the road oE(e'dses
Mr.. Ss6&sn announces dcsrstch from General
Grants headquarters at nine O'Clock yesterday
General Wilson's late cavalry raid 70 the panvils
Railroad. He says that sixty miles Of railroad were
thoroughly destroyed and that the Dauvis road could
not be repaired in less than forty days, all the
materials we're hand He has destroyed all
she blacksmuh's shops whers the raih might be
strengthened, and all the mills where scantings for
cleepers could be sawed. Thirty miles OF the South
Side road destroyed. The despatch that Gen
erai Wilson'S loss o. property small wagon train used
90 carry ammunition, bis ambulance train and twelve
The horsss Of the artillery and wagons
generally brougn; CT Two Of the removed
fom their carriages, The wheels OF which broken
and thrown into the water aud other gun bad been
disabled BY . rebel shot breaking srunuons before It
was abandoned he estimates seven hun
dred atty thousand mea Including those los,
from Kautz's division
Our correspondents announce thu arrival o, General
day and Of General Wilson Point. surrey
Court House road, Friday morning. Intelligence
howcver was then received that Wilson lost sixteen
guns, which had 70 be spiked aud abandoned. DOR
respondent General Buiers headausrter, saws tha,
when General passed. through The 2gh Mt,
seventeen pieces1 artillery, Including -four howtzers
The fa particulars tue expedition very graphica
given by our conespondeas dy
Additional from General Hunters force yesterda,
informs US that 10 arrived az Charesovu va will
his whole mi, after a march OF Owe bupdrcd mile
through mountain roads. His work was brasely done
lie defeated tho enemy IN Eve sfereu, engagements
destroyed government property to the value OF eve NIL
lions OF dollars Of money, including factories tan
yard mills focndries and furnaces the Shenandoah
valley as far As Lynchburg The most important estab
Ii=hmeuts were q branch Of the Tredegar irouworxs
buchanan working I'VE hundred hands, and the vhsinu
Military Institute, Lexington, with its capacious build
xsgs and magazine containing large supply smmu
milton, arm, 40 All the railroads and canal tn
route were totally destroyed.
Tho rebels made . night attack on General Ledlie'
oar,bworks which cocstruc,ion 10 from
of Petersburg, al ten O'Clock Friday night The,
charged 10 grea, force, but driven back BY do
Dtruciive ere from our Everything quiet mex
morning and stu remains large Gre was observes
ia Petersburg Friday night, and the Gre bells
distinctly heard BY troops. The rebels reinors
Eng the city large corps arrived and so, position
on saturday in iroai o. our let.
Adespa,cb from General sherman, dated At sarist,a
Ca yesterday, was received by Hf. stanton, snnognsu
Che evacuation Of Kenesaw Marietta BY TIC enemy
and the occupation Of both points BY forces Generl
Sherman says that General Thomas 10 moving down ID
snsio road towards the chatahoochio, and MsPherso
rowards the mouth OF the NIckaacs, on the saDdtow
,road. eur cavalry IL on The extreme Hsnks Mareit
is almost entirely abandoned by It's innabtsnts Nor
Shan milo Of tho railroad iron has been removed b.
twesn tho ,o~o and the foot Of The Kenesiw.
The rght Tor the occupation OF Kenesaw "a said ,
ur correspondent 70 beeu very severe lasting ~
6ours
Our nswr from South Carolina M 10 the 3otb ult b
che steamship Fulton Another rebe. said 70 hsv
bcsn launched At Charleston. The rebel cruiser Asbam
srd three others expected 10 make their appeal
snce on Hilton Head. Admiral Dshlgrsa had receive
reformation Of the fact All qus 10 the h,rb, ib
batteries o, Cummings Point throwing occasional shell
psto Charleston Southern papers, which reached Gene
n ISiY ~ tsaL ". kepnnger h3 bee saeassAs'