Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-07-11
LATKR Baoar the UNITED STATES.

INVASION OF PENNSYLVANIA-GoLD 26S.
ETC., ETC.
Under the telegr- pa head We publish synopsis Of
important news from the Washington ChrOnc Gle Of the
sh The Baltimore Gazette of the 7th, received on
Saturday, gives 10 its editorial summary the fol
lowing account Of the
0:NTiDERAfE RAID IHro MARYLAND. e, z,
In the midst of the prevail ng excitement the Up
per Pc AID the ad4c counties, il IL exceeding
cult 10 get at The facts in regard to the number
Of Conede stes in that regop or of the rial jet which
ey ave 10 view. The 70 CO is vail usly estimated from
| Z 000 under Imbodsn and Aosby, to $4,000, urder
Ga ly, Rlnsom aud Busbiod johnson Rumor gives
General Ransom the command OF the cavalry, al TO
Gen Eiry the cOmnArd- in chief. General Sgel has
WITHDRAWN 10 the north de Of the Potomac
MAriinsbuTg LsetoWD, HarpeI's Ferry and the Point
Of Rocks fe into The hands of tie Con ederaNs who
we're thus left in undsputed possession, not only of
these pac. but Of the line Of the Baltimore and
0.o Railroad from the mouth Of tie Shenandoah to the
bridge at Pa terson's Greek, few miles ess of Gum
/ berard. TLey obtSinsd very considerable amount oil
booty az MarlsburG Harper Ferry and the Point OF
ROCKS, but whether any oil the Government Trains we've
| captured IL is impossible al present to satc.
So fIsi is he billet that another nvasion of Penn
syVsna is about 10 take place, that Governor Curtin
| has Issued proclamation calling for IL 600 to
serve one hundred days, and Pcs dent Lincoln has
made ARG IiridOn on CIV. Seymour, OF Now York. for
| a similar number.
A despatch from Harrisburg states positively that
a. Eersown Was occupied WtdpeEd'y by aCoaiederste
foICe, supposed TO be commanded by adey Johnson,
and TIA: Ihs Federal Oops Stationed there rsreased TO
Greenoaslle.
Tie New York Herald Of the h, 10. Its "siuatio4
article, says:
Further details Of the conenpl,,ed reb invasion Of
,hs Safes Of MIysLd and Pennsylvania, show that
Cen MAJ. Weber holds Maryland Heights, and hIs
not&9d the resdsnG OF H4rpets Fsry TO care, a. 10
wGs about TO shell tho rebels who we're plumb Ing
ito place yesterday, Heavy 6Tirg heard ere
l4st evening Fgat Dg also reported to be g. Ing
gu g. ShArpsbuFg, the UHio1 too being comms aed
by gel. BODY Of rebel cavalry were rePori,o 70
have crossed the Potomac at Point OF Rocks an cut
be telegraph.
great panic preva Ia at frederick. All the Gov rn-
| menI sIores have been removed. G,n Sigel SAYS t
there 600 cavalry IN lhs rebel forces "bioh
| ta,k9d him LeGtoSn Sunday. The number o:
tter infantry could not be ssceIailed, but t Is srp-
pc ed 70 bs large he sta;e further, that 100 oil the
rebel cavalry hs got in bis by the way OF North
Noun uia. At lIteSt accounts last gds gl Ill
sd Mac lan0 Heights &c pLe the attacks Of t1C enemy
al scicck yesterday evening The spetke aoo oIo
can las Suffered severely from the rebes. hun btr
Of boats buried and teAms captured loteust tx'
element exists at Gettysburg, Harrisburg and Williams
| port. Troops were coming IN last evening ircm SIC
| Vest TO support G, raj Si1el.
| Tie Governor OF Pennsylvania has issued procla-
nation ealing Ut twelve thou and militia POO call
President has a'so cal, for twelve thousand militia
from this ate for ore hundred day aud Gen. Miller,
bJf Governor Seymour 9 afr making arrangements
last night at Metropolitan Hotel, to forward the
troops 10 Penn ylyaGia This movement of the rebels
| 10 regarded AZ an attemp: to draw If portion o.
| Grants forces IRON Petersburg.
We give q few extrscs from the telegram in the Her.
ALL dated Baltimore, 5!h:
The Government stores wsrs also removed from
Frederick, they had previously been ssiuly re-
moved from Harper's Ferry.
No RIA on is given for this movement from frederick,
as no hostile forces were known 10 be within twenty
niles Of the place, except cavalry de achnent near
Point OF Rocks, twelve miles f.
General Tyler remained at Monocacy in con mand of
General -cs's forces, that point being the ,xreme
western limit OF this department He is protecting the
great railroad bridges of Monocacy riser three miles
from Frederick. No signs OF tho enemy had appeared
up To last night.
The true OIL Jet and extent OF the whcle movement Is
yet mystery. /: is known from refugees from Mar
tiusburg Winchester, aud other places in rgnia that
the rebels renorselessy and relentessy enforcing
the crip;ion, taking all the males between sxte
and sixty who have left their homes. Every horse il
taken on the liue Of march, and scouting parties visit
the country roads aud steal them all whether owned by
friend foe. The capture Of supplies aud the
Of the renforcements going to Grant very probably
the reason for the raid.
Four railroad trains loaded with government supplies
teIoepled by Mosby its return, were all worked
through to BIllmere his fenoon without the slie h
est loss. They were fred at, however, very warmly
from the Virginia side, opposite the Point Of Rocks.
No damage TO the rairoad is known yet, Oeptng
abou. thirty feet Psttersons creek bridge Elk
miles # Cumberland, VIII ch to- day entirely re-
paired for the movements absut being made over the
road eAftEard.
Three hundred wagons loaded with stores, supposed
to have been captured, were gotten of tately from Mar
tinsbu'g by G,n Sg~l and passed through Frederick
| 70 day the way TO b .linore.
Laier dispatches to-day from Sandy Hook on the
Maryland side o. HA pas Ferry, chow that no oug
ment ad lake plscs up to ten O'Clock Tonight, fur
| Their than picket firing.
| The pontoon bridge there had been taken, and two
spans OF the railroad bridge removed ty troops on
rithdraWnz from Ha'p:rd Ferry. The rebels had set
IRE to the Virginia side Of the BRIDGE which then
| burning. Our men In attempting to eKtngush the
flames were fred upon by shArpsho0sB in the town
| and complied to desist.
Gov Curtn's P. OJamation is dated Harrisburg, July
5h, aud is as fellows:
"Whereas the President Of the United States has this
day made call upon the Commonwealth OF P5nnsyva.
for twelve thousand militia volunteer infantry TO
at Washington aad its vicinity for one huadred
days, unless toontr dL charged l. Andrew G. CurGo,
Governor Of the said Common wealth. do make this my
proclamation in response thereto, and do hereby call
upon the fire., of Pennsylvania to come promptly
forSard they have heretofore done, aud fl the re-
cushion FOR his mpcrtsnt SERVICE II is apparent that
me enemies of our government, in desperation, are
ShreaieniIg with armed force in the hops that
he amy OF Gtner,l Grant may be Withdrawn IA ON be-
10 &c mol6; and call upon the citizens of this
Common ealLh capable vt bearing arms come or-
ward without dlIv, and thus aid heroic brothers 10
| the great amy OF the republic.
A despatch fOm Washington skys;
No definite conclusion seems to have been arrived at
vet cooeen ng he io,ca aad purposes of the enemy,
the general behtf beiUg however, that at least one
corps OF thu rebels bad reached the P0 with the
view OF dis racing tbs plans OF General Grant aud if
possible. cause sufi.elt alarm 10 Washington TO
lndrcs the withdrawal OF our army from the James
| river.
No one here spprehends for q moment any dim.nu-
ZION OF tur forces before Petersburg will take paca-
o. the contraIH tToops arc ELL going for yard 10 G m