Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-07-15

wards OF ninety OF their wounded
at house of Mr.. Blair and few of their
dead on the field. At daybreak, yester-
day morning the enemy were no longer
visible, and so, for the present, ends.
What will pass into history as the two
days seige of Washington, which termin-
ates mysteriously as it began,
The location, number and distribution
of the other forces engaged in the invasion
of Maryland during the siege of Wash
ington are unknown to any military au-
thorities. Further information in all these
points may probably be ELECTED by the pur-
suit Of the enemy which is now being press
ed by experienced and gallant officers of
the 9Th army cops. We regert to state
that before decamping from the city the
raiders burnt the country house of HonL
Montgomery Blair, the Postmaster General
aud rifed the mansion of his father Fran
els P. Blair, abstracting it is supposed the
papers and correspondence of this gentle
man covering a portion of 40 yearst to this
statement by the Intelligencer inmay be
added that the pursuit of which it speaks
is not understood here to amount to any
thing.
We have comparatively small force of
cavalry and the majority of the rebels had
stolen horses for themselves, and had a
long distance the start of US. 1t is suppos-
ed that they will nof trouble themselves to
go ar-ar, i.444-sl--- -cl.---4-Is-AL UaIle.- ~
that seems to be an utterly useless ques-
tion but viii push straight for the Kappa
hammock and Lee for Richmond unless
General Grant shall manage to intercept
them 1t is not supposed that there is even
the slightest possibility of capturing them.
The following leader from the Washing
ton Chronicle is supposed to represent the
views of military authorities
''The sudnen disappearance of the Reb-
els from before the city, after affecting to
lay siege to it for three days, can leave lit
tie doubt that their object was merely t
divert attention while tn
engaged in stealing horses and cattle and
removing them beyond the Potomac The
absence of any considerable cavalry force
in this Department has enabled the auda-
eious Rebels to carry out their plans with
considerable success. 1t was next to i'm
possible for infantry to watch their move
ments or to prevent their successful dashes
on the Railroads, while the rapidity of THEN
movements in small detachments, and theiI
udden appearance at so many different
points simultaneously, were well calcula-
ted to swell their numbers ii
the Imagination of the defenseless
Opulation exposed to their depredations
Various speculations have been INDUCED
as to the objects of the rebels in making {
raid or invasion, but it is probable tha
their motives and incentives were various
They were doubtless hungry and thirsty
not to say naked and being for the time Gu
off from communication by the Railrat
with South nothing was so natural as 70
them to desire to replenish theirexhaustec
stores.
/
Our best opinion is, that when the rsb
els, having collected all the plumber they
could, SEM their main body with it toward
Poolesyille to cross the Potomac, they lef
a rear guard of 2OOO men to lay seige t,
Washington, and possibly to battle ais,
this force, divided itself into parties, which
burnt r. r. bridges, penetrates to the sub
urbs of Baltimore, secured the country be
tween the two cities, and at last lays seig
to Washington. 1t was of course idle t
say the general feeling here is one of in
dignation that anything ofthat sort shoul
have been permitted. Every man feel
that We have been insulted, defeated, spi
upon by beggarly array, for the Who'll
of whom We could easily have found rooI
in the old Capitol prison. No reason
known why they should have been pei
mitted to cut US off from the North for te
minutes whole of fighting. If it had OF
CURED on the Tappahannock, or james,
/ would not have elected passing remar
from the commanding General, much le
a dispatch to the Government about it
! Up to Tuesday P. NJ. it was absOlute
+ nothing but the lightest sllirmish in whiC
: the Rebels managed by aid of telescol
rifles to pick OF quite numberof our me
= In a little charge then ordered by Ge
Wright was the only fighting of the who
affair and it nearly served to show that Il
, Rebel force attaching us and laying sic
. to the city was the fimsiest of skirmish'
There lives in Washington, no body tn
5 was alarmed or excited, everybody felt +
e thing to be an immense farce from the mC
e careful estimates of 0
of our Correspondents Sc
: out from Washington office who has be
st through the whole affair from the fl
/ fight on the old Antietam battle field.
g The following conclusions are reach
n concerning the entire strength of the
'r vasion. Rebel force in the battle Of MC
ocacy under Early and Breckenridge
Of 900, Johnston's cavalry 1900 Gilmol
mauraders operating mainly about Ba
more 300, in all 10000 and to be sure
Il making it large enough $4,000. Gene
90 Wallace estimates the force he fought
is Monocacy at 5000 more than the fgU
he given above but other circumstances
,rs to conviction that 10000 is all that W
n there. This was really double
e strength. The general belief in Baltim
of is. that in that battle Wallace did all
1t, General could have been expected to
y with this whole number.
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