The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1864-07-19
The Confederate Troops in the Enemy's
Country.
THE YANKEES IN TERROR.


Yankeedom. From morn to night, the telegraph
sent its flashes of alarm from town to town, till all
Yankeedom was il blaze of fear, trepidation and
CONSERVATION The roads leading into the interior
were lined with refugees from the border, carrying
their effects with them and proclaiming as they
wcnt-"The Rebels coming" The Peters
burg Express of the 18th inst, fills live OF its col
umns with Yankee accounts and Geographic dis
patches of the rebel movements, which it copies
from the Philadelphia Enquirer of the 9th. We
are amused and delighted with reading OF the ter
ror however short in duration it may be, which
has seized tie barbarous Yankee heart, but we
deem it unnecessary to cucumber our columns with
the details We publish the latest news from
Yankeedom n another column, which will enable
the reader fully to appreciate the Yankee situation
1t is refreshing to contemplate how Gen. Lee
thrashes and worries, outwts and dehes the boast
full Yankee generals and the blatant Yankee ma
ton. Just at the time when all Yankeedom is
proclamng that Lee has been cut off from his
supplies and from the whole Confederacy, and
while they waiting to behold the gratifying
spectacle of Grant gobbling up Lee and his army
and capturing Richmond and Petersburg-just
then portion of Lees Rebels appear on their soil,
destroy their Railroads, collect tribute from their
cities, whip their armies, and set all their Govern
ors to writing proolamations and calling out the
militia
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rebels who have suffered so much in mind, estate
and life, at the hands of our savage enemies.
The Washington Chronicle has two columns
what is termed the "Rebe Raid" and expresses
the opinion that the force now the north side
of the Potomac is larger than at first supposed.
It is believed 10 be not far from 10000. We ap-
pend the following:
PHILADELPHIA, July IA man from Hagers-
town, just arrived at Greencastle, says McCaus-
lands command formerly jenkins, $4,000 strong,
cavalry and mounted infantry and one battery, en-
tered Hagerstown yesterday, and left at II o'clock
by the Frederick turnpike, where the main body
had all gone. A requlslton was made on the PEG,
pic for fifteen hundred outfits and twenty thousand
dollars, under threats of burning the town, which
was paid.
BALTIMORE, July The rebels at Harper's
Ferry have destroyed all the railroad property
there, including the telegraph and ticket Offices.
They have alse burned large quantity of forage.
Nothing definite is known to the damage done
to the road beyond Harpers Ferry and Martins
burg, though it is believed that its destruction
of the main objects of the raid and it is to be
presumed that they have accomplished all within
their power.
We learn from York Harrisburg, and the Cum
berland Valley, that the excitement among the
people is more intense than during any previous
invasion. Hundreds of men, women and children,
have passed through York their way to the Sus-
auehanna and the roads we're lined with horses,
cattle and wagons, loaded with goods and prov-
sieDs, being driven in the same direction. Many
have hidden their stores and cattle in the noun
tains.
on hearing that Hagerstown occupied and that
the rebel cavalry were advancing on Greencastle,
is represented most intense
I'll.
mile from town on the Hagerstown pike.-All the
sick and government stores have been removed.
Harrisburg, Pa, July IA rebel prisoner cap
t1red in skirmish at Hagerstown, states that the
present raid is not only procure horses but crops
and provisions; that tits headed by Lee, and COM
posed of Ewels and Longstreets corps and is an
effort to invade Pennsylvania and other Northern
States.
The capture of Baltimore and Washington arc
also aimed at.
A despatch just received from Greencastle states
the rebel forces have evacuated Hagerstowp, re-
firing on the road towards Frederick
Baltimore, Md, July IA telegram from San
dy Hook tonight states: The rebels are again
burning property in that place. Large fires
now burning. The bridge on the Shenandoah is
also in flames, the confagration casting glow of
light over the country for miles around.
Gold was variously quoted in New York OH the
9Th, at from 275 to 2763.
FURTHER PARTICULARS.
The Washington Chronicle of the 10Th inst
contains the following:
WASHINGTON, July 10.
To Maj Gen Dix An official report from Gen
Wallace, Just received, states that battle look
place between the forces under him and the rebel
forces at Monocacy, today, commencing at a. IN.
and continuing until p. m.-that our forces were
at length overpowered by the superior forces Of the
rebels and forced to retire in disorder
He reports that Col Seward of the 18th Ken
lucky Artillery was taken prisoner-that the enc
my is at least 1000 strong, and that Brig. Gen
Tyler was also taken prisoner,-that our troops
suffered severe loss and are retreatng on BATH
more. EDWIN STANTON Sec'y of War
Press dispatches from Baltimore represent the
excitement as intense and increasing, and no one
is allowed to leave the city. Frederick city has
been evacuated by the Yankees and occupied, the
papers say, by Breckenridge with Il 900 men. The
Governor Of Maryland issued proclamation in
Baltimore, on the night of the 9lh saying danger
is imminent and every loyal man must prepare to
meet the rebel force now approaching the city
at 3 a. m. on the 10th inst the rebels cut the
Northern Central Railway. fifteen miles from Bal
timore, on the Baltimore & Ohio Railway, which
they greatly damaged. Most of the rolling stock
was sent to Philadelphia. The Ashland Iron
Works, some fourteen miles from Baltimore. has
been destroyed. Dispatches dated 9Th, D. m saws
the rebel cavalry are all over Baltimore County,
but it is not feared they will enter the city Sui
livan's advance guard of Hunters command is re-
ported to have been captured at Martinshuro With