, 1865-07-20

yhc Last Rebel InynHion and III.
Changes Of q Year.

fhUH1 y AbNlNGhVN,
Shc Last Rebel l1ynsion and th
cnanees OF Year
tr,ou C,..-
t'n ~0 o"' 1 Igs1e.pondenf
Hvsn1SGToN, Ju1v Is.
oa I'VE 4atn oi July. 1854, l wrote for th
TRlBusE letter, which was printed un1f
the head lines. nThc R.ha, fnras,a, ~.
Two Days, s,cee Of tha N,4;ana1 na"s.4, 80, :,
believe Il was eou.,das W. ,as l.4ua;,l Csplta
nns CONSIDERED needlessly causti
IN some OF Its phrases. Very likely Il wat
for the humiliation of the affair was not AZ al
! bo,ne. ''N' -'S s"0A
Tet ,.,or
.e ~ uaa pafaerapn recall Tue mai
LEI. certain rebel troops crossed into Mary
land Immediately after the Four.b. ~
tb-orch ,,r,.a. lrs-,- 80 80 stsno scare i.
.sn lpPst 4a1 1!anu anu lower fennsyl
VILLA IN Friday, the 8th, there was fgh
between the rebels and Gen. Lew, Wallace,
command, but affairs In MARYLAND wera !,
sucb confns,on that ~ n,h,,a 5naMs., .1 We
nr to 1.sn,. .un 49,. .Ae , p4o'ls Ane" 1olalnf
'e es.it VI t"o oa5s attef#ard, Whe1
Inc Official bulletin gayc everybody to under
stand that we had been defeated. On til,
night Of the 9Th some part of The rebel forc,
got down Just west Of Baltimore. while Haru
Gilmore and his cavalry passed north Of the
city and around to its eastern side
Ga Sunday, the 10th, 1herc Was the utmost
conste,nati In that city, and at several
toWnB Ia Pennsylvania. That tbs enemy were
invading or raiding in some force, everybody
ADMITTED but how la'ge was that force, aud
what IEu1Eoss It had in hand, we're questions
no one cou.d answer. On representations
made to bin by tue War Department aud the
ffts1dent, Gen. Grant had detached the 9Th
cotps from service IN tsont Of petersburg. and
It began arriving here In the night Of the 9Th.
The wa corps: which reached Hamp-
Tae, Nltnout landing theEe, also sent up here,
ana pesan arriving on me lott. Every avail
ape mhn nae oeea previously detached from
Inc washington garrison and sent to Gen.
dfant, ana t1e aggregate number Of troops
n anu AROUND Mashhgt ton, aud 1t for active
guy. ald n, not, on 1nc mo5ning OF 81 that Sun
oay, tae lun, eAseea -,oV aud OF thcse
PA' 1aA onso I,o toese mea' On the n'sat OF that
LUZ Q! ya'y. apprased Jabal "a y and Ills
no!os u lnssaels. aoous Ten O'CLOCK that
evening. Hofa was slsen 10 ina privileged
leN, " nne VA Oet@l 1nent, that tne rebels
~ese ~ hoeSsn!e; envy sixteen miles distant,
anu ais; "Ste esl9tatlT moSing On washington.
aa!. Can1iss P.s1t LV"e1, ~no died many months
ago as b1'gsdist General. was ous that way
WIN Two OF tnree companies Of cavalry,
ano maLeufereo tncm 70 SUCH advantage
tnAt tne leoels eonclndea not TO risk night
m1Vt mSnt on lne clty. iaeJ waited at Rock
Tlae w tne mofnlns oi Monday, the 11th,
nelole MOVING, aha thereby lost the chance
tuat neVGt ecula asan come 10 taem. During
tne dsy tae! marcneo gown 70 the city, sklr-
mished slightly ont beyond Tennallytown.
cut me tessgtaph between here aud Balu-
moret An4 oeean aslF!ne N me country pco-
ple. "a AueeoAJ, tne LII, there Was heavier
ehnMlen:ng II Inc "fn1ns beyond George
wwn, ho, ~ me attei noon. when our troops
nag pcen put IN poat!ont aharp little light
A. A. f9rt . stssens, on INC seventh street road,
In which cur loss Was about twenty killed
and eighty wounded. while the rebel loss WAS
at least twice as great. That evening the
rebels burned the house Of Montgomery
Blair, IS well as those Of several other per-
sons IN ITS immediate nesghbo.hool. In the
course OF the forenoon OF Wednesday, the
1Slh, there we're intimations that the enemy
no'ssances In the course Of the dag proved
lhs report true. On fhursday, the l4th, pur-
suit was begun. On Friday, the 15ta, felu-
g1ap1!c and railroad communication was re.
established, and Washington once more
opened relations with the civilized world.
A year has passed since that day and there
Is peace every where. The "sicge OF Wash
instcn' stems es dim md remote rs tie
sieee OF Troy, OF which tecd this morning
In Homer. II one gots into the War Depart-
mcnt he sees the old ,uethodical order of
thinss. Captains McKeevrr, Ptlouze and
Cha!g,n arc, however, now Lieutenant Colo
uels: Majors Breck and V.ncent are 1,oiorais. so :.
L:eutt na1r Culonr1s N.1,,;r and N;rSois u =,
Bteyet HIirad:er Generals. mi r.. - q G,,i
H5iradier (;tneral . {,o1. 1!ownsena T. - pea
ret Ns;nr G,nrral' n Mr StonIn,, aion.
there 1ies cnn,a M n,omo,,on mt ~, ,a,,aH uus
a scmethIrr hefter tnan snr ,,ro,nnt,n., 1as ~
Presi5ent c5n oiyr-the h ,,t,er r..snact ns ~
other officers who most f,.nre,l Sn-;ng ~
sieer. II NAV be noted thar RrIo Con Sre;ns
is nov Major General. G.n: Ram..1 nos
uoT gone INTO dirniHed rrtir~m.n,. Cav
Ral]cck is m Youtr "a California AMI tta ,,a1
command Big, Gen. II. &. W,irht has s,nc.. v"
won his Major General,s stars and IL ~ ,w dis.
l,and!ur the Army Of the Potomsc. Gsn
and has lost none Of the old co,rttsy. E..r
Dslafictd burrows. as Lsretofore. in T,,n1ry's
bpliliue: Gen. HitchcscS frenncnfs ibs
bock auction at SIcf;uir,.,s and IL enre n h;J
in tl,c book 1 have set nv heart m hnS;n% nv
And, hrst and last, cna must forever M T sarfy
ths ehsrp memory that Ab atam Linco1n % liz
in bis craye at Sp,inrfir,d -dsinp ncIther he
bayoncr. sword nor Cannon hali INT inst ~
eu1clv dvnp for his connfrv 0ning ~ 49, -
IN ~ hsaf sn5 c-esh ~ h:,t,s n.,f ~ .s,.s.a
of fafe FIR tbr l,st md tr,atsr serriars
/ rcdc ont the Other day intn ri'e cnunt-,,
mn5e 3}Atnt{r 1r &he s}c ere NJ rn. y nur,
Rrynrd Trrna]1yfown 1shS,e 1ros :, - ts..,,
eEumish!nr on the n ,r,inp of Tuesd.v
july Is. 1864. while st nndrr n locust Irt.c
and listened to the quaint observations Of a
Connecticut Yankee, VINO 1eld Carlyir and
Emerson and chose TO be a private. tGourh a
commission lad been otinred
him. b. cause ..cood p1ivates are scarcar ri,sn
coed officers .'-where The eharp skirmlsh1ne
went on then, while he te]d hnrses aud Az.
agely cur4td his fate, because be- could'nt be |
at the front, there Il now no sign Of bat:ls or
1eLel, The fences hare been res:orrd. Tia
debris Of tn bu,ned barn has BEEN removed.
the gate posts ali stand nlumb and sw-;n9
tte., gates once more. and eyerywhere the
f3tlds are eoldcn for the harvest. Further 1,tf
TO lhe tsslVard is Kock Crs, r. In its Watrr.
less bed no rebels ekulk now. and an1en1
the trees on its broken tanks yon nm ne
lisk OF stumbling ever fhe cold dead BODY of |
GIe1d or foe. Tie grass grows i7pg and luz.
urignt in its creyiced couise, the bushes swing |
their heavy growth Of greenness under ths
summer sun. Still further round to the
right is Fort Stevens, and, hard by it, the
SILVER Springs farm Of SIr. Blair. The fort is
double the Size 1t was q year ago, and the
neat t1imness 1t presents outside aud inside,
makes 1t worthy the nnme It originally bore
Fort Massachusetts. The garrison Is two
huldred strong, and the fort ia one Of the
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