The evening times., 1900-07-11

hat he saw and heard: On the road out
we passed the Second Connecticut Heavy
Artillery and few stragg.ers. Just oct OF
the city We met several farmers with their
teams hauling into town their household
furniture. their dwellings having been d.
stroyed or taken possession OF By the Cen
federates.
When within a mile OF the fort we Corli
hear the picket firing. with its peculiar
sound. like unto chip-chip. as though some
axman was cutting down tree. We socn
reached a line of sentry placed across the
road to stop civilians. We got By without
much trouble. and soou reached the TOP OF
the hill at side OF the fort and about 900
yards down in the valley. We could
see the opposing skirmishers banging away
at each other. at times very vigorously:
then again lulling. with only an occassic nal
shot Here we could see the ruins OF tEe
houses destroyed Monday so that The
Confederates could not use them for cover.
The houses neGr Seventh Street destroyed
by our forces are those OF Richard BatJ5,
w Bell. j. n. McChesney. Abner Shoe
maker. and the residence OF the late w.
NJ. Morrison.
''On Monday the Coltederates got within
100 yards OF Fort Stevens. II was only a
thin line, the men being 50 far apart that
the heavy guns of the fort could not be
used against them. but the infantry in the
fort drove them back.
"On Monday night about 10 O'Clock viii Q
the Federais were forming their picket ne
out the Seventh Street road, near Widow
Carberry's. the Confederates assaulted
them with some impetGosity. and drove
them back. but the line was finally formed
after a slight brush. After this quiet
reigned supreme all night.
About daylight this (TUesdayl morning
skirmishing again commenced the Confed-
crates opening in good force ON the left be-
tween Fort Stevens and Fort de Russy, in
Widow CaTberTy's wOOds. The guuners In
the fort the Thirteenth Michigan Artil-
lery. threw a few shells In this direction
which had the effect OF driving the COnfed-
crates out when they worked around 10
the right enGeayoring to get in between
Fort Stevens and Fort Slocum. Here the
First Brigade. Second Division of the Sixth
Army Corps. General Wheaton. were post
ed in sklrmish line. At first the Federals
got the worst Of IT, but finally the Confed-
crates were driven back out OF a held OF
low underground and bushes. from which
they terribly annoyed our troops. Two
prisoners were captured. belonging 10
Twelfth and Twenty-irst Georgia Infantry.
They were dressed in grey jacket and pants
and presented terrible filthy appearance
as though they had marched many weary
miles Two other prisoners had previously
been brought in, one belonging TO the
Twenty first Virginia Cavalry, and the 9TH
or 10 the FoTty-sixth Battalion, Virginia
Cavalry. OF Morgan's Corps.
Up 70 IL o'clock the skirmishing contin-
ued. the Confsderates still endeavOTIng to
reach the field of low bushes on the right
of the Seventh Street Road
President Lincoln and Secretary sew
ard accompanied by one or two officers and
a cavalry escort visited the threatened de
fences On Monday and yesterday
The "'Intelligencer" Of Thursday. July Il.
contained the following.
The n.alitary demonstration made by 81
Jwn force OF the enemy on the out
skirts OF the National Capital. w''hin the
last few days has come TO an end. The de
monstration did not take the form OF any
thing like an attack upon the city except
II front OF Fort Stevens. where some Skin
nishing disclosed the presence Of hostile
force on Monday and Tuesday last The
number OF the enemys force az this point.
or at any other, was utterly unknown 70
our military authorities. but II has been
subsequently developed that at this lOCall-
ty It never much, IL at all. exceeded 500
or 500 men.
We regret TO state that before decamP-
ing from the city the raiders burnt the
country seat of the Hon Montgomery
Blair the Postmaster General. and rined
the mansion Of his brOtner. abstracting. II
Is supposed. the papers and correspondence
Of this gentleman. covering a period or
forty years. T.