The New York Herald Newspaper, July 9, 1864, Page 4

NEW YORK HERALD. AMES GORDON BENNBTR EDITOR AND PROPRISTOR (OFFION XK. W, CORNER OF PULTON AND NaseaU Grd. me : : ——— THE SITUATION. The information whion bas rouched us since our last @coounts of the rebel raid iuto Maryiaud leaves us almost ‘@ much te doubt as ever asto the precise extent of it, ‘Wo number of the enemy engaged, or the object, if any, "beyond pillage amd destruction—for which it was Wendertaken, The terrible pavie waich seized @pon the inhabnante of the border oounties @f Maryland and Pennsylvania appears to bave Weudered them incapable of giving any clear account of What bas been transpiring around them. The facts, (howover, are ascertained that the rebels withdrew from Before Frederick om Thursday night; that General Waliace @ © strongly reinferced that the safety of What place is secured, and that the position which General Sigel took on Maryland Heights, after ho fen away from Martinsburg, ts above all chance of being molested by the rebels. Harper's Ferry bas, also been @vaouated by the rebel forces, They bave also with Grawn from Greencastle. Some of our despatches say that the enemy were Awouty thousand strong, and consisted of jafantry aad Grtillery, as wellas cavalry. Others report that they Were entirely composed of cavalry, and numbered not Bore thaw five thousand, However that may bo, they did considerable damage and tevied Beavy coutributions upon the people at Hagers- fown, Chambersburg and Greencastle. They did Bot, destroy as much of the Baltimore asd Oblo Rail fend as was at first reported; probably mot more than $eu miles west from Martinsburg and some important ridges. They had retired from Hagerstowm ast mvening and the excitement was abating thore, General Couch bas taken measures to arrest the Panic of the inbabitants by ordering that all vehicles @nd horses shall be stopped at the bridge across the Borquehanna, or before they roach there. The raid thus appeare to be nearly played out, as far os Gecent reports represent it. Nothing important from the Cpper Potomac was received in Washington tast vigat. There are no new movements Petersburg. We lay dofore our readers to-day a complete history of the late duel between the Kenrserge and Alabama, from peor own correspondents at Cherbcurg and London, wieding Captain Semmes’ report to Mr. Mason; the @istements of Captain Winslow, of the Kearsarge, @orrecting the errors of the British press with Feferonce to her chain armor; the striking of the Ala- ‘Dame's colors, and other points, and the complimestary Letter of Secretary Welles and Captain Winslow, A map @f the sceno of action accompanies the story of this @venstfal confiict. In consequence of the tuterest attached to this importent triumph of our oavy we give a large Space to the account, in preference to much other matter of lows importance. By the arrival of the stenmebip: Yazoo and Washing- fon wo bave news from New Orieans to the 34 inst, Nothing of immediate importanco bas transpired tn that Vicinity sivce last advices. Gur correspondence is very full, but owing to the pressure on our columus we are @ompelied to omit it to day. EUROPEAN NEWS. By tho arriva! of the Nova Scvitan and Poruvina, of Port au Basque and Cape Race respectively. we have Bews from Europe to the 30ib ull.—/eur days later than Previous advices. We Bave, bowever, received but # ‘meagre report of tbe Peruviao's news, The King of Prussia bad ordered Marsha! Yon Wrangol to resume hostilities against Denmark on the 26:b ultimo, fd an immediate atiaek on the island of Alsen was ex Pectod. It is announced that the war was resumed. Aus- Bria and Prussia would endeavor to induce the German Copfederation to declare war against the Danes. Russia Supports the claim of the Duke of Uidenburg’te the rule ‘eC the duchies. Very great excitement prevailed to England as to the @ouree of the government towards Germany and Den mark. The London Times holds that Kogiand te not bound Ro go to war for Deomark, that country having delibe- Wately rejected the terms of settlement proposed by the atral Powers in the Conference, aud thus invited the Fevewal of hostilities, Lord Palmerston’s explenation to Pariiament, on the night of the 27%h of June, was looked Tor with muoh anxiety. The Durby-Disracil party were proparing for a determined onslaught on thé’Palmerston Cabinet on the Danish question. Cotton was buoyant in Liverpool. aud steady. Provisions unchanged. MISCELLANEGUS NEWS. ‘The franco-Moxican paper, La Evtofitte, of Mexico olty, Bays that at last dates Dobiado was in flight by the same Toute be pursued when Ipating bis expedition against = He pushed on to Sniado, where he found jogrote, aud obtained from him a reinforcement of eig ht Dowdred men avd twelve pieces of artillery. Qoueral Douay, in bis despatch to the Prefect of Guadalajara, Wdoat tbe Dattle oF Newbistian, says:— We mado aa as Breadetals quiet @walt, and, aiter an animated resistance by the enemy, | Bovk the poaltion. ppenoons aod a quantity of arins and ammunition. The fest Of the evemy's force surrendered. Our lose was four Killed and twenty wounded.” Tue Pajaro Verde @ays thas there can be po doubt of the submission of the generat (Uraga) commanding the Juarist army corpe of Batisoo. A protest, signed by Senor Jeans Escobary Armendares, fagent of the constitutional government of Mexico in Lon- don, was published in that city oa the 20th ultimo. Sener Wsoobar protesss againet all we acte of the Freach inter svention, and expecially against Maximilian’s Mexican fone. protests also againet every species of obliga. Bion which shall be coatracted at the ebarge of the Mert {pun wation by what pornon soever who sbali not be Butborized by the constitutional government ‘The examination into the alleged navy frauds was re- Bumed yesterday before Commissioner Oeborn. Several witnesses were brought forward by the prosecution to febut the evidence given on Wednerday concerning goise of Mr. Savage, The witwesses wore |:mited three, who pronounced Mr. Savage a mao of veracity, ts Dearing @ good charscter at Washington ass con. Bructor, hough, a8 Admiral Stnith expressed it, *‘he be Bieved ail contractors would cheat the government.” Mr, Pierrepont, for the defence, made a proposition that Mr. Plenderson be examined by the prosecution, pied ging bim- Pelt not to ask @ question, but this was declived by Mr. Wilson. Mr, Pierrepont thon offered to submit the case rithout argument to the Court, feeling sure of av f@cquittal of his client; but thie wer also declined, Tho @ase was theo summed up by District Attorney Smith, terbo made # few eloquent romarks on the Jaw bearing {apo the case, avd was followed by Mr. Pierrepont for the ofence avd Mr. Wiisou for the prosecution The Com- Eriesiover reserved his decision. ‘The caso of Amor J, Williamson, late Tax Commis Gioner, was yesterday brought before Judge Brady, to Whambers, on a motion of writ of habeas corpus to dis- Sharge Williamson from whe custody of the Shertif, The ware was ably argued for and against tbe motion, Judge Brady rosorving bis decision until Tuesday a6: Mr. R. Roberts, Superinvendent of the Now York Hos- ital, has been presented with av elegant service of silver y the imperial Russiao squadron, as © mark of grati- Bude for the care taken of Ruesian seamen while sick and Be charge of the hospital surgeone and nurses, Owing to the continued foctuations ia gold, com matters were still ansottind yesterday, and cur- s quotations of both foreign and domestic merchan- wore hardly get-at-able. The merchants quoted kind sominal, and eves when sates were made .e market prices were but indefinitely Axed, as every ange in gold unsottied them, Cotten was witheut de- od change, Petroleum was about the seme—if any. ing rather Grmer, Om ‘Change the four market was active, and 800. ‘a 60. per vbi. ‘higher, Wheas fe «Se better, Corn was active aud Righer. Onta Preven igs tome, yess qpeoad bila. ‘We killed two bundred, took four | ire. W oy war without duoided change, aud gruce- ries were active and much higher, the Alabd Clear Cave tor & Demand Upon lena. The exact and copious details which we sub- mit to our readers this morning, ia connection with an illustrative map, of the late sea fight in the British Channel, the reader will find exceed- ingly interesting. This information is furnished from on board our victorious ship, the Kear- sarge, by our Paris correapondent; and, being gathered from participants in the engagement from both vessels, it is equivalent to a compre- hensive official report. Here we see, as ina moving panorama, how the Alabama was es corted from Cherbourg by an imperial iron- clad beyond the neutral waters of Franco; how she was theo left by the punctilious Frenchman to shift for herself; how the fight between the rebel rover and the Union ship was opened; how it ended, and how a British tender to tbe Alabama assisted in rescuing the pirate’s crew, floundering in the waves, aud bow she picked up, and, like a thief, ran of with Captain Semmes and a number of his officers and men “to Cowes and a market,” and what a merry time the jolly buccaneer and bis lucky companions were having among their sympa- thizing frieuds in “merry England.” These are interesting facts for the render and the historian. But the fact which in this con- nection stands out in the boldest relief is this : that before Semmes or a single man from his sinking ship bad taken to the water he and bis whole crew, from the surrender of his ship, had become prisoners to Captaia Winslow, of the Kearsarge. Semmes has committed bim- self in his statement of a surrender, and that several shots were fired at his ship after he had surrendered. His English bottlebolder, Cap- tain or Mr. Lancaster, of the yacht Deerhound, saw nothing of this alleged firing; but the fact of the surrender is amply verified by numerous witnesses irom both sides. The testimony pre- sented upon thig point is indeed overwhelming, and broadly reveals the conduct of Semmes and bis English companions in anything but a creditable light. Granting that Captain Winslow carried his generosity too fer, and was rightly served in trusting to Semmes, the sea robber and in- cendiary, as to an honest sailor, there is no excuse for the conduct of the English neutral, Mr. Lancaster. Requested or permitted by Captain Winslow to assist in picking up from the waves the helpless captain and crew of the Alabama, it would have been a clever trick on the part of ao unknown rebel skipper to rum away with them to the neutral stores of England; but this was not the part for an Eagliah neutral to play. Captain Semmes, however, it appears, was not more eager in appealing to his English friend to run away with him than wae Mr. Lancaster to render him this frlendly service of a sympa- thizing neutral. This gentleman may perhaps be interested in the rebel cotton loan, or in the Anglo-rebel blockade running business, er he may bave supposed that the sympzthies of the British aristocracy would result in making « lion of him at home as the deliverer of Semmez from the hands of justice; but the fact remains, nevertheless, that Semmes, stolen off from his captor, though ‘landed on the soil of England, is still subject to a requisition from the United States. It therefore becomes the duty of our govern- ment to make this requisition upon Earl Russell for the surrender of Semmes and his companions, treacherously stolen away from their captor and landed in England. In view of the honors showered upon this piratical cruiser by his friends among the English people, and of their promises, before the expiration of another month to furnish him a new ship, superior to the Alabama, this requisition for the lucky Captain cannot be made too soon. The de- mand of my Lord Russell for the restitu- tion of Mason and idell will answer for the form of the application—that is to say, a few emphatic words from Mr. Seward, through Mr. Adams, with a few more Gghting ships in the British Channel. The country suffered a deep humiliation in the settlewent of the Treat affair, and the Ameri- can people feel aggrieved from other irritating concessions to Eogland and France for the sake of peace. President Liucolu has now « fair opportunity to begin the settlemest of our outstanding accounts with England ia a requi- sition’for Semmes, the pirate. Indemnity for his epoliations amtong our merchent vessels can be made at any time hereafter, What we want now for the honor, the dig- nity and the cempleie unity of the loyal States and their people is a demand for Semmes. There need be no apprehensions of France in this affair. The French are chuckilog with illy disguised satisfaction over the sinking of a crack British sbip and ber first class British crew by an American vessel of the same tonnage and weight of mejal; the Germans are delighted, and Russia, we knew, is with us. We would, therefore, respectfully, but earnestly, appeal to Mr. Lincoln and his Secretary of State that, in a calm but drm and unmistakable requisition for Semmes, they bave the opportunity to redeem the past blunders of their foreign policy in a forward step which will command the unanimous sup- port of the people of the loyal States, the sympathies of France, Germany and Russia, ad the polite compliance of England, from sheer necessity. Tar Press axp Tas ApMINisTRaTiON.—One of the whiskey bottles, full of bad Bourbon, who edit the Western papers appears very much delighted because almost all the New York press is oppesed to Lincoln. He says that the New York press is haughty and proud and intellectual, and wants to govern the country. Well, there is some truth in this, If the President and his Cabinet had taken more of their ideas, political, financial and military, from the New York papers during this war they would not be in such « dilemma now, and gold would not be at nearly three hundred. Ali the strength which this inistration had at the beginning of the war was derived from the New York pross; but since then such low, vulgar politicians as Chase, Wade and Chandler have had more influence over Mr. Lincoln than all the intellect of this great metropolis. Now see the result. Dr. Buownson on Lincotw and Frewont.— Browneon has published in his Review an en- larged and amended version of his late speech at the Fremont meetlog. We believe that his Review has some circulation now; for one-half of the Fremont committee of this city sub- scribe to ft. It will now be able to stand on A ite own legs, oF, like « tub, on its own bottom, | dete, Of roncas it wanld Dut closed daft and stower. Seefand lard were quiet, but The Rebel Ratd or “wi om NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, JULY 9. 1864 1e-1t?"—The Very Latest Sewes. The rebel raid into Maryland and Pennsyl- vania is the moet contemptible warlike fissile or the profoundess and most formidable stra- tegio military movement of modern times. Summing up all the reports concerning it of the last twenty-four hours, it is an invasion by « few straggling squads of horse thieves, intent only upon plunder; and it is, on the otber hand, a bold dash of two-thirds of the rebel army from Richmond, under the command of General Lee himself, resolved upon the cap- ture of Washington, including Old Abe and his Cabinet, by « flank movement by way of Bal timore. A Chambersburg paper says that, in summing up the information gathered from various border sources by a large corps of reporters, “the rebela had crossed the Potomac at no less than twenty-four different places the pre- vious afternoon, im columns from five to ten thousand strong, and that the main body had not yet reached the river;” that, according to all these reports, “not less than a million rebels were about to enter Pennsylvania;” that they had “maintained a line of battle twenty miles long all day Sunday on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad;” that they bad fired at the rate of fifteen cannon shots every second, and that, judging from the distance they were heard, some of the rebel guns “could not have been less than fifteen hundred-pounders.”” All that we can undertake to vouch for con- cerning this mysterious rebel invasion is, that General Sigel, by a body of rebels supposed to be several thousand strong, was frightened away from Martinsburg to Harper’s Ferry, and from that place across the Potomac to the Maryland Heights, overlooking the town, where he was supposed to be secure; that a small rebel squad has been demonstrating for ten or fifteen miles below, along the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal and the railroad; that another squad, pushing forward for the city of Frederick, has been checked and repulsed by General Wal- lace; that other detachments of these terrible raiders, alleged to have beon there, have dis- appeared from Hagerstown and Chambers burg; that General Lee is still in the vicinity ef Richmond; that General Hunter is somewhere up the Shenandeah valley, industrious!y search- ing for ‘the enemy; but whether all the rebel forces concerned in this movement against Washington amount to fifty thousand men or fifteen hundred we cannot, from the abundant information before us, determine, nor tell the reader where they are, where they have beeu all this time, what they have accompKshed or whither bound. It is painfully evideat, however, that the good people of the Maryland and Pennsylvania border counties have been frightened out of their wits by tbe oock-and-bu!l stories of re- liable gentlemen, and that a general stampede has followed, and that some of our military chieftains within range ef this remarkable emi- gration of a whole skedaddling community, have been humbugged and seized with the prevailing panic, until General Wallace, risk- ing a fight for the defeuce of Frederick, has proved to what extent a senseless panic may be carried. We congratulate the administration that Washington may be considered out of danger, and we entertain the hope that this invisible invading rebel army of forty or filty thousard men, more or less, as the case may be, will fail to gobble up the columo of General Hunter in its retreat. We hope that Secretary Stanton will soon be sufficiently recovered to resume his war bulletins to Generel Dix, including some celiable account of this terrible rebel raid. Lixcotn’s PresmenrisL Poticy.—It ie said that when Old Abe’s friends ask him to change his Cabinet of make some movement to insure his election the funny joker replies as fol- lows:—* In 1860 I trusted to the opposition to elect me, and they did it. Ihave perfect con- fidence that the opposition will elect me in 1864 if they think me worthy. Opposition, gentlemen, is the soul of business. I rely upon the opposition.” This is pretty shrewd of Old Abe. We should not wonder if the opposition decided to elect Lim for two or three terme at once, as the Romans did when they chose Auguetus for ten ye: Comme Ey .—It in generally expected that we shall soon have great fighting in Vir- ginia and Georgia, and that the rebellion will culmina'e in defeat or triumph before the November election. Before the baitle of Waterloo decided the fate of Europe, gold, stocks and mercantile business were in coniu- sion. Even in England, where the finances were well mavaged, gold suddenly rose to a high premium. Now we stand at just sucha decisive crisis. If the administration bad any ability we might feel some confidence in them; but they bave none. Such soldiers as Grant and Sherman may be wasted through Lincoln’s incompetency; but we hope that they will pull us through. Oxe Epvricient Max—Qne Representative from this city showed some activity in the last Congress. Our honorable friend Mr. James Brooks is that man. He nosed out all the dirty linen in the Treasury Department, and is now hanging it up to dry in the columns of the Express. And ob, what splendid reading it is for the fashionable society of Fifth avenue! Env Po.itics.—The copperhead journals exult over the rebel raid down the Shenandoah val- ley, and maguify it into a great invasion, like those that were turned back at Antietam and Gettysburg. Lee is probably in command, they say, having crippled Graat at Petersburg, and left him there quite harmless, They are very sorry for this state of affairs, of course; but they cannot help it. It is strange that these journals should be so shortsighted as to re joice over @ cireumstance that, if it were as they represent it, must prove the ruin of their party. If there be any real danger to the country in this rebel advance, that danger will, as real national danger always does, consoli- date the people and destroy faction. Every time a Southern army comes to the Potomao it strengthens the administration, because it sim- plifies all questions and issues that ere before the people. It boils all polities down to the two facts of the public onomy on one hand and the goverament on the other, and every one stands by the government, of course. Dean Riowmonp For Presipent.—It seems that the Albany Regency want to nominate Dean Richmond for President at Chicago. They want to give McClellan the go by, because he will not make bargains. Thurlow Weed is said to favor this movement, under the impression that it would help Lincola, the ebeddy candi- ‘Tas Bap oro Masriaw>—Wuar May Resour Frou It.—In the rebel advance down the valley we see the final fruits of the President's Inter- ference with Genera! Grant's campaign, and of the consequent blunders and mismanagement. Had General Grant’s original plan been pro- perly carried out no such advance as this could have been made; for the number of men al- lotted to the valley column could, under « pro- per commander, bave done all that was to be done, and have beld the valley also; but the appointment of one of the President’s lacepa- bles to that command disjointed the whole plan, and put matters in such a bad state that an able commander, when appointed, could oot get them in proper position in time to prevent disaster. The country has therefore for a third time te thank the blunders of the administration for a rebel invasion of the loyal States; and if this rebel columa shall collect an immense quantity of supplies, aad get that precious plunder safely within Lee’s lines, that will be @ most important aid and comfort given to the enemy at a critical moment by the blunders of the administration. Aside from the possibility that this force on the Potomac may get to Richmond with ite plunder, we are not at all disposed te deplore tho movement. It necessarily involves some logs to loyal citizens; but we can endure that in view of the fact that it may be an advantage elsewhere. Weare inclined to regard the an- nouncement that Lee has sent a corps to the Potomac as the announcement in other words that Lee has committed a blunder by a danger- ous division of his forces. He is in presence of aman able te take advantage of such an error, and we venture to hope that this move- ment may break up the apparent status south of Richmond, and give an entirely new impulse to our operations there. Derective Brooxs.—The Hon. James Brooks shows conclusively in the fashionable columns of his paper that one-half of the Treasury De- partment has been nothing but a house of ill fame during the past year. Brooks, who has a nose like a pointer, assumed the character of a detective policeman in order to find all this out. He makes a very good detective, too, and we wish that he would do something here in that line of business. In the meantime Fessen- den ought to whitewash and fomigate the Treasury Department, and insist upon a gene- ral housecleaning befere he takes full posses- sion. A Few Quesrrons.— What has become of the threatened address of the democracy of the late Congressional session? What has become of the democracy of the late Congressional ses- sion? Where are the Woods? What are they about? Al! ibat faction have been playing into the bands of Lincoln for some time past, and now we suppose that they are busily trying tc demolish the Chicago Convention and elect Lincoln, as they did in 1868. WEWS FROM WASHINGTON. Wasnrncton, Jaly 8, 1864. THE RATIONAL FINANOES. The Note Printing Bureau of the Treasary Department Ww industriously engaged printing Treasury votes. Ite present capacity is about one million of dollars per day, which is, however, expected soon te be doubled. The noton are paid out as fast as printed; but the immediate requirements of the goveroment are such that Mr. Fes- senden may find ft necessary to obtain a temporary loan from tbe banks of an amount sufiic'ent to pay the army the arrears due, which are estimated mt ninety, instead of sixty millions . Whatever amount of temporary loan, however, may be thus negotiated will be called for only as needed, and will be disbursed ag rapidly as {t is drawn out from the banks. Mr. Fessendeo intends to make such ar- rangements that, after clearing off the unpaid re- quis‘tions that nad accumulated previous to his eotrance upon the duties of the department, ail payments to the army and navy eball be made promptly, It {s intended as rapidly as possible to get the affairs of the departmont in smooth working order, 40 ‘bat the country may at any time kpow the daily ex- peures of the government, which were some weeks ago pronounced by Mr. Wilson, in the Senate, to be three millions of dollars. f THE TAX ON SPIRITS, ETC. It in decided by the Internal Revenue Bureau that, with the exception for transportation, domestic distilled spirits ip bonded warehouse can be removed th@®trom only on payment of the internal duty as the rate of a dollar aod fity cents a gation The transportation bonds, prescribed by tho Secretary of the Treasury under the act of March T last, may be used for the removal of spirits. coal oil and tobacco, under the sixty-first section of the act of Jano last, the oath being omitted. BXBCUTION. A white man named Corneliue Tuel! was bung here to- day for the murder of his wife by boating ber to death ‘With ® Daramer. COMMUTATION OF THE DMATH PRNALTY. Gooden, formerly in North Carotina, was alo to have been exocuted at tho same time for murder; bat the President commuted bis pumsbment to jmprironment for life, an examination of the case leading him to be Ijeve that the act was committed under provocation and in hot blood, and to regard the act as manslaughter rather than murder, NRW ORLRANS APPOINTMENTS. Cuthbert Bullitt, of New Orleans, has been appointed ‘United States Marshal for that district, in the place of Graham, removed, aud Mr. Rozier, United States District Attorney, in the place of Wapies. Arrivel of the Prise Steamer Reucn. ‘The British prize steamship Rouen, J. ©. Murphy, Act- Ing Master, commanding, arrived at this port last night, im fifty-eight hours from Beaufort, N.0. Sbe was cap- tured on the 24 imst,, in latitude 32 50, longitude 75 46, by the United States steam ganbost Keystone State. She was from Bermuda, bound to Wilmington, N.C, with acargo ef blankets, &o. Annexed is a list of the officers in command of the prize:— See Beta Sah Acting Third Assistant Rnginser—Charies A. Blake. News frem Califormia aed Nevada. San Franco, July 6, 1864. ‘The Nevada Constitutional Convention has adopted the Bame ef Nevada for the new State. The bill of rights adopted declares the paramount allegiance of every citi. gon is due to the United States government, The consti- tution which was rejected by the people last year has Deen adopted as the basin of anew one. It te believed a majority of the people in the Territory are in favor of Btate geverament. Minieg stocks are still stiffening; Gould & Curry quoted at $1,850, Arrived, ship Vistula, New York. Testerday afternoon « woman, whose same fe unkuewa, called on Mr. D. G, MeCotter, residing at Ne. 110 Liberty street, for the purpose of procurieg employment, she hay. tmg.deen recommended by the Superintendent of the Fiat- Dush Rafroad, Bhe was partially engaged, after which the woman entered the saleratus manufactory of Messrs Allen sptaaexta tere testa DROPPRD DEAD Lt THR STaRET. An unknown maa, about thirty years of age, dropped dead on the corner of Tweaty eighth street and Righth ave- was alse Cpebiess. wan dressed tha mann @f Soto. THE REBEL RAID. Retreat of the Enemy from Frederick. Evacuation of Harper’s Ferry by the Rebels. Arrival of Union Reinforcements in Maryland. General A. P. Howe Appointed to Command in Place of Sigel, bite Ben THE HERALD DESPATCHES. Ur. N. Davidson's Despatch. Faspanion, Md. , July 6, 1966. ‘The enemy continued to preas Col. Clendenin pretty hard yesterday, and Goally flanked bim just ag the Third Maryland infantry came up to bis suppers, They ail went t and drove the rebels back te the mountaty. ‘The latter had approached co uear that ten or |e doses ebells fell within the limits of the town, aod one struck Bradley T. Jobnson’s own house. He is said to be the leader of this raid. Our troops fought well, and although they had superior Bumbers te conten@with at Grst, held them in cheok till the tnfantry supports arrived. No rebel infantry has yet been seen here. Our reta- forcements are coming up, and Gevera: Wallace and General Tyler have restored order and discipline, and are personally present to see the sume maintained. The following are the entries in the United States Geae- ral Hospital for Maryland as this place:— Sergeant Gi Maryland atate arti otreke, ren, jan artil oun Chas, Greenvilie, K, Ath fillnots, dead." L. A. Carver, I, tn Illinois, wounded, Sergeant G. H.’Remington, 'B, 8th Illinois, wounded. W..N. Amburgh, B, th Illinois, wounded. Jas. F. Halstead, C, 3d Maryland, wounded. G, 3d Maryland, wounded. », 8th Illinois, wounded ta shoulder, 34 Maryland, wounded, James P. Rice, (, 3d Maryland, wounded. DA. yy, K, 3d Maryland, wounded. L. Mobly and Jno, Kimes, K, 34 Maryland, sick, David Richards, K, 34 Maryiund, wouaded, Joba O'Brien, A, $d Maryland, wounsed, G, W. Springer, F, 84 Maryland, wounded, Charles H. Mason, G, 24 Maryland, wounded. James Cunningham, H, Ist Virginia, wounded, J. W. Crupkileo, F, 8d Marviand, wounded. Robert Crawiord, Jr., C. 21st New York, wounded, G, W. Bell and a. B. Fiske, 34 Maryland, sick. be Mr. Francis C. Long's Despatches. Cuampenspona, Pa., July 8—T A, M. ‘The rebel raiders in Penosylvania aod Marylaad ere fn much stronger force than has been belleved. They consist of cavalry infantry and ariiHery, and twenty thousand is the lowest estimate I bave beard made ef their strength. » The rebels levied a contribution of twenty thousand dollars on the inbabitante of Hagerstown, te pay whiob many of the citizens were obliged te dispose of their wearing apparel. Aside from this outrage, the rebels robbed and pilinged indiscrimivately, forcing many of the citizens of Hagerstown and vicinity to give up thetr ey, watches and all their valuables. Neve of the iders have been seen at Hagerstown since nom yeater- day. Heavy Gring wae beard all yesterday afternoon in the Cumberland valley. The sound would indicate an engage- ment near Frederick city. The force that visited Ha-,| gerstown went in that direction. ‘The rebel cavairy is Jenkins’ old command. s Omamaresacna, Pa., July 8—P. M, Acolumn of rebels entered Hagerstown this morning At eight o'clock. The force that left yesterday for Frede- Tick took the Boovesboro road, and these new raidors came in by the way of Williamsport, They are ransack. ing the town and committing all manner of depredaticns, and bave burned several private dwoikng houses. How large a foroe occupies the town is pot stated. ‘The greatest excitement prevails all over the eountry, and the people are leaving their homes and taking the cars for Carlisle and Harrisburg in large numbers. When the cit:zevs of Hagerstown paid the twenty thoa- sand dollars that the first party demanded, they wore Promised that themseives and property should be pro- tected; but the scoundrels are plundering and destroying their houses in direct opposition to their promises. Cuausnssona, July 8—P. M. ‘The column of rebels that tovk possession of Hagere- town thie morning was commanded by Imbodes. He evacuated the town, after holding 1t four houre, following tho Sharpsburg road. Notwithstanding the twenty thousand dollars the {obabitants had pati for prorection, Imboden insisted oa burning Zeller & Co’.8 warehouse enieas the citizens would pay him fifteen hundred dollars more, which they add. A courier has arsived from Hancock, and reports a Onion force at that point—probably General Hunter's. The Washing Wasnixeron, July 8, 1864. There is nothing of start!ing importance from the Upper Potomac this evening, The opinion atill prevails (nthe bighest military quariers bere that the rebel force eugaged in the raid bas been greatly overestimated, ead will De fortun ting away safoly with the pluader it has already accumulated. THE PRESS DESPATCHES. to Command @emeral Howe Appo im Mary! Wasutwarom, July 8, 1864. Tt is understood that Brigadier General a. P. Howe, chief of artillery of the Department of Washington, has beon ordered to the command of our ferces im froat of the redel force in Maryland, vice General Sigel, ordered to re- port to Geveral Hunter. Bvacuation of Har Rebe Barrons, July 8—2 P.M. A @espatch from Harper's Verry this morning confirms the evacuation of that place by the rebels, and says our troope again hold it, ‘The old flag floats once more over the towe. Retreat of the Rebels from Fredertes, Frevanice, Md., July 61 P. M. ‘The rebels have retreated fully four miles from their Porition of yesterday, on the road to Boonesbero and Hagerstown. General Wallace and staff are actively engaged. Everything looks well. Frederick is jo ne danger. One gun was captured by us yesterday. ‘The Eleventh Marylandg hundred days mon have er- rived here and been enthusiastically received, Faxpeace, Mé., July 6-2 P. M. ‘There has been m0 fighting to-day up to this time, ex- cept some picket firing by oat skirmishers, whe are feeling the pesition of the rebels. During last nignt they foll back from the Mine which they eecupled during the fight, and are new reported to be im pesition in Middle- town valley, holding the road to Middletown and Hagere town, which eresses the Cotoctia Meunteta. Two guns ‘are mounted in the gap, The rebel force is now esti- mated to be about five thousand strong. Goneral Wallace has received reinforcomente—whenee and to what amount we leave to the enemy to find out for themscives; but we may say that they consist of men who have been tried, know the work before them, and de ‘not shriek from its perfermance, Frederick to-day te not like the Faederiek of yesterday, Since the arrival of Gea. Lew. Wallace with his reinforce forcement, the appearance of the city ls entirely that the danger bas passed. @he Baltimore Telegrams. Barensona, July 6, 1864, Despatches from Frederick, reesived at headquarters this morning, cay that the enemy retreated dering the Right from before that town. : General Wallace ts persuing them. Reinforcomente are rapiaty going forward. General Wallace cays thas dovechments of the hundred days mon wore in the fight, aed behaved well, ‘The force in frees of Frederick yesterday is net be. Heved to have exceeded (wo thousand. ‘The apectel deapatohes sent from thie city, stating thet Row oF cizts miles of te Baltimore and Ghia allroad ‘a Kerry by the et Rave been destroyed, are merety sensations! Actlons The officers of the road assure me that, wit (neler facilities for obtaiping information, which certaiuly are quite equal to apy others, they bave nothing to wurrant such agtaaD ment Oa the contrary, al their iuformation gres to ew that thus far very little damage bas been done to the road by the rebels. They must have beon too mach oe cupted im gathering in plunder to devote much stteusion to the read. Certainly the road is all right westward from « potet about teu miles wost of Martinsburg, and from farper’s Forry eastward to Baittmore. ‘Thus the rebels havc so far ooly held or operated om some twenty-five miles of the road, on whiod thoy Rave auly destroyed the more important bridges, which ena ‘De rebuilt tn two or three Gaya, Generel Havter ts supposed by this time to heve reached « point aot far weat of Martinsburg, and punsibiy bas already struck « biow at the rebels in. the rear, ‘Thore is ue excitement, us telegraphed North, Our pee ple are as confident aud as cool as the weather will Polegrame, Pauspevraia, July 6, 1906. General Couch has issued an order direoting thas a Vehicles aad norses in charge of meo fering from eep- Dosed danger shall be stopped either before they react or at the bridge ncross the Susquehanna uatll further orders. This implies that the éanxer, if not seteaiiy past, is of no tmmisent or serious charactor. Hundreds of farmers bad left their orops just ready to be harvemed. General Couch has sent a despatch to Mayor Henry te use bis personal influence at once to raise mea under the recent calls of Governer Curtis. | A Geapatch, dated two miles north of Aagerstowa, to A.M. to-day, states that one hundred and eighty pokes queritias, from Imbeden’s and Mosby’s commands, stored Hagerstown at five o'clock, where they were ro®- Ding the stores and had fired the engine house, Tharster® warchoure and two buadred tons of government bay. ‘They also intended to burn Zella & Co.’s warenouse amd threatened to burn the towm, The turntabie of the rat. road had not beem touched yet. Tne rebela wore beavity indoned with plunder. ‘The rebel Genera! McCausland, with his brigade, wee at Williamsport this morning; but reporta say thet he will leave that place vo-day. A bigh wind was blowmg the fire up through the town (Hagerstown), aad great Gestruction of property was feared. s Late éespatches from Greencestie assure os that the main body of the rebels which entered that place bad ro tired, it is supposed, southwards, across the Potomes, leaving a few stragglers stil! iu the tows. ‘Tho easbier ef the Chambersburg Bank telographe te cashier of the Harrisburg Bank that the campaign t& ended in that locality; that the rebels have retreated from: Hageretown, and requesting him to send ¢he tellers bad with the mosey and securities of the bank, GRANT. ‘so Despaton. Mr. Jas. C. Bitapacri: Ni Ruy Oomes, Barons Paraassuna, veguy TA. ML. DESERTED VROM THE RERBI LINAS. It fe reported that a, rebel lieutenant and twenty-five men cate into Gen. Wilcox’s lines after durk lass even. ing and gave themselves up as prisuvers, saying thas the garrison of Petersburg was short of rations, Owing te the early departure of your courier I am unable to tawes- tigate the facts im time for this letter, best it will aot Se ‘at all surprising if the report prove true. It ts the bie tory of Vicksburg repeated, where nightly dosertiens took place by those whose stomachs gut the better of thotr prtriotism. Before the preseat campaign Richmond and Petersburg were filled with refugees from Nortem, Suffolk, Fredericksburg and otber places, and now they are overflowing with those who flied before the army @ ite march from the Rapidan tothe James. it is computed that there camnot be leas than two hundred thousand Of these people in both cities and vicioity, all of whem, together with Leo’s army, are jout for gubsistenes ‘apon the ratiroads receatly cut by Our cavalry. Ae the Tebel government is compelled ateuch a time te feed er get ria of them, the probiem of the siege ts one, the sele- tion of which lice net very far distant in the future, ABSLGNATION OF GENERAL LEDLIE, General Ledlie, commanding the First division of tht= corps, has tendered his resignation, dating from the 4am inst. While we are sorry to lose wo good an officer we cannot fail to give assent to bis claims for leaving the service, His health bas been seriously impaired by ao tive duty, principally while in commend of the swampy districts of North Carolina aud Southeastera Virginte General Ledije entered the army as Major of the Nine teenth New York tfantry, which was afterwards the Third New York artiliery, of which be became Lieutenant Colonel and aubsequentiy Colonel, and served with bie gommand in North Carolina until be was made Acting Brigadier General, whence be commanded his brigede ta the operations against Chariestou and against Suffols. PUNAEMRET OF COWARDS. I bave spoken several times of the caso of self-mutiie- tion by soldiers desirous of escaping the future fatigues, Mf not dangers, of this campaign, Two of these follows have been tried by court martial in the Seoond divistes, General Potter, and semterved to the Dry Tortugas fer tbroe years. The following extracts from the report of the proceedings will give you some additional faote:— Sentenre.—And the Court does therefore sentence him gonfinea at bard labor for three years a8 5 the Cummandiug Geveral may direct, and to torfeit all pay and bounty that 16 or may become éue him duriog that period, Which General Potter approved as follows:— The proceedings snd findings of the Court and the sem. PN sonore vill be {urwarded to the Provest MArsbal of he Army of the Potomac, for confinement at the Dry Torve- £20, which is designated as the piace where the sentense Of the prisoners will be carried out. CAPTADY JORNFON WOUNDED, Captain Jehvsom, Inspector General on General WE cox's staff, wan wounded yesterday in the thigh, but fom tunately not seriously. ‘This is the sixth officer of Gem ral Willcox’s staf wounded in the present campeige. The Goneral himself was bit by @ piece of shell in the last fighs. 2 8aD INCIDENT. Joho B, Shiver, of Company H, Becond Pennsytvente Provisional artillery, was killed in the necond line of tm trenchmente on the morning of the Sth. His memmorea- dum book contained the following entries: — on bear crn ha Jy as Sey eo Columbia to Carlisle, Pa. we” will 1 spend the 4th of Jely, 1866? God only wa, He was relieved from picket on the night of the éim, and hed just made the memorandum above when he was killed. General McC): "2 Bword. TO THR EDITOR OF THR HARALD. . 8, Recmvia Sep Norrm Ganouna, we Buooairm, July %, 1864 } Please bave the enclosed twenty dollars added to the other subscriptions from this ship. 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