Posted on 07/29/2024 7:05:22 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson
Special Dispatch to the New-York Times.
FREDERICK, Md., Thursday, July 28.
If a strong array of testimony may warrant a judgment in regard to the intentions of an enemy who has an annoying way of falsifying all predictions, I hazard the assertion that the Potomac is not at present likely to be crossed by any formidable invading force. It is certain that up to the hour of writing (Thursday, 7 P.M.,) no hostile body has shown itself at any point along the banks of the Potomac, and no demonstrations have been made in any wise looking to a movement into Maryland. Now, when the fact is considered that the rebels fought the battle of Winchester last Saturday, and on Monday made their appearance before Martinsburgh, thus allowing an interval of four days to pass unutilized; and when we couple with this the fact that the enemy is doubtless aware that this period has been employed by us in a way that must make every hour's delay perilous to him, it seems fair to infer that this surcease of action betokens on the part of the rebels another purpose than that of a movement into the loyal States.
I have stated in a former dispatch that, if the enemy did not show an intention of crossing the Potomac, it might be concluded that his purpose was to harvest the crops of the Shenandoah Valley. Now the more this theory is considered the more fully it seems to furnish an adequate motive for the presence, otherwise inexplicable, of a detachment of the rebel army large enough to seriously weaken LEE's strength, and yet seemingly not formidable enough to effect any considerable military object. I have lately talked with many officers of HUNTER's command, who have marched through the whole length
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