From our army in Maryland
We are without any additional particulars from our forces in
Maryland.
It was stated by a soldier who came down on the train last night that a large amount of flour and other produce was captured by our troops on the
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, on Saturday last.
The same authority also represents that some twelve hundred Yankee troops were captured at
Poolesville, in Montgomery county, Md., the same day.
A gentleman from the lower part of the
Valley who arrived in this city yesterday afternoon, states that the
Yankees still occupied
Harper's Ferry up to Monday last.
On that day a portion of their cavalry scouted as far up as the neighborhood of
Berryville, in Clarke county.
He thinks the force at
Harper's Ferry amounts to some six or seven thousand composed of the forces formerly at
Winchester.
Martinsburg, and
Charlestown.
In view of the fact that our forces reached
Frederick on Sunday, this announcement seems a little singular; but it may be that this force, after massing at
Harper's Ferry from other points in the
Valley, found their retreat cut off, and were in doubt what course to pursue, or what route to take to effect an escape.
Before the arrival of the train from
Gordonsville yesterday evening, an extravagant rumor prevailed to the effect that
Fort McHenry, below
Baltimore, and fallen into the hands of the
Confederates.
It is needless to state that there was no foundation for this rumor.