Munchauseniana.
Richmond,
September 8.--Yesterday being Sunday, the usual variety of rumors were afloat.
Those which gained most credence were the following: That
Generals Jackson and
Longstreet had crossed the
Potomac at Edward's Ferry, and were at the
Relay House on Friday morning last.
There may be some truth in this rumor, as the account published in another column from a Yankee journal shows that the greatest panic prevailed in the
Yankee capital; and old Abraham doubtless has his Scotch cap at hand, ready to make his exit.
If
Generals Jackson and
Longstreet have really reached the
Relay House, all communication between
Washington and
Baltimore and the
West is thereby entirely cut off.
The reported blowing up of the
Long Bridge is now generally believed.
A lady who came through to this city from near
Washington states that she was an eyewitness to the affair.
The enemy, before evacuating
Acquia Creek, destroyed a large amount of stores and provisions.
Later intelligence gives us the gratifying assurance that
General Jackson has entered
Maryland by the route above indicated, and is now on a tour to the most important and inviting point between
Baltimore and
Washington.
It is now useless to speculate upon probabilities.
The war has assumed a new phase, and our citizens must expect hereafter to hear news that will startle amidst both good and bad report.
The tables have been turned, and the confederate army is now an army of invasion.
