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From Baltimore.
Arrest of Secession Bridge-Burners – An Attack upon the Federal Troops at New Creek Bridge Expected.
Baltimore, Saturday, Aug. 17, 1861.
A letter from Westernport, Maryland opposite Piedmont, dated the 13th, inst., says that the Federal scouts last Sunday night succeeded in capturing three notorious Secession bridge-burners at New Creek.
A force of 1,100 Secessionists is reported near Romney. The Federal troops are at New Creek Bridge, and expected to be attacked by them. The Federals have been reinforced.
A large number of fugitives from Virginia, men, women, and children, in great distress are daily passing through Washington seeking refuge.
Citation: New York Daily Tribune. New York, 17 August 1861. Gift of Steven and Susan Raab. AN .N5675