Show PROGRESS OF THC THE WAR 10 news from the seat geat of war has been exceedingly meagre a of late and but little ia is noi noa nat nar e t of the operations ofel otei her the federals fed arais or confederates in maryland which hab baa been beed emp bince aluce the latter brosbe crossed d the fotr mac imm after the army it f virginia 4 behind chind the fortifications fortification a at alexandria the RT principal nc apal theater of action if it there has been ben much fighting done there no report of tha battles has yet yit gained pub publicity licAy A few have been announced anno announced to have taken place in the counties of washington frede fred e rick and carroll through 0 and ova sz wh which ich the confederates are said to have hare marched and countermarched counter marched without much taking whatever they needed for ti ba sli tence and oe of benefit to them in the further A prosecution of 0 the war how many confederate troops were ere marched into maryland is not known rumor has their number at fram from fro n thirty to one hundres hundred and twenty thousand their headquarters qu arterb artera at latest dates were at Hagers hagerstown town aad aid gen mcclellan had established his hia at nock Kack vilie P ia Is evidently the intention of the iatter latter to keep an eye on the safety of the t capital and not to pursue the enemy too far 1 uj l the hut but from all that 1 is known ik it ia 15 nez net aas easy y to divine what either cither of the commanding 41 generals 1 intend doing 41 their strategy ia beyond our ken but the next ien ten days dilys may dov elope something more definite as to their present and future movements the war in kentuck kentucky y seemed at latest dates to be progressing rapidly |