New-York daily tribune., 1861-07-20
- h.v,,y sed away-bouSes un-

,,,spt-lneny having hed away "a In
tnotsd and everything gone 10 w'eoS Ia g Jsscrint;on
Would tn~s r I'D ia surroundings, which WIZ
ofhSIIel s,,re time il i've. Sutheelt, al preseh
% ,Ist Nature has made tbs noss o,d The
Rsyo,;c epot; high mounitins on every 1G; nau
rohNhis ~ end Oiio Canul Baltimore ana ONO wan
Cbeg1aP H. potomac, Shenandoah RSere. ana VARIOUS
f..ssting roads ali certering here nasme S a.
,ace and well woih whit by all, eha eS-
l.sslly by every true American' Ia %
FOa tbe morning Of the Fourth OF Jury VIC ,"oli soi9 '.
y otbsr here We are, after much hhId DsT, MUS
"a work hard fare ~ d nlauy eNlh a1l' oe'syi.
~ gge are at HaTers Ferry, and we VII! sIehd LIS
,i,ious cay betting true Amen ans abo az "sS ~!
"a biIarity. but truly t ID saidi that ht'le 90 we
Iso,v what day-Hye, even lew hourS-o44uss
plrsse bear In mrd that we were 10 Sandy HOOK,
ser,Iy on oaite The town cf llarTer's Ferry. Inc
paofac a. q Is point is about 80 yards Wlde' V5
tso co nrar Go bad as $ o. arrived IA eAd ~, ~
ieW volu 'ce Of Con? ?any G. About oclocA u w.
yf;leg ere with the citizeGs keeping up the fYuIt
tbe CA .parus was 20 lud d, and those he Ho.t l'
SD in ariug some 3O at once rei .h I've M
tho so iud commence b'lsk hfe aero - W en- re-
~ enen who ha fired fr-i, and who sbo' ION ia
bgd stone els and tri houses, so tnal w 49,
ararcely get O sight at them, wn'e We II,
S5izziug OF Il cir uullets from hIile ilnss. - "a
Ssu,ted VIC blazed away az them' rSg' 0 alp ~ - - -
vitr good Will eau ass IRE you, s;,s,ion bn,
mark that we were in mos; exposed h,uailpn' Iu
on Lovs did not seem m all 20 realize or eOhal1 Ius
f,ct Being in orXPCstd pUsit,o iul"eo.a'eiy uPoH
tbe hank ofthe Tiger aHd IN fun view 81 ths eAeIn!
NaiDr Atterbury commander us 70 iall Ds n ine
80 wing p-ob, bly 10 the noise of TIE discharges
ami ex itcieut OF the liue, was rot hedid ~ any
rate IL We not obeyed, and had 10 be repeated salh
srd again by i'm aAd Ca {. j. j. r1son OF Company
A yg6O W 3 in the nidrt u tue hght ana very NUN
sIcoed. He had urged bis myn To seek the cover Of
soae old dings at ha d, II the gallant elloWs
see,ood 10 disdain that Ole OF hghilhg finLliy,
finding the troops would not lieid The ground, Col
S,oIe himself had to ONE up a.d oy tLc "ssls.ee Il
The balance Of the two upailesi they were ihlly
forced from their dangerous position, but not unti
an sorry to eay, two gallant fellow 40 ever hNed
hs1 fallen moItallv and two Others seriously wouuded
Tbc killed were EIInst Gediyke If Company A, and
Jobn Earle BnIiks Of Company G.; The wounded,
Henry V. Williams OF Company G, and kreGefick
" srer of COnlHn e..
Of tho loss on the other fide we have had 20 many
oonaiCtng counts l oaIihOt ren which l. true.
Tra we heard Of five killed and seven woundedi but
| sterWaId lea Lea THAT two were killed and six
Wunoed. AT all events, We sent them Tying over
pshills and Jaw them NO more.
J1ly t.--'fho whole regiu,nt moved forward TO
Shartsbuig, and encamprd four miles beyond, in the
Eeods near observation-disclosures Travelled, is miles.
Julg z, Sulday.-Moysd fOrwDd 70 Williams
pcTt six mcs, aud then fOrded the Potomac Gnd
Lndod safely the soil OF Old Nirgiuia, when
there wss given tucb q shout as made the
earth TO tTemble. Would that had language 70
des1ibe the jordsagl Seven regiments followed 10
our train, for We by special Iduisence t seems TO
sdysnoe on this mach also, and crossed tilst. le
so3si have never before Oebej, and never again
Sxpeet TO behold magif enI, 30 grand so beauti-
ful sight Imagine 10 yOnrsei tie descent OF the
teen bank OF tie river % iis brink OF 1850 men 10
am in complete marchiug order, the bands pl.y-
hg {" Hail ColdInli4 and other national aifsi TIE
bsyones flashing like Ii shtui in tie n0on-csy sun;
te ueycr-endirg hue OF Caggage-wagops, each with
Eu. tOrses, and the ambulntes; the men wadlng
inse-Geep with firm aud martial tread; the OF
Ee waters falling over the 0ck the grinding OF the
wagon. wheels against the stones as tuey rolled over
them the ascent Of the rward eOlunns up tie steep
81 the Virginia ride, preseue picture 10 my MUD
fhst cannot be surpassed in the world. The uhab-
sDt Of WIilismspOft ft their churches and dwellings
ard ran the banks Of tbe river to witness the gand
ipecacle. Tic shores were cym letey liued or BON
Idcs by buudreis Of people and he ladiss God be
nemi waved their White andkerobieis and, with
tears trick down their cheeks aud in the intensity
OF th.ir emoiions cried, 1" God help you" Good
luck 70 yOu!" Good bye!' DC.
Tlis IL no fncy sketch bat the literal truth. Should
nv life be longer shorter, that viii never be
eraoed from 10y memory. The scene, the circum-
ggnces OF time aud lace and the thought cf our ll9
nous mission, produced sra g choking III ny own
Throat Gud my heart swtled amott % bursiiug with
Jairiotic pride,
1rly s-pushed forward TO thisplace IL niles,
sbroapb gcorcling hot sum- TO witucss iho mo aw-
f,l VSsnton AID dau,nabls obstruction Of properly
tba has takeu place hero by the hands OF the
relel;. Burning css locomotives, bridges, tQru-op
"A.
sNy eickep me. 1Le h-uds were two weeks engaged
3 tber heliish work. The accounts yon have read IN
d. newcomers of this dre 45u work give only tant
ea Of the reality. You must witness n, IN order 10
coaprebend IT, could uienien hundieds Of facts and
Incidents ttgt have beeu told us by the inhabitants
concerning this wate # property. Let the following
safce Tue freight cars, Of which there were great
number do,troyed, were hlled W n pork, beef -four,
o fee tea sugar. nola ses, clots, silkr, cabcoes and
O. her goods TOE poor and other citizens OF the place
MEAD with and he cd OF The wand as that ther than
commit III Oi these things, Of winch they stood -
much In med 10 he flames hey might be sloWed 10
take some oi them 10 their ones AID fillics. But,
mo- The devils incarugto actually placed guaTds over
each Ger 70 prevent ans one from saving IN article
N sll went one way 20 destruction. After i. was oil
over the ouly re ct they exhibited was jwhen told
tere were bundr,ds Of barrels Of wlisky, and other
louors burned no with the resi) that they had not
Nved Il for themselves. Thus, BY their own hands,
iey eut of enc he q ef sources Oi rebellion aud,
IN the mahgni OF their Leaits curfed tie people for
DC, telhn them beforehand thst tue liquor wac there.
Comment is needless. The coal that in tie ca.s
II buruing still. BI 1 must cose. Martinsburg b.
aonc 100 iohab tautr, asa is the county seat. The
couuiy gave some 200 majority Tor the Urioni hence
g. ~ ne ilmont. II l. about lOO miles from Washing
toa, - from Winchester, sld l3J from McnigOod.
Ne have 20 600 men hers eager TO mar b npon Rich
road, aud possess il before the 10th OF July.