Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1861-06-29
MeTements ef ihe cenfederass Army.

Movoments OF the Genie derase Array.
sERIoUs DHsrnUcyIoS on RAiLRoAD RRofkErr.
The Southern army under Gen. Johnston,
lately occupying HArper's Ferry, is reported AZ
being posted, ~, 900 atrong, In the vicinity OF
Martinsbare and Winchester. Martlnsburg IT.
self has been occupied Tor several days past py
Brigadiar. General jackson. with q force OF
about I'VE thousand men. goodly proportion
of whom are cavalry. On Friday and SAtur~
day last general 0esruction of the locomo-
tives and cars belonging TO the Baltimore aad
Ohio Railroad AZ and near Martinsburg' wac
made.
Our reports state that over forty locomotives,
Of the largest and best description, with sever
al old and less important ones, were almost en-.
| tirely demolished, by heavy fires OF wood ana
4 coal BEING buiIt under them. Some three hun
Il dred cars In all, including several passenger
cars, and about one hundred wooden boz and
platform cars (which might have been sdapted
| for the carriage Of troops), were burned up
completSly, while the round iron coal oars
some two hundred In number--were emptied OF
ltheirroontents, and portion OF them run down
the neighborng eubsnkmsnls, or into the bed
Of the stresms whose ibridges had been previ'
ously destroyed. s,55s fli h t.c) .a.t
Our informanis state that the immediate
reason Of this wholesale destruction was hand
bill (sinee discovered to be . forgery, having
been entirely without their authority OF knowl.
\ edge, yet purpoeting 70 be issued BY the Balti-
more and Ohio Railroad Company, and said to
have been posted at. Harper's Ferry and other
places In Virginia., to the effect that the COM
pany wanted two tbousan men at once, at two
dollars day, In order to restore the bridges
and put the road 10 order for the use OF the Fed
1 erAl Government. This movement 10 believed
to have been d fuse pY interests hostile to the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company to de.
ceive the Southern authorities, so as to lead 70
the destruction of its property. ~ y
General Johnston, Commander, in Chief, be-
lieving that such repair and use would seriously
operate against his cause, Is said to have given
tho order to General Jacksou for this addition.
al damage to the road, thus putting u on the
ground of military necessity. There are
| many rumors In circulation with regard to this
affair, but we believe the foregoing to be It's
truest phase. Oar information satisfies US Ii AZ
i IL Is the intention Of the Southern authorities
to spare no effort to prevent the road from be-
ing worked for the use Of the Government In
any part Of that State where they can maintain
sufficient force to defeat it. Il Is stated that
the passage of the Potomac river BY General
Cadwallader and his command, subsequently
followed BY his retreat across the same, were
among the causes which induced this action by
the Confederate army. II is further stated that
the vacilation Of the movements Of the Federal
forces for 30 long period after the evacuation
of 'Hsrper's Ferry BY the Confederates, led tc
their return TO its vicinity, and also 10 the re-
occupation Of Msrtinsburg = Baltimore Sun
jane % t'-