The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-06-30

YIN 6kAAAl1bfOhE COhnE d OCDENSE
wnnAMspoKc, jane Is, 1851
Afsxn0 n Of Tvsps--7hs Reason why ~. SAafer's Ferry
b Hssavs Destroyed Lieutenant Rsb,oak's 8stey.
Bin wrote you lsst General Joheston suddenly broke
up Rercsnpmcnt at Winchester and advanced within
eles samies Of winamsport This sudden forward move
nnnt hts guard occasioned by the fact that
.crsi Patterson bed already eetached two run regi
aaas ana six hundred regulars from his cc.1mn. One
n thern--she Rhode hand arc Colonel Niles squadron
q regular infant.y-had already reached Washington
r. ne that Colonel Yohes First Pennsylvania regiment
md marched towards Frederick that s ultimate desti
asa was Washington AID that the Second Third o.
sss line were to fo,w it. TO prevent this additional
pecssicn Of trained troops Scots ue he hiss made
Uh demonstration It has to certain extent, had the
dseired effect, for the Second and Third were hastily
~hsown forward from the road Frederick upon which
they lay night to p,int near the Potomac, eleven
miles below here. This march was made during the
The Sixth Twenty first and Twenty third regiments
wiAh portion Of Thomas cavalry, wore marchet Late
,soant opposite falling Tasers ave miles below This
position directly opposite TO that Of Colonel JACKSON
ssd sns PSssm.e just below their enssmp
nent, and seized and burned ferry scow and skif
swned by NJ. Alexander shatsr TINS was to prevent
che Union troops frem using them TO cross the stream
NJ shafsr owns large mil upon the Maryland Hin,
whefc be lives, and very large farm In Virginia Mr
boas freely the transportation refugees and desert
cws fYom Viraina On this account he has msde himself
particularly obnoxious TO toe rebels.
No more such forsys win take place for time 10
.0oOe In thatneighbofho0d. Thomas cavalry sent In
pursuit o. then, and missed them osy BY worry few
SERVED long in rcxas get fair chance at twIce their
Swn number Of Virginia mouns&d chvary they will mos!
WQkhtiy convince them Of tho uns0undneae a
an aorg tbs line Of the Pomac th.se has bean no &C.
10 mention tho that Doubleday eho and she'll (a1
.Aussoa 70 whtch made IN my essss Of yesterday,
my Of the rebel piskets SINCE Monday afternoon.
Yesterday evening after sunset visited the battery
Point foaare that he has three guns myinte1,
40 twenty fooss and ono sigh;nch shell gun rne bat
teFy located upon tho lower blum benk the lat o.
he road cut through the cG and which canal
10 The left mournfu commentary upoa the terrible
ssdse lies beautiful and unpretendng rural cemetery
frcns Of the guns beautiful earthen emoauk
ens ten feet thick In order to hit them the mest
ssse aim necessary they :Anno. be dssmounted from
tooH position even If hit. They pla ed upon plat:
iosm twenty four feet long and twelve feet vide Tns
dasely n the rear Of the platforms which they
stand, so sh though the iearul rec,l parted
% them, they cannot be driven down the steep de-
sliyity Immediately behind them
Ms men are ssmpe,eiy protested from ronad so,: by
r$he same empsbkcaept vhich VI the qaIs No
hing but ancll bursting rish. amoag cSaa injare
The msaaz,ne, neatly c,nstruc.ec and c,vsre. s,a..
and Top III earth from three ,,four e .hsck
ssused inmeoa'cy IN the rear OF Ia, eight inch
INC postum fauSo VI tpc nfS Snmira
bie covers s hs approaches from lhe resess ,-s
Wliansport across the for two miles, inso
VrgipiA aud two mics up AID down tbs river Besides,
could sweep maryland side towards toe inter ior for
fusl three quarters Of mile in any direction doubt
nstm will be hell permanent pos TO ever the re
treat Of the column by this route s,oid ans heavy
verse Deie IT Virginia In this poot Of view The cree
Perkins battery light e-tillery has moved from the
tsrG'onnos, wastngNn county, four mass from this
soe ON the rosd 70 Haeerseo AMI goae tovards Fall
Nc ~asers With ths column which moved th,re yester.
day Jsckfon oe2osite !, shen, has ansEs toe same
snumber Of pieces o. snisr cal:bre--eix pounaers