New-York daily tribune., 1861-06-24
the WAR FOR THE union.
paTTREsON's COLUMN.
tyee.vB Of the Insurgents 70 Harpefs
FLIGHT of the eHnhasisaass-Ou'rsSes '' '"'
Eebe.s-Tbe P~ori~ leaving Whii""'P"''
An Expedisi0n on foot.
r,.xu our Own CoTesposdevs-

Vsebe!s-The P~Crie leaving Wfia"'P
An Expedition on foot.
r,ovo Our Own Coue.posdeSs-
RAexRsrows, Md, June 20, 1861.
Having received hint last night that body OF our
,,oors would move down TO Harpers Ferry tins morn
ing 10 occupy it, took buggy ealy THIS mTrn'e anu
drove that way with friend. On reaching elmps-
hu,e II miles from here and 10 fism Harpers feFfy'
we found the people there In great Sa'e OF eAee'
mer, and on the way met an express messenger
Headquarters here for assistance.
Last night, at II o'clock, large body ot reeeis no
,nrred TO Hsrpers Ferry and commenced their be'fn
work Of ssrn the fe citizens who renamed sno u'ose
who had returned home .fter they fed. number oi
bousss were entered and the u'eS dragged iFoN teh
beds by ,hese vile myrmdons OF Secession ihe
xUhoe MACE was s,on alarmed, and all The men who
sod i,sd from the town iBstspy, tsesespe by eross
nv the river into Nary lnd. Some were pursued Tor
several miles up the river before they could s'nke
favorable point cross and all were forced BY theu
yndietive puhuers 10 plunge mto the rivsr and ge'
over by wsdDg .and swimming, About forty are
known to have escaped In this way, and saw num-
Der Of them It Sharpshurg this morning who had Just
reached there with clothes hardly dry. They hid ana
lodged about I'LL after day ybreak before crossing
Their oowardly snd wercess porsoers hied on tne
pooc unarmed fugitives they struggled TO escape
over tee river ANA two Of the fugiives seen 10
hdL Several bad parrow ESCAPES the balls " ~hlsl'he
about their heads and falling into the water slose 10
sheu. little boy, even, padding over IN skh,
wac ehct At repea edly.
The ioiowirg persons, citiSsnt OF Harpers ferry'
were taken pri.ouers: John Cameron, Nathaniel Al
fson, ezehi.h RoGerick Edmund Chambers and son,
Adam liuleua, and number Of Others whose named
D,,l, u p.ax h.,f ihrnxD
siothes while crossing the rver.
TIE women and children Of p obsbly one hundred
Em.hes still remaining at n..rrers Ferry and Bolivar
hive ilos been suddenly lett without any protection
among st of lawiess inisereants. The refugees say
that tie active marauders are FirgDians, and that
hrg body OF Rebel soldiers supposed to be the Bslt
more Regiment, wee near at hand to back them ap
bat were bot participants in the work Of seizng snc
driving tie citizens TLere wus small body Of Cavai
r. there SQUADS Of these rull IS hsvd been prowhe
sDout ever the evacuation, hut they bad done N
violence until The return of te Baltimore Regiment
last night and the citizens had become quite pacited
seyerl wo had previously lfI with beT families has
retuIlei.
Finding that our troops had not taken possession oi
Har Ferry they took the oppon nnnIty ois sreuovne
oonsi.g amount Of which they had left n
tier sudden retreat.
/. seems that the order had been given for psrt Of
our forces 10 march 70 Harpers Ferry this morning,
but, for unknown reason, Was coapernianded,
and party of the Sharpnburg Guard
went down tnis morning protect tue fugitves and
prevent if pOssibe, any depredations Oh this aide.
They nmAin their Tonight One OF them returned jus;
before lsft Sharpsburg, this evening, and rePSted
that the Rebels had burned the bridge over the
Shens Gosh, purely wsnton act s private Prep
ery and there s military necessity for it, the rve,
being very shallow and Offering obstruction TO the
passase OF an army. A dense volume of smoke wa
visiLe IRON Sbarpsburg This afternoon, and was sup
posed that the Rife Works and other eovernnen
tuiljinps not previously destroyed were also barnee
The refugees present. whose fears fi The taiey
,heir families were very great, alarmed Ut tb
possibility Of the whole town being fired by their ruth
less enemies, Who in the absence Of commanding Off
Gers were under restraint aud might proceed " an
10 ride extremtes 10 wresk their vengeance an
ceyelish malignity.
left Sharpsburg about dusk, and returned TO thi
place to wIiic out snd mail the above account OF oc
eureuces at Harper's Ferry, sndnow muet add wba
learn of afair vt Willimssport, Ge other point o
iminediate interest in this vicinity
Ii 10 reported that Leut.CoL Bowman sud q,
orderly sergeant of the Pennsylvania Volunteers ven
turd over lsst night observe the enemy, and hsy
not yet returned. As the cavalry which showed them
selves yesterday on the grsuna again early TIM
morning II lie fea ed they were captured. Mr.. Lemon
the owner Of the ferry boat who is Union man, wa
driven out Of bis house with his family, thin morning
ard came over to WilamipOrt.
TIE rebels have been showing themselves ell day
and persons report that large body are near u
hand. battery Of cannon is sise reported 70 hsS
been planted the high ground opposite William
port but although the truth of of these repoi IS
verified, the alarm and uncertainty are sufficient
make tie people leave tho town, and this evening
number of families have hastily packed up and CON
away in wagons. This is said to be advised by tn
military commanders.
TIE l4th and 18th Regiments, Penney lysnis Volui
teers. have already struck their tents and 8 nigf
march is intended. Various rumOrs a8oat of tt
movements Of troops but can ascertain no,hin
more definite. There is certainly 70, spprs
bending some events Of importance heIesbsus shortly
LATER FROM RoBTREss MONROE