The national Republican., 1861-06-14
CLOSING ON HARPER's FERRY.

SAOSA~o Wv AAnk ~ AhnAs
Hagerstoson, June l3.-General Csdwallader
and staff reached Greencastle to-day. He
takes command of the division which will cross
the Potomac at Willismsport, or at some ford
near that place. Gen. Keim commands the
division which moves through Hagerstown and
ShSrpsburg on the Maryland side, directly op.
posite the Ferry. The fourth brigade has reach.
ed point three miles below Greencastle. Gen.
Patterson will remove his headquarters soon to
this place. Active'work is rapidly approach.
ing. Col. Miles, in command Of the fourth
regiment Of the Connecticut brigade, has reach.
ed Chambersbrrg.
The command Of Col. Woodhouse is in camp
six miles below Chambersburg.
One Wisconsin regiment, Col. Starkwesthsr,
is encamped with them.
The eleventh Pennsylvania regiment, Col.
Jarrett, has also arrived.
The drill lasts eight hours per day. Dissipa-
ton is much reduced. The only disease preva.
lent is diarrhea, occasioned by limestone water.
The forward movement of the first division
on this point is confidently expected tomorrow.
1t is said by persons who escaped from Vir.
ginia yesterday, that the Confederates shot .
Union man, named Wilt, on Tuesday, because
he would not enlist. His death has reused in.
tense excitement in Berkeley county. Troops
from Harper's Ferry have pressed into service
all the wagons in Jefferson and Loudoun coun.
ties.
The first Southern mail from Richmond has
arrived at Martinsburg.
An intelligent officer of the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad says they haul everything they
procure in the neighborhood of Martinsburg to
Opequeon creek. They take it thence by rail.
road 10 the Ferry. He says, also, the officers of
the Confederates do not claim more than fic.
teen thousand troops. They told him, Tues.
day, that fifteen hundred North and South
Carolinians were lying in Winchester. He
has heard from soldiers that the smallpox and
measles prevail.
The secessionists at Martinsburg are moving
their slaves South in considerable numbers.
A large wagon train reached here this even.
ing.
FROM HARPER FERRY.
Frederick, June ia returned Baltmorean
from Harpers Ferry informs me that the mum.
Der Of troops there has been rather under.esti.
mated than over-ststed. Additional mum.
bers arrive by every train, and are so distrib.
uted that their presence could scarcely be de-
tected fifteen minutes after their arrival The
probability is, that they are forwarded to other
points. The Confederates have an abundance
of artillery, he states which are so posted as,
in his estimation, to render the place impreg-
nable. He says that two thousand troops were
expected there to-day and tomorrow. The Bal.
timore regiment is encamped ut Bolivar, and are
armed with Tennessee rifles.
The Kentuckians are regarded with general
suspicion and dislike, and are in almost open
mutiny.
Provisions, according to the statement of this
party, were abundant at the Ferry, and the
strictest discipline was enforced.
Two men were under sentence Of death for
sleeping at their posts, but they would probably
escape the penalty.
The destruction of the bridge at Point of
Rocks was unauthorized, and the officer by
whom it was ordered has been severely repri.
manded,
The Baltimore City Guard are stationed at
Suffolk near Portsmouth.
The Maryland heights are to be abandoned.
THE ROMNEY EXPEDITION.
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