Newbern weekly progress. [volume] (Newbern, N.C.) 1858-1863, 1861-11-05

l. O1sl EdIe1LNtJL
The star, in its second edition has the fol-
lowing further PARTICULARS:
THE IMPORTANT SUCCESSFUL MOVE
MENT.
The success of General Stonaand Banks in
throwing their respective comnlands across
the Potomac yesterday and to.dky, in the face
of heavy force af the enesay. and thus form
ing junction with the right of the Grand en-
ion army occupying the soil If Virginia, is com
plete
General Stones loss IN killed wounded and
missing only abo,t 200-is remarkably
slight one, considering the bosdness and appar-
cnt hazard ofthe movement to occupy the Viz
gia;a bank of the upper Pot9uac, from which
F1eSnt stlp further importsit operations may
snesEs 5c S---pecte1.
THE BATTLE NOT KzNzwED.
Contrary to general expedition, beth there
and here, the enemy had not yqntured to renew
10 to 2, P NJ, today, their attack OF yesterday
uDcn the Union columns that have crossed the
river above. They, Doubtless had enough Of
it yesterday and last night.
As .ye 90 to press with this second edition,
we learn that the armies OF General Stone and
fBanhs are now securely in position on the Vir-
gna side Of tie river, the object Of their move
Lnent
COILS. coGsTELL AND LEE.
We hear shat Colonel Coeswes, Of the New
York 1an1Inany Regiment was seen TO fall in
the ngagenent OF yesterday after that moth
ing is known of his fate. He Is believed, in
Stones command, to DO wounded and a prison
er.
Col. VIM. Raymond Lee, of the Massachu
setts Twentieth, who was in the engagement,
we hear, is among the missing.
| Still -ATEa-No RENEWAL oF THE FIGHT
| c. T.
|ascertained there has been no renewal Of the
| fight at Edwards Ferry. The Indications
lplainly are that tie military authorities are
sedulously engaged IN strengthing oGr fources
at that point.
FEDERAL OFFICIAL REPORT OF TIE FIGHT NEAR
| HARPERs FERRY.
! j. W. Martin, Lieutenant commanding sec
tion battery K, Ninth New York Regiment,
| has made an official report Of the battle of
Bolivar We quote from it as follows:
! On Sunday, 18TH inst, I recived orders at six
] P III From Colonel Geary commanding this
post, to hold the section under ray command in
! readiness to march at moments notice. At
eleven, P. H.. we left tins post by railroad and
! arrived at Sendy HOOK at O'clock Monday
morning, 1Ath inst should here mention that
the order FOR the moving OF the entire section
| was afterwards changed 10 refer to
| piece only, without cai&son.
/ AS soon as possible after arriving at Sandy
r.jectile-was placed in battery commanding
Loudoun Heights, and raking the road run-
ming along the base Of those mountains. Al
| though an attack was expected on the forces,
consisting Of companies of the Twenty eighth
Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, of the
Third Regiment Wisconsin Volunteers, and of
/ Thirteenth Reg iment massachusetts, Volun-
teers, who, under the personal supervision of
Col Geary, were removing stores of wheat
from Hers mills, situated Oh Shenandoah
street. in Harper's Ferry, everything remained
quiet and no anticipatiOns Of an immediate ac-
action were entertained antii Thursday even
ing, when Col. Geary sent me orders to. be
f particularly on the aiert. The night passed
away quietly however.
On Wednesday morning at o'clock heavy
cannonading and sharp musketry fire. in the
direction of BoIver Heights, told Us that work
was at hand. A battery Of four guns, sta
toned on Loudoun Heights also opened with
shell. This was Immediately replied to, and
subsequently silenced, by section of the
Rhode Island First Battery, which on Monday
morning, 14th inst, bad been withdrawn from
its position at Boliiver stationed on Mary land
Heights. At half past nine A. n. an order
} from Col. Geary arrived to take my piece imme-
: diately over the river and report to him.
Previous to DONG So, by order Of Maj. Gould,
: ofthe 18th Massachusetts Volunteers, had tel
e egraphed to Point Rocks for the balance of
,
+ fire was opened on US by rif1emen stationed
on Loudoun Heights, but happily doing no in
Jury. We Immediately passed up the street,
It which runs in almost direct line from the de-
d stroyed Government buildings, to Boliver
l. Heights, under scorching fire of shell, canis-
: ter and spherical case shot, which the enemy
b poured in upon US from thirteen pound rife
< gun and an iroe thirty-two FOUNDER, stationed
e ION the street running around Bolivar
III HEIGHTS The enemv'S aim was remark hi y
F accurate, not one of their projectiles striking
more than twenty feet from while coming
al into battery one of their shells fell but two
d feet in front Of the lead horses ofthe gun, and
simultaneously another passed over the amnlu-
;. nition Gnest cn the Timber. While loading
e for the firsttlme, une&ploded canister passed
e lust over the piece, and between the can
nonecrS.
l. After taking our position in the middle o1
$ the street we opened sharp fire on the enc
Inv with shell, and news reached Colonel Gea-
It Iry who was but a few PAGES from Us on the
n fright, that the enemy were falling back, he or
:, Idered me to advance, firing as we did so. We
Y moved forward about one hundred and fifty
S wards, when the order to cease firing and move
it forward t. Boliver Heights reached me. Or
iEour movement to that point we passed the 90
al pound gun (Which, subsequently ascertainee
n we silenced on our second round, the she'll strl
e. king and exploding on the axle body OF the car
z riage) in possession Of tie infantry, and or
a which Colonel Geary was writing his first dis
/ patch
at As soon as we made our appearance on tn
al brow of The Hill the enemy again opened ol
t. 4 as with shell from the rifled gun which the.
bel had posted on the Halltown road, at poin
where 1T enters, and is screened by the dens
"a woods through which it passes. The third shel
ID from our gun struck their mnzzle, and glanc
ling, tore away the entire wheel, ei