The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-07-03
OUR BALTIMORE CORRESPONDENCE.


BALTIMORE June 80, 1851
Movements Of General JoAnstOp-Ris Aaneuues A0siaa
GEN raj raae,son-TAs krpsdinoH Up the Koaaeha
R,oer-Rccen< Hovemsna of General Wts>, &c.
MOVEMENTS JOHNSTON
On Wednesday last she 26th inst. General Johnston
advanced from hts camp at Winchester at the lead Of
1000 men, and marched towards the Potomac He
rested his troops that night Martnsburg After a
march of twenty miles. Throwing forward scouts the
sse night and the Potomac at various points
tabout I'VE miles esst Of MsrtDsburg) he sscertsined
Tie position Of the Union forces 10 be ~ folowsGene
raj with his body at sharpsburg Colonel
Stone lower down, nearly to Harpers Ferry N the In
te,secion OF road running northeast to Brownsville
with the Potomac river; General Csdwallader At vii
Transport General wynkoop At Frankstown; and other
forces at Hagerstown and Brownsville Such was tho
report brough, TO General Johnston by his scouts
Thursday morning. From certain Indications General
Johnston became convinced that General Cadwalader
would not sgain cross the Potomac at Will ans
port, but that tho Union troops made any
demonstration the right bank Of the Potomac, they
would croes lever downsay In the vicinity Of sharps
burg Leaving, therefore, . fo'oe Of artillery and
cavalry under COL Gordon, with the Seventh Virginia
regiment OF infantry, the neck opposite wilAmeport,
Gen Johnston ordered Bgadier Gen. jackson, who had
been stationed there with eight thousand men, TO march
Win inc remaining bx tuOuB0nQ OOWu Tue fOtomAC W
shepherdstown opposite shNpsburs. This movement
was executed Thursday Afternoon. Col Gordon, In
the meantime made two feint demonstrations with his
cavalry in sight Of Wansport in order to give the ion
precision to Gen Cadwaaaer that Gen. Jacksons whole
force Nas still there. That night he constructed q
Masked battery ON . wooded HILL commanding the road
from the ford 70 6hepher0stown The force takep down
r the :r place Ssa o0n:'sa the
the Frst Fourth and Enth Virgins regimepss Maj
Pendetos with eight brass neId pieces, and fennessse
captain Of artillery, with tour howitzers, sent by
General Johnston from Marnsburg ON thu ssme alter
noon, and joined General Jackson at shepherdstown.
but were planted on Al smnepoe little pa 81 from liz
river and somewhat out Of sight, They could readily
be moved, however, to any required position.
This s the atept reliable inform stion have to the
movements Of Gen, Johnston glance at the map will
show that be posted in such way to give General
Potomac me opposing forces are about equal
IN point Of numbes being about Is 900 each side.
rho superiority any On the Union side, while there
10 preponderance OF cavalry and artillery the side of
the reols hardly probable that collision can be
long aveited.
EXPEDITION uP THE KANAwuA.
Nothing has been heard from the Ohio regiments who
were sent up the Ohio river towards Charleston, In
twelve steamers light drought and fears are enter
tail ed that the object Of the expedition may be failure
These feaIs grounded what Ia known be
facs-namey, that the rebels along the river, and par
tcusriy in the neghbofhood OF Putnam Court House,
bad obsructd the passage OF the below that pom.
by srhng old boxe, loaded with stone in the
tnere ID TO cause however. original
Of The expedition contemplated overland march for
The entire distance from the OHIO river to CovDgton
Ne~bern and If 1t ia found ,mpactcable to ascend the
stream the expedition land at any point and
their march according TO the original programme They
have probably done this, snd shall doubtless
bear rom them They are too numerous and too well
ARMED 10 fear an attack aud Gen. Wse has not yet
gsnized sufficient fore for their repulse.
NY letter OF June "a contained account Of the rst
movements OF the latter officer Thai letter left him at
CovinRtop after passing through Stsunton and Lynch
burg now learn that be has siuce been largely REIN
forced by companies Of rebels from the neghborhood of
Beverley ButtoDsvle and Pocahontas county and hav
ing assembled we'll armed force Of least IL 600 men,
he lei CoviDgton ana was few days ago. descending
the Kanawha river by the roads parallel 10 that stream
intending TO operate against the Ohio troops comng up.
He took with him from Lyncbburg three south Caroline
regiments under Brgadier General Garnett, ard from
saupton regiment Of Alabama troops At Summervile,
In Nicholas county, after crossing the Gau'ay river
BRIDGE he joined by regiment raised entirely in
thai county, and med with their rifles. Each
Of this regiment said to be DEAD shot The regiment
ID commanded by Colonel John Fl. Richardson. These
tha.><~-~, tho o1srv
apart, and we might hear Of an engagement between
them before long