Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1861-07-02
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FFom the Richmond Enquirer.
The Isetyeat ffpb,, and The Re-occu una
tian efi Harper's Ferry.
We are npwatSliberty. oil he best au-
f,bority, 10 make public the true motives
assaetua.ting General Johnson, /in yhat ne
Sorthern, and some 81 the Southern d.
pefs, have called NE "EyacuatioA.of liar-
p per-. sReerry gafa General like other
p thl tlIE7 men ef education, had LONG
Eaown thAs Hafpeps. Merry, III itsegf lis
lagiiy ana undesirable, Nom the facility
with which Lean be turhsd. Il fiesrSs
i 4 were 70 the mall end oka flannel y
| the broader emo sof which eystfld, with
gIeat ease, be soieAaied hyJtleNenerYnv
The heads f.rectng the Operations 81 III
Yankee WIPE Well aware IN ~
fact, bsSsorgotfllat there we're f6Ny rs
astute heads on 2opa sine. tphe niS,,fss
Eand abba. yesdgalion Of Nai6r ,Wbi,;;S
Chief Engineer HI General s,basnn Esa
satisfied our leaders Of thessiustoess.' 81, -
these views. II WAS wen hown ~,
General SCOTS Plan was u TIM Har.
| per's Ferry BY afeolumn from Pa 4 Is
vania, under General PATTERSON, efA.t /
junction near Winchester or strashrs
with another. column Of cglellants AZ
imy passing throIgh Rom1sy, aud Gu
Eof Beauregal' 81 and J6hnsQn's armies
from each otherll | This plan was com
Ipletely foiied, and tue enemy cheeEnia
ted at their own game, as ws shs
lnlaiA.s
On OF about Thulsday, the isth irst
Sen. Johnson having waitsa Al HarpeF,,
Ferry long enough TO make tie eaem I,
fbelieve that he intended To- contest thal
position to the laSt, aud Learning thai
they We're advancing On williamson
and Romney, senF i portion Of his force
to Winchester byE rail On Friday III
continued this moYqment, sent back Iii
tent equipage and pther heavy baogxgaI IL
his sick ~ 81, set lille 10, and burned 81
RAILROAD bridge, and such Of the public
buildings as conlal Be burned withcul
Eendangering priYate property, spiked
fsneh Of the heavy ghns al Harper's Fer.
~ as could not beHfemoyed, and On Sat.
urday moved, With his whole army,
marching on foot jim the direction 81
Winchester, encalnping about 81 miles
South west Of Charasstown. The enemy,
taking this movemsht, as it was intend.
led they should tsRe i, Is retreat,
crossed q Brigade III their advance di-
Vision commanded b5 Gen. GadWallader,
{ Who joined their fofces Oh SATURDAY, d
Sunday morning, which was moved foor-
ward towards 1MartinSburg.
i On Sunday mornl1g, however, Gener-
i'll Johnson changed lis line Of march,
alright angles, anal moved square q,
wards Martihsburg, enegfnping All Bunk
~ Hill,on the WinGlasterNa and Martins
burg turnpike, twellFb miles from MARI
to offer battle there OF advance
and attack if necessarYA This movement
placed the enemy III Ia5 sspFedican,ent -
He had not crossed hs wiole force, ana
il the opposing fatoes bal closed eImast
Nave been beaten I'LL detail He here.
f9re I acknowledged the corn, TUNED
tail and retreated ,4cressed The rixerS ana
evacuated the ValleFs retiring lberond
HagefstoWn.s AL Lieutenant G6lonei and
another, (menbers eFEthe 8th Pennsyl.
lyania Volunteers. wsfe taken prisoners
during this retreat. .s
a day or Two after this, Col Hin, I3 Il
Virginia Regiment, inHdoniaaaad oi a part
oft6e forces who had Il.retfealedf' from
Harper's Ferry, and Who had been p1nsf.
eaforward towards Rqrhney, AS our read !:
'ors have learned from Blu Saturday s3erlis
ton, sent forwards towards New Ureek
on the Potomac river eighteen miles
westof Cumberland. four companies Of
Tepbessee and Virginia troops, under
Col. Vaughan, of Tennessee, whoFfounl
the Yankees posted on THE Maryland Side
of the Potomac Our brave fellows. il
the face Of The enemy, fdrded lhe stream,
waist deep. drove Them off in the utmost
confasiona captured Two pieces 81 loApsp
artillery and q stand ofqolors. deslroged
therajlroad bridge at tbdt pOiat, and lie J.
tuned toRQlnacy, mailing a march Of
thirty six miles and gai.ing a brilliant
victory, within twenty hours
Our readers VIII thus sea what Gen.
Johnsou's ''fetreat FROM IIarper's Ferry
Fas done Il has thorou ghlg broken Up.
General SCOTS paper pfogrsnime, de
stroyed his whole westslgl combination,
and compeild him TO ram odelhis whole.
plan. flour slreireatg ~ thus muck.
weIWait with confidence Id see whatIotr
ad \ aaees will do. In tlp.. uleantime, We
beg leave to recall % oil readers recoI.
ieclioa the old motto Of III 5 paper, Mons
VefFons.' ~ ssi