Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1861-07-01
From General Patterson. C.mm.,a

HaeERsTowN, June % The body of young
w elsh, Of York, Pennsylvania, who died Of ty.
plus fever, was sent home this morning
Major Doubleday saw a party Of Confederate
troops clustering round the edge Of the woods
upon High Hill, opposite Williamson and
threw twenty-four pound shot at them this az
! than double quick step.
otoeS Tor tne march Uf the rsss,.e guard, con.
sisting Of the first Wisconsin, fourth Connecticut
| and eleventh Pennsylvania were issurd this al
| ternoon. Col. McMullin's independent Ranoers
were also under orders From the fact that tbis
corps is the especial body guard of General Pat.
terson, presume that he too moves his head.
quarters southwark
Ii ia believed that our troops will cross the Po
tomac partly at Williamsport and partly at Sbep.
pard's Ford, nine miles below. Both are excel.
lent fords. IL they cross at the latter point and
push rapidly forward they might succeed I'm can.
| turing at least three hundred cavalrt The troops
are all inspirited at the idea of a forward move
ment Their enthusiasm 10 chilled by the fear
halted again for weeks
Intelligence from Stevenson's Station. where
yohnstons headquarters now are, declares the
Iorce encamPed Immediately about him at full
of these six are rned q
pound howitzers Of the old kind, and the re-
mainder six Founders, some Of the latter rihed
His troops are well drilled, but not so well eou D.
PEG az ours, and are under very strict dscipiine
His men seemed discontented and are sloyenly in
their habits So
a
other Of the Mississippians, reached Haroer,s
Ferry this morning and destroyed the balance of
the railroad trestle work, and came over 70 the
Maryland shore, seizng all the boats thew couId
get, either breaking them up or taking them oysr
the river. All the Union men Of Hafper,s Ferry
Were again driven out.
MIR Alvey, OF Hagerstown, arrested here ten
Gays ago, leaves here 70 morrow for Fort Nc Henry
by the way Of Chambersburg and Harrsburo
Hlshunk 10 already packed. He 10 under guard
Of McMullins Rangers o. -
have Just learned that McMullin's Rangers
encamp tomorrow night at Shepherdstown
Some OF the regiments will be thrown forward
with them. The headquarters Of Gen. Patterson
VIII De advanced further Southwark In day or
two. 80
Capt. Newton, Of the Engineers, has visited
point upon which to erect a battery to command
Harper's Ferry.
The back Creek bridge, stone structure upon
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, the Confede-
rates have been boring and irving TO blpw mn for
the last forty-eight hours. Yesterday II o. M
they set on four mines, the explosion Of which
was dist ncty heard by the Union Hone Guard.
OF that neighborhood, on the Maryland side.
The agent Of the Associated Press, nder the
campment at Failing Waters, on THURSDAY njght.
and found IL totally deserted--the troop. haying
retired to the old encom pment at Hsrrisvile four
miles this SIDE OF Martinsburg. The Cd Mon OF
the best Informed scouts Is that nolwitSs ,ndiny
the various reports recefved-General J,hnsoaS .
force does not number beyond fifteen tho,.and'
vidette from Col. Longnecker's brig aSe swan
the Potomac on Thursday, and came suddenly
on Two Confederate pickets asleep, Iyirg upon
tnelf pieces Unarmed and naked, hs swan
back, and, informing the commando, Others