The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-06-19

ezswsyd r..essts VIVA ynsychei nineteen instead Of
~e've mikes as ought g Lave been mlrcnca, anoe
e.heYs marched ir tho game outrageous maaner
RE scot Legion, however, bore up better pnaer oo
ry spn and sept more compact than any one " tpos-
everwaked regiments. Tho remaining brigsdes made
cosy march Of eleven miles.
Well, the ever asting delay in the movement Of this
rps dosmsc ID somewhat broken in upon. rsa genuine
for ward movement has begun, Notwithstanding Tue
onstonous redtape Decentralization OF the command
irg General Two brgades, the First and Fourth have
actually passed the Potomac Gen. Cadwaader eaiiog
The advance consulting OF vo companies Of cavalry
Of the Second cavalry and the First Philadelphia troop
sy ana and SSs
gade, Coleae 8 Niles United States Infantry two
infantry; Ninth, Thirteenth and Sixteenth Pennsylvania
antry heading the Fourth brigade took tue water and
took II az their native element The volunteers
followed. Both marched four abreast as they starte
but the ranks were somewhat broken BY the
depth and stiffness OF the current But right bravey
phey wen wading In water, some places full four feet
deep, river Of remarkable volume and oroe three
hundred nifty yards wide. 1t stirring sight to
the young volunteers marching with the steadness
ard precision of veterans singing with the happest n
another ssLet The Wild Verdi wag as it will third
Red, White ard Blue" a fourth shouting with wild re-
whole regiments would catch and join In It's round swell
ing caaences The ehec, was strkingly grands
S xh
waiting enter, would coli his neither integumens aud
enter the water with that portion Of his person in p
toe preciously scarcc to have them wettsd one riding
the top OF baggage wagon to prevent being wetted
was by ufch of the vehicle, thrown into water
far hey his ceph and his arrival a; the surface
hailed with loud shouts Of laughter by his companions
Another slipped ana fe. ne, 100, was leered ~ ms
bath ior The first time in months.
Before five both brgades, with vast quantity Of bag
gage and stores had crossed They have encamped ct
Failing Springs about four miles back Of Wiliamsport
on The ROAD TO Aa,tinsburg The Third brigade under
upon which the two arst lay last night They will
the river ro-morrow
The second Brigade under General Wynkoop lies
csmped ut Funksown, two and half miles below here,
and the Fifth, under General Negley the Sharpsburg
turnpike, two miles from town. There is direct
ntinafop Of the point upon which these two brgades
will move Tho Sixth is not yet fully formed pre-
sumo that one or more OF these will move rapidly to
warSs aas Ferry to s 81 b 81 tst
ward movement towards Winchester, by ad0anc
ipg up the valley Of the Shenandoah Such move
field and Mcdowell from Washing ton and Alexandria upon
Manassas Cap and McCelaud's column from the west
Ny opinion is that the force both upan this line and
that OF Alexandria should be heavily increased. There
are fully % oeo already :n route or who have received
| do DOT hesitate to say that the force should be
increased to forty thousand, and it can easily
enough be done Such q force piercing Central
Virginia would be overwhelming that al attempts
opposition would DO futile 1t must be remembered that
until decisive blow 10 struck, every town and every
until the Union sentiment Of the State has time enough
10 envelope, to arm and hold in complete check, over
awed but no. conquered secession. Hence, fifty miles
from the Potomac, General Patterson with field force
Of 900 could not give battle with more than Is 600
This should not be He should be able to concentrate
Is upon point Of danger attack Independent OF
any troops in garrison.
good story " told Of trick played by Kentucky
lieutenant in the Confederate army named Parker upon
some excellent Union men living in Rohressvlle, in
the lower part Of this county. 1t appears that he
TO then and told them that he was captain
Doubleday, sent by General Patterson to make
scientific reconnaissance Of the position Of
the enemy at Harpers Ferry, and wanted some
information about the loyal inhabitants OF the region
lying at the base Of the mountains Unsuspectingly
they gave him Of persons and directions where
10 fhd them who could materially assist him. he vas
entertained and feed, and sent on hts way rejoicing
they did not discover the hoax until day two after
wards, when they were most numerically scsrined
about 1t
You will hear from next upon the south side Of the
Potomac.
Governor Hicks was here today. He is pleasant
agreeable looking old gentleman inclined to stousness Of
perfon and about fifty years Of age, with round full
black eye. One is by no means impressed by his pre-
sance with thesidea:of greatness
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