New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-06-25
FROM PATTRRsON's COLUMN.
Movements Of car Troops-Anxiety Concern
ing Gel. Bowman-Telegrsph Extension
The Enemy Tapping the Wiros-scces-
sfou IaWyeP6.
From Our SPECIAL Correspondent

From Opf opsCA toHespohoeph
HAoERsTowS, Nd, june 81, 1861.
Last night the 18th and 18th Regiments Penney
Volunteers marched toward Harper's Ferry, and en-
canped ut Sharpsburg; they may move forward ssain
tonight.
Capt Doubledsy's Artillery went to WillamTor
this morning, and have planted their battery behind ip
trencbmen,s on high ground, between tie town md tie
rver, which commands a wide scope Of cleared fields
the Virginia side oppose. The cleared land rises by
gentle sope from the river bank to the crown Of the
hills, q mile and half distant from Wiliamspor.
The tops of the hills wooded, and here on the
skirt Of the forest the Rebels bave shown themselves
to-day constantly, well as yesterday They are evil
IDENTIFY busy about something, and it is supposed they
are inrenching and planting batteries. But they allow
no one to pass their lines and the facts of their poson
and force are not known.
No tidings have yet beer received Of Lieut. Colonel
Bowman Of the 9Th PenDsylvans Volunteers, and bis
Orderly who ventured over the river the other night
10 reconnoiter without orders and great fears felt
for their fate Indeed the belief is that they have
been hung andtbe of their regiment especially are
very anxious to revenge them. They went over on
horseback before the Rebels bad reappeared, very In
cautiously.
The CONSERVATION Of the people at Wiamsport has
somewhat subsidized to-day, but many families have
moved. The next passage Of the Potomac ut VIII.
Transport by our troops may be disputed but the rebels
canno long maintain their poston there, o. they oc.
cupy the point Of long peninsula formed by bend
Of the river, and may be cut of by flank movements
directed from Shspardstown below, and near Clear
spring above, efeetually closing their retreat.
We have nothing further from Harpers Ferry to-
day.
The good effects Of more rigid discipline among the
soldiers and tie absolute prohibition put upon selling
liquor to them by the rumsele of this town. are very
marked The place has been quiet and orderly both
night and day since the arrival of the troops, striking
contrast with the disgusting Of drun.en braws
and disorder which dsgraeed tie army and degraded
the American soldier at Chambersbnrg. The town has
been under guard constantly, and the srictest military
regulations, amounting almost TO martial law, have
sticted the circulation Of citizens after O'Clock in
the evening ill sunrise.
Last night the contractor completed for the Govern
ment telegsphic line between this place aud Cham
bertburg, u link in communication hitherto wanting
This establishes two Ines Of magnetic connection with
the North and Washington, and is the important
bscauss tho old lns through Frederick TO Washington
and Baltimore, passes through Unaffected and lonely
districts in Maryland and liable at any momentto inter.
ruption, BY which direct communication, II dependent
on It alone, would DO broken between Gen Patterons
column and the Commaoder.n Chief at Washington.
On last Tuesday night it actually did happen that
munlcation was interrupted fos nearly twenty -four
hours. The Geographic wire was out on the mountain
range, hve miles this eide Of Frederick, in nineteen