The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-05-31

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eion regiments, and the Philadelphia CITY Troop, are
expected within the next twenty fOlr hours.
RETREAT OF TIE REBELS FROM WILLIAMS
PORT.
CHAnsgssprsG, Pa, Nay so, 1851.
The accession srocps have fallen back miles from
wnEamspo,t in the drecuon Of Aarsnssurg They have
shout five hundred ren and two email swivel guns
About hundred desertops have occurred soce the
wilhamspcrt camp esssbisned.
there were three deaths there from en- mSipoS this
week
Colonel Hayes Cavalry lie as Fa,,ing Water
REPORTS FROM BALTIhORE.
BALTIMORE, Nay so, 1861.
p'ivae despatch 70 The Anssri;an, dated vii lame
port, May %, says-Tne camp opposite this place has
fallen back from the Potomac soou. 'cor miles to raI
Ing Ws.eIs
The church at Taliag Waters has been occnpea a
hospital.
Day before yesterday shout two hundred Virginia
troops reached Little Georgetown, seven mles above
wnBamtport, and have encampea there, usirg toe
church as q barracks.
There are twenty thousand troops st Earpsrs Ferry,
and plorty of heavy ARTERY ct evoy assaiab'e point
GenerslI1e was exposted there 10 day.
largo nImber OF OHIO troops rep-rtsi 20 be at
Little York, Pa this morning, their way this ci,y.
from Harpers Ferry rddled with bullets having
fired BY hfteen federal sodi Eo,sss Mia
Some lscses narrosis escaped being shot. The s.ers
ordered to stop all trains from the west AID theso
cara did not stop when crderei.
GRAFTON OCCUPIED BY FEDERAL TROOPS.
CisusHArI, kay 20, Isel
The Ohio and Virginia troops, unde. c,mmapd OF
Colonel Kelley occupied Grston at half past two O'CLOCK
this afternoon. The rccessonsts Red without hring
MOVEMENTS or INDIANA TROOPS.
CrSusSArI, May 30, 1861.
The S3th Indiana regiment, Colonel Csittenden, fully
armed equipped arrived hero as five O'Clock this sf
ternoop They passed through the city to Camp Denni-
son, where they encamp for the night.
Their probable destns.lon Ia Grafton. They were
Enthusiastically greeted
Another Indiana regiment passed Dayton last night
going East.
OUR BALTIMORE CORRESPONDENCE.
BALTIMORE, May 20, 1881.
Ners fran Hdrpsr's Fyy-B ieocs Barsss-css.rlsctsoa
Io Military Road to &dyy,and Hei3ass-Impo1an.
Mopmer. FIRM Ohio-A Basas a: Graf@n Prosatls--
Important from Forasss Monroe, DC.
THE BALTIMORE EScAsrsKSrs
TIE three Pennsy vsna regiments s;il remain in camp
here but it s understood that they are to be sent 70
Fortress Monroe in few days. the soldiers conduct
themselves in very proper manner with rare excep
oDs. Serious complaints Of disorderly conduc. have
however been carried to the ;ers several instances
In one case i was said that lady had been grossly ia
suited. Such conduct ought TO be severely punished.
Two regiments Of Pennsylvania troops pvsed through
the troops that have done h good service Hlvre
de Grace and Perry Vile They COMMANDED by COL
gregaie Of two thousand The GaribAdi Guard
pared through.
regiments passed through here this afternoon their
way home on furlough
ABorr THE mgRRYMiS CASE
The herryman hRbeas corpus c,n.uues 10 ex.ite
the deepest nerest here 1t was reported generally
believed to day that Gen. Cadwa lader had taken Merry
man to Washington but this s no. 30 is the general
opinion here, both among legal and the citz sns A.
large, that the case establishes dangerous precedent
The solemn and deliberate declaration Of Chief Justice
Of the writ of habeas corpus nor auihorzs military
ooer 40 IT, and that Congress alone cau exercise thas
cd as law, as 1t und osbtedly Is.
IMPORTANT FROM HARpER's FTrey.
The train on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad came 10
ss usual 10 day learn some importan. ne So By this
arrival, which will be found below II possible, how
ever, that this Is the last through trau. Two Of the
bridges tho road between Wheeling and Grafton
burned By the rebels yesterday morning and portion o.
the track torn up between Grafton and fa'mingon The
bridges burned were about forty miles scst Of Grafton
The Pcs master here informed to-day that 70 thi,
time the mails from the West this road have arrived
without moestasion but have good reason . believe
the wet viii now have to be Gent by wy o! PttebIg
Baltimore.
yesterday the military rond leading from Hsrper's
Ferry W TO heigbs on the Maryland sde which hai
been In progress for days past, completed ~
made In pursuance OF orders from Gonoro Joh 1ston
TO facilitate the transportation OF the cannon ard nowit
zss with which he has fortified The approaches 20 the
Maryland Heights from the country roa1s tho North
Reiniorccmen.s had arrived at Harper's Ferry
day and Monday nigh. from Kentucky and Tennessee
Ny informant saw regiment Of kentucki2ns ng.
They were com manded by little man with graz hair aud
whskers who rode white horse The sere o. very
large sze all six footers and dressed 10 blue hunt.
ing shirts, bolted with bll.k felt hats with red feather
AZ the sde They we're armed with rifles AMI appeared
to be toleraby well drilled Their movements were
executed with celeIiy but not with preceion. While
they were drilling, Colonel Preston, the Ad-de-
camp OF General Johnston, rode up 70 the mao oo
the white horse, who appered TO DO the Colonel
OF The regiment, and conversed with him a moment
10 low tone Ny informant learned a. Harpers Ferry
that JEFF Davis was 10 be there 10 rhursdsy),
ard would 70 thence 10 Richmond
II s reported here, and generally believed, that ave
thousand Ohio troops have crossed the Ohio river a Ma
Ie,la and Bcnalr, and are moving in two columns ~
wards Grafton where they will unite, and IL ls supposed
march CO Harpers Ferry, and cooperate with the az
tscsiug force 70 from the North tclegaphed 10
the Herald on Sunday that such movement In
temptation, and IL s by unlikely that II has
new been made " will be remembered, however, that
hcre were three Thousand Virginia troops at Grafton on
Toesday-tbat fenforcements pasirg 10 that drec
ton from Hapers Ferry yesterday, and that the conmu
ncation between wheeling and Grafton bss been cut OIL
BY the burning OF bridges and destruction OF tackso
that is not improbable that battle win be fought be-
tween that part OF the Ohio amy which crossed NJ
Marietta and the Southern troops q, Grafton lelrn
from Washington that II Is understood that General
Mansfield is 70 conduct the expedition for the cpcrO Of
Harper's Ferry
OUR FREDERICK CORRESPONDENTS.
FREDERICK, Md. Nay "a, 1861.
Desffstion Of HdrpT's Ferry and n Position Of he