The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-06-08

A correspondent of the Baltimore Ameri-
can writing from Willamsport, Md, ] nne 3,
gives the following details Of the collision be-
tween the Virginians and Marylanders OIL
Saturday and Sunday. The correspondence
was doubtless written with an eye to giving
an advantage to the Feueral side:
Camp Allen was broken up on Friday last,
and gone, we don't know where. Two COM
panes were left to guard Lemons Ferry
On Friday night the commander OF the re-
manning companies evidently took fright, for
he formed his soldiers at IL O'Clock at night,
took his wife and child from their beds, and
depar ted, men do when in haste and fear.
| towards Martinsburg. On Saturday morning
a company of cavalry, which were better
ada pied TO running and q company OF rifle
men, were sent III ther place, with orders TO
| sink the ferry boat.
| The cavalry left about nine O'Clock, and the
| rife com pany Capt. Patrick's) proceeded TO
| sink the boat. They had accomplished their
| design before IL was discovered on the oppo
| site shore. As soon as il was discovered that
they had sunk the boat, an officer Of the Will
| iiamspor: Guard stepped to the shore and
| commanded the Virginians TO leave the boat
| in twenty minutes, or he would fire upon
| them. The twenty minutes passed; the fire
| was opened and returned. Captain Patrick
| sent q dis patch for aid. A brisk fire was kept
up, the balls whistling over the mems heads,
till some seventy shots were exchanged. A
| few toothpicks were knocked from the bridge
and trees, but no one was injured. The men
saw that they were wasting ammunition,
Of which they had but little, and the hring
| ceased.
Soon the Virginia cavalry was seen coming
back down the turnpike at full speed. Wei, I,
| you may believe that our little town was 8
boiling pot for q while. Pale faces were seen
| bobbing In and out of windows, crinolines
were cutting the winds eye in hasty flights
| across the streets. as1Ef a3s Fs 4x
1t was known that the enemy had ar tillery
and thousands Of soldiers at no great distance.
We had forty men and forty muskets.s The
town could have been riddled in thirty min
| utes from the hills across the river. Who
could tell but that We had caughta Tartar
Our men stood as firm as the hills that back
| ed them. Dispatches were sent TO Clear
1 spring and Sharpsburg for aid. But nothing
!. Eaore that was exciting happened III after
! dinner Soon after dinner the Virginia sol
diers were seen to en- ter tho ferry boat an d
tighten her; soon she doated again. Some
soldiers were put on board, and also three o
the ferryman's sons, and they began to mak'
their way down the Ever. II was eyiden
that they intended 10 take her around to Fall
\ | ing Waters. The presence Of the ferrylnan'
r three boys in the boat. who had hsen pressed
8 into the service, prevented our men frou
? firing into her they were unwilling 70 kill
a them, so the boat passed on. She had pro
! | ceeded about quarter Of q mile, when
] | squad Of the Guards started In pursuit. Tn.
. Virginia soldiers ran her nose against tn
!, Virginia hank and fled to the woods hard BY
stripped 70 tho skin and swimming the river
message was sent 10 them that they coui
: take that boat no farther, only at their peril
Reinforcement waa then sent down % she VII
y pieces. when they were ssain informed tha
Z the first man who entered the boat with u
axe in kis hand would be SHOT dead on tn
= spot ss What shah we do y. asked ths Oar
q tain OF the Virginia soldiers. Sink the boa
Z. where she is. or take her back to the ferry an
sink her there; but take her 70 eFalhn
| Water. you shall not 90 Was the reply. "l
10 il only that you have tho advantage Of us,
said the Captain, 'sthat we consent 70 DO H..
"a Oh, that We had you At fair play p'ss . Ths
Y is Just the way in which we are Anxioas
Z, | meet you at an early day. was The respons
h hut hsd did do u; took her back, knoeksd o,
- the plug, sunk her, left her, and-thA Wi
. Transport boys felt better A MttIe late
h squad from Oienrspxipg arrived. havil
- dropped their tools. grasped their shootiu,
st irons and hastened 70 our aid, xmd q nigh
D fall the 6hArpshurg Rtils Companss-bfA'
E boys those. Of Harper's Ferry AnA JQhn Hrov
notoriety-came ID 70 back our Home 6uArc
All Satarday nigAt and Sunday gNard y
" kept over the fsrry boat; hut no ataeukpt y
"a made 10 remove II. and the Aonl1 basa
IN qatet1y away. sagtx @As
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