New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-05-22
AFFAIRS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF HAIR
PER'S FERRY.

HAeERsIows. iva Chan bersburg), May 81 1861
MilIary re- onno issnoe has been pushed from here
in.ide of the Virginia lines two Iontr since yester-
day. viz: Sheppa'ds own, ten miles above Harpers
Ferry and WillianspOrs, twenty three miles above
At SbeppaIdttosn there are three hundred men Ind
three b1les pieces.
Pieces of artillery are stationed the Virginia ride
Of the river commanding the approaches to the bridge
also the apruacLes to tie town. Part OF the soldiers
are in ctzes dress and part are uniformed IN COM
mon oil skin ears with bas-eaele front; the vdetes
have b,eD pushed over tue Mar, Land ride. The m'-
rylaud ou,rost is sintoned near the house Of Mr.
Douglas. n Sec.rs onist preacher There Il dozen
tents u other side Of the bridge. The solaers look
Ike conpp, oounirymeu. About twenty men stood
loung ng about The bridge guard TIE main body
of the troops n e quartered in the town.
Grocer, me at the ordinary price, provisions are
passalbly plenty.
The town can be slelled from the nights on the
MARYLAND side # the river. Tne rVsf from Sharpsbu
winds round the bsse II ibete highs aud lie not
msnded hy tue present batteries until it reaches two
buudred und fins yards from the bridge. sornIiug
party can carry the bridge by sn advance in double
quick tine.
The Will msport forces counted exactly 30 men.
The con mancers name is Allen. IA about five fees
ten inches bigh with one defective eye, 81 ongly but
not stoully built lie looks like country mihtis
off, err tree 10 communicate ever ythng admitted. lie
/, under the wing Of prominent S.cessiohisi Of Will
Transport. The troops encsmped m dense wood
crowning the bghts opposite W,lIismspori.
Nothing seeu from the Mary bind side, save the
cam, 6ies rising through the They have slept
two nights IN b,ushwoed tents. They expect STA guns
tonight; slso tents aud company Of cavalry IRON
Marirsburg sioo xix hundred Mssiszippians aud Ala
bamians
Sentres were stationed along tbs Virginia shore
above and below Hsrpers Fory, half mile each way.
No person permitted IN pas unless under The wing
Of promnsnt Secessoust, with pass from the day
officer The soldiers clad in the same way ne the
Sheypardsiown uooIs Thoe 10 not much d'oc,fino or
order. Provisions arrived today in small qasnliioo
from Mai,insLurg. More expected.
Six thousIud barrels 81 -four stationed along the
Chesa ptnke and Ohio CnI al. bttwc.p Winmpou nnd
Shepyardrtown. All the owuer are removing by
hauling il into the interior of Maryland as fact as posi-
bic. man named Ligbtner rece-eionet oi Wiiians-
port IL the owner Of thousand barrels sndss having
1t hauled rapidly to llagerS'own.
1hsre are u troops higher up the Potomac.
Col. Allen Gays L. forward movements into Mary
band will be Iade untl after tue result Of ThuTsday
election in Virginia il known lie thinks the State
will go heavily for Sec ssion.
CHAMprussUo, Tuesday. May q, 1861.
], Is believed here by the military authorities that
the sheppards,owu and Willismspor movements are
feints.
The main movement from HarperS Ferry on South
ern Pennsylyanis will he made ns Soon s' offensive
operations begin from Washington Oh The South or nj
Norfolk. along the country road leading from HuIsrs
Ferry, along Peas AIT Valley. through RohrrsVine,
| Boonesboro' and Wa,nesboro.
deem this opinion correct, "a the Confederate lead
ers desire 10 AVOID operations offensive To the people OF
Mary land. This the shortest known road into Penn
syivania from Harper's Ferry.