New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-06-28
THE EVACUATION OF HARPER FERRY
4 MILITARY ECfSSIFY NOT -RELIslIED BY
cIiARLEsTONIANs.
Of The Charleston Courier.


! Tie city to-day 10 excited Fl N center to circun.-
ference over The Intelligence lived from liarrera
FERRY yese day. tGat ,ur forces were eyacuatln5 t't
| locality. The information brought here b.! ge-
iIeman who Jaw the troops in notion and tie bridges
in flames bu his Inability 10 give further details ana
the lack If corrobOrve evidence has created deg zee
of apprehension and nisapPrehension TO the popular
! mind, that In almost paiiful.
Uarper' Ferry bias heretofore been regarded as the
Glib altar Of Virginia ~ the key to the City OF Wah-
Ineton and 10 Maryland, and grand str 'teslc loih'
from which the public have been pabeuily waitiHS 70
zee Issue an ara Of SOuherners on mich INTO t'e
/ eamp { the enemy They have becvsd il impregna-
bic 10 the assaults Of any number Of thou ands, aud
poston which the Irde OF Virginia would P.omp' her
10 retain Ter all circumstances: ~. TINS
Ueut of ther hop-s, this upset'irg OF the ndNlddal
cheor.es which VIC Americans mnch ciiiIed TO
torc.ct that bas produced tie mental eieryescence
/ now goirg ON in the community.
Mcn always Ike 20 have reasons. in tie present
in nee hey have NJ ither facts rea ols. Military
caution has surround, tie movements iakiog pi'cc az
n .ryrr'f Ferry with wall Of fecFesy 10 profound as
il is Important for, unquesionaby, the canger WI
have been and are being made ar Lie mot Sishi''h'
event oil the presc,t campaign That they have been
In contemr lation for nunber of weeks, aai per--
aly aware. That they the results OF carefully
tt1ded policy, aud not of the plessnre Of a sucdih
emergency il equally time; CUd that they VIII not re-
d5uId 10 The welfare OF tic State, reflect honor uTon
the military leaders T. wrom it has been co:fted rs
on. h, unworthy of the Zine, the men, ard tie ocea-
/ sion.
/
witness tie dgraceful scen,s Of an invading array
nron Il cir soil homes desOited property desroyed
AID citizens in Toned, that fOIbeagince has ceased
/ T. b. Il virtue -" and they hIay awakening 10 the
fact that thew are really at war; II is no wonder,
therefore that the retrogade movement nth piefeu'e
| Of enemy, Of an amy u?on whom tney b5'g
depended to whip five times thor lmoer hurio'uO'd
/ rs that movement IL by an lmIenetIaole m!,'ei!,
should excite the fear and indigestion oi The people
hote howe yer, for their own peace % mlnd, tNat
thu facts be made public. My own Its
are that IIarpers Ferry has not been eva'natea III
the Hilary sense If the term, but has simply az s1
md iis use in an emergency long autlcl.'' as =
depot for TeGrforcemeni--a pint dGfP'i 90 b"se VI
operations COumon serse WOhid indicate 'ia' -. VI
twelve thousand men have not been colcehtracu ''o
ia urotec few empty walls OF budluge; ana common
MINOR las Inscribed 20 Gen. Beauregard TIE RENAL mat
with its natural defeses three Thousand were aDie 70
hold the place agdi Il twenty thousand Iut 'NV.o
facts toge er, and the inquiry natua.ly aiteSi NAV
! the object of the balance NO. 10 nght ~ HHter
Ferry certainly for artillery would effectively DO tnis
work. Il must then be to light ont OF H. wherever the
preseuce Of the enemy might render baIe he,eeay'
I'm The beginning military foresight dls'o'eie" III
yaaknes. of the Northern and Western border, and Tue
! opportuntes which poi al Detection III ti'l po''loh
Of the Stale would afford TO the Federal troops 10 pass
into the interior. II was therefore necessary 10 IS
tablfL an army AZ strong point, wiiere, "hiic
mr. te,ted itself il coud fall suddenly upon TIE 4lk or
rear of an invading force, who might GEEK IRON this
direction TO reach the Capitol. -.
UarIers Ferry has, among others, served thls Purrr
a. !
nur troops are marching from that ron II Is 10 con-
| centrafe at some other now more important lo-
cality where they perform the elective ser'e i0'
| which they have been ga hered. nu
II L. etaied however, that troops nave Ielt tne
Narylani IIighs and burned tie bridges acro.s Ihe
potoilnc and it is consequently inferred that II the
enemy choose 70 occupy the nights with their cn0n
Harpers Ferry would no Longer be tei1l,. inis
statement il the most improbable part OF we Whois
story for il is hardly snpp0sahle thai II the design -
Entertained Of holding the place an opportunity "oaid
be 1T rded 10 the enemy TO hAruss our orceF y! Fo
s..snp Themselves Of point az once 80 Emporium ana
/ dangerous H. however ihe evacuation Is COM le'e'
| dcrsnd uron Il that the army has heen moved where
ey can do duty effectively than by remaining IN
their prescn' po-ition IL ti.-.
and whatever has been dictated by them viii, when
pronery understood receive the full Involvement Oh
nnbc Sentiment but unlc,s the reasons are speedily
known the effect of these reports upon tue sCHlh ana
Southwest cannot but prove detrimental TO TIE eaute
| Of Virginia. !
TO tbose who have no teeth" The Cotton ana oiher
States lave been pouring into the Old Dominion Their
Volunteers by tousand- but if natives are 20 run ~
every frh retreat before every approach aud permit
their soil 10 be occupied without attempt TO wes
ii from the invading grasp, public ardgr WI so?n oe
cooled and the sympathy now extended here WIN &c
removed 10 Tennessee md other Border States, where
the hand Of menace is likewise uPliited.
Something NUT be done, aud tha, quickly Chang
inc public sentimen every where out OF the state must
be- counterncted and, with handful of trump cards
all ready tho game ought TO so on. Let the ball open
| and the sooner the better. PkRsosNE'
MIR. WEED on THE CASE OF j. +. HARVEY.
! FROM The Albany ErsHng Journal.
| We have known Mr. Harvey, socially for more
than twenty years. Though generally differing with
him about men, and frequently about measures, our
personal relations with hin were ever agreeable, 80
,nucb 40 that we were gratlod with announcement
| which placed him in an honorable position abroad.
We did not credit the rumor which impeacted Mr.
Harvey loyalty. But when erideace of lie truth was
prod Lced we shared In the indignation which was 30
generally and Justly expressed Nor, with the expa-
nations and m,galions offered can we ma either Jus'
LITIGATION or excuse for his conduct
Mr.. Harvey has BEEN during his long residence in
Washington a correspondent Of The Chd,ieston Mer-
| cury When South Carolina went out OF the Union
! and made war upon the Government Mr. Harvey, ms
a true man. should have terminated his engagement
with traitors abstsning, thenceorh, from furnishing
| them aid :" I" comfort" or informatlon Long con-
neced with the press and compromising ia re ponsi-
! bites. Mr.. Harvey had, in the following letter, an
| example worthy OF imitation:
| "PHuAD'A, July S, HIS
"Mn srEAH,Y-You Member Of Parianent and Of
the majority which has doomed country t. Destucton
io mon YOUR Hands They stained with the blood Of
xonr Relatives! You aud long Fnends-You
my hHo"'' '"' Yours d. FRANKLIN"
But Mr.. Harvey, instead Of acting upon euch
;mnulse of patriotism, chose TO continue his CORE
groudeuce" with traitors and with the especial organ
OF treason. His conpli;y with our enemies contin-
ned after his appointment TO high official position
In Justice however, TO Mr.. Harvey, we are bound
IN ste what we understand to be his grounds of de-
| Tense: The Government, acting upon adyi ement,
was at one period preparing, as military necessity
for the surrender Of Fort Sumter. This purpose had
/ H.. hal ,la.s,