The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-05-22
AFFAIbs IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD oF HaR
PER'S PERRY.

HAoHsrows (yl. CrAsBEssErso so, Nay Il, 1891
Military recnpnohenee has been push-a from 1efe IN
side q. the Virginia lnes s,tyo yo,nts yesseyniy,
viz-shepparesiovn, ten mites absse 6a-pse's
Ferry, and Wiismssc,t, twenty three miles above.
A; shspIsrcelcwn ttre thee haodsed .h;ee
b sss Iierts Psecee Of artillery f;aLsorei on ths
NneiaA fi6e az the nALing The slprcs 16es
10 TOO bridge, also the approaches 20 tho tosu.
Part Of The stiders are ip c;tizeas dress,
and part a'e Uniformed IN oil ska
CAPS win brass eagle 'front.' tho vidst,es has
eeep Iuthed over the Mary: land eide. rns
Mary lapds ou'psst Ia stationed the hr1se q Nv
DooeIsS, a stcessianet preacher. There dozen
tns the other EIDE OF The bridge rbe socers ,os IKE
common counrymen. About twenty ss,cd isS0g
ing about the bridge az guayd The maln bodS of ths
troops are qrartered in the town
6roceriee are at the ordinary pr,se; provisions ar
passaoly plenty.
rne town be sbelsd from the heights on the A.yy
lard eide CT the river TIE road from sharpshrg suds
rourd the oase o. tbese heehts and s not commanded
by the present batteries until 10 reaches t~o lndred and
ffty yards from the bridge stormog party carry
the bridge by an advance in double qui,k time
The WliamspHt force counted exactly seven huEdred
ard twenty men. The com nader g name is Allen mn
about fv feet TIN inches high. with defective eye,
strongly but rot s,outly built BE looks ike ciuay
Be Is Ter tie wing OF Prominent seceasiolsi cf viii
Transport The troops are encamped in dense woods
GROWING the heights opposite Wil,irmsJwt.
Nothing seen from the Maryla laud eide snve TIE camp
1res rising torough the trees rney nave s!ep. two
nights in brushwood tents They expect sS gdus u.
night, aso ters, and Company OF cavalry from SA~
tineburg aso bundled ussisspp sIs and Aa94nS'ns
Sentries stationed al1ng TIE Virginia shore above
AMI below E1uers Ferry, half a MIL eaoA way. M
person permitted to pass uness un1er tha 0g Of
prominent se,essiorist with pass from ths day OH
cer.. TIE soldiers clad IN the SINE way az the
sheppardssown troops There a rot much d.ic pne o.
order Provisions arr TO day small Quantities from
Mxrtinsbuig. More are expected
Six thousand barrels Of -four stationed along the
Chesapeeke and Ohio canal, between wii inspor: ant
Sheppardstowp. ALI the removing !. by hiul
ing into the interior Of Mary land fast possible
man pamed Ighner, secessonss OF Wliliamspoft Is
the owner Of two thousand barrels, and s having II
hauled rapidly to Hagerstown
There troops higher up the Potomac.
Colonel Allen says no f,rward movements into Mary
land viii be made until after the result of Thursday
election in Virginia is srown. de shinis the State vi
go heavily for secession.
CEAABERsHUEG, E4y 81, 1901.
It s believed here by the military authorities that tie
She opardsown and wliamsport movements f4in:s.
The main movement from Harpers Ferry ol
southern Pennsylvania will be made as s11n
% offensive operations begin from ashogt1n
on South Norfolk along the country road Leading
from Harpers Ferry along Pleasant Valley, through Rob
rersviIle, Boonesboro and Waynesboro.
deem th opinion correct az the Confederate eiie
desire operations Offensive TO the people Of Hry
lard This the shortest known road into pennsylvaaa
from Harper's Ferry.