The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-07-12
OUR HAGERsToWN CORRESPONDENCE.


HAcERsrowH July Q, 1881
Penm5, lraria ana A77yarI-7heir Relative Positions
Appearance Ct the Country and OF the Rb.i Camrs-De
sr,eon Following the Course Of the Rels Soljie'sA
Field Of Wheat Sho,rs Which Way The Wind Bi5ss-A
Slight Fore,qs.e Of he Future, dc.
The great OF travel Ia this section s directed to
Msrtnsburg, Va. As our grand army marches, to8rs
which are Of comparatively little impol. arce in them
ssvea spring simultaneously before the public eye
assume sn important position In the occurrences Of the
times. Names oi villages aud by.places, which were
deemed wholly out Of the way" appear in huge CAPT
taIs-5ensa.on headings-in the newspapers, because
instead OF being destined TO pursue the noiseeHs
OF their way" they carried the tongues OF men
and are made ''lbe seat OF war;"
There ien.abie difference In the appearance Of
the country between Pennsylvania and Mary land ana
IS alr,ost possible to guess the exact vicinity OF Mason
anc Dixon line but there being natural barrier be-
tween these loyal sister States matters not highly
indicative OF Inherent people and bstsutops they
appear after having crossed that great natural boundary
the Potomac river,
The region of county between the river and Martini
burg has little to commend IL, and II this be ''sscreo'
s let 'he rolling hs Of the North and the prairies of
the West glory in the shame Of bepgany thing else
let New England aogh ut her rocks and bramoes which
produce nothing more God orsaken region than the
alluded TO would be hard to up The monster
reoesm has swept over the land bliehti?g and wther
tho hot smoon the pestiential locus.s hss eit rs
traces of desoa;cn not only the face Of nature but
upon sbe and IN the hearts or all who
nveigied within s fascinating but fatal influence The
gloom Of the grave hspgs heavily aud about
thing ,he tainted with this peace destroy ing de
sion Who could foetoid free born American
citizeI1 would have ever Rugged SO deuave phantom
IN tnis present severely unitarian age2
Shortly after ascending the slope from the river the
travellers ess caught by trsces OF the rob-. camp
grounds The woods covering the top of the slope
(Which extend nearly mile back from the rver) pre-
sent the appearance OF having been used for long while
and doubt used since the tine when tbs rrst
skrishes occurred at Wiilamspor and the larger por-
on OF Johpsons force lay ,At Harpers Ferry AMI Failing
Water.
These camping grounds are discerrasle at short dis
tances the thirteen miles from the Potomac TO Mar
.u1stuTg and especially known by always being in
the woods and By the traces being nothing bat straw
1he former from want of tents. tho lack Uf
which the miserable creatures supplied by building
shades with tree tops and young sapngs and the latter
because having nothing eat: they wanted neither box
barrel 70 carry IT, On the contrary, the govern
ment troops always took an open field generally ee
waited spot because they amply furnished With good
tents aud the empty boxes and barrels left on the
grounds show that there WAS plenty 10 store ana that
ocr troops have good appetites.
The rebel cavalry at one place occupied orchard,
and nigh. be expected their samshed horses stripped
the bark from every tree Every shed and stsbe-for
the people Of the sacred don't believe in the big barns
Of their Northern bTethrerwas robbed Of its atrxw and
for the good OF The South.
On high bank along Falling Water stands the black
ened walls Of Connynshams resdence-the notorious
rebelghich, with his barn, was fred by parties that
at the time az be had left It and gone with the chvs
rous army " Virginia about two weeks before.
About one nile further occurs the late battle ground
desgnsr d by the house of Mr.. PorterfeId whose
gable ID seen shattered by cannon ball,
which passed through the garrett, and the
opposite eide Of the road the ashes OF
his barn burned by Of Perkins shels to drive out
the rebe vino sought protection behind they
frosted Froatpg this, towards harrisburg. is the hill
deld in WHICH, behind fence which crosses its brow tue
eneyoY made their best stand and 80 good does toe posi-
ton that ia hard to conjecture why they made
shabby resistance At this point had McMpllirs 6ie
eaters been less mpetuous the WISCONSIN regiment on the
right snd tie Eleventh Pennsylvania regiment IN front
and tue efi could have closed around the rebels
captured them But cowardls In their very hearts from
the hrs they had leveled all the fences bordering the
public road go that they could they cid when pressed
mako good their retreat out Of the fields Is very plain
from The inclination Of the wheat growing there which
way the chivaiy Fought is all bent toward the
But enough of Failing Waters, 1t is only foretasse of
the future II they make stand OF Bunker Hill are
able to produce second edition Of the original Aassa
chusets ala,s, and kill enough traitors TO build
ent Of their bones Our country and tS CT right
liberty and law has thousands Of brave hearts ready To
Stand the hazard Of the de- and take for their consong
motto, DuIes ct decornm est pro patria nor1