New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-06-17
THE EVACUATION, OF HARPER'S FERRY
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THE EVACUATION OF HARPER'S FERRY.
HAGERsrows, Nd, June 10, 1851.
An express messenger has just returned from Har
per's Ferry having left there to-day. This afternoon
h0 was in the Ferry several hours. All Of lhe Balt
more and Ohio railroad bridge had been burned,
save two spas and about three hundred yards of tres
eel work. The bridge over the Shenandoah River is
st standing. Persons walk mp and down the canal
and the opposite side Of the river freely The scnnels
stationed there do not tire upon them Two camps are
on The hghts, containing about six hundred men, The
remainder Of the troops vacated 70 night TO folio" the
main body at Winchester. The greater part Of the
II 900 troops stationed the Ferry 70 Southwark to
Join Generals Beauregards and Lees forces. The
smaller body, II is believed will march to join Gen.
Henry A. Wise, s, Romney, who is on the mar,h to
oppose tie advance OF General McClellans column
| from the West.
| Geu Wise has 5000 men q, Stanton, one regiment
| Of which has already marched. A great number Of
small arms said to be thousand, were tbrown into
tie river by The rebels and also come of their &C
oou,reuents Boy. and men are recovering them and
dyidii them. The place wears desolae appearance
Some large guns only have been removed six mies up
| the Shenandoah. II was reported at Hsrper's Ferry
thu, the locomotives below Opequon had also been
burnt with those at Msrtinsburg numbering in all TO-
Tho pilei Of the yirginsns opposite Williamson, re-
turned tonight alter an absence of two days. Tx
| Governor Manning brought the order to evacuate
Uarpers Ferry. The messenger saw the Scott Legion
| ON the march io-dny. They looked well. He also
saw the First Philadelphia City troofs who were in
good health Letters mailed 10 tie Philadelphia req.
| lnen,s here reach them safely.
Polsr % Rocks, Saturday, june II, 1861.
Your reporter landed on the Virginia SIDE al HaF-
rer's Ferry al p. H., and was the int Union man
wLo crossed there. found the town nearly desoiAie
No, solitary soldier was vsble and only few of the
poorer elases were be Oh the streets The beet
! borses were al closed John Browns engne-honse
and magazine, aud the srmory buildings, were only
partially burned.
Three ear loaded with grain aud coffee for Wnches-
ter, Tor lack OF engines TO haul them, Were emPued
into The river Oh Friday, and lot Of cotton also. lhe
cars were marked Miller iIies, Winchester. nv"
trucks loaded with machinery ard pipes stand IL front
Of the hotel. marked Richmond Armory. Fifty iH,-
locL muskes were thrown into the river, and anlm-
Der of bows were bu.Iy engaged fishing them out
AT the camp grounds in the Of the town nothing
4 yas left oi any value. The town and surrounding
country present tho most desolae appearance ever
| .een.
4 phys;cisn who wac ,enias the troops says that
| about 20 of the Mississippi AMI ALBANIA mea were
down with the measlee AID viii probably lose Their
hearing. They were ordered % oavo 'here y houTs
before hey did and one o. Gen. Jolnson's siai tad
that the Federal troops gong 70 take NheheS'eF
sud !ortify it to cut them oil. They ''on!G now -
there and 10 re, nfCIced from Richmond Near The
bindings that were buIn Il April quantity ct IEis:e
barrel, were gathered in piles
TIE accounts Of the numbers IN the camp vary from
fifteen 70 TWENTY-FIVE thousand. All were uniio:mei
according 10 the Gncy and the means OF the toWnthty
came FROM No side arms were allowed IN the camp
except in the ease Of commissioned officers lho Mem
tlely and Mississippi troops raid they came 'beEe 10
tight, and were eager 10 90 and take washington Oh
t5eir own account. ] secured a lot of bayone;s
aud ,io-os If n1.kets as mementoes, and lett 1T .
o'clock.
The inhabitants were greatly rejoced Oyortheeyacu
alton. piece ola Virginia fsg, placed there in APRIL
m reaina on the top Of pole, ns the rope II broken
down by which it would be hauled down. No oihei
nag OF ANY kind is in the town.
A Can't. Yong came down on the train that lci' th'
Relay House at 9 O'clock, with sword and t"'
trunas which, judging from their weight were ~
doub, filled with percussion caps. lie sad at IN
Ferry thai, he was going 10 Richmond. lie had com
maud ola company Of Baltimore men in the seFvV'
Of the Confeiericy.
At Point OF Rocks 6i Cavalry sIe sill reported to-
scr,ss tire Potomac. The rear Of the main booy {
troops was only ten miles from tie Ferry at noop
BALTIMoRE, June IL, , SCI.
The correspondent OF The american writes fro'
Harpere Ferry that the guard left at ''oon ye
teriay and thai last night The army was e, camied
stirlf ys Hin, near ChaIlostown, nine mOes IRON u
Ferry. on which John Brown was hung.
full regiment of 600 men crossedp de Shenandoa
and proceeded toward Iecsburg, but yasy have take
a id. road leadi.ig to Winchester.
The batteries OF powerful guys, said 10 have be-
erected in The mountains, had ~ existence. The
wat b.. one battery Of snail gv rs commanding Il
bridge on the Virginia Highly, which has been ca
ried on
They alles that three ear .oads Of coffee and susa
stopred there from the " est, were found to eon's
!, stryehnnc, ndwege thr ,wn into the riyer.
None of tho piers OF the bridge damaged, ard
s expected that the ork viii he pat across and tESS
]. resumed in three cc four days.
Tie reported V.t;guetion OF the locomotives oi :