The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-06-27
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! From WESTERN MARYLAND.
| Position of Affairs on the Line ofthe I'm
| per P"iomac-Movements OF the Conredr
~ Correspondence Of the Associated Press
hAGERSroWN, June q -Int-ligenca reached
| mere to-day indicating that Governor wise has
GlVerged from his line of attack upon Gen. Nc
Taeniah c'umn' and gone BY way of Staunton to
he"isourg, IN Greenbrier county, with 600 men
10 repsi the expedition which is said to ,re yona
| up the Great Kanawha
The secession force at Romney has been over
rated 1t does not exceed l,500 men,
Col. jackson entered the neck opposite Williams
| port yesterday. Five regiments (accordipr to
latest reorts-previous reports said O0O) are en-
ccamped near Falling Waters, five miles from Will
| Transport.
An express from Bunker Hill has Just arrived
stating that 5000 men are lying there, at Martins
ourg, aud at various points along the Potomac
between Hancock and Hqrpers Ferry, Including
GaI G: JncSson's force: His five regiments are the
First Virginia, Col Allen; the Fourth, Col. Pres.
ton; the Seventh, Col. Gordon; the Fifth, coloneI
unknown and another regiment, number unkn,v,n
Four pieces are with Jackson Commanded bv Car.
tain Pendleton, and the Wise Artillery ia in Tho
neighborhood of Martinsburg with three pieces CT
cannon. -
Gen, johnson is fortiryng Winchester. bat
terry is being raised on wooden hill, overlooking
the % Fair Grouud When he evacuated Harper's
Ferry the whole column went to CharIastnwr
thence TO Bunker Hill, where, when on Sunday
den; Patterson's column crossed the river his
"hoe force drew up in line of battle to receive the
e&pecsea asacE. a! Thence he larger portion re-
turned to Winchester, and Jackson's 5000 march
ed towards the Potomac. Johnson's force at Win
chester cannot exceed 10000 unless reinforcements
have reached there since Sunday
Captain Doubledav's battery threw soma round
shot and she II this evening towards house where
tne secession plckets were stationed, opposite tn
Milamsport. The guard were at supper and left
their food unfinished. They made excellent time
toward the adjoining woods
The plan of the Confederates is said To ha IN
draw Gen. Patterson's column into VIRGINIA and
theh retreat, but lighting at all points where there
Is a chance of successful resistance and carry on
system OF guerilla warfare.
A collision between the two columns canno. Io,o
be prevented. WIS
FROM WILL!AMSPORT, MD,
Collision with the Confederate Picl.ts
isasc FofceS. dc
W W1LLIAMsPoRr, June "a, I P. M.-The Consede-
Iate M picSefs lred three or four shots across the
i,ny liver eo.usy at the Federal guards. They we're
Mu""h 10 nave taken up qual ters in toll house nm
me turnpike, about mile back from the river
nah-dozen balls from the twentv-four pounders
ana two shells have just been fred across the rirar
10 rnnt them from the house. The first two halls
were directed towards the building and the Others
towards the woods, in which the Confederate
troops have been seen dodgng among the trees Ali
rrdH lohS' AZ the hrSt fire they were seen nnuring
from the house and digging for the woods, beatinS
second,
capt. doubleday and about forty of his Fort
sumter ooys are here to work the guns.
General Cadwaladcr has force here of ahopt
5000 men. ~ " ''"'
It IS reported by deserter, though the report is
aouoted, that the Confederate forces now a, Fall
ing ateFs amounts to 900 infantry, 500 cavaIry
ana SIX SlN-pOunder cannon, while 5000 or 10 OGO
are still stationed about Nartinsburg; also that
uG1n'on u i2 determined to march on and attack
Williamsport "'''e"
W. i'afer from the Upper Potomac
"TLLIAMsPoRr, june 25-Foty Conf,darate ~,
valry crossed the Potomac this morning im,nod;
ate,y after the withdrawal of the Federal NIGHT
SSnT.s along the line of the river, at Alexander
.'naher ferry. They destroyed his ferry bost
ana af SKIN and rc,crossed into Virginia Skaters
ferrY Is about halfway between FALLING Wntars
and dam No. T. E !" ""'eis
When the report reached this place two coror,-
mes OF cavalry were promptly sent there but the
enemy bad made good their safe retreat. Two
i'i"ie companies were sent up the river in the d.
rect'on oil Clear Springs, also in search of sun
w W. e1GIni n out returned without finding him.
"ard IL. Lamon, ESQ Marshal of the District of |
ooiubpla, has succeeded in raising three infantry
oou'Pnhes; aud advertlses for company or sou.d |
ron OF cavalry offering to furnish every thing ne
oessai ior thelr equipment except horses One
eonipany OF cavalry Is in the process of formation
ara everything looks like success in his nroiact
phttery has been erected here ACCORDING To q |
plan OF Lieut.: Babcock, of the United States Enpi.
1t has transpired in official circles bere ,bot c
y Gaa"aiader desired week ago to OCCUPY Harner's
! erfy with an advance brigade and that Gen. Pat.
IerSnn hatly refused permission. Great surnrise ;s
manifested at this refusal N0 10
A messenger was sent bv vour corro,,.s..
yesterday to Falling Waters, who reports that CoI
Jackson $ force has been increased bv the concer.
and 50O0 ~ 'e'"eeh 4'ooo
-, Startling intelligence reached here to-n;obt h.,
ss,1s hReTs9R: Th29 s6ap IN 1ear
guard, numbering TO-, 900 men in round numbars
with twenty pieces of heavy artillery besides the
lght batteries mentioned yesterday, are encamped
to,nlght at Conehman's farm, four miles this
side of Martinsburg. They began their march
from Winchester on Tuesday night
Inc Sixth, Twenty-first and Twenty second Penn
syiVania Regiments broke up their camp on the |
1reencastie Turnpike, two miles above this point,
and marched directly snuhward at O'Clock this |
morning towards Sharpsburg.
A gentleman just from Hagerstown states that |
the "a and Sd Pennsylvania Regiments, and Capt. |
ferkn's battery of flying artillery, have lust |
marched from that neighborhood in the same di- |
rection. From the quiet and secrecy observed in |
these night marches, it is evident that General |
Patterson either expects to strike heavy blow or
receive one. -
1t is certain that General johnson will mot at |
tempt to cross at Wiamsport in the face of the |
heavy battery erected there. 1t is equally GER |
tain that General Patterson will not cross there
again. ~
The reinforcements ordered to Colonel WalIaca,s
assistance by Governor Curtin have reached Cnm
berland, ard Colonel Wallace speaks of assuming
the offensive at once. He is anxious to revisit
Romnev.
General Mcclellan is hourly expected at Cum
berland vast force is following him from the
west. The messenger says that Colonel Wallace
ceed J. ,000 "'' Va
II Is evident that General johnson designed to
draw General Patterson into the neck, but he has
isiled thus far to accomplish it. Should General
patterson cross at all, it will be lower down. His
movement southwark is to draw johnson away
from General McClellap's advancing column until
tne FORCES OF the latter shall have arrived in such
numbers as to enable him to assume the offensive
effectively.