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WAR ITEMS
The greater part Of the ,000 troops sta
toned at Iiarper's Ferry have gone south.
ward to JOIN Gen $. BaUregard 5 and Lee :
forces. i great number Of small arms-said
10 be l,O0U-wcre thrown into the liver Iv
the rebels and also some If their acc1 tire
ments-boys and men arc removing and d.
vidlng them. The place wears a desolato az
pearancc. some large guns only have p ca
/ removed miles up the Shenandoah. The
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Bridge has
been burned save two spans and about SEQ
yards Of treStle work. None Of the piers of
the bridge are damaged The bridge over Che
Shenandoah Is still standing persons walk
f, up and down the canal and the opposite side
! Of the river freely. The scn.nes stationed
there do not fire upon them. Two camps
are on the heights, containing about coo
men
! \ correspondent Of the Baltimore 4mrlan
writes from Harper's Ferry that the rear
! guard left Friday, and that night the army
was cncampei on Shirley Hill, near Char
| lesion, nine miles from the Ferry, Oh which
John Brown was hung. 4 iuil regiment. q
1900 men crossed the Shenandoah and pro-
ceeded towards Leesburgh but may have tax
en- a side road leading to Winchester The
batteries of powerful guns. SAID to have been
erected IN the mountains had no existence
There was but ono hlttery OF small guns
commanding the bridge on tha Virginia
heights which has been carried of
Information. deemed reliable, bias been re-
ceived here, that the socessIonists Abandoned
Leesburg Saturday, after burning all the
cars and locomotives on the railroad terini-
mating there.
The Union men at Marrns5urCh disabled
the engines, and tia engineers ran of, rclns-
ing to work th0m. All the inhabitants, OK
cept abOnt twenty, abandoned the town, ex-
pcoting a great battle Those that remained
we're intense Union men, and declared that
having been compelled to suppress their sen
timents 50 long. it was a positive relief to
curse them. and such orsing was never
heard.
The first division of L. 5. troops. under
Gen Cadwallader. crossed at Williamsport
on Saturday, the troops wading the stream
calamity up TO the waist; their crossing
was covered by two pieces of cannon.
The Rhode Island regiment encamrcd with
their artillery upon the bluff at Williamsport.
The Sd Michigan, 1850 strong, arrived at
Washington on Sunday. They Immediately
Joined the camp Of the 2l Regiment near the
great reservoir of the Potomac Aqueduct,
about tour miles from Georgetown.
4 reconnaissance of the London AMI llamr-
shire Railroad was made Saturday, fifteen
miles north Of Alexandria, the train being
under the charge Of Col. Powers, acc3mpa-
MED by the LIST Regiment Connecticut troops
under the command of Brig Gen. Tyler.
All the bridges were found safe. and the
train returned. When two miles this side OF
Vienna, a man in ambush fred on tie tram,
wounding George Busby, Of the Connecticut
Iisht Guards. The shot was evidently
meant for Gen. tyler, who was standing by
him. The train was stopped, TIE woods
searched. and two rebels caught. who were
brought to Alexandra.
The train was within miles Of goo rebel
troors. and G miles from Fairfax Court
Uoufe. where. it Is understood, there were
.. 500 troops, recent arrivals.
On reaching Arlington Mills, the train
met With 4 party Of Cavalry and Infantry
VINO had set out 70 examine the truth OF !.
rurnor. that the federal troops were attacked
and the bridges burned, cutting OIL thcE
retreat. This was current rumor IN Alex
andria during the afternoon, and was only
set at rest by the arrival q the TRAM after
an absence Of half d day
The Ny. Times dispatch says Gen Berati
b.s demanded Is, 900 additional troops, and
viii have them in days, men being ready and
! anyious to 20. Gov. Morgan has agreed with
| fine government to send a full regiment from
! New York every days, until her entire force
! IA desY,,tched The Peninsula Will soon ne
an immense entrenched camp. IeleSrApnlc
! communication is being opened with inc
! several camps
treat uart of the clothing furnished TIE
! Nh YORK volunteers Is neatly worn out
! Col T,vpsend, not yet three weeks IN tii'
| Solj has made q requisition for nearly
tboneand new coats and pairs OF SHOES
EIGHT regiments of Illinois troops arc 70
he stationed within two hours inaIcn u C. ~
| I7nis: four at Bellcville and tour AT -
Vile. four regiments are also . % e'.1Ilo''e.
at Quincy. There were -VVg Hoolo ~
Bonneville on Friday. well armed anu NJ
ped and quite number Oh c'nhOii
trenchments are being thrown up, - ~
/ are constantly driINinSy anu 80 &c
for determined stand. The secesSiOi li '.1'
} have full sway in all the counties along Io'"
sides of the Missouri river from Kansas gJi
der to Bonneville, and indications are thA'
they are pretty well provided for light
Jefferson City was taken possession oil
, saturday P. NJ. by five eompaniCs OF Colonel
: RIair's regiment of Missouri volunteers, IN
! der command of Lieut.. Col; Andrews, and
comnany Of regulars, under command ol
G Con Lyon. No violence was offered but on
0 tho contrary, the boats containing the ted
: eral troops we're received with enthusiastic 1.
q cheers by large concourse OF the citizens
c Col. Curtis regiment Of Iowa volunteers
e have their head quarters at St. Joseph NO NO
!. His forces have been distributed over IVY
) mile Of the Hannibal and ST. Joseph Rail
n read Col Bates, let Regiment, is disirin
y nted along the same road. Hehas taken tii'
{, locomotives from the North Missouri ROAD
!, to prevent their falling into the hands oil tn
rebels