The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1861-08-01
War kilograms.
WASHINGTON, July %.

Harper's Ferry is secured by Union
forces that line the banks.
There will be an entire change
in the whole organization of the
army, by placing each brigade and
division upon o more satisfactory
basis.
The withdrawal of the rebels
from the vicinity in front of our
lines of Notifications adds strength
to the rumor that their main body
is proceeding toward Leesburg and
Edwards Ferry. 1t may be posi-
Bile, however, they have, by aid of
the railroad to Manassas, Dispatch
ed an overwhelming body to attack
the Union Army of the Shenandoah
at Harper's Ferry, and drive it
back over the Potomac.
VIM. Burch, the owner of the
carriage in which Harris and
McGraw went to recover the body
of Colonel Cameron, returned late
this evening. He vas compelled,
before released, to take oath not to
reveal anything relative to the
force or defenses of the rebels, or
what he saw there.
He states that the party were al
lowed to- pass up to Manassas,
where, upon presenting themselves
to General Beauregard, they were
arrested and placed in confinement
several days. In the meantime
Messrs. Harris and McGraw were
sent to Richmond as prisoners.
Burch, finally, through the inter
vention of personal acquaintance
at the Junction, was examined and
! dismissed, and allowed to return,
He learned that Mr.. Harris would
probably, through the influence OF
prominent personal friends, obtain
his release, but there is ne proba'
bility of the immediate release o.
McGraw, who is a Pennsylvania
Burch was not permitted to exam.
inc the battle field.
1t is supposed Colonel Cameron'f
body is unburied on the field, OIL
has been huddled into a trench
with the bodies that have thus
buried.
Mr.. Burch also states that wher
he left the Junction, early thu
morning, General Beauregard was
making preparations to recapturC
Alexandria tomorrow or next day
The captured United States Sur
geons are employed in attending t.
the wounded soldiers. The enemy
claim to have forty-two Fedora
officers and twelve medical mer
among their prisoners,
The bill providing for direct tax
alton and a system of internal du
ties will undoubtedly be amended
in Congress, No heavy land tal
will pass on account of the opposi
ton of Western members.
ALEXANDRIA, July ~.
Mrs. H~erisdale, whose HUSBAND
is a member of the Twentieth
Michigan Regiment, which is nov
on the Virginia side Of the Poto
mac. has returned from Manassa
Junction. She was at Centrevill
during the engagement on Sunda.
and waited there for the return O
the soldiers, looking for her hus
band. Failing to see him she sup
posed him q prisoner at Manassas
, The enemy captured and conveye'
her thither and employed herther
as a hospital nurse. On Thursda
she procured a pass from Genera
) Beauregard and his consent t
7 leave. She walked to-Alexandrit
where she arrived this. morning
, fatigued and exhausted. Her hus
band was not a prisoner, but re
turned with his regiment. She re
. ports as being at the junction
large number Of our wounded. Th
enemy say they have over 100
prisoners.
t NFw York, July 20.
t Advices from Port-au-P Prince
the 14th, state the Spanish feet
/ six vessels anchored in that harbo