The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1862-09-30

charge. The alteration in ,he posi-
liou8 of die cnemy's batteries ncecsi
sased a corresponding change IN ,hs
location Of our long range guns to en-
able lhen 70 lie used wish efceis-
This change was made under the 6ft
of the enemys batteries under Ii,
! personal direction and supervision o.
Gen. White. OF these there were
only nine to reply TO the rebel batter.
, les. OF smaller guns and Of ammuni-
ton therefor there were plenty bat
, these could not be used effectively
The fight was continued until al th,
ammunitioa FOX Tie iorg range gun.
was expended and The garrison wa.
practically powcrless TO reply TO thc
enemys fire. At this time Gen
| White reported to Col Miles what he
had done and tic facts. Col, Miles
then held n consultation with bis prin.
cipal officers as 70 What had best be
done under the circumstances. They
we're unanimously Of the opinion that
it was useless 10 attempt TO defend the
place longer, there being no signs Of
the expected reinf)rcements, and tleir
positions all completely surrounded by
the enemy's batteries. Accordingly
Col. Miles decided to surrender, and
requested Gen. White to act as com
missioner on his behalf TO negotiate
the terms upon which it should be
male. Some Of the more distant Of
the rebel batteries did not seem 10 OBJ
ser~a the white flag which had been
displayed, hut continued firing for
about haitian hoc,r afterwards, and il
was during this time that Col. Miles
received the wound th., caused bis
death.
| On behalf of the rebels Gen. A. 2.
Hill met Gen. White, and terms Of
caplulation we're agreed upon. These
stipulated that the garrison, with all
the munitions Of war, public property,
| &C., should be surrendered to Gen.
| A. p. Hill, on behalf Of the Confed-
crate States army; the officers and
men TO be paroled, and tho officers to
retain their side arms and personal
property. 1t was also agreed that the
terms Of surrender should not include
those soldiers of the Confederate States
who, having been regularly enlisted,
| had deserted and taken service in the
United States army. Gen. White
proposed that this clause should not
rpply TO those whose service in the
rebel army had been compulsory but
this was not allowed, whercupon he
| protested, in the name of the United
States, against any construction other
than that proposed by him. Il was
also verbally agreed between the COM
missioners, at Gen. Whites instance,
that the private soldiers should be
permitted to retain their knapsacks,
blankets, &cs giving up only their
arms and cartridge boxes. Il was al
50 verbally agreed that all Union ref
ugees and Union citizens Of Harper's
Ferry should not be molested, and
refugees who desired to do SO should
be allowed TO return TO their homes.
These agreements were on the part Of
the rebels respected and carried out.
The Philadelphia Press has a let
ter from Frederick, Nd, making the
following strange statements:
On the morning Of the 18th, while
taking breakfast, in company with
some rebel officers, l got into an ar.
gument with one Of them--a Major
Yost--in relation to the ability Of the
rebels 70 capture Harper'5 Ferry.
} insisted that one hundred thousand
men could not capture it if properly
defended uponwhich the majer asked
me how many troops l supposed were
! defending it, ] answered not less
ilan ten thousand, whc, if they were
not sheer poliroons, could defend il
: against tie whole rebel army. lie in.
} sisted thoro we're not 50 many, and ]
. as stoutly maintained that there were
adding that was there myself bui
: four days since. At this point Lis
vanity, perhaps, oyercamc his pru.
, dence, for, being determined TO main
tain the position be had assumed, hC
: said, 1T Is but two days since ] lcfl
: it7 Being astounded at this reyela
iion, and willing 10 hear more, ] mod
Grated, when be went On and 3aid that
he was in company with Col. Miles
two days before (Which must have