New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-07-18
A Trip 10 Harper's Ferry-How IL Came
10 Grief.
To n. Yator Of The N. Y. Tribune

SIR: | send you slight account OF a Fourth
ofJuly pleasure excursion to Harpers Ferry. by some
Of the employees In the Currency Bureau, Treasury
DEPARTMENT and as many OF your readers are vel
known 10 the parties Igiye the names
Our party consisted Of Capt Elisha Hobart, Messrs
Larman and son, r. Ourdan. Gray, Shsfier, Volk,
Read, Davidson, j. Davis X. Davis, Gates, Knight,
W. Jennings Smith, Cooper. Rees. A. $. Fowle. with
pilot two cooks, engineer. and boy.
We left Georgetown on the canal propeller Flying
Cloud. on Saturday evening and reached Harper's
Ferry on the morning Of the Fourth at 10 O'Clock when
we saw the people leaving In crowds. baggage wagons
across the pontoon bridge and large clouds of dus
Bolivar Ha showing s sen Sun
pleasure party, started back as quick as VIC could
after getting in coal. We had just got under way
when she large gun on msh aN, osr
getting back, we put on all steam and all went wen
til near o'clock. when we were at dinner,
we were suddenly surprised by l2pound shell
eyrlodps over our heads, and before wo were wei
deck bang came another Just clearing the boat and ex
pioding in the bank Of the canal we now saw the bat
fery on the HILL the Potomac and Union cay
alrv picket who fired his carbine and shots IRON his
revolver, which were answered by voiiey nom the
Rebel cavalry who had fordcd the river and were con-
eealed in the trees and bushes Our cavalry man was
out OF sight in few moments and after another shot
from tae gun the Rebels came up the towpath win
yeu in the meantime had run the boot over TO the
which, by the way, is one uile from Point OF koeks
This upper gate being shut leads Us 10 suppose tna
there was collision With the lock- tender ana the
Rebels they had shut the gate themselves as no Doa
hal passed down since We went up Several OF our
men Jumped of the boat TO open The lock NOT tnklhg
the obels quite but they were upon US before
we could do anything most Of those on the boat jumped
ashore and some the railroad and Others to the
whore the vines and trees were thick enough
10 hide them This all done while yolleys OF shots
from carbines aud reyolvers were fying round ua
hut with very poor aim evidently, as none were
wounded, though several had their coats ana CLOTHES
hill with the balls. Some OF the Rebels nov turned
their attention To those running on the railroad and
succeeded in wonnding young jennings IN the thiPh-
bad flesh wound. While most OF the Others had 50,
some concement in she woods. those on the LOCK had
nos tine to get Of. and were captured consisting Oh
Messrs Knight T. Davis, Cooper and jennings
Capt Hobart had remained on the boat and refused 10
Quit He had double barreed towing piece across
H. arm and that seemed 70 exasperate them Tor sew
Grad shots were fred at once at him. kilng hin IN
siauily and he fell the canal bank where they dre"
him up AID stripped him roobing hin OF e.eTytni1s
hut his shirt, and throwing him into hole by the bank
M Knight obtained permission to so 70 him; he laid
hin on ,he bank, but found be was dead Their hrs'
cry was. Give Us yonr greenbeess you ID
--l' which they took. including watches and
eyorythng else Having secured the boat about sixty
Of them now started for Point Of Rocks, two abreast
down the row pa<h; with Mosby at their mead, yeins
40 he way. and firing q, some Of our psrty whom
they 6sssok bst they being on the other side O! tae
canal on the roilroad track luckily none OF Their
s s aas 10 1SaH sS @
on Gre ssvng opened the lock gate aud oa.ed the
s, IN In ring the boat they missed it. for just as u
Mad eot wen on fire she train from Harper Ferry came
aions and he engineer seeing the smoke suspected
,oneskinS wrong and whisiled down brakes instantly
es ssu bui did not hit; three others came in quick
soo.essJop but the train had commenced going PACK.
| rhry Snl . yehey from the carbines, voundsng the
fsessn (sisse aeedl Many Jumped OIL the nsin ana ana
sosk !, tke woods, thinking the train captured Ihs
HaSsss agent with plenty Of money. snd merchants
md sS1,sss BON the towns sbove were IN the car
sssains q ssfes place Dr shsir mon,y. We; 4. Ne
socialism kept quiet hslening isr tns sound o. we
sss sos - vx nrsd although there vsis two com.
pw,ss e hAn6y and one Of esvnary drawn up 10
~ Of HsIAe-About $50 men These brave men vere
S.safS ss.sky Who ran Ira Ana we iIn1Ey 20
d .ssaszAs vi.h their guns thrSyn away, ana We
eevsSy HsoFs md IN re bushcA When ve asked wh1
~ r. ~ raA II vss she officers fsuh The cnscei
= - a.y. VIE probably Aea run al sns way "a e :.
spsn sst hskt IRE whole Rebel army and ne va no
eeias y nave his men out up BY ,heu ana canister
Wien told their guns could not rescn hm ne resoftec
he believed ps we're damned Rebels.
| The Rebels burned the barrsckh Government stofe
house cut telegraph wires and robbed al the ssore~
although thew evidently knew who were their friendA
They captured one ueuteuspt and shot h'te orun