The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-02-08

away, ony in consequence OF the columns from Martins
burg and Harpe.'s Ferry having defeated General ke!'
on the evening Of the "a. II calculated that this
oolumD would be Romney as stated, and
that any rebel force which moved in by way Of SPRING
ne.d Frankfort would be cut or by Fitzsmmons',
ihompsons or Muligan's forces, and kept from dong
any great injury TO the railroad BY the troops
distances. This not all the plan Of operation, put
that portion which the enemy knew about as well az
ourselves; aud hence see indiscretion In now
publishing IT, Yet while all did their duty the best
possible manner (and here feel constrained 10 assure
the reader that no matter how beautifully philosophy
cal professor explains the mountains TO be nothing
than as 'te aspertes on the rind of tho orange"
these self same ahttlc asperes are not unfrequenty
the cause Of UNCOMFORTABLE DELAYS Ia military
and tend and best considered calcu
road was due To the failure OF our lvary from Martins
burg &c. 10 reach the Romney region at the expected
time.
A soon az il WAS known the railroad had beens cut
Colonel Muigans forces moved forward from the New
cessrl in making the enemy fsll back Our movements
the rear OF course FASTENED his depart
ure from postion that was getting to be more danger.
GUS than either R interesting or profitable.
SCENES IN suMBERtANp.
six TO eight miles Of Cumberland the troops there sta
TONED formed for action Scenes Of lively interest en-
sued
In the strees Of the adies-that it, great
many Of thempromenaded up and down OF course wait
inc or The ba To- open Instead Of seeming excited they
aeared 10 be rather remorkaby cool and DESTROYS or
hparn Tho Where are vou9 where are you?,, shells 90
whzze the devoted cty OF Cumberland and to see
the eGn o%ss ay ~ al All ihS mnor
made and the skrmshes we had but passing over these
w sta rcs saas ,vh Coone
We virorosv pursued The enemy driving hun on all the
aud nmi ar ali TIM cans N which he attempfad 10
n,a;ntain nosit,on eNf "
FIGHT At THE yopp
Our yorces continued 10 nress The enemy hard until
Tho Ia+ter ada stand abort dstanca this de M Mora
neid '''o' 'A'A1o '''A 1Ao' N'''Ao' 80 ~ : o''
The Mooreaed valley /. ope OF tho most beautiful val
hoy o m" an ,hra. mIs Wide river
upon an ~ adec aaa h
mountns OK PICTURESQUE formation ABOUT Two thousand
.s ~ "u =, o s % =, oo W.. nor,on ~ mis-
country Aooreheid situated about Two or tnree miles
..ol LUG - ~" " .ua au ~ s ~
roofs and displays eyideoces Of progress and reuemen
t ros oo'eiVao'o - o'Ae p''OnS y '' '0so - 'ouA
About three miles from the town Of xooreaed Following
so ,a au ~ nuas! .piao iuau yTe wy
MNes Tord ~ was berc ,bn, ca smuan on Thurs.
mand disputed the passage 0. the river. The lands Of
this neighborhood are almost OF dead level put the
river bank upon which COL Muigan TOOK position is
higher than the one On the oner SIDE Inus we had tne
advantage Of position Our artillery opened on the enemy
considerable time aiierward Theenemy replied vigorous.
ly aad for long timc kept warmly ut work. After
good deal OF rapid sharpshootng our shot and shell
drove the enemy of to surcen distance to enable us
70 obtain command Of the ford crossing was then
effected. We found the country as have previously
stated dead level from here all the way to Mooreed
This level served our purpose very WELL After leaving
the ford the enemy slowly fell back towards Mooreed,
all the way Keeping up scattering sRirmtsning Urea
regular sire and fall back engagement At the time
when MuiEan first engaged Rosser at the ford-Early
was at Aoorehed (behind Rosser) with heavy force Of
Infantry aud TWO or more batteries o, artillery.
| TIE EMMY AGAE DRIVEN BACK.
Fighting was Kept up unth the enemy got near the
town, when ne made another stand More ngntiny on
sued ma IN tue course OF three hours we drove him from
tnls last position 10 ana tnrouen the town ana pe-
YONG H. Iarys forces then ieii BACK towards the
sou,n ioik 0i the soutn orhcn Oh the fotomac river
sulssn az .ne tune xespng Close upon .ne enemy