NP, NYT 6/7/1861

From the New York Times
 
June 7, 1861
 
The Secession Rebellion *****
 
Special Dispatch From Washington

 

Washington, Thursday, June 6
   A gentleman, who has just returned from Knoxville, 4 miles from Harper's Ferry, gives me some particulars of the movements of the rebels in that vicinity.

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   The main forces are at Bolivar, a place about a mile south of the Harper's Ferry Railroad bridge. They appear to be strengthening their line from Bolivar to Winchester, as if preparing for a retreat in that direction.
   On Monday a squad went to Williamsport, and obtained possession of thirteen locomotive engines, which they run down to the Ferry and switched off on the Winchester {& Potomac} Railroad. They also scoured the country, and pressed into their service about one hundred large four-horse wagons, such as are used in that section of the country for the transportation of goods.
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