New Orleans daily crescent., 1861-07-16
The War In Western virginia.

The Cincinnati Commercial of the 10th inst. has
the following letters from the seat Of war in West
| ern Virginia. OF course allowance must be made
for lying, for the Yankee correspondents will do
that sort of thing:
BEELINGToN, Va, July THE Brigade, General
Morris commanding, lett Philippi this morning, at
2 o'clock, in the following order: Indiana Ninth,
Ohio Fourteenth, Barnett's Artillery Indiana Sew
enth, three companies of the Ohio Fifteenth three
| of the Ohio Sixteenth, body guard Company X,
Ninth Indiana, squadron of cavalry, Indiana SIXTH
one company of the Virginia Second, and the Ohio
| Sixth. There were also several companies of the
| First Virginia in the column The force is about
800 effective men; One company Of the Indiana
Ninth and one Of the Ohio Fourteenth took the adj
| vance as skirmishers They fired upon a body Of
| forty of the rebel cavalry, who fled and were
tracked by their blood, but no formidable opposi-
| ton was made to our advance until we reached
this place. Company G, Indiana Ninth, Capt.
| Moody advanced round hill to the south of this
point, and entered thckly wooded hill on the left
of the road. They had nearly reached the summit
when 400 concealed skrmshers fred by platoons
on them, killing private William CARRIER, from
Bradford Station, Ind. He was shot through the
forehead. The Indiana boys fell back upon their
road, but not till they had brought down some of
the rebels, who still hold that HILL order not
to advance was given. We have thus occupied this
strong position, commanding the roads to Philippi
and organtown-competely cutting off the rebels
on this side Three pieces of artillery, the Seventh
and Ninth Indiana and Ohio Fourteenth, guard the
road from Laurel Hill, with strong piekets thrown
out to hold every point occupied. Skirmishing is
constantly going on We shall advance as soon as
intelligence is received from MoClellan's column,
which IS now moving up from Beverly. Our troops
came through in admirable order, arriving here at
o'clock. The citizens report the rebels very
strong. ars f gsrFa p
july IS, P. A.-The tidings from Mcclellan are
that he is supposed to be advancing from Beverly.
There has been sharp skirmishing all day on the
wooded knoll to the left of Beelington, and along
the line occupied by the Ohio Fourteenth. Our
battery threw several shells and few rounds of
grape and canister into the enemy, supposed to
be one thousand strong, who yet held the knoll.
About fifty of The Indiana Ninth and Sixth, and
Ohio Fourteenth rallied and rushed into the woods
as the shell burst, and shot down number of the
rebels, who in turn rallied and drove them back,
killing John Smith, of the Indiana Sixth, and
woundng three others slightly. Our boys found
forty fifty dead bodies in the woods, and brought
off uniforms, guns, etc.
The Georgians are dressed in gray the jackets
almost the same as those of the Indiana troops.
During the day the pckets of the Ohio Four
teenth killed two mounted scouts, and captured
three horses and three others of the enemy. p
The pickets of the Indiana Ninth have killed five
men, who seen to fall. After the firing of
the first shells, the enemy were seen carrying of
dead bodies on litters of poles.
Two men of the Indiana Ninth were wounded
slightly. sI..
The rebels are armed with MIME rifles and COM
mon muskets. They dare not come out OF the
woods.
Geo. Telletson Company D, Barnett's Artillery,
was shot in the thigh while getting water at a
spring in Beengton. He is doing well. The same
day, Frank Jero, Ohio Fourteenth, was wounded
in the side. He will recover. s. r. Brown, Com
pany D. Sixth Indiana, was also wounded in the
arm, but slightly.
Onr loss up to this time, SO far as reported, has
been killed. 7 wounded, not fatally, and one OF
two missing.
The body of VIM. Garard, killed in the first skir-
mish yesterday, tied up to tree by the rebels
to draw our force. Several pounds of strychnine
and arsenic were found by our boys in Douglass
store, in Beelington. Douglass has fed. You can
inter what they intended doing with these posons.
Our boys are in great spirits, and will fight to the
death. The rebels outnumher US, but we hold a
strong position. The rebels have Withdrawn their
battery. They have something afloat
July 8, A. M.-There were several alarms
during the night and considerable skirmishing be-
tween the pickets As near we can ascertain
the rebels have lost in killed and wounded, about
sixty. One of the first Virginia regiments is re-
ported to have been taken prisoner. The rebels
are reported to have been reinforced yesterday,
| and were seen putting up tents.
July 9,-Onr troops took possession OF the hill
this morning, where skrmishing has been going on
for two days past. The rebels have probably
fallen back, and are reported going out toward
| Beverly. This report is not. authenticated. A
prisoner caDtured this morning reports the rebel
force at $500. He says 1000 would surrender,
| if they knew they would not be killed on sight.
Their officers tell them they would We are watch
| ing for flank movements.
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| somewhat iuqulstlve person approached Gen