The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-09-02

stu. stu going on; apparently two miles nearer
Company A, of Col. Geary'. 2s.h regiment,
under the command of Lieut.. Dol. De Kor.
p0nay, had q skirmish last evening. It com.
menced BY firing across the river, between the
Confederate and Federal pickets.
rnI DIFzAr OF TYLER.
The New York Times, on the strength Of
intelligence received by way of Cincinnati,
accepts y. a. highly probable the report already
forces under Dol. Tyler in the Kanawha val
ley. The Times fears that that in. portant dis.
trlct 81 Western Virginia will shortly revert
70 the Oontedsratss. "Salt, says the Times,
sack. The Confederates mus: have this
necessary article, and 1t seems that they know
Wnere ana now TO get what they want-iead
Ia Mfssouri and SAT- in the k1nawha." The
nand as POSSIBLY but the beginning of an ocsst
That shall sweep every vestige of the Union
army from that part Of Virginia.
CIsoIESArI, Aug. 25.-We learn from the
Summersyille, Va, were surrounded aud
badly defeated BY the Oonfederates, under
Floyd, early yesterday morning. No particu-
lars have yet been received.
IHrEREsrINa LITTER From CONNECTICUT.
The following letter was dropped from an
ambulance by a sick soldier belonging to Gen.
Banks column, and the finder sent it to the
Baltimore Exchange for publication
NRwIHGToH, CoNK., August %, 1851
Dear IL have been looking every day for
letter from you, but none has come since
shave you heard from II. ;" especially Demo.
Gratis. You cannot imagine the advance that
the Democratic party Is making in their Oppo-
sition TO the Government. They grow more
and more bold in their denunciation Of the
war, and under the guiss Of peace are advo-
eating the most damnabie schemes of ssce S.
sion, compromise, or reconstruction. The
leaders seem not to have united upon any
plan, whether OF separation or recons tt c ton,
put they jim in the most bitter denunciation
OF the War, and are now using all their inf1u-
ence to hinder enlistments. / was down to
the post-odice last eve, and u. said that he
hoped that every one who had gone down
South would get logged out" and the senti.
ment seemed to meet with no opposition
among the bystanders, except from me.
gave them piece of my mind. l told
l told them that thought u. was the most
honest and frank OF the whole lot, for he
avowed tho doctrine to which all their talk
and influence tended. Tom A. and J. S K
the trash, &C., Were there, aud fought II
J. would have been better suited if the trash
had been a little more prudent and had not in
avowal OF tho secret hopes and designs Of the
Democracy. IL anybody breaches secession
10 me, why, he will get halleluiah, and that's
all.
q. said he had received no letter from you.
l told him that 1t must be that they, your
tosses, wsre OBTAINING your letters. so that
information might not leak out respsc ting
military movements. Well, zoe don't kno y
what -you are mp to. for we have received
nothing in two weeks What il the matter
arc you shot f-got the dysentery f-taken
prisoner among the F. F. N's Please repor,
yourself The mail comes. but no letters from
tho seat OF war. l thought would commence
this letter. and when received one from you
7 "A 80 q
won't let you send letters just drop us line
telling us go, then we will know the here.
fore.
TIE "cIvIL WAR" IN CONNECTICUT.
A correspondent of tae New York Times
(Abolition) gives the folio owing account of q
recent scrimmage at New Fairfield, Connec-
ticut:
On Saturday afternoon, an even more fear
full riot than those at Stepney and Bridgeport
was under way 1t seems that q number OF
tories at New Fairfield had white flag up
mined TO take down. Some thirty or forty Of
them, therefore, repaired to the locati N of the
obnoxious rag, taking an American flag with
them to put in it, place. They surrounded
tackled by party Of tories, some two hundred
strong, and general dgh. ensued, the weap
ons being spades, axes and clubs. Being soor
overpowerod, though not till after q hard
y,
them Andrew Knox, John Allen and Thomas
Kinney, OF their party, all very badly cu'
about the head with spades. The first blow
struck was by q "peace' man, who In flicted
a fearful blow upon one Of the above OF the
tories two wore probably fatally wounded
Zone report, and apparently authenticated
states that the first one named is dead. and
the other beyond recovery named Abraham
Wildman and - 9orham. The Union mer
OF course returned home to DaGbury, aud ths
ssDeacer flag still way0S
1t may be mentioned as Of interest, In con.
nection with the trouble in Fairfield county
that spence" isg was taken down in Eastor
on Thursday of last week, and brought init
Bridgeport; and that preparations wsr,
making In Bridgeport on Sunday to proceed t
Hatterstown Tin Monroe) to-day monday Il
take down another.
Our reporter was informed that body of 8
Bridgeport, to take charge of the pnttins
down of tho public display of any flag saw,
the National ensign.
GUERILLA WARFARE.
A correspondent Of the New York Express
It Is q horrible warfare; but what are W.
TO dor If we take ride outinto the country
some concealed enemy cracks away at oul
bodies or heads with "fq uirrel gum" and i
we escape 1t Is because the aim is bad, or tn,
mountain height too great for fatal execution
Every man who has yet bsen killed or wound
cd along the woods beyond us has been sho
from an elevation. The overhanging rock
and hills afford breastworks more secure thar
any which could be erected by the hand o.
man, while our volunteers are exposed tt
open roads or closely walled passes Coun,
the bristles upon the back OF a hog, and you
may folm some idea Of the almost impenetra
bic hill. sides between which our troops arr
compelled to march, exposed to murdercu,
fl from both sides. An open foe can always
be met with equal weapons, but our brave