Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1861-06-13
PROF. LOWE AND HIS BALLOON
GONE TO FORT MONROE.
10, More Troops to
be Sent to Gen.
Butler. 5as
ONLY FOURTEEN FEDERAL TROOPS KILLED
At GREAT BETBaI +
General Butler to take Great
Bethel Yesterday
Morning. 10.


Especial Dispatches to the Morning Leader.l
% wAsHlSaTOS, June IL, 1861.
It is now evident that the army will not
march upon Manassas Junction, until Gen.
Patterson's army has succeeded in gaining a
footing upon the soil of Virginia. In the
meanwhile, some deliberate and cool calcu-
lation will still be shown by Gen. Scott in
driningh his troops to highest possible eAicien-
cy, and providing immense amounts of mill
tary stores and provisions. l
For the purpose of transporting baggage
and provisions there are being gathered now
in this city hundreds of baggage wagons and
several thousand horses and mules in charge
of 1000 men, under direction of the Com
missary General. Several trains arrive daily
from Harrisburg, Annapolis and Philadel-
phia, loaded with m immense amount of
arms, ~ammunitions, provisions, and every
description of military stores. 1t seems as
though enough stores are here to supply an
army of half a million of men.
For the last three days the weather has
been so intensely hot in this vicinity that
forward movement could hardly be thought
Of Yesterday, during the march of the
Second Regiment CT the Michigan vOlun-
teers to the camp two miles north of George
town, fifteen men were so severely affected
by the heat that they fell down in the ranks
from exhaustion.
Six thousand more of Ohio troops are or
dered into Western Virginia to clear the val
ley of the Kanawha river of traitors.
tits understood that the Union Conven-
ton at Wheeling will call out Ugh regiments
of Virginia volunteers to serve three years,
or during the war, to be armed and equipped
by the Federal Government. This movement
of the Convention will prove a most disas-
trous blow to the seccssionists of Virginia.
A large number of boats were yesterday
sent up the canal from Georgetown. It is
supposed they are for the purpose of con-
veying troops across the Potomac into Vir-
GINA at Edwards Ferry. Three battalliOns of
District Volunteers, First Pennsylvania and
New York Ninth Regiments are doubtless
ere this in possession of the Ferry.
Professor Lowe is ordered with his balloon
to repair Immediately to Fortress Monroe
for the purpose. of accommodating.
notwithstanding the withdrawal of troops
into Virginia there are still in the city some
I8, 600 troops on this side of the Potomac.
Gen. Scott has expressed himself highly
pleased with the prOmptness of the move
ment of Gen. McClellan's army.
Ten more regiments viii be sent forward
to reinforce Gen. Buffers army without the
least possible delay.
A brother of Gen. Butler arrived to-day
from Fortress Monroe, bringing official re-
port of the Great Bethel skirmish. 1t seems
that there are only fourteen killed and fifty
wounded of the Federal troops.
He says Gen. Butler intends to take the
batteries at Great Bethel this morning with
out fail. OF course if he said so we may
take it for granted that Great Bethel is al
E. .-
ready taken. Willard.