Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-06-27
From the Blitimvre clipper, JG.c %
LATEST FROM OLD POINT COMFORT.

The gamer Adel:,d, IRON O.1 Point aIriv.:'.
SHORTY after O'Clock j. ,stcrday tnprn;as, lroni
wh'ch We cai!:cr the following intelligence:
\ passenger Informed us that the dan:G;a
received by the llarrie. Line during an cn.
gasement with az n1tr1v- arl.oi ship Out
sdc the Cap..S was Slight No enc was ~ .rec
~ board The cutter.
\ scouting parry Under coEim7aG OF Co!
B:nedix while rccuEnoitering Jcstcra&y espieu
! company If mounted rebels. Tue Caonc
placed his mcn in ambush, a;d the rebels not
suspec.jrs dagger rcTc sud'icl'ly surprised e.
hnlIe:s whizz ~ absu, their ears. Two h:
them were killed AID ti:e wo:!auCd. T:e
bllaccc ocauilmrcC. ANA. a. fast as hcrSc ti:st'
Touid admit uf
Active preparations are beino made iur some
desperate movement, b.; no'hn;, aciialit c:r
oc ascerianed As to the na;uTc I'll the sH .ir.
The village o Hump On presents Il sal spec.
lac.e The dwellings, are deserted and opcr',
while here aud there nrgru can he seen, w:Io
galrs u! strangers with n vacant stare. as if a
.;iii;e pert,'i Vas Il curiosity.
When the Sawyer gun was worked from
Fort Calhouu, Howell Crho and otha7 prnml-
ncnL men Htle there, and amused themselves
ny watching The shells aud cursng the "fan-
sees" rs they con!emptu@ySiy called them.
young niaIi Named Vincent who was
Y"t6e nhsTl al1 1lfg. s7.l J:e OF his brothers
reached Baltimore for the purpose Of proceed
ing Nor,h and making alr.r:"mants fer the
cauyevaacc # the body. Vincent Wis $40:
4. the Great Bethel, and his residence IS in Al
bany.
The crew OF the p-ivn!cer SaTannah, pH b:al''
Al. .rtructsH ii,.r, t,Ip ~
,inn. They were all On the gln drrk the I'll :ers
being shielded from general observation i'r :
thick canvas screen. The whole crew prcsr"i
sixteen cul ut The original 'hnty the ''n'ain
der having been otherwise dlsp! scd ut-wer'
as ordinary looking sci Of men as one co"it
ever meet. Nearly all were foreign born = IT,
Captaia only representing himself 10 be Phil
| a:,c!phian. The prize master is rrnhc" g
Sir urser, formerly postmaster Of Charleston,
South Carolina, and Of General llugcr. now {"
the Confederate ARM. The commission fur
aished this mo. l." privateer hv President
Davis is a curiosity, and as such will bc handct
down to future gercr.t ons.
LATER
FoRTREs; MONROE June 20.-Hlthin fe"
hours there his been rumor "f large Snc's
sim ftrce advancing upon Fortress Monroe
from tho direction OF Yo oktoHn. An ilnpor
| ,unt leconnoi. sance toward Great Eethtl SO,
| therefore u ade, and this morning, under Il
direction Of Capt Smith, L. S a, Max Vel
bcr's Regiment Of German Turner'S with con-
panv OF regulars, lett ulmpton six hon:s az,
| and have not ye. been heard from. Culonc
Townsend's Regiment remains at Hampton 2!
reserve. The Federal picket guard nea
L,ule Bethei. WAS yesterday driven in by tht
Scce son scouts. Ietes da pont are beins
formed on Hampton Creek, preparatory 20 re
building the bridge there.
Two persons came il this morning, repre-
sentirg themselves to be drserters from Sew
ellis Point, but learn from Gen. Butler tia
;heir statements we're 30 contradictory tI.at h
vas obliged 10 send them to the guarh hons
as spies. It is said lt,at the Conlttrra.es ar'
erecting strong masked batteries orp"s'i" =:
Rip R4ps. Since the successful eSrerime"
with Sawyer's gun, important events ut 81"
ellis Point have been expected.
! Complete returns Of the kll!ed a"a "3unct'
4, Great Belhei has not yct beer made, no
ever will hc The carclessness and ineltlc'enc,!
Of many Of our volunteer officers il lnesc'lsa
tie.
! H,c Of truce came down TO Hampton
few hours Ego, 10 arrange !or 1he eScha"se
prisoners, OF whom We have four, namllT, on
S. lier and three civilians aiken rita arms /
their hands. From ten to twerty cilzsa
ccmc in daily from the vicinity TO take tt
oath Of allegiance.
Tic Unitet! States ship If war Jamcst3w
sailed seu;hw.rd last night
Thc sloap Of war TaIdalia sailed two day
ago. Besides the Cumberland and Harriet Lan
there are several gun boats in tie vicinity.
The rumernlls friends Of Hon Joseph S: gr
at Old pint are palned To see HIM charged b
some Northern cor:rspardeuts with j1in'ns h
seccssian ranks. fhe rfd:ers a, Fortress Moi
roe kaow no well bis ssntiTen.s,to c.e1i. sc
reon.ts lie has been universally respected IL
, them for bis strong union views, ard the des
; !alion which now o2erhangs his estate Et'
HAMPTON is what i,e ever pol:c'cd as the i
suit of secession. HIS c7n1uc. did much IN e'
hancc tie loyalty cf the ua::ed Safes ofi C
! here. not one Of whom has resigned, thou.
+. Louisiana, Georgia, Kentucky, Tcnnessee az
t Virginia are .ll represented among them.
4 large number Of nurses arrived here th
morning by the BIltimcre boat