The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-06-11
ETAILS OF WAR NEWS.
NORTHERN ACCOUNTS.


account Of the fight at Phillipp, from |
which we extract portion. Like all other
emanations from the enemy, 1t Is designed to |
tickle the vanity of Lincoln and his sap |
porters
The hour appoint ted for the attack came and |
pas sed but still Col KelIy's division had not |
arrived. Impatient to begin the attack, and /
grasp, should escape without smelling pow |
der, Col. Lander ordered the artillery to begin |
the attack and at aquarter past four the guns |
were nnlimbered and dropped the first mes
sengers of terror into the enemy's camp, less /!
than quarter of a mile away. SimuItane-
ously with The roar of the first gun, Colonel
Kelly, Al the head of his command, came in
sight across the river below the camp, and
comprehending the position OF affairs, they
rushed forward at once In the direction of the
camp. Meanwhile the battery having, after
the first shot or two, got an accurate range,
played upon the camp with marked effect,
tearing thr ough tents and houses at fearful
rate. This the enemy couldn't staEd, and
They retreated in great disorder, in every d-
random and scattering volleys which did no
damage whatever. Col. keliy's command
was close after, the Virginia troops in adj
vance, the Henry Clay Guards in front, and
Col. Kelly and Capt. Fordyce leading.
At the same time Colonel Lander's force
came rushing down the hill to the bridge, and
they all put out after the fugitives, yelling
like Indians. They could not be overtaken by
our already exhausted men, who, after
chasing them couple of miles, returned to
the evacuated camp, to learn the painful fact
that their victory, though complete, was
dearly, too dearly bought. Colonel Kelly,
who with bravery amounting to rashness,
was foremost from first 10 last, was raiiylng
his men IN the upper part OF the town, the
enemy having all apparently fed, when he
| fell by Il shot from a foe concealed either
behind fence or III a house some say the
assailant fired from behind a wagon; others
| that Colonel Kelly was pressing ham hard
r,,a hin han he
| wheeled and fired This is not substantated.
| At any rate, the shot was fired after the en-
| gigement was over. The assassin was an
| assistant quartermaster in the Confederate
| force. His name is Sims, and he halls from
| Chesterfield, across the river from Richmond
| He was immediately seized, and it is great
| wonder that they didn't make mincemeat OF
| him instanter. The pistol with which he
shot Colonel Kelly is an old fashioned, old
| Virginia horse pistol, carrying a very large
bail and inflic ting most dangerous wound.
| The ball entered the left breast, and passing
| clear through, lodged beneath the skin, just
| under meath the shoulder blade. 1t has peen
| extrac ted, and every attention OF the highest
| medical and surgical skill Is laVisheu upon The
| wounded officer.
| In the grey, uncertain light of the morning
1t was impossible to tell anything about the
loss OF the enemy, as they carried away In
| their flight whatever killed and wounded
they may have had. 1t is very certain that
somebody was hurt, and right badly too. A
| leg, which had been torn OFT by cannon
| Dali, was picked up III the c.lHp. lu6Ic was
| a great deal of blood upon the ground, and all
| along the road in the direction Of the flight,
on the fences, and on every thing IN the way
| OF the indiscriminate retreat. Hats, blank
| cts, cioaks, and every imaginable description
of luggage, were scattered along the road Tor
moIs than a mile. L saw one OF the Secession
hats, with a veritabie cockaoe, which a chaI
was wearing around town to-day with grea
deal of gusto. the hat and epauletts of Col
\ ortertield, the Secession commander, were
picked up in the road. They lett behint
} |! some forty horses, all their provisions
2 | their baggage and camp equipage, ant
l | good many handsome uniforms, togethe
\ ! with some 440 stand of arms, ali o
y | which fell into the hands of the yictors.-
1 Several prisoners were taken besides Sims
t among them ID. NJ. Anvil, Prosecting Attor
n new and Col. Wiley. Capt. Robinson, of tn
= Logan Guards, had the honor of making III
d capture. Col Willey's commission from tn
Confederate authorities, with some interest
: ing correspondence, was found upon his per
r son. Several hats, apparently belonging I
# officers, were picked up, and a horse and bug
n gy, belonging to y. F. Martin u Prunty tow
: lawyer and defeated Secession candidate 70
I the Legislature, were part Of the spoils.
h The American flag has taken the place
) the Secession emblem in all the houses of Phi
= lippi.
X A rumor prevails this evening that the fug
| ttyes have been reinforced by 800 Sou ther
q | troous but it is not credited. A detachmer
d | OF Ohio troops went ont to Phi1lippi tn
s afternoon under Col Andrews, no will tai
l. | command there.
l. An artillery company arrived this evenin
is | bringing four brass field pieces. The tv
10 | pieces now at Phillippi belong to this con
J. pany.
g. AFFAIRS At HARPER's FERRY.
~ The Baltimore papers of Saturday conta
If the following:
ir FREDERICK, MD, June An intelligent al
| reliable entieman just from Harpers Ferr
1t | reports a complete state of preparation for a
, | tack which is eagerly expected there. II
" indications are all against any intended evac
lie alton of the place Troops were constant
le-l arriving in companies and in squads.
Fifteen hundred reached there last night a
parently from the interior OF Virginia, a.
1--WE com panies of about 600 men arrived VIII
m | he was there He also noted the arrival
several squads of recruits. Provisions we
abundant and the men cheerful.
ur The strctest discipline is maintained, a
re | my informant was only permit to enter t
at town under a guard, and TO speak to any
te the soldiers in the presence OF the officer w
re accompanied him.
Pickets extended for some dis lance in t
be direction of Pennsylvania Six CT eight {
by | serters from the Federal camp at Chambe
e. | burg reached Harper's Ferry yesterday eve
e ing, and several on the day previous. TIL
to | arrival created much merrinent, in vie W
ed | the reported assertions from the Confedert
ed camp, and which were pronounced who
nd untrue Nothing was heard by him of I
es | prevalence of sickness in the camp.
President Davis is expected there to- nj
I'D row when he will review the whole bod y
Wis troops there stationed, which an officer sta
nd to my informant, numbers about $4,000.
his PROM ALEXANDRIA.
Az ALEXANDRIA June THE U. S. steamer
nu lance arrived of this harbor about noon
IL day, and transferred the Lieutenant co
C., | manding to the Washington steamboat.
| brtags news from Fort Washington that II
81, slaves had sought refuge there from Virgin
no who state that the Confaderates at Az
eel | go, haya On far only usad rfied tiaJd piaf
OF which they have used at various poir
ny | changing them according to the fire of
Il United States vessels. They have not
nd used their battery of four thirty two poundt
ng. which is masked behind an old fish house O
ie- side of the range of the vessels guns.
as A yawl boat which has been carrying lett
atty hat v,ren maryland and Virglnia has been G
49,. tured. The fugtives had been engaged thrc
~ ing up earthworHs
MS From the confidence expressed by the
=. | habitants here there Is not much fear of
iat attack from the enemy at present
lh- There is not much doubt about Gen. Be
oe- regards being at Manassas juno ton.
, A private meeting OF Union men, to
eoi- number of about 50, was held here last nj
T. at the Marshall House, and was addressed
3. w. q. Parsons, of Washington.
To-day forty eight met at the same p
!. and nominated Henry z. Martin and Ja
p. Close delegates to the Wheeling Cony
ton The leaders in this movement expec
receive seyenty-Hve signatures to an add
are to that Convention.
sws The Michigan regiment band is now s
! be nading Col. HeintZleman.
e of The flag brought by the Third Infantry {
nth Texas will be to- morrow hoised over
900. luartermaster's Department, when &
not jollification is expected.
ew- The Provost Marshal, Capt. MedIar hai
called his prohibition OF the proposed pu
de- cation of newspaper here by the soldier
oted | The first number will appear on Monday.
rion tits reported that the Federal and Con
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