The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-06-03

Large bodies Of troops advanced on Fair
fax this morning.
A too O'Clock dispatch says Batteries at
Aqua Greek were destroyed.
Washisgton, June /.
An official dispatch from Gen. Mcdowell
10 the War Department says the loss Of
Union troops at Fairfax Court House WAS 4,
and Confederate q.
Accounts OF the skifmish BY oavaly COM
pany under Lieut.. Tompkns and rebels at
Fairfax Court House, 10 confirmed. Two
men are missiDg and three wounded. Seve-
raj horses were wounded. Five prisoners
| taken and broughtinto camp. Lieut.. Tomp-
kins had two horses shot under him.
| Alexandria, June /.
Shortly before one O'Clock last night, a
Skin msb took place At Wellington Mills be-
tween company Of Zouaves and = company
Of the Michigan Regiment, and = securing
party Of Virginiaps. The federal troops
drove them away. One Of the Zouases VAS
killed and one wounded.
Philadelphia, June l.
The Bulletin publishes from the Richmond
Enquirer Of Thursdsy, the details OF the
journey OF presidents Davis TO Richmond, and
his speech to the troops collected Ut the fair
grounds. Messrs. Toombs and Wigfsll CO.
companisd him.
/ Chillicothe, O., May 81.
Last night train going east with the 22d
Ohio regiment on board, Was thrown from
the track by the breaking OF N axle. George
Ballou, OF Chill, O., Was killed. One soldier
had his thigh bones fractured, smother IN
arm broken. thiEd broken jaw, and :
number more or less bruised and slightly In
jnred.
Baltimore, May l.
A steamer has arrived from Fort Monroe.
BArtletl,s naval brigade had arrival thera.==
A battery Of heavy guns 10 being erected in
Newport. The federal transports constantly
pass Sewsll's Point, just beyond the range
OF she rebel battery. There 10 no recent in.
telligence from Norfolk. Ooumodors Pen
dergast will not allow boat TO 20 up With 4
Dag Of truce attached. Parties here are anx.
ious to take away relatives.
r The Quaker City yesterday brought up I
prixe.. son ooner from Rio dc Janeire, with I
cargo Of 5000 bsgs Of coffee.
The fugisivss nov 10 Fort Monroe are en-
oampsd and mustered, and provided with 70
tions, like the soldiers. Gen. Butler has To-
sued stronger order sgainss plundsring !,
the neighborhood.
HaFrisharg, JunA /.
scout returned after two day s. stay 1t Harper
were taken there from tie Harylsnd side Arm
Officers believed unless harpsr's Ferry forces re
treat, they wall be surrounded siihin week. n
, number Of troops on the nights ovcslokisg Has
psr's Ferry 10 lsss than 900, having battery
VI the state Of aGAin, but win light hard. N
} troops have besn sent from ChAmbsrsburg, south
ward.
: VIRGINIA AND HER FATE.
Destiny 10 slowly but surely involving th
sSoush" in the calsmisiss her madness 90
folly have Invoked. The blocksd BY sss
! creeping fron harbor 10 harbor along be
coasts, while the arniee OF the Goverpmsr
are hsmming her 10 lsndward. Her con
nerce 10 eut OF from the ossan, and b.
trade 10 stopped With the interior. Repaid
: alton has ruined her credit, and her sxcheo
usr 10 empty Of coin. Her oomuercial me
arc drives into Bankruptcy, and insolvenc
: 10 going the rounds Of her trades people,
Forced loans have lost their elicacy, and ID
!, means Of furnishing food and clothing IL
: her army are becoming more a1d more pr.
osrious. With : scarcity Of provisions
!. home. and her sources Of supply from abroa
. ! out OF, her cry will soon be for bread.
The hoAsted power OF the South has Z
yet achieved only the stealing OF undefende
J FORTH cations, the plundsrinE Of srsensls m
minss intrussed to its honor, and tho osptuI
" of single fort defended BY less than hur
> dred starving but gallant men. She prom
!. ised her soldiery the plumber Of the Capita
= and, rushing to achieve ito conquest, recoile
!. before few regiments Of volunteers hsstil
y collected there. From being . boastfal an
:. arrogant aSgFsss0r, Full OF fanoied vaio
= marching onward to glory and renovn, pan
ing for . battle and certain Of victory, 81
). has ssddsnly wheeled into tho defensive
y sowsd snd subdued BY tho real courage Til
confronted her, drsading nothing 90 much
: IN attack, and ready TO run away q the Or
: charge Of the enemy.
II OF all the Southern States, Virginia
= reaping the richest, while Is 10 the most Jus
harvest Of rstribution for her wick dne
= and folly. Three months ago she assum,
! to be neutral, above both North and Sout
but identified With neither. She boosted
her past reno~n and present poser, claim,
30 be arbiter, and, while commanding Il
peace, assumed TO dictate terms Of reconci
{ iation TO tho Government ct Washingto
and the Cotton Confederacy at M0ntgomer
: To-day she 10 pstroniscd by South Carolin
: and her ssacred soil' made tho trampin
70 ground Of JEFF. Davis's soldiers.
= Nearly half her territory, catching fro
her the infection OF secession, and prompt
By . spirit Of loyalty TO the Consultation, b
IN run up the banner OF tho Union, and q
So loose from her sway. Her substance 10 b
ing eaten up BY . foreign soldiery, and /
Of people becoming demoralised BY their r.
il 6anlv contact. Her commerce 10 annihilats
& her trade destroyed, her treasury exhaust.
e. and her credit gone-snd State and pso,
y arc sinking tDgsther into governmental q
d. Individual Bankruptcy.
re- Such 10, to-day, the once proud, mob
~ ohiyalrOua VirRipia and tia deptha Of