Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1861-06-20

Mexandria, met with mishap the ofF.:-,
account Of which is as follows
WASHINGTON, june Ia
By telegraph from Camp to Lieut., c..
al Scott
Left camp with 65S rank aal a,e a,4s,
field and company officers. il pu~sre,.-' - -
General McDyweli's orders. IT, - ~ ~. u
expedition. with the available f frca . -
my regiments, the regiment selected ~ "
tie first Ohio volunteers. LEI. tS, ,-rr-..7
les, / and X, in the aggregate one In~t-'5
and thirty men, at Crossing Of R.,a4s
Lieut.. Col. Parrot. with tw. ,-r,rs-;,.
ll6 men, to Falls Church. and n r,,--l. =
that direction. Stationed tw5 cgmngr:.. "a 4,
AMI K, l35 men to guar! the r...-aa5 ~
bridge between the crossing ana Vienna. r,.'
ceeded slowly to Vienna with four roo,r,--:.
company t, Capt. Paddock gnr5rv =
Lieut.. Woodward. afterwards 'ain.8 H. H..
Pea>e ! company q. Capt. Bsslev. s'-a7err~
II. Capt. llaz.ett. Total 275 nan. On .r-r
Ing the curve slowly within ono ana.
ter of 4 mile of Vienna. we were fr.l nm
by raking masked bat,eries-I ,H.ne il
guns with shells, round sh- ana s-8ra--..I
NJ and woundjnE men on the rlatf.rr, and
IN the cars. before the train could be stoned
When the train stopped the engineer rl.It
not, on accuuu; If the damage dsu, /. s-,,-
part If the running machinery draw the .--;r
"ut Of the fire. The engine being in the raq-
we left the ears and retired t. tie .;gf, AMI
left Of the train through the woods
Finding that the enemy's batteries vara
sustained by whar appeared abnu, 4. -a,;,rar.
ct infantry, and by cavalry. which far.a W.
have since understood II have been I=ll
South Caralinlan>. We fell back alau, the
railroad, throwing ont >kirmi>her< IN ta,b
Hanks Tins was about seven 2. III Thu.
we returned slowly, bearing II our waupIl
five miles to this point. which we reached 81,
ten o'clock
CAsCALTIgs.- Capt. IIazlctt's, company H..
two known to lie killed. three wounded and
five missing; Capt Baileys. company g..
three killed, two wounded ana Two missing:
Capt. Paddock'S, company + one uffea,
slightly wounded; Capt Pea>e aud two mis-,
sing
The engineer. when the men left the cars,
instead OF retiring slowly, as | ordered. IT,
tached his engine with one passenger ear from
the rest Of the disabled train. and ab4nigBrI
u, running to Alexandria, and we have heard
nothing tlom him since. Thus we were de,
prived Of a rallying point and Of means gf &C.
the wounded, who had to be ear.
ried on litters and in blankets. We wait bara
holding the road, for rcinfUrcements. The
enemy did not pursue.
| have ascertained that the enemv'> re
At Fairfax Court House, four miles from v.
emma. is now about 1000.
-
lur Hughev was ut his station on tie foremost
platform ear. Col. McCuok was with ne in
one Of the passenger cars Both these fl.
GERS. with others Of the commissioned officers.
and many Of the men. behaved most nolly
under this CALLING fire which we could ngtrr.
turn, aud from batteries which we csul! nut
flank or turn, from the nature of the ground
The approach to Vienna j. through deem
long cut on the railway. In .cay;u. the ear,
and before they could rally, many II nv lnam
lost their hager>ackS or blauk-I>. but brought
otf all their muskeis except it may be a lew
that were destroyed by the cnemy's first fIe,
or lost with the killed TSiEned
ROBERT c. SCHENCk,
Brgadier General
1t seems to Us that running railroad
train through "a deep Ion. cut" in an
enemy's vicinity, without tr>t examining
it, is rather tooIhariy,
sU~ The Western Virginia Convention On
Monday adopted Declaration of In1epea,
dence of tie Richmaud Convention, which
was signed hy the members.
ssAAn evidence Of the progress If Niger
onomy in the South Is afforded in the iaetthl'
after the delivery Of speech by Jef Davisa;
Richmond, the band struck up D1ie'
Land" thus making negro song the nation
al air Of that region
sg~Judge Sharswood, of Philaielphias
has pronounced the extension clause Of the
stay law unconstitutional. Are not all stay
laws OF the character passed At the recent ses,
sion unconstitutional: The decisions oi the
L. 5. Supreme Court certainly indicate them
To be 50.
Gs2- The bids for the construction q steam
screw gunboats were opened at the Navy De-
partment on Monday. The bids for the huL'
range from S55 900 to 100000, time Of con-
struction from 90 to l0j days: for he engines
from S25, 900 to $4,000, time of eonsiFoe'
ton from 60 to l60 days. There are neaEl!
one hundred and fifty bidders for the oaL-'
ing Of the hulls.