Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1861-06-20
FROM THE PENINSULA.
OCCUPATION or BsrHsL cHURcH-A NEnBER or TTfE
CHARLES CITY TROOP sHOr KILLkD-DARIAG Ex-
cUasIos or NEW oRLEAss ZouAvIs.

OCCUPATION DsrHeL cHURcH-A MEMBER TIfE
CHARLES CITY TROOP sHOr AND KiLLkD-DARIAG TX
CUasIos OF NEW 0RLKAss Z0rAyEs.
From the Petersbarg Express.
Mr.. b. J. Hill, orderly sergeant Of tho Dinwiddic
TROOP reached Petersburg yesterday. He comes dire ct
from Bethel Church, Yo.k county, which point IA
strongly fortified aud occupied by several thousand Con-
fderat forces Should General Butler attempt take
tea or breakfast in yorktown he will NEE, with sight
imredin ent at Great the he persists in denomi-
mating IT, although are Informed by gentlemen who
have resided In the country for twenty years thai there
/. but one Bethel in York and that is the place where
the Yankees 30 terribly logged on Monday, toe
l0h instant under lead OF Gen Pierce.
Monday morning. Mr. Samuel Pryor, a member Of
Cap. Douthats Char-s City Cavalry accompanied by
two other MEMBERS left the camp Bethel o.
TIE party very mprudently proceeded far Lees
store six miles btDW Bethel and one mile beyond the
station of the Confederate Uidstes. Here they
suddenly surprised by fifteen eighteen OF Colo
nsI Duryee's Zouavcs, who were lying in ambush. A
skrmish ensued, our parry fdrg their double-barrel
guns loaded with buck shoI They think tome three or
four were killed tbey that number fall Berg
greatly outnumbercd the Confederate scouts rctrcaeJ
when 5T Pryor was struck 10 the back by ball iron
Minnie musket, and died in fSs hours after receiving
the wound The bal entered above the left hip, sud
passed entirely through coming in front. Strange
TO cay Mr.. Pryor rode half mile before he
that De had sustained injury. He received the nmeGte
T.. enliol of the Army Surgeon, but that gent
skill unGysling
Accompanied By guard OF honor, the remains OF Rr
Pryor brought up James river yesterday, aud pa.
or at WcoI's wlaFf They will be inferred in the fan
ly me cry in Cbarss city Deceased but Is years
OF sga sa.d TO be a noble specimen Of manhood AMI
wegoed about two hundred pouuts lie unmarried.
Monday morning early four OF the New 0Tleaps Zlu-
LETT camp without leave and directed their sJeps
towards Newport News, rgng reason, tba; they
de-,red TO reco1nO re- the Notifications Gt Newport
News. Some five xix hours after their departure
0. tie Zouaves ro,ueued 70 camp at Bethel Ia
what exhausted condition, aud exhibited bloody bowie
knife OF appalling Dimensions. lie represents bat his
pa.ty extended their adVarce TO within p!e and hall
surrounded by Yarkes scouting party, numbering some
twenty IT thirty. They determined 10 cut tnlir Wy out
if possible sn1 being armed with nothing bu. bowie
knives went to work with will. But escaped tie
ohe three having been t4ken prisoners. The who
returned declares that several Of the Yankees Kill
cd by himself sud friends BIS ASSERTION is all the
evidence have but give the story lie relates H.
Orderly It'll Informed tia! the soitcrs a. Bshsl
in excellent health and spirits, and fully prepared 10
give the inyadTs warm reception should they again
attempt 20 pass them.
IL IS mentioned s-mewhat interesting fact, that
the Duwi1ce Cavalry are supplied wih butte aoi shot,
made chiefly from forty pounds OF leaden weights ouno
10 an oil building in Dnwidie county, in which Win
f-ld Scot, Lieutenant General OF all the earth, SUI
Lcyeugood would say, was born, and for & lorg tine
occupied Thess weights found in The widow
frames Of the old building. Tie house is now in veg
daFdltsd condition. aud minus many other important
adjunc.s besides the window weights.