The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-07-06

GLIDING the Minnesota, Cumberland, Santee,
Roanoke, and various gun boats, will appro-
priately salut the day.
The Twentieth New York regiment has
Nrd"~ed nifty barrels of sugar from Balti-
more.
Yesterday afternoon Lieut.. Yelvartcn and
Ugh teen men of the Seventh New York regi-
ment made reconnaissance from Newport
News up the James River road to within n
mile and a half Of Great Bethel. At that
point they came upon five OF the Confederate
pickets, who precipitately fled, leaving be-
hind, with other trophies, their hats and coats
which showed that the owners were officers
In the pockets OF the latter were several let.
ters Just finished and giving a com plete nc.
count of the late advance of 2 500 men from
Yorktown to attack Newport News They
describe the wretched fare of the Secession
troops. and the manner IN which they were
obliged to beg or steal. One of an ON, nous
character. taken from the pocket OF AR las
Steele, bookseller at Richmond, dascr,brs III,
Federal troops as "laborers," who are TO be
- speedily driven from the sGcr>d sott OF
Virginia"
A detachment of Eermonters from New.
port News coming suddenly upon our picket
beyond Hampton, yesterday, caused tenn
porITy alarm.
General Butler and family are this after
noon at Newport News. Col. Aliens resi-
fpent Will go up tomorrow.
WAR MOVEMENTS IN WESTERN VIRGINIA.
The war correspondent OF The Cincinnati
Gazette furnishes the following summary OF
the posi OF the opposing forces in West
-rn Virginia:
Readers who care TO unders tand the move.
menis now in progress in Western Virginia
will remember that the Confederate force has
mainly conCen trated at Bealington and Laurel
Hill, thirteen miles south OF Philiippi on
the main road leading through Beverly, Hut
tonviiie, the Cheat Noun tain Jap, and thence
on through the heart OF Virginia to Staunton,
and the beginning Of direct railroad communi
cation with Richmond. AT this Confederate
camp there are now near nine thousand sol
dies. and there seems little room to doubt
that they are really under the command OF the
redoubtable Wise Besides this force at their
advanced camp, they have also truors at Bev-
erly, Huttonville and the Gaps, though in
what numbers now it is impossible to tell
The probability is that they have concentrated
all their available strength at the advance
camp, merely Leaving behind them men enough
TO garrison the towns and keep their com.
muDi2itions open.
The Federal forces, on the other hand are
concen trating at two main points, Phillipp
and Clarksburg. When tell you that, with
the exception OF the troops absolut eiy needed
TO guard the road and hold Grafton, and OF
one regiment stationed at Cheat river, al the
'roops in Western Virginia have gone to Phil.
iippi or Clarksbnrg, you will have little diff
tculty III compIehending the contemplated
| movements. In addition TO this l may only
add that the column from Clarksburg COM
| menced moving yesterday, June 20.
"A correspondent of the same journal, writ
ing from Clarksburg, on the osth, gives the
following:
Six O'Clock =. M.-The day CLOSES amidst
the most conflicting and exciting reports reIa.
tive to the movements OF the rebels. It~is
now pretty clearly ascertained that Governor
Wise has Occupied Buchanan, at the head
Of seven thousaa men. Major Bill Jackson
is AT Beverly, with fifteen hundred men, and
another body is at Webb's Mills forty miles
southeast of here. 1t Will thus be seen that
"a Tr = RSht
take place within twenty -four hours. Gems
Scheich and RosecraDs are dispatch hing Aids
de-Oamp In all directions; the guards have
been doubled, and the strictest orders issued
coSTRABAED uooDG.
Deputy Marshal John StimmeI. of Frader
lex county, Maryland, with detachment of
Federal troops, consisting of COMPANIES and
Is OF the Pennsylvania Regiment, stationed at
that place, proceeded by Railroad to Berlin
on Wednesday night week, and captured three
car loads of contraband goods, in tended, as
was believed, for the Confederates in Virgi-
nih. These cor traband articles consisted of
some eight barrels OF whiskey, and large sup
ply of sugar, coffee, tea, salt, molasses and
other groceries. They were seized without
slumbers of the villagers were not
disturbed. On Thursday morning com
pany G, of the same regiment proceeded
TO Adamstown, the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad, six miles south of Frederick and
seized another batch of contTaband goods, con-
signed TO Virginia, consisting OF 90 bbls crush =
ed sugar, and two boxes obtaining paper
clothing, &c. So says the Frederick Exami-
ner.
AN ARMY OF OCCUPATION.
The New York Express, in an article on the
military occupa ton CT this city SAYS:
We see, however, in this armed occupation
what forces VIII be necessary in about every
Southern clty-aS We march on to occupy
1t seems 10 enter into but fe W mems heads
that after every steps advance as many men
must be left behind tS occupy as to go ahead
to fight. When this begins to be little com
pretended the common sense OF settling this
| civil war, if possible, will become more ap-
| parent.
BETHEL.
Capt. Kilpatrick, OF Company H. the Dur
yea Zouaves, who will be remembered as one
of the Federal troops who led the charge at
Big Bethel, is delivering lectures in New
York, descriptive OF the scenes Of the battle.
TeIeeraphic Dispatches.
The following dispatches, made up under
the super vision Of Federal telegra phic direc.
tors to the Northern press, should he read
with a great deal OF caution:
THE BATTLE On THE UPPER POTOMAC.
WILLIANsPoRT, Nm, July "A Messenger
from Hooks river, Ton the other side of the
Potomac,) has Just arrived here, bringing
news of a considerable battle at that point,
between Gen. Patterson's advance and the
portion of Gen. Johnson's army commanded
by Gen. Jackson-four regiments, three of in.
iantry and one of cavalry. The Confedera ties
were beaten retiring precipitate and leav-
ing Patterson in command of the field, includ-
ing their camping ground. Patterson'S loss
was three killed and ten wounded, while that
of the enemy is believed to be much larger,
though there is no absolute ertainty as to the
extent Of his loss.
Col. Stones command is being an xiously
looked for to advance above Harper's Ferry,
or to that immediate neighborhood. to co ope-
"a ia wi n "a htc nscA
troops are the New York Ninth, the New
Hampshire First, the Pennsylvania First, and
five companies of Col. Cakes Pennsylvania
Twenty nth regiments, all among the best
troops now in the service.
WAsHINGroE, July 3.--The following dis.
patch was received at 2.15 this morning by
telegraph:
Hook RIVER, near Martinsburg, July2.
To Col + ID. Townsend, Assistant Adjutant
General
We left Williamsport at o'clock A. NJ. to-
day. for this place. We Dire We and rou ted the
rebels. about 10, 900 strong, having with them
loss on our side, regret to say, OF three killed
and ten wounded. X. PATTERSON,
Major General Commanding.
1t Is said that Gen. Scott was so much g3ati-
fled on receiving this news that he caused the
President to te awakened from his sleep to
The Cabinet met to-day With more than
usual good spirits iii conseq uence of this gra-
tifying news.
HAagRsToWS, July Further accounts gay
thai the FEDERAL loss IN the ight across the
Potomac yesterday vas two" Siii-d--Geoyge
Drake and another man, name uni,nown, be-
longing to the Wisconsin reg iment-and four
wounded, belonging to the nth Pennsylva.
MIA regiment
LArER.--!taaerstolPn, July a p. nj -Maior
General i'atterson's coluEln are IN aud about
Martinsburg. a special messenger from there
reports that no engagement with the enemy
has taken place since yes terday, the result of
which has been stated.