The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-07-09

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One OF the letters tnter0eI ted reat C.eat
Bethel, rs men toned in my esterdays dis
patch, says there are less than 5000 troops At
Yorktown. and that one OF Parrots guns and
two r,tled cannon were the principal pieces
of artillery used in action by the Confeder1tes
in the affair Of 9rea: Bethel.
Hsg o. t.uss Is tsers again from Norfolk,
Hunting the .,ece sson sclo-s END eruEing
about in the roads without moies ttt.oh. y nv
does Com. Stringtan permit the enemy 10 oo-
| serve our every movement? The nag OF truce
brings several fugitiyes, chiefly women, from
| Norfolk
FoKrRxss MoxRos, July4.-The Washington
| correspondent of the New York Times does
| orea, iniust,ce TO both Gen Butler and Jas
: Gordon ''ennctt IN his telegram OF Jnly ID.
( He stated that TIE edite- az the Satanic is
being roundy denounced by Sen Eutser as
| traitor.n and that 1.-THE commandant of Fort
| ress Monroe implies that he has conclusive
| evidence that he tthe EDITOR is in correspon-
| denee with the rebels, giving them aid and
| comfort and information. Gen. Batter has
| made no Pronunciation of this kind, and has
| no evidence whatever that the editor of the
Herald is in correspondence with the Con-
! federates.
The flag of truce yesterday brought down
the British nonsnl,from Norfolk, who was de-
sirous of visiting Baltimore IN reference to an
English vessel which had got into trotble.--
Commodore Stringham would not permit him
TO DO so, for the reason that the privilege of
the flag of truce has been already sufficiently
abused by the Confederates.
Heavy firing was heard this morning in the
direction OF Norfolk, doubtless salutes in
homo. o. American indie pendence.
The ships OF wa in the harbor fired grand
national salute at y oeissk, the guns of the
fortress responding. This evening there ar e
grand parades at the several camps. There
are no military movements to report to day
Work at the fortress was generally suspended
TO day.
THg RECENT ENGAGEMENT NEAR HAISBsvILLE
The Philadelphia Press has some Munchau-
sen statements about battle, which we sup
pose refers 10 The recent engagement with
Patterson's force, described by our Berkeley
CORES pendent yes terday. There is no doubt
Of the truth OF one paragraph, wherein GER
tain Hessian oatrages are noticed. As to the
loss the "rebel' side, a greater lie could
not be told. II the story was reversed, it
might come nearer the truth. After perusal
of this let the reader refer to the letter of our
Charlestown correspondent:
McMullins men first opened fire. The first
cannon SHOT or the enemy passed
over the heads of our men, a siugle
ball striking the gable end of Por-
| teIteld's dwelling, and passing ont at the peak
| OF the roof They fired badly, not a single
| cannon ball, daring the whole action of a half
| hour's duration. inficting mortal wound -
One ball passed between a soldiers InuSket
| and his cheek, and almost simultaneously q
second shot struck his gun, bending the tube
double, and sending the spliuters in 10 his face
and breast. The man will probably loose an
eye. Their first discharges OF musketry Were
lined too high, bat subsequently they aimed
low, most of the wounded upon our side
We're struck below the knees. Our men ad
vAnced continually, loadi ng and firing, until
The Wisconsin Regiment had approached To
within three hundred yards, and Nc lin s
men less than one hundred yards from the
rebels advance lines. They must have loss,
from all statements, at least one hundred i'll
killed and wvunded. Their amhulaGces were
ordered - the front, and our men sa N them
; neal ing = the falling, 10 be In time for re-
treat.
After firing for an hour or less, they retired
at a rapid trot and in great disorder, seeming
To labor overstrip each other IN their figh ty
purpose. PorteTfeld's house Is Il two. story
frame dwelling, with frame kitchen attached.
PoTterfield is a Union man, who had been IN
off. He had taken his family 10 the woods for
securitv, but returned at once, and gave the
Wouno"I every assistance His family soon
folio wed him, and the dwelling became Il hos
pital where the wounded lay, most of them
seeming to suffer no great anxiety beyond the
event OF the fight, and their own hard fate at
not being engaged.
OF all the wounded upon our side, not one
will die
AT Hainesville, three miles beyond, they
made Il second fu tile and shorter stand, but
were driven back with renewed loss. This
| latter place had been the site of their encamp-
| ment. Our informant reached IL before noon,
ana found the towns and suburbs occupied
| by our regiments, with the rear regimen is fast
| hurrying in. Gen. Patterson took quarters
| in the house of William Mitchell. There he
| took dinner with mis- aids, having first made
| all precautionary arrangements,
Our own troops had no sooner reached the
village than they scattered on u pleasure ak
cursiOn. OGe of the drst places TO which
they paid their respects the store and
post office Of one Turner, The Seces sion post
master of the village. Being TINS particu-
| larly inimical TO the soldiers and The Govern
,...-fe hrNy,
| the troops. They smashed his furniture and
ripped open his beds, finishing The work by
| spin tering the old family clock Turner
| himself was arrested in the woods, and
| brought into town, folio wed by his daughters
| He was once put under guard A secession
| fiag was found in his place, and great II am
| bers of envelopes marked "Uonfederate 5 tates
| of America"
| The Secessionis's appear to have been well
| armed in this fight. Those taken carried
Mianie mnskets, OF Harper's Ferry pattern.
The subsequent occupation of Martinsburg
| has been narrated by telegraph.
TIE SEIZURE OF THE STEAMER sr NICHOLAS.
| A passenger who was on board the steamer
St Nicholas when she was seized has furnish
ed the St. Marys (Md) Beacon with the iol.
| lowing account of the capture:
! On Friday evening, the 28th nit, the St
Nicholas left Blltimore with a considerable
| amount of freight and a large number of pas
| sengers. There was nothing in the movement
Oh the passengers 10 6xclte any Suspicion OF Lne
| daring act which was contem plated. Every
thing passed off quietly until we reached
Point Look Out. Here several passengers
disembark d, and an elderly man, whom we
were afterW rds told was Capt. Holiins, late
| OF The u S. Navy. boarded the steamer, and
| took his station upon the deck in rear OF the
| ladies saloon. AS it was very warm in the
| berths, concluded, in company with friend
| to spend the night in arm chairs upon the
| deck. and was thus the unsuspeoting witness
| of the scene which followed. Thus far on the
| trip, we had observed elderly looking lady,
| sitting in the saloon, apparently much con.
| cerned about the arrival of the boat at Wash
| ing ton, but on reaching the Point, she retired
| TO her state room, and only reappeared, after
the boat had resumed her course, in the per
| son of "A full dressed Zouaye climbing over
We're whis pered in the ear Of the elderly man
| of whom have spoken, and they both rush
| ed quickly below. In less than two minutes
| the boat had stopped. But even yet / sus-
pected nothing of the truth, surprising that 8
| Government boat was boarding her for the
| purpose OF inquiry, and ] went below to see
| the proceedings.
Judge of my establishment, then, when ]
| SAW about iii cen men, armed with carbines
reviewers aud bowie knives, standing in bat.
tie array. and in full possession of the boat -
| The ligh were then extinguished, guard;
placed over the different parts of the boat,
| and her course directed to the Virginia shore
We reached the wharf in Cone river about 81
| O'Clock in the morning. Here we We're board
ed by several Virginia officers, and shortly the
| 2d tennessee regiment made its appearance -
| They w-re well armed with rifles and bowie
knives and We're anxious 10 meet the Fedora
| troops TO test the accuracy OF their rifles and
| the virtue of their stael. They had marched
| twenty miles the night before through the
| mud and rain, and were "spiling'' for iigIt
Throughout the whole night not single sci
OF rudeness was p-rpetrated, all the passen
| gers heng treated with the greatest civil
| ~. The ladies were told by the commander
| that they were in The hands of Sou thern gen
| tiemen. and would be treated as his own sis
| ters. Whatever opinions may be Ell Entertained
! of the capture itself. no one who was present
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