Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-06-13
The Skirmish at Phillippi, Va,


New YORK, June 2--The Til
bune's Washington dispatch says
that Mr. Etheridge bad arrived from
Tennessee. He says that Eastern
Tennessee will show a large majority |
for Union, and that civil war is inevi- |
table if The rest Of the State goes
for secession. Soldiers are distributed
throughout the State to overawe vo-
ters. The Dsuaionists are well
armed and the Union!.ts unarmed.
Sir. D. FIELD has gone to Cairo,
authorized to construct five Heating
boats Of the capacity oil 800 men.
intended 10 separate Memphis and
points below.
WASHINGTON, June Cit is be.
lieved that Lord Lyons dispatches
are unlavorabIe to the Federalisis.
The cabinet has been i'll session
every day this week on foreign al
fairs, wh ca is b, lityed to be ominOuS
Of trouble.
The Washington Star says certain
Information is reserved, that Gen.
Beaursgard is al Manassas with 20
I, 600 men.
A person from Richmond says the
troops march BY night, aud without
music.
Jackson brothers are supposed 10
be the persons who are picking off the
Fede al picke:s. They are said to
hare from Is to 20 men, finely
mounted.
A spy named Williams Was hung
at Harper's Ferry.
The farmers i'll he vicpiiyol UaI.
Per Ferry ere engaged to be there
Monday for transporting equipments
! The feeling OF Mary lapdcrs is H.
licated by the fact hat at all hazards
thsy continue TO furnish food to
Harper's Ferry and Point Of Rocks
The concentration of artillery IN
,Iicates either a retr.at or advance
viz Point of Rocks.
! The Cabinet is discussing sh'
amount to demand on the u,eeiias
of Congrsss;s150, 100000 will prob
ably be the sum demanded.
1t is rumored that Aqua Creel
has been reinforced by 5000 men
I A scouting party from Harper
Ferry sized thirt teen locomotives a
William port, which they switched
Oh the Winchester road.
The Memphis post office is dis
continued, aud all loyal postmaster
are directed to forward all matter sd
. dressed to Memphis, to the dtst
, letter office.
Gsm6rs5urg. Pa, June O. Al
publications relative to PROPOSED
t movements are forbidden.
t WASHINGTON, June Best in
formed men consider brush witt
England inevitable, as soon as she
wants cotton. The dispatches sen
North that France would not com
bal with tie North for fear Of Grip
, ping England's only maritime rlv"
are baseless. Nothing in the Gov
!, eminent dispatches or letters or new
paprrs sustain the superstition.
A Western Missouri letter to the
New York Times says: For one I'm
ion flag flying, there 0aunts in th'
face of law dozen Of the hatelu
em5le ms Of treason and human bon
dage.
! Louisville, jane Tho mails are
stepped. Speed has telegraPhic 10
struciions from Washington to send
mail matter for seeded States and
Memphis to Washington.
! The merchants request the Con
federate POstmasters lot to sanceI
the Federal stamps, as they are
not acknowledged OH reaching
| the Federal dominons when can
celIed South.
Cairo, June 7.--Col. Prentlss.
learning that the secessiohists had
camp at Eiliott's Mills, Kentucky,
sent two companies there. Col
Wickliffe demonstrated against this
invasion. Prentiss replied that ii
was his determination to send troops
in any direction or upon any soil
that the Government required.
RICHMOND, June AT last We
have reliable news from Phillippi. -
Though a surprise it was glorious
victory Tor the Virginia troops, twelve
hundred of whom beat back three
thousand Federal troops with can.
non three times, kill ,ng seventy OF
the enemy. Only six Virgiuians
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