, 1861-06-15
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Crops are looking very finely
Interesting Items from PhIlllppl.
Correspondence OF the Cincinnati Gazette.l

When the rebels began to run. Col. Lander
{of California dueling, grizzly bear and Potter
Pryor notsriety,) could no longer content
himself at his post On the brow Of the hill,
With the artillery. The hill Is % steep that
no man In his cane moments would think OF
plunged at abreak neck ga1lop, lesped fence
: at Tie foot 'thundered through the bridge
lard on the heels of: the charging infantry,
sud dashed through the streets II adyance Of
the column, to look after tho baggage Of the
dying rebels. That the man ever came alive
:, to the comfortable fact that soms men are
born to die on quiet beds, no matter what
crazy feats they msy undertake.
:. Our. forces, and other eye Witnesses Of the
at5air, declare that the rebels were in too great
hurry about taking to their heels to walt for
!. .their, clothes: Hundreds Of gallant chiyalry,
it Is positively ayesred, started of at full GAL
lcp, attlred In bnt . single garment: In fact,
: "tne boys" pcrsist in E1Vtpg the snatr bat two
names the one, "The Phlllippi Races, - and
the other, "Tho Shirt Tail Retreat" Fat-
mers. LIVING halfa dozen miles or more south
Of Phinippl, have sinee Ecame In with tha
statements that the brase cavaliers CAME up
to- their doors begging for pairs Of breeches
to cover their nnkedne1s, whilst one man In
sists that 1heir eonasaAeder, Col. Porterdeld,
camo: to bis house ln Precisely ths same con
UNION Will hH aNAA3 VI kA1 ANSs NA kAVA4.
i Without bazardlng An opinion on so deli
cate ea subject, I may remark that onb thing ia
certain however the brave Colonel may have
been a1zaYed, he didn't take time TO- put: On
|. bis. uniform, elnce thst, with ths epauleta,
eockaded hit, and the. whole toggefy COM
:: When the fehels got down to Beverly, they
were not at all ashamed about running. They
eolemn1y assured the good people there that
they had been attacked at Phllappt by ~, 900
Northern Abolitionista, with 90 pieces Of ar
|: tl1le1y; tbst they had cut their ~sy through
escspe, and that eren then 50, 900 more were
marching around By way Of clarkabuFg to cut
Let it be understood, these were not West
ern. .Virgipiaus Who thus proved themselves
| the perfection Of poltroons. They came from
| priyntes'' Of whom Ha have been hearing so
much, and were commanded by one Of those
"bre7e army oface1s" who had proved his de-
votion to his State By Becoming traitor to his
| country. Col Porte1f.ld was from tho neigh
borhood Of Harper's Fs1Ty, aad was for years
,gineer corps. It Is stated that he has slncs
been removed from the command, and
fact Is thought to be IN some way connected
| with the runox about Ben. Mccullough being
ordered to Western Virginia
It zee ms that Ohio has not been a1one In
ors.' "A lot Of shoes, belonging to the rebel
forces, wr1ecaptured at Phi1llpp. Onr troops
thought they had made capftd haul, aud a
once appropriated tho. much needed article
Scarcely pair 1ased moro than single day
Tho eo1es soe7s made q @ood, glued to tie uRpers
mors Of Yankee wooden nutmsgs, when tn:
Old Dominion eends cut her troops ttto bat.is
for their .Nbe1ties' with paper-eoled shoes lII
<: Col Kelley continues 70 improve slowly
The Inlammatory stage hiss passed, aud though
the wound y dsnge1ouh ssone there ~ n
says he hopes to be able to pay hia respects t.
Il bis secession ffiendson the field once more
e,mmes, the rebel who shot him, Is still con
fined here. =. -. !, 8 :: "'.i ::*s