The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-07-15
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ny reference 10 cur telegraph column. u
viii, be seeu that q reverse has etSatred IA
Sss regram's command ia Gen, 0Afaests
dnuf.cn, near LNarel Hai, Passenger ey
tNE0~aual train, yesterday were Of the efs"'
len that the news h SathentIe. Nevvrtae"
less, the LyaeAesrx papers 81 yess~fdy w.
pct, asrvet ,asel,sx~eee from Laurel Hsts, W
the esssxt that the Yake~s were reasea VITA
heavy soss. We Gan, taee~teF~. ""V s~'~'
the reader 10 the news eesemas. And e'e>~ss
c0e arN q his ewa ,a;ereaee OF ss~ 1ssn 81
what Is there reported oae ewa eefr~epoa-
.,eat's letters are To the ssa ,ast,. tFaesdAy,l
up 80 ~AsA sasas ali was se,ag on prosper.
esssy tor the SeatAern eaas".
os Thursday isst, = aetschment M cur
cavalry were rvesaaeissriax on the Warwick
rxss... Elk saIles ;Hsm Newport News, at \
place sslsss Lees Store, They discovered =
,ssrtv 81 the enes.iy. and forthwith ATTACKED
sAv.a killing ioar and taking number ct
,g.seasgs, Csc ~as shot in ii'~e, and the
wSy ae came 10 tsera y. wa Is said 10 have
onssutrpea ali PREV .oas ideas OF speed. The
Killed sad cap,ursd are said 10 be Germans.
Tae only damsSr sustained by oar cavalry was
the iess Of ore horse, owned by Mr. Wilcox,
OF tie Charles City Troop. Tue enemy would
.aeae,sess have been all captured, bat for the
tact that they we're smart enough 10 rs"ea' 10
newly ploaxhfd fe.d, where the horses OF
thu Cavalry could not successfully pursue
them. rhis account is brought by gentlemen
,rs, from the Psnins uia, and is authentic.
The Newoen ia. o. Progress, OF Friday
ls... has the folio wing:
Information reached h, re late lsst night by
n ii.utenant OF the Roanoke q yards, from
the undarslgEed, taat on Wednesday, 10Th
M I ~ .i n-nf u n
~ xuGs, came under the guns At Fort Hat
t-ras whsn an engagement took place, which
lasted three. sourIns OF an hou-, each party
airing abou, or 5 guns. No damage was done
on cur side. The vessel WAS struck twice
and thought TO have been disabled, AS she
struck cplv,s ana stopped.
Lieutenant q. W. NiaBr,
Commander at Fert Hattsras.
We have nothing OF interest hom Manassas
Junction or the neig hboiho d OF Alexandria.
The latest from Gen. Johnston's column is
that he had been hRrgeiy reinforced. and cir
cums,ances led 70 Che belief that an advance
movement was Contemplated. The Lynchburg
Republican has the following
"On "Wednesday last Skirmish occurred
near Bunker Jim, twelve miles from VIM
chester, between a company OF Our cavalry
.Snc the enemy, in when two OF the latter
were killed aud thr,e taken prisoners. No
ore ~ jured our side. The prisoners Were
brought into Winchester on thursday morn
ing
i, is confirmed that three Pennsylvania
regiments OF Pa.terson's command, have re-
turned home. The story that they were
fired upon by their own troops, in ccnse-
Quence OF their stampede. is probably un.
founded.
Il will be seen by proclamation which we
publish this morning, that the militia in al
the counties North Of James River, and las,
of the Blue Ridge, as'well as all in the Valley
OF the State North Of James River, are called
into immediate service. We presume thai
many Of orr young men will haste to attach
themselves 10 volunteer companies, although
there lie uorhing hum iiiating in going with the
militia All things considered, however, W.
think we should prefer the volunteer ser.
vice.
We copy the following from the Nashville
Gazette, of the L. h inst, hnt do not vouct
for its accuracy:
ave learn from q gentleman direct from
Hickman. Ky, that Gen. Prentiss, with 8
number of his men, left Cairo on Monday last
and made An excursion down the river, some
thirty miles. On Tuesday evening, he reach
ed Wolf Island, and effected a landing. He
afterwards left the boat and made a recon
noiterinK expedition through tie country.
IA party of Missouri.Es, numbering up.
wards Of 400, who We're stationed al different
points On the opposite side Cf the river
watched his movements, and when lie was
boat. they crossed the river, surrou nded Prem
1SSa and marty and took them pri sopars