The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-06-21

from the N9ttor.ai I"telligence.. and may be
.,cs14ed ~ reliable
ON Sunday last, when train of ears WAS
turning from Vienna, on the Alexandria
aat Loudoun RsiIrOad, ta5out fifteen miles
fcam AIeNtndrla,1 man hired on the train
from ambush, wN1undtnE George Busbae
gl the tonneC ucut Light Guards, and came
aszr wouuduE Gen Tyler, who was stand.
.nc a. h!> side in an open car.
il ,oHseV ueuce Of This attack the Govern
utat resolved 10 place pickets along the road.
aaJ yesterday Col. McCook's FIRST Ohio
Ers meat, accompanied by Gen. Schenck set
.u- la train Of cars. and the men were dis
.uhu,F3 IN detachments along the line. When
tAsrsrs reached Vienna, ~ about five O'Clock,
vita Only three companies remaining. anask-
Cd: battery vas opened upon them, Killing and
Ny,tHdsug, according to the report we have
shout Two hundred Of them. Relntorcements
a,cr stnt forward, but we have no further
Particulars OF what occurred.
pom she foregoing, the Exchange makes
.aa following comments
4 small portion Of the above important dis
}%tyh VAS telegTaphed 10 this city on Monday
tfeh4ag last. but II was promptly suppressed
ty order ut The Federal Government, 30 that
The official report mIEhI have PRECEDENCE As
The report OF BrigadIer General Schenck fol
lows very carefully The precedent sat by Gen.
HltleT, IN the Great Bethel affair, and puts
&. VIA the Der Of killed and wounded AZ
twenty only, whilst the National Iutellircn-
'rf, more candid and ingenious, announces
= ius- q two hundred, the reason why thu
Government was anxious 10 tell Its own story
inst IS obvious.
The Associated Press dispatch gives the Of.
Il al report, addressed to Gen. Scott by Brig
adler General Schenck
Loft camp with GG, rank and file, including
% field and company officers. IN pursuance OF
General McDOwell's orders to 20 upon this
rsp"difon with All the available force Of one
OF my regiments
1ue regiment select ted being the First Ohio
Volunteers. l left two companies, company j
X an "a "a t. N ypA at no
ing of the road. Sent Lieut.. Col. Parrot
with two companies OF III men, TO Falls
Church, and To patrol the roads in that direc-
fun. / stationed TWO companies, - and r,
comprising l35 men, TO guard the railroad and
bridge between the crossing and Vienna. !
then proceeded slowly towards Vienna with
Company L, Captain Paddock, and com pauy
g. Lieutenant W GOD ward. who were after
yards loin-d by company -, Captain Petse,
company q, Captain Bailey, company Ii,
Captain Hasctt, total 27j men. On turning
The curve slo @ly, when within quarter OF
mile of Vienna, we We're fired upon by a rak-
TX masked battery of, "a think, three guns,
with shells. round shot and grape, killing and
wtuudug the men on the platform and in the
cars. before the train could be stopped. When
the train was stopped the engineer could not,
uu account OF the damage done TO some part OF
the running machinery, draw the train out of
tie range OF the eneIny's fire. The engine be
ing ia The rear. we lett the cars and retreated
10 tile light and LETT of the train through the
woods. Finding that the euemY's batteries
were sustained by what appeared TO be- about
e regiment of Infantry, and by Cavalry, W hlch
force we have since understood to have been
SON" 300 South Carolutans, we fell back
along the ralroad, throwing out skirmishers
ca both tanks.
This was about : O'Clock p NJ Thus .ye
r-rlred slowly, bearing oh wounded five
miles 70 tins point, Little FAILS Church,
which reached at 10 o'clock L. II.
The casualties are rs follows Capt. Has
Ietts Company known to be killed, and 8
wounded missing
Can't. E1iIey's company q, , killed, ,
wounded. and missing.
Capt. Paddock's company T. officer slight
Is wounded, Capt. Pease, and missing.
The engineer, when the men left the cars,
instead OF retiring slowly, l ordered, de-
,trh-d his engine with the passenger ear,
from the OF the disabled train, and aban-
doupd as running to Alexandria, and we ia We
heard nothing from him since. Thus we
were deprived of 4 raliylng point, and of all
means OF accompanying the wounded, who
had to BE- carried on filters and in blankets
Ne wait here, holding the road for reinforce
Inruts. The enemy did not purs
/ have tscertaiued that the eutmy's force
nt Fairfax Court House, four miles from Vi.
emma, is now about 1000 strong. When all
the batteries We're opened upon us, Major
Hughey at his station on the foremost
platform car. Col. McCook was with me i'll
enc of the passenger cars. Both of these of
flcers, with others OF the commissioned OIL
and many of the men, behaved most
,0CIy under thie CALLING fire, " hich We could
not return, ana from batteries which we
could not flank or turn, owing to the nature
OF the ground, The approach to Vienna is
through deep, long cut in the railway. On
leaving the ears and before they could rally,
many of my lost their haVeTsIcks or
blankets, but brought OFF all their mus he IS,
except it may be-, a few that were destroyed
by the enemy's first fire, or lost with those
no were killed.
(SgEed) ROBERT 6. SCHEScK,
BrlgaGieT- General.
The list regiment Went down to Alexandria,
but arrived after the battle was over. As
they left, says the Washington Star a train
came down from Nienna, bringing eight killed
and fourteen or fifteen wounded Some OF the
killed were brought to this city by the steam =
tr Star, which plies between eth street wharf
and Alexandra.
AEOTHRR ACCOUNT.
The correspondent OF the Washington star
writes
FAILS CHURcH, Fairfax county, Va,
June 18th, 1851.
". II. WALLACH Dear Sir-W men General
Scheuck reached this point yesterday, by rail
with the OHIO regiment OF Col. McOook that
stumbled on the disuuionlsts concealed bat
terry. near Vienna, they We're duly notified
that between 900 aud 100 South Caro-
lima troops We're stationed there. consul.
tation was held on the cars, and some OF
the officers urged thai discretion was the be t
ter part of Valur, while others main tanned
that they could whip them anyhow. 1t was
determined TO proceed, and when the train got
sight of the battery, of the existence OF
which no one on ii (the tram knew any hing
the brakes we're instantly put down hard tc
stop as quickly as possible. That was a The
curve Jus east of Vienna. 1t was 100 late, how
ever for a shot came booming along that seY
cred the connection Of the locomotive with
the train.
The battery fired seven shots in all, killing
| believe, five of our men and wouudin,
more before Col. McCook, ordered has men I,
seek cover of the woods, which was All tina
could be done under the clrcumst ances at tina
time. The whole regiment left Alexander,
upon the expedition, which was designed Il
leave strong guard upon the railroad ali th
way to Vienna. BY the time the train arrived
At Falls Church, all but three companies hat
been SO posted those three being all tina
were fired on by the battery. "A message wa!
sent by the locomotive back for the comps
Hies left below, who hurried up 10 the relic
Of those in the woods, and the advance OF tht
relief got on the ground just AS the attacked
parties had formed III the woods. All the
train wood ears, and TWO passenger cars
were completely demolished by the fire OF th'
battery, the locomotive and tender only escap
Ing. w. NJ. IL
Another correspondent says
Nine killed ana thirty wounded was tht
highest estimate in Alexandria at noon TO
day. The engagement lasted not more thar
twenty minutes.
LATER PROM VIENNA
ALEXANDRIA, June Il. The train from III
the Vienna road, at j. o clock this afternoon
represents that all was quiet at that point
There were 5,VJU United States troops, includ-
ing Rawson's battery, III the vicinity,
Two more wounded men of the Ohio Reci
inent were found III Il farm house to-day Ii
the vicinity OF Vienna, whittier they had
Crawied. Their names have not been ascer.
Ained. Private Mercer, of Company H. who
was brought here, died during the afteru Don
ne number OF cdsNaltles are es TINA ted at 10