Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1861-06-07
Battle mt Phillippi.

Battle nj rhillippi.
Af,er the troops iron tho West had taken
possession OF Grafton an advance guard
Of 1900 marched on toPhillippI. in . rain
storm. Tho rebels. Numbering .co0, were
surprised. and completely routed. Our
troops killed Is. and ook large number
Of prisoners. with ammunition, baggage.
&c. Col. Kelley. Of ho Western Virginia
volunteers, was BADLY wounded, bu. !. 10
hoped no, fatally 80.
The Ne~burypor. Guards lefs for .hs'eas
OF War Friday. CAl,b Cushing addressed
them. saying that they wcr Sighting for
glorious Gauss. in which their country
would come GU. brighter tan ever before.
Hugh Mahcr Of Chiaso, Is the lowest
bidder for the great bcf contract for the
army. lie offers to deliver IL at Washing.
ton Tor $i.is.
Il has been determined to give every man
Of whatever rank. serving in the army or
navy. . diploma on enc parchment paper.
sisned by Prcsiden, Lincoln and heads OF
the departments.
1, i. understood that Msjpr General FREE
mont will have command Of the western
Division on the Mississippi.
The pew military department. OF Ken
lucky. to the command Of which Col. Rob-
or, Anderson i. jus, assigned. embraces 80
much Of ,ha, State a. lies within 100 miles
Of tho Ohio river. lis head quarters At
prc.en, are at Louisville.
Mis-, Tracy, who lives at tho Mansion
House, Noun, Vernon. has received a'su'
rance from Geueral, Lee and Scott that no
armed men shall visit that spot. Tho gates
Of the tomb were opened by her Tor the fr',
time for many years, and everything vi"
found untouched.
A dispatch from Hamburg. Pa. says the
Bcrk.y county Guards, numbsrin: % mon,
and the WIS., Artillery "a men. six weeks
ago wen, from Martinsburg 10 Harpers
Ferry. Former now numbers ~. aud lat
ter ~, from dc.ertiou' and disease. Bon
ker company all deserted.
The railroad bridges for twenty miles out
Of Alexandria have been destroyed. thus
preventing the advance Of rebel troops.
The zouaves a. Alexandra finding . ne
gro locked up in slave Pen, picked the
lock and Sc, him free. lie was adopted by
the Michigan regiment as their cook. lie
likes cooking, but says no must have q mus.
ke, IL fighting 10 to b, done. Another slave
pen was broken open BY Zoua'es. ouiisw"
empty.
Gen. Butler has taken possession OF New.
port News Point. where he has established
an encampmen, OF $500 men. Tho object
Of the entreuchsd camps to command Sand
Island, which il about midway between,
aud completely guards the entrance OF
Jane. River. Gen. Butler was fearful that
tho rebels would take Possession Of the 10
land.
Newport Point also commands to great
extent the Peninsular between Jane. and
York rivers.
The following paymasters Of the navy are
appointed: Augustus II. Gilman OF Me-
II. II. PanebOrn OF Mass. @. Burt o. MIN
pesota. Washington Irving OF New YORK.
jos. Bolphan, OF New Jersey, II. q. sPAuid'
ing Of Ohio. c. p. w.llsek Of District Col
umbia.
TUX Com or USioS. The machinery Of
A Republican Government has puzzled some
Of the profoundess philosophical investiga.
tors. bu. I, 10 to DO hoped that tho present,
experiments Of JsG DAVIS will enable him
70 &c, the HANG Of il. Boston Transcript.
The New Orleans Pieayune Of tho 3la
ult. says the U. s. Steamship Brooklyn bad
captured the barqus II. j. spssrins IRON
Rio Jsnerio for New ORGANS with $40. 900
worth Of coffee on boarl, and sent her to
Key West.
In the skirmish . night or two since at
Falls church, seven miles from Washing
ton, between the Federal asd rebel P'etst''
two Of our soldiers were slightly wounded
none killed. Several Of hs secession'su
were badly wounded.