New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-06-04
THE POSITION AT ACQUM CREEK.
he Fight at Fairfax Court House.
INTERESTING DETAILS.
NAVAL OPERATIONS.
PROTECTION FOR CALIFORNIA VESSELS.
Special Dispatch to The N. Y. Tribune.


THE MEDITERRANEAN SQUADRON.
Dispatches from Commodore Bell of the Med
iterranean Squadron, dated Spezza May Is, are
received by the Navy Department.
The Government dispatches ordering the squad
ron home caught all the vessels reaching the
flagship Richmond ard the Susquehanna at Ma
pies, AND was thence teleerophed to Malta
where the Iroquos was on the point Of sail'ug on
H cruise which might have postponed her recetpt
Of tho order for three or four months.
The SusquehanDa reached Naples on the Sfh
Of May, tie doy after the dispatches from hone.
IL two hours aud half she under way with
orders to proceed to New-Yo,k stopping only u
Tunis for few hours. The Susquehanns, ~ita
favorable weather, would have arrived by the lot
Of June. but che made her way out ia the face 81
a gale which prevented the Richmond from SAIL
ing before the 9TH Of May. She arrived at
Spezzia on the 18th, where the Iriquos had ar
rived on the Stu.
Tue Irquois was to sail at daylight on the
l4th for LeghOrD, where she would coal In ~
hours and then sail for New-YOrk.
The Richmond was to follow as soon as stores
were got in and coal and machinery had bnen
taken aboard, at Genoa. THIS will add three
splendid steamers to The blockadDg feet
ACQUA CREEK.
| Unless Acquia Creek b. held by sufficient land
! force. there is DO use to batter the ootterIes.
There are plenty of guns at Richmond, and
| plenty of gunners med practice. The In
jury TO the ships is sure to be more serious than
to the earthwOrks, in such cases There would
be no advantage in landing troops until ready to
use the railroad to move on Richmond. large
force would be requisite to bold 1t, since CON-
muncation with Richmond is Immediate by ran.
IL ia desirable that the road should coutlune ~
now until we ore prepared to make use OF IL
| TIE FAIRFAX CUURT-IlOJ Sc AFFAIR.
So with regard to the number of the enemy
killed at Fairfax Court-House, by Lieut..
Toppklns's Dragons. Wasbiogtoniau who
cane from Richmond. via Fairfax, asserts that
only one was SHOT, but he is equally positive that
10 prisoners were takeo. Another, travelling the
same road, saw six dead bodies hing N the
street uuburied, and tlnks that from 20 TO ~
NILS; bave been killed. TIE report that The
sheriff Of the county was among the killed
believed at headquarters. A negro VINO ""s q.
| tle COuTt-Iloust uuIlhS Oh>"S'i-
that Z" he could not tell how macy were kHed,
but the dead were lying around mighty tb'ek."
From residents OF Fairfax COUNTY, who Visited
! 49,. city yesterday, We CLEAN the following fur-
tbsr tail. of Ia fight at the Court. Flouse on
Saturday morning. The Hoted States cavalry
left the village just OF daylight, and pro- eedsd
quite lesurey along tae road with their i've
prisoners strapped ON behind aud, about three
miles from the Court-House stopped and
waterrd their horses at well, the property VI
Mr. Kdwe. Here they shot two Of their
horses, which had become much weakened from
LOSS Of blood occasiOned by wounds received in
the engagement.
The cavalry lost nine horses in ALL After
spending short time at thus place to rest, they
came ON Town to their camp. About fifteen
minutes after they had left the Court Hou.e, two
large bodies of Secession cavalry followed out
after them, but they did not venture out OF sight
Of the village, and after a conference, returned
to their quarters. They We're armed with sabers
AID towing pieces, few having double-barreled
shot guns. The troops at the Cou't-llpuse were
composed of the Prince William Cavalry, Capt.
|
Q. Marr-srryed the previous eyening-and
Rsppahannock horse company.
Among the arms captured by our cavslry was
German yager, loaded With thirteen charges!
The names of the three privates missing are SUI.
yan Harrison, and st, Clair John A. Dunning.
ton, one of our captives, 10 sou OF fcruer
chief of the Capital Police. Capt. Mari, VINO
| ess among tho killed in the shirmlsbr was Que
of the Two delegates from Fauquier County v
the late Virginia Convention, aud was one Of TIC
first and most POPULAR men of bis county. He
had been q Unioniss up to the passage Of Tue
| Secession Ordinance.
) Extra Billy Smith had been making speeches to
The Gen on the day previous, and took command OF
Can. Mars company when Mari was shot down.
Tho os;,.ars ., they could have easily taken the
6ed.piece, but q. ssey had no means OF bringing J:
With tbom tbev did 10. attempt It. Tue men all
,neot biUblv of LieutetSntS Tompkins and Gordon.
The farmer highly compliments tie volunteers frOm
,ha Nsw.york 5th staff. The wounded men are ut
the hospital here and doing well Assistant
ouartermaster Cary is in eSc,lleiS pri'ate hanos
at Willards. His wife arrived to-dDy, ana ae WIZ
20 home tomorrow.
Lieut.. Tompkins is a son Of Col. Tompklns o.
New.York. He was several years at West Point
but did not graduate. Being anxious to get v
work, BIO enlisted as private. AT the eIa al ais
term he became Quartermaster Sergeant, ana ma
gradually fought his way up to LIST Lieutenancy'
Cant. BENJAMIN Ewell late Of the u. 3. Army