The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-06-07
THE FAIRFAX SkIKMISH.
HcIAL CORRESPONDENTS OF rHs DIsPArcH. ]

FAIRpAx q. H, June 4th, 1851.
On last Saturday morning news came that
company or cavalry, Numbering about Sc
Aeh, Well armed and equipped, had attacked
ne Prince " uliam cavalry and the Warren
VII h'iits' VINO were stationed here as an ad-
'hbctd guard, the truth of which we doubted
. when We iirst heard it. Very soon, however
/ guard came In, hrih2iDg three prisoners ana
-oists, one OF them being pretty severely
Souudedi all doubt was then at an end -
. rom ih- pest information that we could gain,
" - SAD thdt, AT Hrst, they would not fight
+. 1ha dIl not do 80 until they were severely lee
aired ny their captain. They then charged on
ne cavalry, who fled and fell back on the
HhiFtntoh Rifles, who met and repulsed
mem, not, however, without some loss as
hey lost their captain, Mr.. J q. Mari. The
, i""tTal troops, finding the fire too hot for
urA4, retired towards Alexandria, leaving
seven OF their horses dead in the road and
! ne troop who followed them say they had
ouFIetn empty saddles when they went with
4 IL 'A-ir lines. They also report that, when
Z any man fell from his horse, his com rades
would get down aud pick him up and throw
aiEA ACROSS the saddles by that means depriv-
! TX as from finding out how many of the
FEDERAL troops were killed. / must say one
.Aihg, that from the marks of their firing
|hch have seen, they fired very badly, and
'hAt Is their best, We have very little to fear
nom It. Col. Ewell, fearing another attack
Va sunday morning, made a req uisition on
800 ''DHhaiit ~ station, Tor more
toops, Hho immediately dispa tched the Gov
rihof : Mounted Guard, Hanover Troop
Ches'er Held, and Amelia Troop, and at
cioGk saturday evening, at review, gave or
4'l' Tor four companies of the First Regiment
% prepare to leave immediately According
- tonpanles Is, ID, u and X. under command
+ u NaJo! Munford, embarked about O'Clock.
aHa' after some little delay in getting ears
suMrient for our accommodation, we started
w fHtsiax station, at which place we ar
1 va ABOUT II O'Clock, when we took our line
4 HAalth Tor this place, where we arrived at
Il '!ock In the morning. A march Of about
'ut miles, over a very muddy road, in the
"a A. ana good p rtioD OF the way through
1e woods, with our knapsacks on our backs,
aOusa misty rain, was something very
@leh Ike work. and like being a soldier in
snuest-something that many OF us were to-
@'y unused to. All bore il with patience
~ 4oIutnde, however, without complaint.
Nh ~ IRVING here we were quDrtered at the
sxas m House for the night, to sleep wher-
~ We could find place About 10 of nv
1 Inc went TO bunk in the second story Of
l 4!oaI plaza, the bare oak floor of which was
Z 49, tueF beds 10 our weary bones, and on
a.a ~ VIZ slept no doubt as soundly, at leas /
Srs.i!s'i or can only speak Of myself. After
Lar ''. ast We took up our line of march for
afters-a large red barn, belonging to a
on The outskirts OF the village. We
- p"ciing an attack daily. We have in.
80. that about three thousand Federal
liz. are enoamped about seven or eight
>, :, ion mere. So we lie down on our blan.
:. a. ~ night, ready dressed, with q loaded mus.
~ -, Ut our companion and our knapsack for
80 p.how, with all our accoutTemsnts on, 70
90 aau De ready In q moment.
ABoKIaIxR.
ftAlEs Ar CAIRo.-Intelligencs from Cairo,
- Iousn the medium Of Northern papers,
al s suhe Z. A Geographic dispatch Of that
aoy.,n ~ nothing AUTHENTIC In relation TO q
.Utt, ehl down the river from this point,
kon,l, Tain that the force here is 70 be
a. haoiy Increased. Two additional regi.
sylvia ave been ordered here Ia addition 70 q
f,c1 o'ganizeo In this ngressionai dis.
sprnsscom p any Of Illinois artillery, now
n .AkHsio, 70 under marching orders, aud
!, es ssse IN Gay or Two. The Government
.srs fusec TIE BY wharf steamer that lies
lsn.. ~ 10 capable Of conveying several
|. ,s troops and stores. Il s usdsfttco1
ssss a. ~. 1s QsvsrnEsat has chartered tWess
"'"Y@ STEAMERS u b. hssis.