Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-06-20
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THE W. ags2
BATTLE At BETHEL
The Dutch and uessians Whipped
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! lodge .Ie OJutbtTntlS at Ureat Beth
lei. nine miles from Hampton. At
/ Little Bethel, a German regiment,
misfakiug the signal, fired on Colo
uel TogEsend's column. matching IN
close order witb two pieces o: arti!.
lery- Other accounts say Townsend 5
reglrnt nj fired first Townsend S
fire WAS harn,less, but toe Germans
fire killed one and wounded two.
The Albany regiment being behind,
discovered BY the requirements on
the field that the supposed enemies
were friends, bot previously they had
fired niue rounds. DurJ cas- Zou.
ayes, bearing toe flung, fired on the
Albanyans.
AT daJ break lro regiments moved
from the Fortress to support The
main body. Little Bethel vas burned
and The army advanced towards Great
Bethel. Arriving there they could
see no men nor batteries, but only the
Fash and their comrades falling. -
\ wel!-cOuecrttd movement might
have secuted the pocltion, but Bliga,
der General Pierce seemed to have
Iost his wits. Lieutenant CREDIBLE Of
he United States Army, and twenty
fse others we're killed, and one
hundred wounded.
( There is intense Indignation against
General Pierce, ior not having or
dtred an eaIiitr flight OF the FEEDER
slis:s
! BALTIMORE, Juue ia steamer
from Cd Point confirms the Fed
eralists defeat at Great Bethel. The
Southern cavalry and infantry FOL
lowed tie retreati9g Invaders as lar
as New Market Bridge this side
Of Little Bethel, which tie rrtIvat.
Ing invaders burned The South.
trners had 6 gus, besides battery
No further military movement has
been made from Fortress Murr0e.
Geo. Pierce is MsssaChuseitstr
LOUISVILLE, June l2.-Ths follow.
ing dispatch Was received by Gov.
MEG fin:
( CINCINNATI, June IL.
To Gov, q. .ncGo6fn. Frankfort;
: hnve reu-isea iuiurnr,ion t,.st
Tenness,e troops are under orders to
occupy Island No. 1, six miles be-
low Caiio. In accordance with my
understanding with Geu. Buckner, |
Call upon you to prevent this step.
Do you regard the Island in the Miss
issipEi shove The T, nsessee line, as
! within your jurisdiction, and if Sc,
what ones7
Respectfully, G. B. MCCLELLAN,
Arjutaut General . S A
ST GUS, June l2--Gen Pierce,
Gov. Jackson, Lyon and Col Blair,
conferred together. The former pro-
posed the rcmoval of the Federal
troops Iom Missouri's soil, and the
disbardmsnt Of the militia. Lyon
refused to agree to the proposition.
After four hours Conference the
session adjourned without any agrees
ment, Gen Price and Gov. Jackson
wenl to Je1erson City gu special
traiu.
MEMPHIS, June IS = The follow.
Jog private dispatch vas received
yesterday BY Co!oEel James Colemap;
COLUMBUS, June II The steam
er City Of Alton landed at our town
at halfpast seven o'clock this morn.
lug, filled with F, deral troops and
twelve pieces OF artillery and took
down our Gag and trampled il under
foot and spat upon it. They warned
us if we uttered secession sentiments
that we would rue it in less than
three days. The citizens could not
resist. but bid defiance. The coep-
E14ndrr asked if there was any who
wanted the flag down. The answer
was No" Columbus is all right
for the South. We went your as,
sistsnce. Gov. Mageffin has been
advised by special messenger.
New YORK, June l4.-Tbe Tri-
5,.ne says Arkansas is sending arms
and munitions to Missouri.
Gen Scott is not entirely confident
Of the security Of Washington.
Persons from Montgomery county,
Mary land, represent that vehicles Of
every description laden with arms,
provisions, &c, from Baltimore, are
going via Chesapeake for the South
erners.
FREDERICK, June IA 1t is repor-
ted that the bridge across the Poto-
mac at Harper's Ferry was blown up
and entirely destroyed between four
and five clock bis morning. The