The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-06-17
The RICHEST OF ALL.
From tha Baltimore Exchange, June ~

From th4 Baltimore Exchange, June II
General Butler has already received fore
ta~ Re of the work that IS before him. HIs nrst
exploit Of capturing = pump WIS happily con
eel we'd and herOtcaily e1ecu Ted. HIS success
IN se;zlng and cUuhScAttnE stray negroes AS
"youtrubaut of war was equally great, An
imaTeu TO fresh eXertiOnS by these most AS
founding achievements, and DESTROYS OF
,rrrathiug his victorious broWs with laurels
of . less questionable kind, he finally CoEciu-
ted TO ser out IN search OF new adventures -
A., however, the risk III capturing slaves was
Tar lees than what might be expected u an
attempt - capture their former mas teTS,
Brig:aier General Butler wisely determined
10 en@couca himself safely behind the walls of
Fortress Monroe, and 10 leave 10 General
Pierce and his subordinate officers all the per
SIS attendant upon the new conquest,
Of which he felt certain of being adroit
enough 10 mOnopOliZa all the glory
Ans, for 81 igadier General l!u tier :!
The five thousand troops which were 10
open for him the way 10 Yorktown, mo wing tn
separate detachm .nys tell atUul OF each other
IN the darbuess, and commenced battle
among themselves. The patriotism OF the ma
tive American regiment had not stamina
enough 10 resist the onset OF their Gertua Ii
auxili.tries. The Albanian ingloriously fled,
leaving "the foreign element masters OF the
Held The less from this chance encounter is
reported to have been two killed and nine
wounded. W hen the "IpIstas-' waa disCoy-
cred, ami explanations and condolences had
been Exchanged, the entire force pu he'd on
towards Yorktown, or rather towards Great
Bethel, on the Yorktown road, where the
, Confederate forces, TO the number OF fifteen
hundred men, We're said 10 be encamped One
report has IL that General Batter had made q
WOW ITO sleep In Yorktown that nlEht or re
Sign in the dispatch o! the Associated
Press, revised and corrected by Gen Butler
IN person" tnere is no mention whatever OF
this IN teresting fact bat we do learn that the
mistake" which brought the Albanians and
Germans into conflict occurred At the vli&g-
10 Il ,r.IN
stroyed by fire. not because II had offered re
slstance, but because 1t had been the scene OF
the disaster.
1t WAS not until this noble and humane &c:
| had been satisfactorily ccOmpliAh he'd, thai
the troops, IRE tom med" marched against
Great Bethel That they were repuised with
great slaughter is reluctantly admitted By
General Bu tier himself who reports tie killed
| At twenty five and the wounded At one hun
| dsed-other accounts put the Killed AT ou'
hundred and the wou nded al double that mum
| Der. The blame ~. OF course, attributed &c
| General Pierre, who is charged by Butler
| with having " lost ms presence of mind. ou
| great credit is given 70 Lieut.. Col. BntIer foi
bringing OF The killed and wounded and We
| are gravely told that since The battle GENERA
/ Butler has been ubiquitous" which proves
/ conclusiyely that he can be in many dihsIeh
/ places Al one and the same tune, although we
| DO not hear Of his having yet been seen =
| Great Bethel
| TFrorp the Baltimore Republican, l9h.
1
| The Dutch seem better soldiers than thei
| brother Abolitionists as il is said they fire,
| upon n regiment of their brethren III the mid
| ,iyht raid OF Gen. Butler and the Amer lean
f.d from them in terror IL Is true, tia. ID u ten
4 men were very poor shots-haying fired hin
i rounds and only killed one man, according L
| buffers statement. But II the DntchmeI
| we're poor shots, what can be- said of III
| courage Of the Albany regiment, which fie,
| from u supposed enemy, when only one nai
| had been shotf This Whole story 10 incredible
| That u regiment OF = thousand men should
| within fair striking distance, IRE upon IA simi
| lar body atas founds--atRs Thousand shots
| and only kiii one man. is a story which Abo
| litionists may believe. as IL comes from thsi
| party, but reasonable men can hardly s~al
| low SO mons irons story.
lfron the Phi adelphia Press, i2th ]
We have learned u leeon In Southeastern
| Virginia, and experiences has ehaiged Us =
| unusually dear pr.ee. some three or lou
thoasand Federal troops left Fortress MoaEo