Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1861-06-27
from Ph1a, Inquirer Y L'"c 1911.
War In Earnest Great Excitement
An OHIO RcSilnea! RepIls1i.

This has been a day of great excite
mcnt. llo,scmcn at full speed are con-
siaut!y dashins up and down PcnnsyI-
vania Avenue on Government business.
The city is filed with thousand ru-
mors. Everything at General Scots
head quarters ard the War Department
be tokens that great events are about
trauspiring--but all the movements, rs
they should be, are kept from ths news
paper reporters. Every regiment is un-
der arms. in hourly expectation Of being
called Gu for active service Bat few
soldiers can be seen struggling through
the streets The most intense anxiety
is manifested in all quarters
.Skirnish following 50 quickly upon
skirmi>h, and the capture. yesterday nf-
ternoon, of Scrc. sion Captain within
six miles of the city, upon whose person
was found a diagram Of the country in
the neighborhood of Arlington ieight3
and plan for It's capture, have been
matters well circulated to arouse the
spirit and enthusiasm Of our gallant vol
nntccrs. They are thirsing for the blood
of the cowardIy rebels VIII, have so mean
" cutrappcd and uaurdcroL n, coid b'ood,
their fellow soldiers. 1t is reported, land
FROM what appears TO me the most rell-
able authority that Some OF the soldiers
who Jumped off the ca;s in the furry Al
Vienna yesterday were coIdly and de-
liberately shot down like dogs, by III,
Rebels. who lay in ambush The loss
of the Caio troops ia not definitely known,
but is variously estimatad at from ten t'
twenty. Some accounts make the mum.
Der much greater. But every allowance
must be made for tue excitement which
prevails
The commanding officer. l understand
has forbidden any newsp per reporter It
follow the moving reglmcnts. and th'
only information to he obtained, asiI,
from the Government ofIiaials, is from
straggIcrs. and on that very little reli
ance is to ko p laced.
The report. however, is that abnu
thirty IF Col. McCooK's Regimen i
some OF them seriously -
They fell into an ambuscade. and hnc
no ray ofre'urning the gol ing fire phic'
,cos opened upon than franz maske'
battery. The men all behaved like vet
Grams, while their officers displayed the
utmost GOODNESS and intcrpidty
An officer belonging to the Regular
informs ule that five men were kllc'
outright. several wounded and nine mis-
sing. No two accounts appear to agree
Like the battle at Great Bethel any thin,
like au authentic account cannot be oh
tanned.
The Star this afternoon furnishes tn
following account of the engagement
Falls Churrh, furto1 County. Ia.
June 1S-When General SCnENCK ach
I'd this point yesterday, by rail, with th
Ohio regiment of Co.. McCook. tina
stumbled on the Disnnionsts' conceal
ed battery near Vienna, they were duly
notified that between thousand anC
eleven hundred South Carolina troop
were stationed there. A consultation
was he on the cars. and some of tn,
officers urged that discretion was thu
better part of valor, while others main
tained that they could whip them any
how. 1t was determined to proceed .ant
when the train got in sight OF the battery
of the existence or which no ono on il
(the train) knew anything, the breaks
" ere instantly put down hard to stop as
quick as possible.
That VS. Mt the curve just east o.
| Vienna. 1t was too late, however, for
a shot came booming along that severed
the connection cf the locomotive with
the train The battery fred seven shots
in all, killing. | believe, FIVE OF our meo
aud wounding more, before Col. McCook
ordered bis men to seek cover Of the
woods; which was all that could ho done