The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-06-24

"A man who cheered for JEFF. Davis was
charged on by soldier, and would I'VE been
bayonetted had not the butt of the nusket
been knocked down by bystander. some of
ne mon men OF ths town acted as guides 10
the troops, and Indicated the houses which
contained the obnoxious Sou tberuars
BRIDGE DESTROYED on THE BALTIMORE a oaro
RAILROAD.
Inc Following expensive bridges along the
line OF the road have been DESTROYED One
quon Greek, IA feet span Sleepy Greek, 2l9
feet span: Patterson Greek AS feet snap O..
North Branch River, 13l feet span !: Bufr,lo
Greek, No. 2, los feet span Buffalo Greek
No 3, l56 feet span Martinsburg, 200 feet
span Harper Ferry, 1850. Total, 2, l56 it.
PORT PICKRxa
The correspondent of the New York Times.
writing from on board the Niagara, May q,
off Fort Pickens, says:
/ cannot understand why the Governn apt
have allowed these batteries to be erected: for
nearly the sweep Of half a circle thay have
been planted, and any OF them can reach the
fort and do much damage. The enamy "a re-
ported 10 Colonel Brown, commanding the
Drpsrtfneht OF iorlda, at about 5000 10 TO-
600 strong.
ANOTHER "CRINISAL BLUEpER'
The Philadelphia North American--one of
the leading military journals of the United
States-thus treats of the affair at Vienna:
It is not a little irritating TO find that our
troops in Virginia have fallen into another of
those assassin planned traps in which the Chi
valry OF Secession rejoice. After the folly and
6lSas ter at Bethel IL ls amazing that any
commander shou' q venture Oh untried ground
with four or five companies in II position SO
helpless as that OF being packed in ears and
being drawn slowly through deep cuts of a
railroad, IN country occupied by traitors -
The great an tecedent folly of giving the reb-
els all the guns and all the ammunition gath
cred at Norfolk should have sufficed OF itself
That was calamity enough for one war, bat
1t seems that as sort OF COrOiIarV OF that
most favorable proposition, our small com
manders now arrange the bodies of troops sent
out so as TO otter uuresis'ing targets TO these
same guns. And when fired on by masked
battery, there seems 10 be no effort made to
get out OF the way, still less to take the battle
~, Alter standing to be shot do Wn for Il cCu-
pie OF hours or so, the forces are slowly drawn
of, leaving the assassins masters of the field
tren SchenCk Will have hard work to explain
by what folly he WAS drawn into this stuuid
am buscade. II il was not inCnm bent on him
10 Know the ground on which he was yentur-
irg, II was incumbent on hun to have his
force in position to either fight or run awaV
TaE NEW ToRK HERALD's ACCOUNT OF MATIEAs
In an account of the Vienna affair, the New
York Heralds Washington correspondent
says
Gen. Schenck was really Informed of the
| planting OF q battery, and the presence. of a
| large force OF rebels. At + ais Church cross.
Ing. He consulted with the officers IN direct
| command OF tue expedition, as 10 the further
! advance. They all declared 'I,et ms 90
/ ahead. We can whip the South Caroliuians
Never mind this ID battery" Hence the
! Engineer was ordered TO move on Upon thp
! officers, Them rests the responsibility for the
! fatal results OF the fOoIhardy movement Tn
! attack commenced shortly before o'clock in
| the evening. The lateness of the hour ac-
| counts tor the failure of the enemy TO pursue
| They doubtless expected a strong Federal
/ force 10 be near.
| Speaking OF affairs at Harper's Ferry a
Herald correspondent says:
From citizens OF the village, who sneak from
| their personal knowledge, L derive Il coutir
! NATION OF the following facts First that thu
accounts that were published i'll the Herald
! OF the streng tn of the rebels and the positiOp
| OF their batteries We're substantially correct
i and that the mum Der OF troops was rather uu.
der estimated than otherwise Second that
| Gen JOhnston's retreat was conducted with =
out mas te or preCl pltatlOn, and that he CARR ed
/ off all his artillery and military stores =
/ Third, that in the destruction of the works
/ ne scrupuIouly respected and caused TO be pro
! tected all private property, without disTiuc
ton OF owners. Fourth, that the evacuation
| forms part OF plan agreed upon by General
! BeaurpgdTd ana himself, relating directl, Il
man9uvres near Washington.
During Friday morning, while the fire was
| raging herceiy, the two fire engines OF the vii
| lage were brought out, were manned BY sol
! dieTs from the Tennessee regiment and were
! kept in constant operation. To this humane
and though tiul policy on the part OF General
! Johnston, many families now owe it that they
/ are sleeping securely under their own roots
| instead or gazing sadly over the charred and
| lackened beams of their once happy homes
! If this oct OF ciemency is imit1ted in the fur
| ther progress OF the war, the contest Will be
! robbed OF one OF its teTrors.