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MONDAY, JULY 8, 1961.Wk have a dispatch from Pomeroj'i Ohio, stating that Henry A. Wise, while riding about with a body guard of fifty men, was tired upon by a party of V estern Virginians and mortally wounded and a considerable cumber of his attendants killed. The dispatch is quite certain that he was fired upon, but not so certain that he was wounded. We expect he is still infesting the Kanawha country, and his son, 0. Jennings, is said to be destroying the property of Union men in the Kanawha valley.lt; This Week.The position of tke United States and Confederate forces in Virginia is such that a series of battles may be expected this week. Gen. Patterson’s‘Division is almoet certain to have a decisive collision with that of Gen. Johnson. Both have been heavily reinforced, and a battle is hourly expected. Gen. McClellan's movements manifestly approach a crisis. If Patterson and'McClellan are successful in their immediate operations, they will, It is believed, unite, and move down through Western Virginia,* thus flanking the rebel forces in Eastern Virginia, and menacing their great line of communication with the cotton States. Gen. Cox is concentrating a force to hold Wise in check in the Kanawha region. If McClellan's movements against Laurel Hill are successful Wise must make a hasty retreat, or he will be captured. Sixty.-eight regiments are in the vicinity of WTash-ington. They will certainly move forward upon Manassas Junction as soon as decisive blows are struck at the rebels in the vicinity of Winchester and Laurel Hill. Col. Baker s California regiment has gone to Fortress Monroe. This probably means an attack upon the enemy'* Yorktown line of defenses. Gen. Lyon is pressing southward in Missouri. We may expect lively times all along the line this week. The crisis,of the war seems at hand.-'
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Cincinnati Daily Commercial
Cincinnati, Ohio, US
Mon, Jul 08, 1861
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