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The Federal Flog.
i tons that noiiidienitv should be cfiVr-! ting rain would have renewed the fight
made bv the Yankees to Hoat over our j e 1 him, when lie was enij'huticully as-
UIooid-! sureii bv Miljur Muvo that lie hail not
Capitol was captured by Maj
field, of tieu Magruder’s start*, in ti e
Ft deral
great applause to our trooj
lulled into the liamls ol a soldiery
yesterday morning.
There were doubtless, other divis-
uu- ions and brigades engaged at diti’erent
al camp and was exhibited with i acquainted with the usagesot civilized j points along the line who acquitted
applause to our troops.' It is warfare. Under an escort McCall w a< : themselves with the same heroic and
an immense piece of work, hilK twen- then sent to Hen. Hill determined courage as that of the gal-
tv feet long having thirteen st ri'pes and, . About i> o clock the brigade of Gen- ,ant Runson; but being unupprised of
loug having thirteen strips- , - ^ . , , .
thirty two stars thereon ! We under- ! Anderson was advanced to the front their
particular participation in into our bands.
stand McClellan received it as a pres- ;,mi drawn up m hue of battle. Sever- j this graud struggle for the defence of
eat from the ladies of the eitv of Ros- al volleys were fired into the woods ! liberty, weare not prepared to notice
ton, ami promised to plant it on the where the enemy had taken shelter them specially,
veritible-last ditch” to which the j which bad the effect to' disperse them,
rebels should be run, anti after
wards would elevate it, with all mili
tary honors, on our capitol at Rich
mond. How are the mighty fallen!
Verily. George B. McClellan will be
tlecapifated and such is the fate of the
Greatest living Liar!
\ eoininuuieation savs: “In vour
ami the light closed for the evening.
During the engagement Gen. Anderson
was knocked from his horse by the
fragment ot a shell striking him on
the side af the head. lie was missed
alter the light was ended, and it
was feared that he had been
captured; but on Tuesday morn-
hundred and three thousand ^ ankees, ta
ken on Friday evening at Gaines’ mill, in
Hanover,’ thiiteen miles east ot Richmond,
\'eie brought in and lodged in prison.
The Pennsylvania Eleventh (Reserves)
and the Fourth New Jersey were taken
entire, every commissioned officer,
colonels, majors, captains, lieutenants,
surgeons and assistant surgeons tailing
Beyond these two
regiments the prisoners were mostly
United States Regulars, with a slight
i sprinkling of blue Connecticut Yan
kees. When the Eleventh Pennsylva-
v , . . .. , . nia marched into town their rear was
* ofwuhstiUidtng the heavy rains of brought up by six negro men and a hoy
yesterday, the two armies were.not in- a i )0Ut fifteen. Five of the men wore Yan-
active, though we have no report of kee uniform pants, while the boy was
any severe fighting. The latest ac-j decked outiu a full Union uniform. The
counts we have inform us that the en- j negroes were the property
emy finding some difficulty in getting |
oil* the hulk of their forces by the j
way of Turkey Island, had moved to ;
YESTERDAY’S operation.
notice iii the ssue of to-day, in the lau- he came in tolerably well, but consid- their left in the direction of Deep bot
tom, where toere are good landings!
and deep water. But their retreat
was cut off by our troops occupying
the New Market- road, while they were
also being attacked along the lilies of I
the long Bridge and the Quaker roads.;
dablt conduct of Private James lieu- erably bruised about the head,
derson, Company A, 1st Louisiana
regiment, an important error occurs.
The statement that “neither Surgeon
or stretcher-bearers were with his regi
ment” is entirely incorrect. Ass’t.
Surg. \Y. H. Barnes vxith the infirma
ry corps (two of the latter were
wounded in the morning) and three
ambulances were on the field through
out the entire day until S o'clock in
the evening, attending to and trans-
of Mrs. Watts
and other citizens of llanover, who had
run off from their owners to cast tin ir lot
with ihe Yankees. A gentleman asked
the boy, how dare lid make his appearance
in Richmond with that uniform ? f l he ne
gro replied, pointing deprecatingly to
wards the Y ankees in front of him, “l)e
giv ’uni to me.”—Examiner 30th u/t.
The Miliiation Ve*trrday ©riling—The En-
<‘iiiy U ithin two Milrs of Itac River*
Yesterday morning it was perceived
that the enemy had again progressed
TUESDAY SOPERATION.
During the forenoon of Tuesday
there was no regular engagement, but
much desultory firing along the whole
extent of the retreating and advancing ■ These three roads form a triangle of
lints. In tin' afternoon, about 5i o’- j about one and a half or two miles area’ short distance on the line ol his retient,
clock, a brisk fight was commenced on of |*>w and heavily timbered land with and up to 11 o clock* there has been no
the tight of the left wing ot our army, I thick undergrowth and which, in wet renews] of the fight:
weather, is almost impassable.
If this information is correct—and
we cannot doubt it—the total surren-
Jacksott’s corps, then situated con
venient to Dr. Poiudexter’s farm, on
the Williamsburg road, and directly
opposite Turkey Island creek. The
haracter of the country here is slight- | and, in the absence ot supplies, cannot j river at different points, among them the
ly undulating the interveneingground-
beeween the bcligerent parties cousis-
porting the wounded. 1 feci assured
that you will rectify the mistake.”
THE EIGHT ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY
Since the issue of our paper yester
day no information lias reached us of , . . . ...
the transactions of our own and the ol open, cultivated Jields whilst
enemy’s forces calculated to discour-! l ie ext > emos are dense woods of heav-
age the hope that the grand arinv of ^ timbei and thick mideigiow th.
McClellan is completely discomfitted. i ^ roin tne Sltuatl0u occupied liv our
The determined stands made by the t ^ roo I ,s i the enemy was discovered in , prisoner by
Federal forces on Monday and Tues- ; ,ar S« turce deploying their troops and After his caj
day were only the last desperatestrug- j P ,. 1H ® their artillery in position
gles against ignominous capture or ut- j
ter annihilation. The condition is one | °.
of
The situation, as it then stood repre
sents the enemy within two miles of the
river, and that the shells of his gunboats
were falling wit bin our advance linos A
der must be only a question of time; i j ar g e number of transports were in the
be postponed more than one or two : Vanderbilt, and it appears to be probable
Bodies of
from our column with
view to test the disposition
that these forces are a portion of Burn
side’s command. 1 he rumors however
of the enemy’s operations on the river are
vague and contradictory.
The direction which McClellan’s retreat
Alabama regiment, was taken t0 tlie r jverhas assumed is to Curl’s Neck,
the Yankees uninjured. ' little north of City Point, on the oppo-
pture two Yankee olfieers ! site bank ofthe river, and where a bend
assaulted him with their swords—one i of the stream makesa narrow neck of land.
days.
FEDERAL BARBARITY.
On Monday last in the fight near
Willis’ Church, Winfield Byrd, of the
1 lth
skirmishers were thrown , <>f them piercing him through the side
an other striking at his head. Tht
At the time of the writing, however we
hear it stated that lie has been driven be-
blow was warded'off by Byrd with his j Io , w . P oint f c ™! act f w ' ilb J®
J ' which, if correct, will be fortunate news.
a short time to accomplish as a brisk fire . the blow was received on the arm and
was soon opened upon them. .Ourar- hand, inflicting a painful wound. Th
tillery then opened lire upon the batter
ies ot the enemy which had the effect
Yankees were subsequently
back and Bvrd recaptured.
driven
He is
YANKEE CAPTIVES.
There are over 4,000 Yankees-reg
istered at the different places appoin
ted for their reception in this city.
Yesterday nearly three hundred were
sent, including J. F. Guy, 2d Lieuten
ant. 7th Pennsylvania; R. Sherman,
Serg’t. Major, 42d Pennsylvania and _
G. YV. Usher, 2,1 Lieutenant company ! supposed that m the night, the enemy had
_ _ __ 1 ^ ! ni tnmi.tof to «-o front to rivnv in f hn. Hi
of desperation, and it is hut natural . . . -
that they should stiuggle with energy , th ® enemy- lhis i . required _ but j hand, and while his head was protected | rp
to avert the late that awaits them.
MO.'DAY AFTERNOON’S FIGHT.
We have already laid belore our
readers such accounts of the desperate
and determined fight of Monday even
ing as we are enabled to gather from
the most authentic sources. An ac
tive participant in that memorable.cn-
gagement has furnished a detailed ac
count ot the part borne by the divis
ion ol Gen.*A. P. Hill in this struggle
This division went into the fight about
halt past five o’clock P. M;, and was
actively engaged from that time until
its close, alter 9 o’clock at night.
The 40th Virginia regiment, Fields’
brigade Brockeultrough commanding,
was deployed as skirmishers, thiVe
hundred yards to to the right separa
ting themselves from the balance ot
the brigade, which was ordered for
ward.—The regiment was then with
drawn as skirmishers, and placed
in the rear of the division, which was
advancing rapidly to the field in regu
lar line of battle. After advancing
in this order some distance, th; v
were thrown out upon the left, through
a heavy tract of woods—emerging
from which they encountered a heavy
force of the enemy, who threw them- ... . . _ . c
selves upon the ground and awaited D or 'I s fierce intensity, exceeded any 7 - j mir wounded hid been removed from
the approach of the regiment. When I thing that lias occurred in the whole | field either to the roadside hospitals or
1 series of bloody battles around Rich- ’bis city,
moiid. The very earth trembled
to produce another “artillery duel,” j is now at a house near the church.
lasting for one hour and half, both par- I Woodward of the same regiment was
ties serving their pieces with decided ; wounded,and is at the same place,
skill and alacrity.
Heavy bodies of infantry were ad
vanced to the support of our artillery
and a geperal fight eusued, which resul
ted in the repulse and temporary with
drawal of the enemy; but ultimately
rallying ami bringing to their aid a baf-
; tery on their right, they opened a fierce
oblique tire on The left flank of our for-
! ces then in action. This fire which was
excessively severe, was continued
J without intermission, and responded
to with spirit by our own artillery un
til six o’clock. P. M.
An intermission of some half hour
then occurred, during which time, ac
cording to the j (-presentation of pris
oners subsequently captured, the eue-
1'IIE Ml >VEM ENTS OF YESTERDAY
—THE MAIN BODY OF THE ENh-
! MY ENCLOSED BY OUR LINES—
DESPERATE SITUATION OF
THE ENEMY.
We have accounts of a portion of our
I lines yesterday, which we inav-recommend
| to our readers as reliable, and which give
i the important intelligence ofthe main body
ofthe. enemy’s forces has been cut off
from the river and has again been envelop
ed by our lines.
On Tuesday evening tlie enemy’s posi
tion, when the engagement took place,
was south ofthe Quaker road, and not far
from the house of Mr. Gathright. It is
f . :34th New York. As soon as some
place can be fitted up for the accom
modation of the many wounded left
on our hands by the commander of the*
; Yankee forces, they will hc brought
into the city 7 and properly cared for.
; I here are already several hundred of
I the enemy’s wounded here.
Our IiOiMin Killed sind Wounded.
y/e have been at groat pains to ascertain
i attempted to retreat to the river in the di
rectum of Turkey Island, hut finding the
ground had, and his progress impeped by
a swamp, had turned towards Curl Neck,
beyond which hi? columns had been push
ed. hoping to make some landings high
er up the river. From this direction
tlie main body ofthe forces has been
driven hack, and is now enclosed by our
lines.
A reference to the courses of three roads
names which have frequently occurred
within one hundred and fifty yards of
this body, which we learn, was partly ,
composed of the -37th New York regi- ntiatli the deafening and incessant pea Is.
ment a most murderous and destrue- ^^withstanding the fratigue and well
emy at this point were heavily reinfor
ced, when the fight was again renew- '< ri ,e number ol our wounded in the engage- ! in the accounts of the progress of the con
re and l ight ofline becom- ^ ments commenced last Thursday evening, ! test south of the Chickahominy—tin
' and continued almost uninterruptedly since,
! and are glad to announce that it has fal-
j len far short of our fears and expectations.
At five o’clock yesterday evening all
t lie
to
re-
j ed, our centre and i ight of line becom
I ing engaged.—For three successive
hours there was kept up one unbroken
roar of artillery and musketry which
tive fire was opened upon them, and it
is believed that not less than seventy
five of our men fell from the first voi
le} 7 . This, as might have been expec
ted produced some confusion in the
regiment, and they fell back to the
woods, hotly pursued by the exultant
* foe. * Many of the regiment it is be
lieved, were captured in this woods, as
at roll call next morning, lint fifty
were present to respond to their names,
out of 4-30 that went in the fight.
On a hill, obliquely to the right of
Gen. Hill’s advance, was posted a bat
tery of some twelve pieces, which had
been twice captured during the after
noon by our forces under Gen. Long-
street, but recaptured by the enemy.
This battery the brigade of'Gcn. Field,
—reduced in numbers and worn out
by fatigue from their participation in
every general engagement since Thurs
day—was ordered to charge. With
spirit and alacrity they responded to
the order and with close ranks and
steady step they moved forward to its
execution. In their approach to
the battery, they fired three or
four rounds, and then engaged theen-
emy with the bayonet. Here the strug
gle was bloody and determined, but af
ter a most obstinate resistance the en
emy driven from his pieces, and pressed
back some two hundred yards in a
hand engagement. This charge was
made by three regiments—The 47th.
52rdand GOth Virginia,
The other brigades of the division
coming up to the support of Fields,
finding the enemy routed rntnmeuei d
cheering vociferously. The Federal
General MeUall hearing this cheering
and mistaking the source from whence
it came rode up and said, “Hurra, boys
I am glad you have held the battery.
Hold on fora short time and reinforce
ments will be up to sustain you.” Hc
was accompanied by Major Biddle his
Adjutant General’ Major Williams, an
other aid, and two couriers. .Suspec
ting that he had. perhaps, made a mis
take, he asked wiiat regiment it was
that held the battery. An officer pres
eut replid. the 47th Virginia. On ob
taining this information. Majors Wil
liams and Biddle and the two couriers
wheeled about and < ndi avored to effect
their escape. They were fired
upon and Major Biddle shot
through the head and killed instantly.
The titIi ers, so far as is known, < scaped
without injury. Gen. McCall, being
in advance ot his party,' was b ought to
a stand by a private iu the 47th regi*
ment, who drew his gun upon him
and demanded his surrender. His
sword was received by M jor Mayo
i nigh exhausted condition of our men
' from their almost superhuman labors
of the previous six days, they entered
this fight with an ardor and readiness,
plainly indicatingtheir unchangable de
termination to conquer or die. About
9.1 or 10 o’clock, our artillery ceased
firing, having effectually silenced the
batteries ot the enemy. This however
it is due to say, was the only percepti
ble advantage gained by this wing ol
the army in the afternoon’s operations.
1 he loss sustained by both contending
parties was heavy. How many on
either side it is impossible to state to
even give an approxmate estimate.*
Whilst th ese operations were going
on the left wing of our army, a scarce
ly less severe fight was progressing on
the right, where the division of Gen.
Huger was engaged. The brigades
of Alahoue and Armistead had been
exerting themselves aganist a large
ly overwhelming force of the enemy,
but being compelled to fallback in or
der to rest their men, Gen. Iiauson’s
brigade was ordered forward. It con
sisted of five regiments, viz: 24tli, Col.
Clark; 2-3tli, Col. Rutlidge, 2Gth, Col.
Vance; 35th, Col. Ransom, and 49iL,
Col. Ilamseur, all North Carolina
troops. They were oidercd to charge
two heavy batteries; that were suppor
ted by not less than five Federal brig
ades, and all the while they were
Two thousand have been
i>e- i reived at the city hospitals, and gentle
men who have been on the different bat
tle-fields engaged in the removal of tlie
wounded since tiie beginning of the first
fight inform ns there are at most not more
than from four toJire hundred in the road
side or field hospitals.
Of the number of our killed wc have no
means of rnakingan estimate, hut it will
he seen that our wounded fall short of
those of the Seven l’ines by several hun
dred.
Our last accounts of “the situation” are
that McClellan's forces were all across
this side of the Chickahominy, with our
forces pressing tlierfi or. their rear and flank
he
Long Bridge, the New Market and the
Quaker roads, will show that they enclose
a triangular space.—In this space it np-
of \ pears from the best accounts we have and
are willing to trust to our readers, about
fifty thousand of the enemy have been en
closed, our troops commanding the three
roads, and cutting them entirely off from
communication with the river.
The triangular space referred to is a
piece of low land, heavily timbered with
thick undergrowth—a portion of the Curi
Neck estate, owned by Air. William Allen.
It is known as a swamp, although the
ground has not always that character. It
is ground, however, that in wet weather
catches ali the rain and is readily conver
ted into a morass.
Up to 4 o’clock yesterday evening there
had been but little lighting of importance;
the rain adding to the discomfort of the
enemy, and tiie embarrassment of his situ
ation, which by this time must he extreme
General Jackson was on the cast side of | and terrible on account of scarcity of pro
file Chickahominy with his army. He
yesterday seized the York River Railroad
and tore up the track for some miles.
If .Mc< lellan'is retreating wc are assured
that he will meet with serious obstacles in
his way.
visions.
It is considered not improbable that a
portion of McClellan’s forces succeeded
Tuesday night in toiling their way to the
river-in the vicinity of Turkey island.
The hulk, however, of his diminished and
We regret to learn that Major Austine j scattered forces, at least to the amount of
E. Smith, of Major General Whiting’s fort' or fifty thousand men, is still held in
staff, a son n( ex-Goveinor William Smith,
of this State, hut lately of California,
received a mortal wound in an attack on a
battery duijngthe severe fighting of Gen
eral Jackson’s army on Friday evening.
Hc. was at (he head oft lie attacking col
umn, and with it had taken the battery,
and was some distance beyond it when he,
was struck by a musket hall in the arm,
near the shoulder joint. He was brought
to the city on Saturday about two o’clock,
1*. M., and carried to the residence of A-
K. Barker, Esq., on Grace street, oppo
site the Centenary Church. Y'esterday,
about ten o’clock. A. M , it was deemed
"necessary to amputate the arm close up to
the shoulder joint. Doctors Gianett and
Bolton peifurmed the operation in a skill-
lnarching up to make the charge were ful manlier, hut the patient did not rally.
under lius. They did not (alter howev
er but went forward into the very
teeth of the enemy without so much
as tiie slightest indication of hesita
tion. Ir war beyond question, one of
the hardest fights, and one of tiie most-
desperate charges, that has been made
tim ing the whole war. The one brig-
lie died about two o’clock, B. M. Major
Smith held the appointment of Navy
Agent, under M r, Buchanan’s Administra
tion in San Fiancisco. As soon as \ h-
giuia seceded he started hack to his na
tive State to aid in iier defence, hut was
arrested upon his landing in New Y’mk
city and confined in ton Lafayette and
afterwards in Fort Wairen, until about the
de engaged the main body of the en- | iiist ot " lie was exchanged. As
soon as he arrived he joined (ieuerai Whi
ting as a member of his staff. He met
emy’s army at this point, and when
compelled to withdraw did so in the
most prefect order, ai.d with the most
undaunted spirit. Gen Ransom fear
lessly and intrepidly led his brigade on
horseback, and was, during the whole
continuance, of the light expose to the
the leaden hail ot the emmy.
Col. M. \Y. Kanson, of the Both
regiment, was wound* <1 in the earlv
pait of the fight by a Mmie ball in the
arm, but, remained at the head of his
regiment, rallying and cheering his
men till struck by a piece of shell in
the side and prostrated. Lieut. Col.
Lettway then took command of tins
remmeiii, but was almost immediately
killed. <kd Ramseur ol the 49tb was
wounded, and casualties are very large
throughout the entire brigade. We
In Id our ground, and Gen. Kanson and
his m< n slept upon the field they had
Tiie General was particularly so.ici- formerly occupied, and but for the pel-'
Iiis death in the very face of the enemy
Captain George C. Lewis, who was ic-
ported dead, was wounded in the thigh.
We legiet to announce that General
j Arnold Eizey, of Maryland, commander of
the Maiyland brigade, was dangerously
j shot thiough the face, the hall comil g oiii
! in Hie hack of his head. He is at the Lx-
change Hotel. 1 iis wound is serious
Elzcv achieved a icputafiou at Manassas,
and his friends will most earnestly look for
Iiis iecovery.
General Ewell had his horsw shot tinder
him, hut was not wounded
Colonel John Marshall, editor of the
Texas Gazette, and commander of the
Fomth- Texas regiment, "as killed at
< -old Ilarhmir.
Lieutenant-Colonel Bradfute Warwick,
ofthe Fouith Texas, was shot through the
lungs, lie is yet living.
MoreaJ the Yankee Prisoners—Scenes and
Incidents in the L ift/. j
During Saturday between twenty-five
check and cut oft' from communication
with the river.
The shellifig of the enemy’s gunboats is
reported to have continued with but lit
tle interruption since Tuesday, hut to have
done us no considerable damage, the
shells- falling quite as often within the ene
my’s lines as our own.
MISCELL AN ECUS—-THE WOUN
DED-OUR LOSS, &c.
Owing to the number of wounded re
quiring hospital room, and the number of
prisoners being brought in daily from the
line, the city is becoming very crowded.
We would suggest that there are tents in
town, and that the islands in James river
falls would make most excellent camping
grounds, where, oviing to the rapidity of
the river, the prisoners could be guarded
bv a comparatively small number of sen
tinels. This disposition of the Yankee
prisoners will afford more room for onr
wounded, and would place at their dispo
sal a number of factories and large bail
dings now used as prisons.
We have it on the authority of those
who assisted on the field that our loss in
the acti n of Tuesday amounted to be
tween three, and four thosand killed and
wounded. Two trains of four horse wag
ons, and many private vehicles reached
the city about noon yesterday, with their
freigh of wounded.—They werct distribut
ed among the various hospitals.*
At the White Oak swamp, out of which
numbers of the wounded hud to be carried
in the arms of the assistants, many of the
wagons got into the mire, some stuck last,
and others were overturned in the :-ffor ; s
to extricate them. Meanwhile the bat
i!e raged in the distance,
Among the vehicles bringing in. the
wounded yesterday were several of the
line ambulances, marked “U. S.,” cap
tured from tho enemy. They are water
proof, and mounted midway on two wheels
with springs, and are indeed a luxury to
the wounded. The number of wounded
brought iu yesterday was estimated at
something over one thousand. A gieat
many ofthe more slightly injured—in the
arms and elsewhere —had their wounds
bandaged on the field, and walked back
to the rear, where they met conveyances.
THE LATEST.
We have accounts from our lines as late
as 9 o'clock last night. No fighting of
consequence had taken place during the
day. In his retreat Tuesday night the
enemy abandoned some of liis artillery,
and a large quantity of stores. Twenty
three transports are reported-iu the river.
It is thought- that a portion of McClellan’s
army succeeded in reaching the river
at some of the landings below Turkey is
land.—Examiner 3d.
farncra! Robert E IjCC.
A writer in the Enquirer pays a tribute
fo onr great commander, which will find
an echo in the judgment arid heart of
every citizen of the Confederate State.—
He says.
Although not personally acquainted
with Gen. Lee, I have had the opportu
nity to larn and to know that; on taking
the command of this army in the field after
Gen- Johnson was wounded, his policy
and determination was not to suffer the
operations before Richmond to degenerate
into & siege, hut, on the contrary, to seek
his antagonist, to fight and to crush his
plans on the housetops. It was desirable
that the enemy should learn them only at
the moment of their execution. And in
this, too, it would appear that he has suc-
ceded, It was inconsistant with Gen.
Lee’s intention to deliver a battle that ad
dition labor should he bestowed upon the
defence of Rijumond. These were strength
ened daily and rapidly. It we won the
Imttlc they could do us no harm. If we
lost it they would he invaluable to check
our foe, and perhaps to give us a victory
in turn. They would enable Gen. Lee to
reinforce Jackson with safety, or to do
what lie has done—attack the enemy on
the north Lank of the Chickahominy.—
The work on these entrenchments was
kept up to the very last day in full view
of the enemy, and probably contributed
tokeep up the delusion among them, that
we relied entirely upon our defences. I
have no time to dwell upon the great im
provements by Gen. Lee in the organiza
tion and discipline of this army. Twenty-
four days thus spent have not been thrown
away.
At the proper time Jacksoirts army was
ordered here, and troops brought up from
tlie South. When they reached here Gen.
Lee was ready, and he accordingly deliv
ered the battle. • The act was his, the plan
of battle was his own, and the execution
was superentended by him in person. An
army of 120-400 men was driven in a day
and a half of fighting from a line of works
which they hud thrown up wijb infinite
labor for a month, and were protected by
field artillery, siege guns and every device
that military -cience could suggest.—
Never has such a result been achieved in
so short a time and with so small a cost to
the victors. 1 do not believe the records
of modern warfare can produce a parallel
when the battle is considered in this aspect.
It- is vain to deny that the enemy fought
well ; their officer were, many of them,
scientific and able. Such a result could
never have been attained hut for the exer
tions of an army of unsurpassed valor led
by a great comander. Gen. Lee saved
lower Georgia and South Carolina from
the enemy. He has now crowned his f;tme
by outgeneraling the best General of the
enemy, and putting iiis army to the
rout. Justice.
The Yankee General Hospital-.—"This
hospital, located on the battle field of
Friday last, as stated by us on yesterday,
contains over fifteen hundred wounded
Federal soldiers, including large mumhers
of officers. The ehaiacter of the wounds
show that- our intrepid troops aimed well.
These who were wounded when facing our
irresistible assault, were struck principally
in the legs, and when running away, re
curved shots in their backs. Seven out of
every ten are wounded in the hack. Many
are desperately hurt, and the stench from
gangrene and mortification which pervades
the hosnital, is insupportable. Numbers
of the officers, at their own requests, in
order to escape the dreadful odor, were
placed outside, under the trees, and even
there were assailed by the odors arising
from the shallow graves around them.—
Flic spectacle of death lingers a ove the
spot, and none can walk over the ground
without becoming vividly impressed with
the horrors of war. Almost at every toot-
fall we tread upon a grave. 'The wounded
in this hospital are receiving all the atten
tion that the circumstances will permit.—
The prisons for the wounded and well ot
the Federal army in Richmond are now
jammed, and large numbers are necessarly
kept in encampments around the city. No
more, of course, can as yet be brought to
the city, to remain. Preparations are he.
ing made for more extensive accommoda
tions, but when they will be completed it
is impossible to say. The projle'have
seen so many Yankee prisoners within the
last day or two^hat they have become tired
looking at them. They are certainly not
wanted here, and the sooner the authori
ties send them off to the South the more
greatful the public will be for it.
Richmond Enquirer.
The Next Step.—The Mobile Advertiser ( »*■•«* • rc * , ‘ *• ""r.hrn
closes an editoral on the glorious victory i A gloom >vas cast over this entire com-
of our arms before Richmond with the fid- inanity on S .nday morning last upon the
lowing paragraph: reception, by Col. Warthen’s family, 0 f
But. "hat next? Is the Confederate a telegraphic dispatch announcing’
sword, red with victory, to be sheathed death. lie received a mortal wound in
now? Is waiting and watching, in “mas- the left thigh in the engagement on \V<
tcrlv inactivity,” to be again the policy,—
We hope not—we believe not. Now is the
chance for President Davis to break and
vindicate the wisdom of his misterious
reticence, and to pronounce t-lic talismanic
word, Onward !” Y\ e have strong hope
nesday, 2d inst., and died on the 3rd. The
particulars of his death have not yet reach
ed us. From the time that Col. Warthen
entered the- service, knowing his
derterinmed bravery, we never expected
to see him return a Colonel, but that he
that lie will utter it, to the joy of the Con- would either be promoted for gallant con
federate people, and to his own honor and | duct or die (tn the field of battle and this
fame. ; "a s the feeling of all who knew hi m and
— j sadly has it been realized. Hc lias f a ]| CI1
From the Army of Richmond—The another sacrifice in the cause of tSonthern
Richmond Whirr of Monday says:—j independence!—another hearthstone made
“Advices from General Lee’s line to , deflate and hearts wrung with anguish!
yesterday enable us to state that i ^ who can fill the place of husband, f a .
J ^ J . i , thp.rf Stunt ot Jehovah despfinn ai»^
; moment ha
that time since our last report
nothin* of moment tad occurred to j ITS?
Ur 1 —" Send that consolation which thou
land!
army occupies a line about eight miles j a [ oue art a p,| e t0 g- ive .
this side of Charles City C. H., and; A braver man than he whose name heads
extending uearly from the James to the j this article, never fell on a field of battle.
Chickahominy. The enemy lies a j By his command he was dearly beloved
short distance below, measurably pro- « IlC l without detracting from the merits of
tected by gunboats, and busily en- i llis successor, we say his place can never
gawed fortifying. He threw a few j ^ h . 1,e ^ -™«pected home
1 1! T-t • 1 ; 1,; 0 lmllnrm ■ tonight. (Monday) and will be committed
shel sh riday, and had up ■ _ ‘ j to the grave with militiary honors by Col
both for thepurpose of ascertaining our Hook and staff.—Central Georgian.
whereabouts. Yesterday morning and J
the day before there was some picket
firing, but nothing more. The country
is flat and wooded, rendering it very
difficult to watch the enemy. McClel
lan is using every exertion to re-iuspir
Salt Springs.—The salt springs in the
Southern portion of Cobb county, Ga., have
been leased by a company of gentleman
in Marietta, who intend proceeding forth
with to develop their resources. Mr. E.
; Denmead the Hour manufacturer, is at
it his dismayed and demoralized tioops, ^ jj ie j iea( j 0 f the organization, which afford,
keeps his bauds playing, dress parades i a guarantee that the affairs of the ciflnpa-
There was no reason to \ ny will be well and energetically managed.
; was making any effort j They intend we learn, operating on a large
going on, &c.
believe that he _
to embark Iiis force. Norcould it be ! scale—the largest we hope, of which the
told whether lie was receiving re-in- ! locality is succeptible.
forcements.
Personal Appearance of McClellan.—
A writer in the Atlantic Monthly for
July—a Yankee periodical—thus des
cribes General McClellan as lie appear
ed at a division review:
The general was dressed in a simple,
dark blue uniform without epaulettes,
booted to the knee and with a cloth cap
on his head, and at first sight you might
have taken him for a corporal of drag
oons, of particularly neat and soldier
like aspect, and in the prime of his
age and strength. He is only of mid
dling statue, but his build is very
compact and sturdy, with broad
shoulders and a look of great physical
vigour, which, iu fiefc, he is said to
possess—he and Beauregard having
been rivals in that particular, and both
distinguished above other men. He
has a strong, bold, soldierly face, full
of decision ; a Roman nose by no
means a thin prominence, but'very
thick and firm; and if he follows it,
(which I should think likely), it may
be pretty confidently expected to
guide him aright. His profile would
It is said that when Jackson got hold of
McClellan's telegraph wire lie telegraphed
to Washington the following despatch-
-W e are in the midst of a great victory
and expect to be in Richmond to-night.
Send me no more relnforcemements. I
have enough men.”
[Signed] McClellan.”
Aitdreoi of Pi-enidt-iit Dari* lo t!io Arnj.
Richmond, July 8.—The President has issued
tiie following Congratulatory Address to our vic
torious army.
To the Army of Eastern Virginia.
Richmond, July 5th 1362,
Sn'tliers :—I congratulate you on the series of
brilliant victories which, under the favor of Divine
Providence, you have lately won; and, as the
President of the Confederate States, do heartily
tender to you the thanks of the country, whose
just cause you have so skillfully and heroically
s» rved
Ten days ago. an invading army, vastly supe
rior to yon in numbers and the material of war,
closely beleagured your Capitol, and vauutingly
proclaim- d its speedy conquest. You marched
to attack the enemy in tlu-ir entrenctimenent*.—
With well-directed movements an l death-dame
valor, you charged upon him in his strong po-ition.
drove him fiom field to fi oy-r a distance oi
mnre than thirty-five miles,and. despite his rein-
forcoments, compelled him to s>vk safetv under
cover of his gunboats, where he now lies cower-
ering before the army he so lately derided aal
threatened w ith entire subjugation.
The fortitude with which you have borne toil
make a more effective likeness than the ! and privations, the yallantry with which you l-s---
full facej£hich however, is much bet
ter in the real man than in any photo-
araph that I have seen.
Governor Brown, in a letter to T. PI
Moore. Esq., has signified that he will
not prohibit the people of Georgia dis
tilling their peaches into brandy, but
recymmendes that they he dried for
the use of the army.
Th(‘ Nranon am! t'ropg.
We had fine rains fnr several days last
week, which we understand were quite
general. All our growing crops are in a
fine condition, and much of the corn so
far advanced as to give assurance of a most
abundant crop. One of the best evidences
of it is, that six or eight days ago, the
selling price here was two dollars per bush
el. It can now be bought readily at one
twenty-five and engaged in any quantity
at one dollar to he delivered in a short
time. It is probabley that there will soon
be a large reduction on that price when
the new crop comes into market. Foddei
has also fallen about one half within a
few days and can now be had at one
twenty five per hundred. It would be
well for our planters to pack much of
their fodder for market in bales, as it will
be needed for army use.
Speculators in Flour can now have the
consolation that they men cannot compel to
use it, at twenty to forty dollars a barrel, or
whatever they choose to ask, and the
people will submit to a cheaper substitute
rather than starve, or pay starvation prices
for bread.
The crop iu Florida is very large, and is
now offered to be engaged at twenty-five
cents per bushel.
Journal and Messenger.
ItlcCIcIlau’i* Army.
The New Y’ork Tribune of the 14th has
the following note upon the Grand Army
of the Peninsula:
“We have late private advices from our
at my before Richmond. In spite of its
heavy losses by sickness, privation and
combat, it. is to day the strongest and most
effective army ever assembled on this con
tinent—much stronger, even in numbers,
that is generally supposed. It has more
and better artillery than any other army
in the world ever had.
Yet a little while longer must the sword
and the bayonet write- in letters of fire a
fresh heroic page in the annals of the
American Republic. Then coineth wel
come peace.”
Popular opinion has placed McClellan’s
numbers at al Out 200,000 men. ’The
Tribune’s advices of a fortnight ago says
it is the strongest and most effective aimy
ever assembled on the continent, and they
themselves declared the. ichels at Rich
mond had in tiie neigh hoi hood of two hun
dred thousand men. llalleek’s army of
the West, they claimed to number from
one hundred and forty-two thousand to
one hundred sixty thousand, and the
Northern papers, generally, about the mid
dle of June last, give out that though
McClellean’s force was about 200,( 00 it
did not materially outnumber that of the
rebels, and every dictate of policy was to
reinforce McClellan at once—give him a
large numerical superiority and thus make
sure .work. McClellan was reinforced.—
lie had been largely reinforced within the
past, three weeks, atijl we have therefore
little doubt that, making all due allow
ance tor Northern brags, his force was not
really much short of two hundred thousand
men.— Telegraph.
Weir* from .fames Island.
The enemy has retired to the position
whereon he landed, now some three weeks
or more, “Grimhall’s has been entirely
abandoned. Our pickets went over the
place Thursday, finding, no troops, but
every evidence of there having been there,
Several newspapers were picked up and
brought into camp; also a farewell letter,
elegantly addressed to -Secesli,” stating
that the climate was too unhealthy to
permit a longer staj-, and promising anoth
er visit. T Ik? enemy are now in force at
“Legate, s” hut it is supposed that. «E<-y
are also moving off. The battery of Par
rot guns, near Secessionville have been
abandoned, and the guns removed.
It was a very simple earthwork thrown
up apparant haste, and by no means formi
dable. Their entrenchments were also very
slight’ Near the battery was found a paint
ed board with the following significant in
scription : “tiix miles from Charleston.—
Kith June, 1862. Five minutes to hell.—
Some are disposed to view this movement
- n'ered into e»eh snccessive battle, must te
hee n witnessed to be fully appreciated; but i
grateful people will not fail to recognize yon:
• leeds, and to bear you in loved remembrance.
Well may it be said of you that von have done
enough for glory; but duty, a suffering country,
and tho cause of constitutional libetry, claim from
vonr yet further efforts. Let it be your prido to
relax in nothing which can promote your future
ifficieiicy, yonr one great object being to drire
the invader from yonr soil.an-), carrying onr slan-
Jard beyond t'<r outward boundaries of the. Confdrru-
ry. to wring from an unscrupulous foe the recog
nition of your birthright—immunity and independ
ence.
(Sigened) • JEFFERSON DAVIS.
I.nlest from the Wc*t.
Mobile July 7th.—A special dispatch from
from Greneda to the Tribune, says:
The St. Louis Republican, of the 3d, received
here, observed a mysterous silence with regard
to McClellan’s defrat. which implies that they
consider it a disaster.
A dispatch dated Cairo. 1st July, savs General
Hindman is back at St. Charles with 5,n0il men.
Col Fitz. ofthe Yankee army, has abandoned bis
position after spiking his guns.
Curtis is reported as being in a bad situation
Supplies cannot reach him. and he has been br
ing on half rations for ten days, and will havetc
cut his way through the Confederate lines or bs
captured.
Late accounts report the Federals as retreating
Irom Holly springs.
Mobile, July Sth—A special dispatch to the
Tribune, from Grenada, says :
The Memphis Bulletin, of the 6th, says the
Federals are connecting their two fleets at Vicks
burg by cutting a canal acro-'S the land; also, an
expedition is fitting out to ascend the Yazoo riv
er and take the Confederate batteries sixty miles
above the month.
Friday last our guerillas captured and burnt
forty wagons of Federal stores, on the Memphis
and Charleston Railroad. A detachment of Gen-
Chalmers’ command captured seventy-five more,
which, with their contents, were saved.
Union Rouge Retaken bv the Confrdrr-
nlen.
Mobile, July 8.—Passengers under a flag of
truce, on the steamer Natchez via New Orleans
report that Baton Rouge Iras been retaken b. r
Gen. Van Dorn, with fifteen hundred Feders-
prisoners. (This is not so.)
Latest From Xrw Orlenn*.
Mutiny in a Federal Regiment—The Guirril as hol
ering about the city—Butler Imprisons a Lady—
The French occupy the city of Mexico.
[Special despatch to the Savannah Republican ]
Mobile July 9.—Passengers by the flag-of-triice
steamer Natchee from New Orleans, report that
(lie Maine Regiment, be’ng orcered to leave for
Vicksburg, mutinied, and two of the men had to
be shot before the disturbance could be quelled-
The Texas‘guerrillas are hovering about Ne»
Orh-ansat adistance of some eight miles.
The New Orleans papers publish telegraphic ac-
c.Qunts of MeCi.eMan’s defeat, and say they do 1 ot
believe it. They give subsequent news without
comment.
The British armed vessels opposite the city
omitted the usual compliments on the 4th Ju-
iy-
The French troops arc reported to have occu
pied the city of Mexico on the 17th ult.
Railrontl Accident—Collision on the Sl«a
Rond, Casualties in .Vlaj. Capers’Artillery
Hatlnlion.
The train bearing my command collided near
Ringgold with the down train. It pains me to
as the end of the summer campiagn, unless the death of Privates L A Baliard. w h
,i “ rr ““*• ar " f *» i fcE&LUfcs.
at tack uj sea. 1 lie c»eieat at Kiclimoiu], I Capt. Johu'ou's Company (J.
however, we areimlined to believe will in Company A, Capt Allen, none dangerons.
postpone such a movement for an indifinite ! on j? * )ra,> 1 t ‘ 8 „ ,, . ,
period, if not offcc.n.lly cl.ock it al.ogoth. | oSu'C%51
el • I Goodwin dis location of ankle *nd fracture; Private
Several transports with troops are re- ! Attaway very slightly wounded: Berden badly
ported to have been seen going Northward
y esterday.— Courier.
Fortress Monroe. June 18.—By the Nel
ly Baker, just from the White House, we
learn that John Latigblin, of Philadelphia
formerly with Pomery & Co., merchants
on Arch street, was captured, in company
with his partner, Mr. Barkes, by rebels in
their raidoflnst Friday evening, He is
is said to have hadS 15,000 of his own and
regiment’s money when taken.—Nothing
has been heard of him or Barker since
then. Several other gentlemen coming
with them to the White House were also
tuade prisoners.
Bryan wounded slightly: W. G Orr slightly,
w. E. Raigey slightly; P. L. Ward, -disiocx-
tiun.
Three negroes, belonging to Compcny B badly
wounded.
Company C, commanded by Capt. Johns n—
Wounded, Private Braswell; Thomas Johnson
bsdiy wounded and scalded: B F Smith seriously
wounded (pid scalded; several slightly.
Injured in Company D, commanded by Cap'-
Rudiaill, Private L Newsom , dislocation, ai" 1
private King wounded in the*hand and one ot
two slight braises * .
In Company A.Capt Allen; negro George (free J
Butler Guards, killed; negro of private Hu-'son
badly wounded; negro of Capt. Jobnsou badly
wounded.
The accident bappaned by the delay of the r** -
senger train. II. D CAPLh'S,
Maj or Comdg. 12th G«.