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K< 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«.