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tie* in front of Richmond-
We lake the following
es'inir «-di o i«l article fr.-m tLe Richmond ' je same e.ror that w n.s.«
esing ioi , , tiled our fortunes m ev<iy Mage ot i
hsxuutnut <’ 1 "• ‘ ' | contest, and lo have detiacted Im-ui all 1
We l.ave now readied a period at winch ; , ebuI|s bv us; ,o-wit, the plan «d
« m«0 calcdate the value ot the» «•>«•' allaiki *,1 K! et.'emy in impelled foice,
< f'liegieat battle ot Richmond, and make ^ off by bin, with
a Min.uiaiy ie*ie\v o l ie ? ran Mlie or j W o divisions when lie uiiglit have
of events that lias so recently passed oui
eves. We propose to do this in a histori
cal spiiit, without reference to the mean
. objects of pers« nal c< mphment or personal
detraction, anxi*.us only to interpret with
justice am! intelligence the events of tlie
past week, and to define the result of one
of the gravest incidents that lias yet occur
red in the history of ihe war.
The general estimation of the battle ni
Richmond,expressed in a spiiit of candor,
would be that it was a most excellent
plan, indiffeieutly executed in the field.
'J be w oik of the closet was good. '1 be de
sign was comprehensive and sagacious ;
and calculations upon which it was based
were nicely arranged ; but its execution,
unfortunately, was full of flaws, which, to
some degree, have marred the results of
«nr victory, or reduced them below public
WAR RUSORS FrM WAPHlSGTftN.
ofthe Baltimore
isliingfoti:
interest in \Vushing-
during bis retieat defeated Fiemont and | sites. Instead of scattering, or enfeebling toil to bear the i espouse ot tilt, country
Shields; then swept over the Blue Ridge j the aimy, by seeking opportunity to ex- to the I Iesiueiit. s new call tot vo un
and acctoss Eastern A iigitiia to the change personally, those congealillations teers, i iie prevailing sentiment is that
Chickahominy. and attacked the light w ith llieir friends which would be mutual- the enlistments will be too slow to meet
wing of our main atmy ten days ago— ly so agreeable, they will defer this pleas- i public demand for an immediate
with what success is know u to <ur leaders ing hour until their patriotic undertaking a]]( j overwhelmin'* advance .upon the
--having in this space, of time fought lour j is more fully accomplished. They wi . 11 j re bt*Hlon, anti that a draft for a hall
battles at distant points, and Unversed a j wish no grass to grow under m j||j 0 .n Mlcn W on!d be the proper ac
i iiev will ask to lie lea ngut on . ‘ ... 1 \
een crushed by a fearless and decisive
conceutiaiion of many divisions. At Eia-
zier’s fatm two divisions vveie tinown a- i distauceof four hunched miles. In each ot ' oils feet,
gainst the, whole Yat.kee army ; and in- I the instances his movement was mote or j against the enemy in
his own country if tinn at the present movement.
me « lime i fli.nt c iiiuij , nnu fi'c in? laniTb 112«•> ("nil'll 1 « r.n > «• tut.-, uiuuij m ^ » C ' 1 *
need, the error might have been fatal had j less ofa surpiise, and each of them would j possible, id this h s time of weakness, and j hall way measures, but one nmsuing
• he commander on the spot been less ener- j have been d* elated by most men quiteim-I panic and dismay. They "ill wish thu
getic, the troops in his small command possible Lefoie if was actually done. It
would be undoubtedly a difficult thing for
Jackson whether he be i r be. not dead, to
less devoted, or bad tbe (iatkness of night
not obscured their numbers.
expectation. Reviewing the situation of ... . . , • , , , -
1 • . .1 0 * , iioids winch be provided to secure him in
the wo a 1 lines at the commencement oil 1
From the time of the two principal hat- take twenty thousand Confederates and
lies—that at t old flathor and that at Fra- . move north to Frediickshuig, thence to
zer’s fatm—all pretensions of the enemy’s | Manassas, thence eastward to the Potomac:
letreat to strategy nnjst cease. His re- audit is not like he will try. We believe
tieat was now ui.mistakeahle ; it was no moreover, that onr troops now at Washing-
longer a falling back to concentrate troops ton and the point named are fully prepar
lor action; it is, in fact, impossible to dis- led to resist such a movement. At last we
guise that it was the retreat of tin enemy hope so. And vve also hope, that now
w ho was discomfited and whipped, al- that our troops in the Shenandoah Valley
though not touted. lie had abandoned the
lailroads; he had given up the strong
to liberate tbeir own homes and country,
and make our wrong doers repent their
enormities against us.
We doubt not that these views will rule
in camp and cabinet. Our Go-eminent
despite the criticism ofthe misinformedt • r e.,..t
■ • • vigor,! is thought, that a cessation ot actual
blow.
Officers from the seat of war on
James river, absent on short leave, say
that it is the belief that there will be
no more lighting there for a month.---
Both sides were so much shattered, it
and queiulons, has not lacked in
and ha* been ready to improve every op-
hostilities may occur. But the Con-
porunity, not indeed, to the extent of its i federates, it able, will not be slow to
w ishes, hut l» the extent of its power — | renew the conflict.
deep ditch for gunboats around Drnrv’s
13iutf As ridiculous as this may appear
to some of our readers, vve know that at
one time, and that not very recent, it was
discussed by Federal engineers. The
complete and perfect barricade, impassa
ble to the smallest craft, w hick now ex
tends across the river at Diury’s Bluff,
would have to be removed under the dead
liest fiie from field artilleiy and sharp
shooters, ever after the silencing of our
batteries by the gunboats—this the Fed-
erals will understand, and they may seek
to ditch Dnfry Bluff out of existence and
Richmond into ashes.
Our army neither digs nor drills one
half as much as the Yankees, and yet the
„pade and the pick contributed as much to
tbe defence of Richmond as the musket
and the cannon. Our impatient people
must see that fiener.il Lee’s elaborate
earthworks enabled him to remove from
the enemy’s front that large portion of bis
army that fell upon bis rear and won tbe
victories which-relieved Richmond. We
must again dig. dig, dig, or McClellan will
into Richmond The spade can only
few days since a number of Transports
which for some lime have been lying in t j ie
bend, moved up a few miles. At tbe same
time tlie mortar tleet lying at Burn,-v’s
dropped down to the transports w here
they, now are. Yesterday nmri.i,,™
there was a commotion among the mortar
ileet at the quarantine, and some ot tj, e
boats dropped down. A little later in tlie
day we were favored with a few hours of
shelling fiotn the upper fleet clnin» about
llieir usual damage—striking buildings
and ploughing up the streets.
Nlraic
Let the people do their duty now. Fill
up the thinned ranks of the army and make | t j iat g reat a .„ Ration and hesitation
me mu iiue. show I be conquered with the spade, the shovel
All accounts from the North show ,‘ vc , fuat
the action, the advantage vvas entirely oui
own, the facts being that the plan of Mc
Clellan was as defective as our own was
excellent. lie had divided his army on
the two sides of the Chickahominy, and
operating apparently with the design ot
half circumvabating Richmond, which
was exceedingly foolish, considering the
case of a check ; he had destroyed from
••iglit to ten million dollars worth of stores;
be had deserted his hospitals, his sick and
wounded, and lie had left in our hands
thousands of prisoners and innumerable
straggle! s.
Regarding all that had been accomplish-
d in these battles; the displays of the
. , . - c . . . - | j valor and devotion of our troops; the ex
size and situation ot tins city—tie bad .. , , , . . .* , ,
, . , • . ,i . uenditureof blood; and the helpless ana
spread on.t Ins forces to an extent that im- • * 1 -
paired the facility of concentration, ami
and elsewhete in Eastern Virginia will be i it poweitul to execute the general will ; i eva j| j n re , r;l ^.j f- () financial and mill
disposed of so as to effectually prevent thus shall our hopes be realized, and peace ; j O ects •• '• -•*-- --a— i-.-i
any oilier northward movements of this ! soon be conquered as our most coveted ( ‘ • ..1 1 . j
Rebel, if he be alive, or of his ghost if he j trophy .
be ucad. ^ ^ _ . | The ttoulol ihc Vankr
One honest correspondent of the New The scampering of the
York Tiibuue gives the following as the
appearance of the army after its arrival :
at its present quarters, on the James
river.
‘iThe scene presented as 1 landed defies !
Excitement in Wall Street—.13 ore
KT-
Richmond, 15th —The New Y-.,rk Ilerahl'g
ney article of July loth says that the excih in.n't
in tlie gold and foreign exchange iiiuiH t -t H c„„ ti ,
ues unlimited Gold opened in the morniuo *,
1171 fell to 115, and then began to rally At ”
second board it solo at 117 i-g and closed it th-,
bid. Hills on London |3u 1 The a d ’aiice in
gold and bibs has led to remarkable aeiivh, j u
merchandize. People are shipping to j/ “
everyttiine; wliich can .be boughl Every 0 i‘,e
who owes anyt Inns in Kurope is sending priducs
to pay the debt, (fibers are shipping o"i sp^cuia”.
lion, relying on the premium ou their exchange*
for profit. °
The Herald says that the advance on hills bfp.
change will uearly annihilate the import trade*
The premium on gold is in fact just so much in ad
public securities take the alarm,
the call for the additional force of three
hundred thousand men will, it is
. , . . thought, be met under Hie stimulus of
Army” to got out ofthe way of the rebels | the )ro se(1 twe „ty-five dollars boun-
was almost as hasty and disgraceful, hi tlie i 1 1
will always defeat the musket.
We hope to see our long lines of eartli-
i) hn incial anti nun- | works extended on both banks of the river, i diiion tocustom antes levied on toiei*tm*Vou^"
Jnpitalists hoi ! w ,„|, letl . d and perfected with a
iMU | which will dety every effort.
• A rmy.
‘Grand Union
ibis wiil render thorn absolutely so. Money t . on ’
- - , .. ., tiuucs fair!y active at live to six per cent Maui-
We understand that a sicirimsli occur ; captaiists are distrusttui of tlie future and dec ] ^
l a!.* i iii'flnr. in i In nart vvifh tli. ir fnnds i
IhiIpr
United
New
recent batile as it was on the Plains ot i
Manassas. A correspondent of a New ;
* A very intelligent person, who
York paper, who probably tells not more I deserted from the Confederates at
than half the truth, thus graphically ues- ■ Richmond, arrived here to day.-
had made a weak and dangerous extension
of his lines.
It will he observed that the attack was
made on our side by a rear and flank move
ment at the same time, intending to crush
the. enemy successively ab ug the whole
extent of his lines, fr. m Mechanicsville to
his iiatteiies on ihe south side of the Chick
ahnmiuy, and on that side of the. river to
fall upon him with the whole weight**! out
forces w ith the expectation of putting him
to a general rout.
A most remarkable feature rtf al! the :
battles which at!< tided the general line of :
movement we have described is, that at no
time were more than twenty thousand j
Confederates actually engaged with the)
enemy. After the first demonstration in ;
force on the enemy’s extreme right, he. re
ined from Mechanicsville and we pursued. I
When, by this retiring movement, he had
concentrated, as he supposed, sufficient '
troops to contest a decisive field with us. j
we fell upon him with one division at a
time. The consequence of imperfect at- |
tack« was that the enemy was never crush- !
ed, though he was always defeated. It is !
not uiireasonntde to suppose, in view *>1 j
what wuis accomplished by piecemeal, thai
it, at any critical time, several < ivisions
had been thrown upon tlie enemy, he
would have been routed, demoralization
would have etisused, and the result of ou:
victory been fully and summarily accom
plished.
Bv the desperate valor of onr troops and
the conspicuous exeitions of General Am
brose Hill, whose division was in th*
extreme advance, and was engaged suc
cessively at Elly son’s mills, Cold Haiboi,
and Frazier’S faim, each of the fields, was
signalized by the success of onr arms.--
But. w ith the remaikahie and hard-fnugh:
field at T'razier’s fat in, our congratulations
n list Mop. Tlie brilliant chain ot \icto
lies broken here. After ail that bad been
achieved, ami all that had been expended
in the toil and blood of three day-s’ fight
ing, we had failed to cut off the enemy’s
retreat to th river, and to accomplish the
most important condition for tlie comple
tion of our victory. Tlie whole ainty ot
McClelLti iiad passed along our right
wing. and had been permitted, as it were,
to slip through our fingers. ’There is
nothing in the subseonent operations ot
our forces to repair the effects of this fatal
blunder. At Malvern Hill the result to
us was deplorable in the amount of oui
loss and negative as to any advantages
gained over the enemy.
We are un» tiling, however, to dwell
with any pertinacity upon eirors which
have diminished the fruits of onr victory,
or even upon such staring and enoinmiis
blunders as gave to a defeated enemy
open egress to the strongest places of re
fuge he could have desired- as long as we
may congratulate ourselves that the result
ofthe battle of Richmond, as a whole, is a
success to the Confederacy and a most
giateln! relief to the long pent-up anxie
ties ot the people of ihe £touth. We have
raised—at least for a time, the siege of
Richmond ; we have the moral effect of, at
least, three distinct victoiies; and we
have taken front the defeated enemy a
rich and splendid prize, in stores, artillery
and prisoners. So far, the result of tin
battle of Richmond is pleasing and erate-
fiti to the country. The mixture of dis
appointment is in the urtdeniahh- fact thai
TdcClellan and his army still exist, whet'
we might * asily have destroyed both.
Tbe Northern newspapers claim that
the movements of McClellan from the
Chickahoniiny river were purel strategic
l'n to the fii.st decisive stage in the seiie*
of engagements—Cold Hailmr —tln-ie weie
certainly plain strategic designs in htr
back wax! movement. 11 is retiieinent fiom
Mechanicsville was probabiv voluntary-,
and intended to concent rate his troops lowet
down, where he might fight wi It tlie ad-
vatit ages of numbers and his own selectint
of position. At Elly son’s mills he had a
etiong position, which was contested will,
desperate obstinacy and taken by desper
ate valor. Continuing his letreat. howev
er. lie fixed the. ndsive field at Cold IJar-
bor-—where he had massed his troops and
brought up to ction his trusted regiments
ot’ohl L'ni’ed States regtllats He.was at
tacked b\ General Hill’s division in ad
fugitive condition to wliich the enemy had
at last been reduced, history will recoidit
as a burning shame that an enemy in this
condition was permitted toseeme his re-
ireat. The result of the fight at Malvern
Hill was to secure to tint enemy full pro
tection for a retreat, which should have
been made a rout long before he ever
reached there. ’Tbe enemy bad made no
effort for a victory there; it was a stand,
ncu a battle ; if he had been left alone, he
would have gone away the. next day of his
own accord ; the two wings of our atmy
were in a position to cut off his retreat to
*he river; and yet nothing Was done but
to make an attack, in which we sustained
a gieat loss, in which the enemy was not
driven, and by which, in fact, he effected
exac’ly what he desired—a cover for his
retieat.
All that has been said of the “masterly
retreat’ of McClellan and his displays of
; generalship-souud very well: hut the com-
i pfiments we believe are but little deserved
I and can scarcely serve as excuses to he
j made to public disappointment ovei the
i result ofthe Battle of Richmond when we
j come to examine the ■ circnniftances in
| which they have been displayed. I Lis
| •‘masterly retreat” consists in onr own
| blunders. He was permitted lo get
j through our-fingers when w hen everybody
I "bought we had only to close tlie hand to
iciush him. lie has seemed a strong po-
j sition on Janies liver, where he hopes to
j establish a new base of operations. But
! ite position he now’ holds w as notorious in
he military history ofthe country ; it was
i twice occupied by the Biitish when th?y
invaded Yiiginia, and was pointed out as a
commanding position tor n power that w as
|,»tiong on the water loi-g atneiior to
j the date of McClellan’s generalship.
I We repeat that we are not inclined to
diminish the ©vinal value of lesults because
they have t*. •• below expectation ; and
| it has been unwillingly that we have re-
j (’erred to that part ofthe history of the bat-
i tloof Richmond which casts a daik shad
ow- over the track of our victories. Thu
result of the conliict is sufficiently fortu-
( nate to excite joy, and grave enough loen-
i gage the n-*^s set ions speculations as to
| the future. In tlie North, and in Europe,
jits moral effects must be immense. It is
i absolutely certain that Richmond cannot
j t>p taken this year, or by this anny of Mc-
, Clelfan. The mouth ofthe Yankee Gov
ernment is shut from any more promises
ofa speedy termination of the wai ; the
powers of Europe see that the Southern
Confederacy is not yet crushed, or likely
to be crushed by its insolent foe; and we
have again challenged the confidence ot
i he wo. Id in the elasticity of onr fortunes
; aid the invincible destiny of our indepeud-
| ence. ’i he results of the battle of Rich- I
j mond are worthy of congratulation, al-
liougli attended with utiaviling regrets
| that the valor of our Hoops and tbe talents
of some of our generals in the field were
not rewarded with gieater prizes. Al
| though the painful fact exists that McCliT
j ian has secured a position where lie can
| receive reinforcements, and w here he can-
j not be well attacked, there are jet abnn-
: nant reasons for congratulating the conn-
all description.
eribes the retreat ofthe 1
Under some trees which lav around in I and his army
clusters onr men were crowded, hey look
ed as if they were mote dead than alive,
they were covered to the crown of tbed
heads with mud, their faces and clothes--
were literally coated; while their shoes 1
and hoots had several pounds of the nasty i
yellow stuff stuck into and ail around them.
Mjjimo.-ie «(-rp immersed to their j
knees, many up to their waists, in the I
yellow river, with branches of tiees and j
pieces of sticks, washing and scraping oft’ j
the dirt. Cavalry’ men were out so far |
trj ing to get a “clean wash,” that the |
water reached fhei.- saddles, while they !
The panic extended. Scores of gallant
officers endeavoured to rally and reform
the. stragglers, hut in vain, w’ltile many
officers forgot the pride of their shoulder-
straps and the honour of their manhood
ami horded with sneaks and cowards. O,
that I. had known the names of those
officers I saw. the brave and the cowardly’
that here, now, I might reward and punish
upon each individual the respect or con
tempt ofa whole nation.
That scene was one not to he forgottc-n.
Scores of riderless, terrified horses Hashing )
by in every direction; thick living bullets
Young Napoleon” i ]i e speaks of their forces as immense
Sand as being constantly augmented
j by reinforcements under "the Conscrip-
I tion Act.
red this side of Shirley, on"C>atiirday, in | to part with th ir funds. Stocks have a/1 ta
which a Federal officer was wounded and ' h , e P ast . t . went -v daj 8 - U.,i
t-arrieil on ..Skirl**. 0„« „f onr pick.., |
1~,1 r riva nnnmtr 51 TA i “ I,u
Richmond, 15th.—W Rutherford, care Macon
reh-graph—K -bei t has entirely recovered the cm-
was slightly wounded. The enemy are
g-adually feeling ar .und their present po
sition to find the exact locality ot our troops.
Many skirmishes will take place before
they learn where we are, all of which will
be heralded as great and important victo
ries, and as marking McClellan’s second
approach to Richmond.
ie c«>n-
are
tsaion. Goorgtj Snead, and J„hn (Visruius „, r
both safo. McUlcIlau’s army utili about iFt-rkelev
JOHN UUrUERFouU. '
WESTERN NEWS.
Mobile, 15th —A special to tlie Advertiser and
*t ; Register from Jackson, Nth. stat* s that the Missis-
I sippian publishes a report this afttrnoou from
The foundation of the regulation ofar- j
Obfflicncc \m
B si«li riilicil .In d^meut
Rcttpontibilily.
The 1 nhunni Dead.—Among the gal - |
latit officers killed in the fight ot Sat-j m ; es j 8 t j ie principle of obedience. The I li0I i S against Vicksburg? provhi-d ^'i^'gmXan
iirduy, 2Sth ot June, was Captain John i inculcation and example — the theory and I above a**- permitted to pass down the river, with.
Taylor, of what State or regiment i practice of military life, is blind, unques- j
tinned obedience to authority. Wlie.tier
was clothed in a new i right or wrong, wise or foolish. It does
iml lmd pinned : ” iat . ,er or con , c( ; rn l 110 -^ordinate.
1 ! VVuli him responsibility does not rest, save
in the fulfillment of his instructions within
vigorously scraped themselves and thciri singing by. admonishing of danger ; every
weary steeds. Many of the men had not. minute a
had a dry biscuit for twenty-four hours.
1 met ati officer who was wounded in the
eye, his face coveted with blood anil mud.
He was vainly offering £5 for something
to eat. 1 moved up the hill through
awful pools of mud.
knees at every’ stej
which bad the appearance of having been
destroyed by its owner, as tlieie was no
doors or windows visible ’i bis house was
is unknown to the writer. His corpse,
when fotin
Confederate uniform
upon the coat a small piece of paper _
inscribed with the name and rank ol j
assigned sphere.
cannon blockading t^e .way
men liictiping and groaning,
amid the throng; officer
denouncing, and reasoning,
and being insensibly borne
inking down to the j mass; the sublime cannonading, the clouds
I passed a house i of battle sumke, and the sun just disappear
ing. large and blond red—1 cannot picture
it, but i see it, and always shall.
Huddled anion
the deceased, and this affecting request, j p* at while surrender ofthe opinions and \
• rill Ili» UI l > II ! ft w ur»l!”t:i , C/ V V1 J , . . 1 J yy f-p« | 1 . , |
man struck down ; w agons and “please take care ot this body. 1 h** | judgment and will to the direction of offi-
'wounded friends of the brave Captain, who may t cers of higher grade or older commission j
so crowded with sick and wounded, poor, / thousand stragglers for the credit ofthe
miserable men, that a doctor who come up I nation be it said ihat four-filths of them
buried with all possibl
“ j respect, on Saturday, the 29th June,
, i by order of Col. Thomas l. Munford.
ofthe 2d Virginia cavalry, at Megee’s
tlie wagons were ten j farm, in Hanover, under alarge cher
ry tree, between tbe house and the
bait). A portfolio belonging to the
A special from Vicksburg. 15th. states that the
r ini Aik-.ns s came out of tlie Yazoo river, ami
lollohe tiiroagh the upper Fedeia) fj-et ; n
Ulctiug great dain ige. and is mnv safe under ’our
guns, preparing for auotli -r dash t vv0 shots ou-
]y penetrated h- r. Our loss, go killed and vvouu.
iled. Capt Brown slightly wounded. The lower
Federal fleer are hastily r^riring*
J arks on 15th A special to tlie Mississippiau
sajsthnt the monster Aikansas. this morning
came dowu through the Federal fliet uu/ier a rer-
r/tic tire, losing five kiiled and three wounded.
smoke
oiinded
Breck-
Federal
matters, and the imposing ofa liberal re- j u “u‘!Taau“t has iss-ed an order compelling ail
•ponsibillty for results upon all public' I Confederate lamilies to leave ^lrtupliis
blican confedera- j f’-K-nntdy. Mill Miss.. Dr. T. B Klkins,
. au.l Dr Caleb loxey, 17th Ala-, Jv/ve
- " "J * . i ’ , , . J I nut me. losing nee KUlea and three wc
ng, and bleeding j chance to see this paragraph, will ! obtains in the army’, the government unrtei r Damage done iier trifling-—only to her
nrs and civilians i Jprive a melancholy " satisfaction I wliich we live is based upon a principle -Hacks SI.-is now at Vicksbu-g. The w
S- »'»l entreating;, j fn ,„, k ,,l,at ’the body was j 'IjnmejHMjly tbe "l-l-eM-e, *« - tbe exer- V« B*.,
- *b-**r«“!* "-e : witb all possible dea-nev ami: ! b~ 5*~-i '
men. A republic, orrepul
while I was there could not possible get in. were wounded, sick, or utterly exhausted j deceased nut in the box with the body
A groat crowd was assembled around ibe
doors, win* seemed to envy ihe more fortu
nate ones inside.
Oil top of the hill there was rather a fine
house, wiih plenty of out houses. This
was our general hospital, and it was cram
ed full to its utmost vapnictv.
Another correspondent, ra'her desjiond-
ingly, sny-s ;—-‘it is the salvation of the
annv. 'Two davs to rest *the worn out
n 1 con d not have sti-.red but for the dread
| ofthe tobacco wareiiousses <-t the >outli.
i The confusion of this licid of men and
, mules, wagons and wounded, men on
j horses men on loot men by the toad
side, men perched on wagons, men
; searching for water, men famishing for food.
| men lame and bleeding, men w ith ghostly
I eyes, tin,king <»*tt Utwura bl-.ody banilng-s
that hid the fac*—turn to some vivid ac-
and a headboard, with tbe officer’s name j
placed over it. Two other bodies ot I
unknown persons, one that ofa Lieu
tenant, were buried near the grave
of Captain Taylor.— Richmond Exam
iner.
men; two days to entrench themselves j counts of the most pitiful part of Napoleon’s j
- against further attacks ; two days to receive retreat from Russia, and fib out the picture
Ratal Accident.—Ou Thursday after
noon one ofthe rifled thirty-two poun- I a " K ] j'jj 11
cy, w’nnoui resnonsioiiiij’ ui me people. n „ , , . , ,
- , . . ' - - , 1 . nriven troni Lamp D-iuglass, released !iv ihe Fed-
and without tlie exercise ot popular judg- | , ra , G „ve rll im- n t. l'li-y report upon the author!-
aient, is republican in name only’, and j ty oi J-ff t'nomp-on, that Curtis escap-d from
lacks the vital element of such a-govern- ' , ’“ A "" 1
ment.
bince the foundation of the Confederate
States the people of tlie South have ex
hibited a great proneness to suttender theii
opinions.judgments and wills to their Ex
ecutive authorities, and an extraordinary
zeal to encourage a blind unquestioning
nboilicnce. 'They have readily acquiesced
in being excluded from a knowledge ot jii'ai.o j^X^n^'th^p^ew'/i
ieii-forceinents which w’e know four days
before were hastening to theii aid ; and
two days for the whole tleet of gunboats to
reach them from Fortress Monroe, with
—the giim, gaunt, bloody picture of war
in its most terrible features.
It was determined to move on during
the night. 'The distance to'Tutkey Island j tenant Colonc
j was wounded
guns enough, and of such heavy metal bridge, tbe point on Janies river which wa>
that their presence as a protecting foice is to be reached by the direct road, was six
equal to many thousand men! All this
we gain l,y’ this two days of quiet; the
batiied enemy mu.'t have fallen back,
drsparing of any further advantage, inca
pable of any further mischief! 'Terrible
as our loss had doubtless been, though vie
have lost men bv thousands, and guns.
miles. Commencing at daik the march
continued until daylight. 'The night wa.-
dark and fearful. Heavy thunder roileri
in turn along each point of the horizon,
and dark clouds spread the entiie canopy.
V\ e were forbidden to speak aloud ; or less
the light ofa cigar should present a targe-
perhaps, by bundled#, yet we announce! for an ambushed rille, we were cautioned
■ lie news with gladness and full of cheer not to smoke. 'Ten miies of weary tnar-
that the aimy still presents a hold, un
broken front, and the Confederate# have
ehing, with frequent halts, as some one
of the hundred vehicles of the artilen
rs in Tort Moultrie exploded ni
practice firing, with fatal results.—
Private Benton, of Company G, 1st
Artillery, was instarttly killed. Liett-
Tbomas M. Wagnet
i tbe left leg, having
it badly crushed to tiie thigh, and
j Lieut Ward law severely, and proba-
j biy mortally wounded on the skull,
which is fractured. Several others
were slightly 7 wounded or stunned, and
it is regarded almost miraculous that
i any one within the fort escaped, as the i
gun
meets.
their <>wn affairs, and iubciug kept
perfect darkness as to measures
responsibility of men. lle-nits
alone cannot be concealed. 'They have
passed the responsibility of forming
conclusions, and judging of men and meas
ures. and have tinown it upon an untried
Prebident and a sniail Congress sitting in |
secret, and so subservient t< Executive in- j
ffuences and undirected by public criti- |
cistn. If, therefore, affairs have not beet-:
managed with that wisdom and vigor once |
expected and very’ desirable, ihe people. : <u-t the Arkansas, but miss-d. >vh9 was struck
must not wholly blatne either the Congress
for subserviency, or the Executive for dic
tation and weakness. The people oi the
South are themselves to blame for viola-
iiuduiau, and ly Helena. Ark Hitidaiin Im-J
c-ur-is surrouud-d, but having no am-nuiiiti>*n,
‘Vi'S compelled to let him • s -a;)e, although the Fcil-
--r.t/s announced bis capture.
FROM THE WEST.
Mobile, 16?h — A special Despatch to the Ad-
ver.isrr and Register, from Knoxville. 5th. states
that on tlie it:It, at Tuiiiukinsvitle, Monroe, county,
Ky.. L’oi Morgan's aqua-lnm surprised and runted
~t!i Pennsylvania regiment kiiliuj 34, ivoaud-
t/ajor 1 nonius JorJau, who was brought here Iasi
uigh; Our loss, two slightly wounded. The
■vhote c*mp of the enemy, with all their store#, tell
uit / the hands of Mo gun including on-* hnu-lrei
e-atl of h-irses and in *les. one hun red ritl -a, a
urge quantify of am ntinmoti, • Jorhing. It
whs nut. L'apt Leweilvn, Colonel Morgan’s Q-iar-
rermaster, who was killed, (as reported) but O'
Brien, otthe Texas Rangers.
Jackson, I.Vh—The Arkansas sunk two boats
coming out ot the Vazoo River Tile F -deral
ileet opened on b-*th sides, pouring in a terrili.- fire.
*s she passed On opening a port hole f ir a-r,
a ftlieil entered killing nine and wounding sev-:al
-tiiers. t he Federal ram Benton attempted to
fallen hack to throw themselves around i train in our centre, by a slight deviation,
their capital for its protection. Under the I crashed against a tree, wore aw ay the
ciicumstauees we can ask no better news i hours to dawn, w hen w e debauched into a
than this,” i magnificent wheat field, and the smoke-
— — j stack of the Galena was in sight.—
I-rom the Richmond Erquircr. I Xenophon’# remnant of ten thousand
.iirCi.-iinn’s Brfrni—tvhnt next f ! shouting. “The sea! the sea!” were not
The defeat and dispersion of McClel- more glad than we.
Ian’s army, amounting almost to its de
struction, will open up opportunities for
great advantage to our cause. ’The glo
rious victory not only bears present fruits,
but is big with promise. Onr biwve sol
diers, till hat tie-worn and toil-wasted as
On reaching the river General McClellan
immediately proceeded on board one ot
the vessels. lie appeared greatly perturb
ed. General McClellan met Genera.
Patterson as lie stepped on hoard, laid his
hand on liis sholdier and took him in a
was Utterly torn into small Inig-1 'ingqini setting aside the cardinal princi-
| try and the army on the events which
j have gone so far to secure the safety ot
•nir capital and to illuminate the fortunes
1 of tlie Confederacy.
From the Charleston Mercury.
.Tliijor <«riicr:il <». W. Hiiiitfi.
Gustaves Woodson Smith is a Kentuck
ian by birth, and hears the reputation ol
being one of the most accomplished Gen
erals in the service of the Confederacy -
He enleied West Point in 1SJS w here he
graduated with high honors. For many
* ears he served in the E gineer Cotp# ot
he United Sitates At my. ;.n<t was bieveted
m 1848 tor gallant and meritorious conduct
in the battle ofCeiro Goido, and again in
I >4!), for gallant and meritorious conduct
in the battles of Contreras and Chuiuhits-
co. In November, 18-19, lie resigned his
commission in ihe army, and devoted him-
) elf to Civil Engineering. At the npeti-
j mg ofthe present w a. 1,. s..|;„ nn ; (i l„,d a ln-
j era live which he. held tinoei *t.»
j Municipal Government of New Unit city,
I ind offeied his swoid to the South, lie
j now liolnstlic rank of Major General.
During the prelimmaiy operations of the
| campaign.oil tlie I hiekaln-miny, (general
rimy are, vviil themseBes he. eager to reap j hurried manner into the aft cabin, or ladies
to ilie full the splendid advantages which j saloon. As he went in he heat the air
with is is right hand clenched, from which
all nresent inferred there was burl news —
To the astonishment of all it was explained
that the wtude army ofthe Potomac lay
itiinately attach to their success. An
‘ ad ranee inurement now will swittlv clear
i Viiginici of the otheis of her detested in
vaders. 'They will fly before us. A col-
i umn moved so as to flank Buell’s and Hal- I stretched along the bank of the river.
leek’s position will compel them to retire] n * * —
| back into Kentucky, and set 'Tennessee
Dee again. Sotitheu] Missouri may then
i>e aided and te ieved in a similar manner.
In short, a bright future beckons us on to
activity, with the promise of a golden re
ward.
And the enemy will not, for some time,
!>e able to present to us a formidable front.
His veterans have been hmkeu and de-
-troyed, or demoralized. From the time
the “Grand Amij”f!ed in panic tout at
Manassas, in July. ISfcl, to McClellan’s
: embaikntiuti for the i eninsula. he w as ein-
picyed in organizing bis giant army. Re
views, and drills, and reconnaissances in
I force, and sham ! attics, and the perfeet-
j ing of military appliances, and the gnther-
j ing of military sttues, filled almost the, cir
cle of the seasons. At last the “Grant]
Aimy” -~.«o (.i-.-nnnnced 1-y its chief the ;7
“Invincible Anny,” and led. we wetc |
tool, by no less tlmn n “Nnpoleon,” ap- I bat there is
THE OMES B'jTC.iEKIXG UNION TROOP
A correspondent of the New York
J ribline, trout General McClellan’s j apparent to any man w-lio may witness
[Charleston Courier.
From tlie Richmond Enquirer.
The KurtHj'N OpcrafioaiM.
From gentlemen lately down the river
as fat as Jordan's Point, we learn that
over one hundred transports, vessels ot
war. and gunboats, are at Harrison’s Bat
in the James river, while the remnant »!
McClellan’s broken army lies on the
Northern bank from Heron Creek to West-,
over, extending back from the river about
three miles. 'They are working day and
night, displaying an energy in their defeat
that we would very much delight to see
evinced by the Confederates in ihe flush
of their victo-y. Six long wharves al
ready facilitate the landing of supplies and
reinforcements. Houses are being built
for stoies and hospitals; and every pre
paration which a permanent base of future
operations would indicate already exist
at Harrison’s t ar.
'Tlie enemy may not move at an early
day, but that they have not abandoned
the idea of capturing Richmond, will bt
pie on which their respective government
is constructed. When they have done
", tliH Arkansas, when she pm for the shore m a
-inking condition. Another Federal gunboat was
fired—Ail the transports in the fleet below have
lelt* One of the tn-irrar boats ground d. and was
horned The Arkansas was scarcely injn ed.
mil is expected to go down the river A heavy
ooinbanlineut is now going ou (8 P M ) The
guns were distinctly heard here. No telegraph
ic intelligence has h--eu received from Vicksburg
their part of knowing the operations ot | tor the last three hours.
1 The tiring ceased at nine o’clock to night-
-ets atteiu.-t-
repnlsed. The
exasperated and mortified enemy veined his rage
by throwing liquid shells into the city, burning
•no row ot buildings Our batteries uninjured.
No casauilies reported.
their government and forming opinions. . 1 he firing ceased at nine o’clock
,,„1 H-.se-o— fell by Ibei, St
Representatives of the House and beuate,
tiietr operations at Harrison’s Bar.
C'-muiodore Wilkes, of 'Trent notoriety,
assumed, on Baturday, tbe coninnind of
the Federal fleet in tbe waters of James
river. 'This man is desi.ous of perpetua
ting tbe tame he acquired among bis conn
try men for the capture of Mason and Sli-
! dell; for that reason, and under tlie hope
“llie strangest and worst feature; that he may be able to raise the dumping
ftliis sanguinary and inhuman busi- j war spirit of the North by some brilliant ex
am reliably assured, that i ploiut with his gunboats, has Commodore
Rogers been superceded by’ Commodore
Wilkes. 'That lie will soon try something
army says:
“Since our army moved up, tlie Po-j
tomac lias become infested by guerrilla I
bands ofbind pirates, who kill, plunder, |
and render it unsafe lo travel from ;
Yorktowu l>v the main routs without I
* i
an escort.
of thi
ness is, as 1
these bands are comprised largely', and
sometimes almost wholly, ot negroes.
A sergeant of the oth Pennsylvania
cavalry was shot i»v them a lew days
‘strange” in this Tact,
is tho opinion of able naval men in out
service. \V iikes cannot afford to he idle
in Jtones river. His abilities ,ts an officer
were ucvei regarded above mediocrity,
but the prestige among hi» conntrymen *>I
vance, and at this critical juncttite is to hi j. WJ!S K^cond in command of onr
found tlie most doubtful predicament ii
which tlit- fortune# of the long and claim
rate con'est around Richmond ever stood.
Had Mc< lellatt w**n the day here, hi- rigid
wing would have been in advance up*-i
Richmond, ami his strategy w-* uld ! avt-
lie*-n hriliiantly successtuh 'The turning
point of the bailie was when Ewell’s divis
ion appeased among the tiees hack of the
folk of tlie mads and tlie h*>u-e w lrrhcon
stitutute the locality of ('old Hailmr. 'I Id
lest of Jackson's aimy, and a part, we be
lieve. of General Lotigstieet’s divi-iou, ap
peared on the field sonic time after this,
and ihe battle was gained.
Having been pushed finm his strong
hold north of tlie Chickahoniiny the ene
niy made a strong attempt to retiiete his
disasters by renewing a concentration of
his troops at Frazier’s farm. Il**ie, how
ever, the result was less doubtful than at
Cold Ilaiiior. fin here it was that Gen. Am
brose P. Iliil, commanding his own divis
ion litri that of J.oi gstreet, achieved tin
most leinaikahle victoiy over the enemy
that Lad yet beeu won, capturing all the
I Aimy of Richmond ; hut he was prostra-
' ed, just previous to tbe battle of the
Seven Tines, by asevete paralytic stmke,
and ihe fcupieme command of tbe aimy,
when General Johnston w as borne wound
ed iiom the. field, devolved upon General
l.ongstieet. The sickness of General
>mi;ii tendered him, lor a few weeks, un
fit tor active service; hut he is now, we
hear, almost entiiely recovered.
•and before Richmond w ith the vaunt j the Chicago 'Times cannot discover.— ; tbe 1 rent affair, has blinded both the Fed-
The negroes, as a mass, have shown j eral authority and himself as to his eapac
'I he j no friendship to the Union—have ] if y. and we should not be surprisea at any
Tbe uncounted ] neither sought to achieve their liberty 1 h ‘’ artliat ' v ‘lkes was battering
, ,f , a,e I nor to subdue their masters. The lew ] “l; 1 l "1 ^
of speedy conqiKst. I lie “Invincible
has shared the late ofthe “Grand,
labor of a year is lust,
millions consumed upon
sunk forever. McClellan's best personal / , , ,
I I- i ; . , , , J tflOUSUUU WllO
In pe lies in lus enptme; for tie has.now ..
less to fear from his enemies than liis ] t0
friends. Commander di-liotiored and
army gone -alas for the “luvinciMes !”
ive come mro onr
live at the expense of the I
lias against Drury’s Biuti
The sixteen Federal gunboats ihat now
belter and-protect .'*eClellan are looked
upon with more pride and regarded with
whites, seek rather a life of laziness j d^per affection by UcLlellaiT# soldier
than of self dependence. Their sym- ! than any other object on earth. When
and by tlie chosen Executive head of their
government, then they’ will have done theii
duty. The responsibility and the blame
of failure and disaster and calamities will
tie thrown from their shoulders upon those
to whom it should ptoperly belong,rand the
power of correction and reform would
remedy our evils,
In the meantime, it would be well to
ponder mi tbe di traction "between military
rule and republican government, the prin
ciples on which they are respectively ad
ministered, and to ascertain wliich is now-
in operation and prevailing in the views
and conduct of our people towards tiieit
government and its affairs.
t'rom Vic8t*l»urj;.
The Whig yesterday resumed publica
tion, and has the following description ot
affairs in that devoted city :
Our City.—The “terrace hill’d city,”
which for more than two months Inis
withstood the demand#, the threats, and the
shells ol tlie enemy, p.esents to-day a de
solate. yet withal a sublime appearance
()ur streets which of "Id teemed with tin.
tide of business, now echo the tiead of tin-
sentinel as he paces iiis weary rounds,
while our residences, around which cluster
all the endearing and holy sentiments in
separable fiom associations of Lome, are
dismantled, defaced, and in many instan
ces. destroyed, llad a simoon fresh from
an Upas grove blown its destructive and
poisonous blast over our city, the effect
’could scarcely be more appalling than that
cau.-ed by the presence ot the enemy in oui
immediate, vicinity.
The horrors of such a condition nnd.einil
lative by the sporadic showers of shot and
shell w hich are litilled upon us at morn
ing, noon, or midnight, as seems best to
comply with their uncertain and erratic
regulations. In the midst of all this,
\ icksburg, proud gallant little Vicksburg,
firm as the eternal lulls on wliich she repo
ses, gazes boldly and defiantly upon her
enemy, and wit ii a teeliog of inexpressible
yet just liable pride she beholds two im
mense fleets eacli of which have hereto-
[From the New Y<
■ Wi
ik TiiiU H, (Editorial.) Julv7.]
i«!t:ti::<«>!» Waft* ?
rection with the* ^outli, 1;!!* the r.incls •
If “Stonewall” Jack-on he not dead- : Northern men. and justly, with visions of
and thoie is now a doubt thrown over the ^adlj levers.' 'I Le.r crops, too, aie to be
statement that he was veritably and actu
aliy- killed in the late battles- is theie no
danger of his taking a column and w ith i*.
uiaiehing suddenly in the direction *d
v* ashint'tn'u 1 I he movement of this
•lariig li*• In I. during the last two months,
have been as rapid and successful as they
have been exmioiditijiry in other respects
tended and secuied. But ii an army he
thus suddenly gat bet ed, it will be a mob.
tar worse than that which McClellan took
a i ear to discipline© It will ue no better
than law mi-itm. Such men cmild not
stand before our veterans. And they
would not tiv.
80 far as the North is concerned, tins
It is hut a few wet k# since he p* iinced ! campaign is ended lor the year on the At-
iij/on and defeated tbe force# of Alilioy . lantic side ol .lie ( ni federacy. It is now
and Schenck, in tlie Skenandoali Valley' oula i^-ad the ^aine. Oui soldiers, who
Tlie truth is that there never was a
greater humbug than the talk about tlie
negro loyalty Abolition Inis asserted
it from the beginning ofthe war, but
every fact ofthe times proves it is a
mere assertion. He supposes, how
ever, that tlie Abolitouists will still
insist upon the patriotisiy of the mur
derers our troops, and will demand that
the Government shall support them at lra i_
the expense of the people.
[Providence) R. I, Post, JuneGth.
gtynboat in every
man family.” Ho deep is their attach
ment to the gunboats that, were all of
them ordered from the river, the army
would ‘-skedauittc ’ out of \ trginia the
first dai k night. I hey regard a Golum-
biad with veneration, while a four-mile
shooting fiuudreU pound rilieil gun is idoli-
zed. McGlella-n will have to carry a gttti-
boi-.t with every regiment before he can
make them leave the river.
i lie federal# having had success in ea-
wniking aioutid island No. 10 and
‘elsewhere *m the AIississippi, have been
seriously considering the fea#ihility of a
Darina nml Successful Alt ark on the Enemy's
Trau poets iii James tliccr —Gen Stuart has p.-r-
formed another of liis briiiiant scouts in the n ar
-f th ! eaeiny’s lines, an j succeeded in succ*-stul-
! y shfllinp: the Yankee transports at. “North
Bend,” on James River below Charles City C.
It
The party consisted of the First Company •■(the
Washing-ton Artillery, Captain Sipiiotzi coalman-
-liiJir. a Parrott section of the Loudon Battery,
under Captain Rogers, and one piece of Stuart’s
horse arii |ery, with a small cavairv support, ihe
whole being in charge ot Colonel Lee; ami hav
ing reach-d :fie desired point on tlie riv--r bank
under cover of the night, thpy op-nod fire last
VIonday morning on the enemy's transports, coin-
ng tip with reintorcements and supplies tor Mc-
Cielian’s army. The first transports was d-sahi-il
and driven hack, and as soon as the position of
• •urartillery became known, the ene ny Uro-ight
op his gunboats and shelled them at a desperate
■ ate. Managing, however, to avoid their range
• >ur boys waited till evening whenu large fleet of
transports appealed in the river, supported by
gnnhoats. Colonel Lee then ordered 'horn ii*ro
| hatt'-ty on the banks just opposite wh. n they pour.
-d in*" the Ymk-e vessel a terrible fire or shot
I and shell. Having at) rifl"d guns auda e» «1
I range, the shots fiom our artillery told upon the
[ -neniy with great effect, sinking one of liis trans
ports and raking the others from s ent to stern.
Several masts were out away and the vessel so
riddled that thev were compelled to lighten them
hy ibrewing ofif their freicht in the river Tlie ene
my’s gun lioata kept up a rapid fire, but onr batter
ies were t**o close to them for their shots to ta*>e
• tT-ct and thev had to withdraw, with no loss
whatever on our side
Onr forces retired from tbe Charles- City C. H.
next morning hv a circuitous route, jost in time
te escape c.apr nra hy a t-*rg*‘ force ofYmkee in-
fan-ry and cavalry, sent dowi^to cut otf their re-
A Faithful Xraro.—A soldier from the battle
field of Richmond, lias related the following inci
dent to us showing the fidelity of the Southern ne
gro to his master It is worthy of record;
In the fight of Tu.-s ! »y near Kichm >nd, a ne
gro man nano d Nathan, belonging to Lieut Wil
liams of Co G First Georgia Regulars was cap
tured by a Ytnkea I ii oteuant and f-*k n to
a Yankee camp. On Sauuday morning ths
'he negro was sent to a opting t*> procure si"i">
water for liis new master, but instead of perform
ing tlin- task, he kept on his way to the Con fed r-
ate tines, wt.ere. on his arrival at 9 o'cl- ck, A. M,
'.te presented himself to Gen Hill, together *vilh
'wo horses, which he captured from the Yankees
on liis “masterlv retreat ” The horses were won't-
d-d and Gpu Hill gave them to tlie negro. Na
than immediate sold one of the horses for $>9. but
persistently refused to sell the other. He die 1 ' re "
ported himself to tits master, l.ieutenant Wo ianis.
How- humiliating to the United Mates, i ’’F 1 , is - nnv -' #**rving hint as faithfully a« ever.
how uioro than glorious to her. All lion
or to our brave generals, and the hill
city.
Of tlie Jatnnge to our city’ w o can give
no estimate. Of course it is considerable.
A 15-iiicli sbelt exploding inside a house
will do damage and many houses have been
visited iu this way. No buildings have
been .destroyed, and the city at a distance
pte&ents its wonted appearance. There
have been no casualties since the death
of Mrs. Gamble, and those citizen# remain
ing appear to have become “Used to it.” A
The negroes at the Suutli are too shrewd to h®
caug t. by tin- Yankees' filse promises »f tri-ct3' nl
and the present instance is tint one of mav evi-h > c®
of their faithfulness and devotion to Their m'isierg.
[ uoust/i CoasUtuUonidist-
The following memoranJa accompanies a letter
dated
“Qnincy, FIs., July 4. Dfi'T
“Crop of Corn made in this region, and erousffi
for two years; Tobacco, the Florida seed leaf, f* ,r
segars, very tine; provisions of all s-rts prott w*
ing as could he wished. Health of tbe country
good. T Y H.
[Sue. Republican.