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The arv> ©I *!•*• Tie conduct eta! rest, a* <>t 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.