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•Zhc Wccklu (Constitutionalist
DY JAMES GARDNER.
A LIBERAL DONATION.
I'*. James Omak, of Athens, Ga., passed
rough our city yesterday evening, on his way
to* Virginia, having been appointed a special
' xjgent of the Georgia Hospital Association, to look
np and attend to the wants of the 12th Georgia
’Regiment. Previous to leaving Athens, he re
wived the subjoined communication enclosing
the handsome sum of SI,OOO from Judge Lump
tic, as a patriotic contribution to the wants of
that gallant and suffering regiment:
Ok. James Camak, Special Agent Georgia Hos
pital Association:
1 have deposited $1,062 of my salary, this year,
ur a fund be used in enabling indigent sick and
wounded eoldiers from Georgia, to get home,when )
discharged, without means for that purpose,
from the hospitals and army. While in the Hos
pitals, their wants may be supplied, and trans
portation furnished by the Government. But to
turn a «jck and wounded soldier adrift, poor
and penniless, to reach his humble home, six
hundred miles distant, is cruel, indeed. Two
reached Athens, recently, just in this condition;
one of them having his leg shot off by a cannon
ball, in the fight at Lee’s Farm, on the 16th of
April. Even his clothes were unchanged since
the emputution of his leg—three or four weeks
previously. The army abounds m such men,
whe patiently bear suffering and privation, freely
giving toil, obedience, and bleed, to the cause.
Was the like ever teen?
(Before Dr. Ganak’s recent appointment, I had
selected the Rev. Mr. Crumley and Dr. Flinn,
Chaplain to the 16th Georgia Regiment, to dis*
■fcurse this fund. The appointment of Dr. Cam
»k at once directed my attention to him. Will
kie consider the money as appropriated to the
foregoing object, and subject to be used at such
mme, and by s'reh persons, as be and Mr.'Crum-
Icy may see fit to select, or by themselves, if op*
'portunity occur?
I have' thought that Gov. Brown might ven
ture to take the responsibility of appointing a
-apeoial agent for Virginia, where, it is computs
~ed. we have 4 3,000 soldiers from this State, and
place $5,000, or even SIO,OOO in his hands, to be
applied to the aid and comfort of indigent sick
-or"wounded soldiers from Georgia. The Legis
lature would ratify such an appropriation.
J. H. Lumpkin.
Avgusta; Ga., May 2d, 1862.
Judged. H. Lumpkin— Dear Sir : Y our letter
-and the enclosed SI,OOO was received just as I
was leaving Athens, too late to reply. I have
■ been so liberally supplied with funds by the
♦Georgia Hospital Association, whose Agent I
• am, to be used for the purposes that you so
nobly and generously have provided for, that 1
-cannot use yours, until I have disbursed that of
the Association.
As there is some risk in carrying the funds
with me. permit me to return them to you.
J have the honor to be,
Respectfully and truly yours,
James Camak,
Special Agent Ga. Hospital Association.
Zrorn lA. .Montgomery CAIa.J.-E'veniny News, June 3d.
- HIGHLY INTERESTING FROM CORINTH—
LETTER FROM DOCTOR NOTT-
Corinth, May 28,1862.
Dear Forsyth : Day after day, week after week,
have been spent in ma'rebing and counter march
ing by the two armies here, and again and again
- we have confidently expected a pitch battle in less
- than twenty-four hours. The Doodles, with tneir
• characteristic timidity and prudence, have been
r spading their wav along towards Corinth, and
i reinforeeing until they have now an immense
j-.urmy at command, with al* the appliances the
mechanic arts can give, and all the abundance
» which a rich provision country can furnish.
It is now understood that our Generals are
, tbout to evacuate, and leave the contested ground
to the enemy without giving battle. This will
doubtless cause surprise with all, great disappoint
ment to the sanguinary, and curses loud and deep
u among certain tire-eaters of immense wisdom,
who have done most of this furious talking since
war began, and none of the fighting. You will
soon be satisfied, however, that it is a wise move,
and the most disastrous blow to the enemy at
- this time that we could strike.
We may yet have a hard fight before we get
off for it~K presumable that the enemy, when
• they discover it, will attack us vigorously and
e attempt to-cut our army to pieces. We learn from
~ several exchanged prisoners that they think they
have us in a position from which we cannot re
treat and confidently expect to bag our whole
• -army. Thev take it for granted we shall attempt
to retreat by the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, and
• will make a desperate attempt to cut us off, but
our Generals know what they are about, and the
move will be successfully made, and with more
loss to the enemy than to us. It is not prudent
ww to speak of our plan of operation.
The main reasons lor the evacuation of Corinth
are the following:
Ist. Water is very scarce and bad, ..and our
army is suffering greatly with sickness.
2d. The enemy are more advantageous. ? post
ed in point of health, and have received very
large reinforcements.
3d. If we should be defeated, it would be the
destruction of the army of the Mississippi.
4th. If we were to win a battle, it wos.d be
after sush a desperate struggle, that it would cost
tts far more that we can now afford. Our army
would be so cut to pieces that we snould Lave
nothing left to operate against the enemy’eiroops
t>B the Gulf and .he Mississippi River.
sth There is'nothing left at Corinth to (fight
for. The railroad to the East is cut off front, us.
The enemv can take Fort Pillow whenever they
choose to take the matter seriously in baud. The
whole country for :lfty miles around is foraged
out by our army, and the enemy can find nothing
tut disease and starvation in .our rear. They
-annst possibly advance into the in'enor in any
direotion where they would not be surrounded by
snemies. ,
If we can keep such an army as we have now,
ve cat, in the course of the summer, cut up in
letail any arciy they may at tempi to send out of
each of their gunboats.
The Fabian .policy U certa.niy tae beSu for us
n our present condition. The United States Grov
rnment is wanting away under its millions of
xpense a day, and we can certainly defend our
resides longer than they can keep up such a war
thousand miles from their resources. Every
united miles they came, increases their ez°
eases in geometrical ratio.
Our Generals will no doubt take every means w
opeding their progress aad annoying them, and
they will keep a few btaadred men scattered
ong the railroads they can render them worth*
48 to the enemy.
There ki much of interest that I might tell you,
it am not at liberty to do sc. Tosmjoi-row may
an eventful dav. Qur retreat will probably be
tn me need, unless the enemy choose tocome up
d attack us. Qar plan now is for the whole ar.
j to march out and bivouac in front of the ene*
F and offer him battle. If he refuses, our march
11 probably commence southward.
I now. 11 A. M., bear cannon booming within
ise miles of my office, and a geueial engage**
Ot .may come off at any moment. This is a
jiing point in our affairs.
Yours, &c„ J. C. Nott.
lova* —In a postscript, Dr. Nott enjoins it upon
not to use the foregoing until we ..ad learned
:he evacuation. Passengers and letters by
ns bring that information, and we accordingly
«it to the public. The letter has been in our
aessicn, as Its date indicates, several days.—
Krom the Knoxville (Tenn.) Register, June
LATE FROM NORTH ALABAMA-
We have had the pleasure of meeting Co! Wm.
H Hundley, of North Ala., brother to Col. W. R.
Hundlev, of the 31st Regt. Ala. Vols., now in
camp near this place,’and from him gather many j
items of interest which we lay before our readers.
Col. Wm. Hundley was taken prisoner by the
Yankees but mo.de his escape, swimming his hovse
across the Tennessee rivet. He reports that the
Yankees are perpetrating all manner ol outrages
in the countiesot Limestone and Madison, robbing
the citizens of monev, clothes, bacon, horses, and
in fact everything else, not unfrequently quar
tering their horses in the bouses of plantersand
otherwise abusing them, until such a , reign of
terror has been inaugurated that no citizen dare
raise so much as the little huger byway of pros
test against the barbarism ol the invading force.
Mitchell has signed a proclamation declaring
that he will burn every bouse in fifty miles of
Huntsville, unless bushwhacking is stoppea, and
the citizens are in such mortal dread of his ex
ecuting bis treat, that the strongest scessionists
(hitherto) are now clamoring for submission on
the part of the citizens. and may have already
taken the oath, while others are onlv awaiting a
fitting opportunity to do so. We are glad to hear,
however, that Hon. N. N. Davis has at last made
his escape from Huntsville and gone to
Corinth, to take his place, we trust, in
the ranks of our brave army there, and
thereby disprove all the slanders which
have been circulated about him since he
has been living, on apparently friendly terms,
with the invaders of his native State, at the same
time we are pained to believe that the Hon. Jere
Clemens has gone over to the enemy entirely. If
all that is said of him be tiue, he deserves the
most condign punishment. But while the former
leaders in ihat section are growing pale with un
manly fear, and while the men are showing evi»
dent signs of weakness in the knees, thank God I
the noble daughters of the South are, there as
elsewhere, true to themse ves and the r country.
Out of many instan res of the kind, we will cite
the example of only one brave true-hearted wo*
man of the noble old Virginia stock, whose bus*
band is absent in the service of bis country, and
who is stopping with an aged and infirm father.
Returning to bls home on one occasion she found
several Lmcolnites in the kitchen coolly engaged
in cooking tbeir.dinners, when without more ado
she kicked their meal into the Ere with her deli
cate foot, and pointing to the door with her slen*>
der fingers, said with the spirit of the true hero- I
ine, “there is the door, get you gone, hirelings,
and let your own masters feed you.” Let your
cheeks tingle with shame, O, white-livered cow
ards who disgrace the name of Southron, while
you read this noble rebuke from the lips of a
frail daughter of our own Southern land.
It seems that Gen. Mitchell has one regiment of
Chicago Dutch in his command, whe were taken
by Price at Lexington, but who have broken
their parole, and are new fightinga-c it were with
baiters about their necks. They are represented
to be the most utterly abandoned wretches ta be
seen anywhere, being guilty of crimes which
decency will not allow us to make public. Com
ing from Chicago, thev have also sworn vengeance
against Cel. D. R. Hundley, Who was residing
there at the same time the war broke out, and
who only succeeded in escaping a Chicago Vigis
lance Committee in disguise and by the help of
fuends, one short twelve-months ago.
jgNot sutisfita with confiscating his property aj»d -<
the prcpeiM£uf hia father. -* - gentleman of
Virginia,) valued at nearly a million of dollars,
they eeem bent on wreaking their blind vengeance
on him still more, should he ever be so unfortu
tunateasto fall into their hands. But we have
no fears that their bloodthirstiness will ever be
gratified, if the four, companies that filed past our
office on’last Saturday are a fair sample of the
men who go to fill up the ranks of the x 3lst Ala
bama ; for a nobler set of men have not trod the
streets’ of Knoxville for many a day.
These miserable Yankee Dutch have already
begun to arm the negroes with guns taken from
the citizens, and a great many of the deluded
blacks have been arrested with guns in their
hands. We are glad to learn, however, that even
the negroes in the main are more wise than the
Trojans of old, and look with not ill-founded sus
picion upon the “Greeks bearing gifts.”
Eromthe Richmond ( Ya.) Examiner, June 2.
THE’DEFENCE OF RICHMOND-OPENING OF
THEBATTLE ON THE RICHMOND LINES
TREMENDOUS FIGHTING ON SATURDAY,
AND ROUT OF THE ENEMY-CAPTURE
OFBATTERIES, PRISONERS. ETC-
As was generally anticipated, from the posi
tion occupied by apportion of the enemy’s force
on the South side of the Chickahominy, on the
right wing of General Johnston’s army, the
battle was opened between nine and ten o’clock,
A. M., onSaturday, by an attach in force of
Longstreet’s and Hill’s divisions cf the enemy’s
position at Bottom Bridge, near the line of the
Richmond and York River railroad. Tbo enemy
in large force, bad entrenched themselves behind
consecutive batteries, and felled trees crosswise
in front of them, so as to render the approach of
our troops the more difficult. After a musketry
and cannon skirmish, during the continuance of
which our brave troops withstood the full fire of
the batteries, and a charge was ordered and nos
bly made by General Hill, the Second Florida,
Sixth Virginia and Fifth South Carolina leading
the charge up to the very muzzles of the guns
under a terific fire of grape, canistsr, round shot
and shell,’that cut them down by scores. Mount*
ing over the first battery, they took possession at
the point of the bayonet, the Yankees fleeing to
the next in position in the rear, which, in turn,
opened its fire, and, in turn, was taken, large
numbers of the Yankees being killed and taken
prisoners.
After an obstinate .fight of two hours the enemy
fell back, leaving sixteen pieces of artillery, com
posing three batteries in possession of our victos
rious troops. Our loss here was heavy, inclu*
diog several officers. The Yankee loss was not
; ascertained, but is supposed to have been equally
heavy. The behaviour, of four troops was
splendid. One company of the North Carolina
regiment alone took one hundred and sixty-five
prisoners and brought them to the rear. The ene
my’s force was estimated at fully 30,000, and rein
forced constan ly.
After tne cessation of the firing on our right
wing, the enemy attempted a demonstration
across the Chickahominy, on our left wing, north
of Mechanicsville turnpike, and on the Nine mile
road. He was here gallantly opposed by,General
G W. Smith’s division of infantry and General
Magruder’s artillery, including General Whit-
brigade of the Sixth uNortb Carolina, Ele
venth and Second Mississippi, and Acting Brigas
dier»General Colonel Wade Hampton’s command
of the Sixteenth North Carolina,, and the Four*
teen tn and Nineteenth Georgia.
The Hampton Legion, supported by tne Six
teenth North Carolina and Nineteenth Georgia,
attempted to capture a battery from the enemy,
but finding it too heavily supported, fell back,
but not until after receiving its fire and giving
their own in return, and forcing the enemy to re
sume the defensive. Our loss on the left was no
so heavy as on the right wing of the army ; but
A.mnncr the killed we have to lament several gal
lant and distinguished officers. On the left wing
fell General Pettigrew, of South Carolina, a name
that became illustrious in this revolution. He fe
and died on the field. General Hatton, of the
Tennessee brigade, was shot from his horse and
died m the arms of an aid. Colonel Hampton was
wounded slightly in the foot, but remained at hw
post, His horse was shot t??ioe.
AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 11, 1862.
The fighting extended gradually from the left
to the right again, about 5 o’clock, and continued
up to near 8 o'clock in the evening, when dark*
ness put an end to the conflict, our army resting
on their arms in the positions from whence the
enemy had been forced.
The strength of the enemy is supposed to
have been very great on both wings, and his loss
proportionately heavy.
The sullen booming ot artillery heard occa
sionally in the city on Saturday morning Wd
prepared the people for the tidings from the field.
About noon it became evident that bloody >vork
was doing along the lines. The ambulances and
surgeons had gone out, and our citizens regain
ed in a state oi anxious suspense, but not alarm;
they knew too well the invincible army in whom
they had confided their trust Soon in
vehicles and on horseback begin to arrive from
the direction of the lines, and they were eagerly
surrounded by groups of citizens and soldiers, to
whom they detailed the news. Their presence
was marked everywhere by attentive group* >t
listeners. “We have repulsed the enemy!’’
passed froin lip to lip, and a cheerful beam of
satisfaction lit up every face, saddened only by
the record of the gallant men who bad fallen
and were still falling in the fight. 9 •
Towards evening the wounded began to coine
in from the several scenes of action, and were
earned to the hospitals, the hotels, and resi
dences. Many appeared to be only slightly
wounded, barely sufficient to disable them, and
laughed and chatted with the hundreds of sytn>>
pathizers who gathered around the ambulances.
Others, whose wounds were through the body,
and more serious, lay stretched out, and some in
the agonies of death.
Throughout Saturday night tfcey were being
brodfeht in, up to yesterday morning, and all
description of vehicles were impressed to carry
them.
ANOTHER ACCOUNT OF THE FIGHT.
We have some additional accounts of the fight
on our right wing. The scene of the battle was
about eight miles on the Williamsburg road.
The artillery on our side opened about ten
minutes to one, p. m_, and the cannonading con
tinued for the space of one half or three quartern
of an hour. Atter a heavy fire of musketry, our j
troops charged upon lhe enemy in their entrench- \
ments with most devoted gallantry, repulse |
ing him at the point of the bayonet, and driving
him back until we bad possession of his entire !
camp. The enemy, being heavily
drove ns back for a little space, but
recover his camp. '
General Stuart was in command of fieJd,-
liut General Hill was in immediate command ofcf
that portion of it where the fight was in pr&A,
gress.
After the Yankees had been driven from their
camp, it was thought that they were retreating,
down the Chichabominy, when General Stuart
deployed three regiments to intercept the retreat
It was found, however, that the enemy was being
heavily reinforced, and the regiments were re
called.
About this time General Stuart sent Lieutenant
Fontaine, who had attached himself to his staff
as aid to General Hill, or sueh general officer as
he might find on the field, urging him to hold his
position,- as reinforcements were coming up. The
assurance of reinforcements gave fresh impetus
to our men, and the firing was cor tinbed with
loud and hearty cheers. After the figbt had cojt--
abiiiH au riour, theamni
of the regiments gave out, and there was some
wavering along oar lines. Colonel Lee, Lieuten
ant Fontaine and Colonel Moore were sent by
General Stuart to see to the ammunition train
and to rally such of the regiment as had been
thrown into disorder. The Twenty-fourth Vir
ginia, the Fifth North Carolina, and some other
regiments, were re*formed and led into action by
Colonel Moore, and then put in command of Col.
Smith.
About half past six o’clock Gan. Huger s divi*
sion came upon the field in gallant style, the men
dashing on at the double'qmck with loud cheers.
I The combat was now furious. There was a cons
tinuous roll of musketry, varied by the occasional
booming of artillery. The tiring continued until
about eight o’clock, when the enemy were driven
still further back, and we remained m possession
of their camp, baviag captured a number of pieces
of their artillerv.
The King William Artillery, Captain Carter,
was prominent in the fight, and achieved the
most conspicuous results. Their battery was
posted in the road, and was engaged from one to
halNpast five o’clock, when it was relieved.
Their loss in killed and wounded was terr.ble—
thirty, seven out of eightyseight. Lieut. William
Carter was wounded in the breast by a minnie
ball. Second Lieutenant Newman W’as killed, his
bodv being literally torn to pieces by the bursts
ing of a shell. The battery was publicly com»
plimented in a glowing speech by General Hill,
who declared that its gallantry would hold a cons
spicuous part in history, and that he had rather
be in command of such men than be President of
toe Confederate States.”
Theloson both sides could not be otherwise
than terrible. In the early part of the action
we bad taken the enemy’s entrenchments at the
point of the bayonet, our columns suffering from
the close volleys of musketry. In crossing the
field to make the charge, Colonel Smith’s
Virginia regiment was badly cut up by the
i enemy’s fire.
Up to half-past seven o’clock Saturday night
we had taken about one hundred and thirty pris
oners. In addition to this we learn that, late in
the evening, an entire company of the enemy had
thrown down their arms and surrendered them
selves as prisoners. Among the prisoners taken
by us were a Lieutenant-Colonel, a Major, and
several other commissioned officers.
Our forces engaged on the right were Stuart’s,
Hili’s Longstreet’s and Magruder’s divisions, the
latter having come up during the action. We
had probably twenty to twenty*five thousand men
in this action. The prisoners taken by us say
that’the enemy had three divisions engaged on
our right.
THE BATTLE RENEWED ON SUNDAY—MORE HARD
FIGHTING—ANOTHER SUCCESS FOR OUR ARMY.
Public expectation was on tiptoe yesterday in
anticipation of the renewal of the contest for the
hardfought field in front of Richmond on Satur
day, and events did not disappoint in the least.
The scene of the fight was near the Williamsburg
road. About nine o’clock, A. M., the Ninth Vir
ginia regiment, Lieutenant.« Colonel Godwin
who had been on their arms unconsciously with
in fifty yards of the enemy the night previous
were ambuscaded by a Yankee regiment, who
rose up behind a dense thicket, and, protected
thereby, poured a destructive fire into the uncov
ered column of the Ninth, which, however, being
speedily supported, drove the enemy back and
captured several pieces of artillery. The ground
was miry and unfavorable for the use of artillery
that but a few pieces could be brought into play,
and the firing was principally by musketry, which
raged furiously from the left to the centre lines.
The brigades engaged were General Holmes’ and
Griffith’s division, the Third Alabama. Colonel
Lomax, and the Twelfth and Fortysfirst Virginia
regiments.
The aavance was gradually pushed until be
tween one and two o’clock, P. M., when our
column broke the centre of the enemy, he com*
menced sullenly retiring in the direction of the
Meadow Bridge and Williamsburg roads, aban
doning his camp, occupied the previous night,
and leaving in our hands large quantities of
small arms, overcoats, knapsacks, &c., which
were secured, and carried to the rear. At 4, P.
M., the firing h3d ceased, except occasional shots
!at “long taw.” In the early part of the battle,
Lieutenant-Colonel Godwin, who was in the «d*
vance of the Ninth Virginia, bad his horse shot
from under him, and the animal, iu falling, fell
upon him and seriously injured him in the breast
and head. He was brought to the American
Hotel. Colonel Lomax, of the Third Alabama,
was also killed io the action, while gallantly
lending his regiment to the charge in support of
the Ninth Virginia. The Fourteenth Virginia
and First Virginia also distinguished themselves
in the fight, and took a considerable number of
prisoners both on Saturday and yesterday.
It was stated that the euemy fired on a train on
the York River Railroad carrying the wounded
to the city, and that no attention was paid to a
flag of truce that was sent on the field.
There was a report of the Third Alabama
firing into the Twelfth Virginia, who returned
the fire, and created some confusion, but we are
Without cdnfirmntion to Ito *1 tJliV.ll .
From the numbers engaged oxi the side of the
enemy, it was evident that he tiad massed heav
ily during the night on his left wing (our right).
The enemy’s strength on both wings on Satur
day was estimated at 60,000, and ours at be-,
tween 20,000 and 30,000, to oppose them. Yess
terday his strength was at least 50,000, with heavy
reserves, and cur army about the same. The
enemy during both days had the advantage of
position and entrenchment, but lost them both.
Our loss in the battle, or rather two battles, was
not less than 1,000 or 1,200. The enemy’s loss
was as great, if njt greater, besides several hun »
dred prisoners.
Du rirg the progress of the fight the line of
battle was penetrated by many of the citizens of
Richmond charged with the duty.;of bringing off
the wounded —civilians and others—who, in nus
merous instances, performed feats of valour
worthy of disciplined soldiers.
The entire day the wounded were arriving in
the citv, and thecommnity remained iu a state of
excitement up to night, when after intelligence
assured them again that the prestige oi victory
had not departed from our arms.
The wounded are very numerous, and thev are
being accommodated as the emeigencies of the
times will best admit. Private dwellings, stores,
4c„ have been offered by their owners, and they
: will be occupied as they are needed.
i The success and progress of our arms yester
i day was even more satisfactoiy than was Satur
i day, and our troops were in the best possible
spirits.
- During the day the Yankee prisoners contin
ued to be brought in in squads of ten, fifteen
and twenties. They were certainly premium
specimens of the grand Union Army, for they
were the most dejected looking human beings
that were ever seen. Some of them were cov
ered with mud from head to foot, audseemingly
so worn out as to be scarcely able to move
through the street to their prison. Many were
mere bovs, 14 or 15 years old* who must have
staggerea under the weight of a musket.’ Tro
pics of every kind, bundles of letters and papers
were picked up off the battle field after its aban
donment by the Yankees, and brought to the city
last evening.
The bodies of the several prominent officers
slain in the engagements were brought into
j Richmond yesterday, That of General Hatton
was taken to the Exchange Hotel, where it will
be embalmed and sent to his native
by
fY’nas of tue deceased.
To hundreds of households in Ricbinopd ana
elsewhere the doings of Saturday and yesterday
brought the craped badge of mourning, for hun
dreds of the Confederacy’s brave sons have fals
len in the gallant defence of her capital.
The people of Richmond have had a foretaste
of this hearthstone desolation and most nobly
have they withstood it, counting the loss of hus*.-
bands, fathers, brothers and sons as so much
price paid down in their blood for the liberty
they seek. .
THE CITY DURING THE BATTLES.
During the progress of the battles of Saturday
and yesterday, fought in front of Richmond,
though every species of wild reports were flying
about on the tongues of rumour, the people re
mained remarkably calm and quiet, while ex
hibiting a lively interest in the cause. The care of
the wounded that.came in almost continually by
one and twos,' frem noon on Saturaay up to last
night, seemed to engage their hum-ne attention,
and we have heard the numerous instances of de
voted artention.
The ladies were particularly active in procuring
water, that beverage which, above all others, is
so refreshing to the wounded soldiers. Any sup.,
plies of ice furnished at the hospitals, or wherever
the wounded are, would be acceptable, let it be
ever so small in quantity.
INCIDENTS OF THE BATTLES.
A Y’ankee Colonel was brought into the Mar
shal’s office wounded and a prisoner. A. person
present remarked, “Y’our ‘on to Richmond j our '
ney wasn’t a very pleasant one for you, was it ?
"No, not until after 11 o’clock, A. M., (yesterday),
when I found it pleasant enough, riding m all tbo
way.”
We took about five hundred prisoners.
A gentieman who was on the battle-field yes
terday, among other trophies, picked up the copy.,
book of one division of the enemy’s army, con
taining copies of all the dispatches sent to the
War Department at Washington. According to
the dispatches, they were, up to within a few
minutes of taking their batteries, making the
most successful advances towards Richmond
A twenty pound spherical shell fell near where
a spectator of the battle yesterday was st inding.
It did not explode, and he secured the shell and
brought it to the city as a relic of the field.
The Happy Family.—The New York Herald, of
a late date has the following :
' Sectionalism begins to creep out in the House
between the East and the West. It will not, for
awhile become as cancerous as that between the
North and the South, but indications are apparent
that it will become very strong in its political
action In the debate to-day upon the Pacific
railroad bill, the Western members intimated
plainly that the West wuuld soon be strong
enough to get her rights in Congress without beg
ging tor them as a favor. The members from the
West m the present Congress represent a popula
tion larger, by several hundred thousand, than
those from the East . . , ,
Frank P Blair, Jr., m some spirited remarks
in renlv to Mr. Morrill, of Vermont, imputed a
grasping disposition to the East. The great vics
tories over the rebels had, he said, been won by
western troops, and while the East had been paid
in full for their transportation of troops, the
western railroads had been for months delayed
Tn receding their dues. Their bills bad been re
duced and they are finally paid certificates, the
money having been all taken from the treasury
by thi eastern creditors of the government.
Mr Morrill, in responding, had his fling at Gen.
McClellan He said he gloried in the victories of
the western troops, but if eastern soldiers had
not been victorious, it was because they had not
had an opportunity. A western man had been
at their head. W< en eastern troops had been
led bv a Burnside they were victorious.
An Indiana member spoiled this remark by
stating that Burnside is a native of that Slate.
The Senate throughout showed that the West
is becoming restive and defiant.
Rumor.—lt was rumored on the street yester*
day, that Picayune Butler had been shot and kill
ed at New Orleans. If the rumor was not true,
, H ought to have been
VOL. 14.—N0 24
From the Richmond (Fa.) Examiners June 9d-
THE LINES IN.FRONT OF RICHMOND-THE
BATTLE OF SUNDAY NOT RESUMED ON
THE CHICKAHOMINY—FLAG OF TRUCE
FROM THE ENEMY FOR THE BURIAL OF
HIS DEAD, ETC., ETC-
Yesterflay morning it was the public expectai*
tion that events would culminate on the Chicka
hominy in the grand battle which must certainly
burst before the war cloud is dispelled, and stamp
the second day of June, in the history of the Con
federacy, as the "great diy for"which all other
days were made” but al 1 remained quiet, and
the enemy protected by his swamp, fastnesses,
seemed content to let it remain so.
During the morning it was said a flag of truce
came-from the headquarters of the eaemv asking
for a cessation.of hoatidties •o,’»'*—rY '"t
oi tne uead, wntcfi was granted, and both armies
engaged in the work.
About 4 o’clock yesterday the pickets on the
right wing of our army on the Chickahominy
were drawn in half a mile or more, the army
falling back a corresponding distance, carrying
with them all the tents, artillery, ammunition
and camp equipage, captured from the enemy on
Saturday. The tents numbered two hundred or
more, while the amount of fixed ammunition and
stores was large and valuable.
The abandonment of the camp position of the
enemy was not necessited by any movement of
theirs; but it was abandoned because of its near
proximity to the swamp, and its general unsuit*,
ableness for strategic operations therefrom in
the still further pushing of the enemy's lines.
Nothing of interest was stiring on the left wing
of the army. Persons who came in from the
lines at different points represent the condition
of the army as being most excellent, and the con
fidence in their on n invincibility stronger than
ever.
The weather was very warm, but the dead and
wounded had been removed—the former buried,
and the latter brought to the city.
Large numbers of persons, incited by idle cu
riosity to view the battle ground, attempted to -
pass in through the pickets yesterday, but they
were promptly stopped and sent back.
these properly authorized to succor the
aTid bury Hie dead were allowed to penetrate the
ground.
We learn that a few shells were thrown by the
enemy during the moving of our lines yesterday
morning, but no casualties occurred. It has
been, pretty reliably ascertained that the Yankee
loss in the two days’ contest was very serious.
Their wounded are being senton board transports
for shipment to For .ress Monroe and Washings
ton-
The enemy have evidently felt our abattis of
iron and lead, opposed to tbei,r-<»rtli feded
pine trees, and cowards behind them, and will
feel along our lines in the vain hope of discov
ering an unguarded gate to Richmond. We
shall’ disappoint them.. “
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THE NEWS.
The steamer Etiwan arrived at an early hour
Wednesday morning from Fort Johnson, with
several of ihe wounded in the fight of Tuesday,
and two wounded prisoners. The wounded
attended Ogier. Those vn_ boa[d.
geant Lee, of the Irish Volunteers, Corporal
JJiltou, of tbe Beauregard Light Infantrv, Private
W. L. Macbeth, of we Sumter Guards. These
were met on the arrival of the boat by numerous
friends, and the utmost attentions given them.
Private Hartnett, of the Irish Volunteers was the
only other member of that company wdunded,
in addition to Private Bresnan killed, and Ser
geant Lee wounded. All the rest are reported
Thos. Y. Simons, of the Charleston
Light Infantry, was slightly wounded by a piece
of shell which burst near him, wounding also
Lieutenant Clarkson and Sergeant Muckenfuss.
Rumors of another light early Wednesday morn*
ing were circulated, but proved to be only some
slight picket skirmishing. Picket skirmishing
continued throughout the day, with no loss to
either side so far as we could learn. A report
that the enemy’s fleet had left Stono bar is also
believed to be without foundation, although the
heavy blow of Tuesday night may have had its
effect in compelling theui to run out to sea or
seek shelter at Port Royal.
No doubt exists as to the landing of a consra*
erable force of the enemy on both John and
James’ Island. The indications point strongly to
an early engagement and severe tight. Our troops
have already given the enemy a foretaste of the
work before them. Whenever they advance we
confidently look forward to similar successful
results, in driving the invader back, and penna*
nently’checking his progress. -
We’shall endeavor to furnish our readers with
the earliest intelligence, avoiding, as far as pos
sible all mere rumors and reports, and publish*
ing nothing but what we get as authentic. The
movements on both sides, have, no doubt, been
delayed on account of the heavy rains for the last
two days, and the wearied state of the troops.
We have beard numerous reports and accounts
of the fight on James’ Island, but they add little
to the imformation already published. The force
of the enemy now on James' Island is sue posed
to be about 2,000, and the same number on John’s
Island.
It was also supposed and reported that the ene«
my landed a large number of troops during the
shelling of the woods Tuesday night.
A great deal of cannon firing was heard late in
the afternoon, and is believed to have been a
slight engagement between one of the gunboats
and a light battery on Stono.
Char, Courier, June 5.
The Latest.—We have received New York and
Philadelphia papers of Thursday, the met.,
but at such a late hour that we can only briefly
mention the most prominent news contained in
them.
Great fears were still felt throughout the North
that Jackson would capture Washington. The
celebrated New York Seventh—the same that
our Mayor and many of our citizens made them
selves such fools over not long since—had ar
rived in Baltimore en route to Washington. Sev
eral regiments of militia were also about leaving
New York for the same destination.
Gen. McClellan telegraphs Lincoln’s Secretary
of War that the battle of Hanover C. H. resulted
in a complete "rout of the rebels,” the Yankees
taking "500 prisoners and more conrngiin. Our
loss is s°t down at 1,000 in killed and wounded,
and that of the Yankees at 879.
General Halleck was within three quarters of
a mile of General Beauregard’s works, and a fight
was hourly expected.
The Y’ankee commander at Norfolk has stopped
the publication of a newspaper called the “Day
Book, recently published in that place.
No mention is made of the whearabouts
either Jackson or Banks. .
Richmond Examiner, June 3<z.
The Naval Officers at New Orleans.— The
Chat leston “Courier” says:
In reply to an inquiry in our last issue, Mr. 8.
Brock who has had excellent opportunities of
information, tells us that Captain Mclntosh, of
the steam gunboat Louisiana, was buried in New
Orleans on the 14th of May.
AU the other officers of the Louisiana, with
three exceptions, are prisoners.
Lieut. A. F. Warlev, of the steam ram Manas
sas, is a prisoner at Fort Warren.
Capt. Mitchell, flag officer of the squadron, eno
gaged below New Orleans, is also a prisoner.