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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.. “ .—__— • 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.