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" V ' a A Vrf A M&7 v Av. ( V NEW: SELtlE-? VOL. IV-NO. 30.j: ; : ' WADESBOItOUGII, N.-C, THURSDAY, JULY; 10, 1862. tV.'IIOLE IxO. 188. ; . S , -V l i J.. - ; ; wPAsrciioia. r ,. Wb i shall slag If not the ehildrta? Did ot Jessa ! rr tnemr i'V V Mj they Ml, with other jewels, " ; .-'.', 8prkle in bta dUderoT ,v T7hjr W tbeta were voice pea-- 7 Cirdlike voices sweet nJ clear? ;,. ' Why, unlets the song of Heaven, ' ' V " They tegla to praotioe here? ttiTO't a ebnlr of Infant eoojrsterf t Vi'tite-robei, round the Suvloar's throne, Angela cease, and waiting, lUtonj '- "'" Ub I "tig tweeter than their wo .". " Faith en bear (bo rapturooa choral, i , , When her ear it upward tarned;; la not tale the Mot; perfected, . . Which opon tbe earth they learned? . .'Jesus, when on arth eqjournlng, Loved them with a wondroaa Iota; T ' t . .. And will be. to keeeen rotarniog, , V Falthleea to hie bleuing prove? ' 7"-7 " Oh I thty'eannot lng too aarly; IMhere. aund not in their way; r Xiirda do tint while Uey it hreakiag T v . , ; . TU me, then, why abonld not thry? From tba Kicbmond Whig, Joly 1. ' 7 . f v ' ; .Till EC8ULT THC8 FAR. : ' '.. j V ' ! The ie? of Richmond is raised. A rtuotiog tod oootdent armj, oar superior io uombers and . qoipraeoti," has been rooted tod pat to flight. An anscropaloui and pendacioue corainander has bad the historio leal of .falsehood stamped oo his botnbasuc balleiini.8ooibero prowcti ind dero lion baVo again bn oubljr aaterwd. AH nation are now enlightened u to , the unconquerable strength uf the CooWerate Suteaj thej bare shown that tbty ire wurthj of, and capable of " making good, their Independeucej and hare de monitrated, so that denial or caril or delaj would be abflutd, their right to be recognized at one ot Hthe PUwert of tba Karth! Thej hare etricken blow that will mike etery oeiee in Vankeedom quike and ache with fear. It will go hard with the great financial bobble," if it do oot collapse. Their greatest Ueoeral will lose caste, and their ' greatest army will lose confidence. We baTe gained largely in irma, horses and other talua bleaaa well as in experience and rtprit. The skies are trery biitfbt uver head, and the earth very firm under foot. "77 TUB OCNCRAL SCHEME. 1 The great conflict vt the t'hickahominy has beeii a series of battles. JUeglnniog with the grind dttuur ot Jackson from Hanover I' ll, to get io the ear of tbe enemy, and the vigorous onset of Gen. A. P. Hill at Meadow Bridge, to -effect a crbsatngaodTbear dowo on his light flank, the enemy haa been expelled from one foitificd position after another, whenever he made s sUud, nolil the whole, of his right wing wss driven Southward down the Ohickahominy a disUnce of some sixteen or eighteen miles. This itivolred the cutting off of tbe msin body of McClellan'a army, on aide of the river, from supplies and re inforcements, as well as from the natural Hue of bis retreat- Gen. Jckon bas nisde so wide a cirvuit and operated so much io the enemy's rear, that e have oomparativvly but little know! edcra aa to the details of his operations. We o ------ know, though, that he hss played fiuost impor KtoresM he had the means of transporting. A country, butts this is not within tonyenient reach it I of every readr we will state that a , line due ureal quantity of these latter, with i lage amount of camp'eqaippBge, was destroyed,, Ode grand hecatomb, not less than thirty feet hieh with a base oft bond red, feet diameter was found Iby j mlfes "distant, whiilst another line due e'lt would our advancing troops ot a short while after it had been tet on fire. This wu composed of ba co, coffee, tugar, salt, &e., &o. - It was skillfully interlarded with combustibles, and the beat had slready become so great that the burning pyra mid could not be approached. , , - ' . '. 7 TOf EETSEAT. 7 ' V-; ' Tbe evs coat ion, as far as could be judged, was' conducted with skill and in good order. The tr tillery sod ordnance stores ' were all carried off. A very heavy rear guard confronted our troops and gave back butalowly, Gen.Msgruder was en gsged an hour or two Suoday evening with a portion of this rear guard, about a mile and a half below the field of the Seven Pines. Their object seemed to be .to bold us at bay until night, thai they might escape under cover of the darkness. Along the track of their retreat smsll arms, knapsacks, overcoats, blankets, camp furniture and provisions were scattered in considerable profusion, bat nothing indicating s panio.or pell-mell fight. Prisoners csptored on this side of the Chickahott iny said that the evacuation excited profound sur prise in tbe army, as they were entirely ignorant of - what had occured on their right and rear. Tbey knew that . there was fighting beyond the river, but were not permitted to know the result. OURTROOP8. ' The favorite idea of those who but partially un derstood Southern character has been, that while north from Richmond would strike tbe Chick ahominy near the Jileadow Bridges, about , sir taut part in unearthing MoUellan and dislodging hiui from the fortifications in which he felt so perfectly secure. V bat bavoo he has plaved with enterprising Yankee sutlers and trades peo ple, and the hostaof camp followers, We can well imagine. 7" Stuart's daah -was the premonitory .pelting of which this was' the storm,: , MCCLKLLAN 8 STRONOUOLp. 7 ; McClellan's eutrenchd camp on this side of 'the Ohickahominy is described as a wotk ot thorough science and skill, and as betraying ao. aluiost iucrdiblo amount of Ubor. ...For defensive purposes, and held by brave troops,;it would have bee ii ImpregaabW. A gentleman of ialelligence - whoVexptorcd it thoroughly, gave it as his opin ion that it could have been held against any force abort of half a million of men. - The masterly plan of getting in McOlellan's resr end intercept iog bis supplies is the only one by which ne coald have been dislodged. ; 7 v V THE EVACUATION. '71-.' 'i '7' ' i v P,i isonera r atate tha't W cCleilan, realiiing bis " the fact that be was cut off from tbe base of his supplies, tho York ltiver and Pamunkey, com F tnenced evacuating his positions oo this side of the Chickahomtny as early. as Friday'niht. All Tilney .$fturday;5 torday;. night nd Sundaj,7b our troops might excel in dash and impetuosity, . . i - - " .,''' they lacked the endurance,' tbe constancy and solid momentum for continuing an obstinately contested effort. This delusion, it was never anything else, is now dispelled. For five dsys our irresistible legions " have pressed forward azainst a storm of shot and shell, over breastworks and ditches, through abatti and swamp, without food, or sleep, or rest, beating the enemy back itep by step, and never once recoiling or faltering. All along, this steady. forward movement has been . embellixhed and illustrated by pictures of .t. ' . i . i. . iniereci me same stream aooui eigni mues irom thejjity. . This line is nearly represented by the York River Railroad. Between Meadow Bridges and the latter railroad, the distance, we believe, ajo'ngl ibe Cblckabominy on tbe noTth side, is about ten miles. Two miles east of tbe Meadow Bridges is the Mechanicsville turnpike, further on Beaver Cam creek, emptying into the Ohicka hominy, then the New Bridge road, on which fOoal Harbor is located, and then Powhite creek the latter being two or three miles above the rail roadcrossing. . The lines of tbe Yankee army extended across the Ohickahominy near this point. South of the railroad is the Williamsburg stage rond, and connecting the latter . with the New road is the Nine Mile road. South of tbe Wil liamsburg road is tbe C bailee City road. STORMING ENIREXCIIMENTS. It now being 3 p in. and tbe head of our col umn in view of the .Federal camps, Gen. Pryor was sent forward with his ;brladerTo' drive away the heavy mas of skirmishers posted to our rear co annoy the advance. This heing accomplished with great success, and with little loss to us, Pryor returned and awaited orders. Meauwbile the Fed erals, from their camps and several positions on the high grounds, swept the whole face of the country with their numerous artillery, which would have annihilated our entire furce if not screened in the dip9 of the land and io gullies to our left. Advancing cautiously but rapid 'y in that dashing valor which had been mistaken as the substance and extent of Southern courage, but th 3 conspicuous fact has been the unfiinchit g fortitude and unwavering resolution with which our men have stood up to their work, and pressed on against all , odds ai.d. repaid less of all conse quences,. There is nothing superior to it in -all history. Truer and nobler manhood were never displayed. ' ' THE ANTECEDENTS OF THE FIGJIT. "'AH that was kruown to the public of the ar rangements for the battle, and the plans of the comuiahding General, Robert E. Lee, was rather inleretittl than positive. The brilliant achieve ments of ''Stonewall Jackson" in the Valley, led many to suppose that he Was.actirg independent ly of. the plan for the campaign in Eastern Vir ginia, but we doubt not, if the truth were known, that whilst hup as vested with large discretion as to his movements, h w.is actio? in harmony with the policy and plans of the distinguished Generals who were in command of the army be. After Jackson's victories, over the skirt of woods and in the dips to the left, Wilcox and Pryor deployed their men into line of battle rFeartherstone being in the real anjd suddenly appearing on the-plateau facing the timber-covered hill rushed down into the wide ally, crossed it, clambered over all the filled timberstormed tbe timber breast works beyond it, aod begun the ascent of the hill, under a ter rific firo of tbarpspooters, arid an incessant dis charge of grape and canister, from pieces posted on the. brow, ofjhe .hill, and frotir batteries in their camps to the right on the hiprh flat lands. Such a position was never stormed before. In de sending' into the deep creek, the infantry and ar tillery fire that assailed the.' three brigades- was most terrific. Twent)-six pieces were thunder ing at them, and a perfect hailstorm of lead fell thipk and fast around them. One of Wil cox's regiments wavered down the General up to madness, Wilcox, Featherstone' and Pryot;' dash forward at a run, and drive the enemy with' irresistible fury to our left emerge Hood's Texan 7 brigajej'. Wbitfo'gr'r comesaftef, , iEadPcpder 77 follows I The line is now complete, and "forward'! ringa from one end of theine to the'other and the Yankees, over 80,000 strong, begin torefreatf, i Wheeling their artillery from the front, the ed ' '. erals turn part of h to breskjour left, and njjiji their retreat. ; The yery earth shakes , at . the ' roar ! Not one piece cf curt hat jtt openedTt' all hat been done with the hdlet and boyonett , and onward press our troops through camps OpOa camps, capturing guns, stores, arms, clothing, &o. Yes, like bloodbonnds on he trail, the six bri gades sweep everything before them, presenting an unbroken, solid, front, and closing in upon the enemy, keep up an incessant succession of volleys upon their confused masses, and nneringly slaugh tering them by hundreds and thousands 1. "STONEWALL," AT WOEK. But "where is Jackson f" ask all; He has travelled fast, anJ is heading the retreating foe,' and as night closes in, all is tnxiety for intelli gence from him. Tis now aboat 7 p. m, and just at tbcirout of the eneiny-iscomplete-just-. as tbe last volleys are sounding in the enemy's , rear the distant and rapid dischargee of cannoai i tel that Jackson has fallenVupon the retreating . column, broken it, and captured 3000 prisoners 1 Far in tbe night, his inwtiableUroops lang upon : the enemy, and for miles upon miles are dead, wounded, prisoners, wagons, cannon, 'ic., scat tered in inextricable confusion tfpon tbe road. Thus7 for four hours,' did our inferior force, un- aided by a single piece of artillery, withstand-1 over thirty thousand of the enemy, assisted by . twenty-six pieces of artillery 1 In total, we captured many prisoners, and thirty pieces of artillery up to 5 p. m., Friday, and in the battle of Gaines, Mills captured 26 field pie ces, 15,000 stand of arms, C stand of colors, three General? (Reynolds, Sanders and Rankin), and over 4000 prisoners, including dozens of officers' of every grade- from Colonel to lieutenants of the line. " THE LOSS OX BOTH SIDES,. fdre-Richmond the Yankees at Cross Keys and Port Republic, lieavy-reinforcementajLwere ent -to t he-Valley, and tne opinion seemea wen lounueu iuai u was. the intention of our Jjovcrnnient to give Jackson n sufficient army to penetrate Pennsylvania, ia response to the popular clamor,-for offensive war fare ; or, at least, to make a 'diversion to prevent reinforcements from coing to McClellaqWhat- ever may have been the object of the movement it is no longer a secret that Jackson's army, including the reinforcements sent to him from R iehiuond and other : poinlsr didnot.niarch tc- wards the land of Peon, but, on tbe contrary, travellttd by railroad towards the seat of war, in this vicinity. The troops sent to him ' frou. Richmond (Law's. and II oodV" Brigades) certain jy bad a very circuitous journey, but 4,tbe lon$ est way 'round is often the shorest way "across, and so it proved in tbis instance. :7 7 u A TOPOGRAPHICAL 8 KETCH A correot under$tandingojTthe jKyiition-qf tbtl rushed furiously, sword in hand, and threatened to behead the first man that hesitated, Pryor steadily advanced, but slowly.; and by the time that the three brigades had. stormed the position, passed op the bill through timber, and over felled trees, Feartherstone was far in advance. Quick ly; the Federals withdrew their pieces, and took up a fre-th position to assail the three brigades advapcingin perfect line of battle from the woods and upon the pleateau. Officers had no horses, all were shot Brigadiers marched on foot, sword in hand regiments were commanded by Captains, f and companies by Sergeants, yet onward tbey rushed with yells and cttlors flying; and backward; still backward ranherFelierals7Uicjf meii turn bled every tnonient in scores.. But what' a sight et--tbereye8fTth44.bree-.gallant-brigadea?-i-00Q in front stood Federal camps, 'stretching to the northwcs.t for miles ! Drawn up in line ofbattle weVe more than three full divisions, commanded by IcCall Porjter,Sedgewick,&c. banners dar- Keneu toe air artillery vomited lortn mcessaui volleys of giape', canister and ; shell heavy masses were moving on our left through the woods to flank us 1 Yet onward came Wilcox to the fight, Pryor to tbe left, and Feartherstone in the centre one grand, matchless line ot Dattie ai We have been at great pains to ascertain tbe number of our wounded in the engagements com menced last Thursday evening, and continued almost uninterrupted since, and are glad to an nounce that it has fallen fii short of our fears and expectation. . At five o'clock yesterday even ing all of our wounded had been removed from the ' field, either to the roadside hospitals or to this city. Two thousand have been received at the city hospitals, and gentlemen who have been od L t.he. different battle fields, engaged in the removal of the wounded since the beginning of the first ffcht, inform us there are at most not more than from four to five hundred in the roadside or field . j hospitals. :'7 " " ' " ' ' '" Of the number of our killed we have no means of making an estimate, but it will be seen' that our wounded fall short of those of the Seven Pines by several hundred. With regrrd to theenemy'sjlosse?,he estimates vary from 15,000 to 20,000 killed, wounded and missinsr. Five thousand prisoners had been taken up to Sunday noon, and the Yankee loss in killed and wounded, aL.the least calculation, was 10, THE BOOTY. most consumed by exploits of-the day yet on ward they advanced to the heart of the Federal position, and vben the enemy hd fairly succeeded ai almost flanking us on the left, great com mo ion is heard iu tbe woods 1volleys upou volleys are heard in rapid succession which are recog nized and cheered by our men "It is Jackson!" they shout, on their right and rear I" Y's, two ic.4brjee.brigadea gf jlakaop's .trmj bAvq flanked The cannon and arms captured in 'this battle were numerous and jjf yery superior workman ship. The 26 pieces were the most beautiful we ha've evefseenrwhile immense piles of guns could be seen on every hand many scarcely having the manufacturer's "finish" even tarnished. .The enemy seemed 'quite willing to throw them awat on the slightest pretext, doxens being found wiln -loads still undischarged. The number of small arms osptured, we understabd, was not less than 15.000, of every calibre and every make. The field pieces taken are principally Napoleon, Parrot and Blakely (English) guns. W have captured large quantities of army wagons,tent3, equipments, shoes.. " A - ' - - 1 - Money was found quite abundantly among tbe slain. . Some men, in interring the dead, often . searched, the poeKetetQ .ooe. jnan;flndR not Tiss than $150 id gold j anotber tshedout 'sonit "
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