The Sun.
London, England, 1862-08-01 00:00:00

SPORTING. INTELLIGENCE•

GO ODW OOD RACES.—THURSDAY.
The attraction of a Cup Day to the , British public:is
manifested on every racecourse in the kingdom. The ad-
mirers of beauty combined with usefulness know that they
will see it in the thoroughbred horse, and they further
know that the best of those noble animals are selected to
win the coveted prize. At no place to which our duty calls
us are these facts better elucidated than at Goodwood. The
entries are larger than for cups elsewhere, the company
more select, and the fields of starters generally better.
Year after year the attendance at this meeting increases,
and the Grand Stand contained yesterday more visitors
than have ever heretofore promenaded on its lawn. The
long rows of seats beneath its tall trees were occupied by
ladies, the saloon and balcony were full, the weather was al
that could be wished, the racing before the Cup not of a
nature to engross too much attention, and the time allowed
between each event sufficient for the indulgence in specu-
lation by all who had a taste for it. The Wizard was firm
in his position, Fairwater advanced in favour, and Zetland
receded; the others remained as before until the weighing
commenced, when Tim Whiffler was backed with such
eagerness that he quickly became second favourite. The
seven ran, as described below, at a fair pace, and the winner
of the Chester Cup displayed his vast superiority by win-
ning literally in a cosier. The Wizard has, we hear, finished
his career on the turf, as he was very lame when he pulled
up. One of the most beautiful contests ever witnessed took
place between two 2-yr-olds in the Molecomb Stakes, each
ridden by a first-rate jockey. The assembled visitors
shortly afterwards began to disperse, and the glories of the
Cup Day at Goodwood ceased before six o'clock.
The Second Year of the Eleventh Bentinck Memorial
Stakes, a triennial etakes of 10 sous each, for foals of
1859; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 31b. Gratwicke Stakes

Course. 25 subs.
Mr. J. H. C. Wyndham's Innellan (S. Rogers) 1
Mr. Savile's Buckenharn (Aldcroft) 2
Mr. Merrifield's Margery (Drew) 3

Betting-7 to 4—at first, sto 2—on Buckenham, 9to 4
agst Innellan, and 6 to 1 agst Margery.
Innellan made all the running, was never approached,
and won in a canter by four lengths; Margery beaten off.
The First Year of the Twelfth Bentinck Memorial Stakes,
a triennial stakes of 1C sovs each, for foals of 1860 ; colts,

Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 41b. T.Y.C. 28 subs.
Mr. J. Bowes's Old Orange Girl, Bst 4113 (Aldcroft) 1
Lord Stamford's Aracan, Bst 71b (A. Edwards) 2
Mr. 11, Smile's nines Lee 800, Bat 7113 ....(Fordham) 3

The following also ran :—Splitvote colt, Jemima filly,
Lady Superior, and Declaration.
Betting-6 to 4 agst Old Orange Girl, sto 1 agst Decla-
ration, and 6 to 1 each agst Lady Superior and Aracan.
The Jemima filly was the first off, and came on with a
clear lead, waited upon by Lady Superior, the Splitvote
colt, Declaration, and Prince Lee 800, Old Orange Girl
leading the ruck on the upper side, some two or three
lengths away. On reaching " the dip" the Splitvote colt
burst a bloodvessel, and J. Goater immediately stopped
him, and his place was taken by the favourite. At the dis-
tance the Jemima filly, Lady Superior, and Declaration
gave way to Prince Lee 800, who for a few strides appeared
in front, but was then passed by Aracan and Old Orange
Girl, the latter waiting to the stand and winning in a can-
ter by three lengths, Aracan beating Prince Lee 800 by a
head for second ; Lady Superior was fourth, close up ; De-
claration next.

Sweepstakes of 50 sous each, h ft, for 3-yr-olds; colts, Bst
71b, and fillies Bst 21b. Mile and a half. Nine subs.
Colonel Towneley's Imperatrice, Bst 21b ......(Bullock) 1
Mr. Henry's Malek, Bst 71b
Mr. Merry's The Knave, Bst 71b (Aldcroft) 3
Lord Stamford's Blackcock, Bst 71b (Edwards) 4
- .

Betting-5 to 4 agst Imperatrice, 6to 4 agst The Knave,
and 5 to 1 agst each of the others.
Malek made the running, followed by Imperatrice, with
Blackcock lying off, to the top of tho hill, on descending
which Blackcock approached the other horses, and all were
nearly abreast at the distance. Malek had his head in front
at the half distance, where lmperatrice challenged, and won
a very fine race by a neck. The Knave finished two lengths
behind the second. _ .

The Racing Stakes of 50 BOVS each sub, for 3-yr-olds; colts
to carry Bst 71b, and fillies Bst 41b. Winners extra. One

mile. 5 subs.
Lord Stamford's Canb,ts, Bst 71b . (A. Edwards) 1
Mr. Gratwicke's Ashford, Bst 71b
Mr. Henry's Duneira, Sst 71b
Betting opened at evens and closed at 7 to 4 on Ashford
and 5 to 2 agst Cepheus.
The favourite made play to the distance, where Cepheus
joined him, the pair running together to the stand, where
the latter took a clear lead, and won in a canter by five
lengths. Duneira, who bolted at the top turn, was pulled
up, and walked in some time after.
The Goodwood Cup, value 300 sovs, added to a sub of 20
sovs each, h ft. The second horse to receive £lOO out of

the stakes. Two miles and a half. 26 subs.
Lord W. Powlett's Tim Whiffler, 3 yrs, ist 71b (Bullock) 1
Mr. J. Pilling ns Zetland, 3 yrs, 7st 71b......(Hibberd) 2
Mr. A. Nichol's The Wizard, 5 yrs, 9st 71b.... (Rogers) 3
The following also ran :—Audrey, Umpire, Fairwater,
and Feu de Joie.

Betting-9 to 4 agst The Wizard, 10 to 3 agst Tim
Whiffler, 5 to 1 agst Fairwater, 6 to 1 agst Zetland, 100
to 8 each agst Audrey and Feu do Joie, and 25 to 1 agst
Umpire.
After the usual preliminary business of cantering and
parading in front of the stand and its enclosure, Mr.
M'George speedily got them in order, and despatched them
from the post, Tim Whiffler immediately rushed to the
front, followed by Zetland, Audrey, Fairwater, and Umpire,
Feu de Joie and the favourite being the two last. But on
fairly settling into their places Audrey rushed to the front
and made the running at a strong pace, Tim Whiffler
going on second, Zetland third, and Umpire fourth; then
came Fairwater, with the other two still lying away, in
which order they proceeded to the Craven Course turn,
when Lord W. Powlett's colt joined Audrey, the pair run-
ning together two or throe lengths in advance of Zetland,
who appeared so far in front of Umpire and Fairwater,
the latter pair running close together. But on reaching
the woodsido Audrey suddenly gave way, leaving Tim
Whiffler with the command, who was shortly after joined
by Zetland, the pair coming on together with a clear lead
of three lengths of Umpire. The latter, however, was
beaten half way up the hill, and Fairwater, with the favou-
rite in attendance, became their immediate follower, no-
thing else appearing to possess a chance. On rounding the
turn into the straight, Bullock slightly increased his lead,
which he improved as he proceeded, and leaving Zetland
in difficulties at the distance, he eased Tim, and cantered
home the winner by a dozen lengths. The Wizard, who
passed Fairwater half a distance from home, finished a
wretched third ; Feu de Joie and Fairwater, both pulling
up, were the next two ; Audrey and Umpire being the two
last, beaten off a long way. Run in 4 min. 55 sec.
The Molecomb Stakes of 50 soya each sub, h ft, for 2-yr-
olds, colts to carry Bst 71b, and fillies Bst 41b. The owner
of the second horse to receive back his stake. T.Y.C.

18 subs.
Mr. Merry's Wasp colt, Bst 71b (Aldcroft) 1
(Rogers) 2
Sir H. Des Vceux's Warhorse, Bst 71b
(Custance) 3
Count F. de Lagrange's Armagnac (m. alb ex), Bst 121 b
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(Fordham) 5
Mr. R. C. Naylor's Stampede, Bst 71b.. (Challoner) 6
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Betting-6 to 5 agst Autmaton, 3 to 1 agst Armagnac,
and 4 to 1 agst the Wasp colt.
BstBst 41b (Fordham)
As theflag fell Curie jumped aside and lost a little ground,
when Armagnac and Stampede set off in front, with Auto-
maton and the W asp colt almost level with them. They ran
thus to the dip, where Stampede was beaten, and the Wasp
colt took his place. At the stand Curie was passed by War-
horse, and Automaton endeavoured to catch Armagnac and
Wasp, who then singled themselves out. A magnificent
race between the two was decided in favour of Mr. Merry's
colt by a head, Warhorse being beaten three lengths from
the second.
The Chichester Stakes (handicap) of 10 sovs each, h ft,
with 100 added, for three-yr-olds and upwards. T.Y.C.
21 subs.
Duke of Beaufort's Birdhill, 3 yrs, 78t . . (Judd) 1
Captain Christie's Spicebox, 5 yrs, Bst 101 b.. (Fordham) 2
Lord Westmoreland's Knight of the Bath, 3 yrs, sst 71b
(J. Grimshaw) 3
The following also ran :_Vancouver, Agag, Peignoir,
Enfield, Tisiphone, and Wild Duck.
Betting-5 to 2 agst Knight of the Bath, sto 1 each agst
Spicebox and Birdhill, 6 to 1 agst Tisiphone, 10 to 1 each
agst Enfield and Agag, 100 to 8 agst Wild Duck, and 20 to
1 agst Vancouver.

Enfield, and Spicebox,
half distance Birdhill
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to the end, and won cleverly by three parts of a
length. A bad third. Agag was fourth, Wild Duck fifth,
and Peignoir last.
The Third Year of the Tenth Bentinck Memorial Stakes,
a triennial stakes of 10 sovs each, for foals of 1858 ;
colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 21b. Queen's Plate Course.
29 subs.
Mrs. Osbaldeston's Came ' o ...... ........ (Aldcroft) 1
Mr. H. Savile's Reveille .................... (Goater) 2
Betting-6 to lon Canierino.

Yesterday the hop planters of Kent and Sussex,
to the number of upwards of 400, assembled in the
grounds attached to the residence of Lord Harry
Vane, Battle Abbey, for the purpose of celebrating
the recent repeal of the Excise duty on hops. The
occasion afforded quite a holyday to the folks of
Battle, and the streets were gaily decorated with
flags and evergreens. A large pavilion was erected
on the lawn in front of the Abbey, and in this, at 3
o'clock, between 400 and 500 persons sat down to
dinner. The chair was occupied by Lord Harry
Vane, M.P., and among those by whom he was sup-
ported were Sir W. Brook Bridges, M.P., Mr. J. G.
Dodson, M.P., Mr. E. C. Egerton, M.P., Mr. P, 0.
Papillon, M.P., the Dean of Battle, Mr. T. Brassey,
Mr. 0. H. Frewen, Mr. R. C. Pomfret, &c.
After the usual loyal and patriotic toasts,

Mr. E. C. EGERTON, M.P., proposed " The health
of the Chairman." He said they had met for the
celebration of a great victory in the repeal of a tax
which they who lived in the counties of Kent and
Sussex believed to be a most objectionable tax, and
he was sure they would agree with him in saying
that they could have no better president than their
noble chairman, who, during the long period he had
attended in Parliament, had always voted in favour
of free trade, and who now at the close of 23 years
of public life was enabled to see the last stone put
to the edifice of free trade. He came from the
notthern counties, which, although having no direct
interest in hops, had felt the injustice that had been
done to the hopgrowers by the continuance of a re-
striction that had been fCmoved from other branches
of trade. He had great pleasure in proposing the
heclth of their noble chairman as an honest and con-
sistent politician, who for many years had been an
advocate of free trade, not only in corn but in hops
also. (Cheers.)
The CHAIRMAN, in responding, said the meeting
of that day was held for the purpose of celebrating
a great moral victory, which he held this to
.be,
inasmuch as the impost from which they were now
relieved was a most unjust and most partial one.
Its incidence fell sorely upon a certain class ; it was
not shared in by the generality of the community
and therefore it was unjust. (Cheers_) He knew
it had been held, by political economists especially,
that none of its incidence fell upon the hop-
growers, but that the consumers in the long run
paid the tax. This might be true in some respects,
but it was not so in its entirety. Those who were
practical hopgrowers and had been engaged for many
hops,
tepfesil heavily on them
knew what the
in years when they had a large abundance of hops
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tchualttidvuattyionwaosf.
of inferior quality. The tax-collector was inexo-
rable—he had to be paid whether the growers re-
ceived their money or not. The growers were
forced by the circumstances of the case and the
nature of the market to hold their hops for a con-
siderable period, and the money they had to pay
never came back into their pocket. Therefore, he
said, it was an unjust tax, and that inasmuch as it
was an unjust tax it was an immoral tax, and he
was happy now to congratulate the hopgrowers on
having got rid of an impost so heavy in its nature
and so unjust in its character. (Cheers.) They
had met for the purpose of congratulating them-
selves on the repeal of that tax, and also to pro-
nounce a funeral panegyric on the Hop Excise
Duty Repeal Association. They were indebted to
that society for the part it had taken in this ques-
tion for so many years. It had taken its rise in
this county under the auspices of his friend the
secretary, Mr. Bacon, who took a most prominent
port in this agitation and who refused from the
first all compromise. The prospects of the society
were gloomy fora short time. Mr. Gladstone then
somewhat altered the nature of the duty. Mr.
Gladstone proposed a certain repeal that was insig-
nificant in amount, and he proposed the introduc-
tion of foreign hops on an equality with English
hops. This threw into the ranks of those who
were trying to obtain the repeal of the duty the
great hop proprietors of Kent, to whom, with Mr.
Beresford Hope, they were in a great measure in-
debted for the result that had been attained. His
friend Mr. Dodson had taken an early and distin-
guished part in the movement for the repeal. Mr.
Dodson was joined by others, and the result was
the hopgrowers had been successful, and were now
met for the purpose of celebrating their triumph.
(Cheers.) The hop duty had been at length sur-
rendered, and those who chose to grow hops might
now grow them without fear of the tax-collector.
(Cheers.) Whether it would be advantageous to
do so was another question. He did not recom-
mend those to grow hops who had not grown
them before, nor would he hold out prospects that
might not be realised. Hopgrowing was freed
from the incubus that had attached to it; but the
crop was a very precarious one, and it was for the
hopgrowers to say how far it would be advantage-
ous to continue the cultivation. But at any rate
they could continue it without fear of the tax col-
lector, and if there came a bad year, without the
necessity of raising by borrowing in order to satisfy
the Government demands. (Cheers.)
Mr. DODSON, M.P., in proposing " The health of
Mr. Body, the Vice-Chairman,,, remarked that the
Hop Excise Duty Repeal Association, of which that
gentleman had been chairman, had been of great
service. He was afraid that its history was not one
that could be thought sufficiently exciting or ro-
mantic to adorn a tale, but it might serve to point
a moral, and the moral was how difficulties that
seemed insuperable might be overcome by the firm-
ness and determination of hard working and hard
headed men. (Cheers.)
Mr. BODY returned thanks.

ament. J.
iscthouennt Pevensey and Mr* .1.• S•btehres
proposed
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Mr. DODSON apologised for the absence of his
colleague, Lerd Pevensey, and remarked
that at
length, in 1862, the hop duty was repealed.
It had
been the lot of Mr. Gladstone to take off at
Mr. Harley had imposed in 1711 ax which
, and now,
first time for 150 years, the hopgrower for the
might
enter
his garden and walk about his farm
without having
his footsteps dogged by the exciseman,
or he might
shut the door of his oasthouse in the face of any
myrmidons of the Government who might feel in-
clined to pry into his business. (Cheers.) He did
not know that it was possible to say what changes
might arise from an industry being set free that had
been so long held in legislative trammels. He took
it, however, as quite certain that the hopgrower
would in future be free from the heavy losses which
the duty inflicted on him in years of large crops
and small prices. Hopgrowing had
now become
a simple farming operation, left to natural
causes. It might be that, owing .
to the costly
nature of the prduction and the precarious
nature of the crop, it would always remain a
somewhat more speculative branch of business than
any other branch of farming. The
hopgrower
might continue to be in a certain sense perhaps a
gambler ; but, at all events, he would be playing a
game of which he had a free opportunity of measur-
ing the chances; he would also have the Chancellor
of the Exchequer standing over him, and saying at
every opportunity, ~ I double your stakes." And
there was this peculiarity about the Chancellor of
the Exchequer doubling the stakes, that he doubled
them if the hopgrower lost, but he never doubled
them if the hopgrower won. (Cheers and laughter.)
So far as the public at large were concerned, he
thought the supply of hops would be more abun-
dant, above all, more steady and
dant, uniform from
year to yea
r• • The consequence would be that the
beer we drank would be healthier and better. Owen
Burton, in his "Anatomy of Melancholy," said,
" Beer made without hops is productive of heavi-
ness ; and that well h
ness and hopped beer is
an antidote to it." If this were so, Mr. Gladstone
would, by the repeal of the hop duty, have contri-

buted something to make England that which it
was generally called—merry England. (Cheers.)
He was quite sure Mr. Gladstone had done so as
far as the hopgrowers were concerned. He had
attended many meetings of hopgrowers, but this
was the first he had attended that was not a scene
of woe and lamentation. (Laughter.) He might
say that this was the first time he had seen a hop-
grower at a hopgrowers' meeting with a smile on
his face. (Laughter.) When he looked round the
meeting, he saw many familiar faces he had been
used to meet at hopgrowers' meetings, but really
they were so changed that were it not for his inti-
mate acquaintance with them, he should not have
been able to recognise them. (Renewed laughter.)
As it was, he was glad to see the change that had
come over them, and he begged most heartily to
congratulate them on that change.

Mr. T. BRASSEY proposed the health of those
members of the House of Commons who had sup-
ported the repeal of the hop duty, and
Mr. P. PAPILLON responded.
Some other toasts were given, and the proceed-
ings terminated.

THE ORLEANS PRINCES Al THE BATTLE
BEFORE RICHMOND.

The following extracts from letters addressed by
the Prince de Joinville to his brother Due d'Aumale,
have been published :

Lincoln, June 27.
. . . The day before yesterday it was suddenly
announced that Jackson was marching upon the
Potomac at the head of a considerable force, in order
to act upon our rear, to break up the railway and
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forces. All that greatly complicates our situation.
Not being able to detach troops to meet Jackson
and defend White House as well our line of com-
munication, the general has deeided upon aban-
doning
it completely ; he has therefore ordered
all his troops to cross to the right bank of the
Chickahominy, and to take, up a new basis of ope-
rations upon James River under the protection of
the gunboats. The enemy commenced his move-
ment last evening. He crossed to the left bank of
the above-mentioned river at Mildon-bridge, in
order to attack M'Call's division at Meunitville.
The attack was made by General Lee, at the head
of Witt's division. Some Louisiana regiments at-
tempted to pass by main force, but were repulsed.
A fight took place there, which) however, was not
followed by any important result. That same night
we conveyed our baggage over to the right bank of
the Chickahominy. At this moment the enemy is
attacking the troops which have remained on the
left bank in order to cover the bridges.
Savage Station, June 28,
Fort Monroe, July 1.

Yesterday will ever remain deeply engraven on
my memory ; in the first place, on account of the
soul-stirring scenes I witnessed; and in the next,
by reason of the dangers which our two nephews
es2aped as by a miracle. For four hours Paris
(the Count of Paris) and for two hours Robert (the
Duke of Chartres) were incessantly under a most
violent fire of musketry and artillery. Their con-
duct was as might have been expected, excellent.
They have been exceedingly active and useful, and
at the critical moment evinced a firmness which has
excited universal admiration and gained them pub-
lic thanks. But to return to my narrative.
'We knew that the forces under the command of
General Porter, situated on the left bank of the
Chickahominy, were being attacked from an early
hour in the morning. The action commenced about
one o'clock. Paris was immediately despatched, and
remained under the orders of Porter. The affair
becoming more and more warm, the balloon announc-
ing that strong reinforcements had been sent from
Richmond, and everything being comparatively
tranquil upon the right bank, the general gave
orders for five brigades to join Porter. Robert was
sent at that moment to the front, and our two ne •
phews thus finding themselves both in the " trough"
(petrin), I also went to the front, in order to see
what would become of them. I galloped over the
bridge on the Chickahominy, and mounting the
opposite hills found our troops in an undulating
country, composed of vast fields and woods, upon a
line of battle measuring about a mile and a half. I
then passed a battery very warmly employed, and
rejoined our nephews, who were in the first line
with General Porter. Neither they nor he appeared
to perceive that balls rained thick and fast around
them. After a moment's con versation, orders to be
transmitted sent our nephews in all directions. We
separated, and I took up a position on a hill in the
rear, whence I had a pretty general view of the field
of battle, and from which I could distinguish our
nephews, especially Paris, who wore a peculiar
kind of hat.

I was admiring the grandeur of the scene spread
out before me—we had about 35,000 men engaged ;
a numerous artillery, the reserve of cavalry, the
lancers with their floating pennons—all in the midst
of a most picturesque country and the whole
illuminated by the blood-red rays of the
setting sun—when all of a sudden, at the
place where Porter was, the fusillade be-
came intensely hot. The reserves are excited by
hurrahs, and sent by degrees into the woods. The
fusillade becomes more and more fierce, and extends
to our left. There is no longer any doubt that the
enemy is making a last effort on that side. Our
reserve is engaged, and we no longer have anybody
under our hand. The sun is rapidly sinking. If
we are able to hold out another hour we shall have
gained the day, for everywhere else we have re-
pulsed the enemy, and the efforts of Jackson, Lee,
Witt, and Longstreet, whose troops are before us,
are vain. But our men are harassed with fatigue ;
they have been fighting since the morning, and
have scarcely any ammunition left. The enemy
brings forward reserves which he has been collect-
ing since twelve o'clock. Those fresh troops rush
in good order upon our left, which falters, flies, and
passing through the artillery draws on in disorder
the troops of our centre. The enemy advances
rapidly. The staff, our nephews at its head, draw
their swords and throw themselves into the melee to
arrest the fugitives. The standards are planted in
the ground, and around them the bravest make a
stand by rallying themselves in little groups. The
fusillade and cannonade are so violent that the pro-
jectiles striking the ground raise a permanent cloud
, of dust. At that moment General Cook charged at
the head of his cavalry, but that move does not
succeed, and his horsemen, on their return, only in-
crease the disorder. He makes every effort, aided
by all who felt a little courage, to stop the panic, but
in vain. I joined a few officers who attempted to
check the artillery, and we succeeded by absolutely
barring the way and seizing the horses by the
bridles. By that means we were enabled to put
two or three pieces in position on the slope of a hill,
and with them we harassed the enemy by the last
rays of day.
At that conjuncture 11leagher's Irish Brigade
arrived, which, uttering a few savage cries, ranged
itself in order of battle, and the enemy was checked.
At that moment also I was joined by our nephews,
who, each on his side, and acting on his sole inspi-
ration, like men of courage and intelligence, had
done all they could to stay the confusion, and, God
be praised, without accident. We warmly shook
hands. Each had had his adventures. Robert,
sent to carry an order, and returning at dusk, Was
fortunate enough to escape being taken by a regi-
ment of the enemy, which he mistook for One f
ours. He was only undeceived by that
regiment
firing on him.
Paris directed up to the last moment the fire of
a German battery. Our loss is considerable. Sykes'
brigade has lost one half of its men. Bat the enemy
must be sadly cut up, From twelve to six all their
efforts have miscarried, and the only advantage
they have gained Ber
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fresh brigade had arrived in time all would have
been changed into a brilliant success ; but such is
the fortune of war. I only rejoice at one thing,
which is, that we have delayed a forced departure
in order not to abandon the army in its critical
situation, and also that our nephews should have
borne themselves in the brilliant manner they
have done.
After the battle of the 27th the concentration of
the Confederate forces bad become inevitable ; it was
necessary to retreat. It was decided to cross W hits-
beck Swamps, behind which a halt was to be mace
in order to give time for the baggage to post on to
James River, where a new basis of operations was
to be established under the protection of the gun-
boats. Between 5,000 or 6,000 waggons were em-
ployed on one single road between York River and
James River, On the morning of the 30th all had
crossed Whitebeck Swamps. We left Savage Sta-
tion on the morning of the 29th, in the midst of a
dense fog, and followed that road encumbered with
wounded, and crossed Whitebeck Swamps, which
is a kind of woody marsh. But, when we arrived,
the head of the column had alone passed. We heard
musketry on before, and, galloping forward, I met
Keser, who informed me that we had repulsed the
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enemy's cavalry, which had attempted to molest our
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rear It
We
not left his position. At nightfall we encamped,
and at dawn of day I learnt that all our waggons
and all our troops had passed Whitebeck Swamps.
.h It is thes n hear
enemy
attacking a
On the morrow we advanced., scorched by a burn-
ing Ewa, tywaLdo James River. Tho oaneral con-
ferred with the commanders of the gunboats, and
then galloped off with our nephews. We soon hear
the report of cannon, and the enemy sttacks Smith
(who holds Whitebeck Swamps). Another attack
is made on the centre of our line. Those
attacks having thrown the enemy into a kind of
disorder, the general returns with us to the gun-
boats, in order to confer with Captain Rodgers.
We embark upon the Galena; while there, a re-
port is sent from the rear announcing that a power-
ful body of the enemy is adv • ancing towards the
position occupied by Porter. Immediately we
ascend the river, in order to throw the weight of
our cannon balls into the scale, and
open a fierce
fire. The lieutenant is at the masthead with
the
signal officer, who telegraphs with the men who
work Porter's signals, which are placed on the roof
of a house in order to direct our fire. I also climb
up to the mast-head, in spite of my jack-boots and
spurs. In the beat of the action the helmsman
forgets to steer straight, and the Galena runs
ashore—a disagreeable thing, as immediately the
enemy covers the neighbourhood with sharpshooters.
We at last get off, and Porter's fire slackens. We
thence conclude that the enemy is repulsed, and a
" fraternisation " with th© " blue jackets" takes
place, in which I participate. The general returns
to his head-quarters, and we separate from him We
then went to Fort Monroe on board a gunboat, the
Jacob Bell, which was sent here with despatches.