The New York herald., 1862-06-17

NEAs RIcRNoHD, June IL, isoz.
/ . Battle a FSiS Oaks--AcC7ei0a asd HIS Any ~ =
~ BAsle-9He Bottle HAd-Th< Killed and va sS'asa-
zAs Hospials-TAs Los BotA Sides, DC. !.
eoon after this conflict had been closed, and whAi
was anticipated that the grand and na battle OF the ~
bsllon was AZ haRd General Mcclellan, aooompa-
MED by his brilliant stan. rode along the lines and
through the ranks Of his victorious troops Malicious
slancsrsrs, designing nen disturbe a The pubic con
ndencs enemies q the country might call tho issue
reverss defeat or the Onion army but the result at
tests Justice holding the balance. has proclaimed and
history viii est lblhh this fact, that this occasion
portion OF McC,ans troops hen attacked By vastly
superior numbers, which obtained temporary advan
sge finally the enemy from tho ground with heavy
loss ana achieved glorious victory. AZ Cen. AcCisi
Ian rode through tho ranks thinner now by amost sir
thousand by or the absence Of those who had
been killed and wounded, he was greeted everywhere
with immense enthusiasm The rsverberatons Of those
triumphant chssrs-chesrs q for their youthful
military chieltain and for their splendid vctory-ran
through the rebel and increased the discontinue and
humiliation Of the enemy He rode the battle nsd,
spoke wors Of sympathy and tsnderrsss tho wound
ed animated the various regiments with the confidence
which his personal presence inspires, and pointed thsm
70 deeds Of greater glory Il was after this that no
issued that spirited address 70 his soldiers.
The fields and woods whore the battle ragged were
strewn with the killed and wounded. The long line OF
smOulanoes showed how sangunary had been tho con-
tsst Five hundred wounded wero taken 70 General
Heintzslmans headquarters, At Sangsters station,
Saturday night, and sent TO White House for
treatment. They were followed by more. Tho
sur geons were exceedingly scient in dressing wounds
upon the field, and, subsequently, in caring for the
heroes In the hospitals All the buildings in tho neigh
borhooc Of the Of action appropriated for
that purpose; but they inadequate TO the
conmodation Of the hundreds which were being
brought to swell the numbers already In.
There discrimination made-the suffering SOL
diers OF the enemy received the same kind treatment
as our own Outside these hospitals tho poor wognded
fellows lay. some hac blankets TO them and some
had nOne IL was heartrerrdiug sight 10 them. and
scarcely Of them I'd NJ his lot Fine fellows,
who we're wounded mortaly, endured theF euiIerngs
with fortitude hardly surpassed by that OF ancient
martyrs 1hs look OF calm resignation their faces
exceedingly Impressive. And those who wounded
seriously slightly bore the pam wi equal patience.
ow many holes were bighted that battle field by
loss OF lite or limb pretend to say. One brave
fellow who had lost an arm, ans who was cns OF those
whom General Mcclellan soppod and Ike TO quietly
regarded his loss as no moro than his portion Of the 81
crce for the preservation o tho Union which tina rebels
For days subsequent 70 the action the dead
continued TO be buried and the wounded TO De brought
Military beautiful to behold aud the
profession of has singular fasenation but after
the contest ~ over, then even veterans are
The spectacle OF the dead and dying the Geld,
matter how proudly the day may have bscn won is sad
indeed but ia tho present instance whore brother meos
brother ia mortal combat on Me battle fed and kin
dred slaughtered by kindred it is more than enough
awaken reflections which cali loudly FOR vengeance on
the instigators OF tho war. two OF men wLo
had been bayoneted their little shelter tents after the
enemy took possession Of Casey's camp. There they
.y each IN his tent whore he had BEEN killed each tent
and each body bearing ths mark or the bayone There
were many horrible sights to BIO sesn, which am dis
inclined to attempt 10 describe Inc loss on both sdas
was heavy. Oursincudins, killed, wounded and
prisone Sis just about quite perhaps, six Thousand
ncn with eight pieccs OF artillery, That Of the eneny
tf.. 4g,u
ye hundred prisoners, among them GenSral Pe!tiicw,
OF South Carulina, who wss wounded. All he suitable
vehicles in Richmond were brought cut to convey the
wounded to the city. There about seven thousand
wounded rcbels in the hohptls in RichmoEG, while we
have buried betwoea two and three Thousand Of ther
dead The inlormation appears to be resbc tnai the
rebel General Joseph II. Johnston serausly woanded
in the srcn and tba, Gooern Gustavus ". Smith il now
Ia command.
MAR RICHMOND, Juue 10, 1862.
Another Day Of Rain and Hid--Nore Firing Ho,rid
Death Of a Se5el-Dem0raIizaaon Among The Reoss-
TIE Pdy1nas,er at Togls, de-, dc.
Another day OF rain and mud disaxrsea6le can
well be imagined. The soil is such in this vicinity that
the slightest weather sotsns the roads like dough
and what few wagons attempt 10 have TO be hauled
through IL to their ayes. The railroad is of nvaua
bic service 10 the army, which could hardly with
out it.
Yesterday passed OF quietly with our portion OF the
army. There considerable firing right, which,
understand, caused by Intellectual attempt on
the part Of the rebels TO shell picksts frem their
position
WITNESSED NOS. horrid sight yesterday It was the
body Of rebel soldier, who wounded, had attempted
10 escape BY wadins through of the many swemps
that Intervene the battle ed. He had penetrated t
several rods and become mired add unable to sxrcate
himself or, perhaps failing from loSA Of blood, and
unable TO make himself heard amid the din OF
| battle, had thus rerishsd as he stood. His
| CHASTITY corpse still stood erect, all below tie
waist embedded the mud-ths spectral sentinel OF The
swamp What thsme for the negro ghost stories In
l coming generations.
| A sergeant from the rsbels cams in yesterday. Hs
represents the rebel army As much dsnorazed, and
says the North Csronizns almost in state OF
tiny one regimen. having laid down their arms and re-
The psyrnaster has sgair mnds his appearance In some
o. the brieades. and rs, OF course, most welcome
Tha |. especially the case tn the Twenty sixth Penn
syvania regiment, where the men have not been paid
colonel and ths crieadisr who formerly commanded
| them They have now received four moR.hs pay q
i families.
The allotment systeIn OF Massachusetts, seems to work
best OF any Of the schemes for the benefit Of the soldiers
families, asd in fully appreciated by the Massachusetts "a
men. Tho amount Of money sent homo by them will
any oshss State Th. THIS in no small dssTss owing %
the adoption Of this system and the abors OF Mayor
Fay and his associates ~ explaining . thoroughly 70 the
msn.
Attack oS Guerilias near White aouse.
WmTrHorsx, Va, June Ia. 1862,
rrcta Fired rpoa-Tco ScA0onsTs and Horse Sc on
! P1e-c'N Kaa KiIlsa-ogT Troops No Lcesoa for
a hdroadsrs--sOfse q tie GUertyTas Crptrued, de-
BY far tie most daring attempt made by the rcbeis
during tho accomplished last night, vith~
three miles OF shis place Another bold mSvslnens wss
made BY ths band OF rebel cavalry, by whom
couple ol schoonsrs and house ire and su
rnarod nan shot bssidss taxing prisoners The
| Sss.s are as follows
On Friday Afternoon, about tour O'Clock, an empty
train q sft Fair oals station for the White House
ths West Poirt and RichIaond road started sbou,
hour earlier than usual, and at twenty minutes d
seven O'Clock was approaching Tunstsls, when ths
engineer and others observed wba, appeared 70 be
companies cavalry forming In line saeh side u
the track. Nothing AZ nrst noticed u . hostile