The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1862-07-02
INTERESTING ACCOUNT OF THE SCENE.
SAFETY OF OUR SUPPLIES,
SUCCESS OF M'CLELLAN'sSTRATEGY
OPERATIONS ON THE JAMES RIVER,
&C., &C., &c.
THE EVACUATION OF WHITE HOUSE
Our Special Army Correspondence.

our special Army Correspondence.
WHITE HOUSE, Va, June %, 1852.
When ne Ecacua,ion Determined Upon and When
Commemorative Objects Of the Evacuation General Ca
ss Plan for Covering the Evdcuang Partu-7ne Rsads
Oeared-He supply Vessels Mocing-The Army Supplied
~th Hnra Sorcs-The Six Proridod for--The Renopdi
Of As "Nia9rs"-Hunsors Of the Scenc-Gen1al Stone
San's r. CONFERENCE.-The Quiet Calm and Order Of the
Whole Erdcuatio1he GunLodt Flect-7he Scene Among
ne SGlcys- Burnng Of the Governmental Properly
General Casey Colonel ingalls, and STATS the Last to En-
bayk-7ns Passage Do,on he Rirer, dc.
The last two or three days have been exciting
Asrs. White House has been evacuated by troops
Since the 18th Of May II has been the base OF opera
tions Of tho Union army against Richmond after tho
main body Of the army marched towards the Chicka
hominy tho grand depot Of supplies 1t been aban-
doned. This, by some-especially by the enemies Of
General Mc0lsllan-may for . whlo be considered .
partial defeat OF young Napoleon arise from
she superior tactics Of the enemy contingent upon the
series Of battleS Wednesday hast This not So
The evacuation Of White House . depot was prsds
tsrmned upon days before It had been commenced
had been In actual operation by the sending away OF
fsrty nifty cargoes Of quartsrmaster and commssarat
stores, nvs days before il discovered by any but
those In the secret here The Of the evacuation
sf the White House was twofold, viz
Firstly, It was remote from the main body Of the
army (wenty mlss), and, being approached by hume
yous avenues offering superior inducements to enemy
70 guard properly would require at least 20 900
Secondly, General Mcclellan fully aware that
The enemy had determined upon . vigorous
aAnkfng movement on his right in order to cut
Oh this place, which, up TO . few days ago, had
less than from three 70 four millions dollars
worth Of commissariat and artillery stores, arms and
ammunition, besides large supply Of clothing, both
ashore and afoat.
tn ifn uo,eA, A,vuAAR thn eha~
sumstances was the "plumb in the pudding which
sted the fancy Of the onemy II contained just the things
their army was much In need Of gain posses
SION Of they determined upon its capture BY fanking
eur army.
The raid Reconnaissance made by the rebsl force
uader General Stewart and Colonel Lee two weeks more
previous 70 the evacuation doubt the forerunner
of the great movement which the enemy have made
xhs Of the rebel Stewart did not disturb the
equilibrium Of General Mcclellan did he strengthen
HI right flank, II supposed he would but allowed
matters to stand as thoy vera.
The ensmy At length put their nankng movement for
sAs possession Of the White House operation They
met by but few troops with apparent show OF
sestance but. In fact. II was only feint They poured
sher masses OF troops against ours and they will come
into the possession Of the White House only 10
md IL . mass Of ruins and thoroughly evacuated,
shsir strategy nonpiussed by Mcsans change OF front
the left wing Of our army pushed TO the James
Sksr, and depot Of supplies established under the
protection Of our gunboats and in direct communication
with army II win be discerncd that the enemy
have not bssn checkmaed they are pretty thoroughly
checked.
PYrARATIoys EVACUATION.
Three days ago the nnal preparations for evacuation
were commenced As before stated, the evacuation
initiated i've days ago BY the dsspa,ching OF YES
ssls from here 70 Fortress Monroe or was then un.
dsrsood TO James river Three days ago General Casey
who few days previous had assumed command OF this
post issued orders for the Telling OF the trees in this
vicinity to give the gunboat fleet the Pamunkey
river unobstruetsd range the anks and front OF
shs place. that in the enemy attacked before the
evacuation was completed they would find the place
ssnable. This order sent to Lieutenant Colonel
Butler, the Provost Marshal, the commandant Of the
Ninstythird New York regiment. That officer readily
sbeysd the summons Of his superior in command and al
sacs detailed working parties from the Sixth Pennsyl
vania reserve regiment and from his corps. The
troops responded TO the summons with alacrity, and
shortly after squads Of axsmen were moving
towards those points obstructsd by trees
the WORK COMMENCED.
The axemen frst commenced operations tho banks
q the Pamunkey, the lawn IN front Of the White
House (buding), the lawn where tho rebel Colonel
Titzhugh Lee no doubt enjoyed rsposs under umbra-
N the present wicked rebellion The axemen were COON
at work, the sound Of their ehopping rsverberating
through the branches OF the stately trees. Fine ems
and sturdy oaks which for centuries had divided the
shade the Pamunkey river ana iu banks, soon
bowed gigantic trunks to the EARTH To the credits
or our soldiers be said thcy did the work with no
yndlctivs spirit; the necessities Of the demanded
n Az watched the progress Of the work heard mnny
expression Of regret from soldiers that the
y was pressing 70 demand this sacrifice Of any.
thing attached 70 this historic spot where Washington
wooed his Martha.
Hundreds OF othor trees the white House farm (a
the property Of COL Lss rsbs fell in sacrifice
The men worked hard for several days. until clear land
could bs from the decks Of the vessels the Pa
uupkey for mile or more distant.
EREcuoS A SIGNAL STATION @4
day or two before the evacuation General Casey
ordered the erection Of signal station observatory
overlooking the inland and river country from which to
watch the movements Of approaching enemy A
eupoa erected the top OF tho Lee house white
Housed. II was thirty or forty feet In height. When IL
was finished an unobstructed Wow OF tho Pamunksy
river and the country for miles around was attained
In this place detacltaents OF the Army Signal Corns
Temporarily doing duty on the gunboat neet) wore
placed and from tho vessels tho river signals ware
givon General Caseys headquarters and rice resa
that each could le SuII@t with the other an circu
STANCES might require.
ouR TRANSFORM rIEgI IN Motion
Meanwni the other preparations were being made
ono by one our laden freshtcrs and transport vessels
carefully dropptg down the Pamunkey en- r,uteror
Fortress Monroe. These conducted as 50
crety rs possible that panic stamp among The
thousands OF aborors and contraband negroes should
sccar once in q whilo expression Of surprise would
escapes from the lips Of the observing seeing laden
INIT ho ar
without much comment or theorizing
TIE RAILROAD IN OPERATION.
Tha. portion of the railroad between this point and
tho boGy OF Mccieans army twonty milcs), employ ne
one hundred freight and Ave locomotives was used
night and day sending forth supplies Of food aud
forago tho Of troops and army horses
Il wss apparent tnai the immediate demands Of the