, 1862-06-30
FROM M'cLELlAN'S ARMY.
Particulars OF the Struggle
Of Wednesday.

PARTICULARS OF the Struggle
Of Wednesday.
TIE R1aHr WIG, Anxr or rnz PoroxAo,}
Five deserters came Tito camp yesterday.
One Of the number WIS corporal IN battery
stationed near the Price House, On the oppo-
Eite side Of the river. This same battery vas
very active LAST Friday In shelling our fatigue
ii states that he was No. 2 on as2-pounder
captured from US By the rebels ut Bull Run
The gun is highly priced by the rebels, On &c
count OF It's superior quality, and the accuracy |
with which it throws projectiles- Several IN
have been picked up on Gaines Hill. The |
corporal says there Is great suffering In the |
rebel ranks for want Of provisions Men are |
dying constantly and sickness prevails to a |
fearful extent, Unless the authorities can fur I
enemy VIII become Inevitable The men are
discouraged, dishesrtened, and exhausted. and |
are exceedingly an1louB to return to their re- |
spective homes. Richmond, he eays, has the |
appearance Of a ruined city. Public and private
and wounded. The citizens appear to be neg
ugent Of everything that tends to neatness or
comfort, and have lost all confidence in the
power of the army to prevent the city from
j,
the buildings stained and shabby, and d sensa-
ton Of gloom felt By the people,
The expectation of finding supplies at Fair
Oaks impe1led the rebels to attempt the
breaking of our Lines last Saturday. They
have been assured, probably by spies, that ne
Oaks Station The temptation was not to be
1eslsted-hence the effort to reach that point,
CAMP At FAB oAzs, Va, June Il, 1862.
~ The rebels yesterday opened upon us a bat
fery commanding our line to the left Of the
railroad, the firing keeping up briskly for 81
hour OF two, and these occasional shots diver
styling the routine Of camp life in the after
noon. As the result Of al this burning Of
powder, one MAD, o priyxte in company g,
Tth Massachusetts, named James Taylor, was
slightly wounded, and two others were little
scssched by exploding shells. The rebels had
to get little revenge for the destruction our
grape and canister dealt among them the
night before. The firing was not followed up
BY any movement Of infantry. The enemy Is
and the night before his Pickets kept up
brick, nervous fire, his big drums are beaten
from near EundoWn to late in the night, in an
unnecessarily boieterous and persistant man
ner, and there arc other evidences that some
thing BY way Of feint, covering other move
meuts, has been intended This has been
carried to such an extent, and so resembles
the ccondut Of the rebels before Yorktown,
that some Of our officers freely venture the
assertion that repetition Of the York
town game Of eyacuarion is on the tapis- From
lookou1s near By, scouts keep continual watch
upon their movements. They report con-
siderable camp within three quarters Of g mile
OF us, to the left Of the railroad, and the
Day before yesterday, the rebels had grand
review In the large open wheat-held to the
right Of the railroad, and beyond the belt Of
woods IN which cur pickets are placed. The
houses IN Richmond were observed to be COW
cred with ladies' aud others, watching the
progress Of the pageant. After the review,
large bodies of troops we're seen moving to-
ward Richmond, PROBABLY to their canps, sta
toned close to the city.
Prisoners Just brought in say, with evident
sincerity, that they are In strong force, but
that 1t is impossible for them to form any idea
of the exact Or pruximate numbers of the rebel
army, the soldiers being kept in entire igno-
rance Of the number, size Or location Of the
Of opinion that there are $50 600 men defend
ing the rebel capital. Better estimates, OBJ
tanned By our generals, place the force at con-
siderably less than two-thirds Of that number.
cAr BEFORE RICHMOND, Monday, June q.
The efforts Of the physicians to Improve the
health OF the army, have beeR well seconded
By sensible order Of Gen. McCle1lan's direct
ing the issue OF rations of dried apples, pots
toes and pickles, which are just beginning to
make their appearance u camp. The purpose
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frder for harre1 ~ no+atnes dos nnt cnar-
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not unlikely that one-half OF the amount
may be condemned for rottcnness
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