The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-07-11

That scene WAS not one to be forgotten scsrea
of rideress, terrified horses dashing in every direc-
tion; thick flying bullets slnging by ainoniahing
Of danger: every rninut. man struck down;
wagons and ambnlanees and cannon block aiding the
way; wounded men imppg, ard groanng, alli!
bleeding amid the throBg; officers and civilians de-
nouneirg. and reasoning. and entreatuIg, and being
iasensbly borne slong with the mase the sublime
cannona.ng; the clOuds of battle smoke, and the
sun just disappearing. large and blood-red-I can
not picture it, but see il, and always shall :.
Hudtlled among the wagons We're 10000 stra E:
glers- for the credit of the nation be 1t said that
four ffths Of ibem were wounded, sick, or utterly
exhausted nttou!d not have stirred bui for dread
OF ihe tobacco warehouses Of the South. The cor
fusion Of this herd of Tnen and mules, wagons and
wounded, men on horses mei on foot men by the
roadside, men perched on wagons, men searching
l0r water, ulen furnishing for lood, men iaB,a and
Needing. men with shostly eyes looking cut be-
tween bloody bandages that hid the face---turn 10
some vivid account of the mGet pitifu part of Ma.
poieon retreat from Russia aud fill out the pic.
turethe grim, gaInt, b!oody gcture o' war ii, It's
most terrible features.
II was determined to move during the night
The distance to Turkey lsland Bridge the point On
James river which was to be Fasched. by the direct
road, six miles. But those yas Numbers cotilA
not move narrow Ioad in days; hence
every by road no matter nass eaFnuitous. had been
searched out by questonin ssisoneFs and by cav
airy excursions Every ona fsf;fs filed by one of
the advancing eolumns. ThHezEhala front was in
motion by p ~, Gen Ee5F@s II command Of the
advance
rode with Cen Howes sigasse. Of co,,.tsz ii.
vision, taking a wagon trae 81 Cd .ssfse 'fs'lls
and precipiteHs rayiues, - %Gus sesiS fsf
around to the left ana 81 rssri Es{ha 8u,e d-
tanee below Taraeg Island Commencing at tslss 3
the march confirmed until daylight. Taa night
dark and fearful. Heavy thunder rolled IA
turn along each point OF tLe horizon, and dark
clouds spread the entire canopy. We were forbid
den 10 speak aloud; Or. lest the light of cigar
should present a target for an shbushed rifle we
cautioned 10 miles of
marching, with frequent hats as of the
hundred vehicles of the artillery train, in
ire, by a slight deviation crashed against a tree,
wore away the hours TO dawn, when we debGuched
into magnificent wheat field, aud the smoke stack
OF the Gaiena was in sight. Ncnophon's remnant
of the ten thousand, shouting THE sea the sea =
were not more glad than we.
PoIters entire train brought over The Chick
ahomny before tbs battle OF Friday hence nothing
was los, there At Sarage's when that place was
abandoned, LOO cubic feet Of ammunition, and
enormous heaps OF qGafterma5ters and suffers
stores, officers baggage and soldiers hnapsaeks,
were destroyed and at every halIing place since,
the fagot has been busy with whatever could be
transported no further. can form no estimate OF
the entire value, but it IL immense 0ae thing IS
certain bu' little has fallen into the enemy 3
hands.
/ close 10 ride back to the rear--now front.
SUMMING Up.
| shall have to hurry on TO the result. Our loss
Of yesterday may be estimated at 600O Many Of
these prisoners The Pennsylvania reserve
We're again in the thickest. This morning they do
not muster 5000 men. Add TO these 900 who are
straggers and Will yet come H. and the number i;
less than half that they began with OF Beaver Dam.
They lost severely tticT-, they were more than de-
eimated the next day AT Gaines's Mills, and yestor
day they shrank to ti.is small measure. Their
leader, Geneari Mccall, il severely wounded and
in the enemy's bands Oar brigade Commander,
General j. J. Reynolds is prisoner at Richmond;
another Generrt George C. Meade, lies in a tent
II nI i-H- N
they have lost in about the same proportion. Of
the Bucktail regiment not hundred respond to
the roll call
And so with other divisions For the losses of
the last six days cannot be less than lo0DO. 1t is
only hoped that they will not reach $4,000.
APPEARANCE OF MCCLELLAN AND HIS ARMY AFTER
THE DEFEAT.
The. correspondent rhe New York 7ribahe,
writing from HarrisonS L;ndin ng. on the II h inst
describes General Mcclellan coming board
the mail boat greatly peg.urbed. General Nc
Clellan we are told, met General Patterson as
lie stepped on board, laid his hand on his shoulder
aud took AIn in q hurried manner into the aft
cabin ladies' saloon A. lie went in lie beat the
air with his right hand c.enched, from which all
present inferred there was bad rews.' 70 the
astonishiaent CT the writer it was subsequently
plaued that the whole army of the Potomac
Nay stretched along the banks OF TIE river here
lay, having fought their way all through
from Fair Oaks, a distance OF thirty miles,
General aMcCiei,alr however, claimed that his
troops had fought the Coniet.s yates in superior
numbers every day for week and whipped them
every time" To 4 question a3 to the location OF
certain divisions and their Generals the answer
they are scattered everywhere bus are never.
the.esS i solid compact body; and in reply TO an.
other remark it WAS said, what we want is fresl.
men, they the troops 'ara worked to death -
The description Of the troops, on a dead level on
the banks of the river, covered from head to foot
aud up their knees i'll und in the soft moist al
m SIil is painfuilV
which lay IN clusters the lnen were erouched. They
looked SAYS the writer, las ii they we're more
dead than alive They were covered to tire crown
of the head with mud their faces and clothes were
literally coated, while their s!Oes and boots had
several pounds OF the nasty, yellow stuff stack into
and all around them.
nu! the were safe FOR the present, and ready
to fight again If reinforced The safety of the
army, SAYS the Tribune, however is by no means
assured if we may credit the statements made by
this writer He tells rs that the enemy il in large
force the east side OF the Chickahominy and
threatens not only McCellan's right wing but the
navigation of the James river. The con
struction OF batteries To intercept the naviga
ton of the river would be laying direct siege "a
McCie.n's position, and would place his army in
1. critical situation.
G5n. Mcclellan rode out among Lis troops on
Wednesday and was gree ted with most enthIl.ias
tic applause. Boys, said he ''YoH may Miah that
aaotters look dark, bit be Of eeod courage, al is
right" The cheers Are said to h;.vs i,een ouG and
long continued, and the eneiny believed that we
We're receiving large -.iorcements. Our army
has most ,inbouided reliance in their young com
inander, and dream Of nothing out victory ulnsz
his direction.
RESPONSES OF THE STATES
C;uo.-~ Cincinnati, July 6.--The new Ohio reg
Inents will commence recruiting immediately and
camps are being established in different parts of the
State for their reception. Recruiting has erial
ly improved within the last few days, and over SOC
privates on furougb have reported at Carap Chase
More are reporting every day.
INDIANA indianapolis .iltiy e-Goyernor MOI
tons call for eleven additional regiments aud 81
batteries Of artillery, although only published yes
terday morning, has been responded TO III the most
hearty and confident manner. From over thirty
counties, military organizations have responded Il
the call.
FROM FORTRESS MONROE.
FORTRESS MONROE, July s.A flag of truce
returned today from cruise up the York river
At Cumberland were found 40 oi wounded sol
diers. They we're bsought mile away, when the
tat led NJ. (, he. b,s-