Evening star., 1862-06-07
THE ADVANCE On RICHMOND.
Incidents Of General NeClellan's Progress


SAtAGE's STATION, Evening, June 1-Rich-
ardson played the return game with the enemy
this morning, driving them up the railroad be-
y1nd Fair Oak Station. Hooker took two New
Jersey Regiments and Sickles' Brigade, and
cleaned the scoundrels of the wheat field and oct
OF the woods this side Of Peck's camp OF yester.
dav. Twas one Of tte loveliest sights to see the
list (Hall's) put the bsyonet into the confident
fusiladed Is out CT our camps on the 3lst. Sc
kles' Brigade covered itself with new honors this
morning. Before supper IL recovered the entire
ground lest by US yesterday, and 's camp kettles
set up and parted from yesterday so hurriedly
But little Of the property captured by the Rebels
In our camps wss removed. The shelter and
other tents, the furniture, knapsacks, unopened
mails, and most Of the stuff was left as taken.
The advent of Sickles' Brigade was the signal
for prompt retreSt OF the enemy FAR within their
lines Of yesterday forenoon. Our scouts and
friends, anIiouslV searching for the missing, re-
port the woods and fields to be covered with the
Rebel dead. shall contemplate this harvest OF
war tomorrow.
The carefully prepared and cunning assanlt of
the enemy upon the two divisions here has been
failure. The whole Peninsula hr d been food
ed with rain. The Tisirg Of the Chickahominy,
and the loss or Enavailability Of the new bridge
was accurately and promptly calculated on. The
bsuT Of one In the rfern6on ,yes selected 90 that
there should not be time for reinforcements TO
come from Sumrer or McClellan-selected for its
kHTEH0lAssS IN military operatlons-and assur-
4O,OCO men upon a third OF their number. The
fiilure CT the blow vase defeat. 1t should haye
succeeded - militarily speakng-We ought to
haze been crushed. The spirit OF our attack this
morning led them to think that reinforcements
had crossed the Chick hominy, and that the op-
portunity was lost, ald retreat was become ne
cess.ty.
We hear to dag from Richmond An omnibus,
with four horses, driven by mulatto, and ha wing
two African gentlemen az inside passengers, came
into HSintZelman's camp this afternoon, amid
more laughter and cheering than 1 have heard In
wear A South Carolinian chartered II this
morning Of the keeper ofthe Columbia House. to
remove wounded friends from the field Of the
Seven Pines. Jehu, Of mulatto tint, drove the
four bays right into our pickets, on Casey's old
ground TEe South CaIolinidn tumbied ont Of
the bus, and ran like a lamplis z hter away from
his grinning driver, aid the dangerous conse-
quence Of his impudent mistake. A musket ball
stopped his fight, and the bus and the three
blacks were sent to headquarters. The driver, a
very sharp fellow, says that the rebel wounded Of
Yesterday aTe aw!ully numerous; that every car
riage In Richmond WA impress ID to carry them
away that all the horAes in iho city contain more
OF lezi Of them, and there was talk 6f turning the
hotels into bopitals; that the Inhabitants ase rr-
moving 10 Danyllle, and that the army was re-
treating before US In large masses
oh that rain which described Had II not
b en- for that Mcclellan would to- nIg ght have been
in Richmond. His plans were mstured, and oqr
march in overwhelming force and yigor conld
not have been stopped But II is only question Of
time with the Command felt TO- day Tor the first
time full sense Of the vast iabOrs be undergoes
and Of the exceeding heavy burden Of the respon-
si6iiity which weighs down his heart and his
brain, when saw him dismount from his horse
at brook, and, barring his head, asked an order
ly to battle itwith water scooped up 10 his hal is
Oyerburdened, harassed, hampered soldier o
the God Of Battles give you success and give VOC
rest.
SkvAsR's sTATIOE, Mondsy Morning At
midnight Gen. SIcklss sent US the information
that he had for some time heard from his out post
the word OF command to "Pall In !n given amon9
the rebel regiments upon whose rear he 1
pressed 80 sharply during the day-that ther
Ing OF their wagons was continuous-and re
movement OF cars upon the railroad unusut "
lively-in a word, that the enemy was In full re.
treat, even TO the rear guard A balloon reco =
noissance during the day showed IL rebel rec
ments In motion between Richmond and { .
Seven Pines.
Eow that Casey's camping ground 10 cleaned
OF tie enemy, the snxious search for the dead
wounded and missing will Immediately CON-
mence all over the scene Of the outbreak Of the
overwhelming attack OF Saturday.
The New York lGOth, Col. Brown, has net been
heard Of since the battle, and net a member OF
the company commanded by Acting Capt John
Wilkeson has been able to give any account of
him, save that when lest seen he was In ad vance
Of his men doing bis utmost to hold them steady
TO the fght. The list Of missing fearfuily
large, will fear, be diminished this morning by
fearful increase Of the list Of the ''dead" and
wounded"