Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1862-06-13
The War Record for the Week.

Since our last issue "A bundle Of events
has trans pred, embracing many matters
of importance, with others Of less note.
The war cauldron has been boiling quite
as furiously as the most ardent sou Of
Mars could desire. Tue progress Of the
Union arms still tends southwark, while
the traitor flag is everywhere dropping
in anguish and in shame.
One Of the most important and cheer
ing events OF the war, though the result
of no recent battle, is the capture by
Gen. Pope of some twenty thousand pri-
soners and deserters from the enemy late
ly at Corinth, together with fifteen thou
sand stand OF arms. II appears that the
maneuvre OF Col. Eliott--reported last
week--in seizing and burning a train Of
twenty-six cars, and destroying a portion
OF the railroad on the line Of Beaure-
CARDS retreat, was an important stroke.
BY cutting off that Generals retreat it
forced him to dispense his army and in
small divisions strike to different points,
or else face Gen. Halleck in pitched
battle. He had the choice of two evils i
to fly without an engagement and thus
surrender the whole Mississippi valley,
or to take his chances of its surrender,
together with his army, by measuring
swords with the Union general upon an
other bloody field. He chose the former
and safer course; retired 10 menace u.s.
upon other fields, or to adopt the mode of
brisands and slaughter and pillage our.
men by rowing bands of guerilla. His
army is said to be broken up, which is
probably true. 1t must not be inferred
however, that it will give US no more
trouble. We shall make fatal mistake
if we DO. Though dispersed, its power
is not yet broken. The rebel armies
have thus far shown wonderful recuper
alive powers. When driven from one
point they move with astonishing speed
TO fight US at anotherand are thus enabled
to show superior numbers upon most of
their battle fields They are always inI
force and have Invariably given va plenty
Of hard and earnest labor to perform
1t is said that when Beauregard learned
that Col. Elliott had tapped his retreat
he became " frantic" telling his men to|
"save themselves the best way they
could" 1t appears from the above that
some twenty thousand of them thought
the best way they could save themselves
from the Union anaconda was to run
into his coils and make peace with him.
The cheapest and easiest method, we
think.
It appears that the battle Of Fair
Oaks" before Richmond-a short ac-
count of which we gave last week.-Mrs.
much mere Of battle than was at first
supposed from the few first reports Of the
telegraph. Ii was a terrible battle, in
stead of a first class skirmish. The more
we hear Of il the more it grows in mag
nitude. 1t does not fall far below the
battle Of Pittsburgh, which sent such
sorrow into thousands Of hearts and homes
all over our land. The slaughter was
Immense upon both sides, but We won
the field. The Stars and Stripes at the
end of the fight waved in triumph where
the Stars and Bars foated at its COM
mencement. The following is Gen. Nc
ClelIan's report of the losses, which foot
up to nearly six thousand on our side
alone -
Hon. E. III. Stanton, Sec'y Of Var:
Statement of the killed, wounded and
missing of the 3lst May, and June LIST,
1862, in front OF Richmond
Gen. Summers corps, 2d-l83 killed,
s94 wounded, lac missing.
Gen. Heintzelman's corps, 3d-259
killed, $50 wounded, l55 missing.
Gen. Keyes' corps, 4th-iiS killed,
1853 wounded, 92l missing.