, 1862-07-10
FROM AcciELZAN'S ARMY,
Cen. Burnside Joins Him,
VARIOUS NEHS ERHM
EtE6EL SOUR GES.
What They Say Of Their Losses.
Interesting Statements of the
Si!latiaa.
Especial Ui.patcu 10 ne Chicago Ttie1..

Et to tarnl III tc'r3rap.i.g ts:4: ii;.F,,.i jus
troops passed Fortress 5fonroe il, ;r.:l:D.rts.
t;E tht ir way mp 5.:7:1cz !.Iccr, :1s. II MAY,
There can be no doubt that u3 til; Ii.,.e
Bur: side has jcincd Mcclellan.
WAsI1lSGToS, July o.-T:t. ..orresr sroa;:enco
between the Ear department *nd fi;y, :;..
-lesiau vas transmitted % the House II an
swer to & resolution IT ia:lairs. Ger. alc-
Glsll;.n says. IN lie cours= q! lis eypirnati,n,
says 1ha1 moe who have origit,:'ea the fllze
s!att merits conc. rnlnw 1hr Whi.c1ons. ac;1
SnrlGg, arc in fac', Us in lny displtcn OF the
94h .rst., enemies Of :h's .ruy aid thn c.us,.
Iii i" hlch it is 1ighfirg-:ley lave i:u!lus.,i an
'lle surgeon Eeuural, aid caused him 10 make
GtfltIat representations which on examination
prove ~ &c u1tolnd':3 IN i..ct, whici. are dis
rt5l;tcltul 10 hls superior officer; theT hlvt
nhnucess s1rily occupied the attention at tf:,.
stcIetaIy Of W:I, ard have interrupted The
cor. u1aEder aud i4e dlca1 director Of this army
i'll tie mid=t Ct the most atduo2s dutiss.
hEN DIRK, July IA letter to tue Tribune,
cat, d James RIVER, July I, SAYS:
STEercteran forces Of Burnside hayc formed
Junction with the Ltle3gutred army Of Nc
CIellan. Gen Burnside had made all bis
Preparations for ILL advance inland Iram New
btrn, and on Tuesday last the command to
advance VAS given but Oh that day dispatches
were received which changed the complexion
Of thiugs- Thcy announced the results Of the
series Of battles before Richmond, and urged
EGrEslde to stnd part Of Iii: force to Me-
ClciJln. Not all hour Was lost in answering
The call. OrdSrs we're carried in hot haste.
Frtights and armament were discharged from
Wss:lS and all were coled, watered aud pro-
'js1ontd at once. On "Wednesday all Vere
hoa1d, ilnd that morning ut day light the fl ~
boat, "ltl Burnside aud staff aboard, stetred
dew \ the Nau"e River. But another bearer
ol dlsparches WAS sent after tuc bo It Gad gone
a;ew usiles, aud the sign:l was given for the
ltc1 to PIT back. 4 swift boat WAS i1nmedi-
'sfely sent to Fortress Monroe, By way OF the
canal, TO convey Capt. Blggs, cilet Quarter
1n:a=1er, with letters 10 the Commanding eene-
1;l. lie answer being received, in du:; time
a1cGrrs were again weighed, and, led By the
gtneI:l n himself, the ileel :'gain sai!e1 l."
IIe Washington Special to the New York
N<Toh7 says Intelligence from the James
Ii:er has been received to tie effect that on
Me Edar the rebels tired into the mail boat
Junla'a, on heT way 10 the headquarters, kill
luS TWO men and rounding Sly On board,
lhe shot was 1irtd from G-poupd field piece,
batteries on the river, or any rebel troops or
lEa1cat1nns of any attempt 10 build batteries.
Surgeon General Hammond returned from
tie arn1y OF the Potomac yesterday Tuesday,
and represents it IS being in excellent con
olflou, and all the wounded we'll cared for.
states that it will be impossible for the rebels
TO hold ont much 1orgera at Richmond on ac-
ctunt OF the scarcity Of medicines and proyis-
ions.
Late Richmond papers received at Washing
ION ray tia! Rich1nond is so full of sick and
Wtunded soldiers, that those who fell into
their hands from the E1ilu1I tOtces are cared
tor LII The fields near the city.
The Richmond Examiner says the battlefield.
surveyed through the cold rain OF Wed
Descay morning., presented scenes too
shocking to be dwelt upon without aueuish
Ihe wccds and fields vert, on the western
side, covered with our dead in all degrees Of
violent .1n'atslatinn, while iu the woods On
'he cast lay in about eYuat numbers 1he blu.
uniformed bodies OF the cnc1ny. MANY of
the latter were sti alive, having been left by
ii1ends in Indecent haste to escape. Shells
thrown by the Gu1lbuats were eisut inches
" tEc.'y-ilrec i'll length. Tha ray,.ro5
OF III SC monsters were everywhere discern
able through rhe forest, long avenues bc:uw
cat through the tree tops, and great trees
three or tonr feet thick, burst opea and sniff
in SIreds.
An ARMY letter states that a rebel CAPTAIN
taken prisoner, estimates the rebel loss Of
Friday, at Gaines Hill, at "a 0lA0, and that
Their Total loss during the week is from &C, ,UUO
Another letter says number Of our wound
I'd Lave come in, having been ordered by tho
rebels to seek their own camp,
Our loss uow,' says this letter, s.is re-
duct d to undcr 10000 lncn.'
~, WASH1SGToS, July "a late COPY Of tue
klchuiond lsr"'niHs7' says the rebels could
rave certainly cut c1f aicClellan's retreat, but
It Weud be far better to prevent his recciylur
fulther supplies aud stores, and starye him
into caIl!uatioD.
1t says. "Fiil up our armies and prenare
for contest as long as our cDe1u7 will rhoose
sitle.'' >'' p077
DosIgS, July 9.-100 rebel prisoners from
et1ore Richmond, including forty officers, ar
rived here to-day aud were sent to Fort
Warren.
DETAILS OF TIE SITUATION
lFrom ;hc Washington Republican, 5th1
The weeks fighting, ending with Tuesday,
! ne tirst day Of July, has been a great adyan-
III than that nightmare Of to:pidity Which lid
hrooded over the army Of the Potomac for
months. We have lost more men, twice over,
ny InE!GTious disease in the sWan}ps of the
Ghickahominy than in all the seven da5s'
t:hiirg. Our losses in these battles I've
oeen cruel In the first moment of the stiona1
=ui;a, IL Ilay sseu1 uu1eellug 10 Suggest any
eeons9ueratious OF compromising advantage.
But the truth is, war5 canno. oe prosecuted
to successful Termination without lighting,
and last OF all, such war as this is. The
feoels afe not to be put down by blockade, by
starvation, or by any form Of the ianaconda''
To!lcY. Il is to be done By fighting, and bY
killing off their leading spirits III battle. And
Willie that ia not to be accomplished without
dep!orablc 1esses on our side, the sacrices Of
lnt III 1ole camps arc really greater.
Correspondence y. E World, 4th,7
McClcllan's relnforcements, We fear, are for
holding his present posi1lon-holding it til
autumn.
Think OF Mcclellan marching on the rebe,
capital with one-haH the number Of troops
that defend it. e-
Gcd grant, however, that this stupandous
moftlncauon before Richmond may yet bring
the administration and the North IN to .
comprehension of the magnitude Of the work
We have to do-that it may produce q psrox-
ysm Of patriotism throughout The whole land
that in awful earnest shall end our enemy at
once, instantly and forever.
10 arms! To arms Reinforced
From the Washington Star, 5th.1
We feel at liberty to say that Gen. McClcl-
Ian is grateful fer the promptness with which
lie Is beirg reinforced. Sufficient Men have
doubtless reached him by this time to render
big position perfectly SECURE, and in very
brief period those that are on the wav from
different quarters, and those awniting trana- -
portation bring hastened to him, will so
swell his army as TO make it more efficient
than at any previous period since it sat down
before Yorktown.
Correspondence n. T. Herald, 5th1
During the whole OF The seven davs' contest
t cur troops fought brarcly, and drove back
l4e ehcny at many points las, for inst auce,
E1en General Helntzelman charged with q
large portion Of his corps yet, in spite OF
oil this, the general result Is at present in
Evor OF the enemy. The Chickahouiny has
Froytd do barrier to their pursuit Of our
weary and decfmated columns Gen, Wood
bnr5's Engineer Brigade remained behind
till tie last moment, DESTROYING and
blowing up the bridges. But the rebels
baye engineers as well as we, They have
besidss, what We have not, an Intimate knogl-
edge Of the topography Of the country, and
thtT know Of many foTds and passes across
the stream which are unknown to Us. The
consequence hes been that their engineers Fnrv
Quickly rebuilt the bridges, and while part Of
their army crossed on these other parts
crossed by the fords. Thus they kept close
on our reaI. The Union engineer brigade Oh.
stFpeted all the roads through the great White
osk swamp. and SO ehsctual we're their labors
n dolrg so that Gen. He;utzelman publicly
declared that they had saved the army Whit
ne meant was that the distractions which our
orafe engineers placed in the roads throug,.
mat swamp 80 delayed the pursuit Of
thc ehemy that our army effected ifs
movement IN safety. But the hordes
Of the rebels toiled day and night at the
removal OF some of the obstuctious, aud
sought ont new paths by which Others might
be avoided, SO that by Tuesday night thev
were ready to cross the ewamp with Whatever
force they pleased. Before that tiuae. how
ever, our army bad reached the Jame5 River.
and were comparatively safe. As stated in
ny 1ast letter, our army is now massed On the