New-York daily tribune., 1862-05-10

while the enemy tbemselves had wi'no'"T" W. ,.srs
The plain 10 the cover OF tieir woiks "e 49,,
ready for the renewal Of the hGh, 1n w, ,tair G,.s
They were whip ed. Our men ~ NO. 49,, ,ie;r
aod cooked their coffee, aIn 1. ,heir snap.acks on
clothes Theirs were straIping toeir 'nS ',, ,Ie
,,oir sbonIls,s "a, n In. They bai met ."e
Yankee on an open feid, aud Knew 'Sa'
at last they had met their nSs.e, ;h, no
through the mists OF thg ram! - ,,t oI
lC,n'f,,ie,,ie Army OF the Potomac sIo'e out oi
,bs;r n,rencbnenis and obeyed lhe order TO retreat.
nm D. ,ras avenged. TIE Williamsburg hun
han ~ clock in the evening, and now 80 hour-
offsr ia in full panic aud di order, tndef Tue saoer-
io1 of our cavalry and The shtifng vi our ainiiefy
far away here toward Richmond.
IL was not til aner sunrise that the LAST OF the
| Rebel army com, osed Of cavalry, barred through
IVillamsburg. They let one large gnn in tier
works; abandoned splendid brass iece on the
road with two caissOns; strewed every Iod Of Their
path with musLes, bayouels knapsacks, biau k'.r,
and overcOas Uttered the way y ilh all the VIE aud
ruin of beaten and dernorslized army in toll flight
from imaginary az wei resi- terrOrs. The'e was
harvest for me b!l ks who had not been driven IA
cofiies by their owners 10 Ri,bpond. From all phrts
they alighted upon this abandon'd property, much
OF il new and vslnable, fresh from the Coumissary =
stores and left upon the roadside in wagons, only
became It impeded HI hi. The blacAs of Williams
ourg are rich in " portable property to-day.
The Retel flirht had, however, 10 such indnl-
genoe az waf granted 10 II at Manassas iieinizel-
nlan j. a fighting man. Between d and the next
morning, Jameson was in pOlsession OF Williams.
burg with regiment ot infantry and a battery OF
hgh, artillery. Tiis General snd Capt. Nckeever
were the first of the hated Yankees 10 enter the
sacred old town. Only iali all hour before had the
rear guard Of the flying Zoe passed out at tie oiher
side. Piisouers were taken IN large nunbers.
soon Avenlls Sd Pennsylvania Cryhify flew
throns he desered streets IN hot puisnlI-when
three miles out they rode through abandoned field
work, mounted with heavy Guns--aud rode on
toward Richmond eiitg ny as III net cX-
hausted and dispiIited Rehels 1t every iuriopg.
Deachmenis constantly Ietam with prisoners.
Their numbers tbIesten 10 embaTTace Us.
But as the enemy parsed ont Of Williamsburg, on
The north side preceded by the terrified lnhabliaots
whose fears Of us have been sysemaiIcal> aroused
and made morbid nv rhe conrivers Of this rebcl ln
,hev LETT The Churches, the College the Court
House-sli the public buiidiDgs-hlled with th'lr
wounded Their anbulsnces and hcsItrl-wagO 2
went ont ful also. At the several points If The
tight, yesterday, they LETT these vic inns of our fire.
lhe sadjest eight ever raw was the - wounded
lying npon coro husks. III the tobacco barn LeaFest
uancOok'e ground. Beneath The central window Of
the hospital nearest Heintzeiman field limbs,
amputsted were thrown ont OF The building, aud m
snch numbers from the number Of the wounded,
that they formed gbs,tly pile, that soon mounted
10 the ril Here, in the town, GOO lie 10 every
form Of physicsl misery surroui ded by their o. n
su geons. Surruurdrd"--I leave The word-but
20 few Of these officers bad stayed behind, that n
o. clock on Tuesday evening j saw, OF, 30 many
who ieverishy felt around for their water bottles,
ard with all the language OF anguish asked, whea
the " doctors would cone. Scsttered among there
sr,ferers Inv forms from which came neither move.
ment nor sound. Death Lad ended th,ir torment.
ifting linen cloth rom the fee Of one Of these,
in the William and Mary College CbaTel, saw tie
features of officer of the common type of Vir-
eiuia development. 4 unused as | locked at the
= =.
Of the Pleasants family, for upon Lis breast wss
pinned label: " Tbs is Captain Pleasants. Mark
bis grave" And thought Of hi- father If lie
the son of the progressive jouraist who hsd fallen
by The bullet OF the dneliDg slvedriver WiseD, aud
thought of the degeneracy Z at Slavery and ils fruit
servihy fas'ens ty a nw OF God upon the stock of
men of noble min = ~ Of noble mieb. By an asso-
eialion Of ideas, 100, sprineing from contrast
called mnddied figure lying IN For No. from the
Rebel left in the veilkuovn dull gray uniform and
the Uniform gsoeess slOucb hat, of the caualdfjving
| attern of TIE New-lork and ETie tOw-path. The
Confederate uniioin gray blanket was drawn hieh
up from il roor shoes and bis ragged stockings a.
covered The soldiers bead TIinking him -.
dead, lifted il NJ" ----' - ct" vs
. ses CeneaiD a bead that wonld
cnve served for a bust Of Attila overlooking Rome.
The brow lad wonderful force ani iuhnllo viii,
mixed with the beauty Of 4 woman. lhe most
CHARMING clusters Of jet black bslr, and now,
ing beard, that sb0ne IN the sun, hingied
viii The streams Of backer Hood that seemed 10
,lue the mouth 20 the soil Swollen and discolored
es was the iaw, and bloaied the lps, tie face
aud whole head were ~ a. Magniiceni
nsst Of savage grandeur and elegance Ills
Ggure. too was q ytsns yet when our
surgeon ana his aida began to place unoer cim a
hoard 10 bear him of 10 our hospital, th feeblenefs
~ y man vlo had been lying % tturs 20 the rain,
with his Jaw shattered and LIS thIc..t torn apart
witb Miuio Inusket ball asserted anew the suprern.
ecv Of The nervous sensibLj.y over the sII,it
Feeble proans-the Groan, Of q dying girl baby
gur.led through the blcod which filled the gigantic
soldiers mouth, AID protested agaius, pan. ALau-
doued wourded in forts, III c0in-ields, IN churches,
ia court houses in record Offices in colleges, in hos
litsls! What Of tie abandoned dead They
s,,ewed the woods-they stroDgtb6Ie ed with then
weiuht the lines Of The rail isncef-they spo,iod d
while they manured the fields Of growing wheat
before tie lice OF our mutketry fire they paved
The earth they tiick in the forts-thi,ker on
the edge Of the tmleied positions where our 81 ell
and giape smote them from aisr and would alone
have discouraged their bayOnet charges If numbers
had not justified them, and tie laws OF battle re-
auired them. TIE poor corpses oi tie poor feio We
- who can bate the dead foe that IN w0In ana
cheap aud confo,iese and Ill-fashioned, and rudel
patched, and dirty oloibing, appeal 70 you through
ina poverty Of tie poor and THAI helplesspesa OF tie
ipnoIsnt which all over the globe Is heard and re-
spected by The generous) were lylp5 eyeFywlere
, under the feet of our advancing regiments: lbe
. oil TUESDAY Ncll uONb ol lu' utitf0b'u WI n
Of our buried parties The lbor Of in,crMent begins
again this morning The whole day will scarcely
suffice for II.
Tie tatlle Of William. burg, in Heintzelman's por-
ton, was infantry battle purely. Tie use Of
artillery was almost impossible. Ii WIS square,
standup fight with leaden balls and reel bayonets,
ior concluding which 10 a saceessful ssue no nan
IN tbe United States could have been better chosen
than this grilzled and brOnzed Ponnsyiyauan Of 30
years active service. IL is not the tttery Of CON.
plment TO say thai he saved The battle and saved
he army II is truth which the soldiers and OIL
GERS on the left gratefully feel aud surely know.
From tie beginning Of The action 20 tie end Of it he
was without superior u rahk, and received not a
siu.,le command lie 1,d Wha. lie did uunided and