St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1862-07-10
Mcclellan Advances s 0iles TO-
y wards Richmond sriS
RICHMOND PAPERS CONFESS 1 Loss efaoooo.
OUR ARMY PUSHED RAPIDLY FORWARD
AIDED BY THE QUNBoATs.
FROM MEMPHIS AND v1CKsBt}RQ
THE hEeaoEslrl.>. :wss'k.M list

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A letter to the Post confirms ID rsport
Of a skirmish on Thursday and capture Of
six; guns and some prisoners. General
Mcclellan had removed. his headquarters
aud army, and had advanced I've miles
towards Richmond .--c-~-~- -";-'--~ "~~ ~~~'--'
The correspondent of. Philadelphia
Inquirer states that Richmond papers Of
the 4th acknowledges loss Of $4,000 men,
though they claim victory. The cor.
respondent of the Philadelphia Press Of
the same date states that McC lellaa Ia
pushing rapidly forward, driving the enc
my at all points. The gunboats accom-.
panied his advance, aheling the woods and
scattering the enemy, his main force fol-
lowing. - ~ +. -. T. ":>,'
The Tribune correspondentssys At noon
Thursday enemy appeared in torce four
miles from McClellan's front and began
Smelling, but had no great effect. Repor-
ted enemy IN great force on eastside Of The
Chickahominy and threaten McClsllan's
right wing. What rebels are about On south
side Of James river is not known, but it 10
feared that on one side or other they viii
erect batteries to command navigation be-
lew our position. .~:..">.... =. IL:
$50. MEMPHIS, July &.
Vicksburg dates to July, says that two
canals across the point Of. land opposite
Vicksburg are nearly completed. Negro
workmen have been collected from va1iou,
plantations, and Government receipts CIV
en- for labor. The bombardment has
kept up regular intervals FROM both fleets,
and it was believed that the rebel works
would be stormed the 4th of July. There
is every reason to believe that the city has
already fallen:
FORTRESS MONROE, July s.
Troops arrived here from Washington
yesterday during the day, and went up
James river on the evening of the 4th.-
Four small steamers with four barges in
tow arrived here this morning, loaded with
artillery, men, horses, &c., doubtless bound
up the river. .-@
A skirmish took place yesterday morn
ing near our lett wing, which resulted in
the defeat Of the rebels. We took one
thousand rebel prisoners and three small
batteries. Our cavalry then followed them
! till they passed White Oak Swamp.
Great difficulty exists in obtaining list
of the killed in our late battles, AZ compar-
atively few cases exist where any enc can
tell whether the missing were killed, woun-
ded or taken prisoners.
For the last two days tho rebels have
shown but little disposition to fight, and
yesterday reinquished their ground and
batteries almost without resistance.
The S R Spaulding arrived here thi
morning from Harrison's Landing, With
500 sick and wounded soldiers they will
also leave for New York today.
A rebel gunboat was captured yesterday
up the James river, and broug ht down to
Harrison's Landing. It was completely
riddled with ball holes. .." ,>@4 =.
The Richmond E:namin<r. says Il
thinks the division which went into the
fight Of Friday, $4,000 strong could only
number 5000 for duty on Tuesday, aud
that the loss Of life exceeds that Of any
battle or series Of battles yet2 fought. \
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