Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1862-06-13
D. Ngl pliION TO GEORGETOW y,
~HTTU CARCLINA.

Ae 4a. .rm Mcclellan headquarters
i~.a.-!1s ,s'ui1E Gays
T. a,s. storm which set in tuesday al
.- is-t.i during the whole Of Nednes-
day.. ihH wafer ~ the Chicahominy has
Nan r su Unprecedented height. The
r..r'|i tIsiu- from White house 10 the late
Battlefield v.re detained several hours, aad
She t.is-raI % line was down in many places.
S c.-trthlnd who left Richmond Sunday
r --1ica that all the carts, furniture
- -u.Iiu-5s. md Carriages TO be found
were INNS u-scl INTO the service for the car
l7lu- o. IRE dead and wounded from the
a.. ..f %, and that the S%pottswood and
LA,hsu-r i~l.-.ls. together with a number Of
Iahi. ..i private buildings were turned
Into h.-..,-i.. Al tine information shows
-l- th- .1cuy suffered terribly.
IH- t.- siened with artillery Thursday
incoming from five different points opposite
.-w Bulge, with a view Of preventing It's
..r-.rs.. i.u. Three Of our batteries opeued
I'D t-a -.a.ir- them to retreat after a hot
l..ot la. .5Gis. our lozs was one killed
li . uudc1. No further Interference
t1.l @ arIpa The day.
Dl I. lF evening Gen. Mcclellan is-
-i.t tss GLOWING address 10 the army,
Winch received with loud cheers
l-ittucJAETEEs, Army OF POT0NAC, :
Cmp near New Bridge. Va,
June ., 1862.
ai1s of me Army Of The Potomac:
| have fulfilled a part of my promise to
rfu Yea are now face to face with the Teb-
.s who are held at bay in front Of their capt.
-ll. The final and decisive battle is at hand.
Iu' y1u helie your past history, the re
ull cannot DE- Tor a moment doubtful. If
the troops who labored so faithfully and
bought 20 calamity at Yorktown, and who
hritely won the bard fights at Williams
hug. Nct Point, Hanover Court House,
aud Fair Oaks. now prove worthy Ui their
0u'-Cais1t-, the victory is surely ours. The
.~Yru..i cy-ry day prove your superiority ;
N..f SOS you have met the enemy you have
.i'.. lim, wherever you have used the
DE has given way in panic and dis
Hali. / ask of YOU now, one last GROWING
,tIit. The enemy has staked his all on the
issue ai the coming battle. Let us meet him
and crush INN here in The very centre OF the
lc.e.liau.
soldiers. 1 will be with you in this battle
and share IT'S dangers with you.
uur confidence in each other is founded
ufHu the Vast now let us strike the blow
which is - restore peace aud union to this
distracted land. Upon your valor, discipline
and mutual confidence the result depends.
G. B. M~cCLELLAN,
Mai. Gen. Cong.
Itls stated that zen. Birney Of Philadel-
nina. was relieved Of his command on the
Rattle ield by Gen. Heintzleman. he having
failed 10 bring his brigade into action when
.-rrr.4 IN EffurlHv-
Dispatches from Richmond on Sunday,
published in the Memphis papers, claim a
great victory. having " thus far driven the
Yankee back a mile and a half into the
swamp. occupying their camps, capturing
tbtu luggage and over FIVE hundred priso-
rers Gen. Rhodes is wounded, Gen. Hal
ton OF Tennessee Is killed. The Yankees
fought desperately, but they were badly
,vhippeI. The carnage was terrible on both
-ides. Gen. Lee AID President Davis were
n the field. Their presence increased the
enthusiasm OF our troops. The enemy tried
to make a flank movement about Z O'Clock
N the evening, but were repulsed. On
sunday the battle was resumed chiefly with
tousketry. Prisoners are constantly coming
IN. Our forc.s now occupy the enemy
.4uts. We captured 3 batteries after the
most desperate fighting. The enemy were
projected hy woods and Entertainments.
Tea Memphis refugees arrived at Cairo
Iawsjav. They were railroad engineers
ana saw that they ran 3 locomotives out Of
Nsnriis. on the Memphis and Ohio Rail
rad 70 Humboldt, where they switched them
f and brought them north to Trenton
where they lound the bridge over the Obior
uyer destroyed. They then ran the loco
motives "a the trek. burned two bridges be
hlud them and cut the telegraph wires.
A meeting Of the citizens OF Memphis Wal
he'd at tie Mayors Office on Sunday. a
which resolutions were adopted that the cit
never should yield 10 the enemy voluntarily
and that citizens who d. not take up arm
are expected to give pecuniary aid to the re
bsllion.
ten. Curtis Is still at Batesyille. Ark. Ill
has J.u00 Unionists between White and he'
Rivers.
\ rebel guuboat came to JacksonpoIt Oh
White River, tuesday, and destroyed al th
cotton and sugar there, and returned dow
the river destroying ali tie cotton and suga
as she went. 1t is supposed that a yer.
arge amount Of each has been destroyed.