Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1862-07-02
From McClellan's Army.
MCCLELLAN's HE4DQrARrERs !
june .1-Eveninr.

Gen. Hooker, at nine o'clock this NOR
ming advanced his division with the view
OF occupying a new position. The result
was that his troops met a most determined
resistance from the enemy, which
lasted until four o'clock p. NJ. but the
rebels were forced to give way before the
~invincible courage of our men.
The troops all fought as gallantly as ever.
The loss on our side will be about 200.
killed and wounded.
The enemy's loss is not known. but it
is believed to be equal to ours.
The camp of the rebels in front of Gen.
Hooker was captured, and is now occupied
by his troops.
The ground fought for was n swamp
with thick underbrush beyond which was
an open country. The woods intervening
between our troops and the enemy proven
ted the result of our artillery firing from
being known. Two Napoleon l2-pounders
under Capt. De Russey succeeded in get
ting through the swamp during the after
noon and did excellent service.
An effort of the enemy to capture it re-
suited in their being driven back with Sc
we're loss. The result of to-day is highly
important TO the health of the Army, as
but little more ground is to be gained to
place our tro rs beyond the swamp.
Gen-McClellan was present the whole
day experimenting all movements.
NEW YORK, June 26.
The Tribune's Washington correspond
ence of the 18th says; Major General Pope
believes the forces of the rebels at Rich
mond are over-rated, %as..were the forces of
Beauregard at COrinth. 1t was the con-
current testimony of spies and deserters
that no less than 10000, or 200, 900 armed
rebels were behind ~Beauregard's entrench-
ments, but upon the occupation of Corinth
it was proved bepond dispute that he had
never had more than $4,000 there. He
laughs at the report that Gen. Beauregard
has reinforced hat army to the extent
of a single soldier.
He considers the war in the West as vir-
tually at an end. The only thing yet to
be done being to possess and hold the i'm
mense breadth of country already con-
quered.
In annwer to a question concerning the
to Gen. Halleck, he saws he took 10000
and $4,000 stands of arms. Most of the
C1DllNcS, DlIllN Vi NuDh were IEOm Mem
lucky and Tennessee, Beauregard's rear
guard was driving South; Having no
means to feed them, and believing there
was little temptation for them to join the
rebel rout, he released them on parole.
Gen. Rousseau was on the floor of the
House to-day.
Theidea of~constructing asanitary camp
on a large scale two miles north ofGeorge-
town, is entertained by the Government.
Gen. Mcclellan is bringing up from
Yorktown heavy siege guns, some of which
have already arrived. The rebels show
no dispotion to assumed the offensive again
in force, but are evidently preparing to re-
sist attack. Their occasional demonstra-
tions-like those of Saturday night-seem
intended to draw US into an attack, but
they have no general who is capable ofma-
king Mcclellan fight until he gets ready,
nor of making him fight upon a plan of
their selection,
1t was agreed between Col. Key and
Gen. Howell Cobb, in their recent confer
ence that surgeons taken on the field should
not be regarded as prisoners of war, but
as non-combatants. This arrangement
has been sent to Washington for approval.
In an obscure corner of the Richmond
Dispatch we find the announcement that
JEFF Davis had been taken i'll at Raleigh,
n. c., where he had gone to visit a sick
child. Anticipations were expressed that
he would return to the Confederate capt.
tai in a few days, but these hopes may
prove fallacious.
The Richmond Dispatch of June 23d
says-Twenty three deserters from our ar
my were brought into town yesterday.
Some of them will probably be shot as a
warning to others.