Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-06-14
Special Correspondence Of the Chicago Times
From w Washington.

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Stories of Rebel Barbarrties ErgLoded-Er-
posure Of our Plans and Strength 10 the Rebels
Plots againa Mcclellan.
WASHINGTON. June 8.
How the rebel troops will fight IN the next and
probably last great battle before Richmond, may
be judged from the manner IN which they con
Quoted themselves on last Satmd ~ and Sunday
] have seen MANY of the officers aud soldiers who
were engaged in different parts Of the field. and
their universal testimony is, that the rebel troops
Fought with determined courage, and held their
ground steadily. The accuracy of their aim Is
sufficiently attestel by the long list Of our killed
and wounded. which amounts to fully 1000. in
stead of 5000. There Is no use ia cOncealing
the Truth. and know it 10 be The only won
der Is that not more of our officers were killed.
Captains, Colonies, Brigadier Generals, and even
Generals of divisions, exposed themselves with
bravery bordering on reckleSsness. The vete
rams, Generals Heinlzelman and Sumner, were
both under fire. and as cool as if on parade Gen
Philip Kearney, followed by his staff. rode no aud
down the line of battle amid the leiden hail,
cheering an animating his men. Gen. J ami
sons horse was shot under hm-an animal that
have often admired, and which the General will
find difficult to replace General Berry, another
OF Gen. kelrney's Brigaders, WAS unirlng in his
efforts TO mike the 6re OF his brigade etfectut
Gen kearney' third Brgadier. failed to emulate
the example OF his chef and his brigade, in con
sequence, was useless lie has been relieved of
his command. He Is son of the celebrated JAS
G. Birney, once Abolition candidate for President.
and j., believe, an Abolltionist himself.
\ startling fact occurred in connection with
one of the prisoners whom we captured. On the
ter,on OF Col Washington, a rebel officer. was
{ ,und a complete and correct list OF the army of
no D,,tsmae fupluIuu IN Ia Il a r.
present organization ID corps. divisions and brig
,a,e-. The name Of every division commander
and OF every BrgadIer General was correctly
given with the name aud number OF every regi-
ment in each brigade and the approximate
strength OF each regiment. More than this there
was also attached plan of the country on the
Chick shOminy near Richmond; with the position
OF each division OF our army correctly marked
on it. That 1t had very recently come into the
rebels possession was evident from the fact that
several of the divisions had moved their positions
only two days before, and these changes of po
SitOnS were carefully noted Oh the sketch. The
completeness and accuracy the entire document
prov ed that il could have emlnated from tyro
IN military matters, and gives ground for the
painful suspicion that there is traitor in the
camp y no has access To the secret movements OF
the army. il was said, at first that, together
with tins document was found IT, counterpart rel
ative to the rebel army This. l hnd inquiry
in the proper quarter, is entirely incorrect A
little slip OF paper was found, containing few
memoranda oi single brigade in the rebel army.
That was all the Information concerning the rebel
army that WAS derived from the capture OF Mr..
Washington.
IL Is well for the country that there are still
lett some newspapers whose Editors have manli-
ness and frmuesS To denounce and expose as 1t
deserves the outrageous plot to which Stanton
and Mcdowell are tie chief parties. and to which
Lincoln has BEEN uncOnScieusly, probably, ac, eS-
sorry in pursuance OF which the fruits OF MeClel-
lan's patient labors for ten months about
to be snatched from hun. For more than six
months Gen. Mcclellan devoted all bis energies
To the undertaking OF forming an ARMY When
lie had completed this hercuIean task. he pro
ceede to carry on the war in pursuance Of his
plans, which we're those of General Scott. But
from the yer, first moment these plans have been
iIteriered with by Stanton. The climax OF this
in,erfe euce was reached. when Mcdowell, with
10000 troops, was kept IDLE at Fredericksburg
for Xix weeks. and ~ 900 troops were wasted
upon Banks aud Fremfnt, in order that Mellow
ell might attend IT, unconstitutional secret mill
try councils, held III Washington under cover of
the night. under Stantou's auspices while Nc
c e Ian Was left with his little army thnned out
by battle and disease. To fight his way step0y
step from Yorktown 10 Richmond. only to ind
himself. when there al last confronted by rebei
army OF vastly superior force. But justice. though
asleep now. will awake
had very interesting interview Yesterday
with Col keniey. the brave commander OF the
Mary land regiment that was so badly cut up at
Front Royal on the 25th ult. They were engl-
ged by Confederate Maryland regiment, and,
a. neither would give up, the carnage on both
sides was fearful The Union regimen was
nearly anuihilaied, only 800 men remaining when
the tight was over. The papers have been flied
with accounts of rebel atrocities committed on
this occasion by the rebe soldiers. and by the
women ct Winchester. find. nquirin- OF
Col kenley that there i not word OF truth
in all these wonderful stories. None OF Our
wounded we're bayoneted or fired on None OF
the women IN Winchester fired on our re;reatlng
troops Quarter Was always granted 10 them
whenever asked. So far from having been
fired upon when in ambulance. Col Henley
VS. treated with kindness. and has been sent
home parole 10 ms family in Baltimore All
our wounded we're treated kindly.
- IL is understood that one Of the charges