The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-07-12
FROM mcCLELLAND,s ARMY.

Washington, July S-The steamer Juniata
vss fred on by the rebel battery of six.pound-
ers Yesterday, while going up to McClelan's or.
nv and two men were killed and six wounded.
There are no fears of the rebels being able to
,lant permanent batteries on the bank of the
river but gunboats will be unable wholly to sup
press this guerrilla mode of moving batteries
Gov Morton's private secretary returned from
cCIellan's army to day. The men are anxious.
" awaiting achievements, but are all perfectly
satisfied Of being able to hold their position. -
The rebels are at present defiant and close to
our lines
Returns to-day show over 10000 in the hos.
pi,sls in and around Washington City.
The Richmond Dispatch of July 9th in an ar
.icle on the late engagements, says: "Fom the
mos. careful and reliable estimates we can
procure from officers and other authorities, it
sppears our loss in killed alone was aboet TO-.
OSO"
Nothing is said about the wounded or miss
iDg.
It also says that Richmond is so full of their
own wounded that they are compelled to keep
the Union wounded in fields outside the city,
vberd they are cared for as we'll as circumstan.
ces will permit.
The Richmond Examiner of July 4th, says,
the rebel killed, wounded and missing amount
ps least $4,000.
Confederate stock rose from SO to 81 after
the late battle. 1t thinks that the capitulation
otlcCellan's army is probable, and gives a let
ter from Sdell saying he expects immediate
recognition Of the Confederacy by Napoleon.
The Washington Republican of this morning
gives areport that rebel papers found on the
steamer Teaser, recently captured on James
River, fix the strength of the rebel army about
Richmond at $4,000.
The National Intelligencer speaking of the
return Of the French princes from McClellan's
staff says on their return to this city from the
army Of General Mcclellan, they expressed in
the vsrmest terms their admiration of that Of
fceis military conduct The Republican copies
and replies, I'VE hear precisely the contrary,
from the best source. The editors of the Nation
al lntelligencer have been imposed upon"
1t is just such case as that last winter, when
the associated press dispatch agent here was
made to send off forged speech Of the Secre
tary OF War lauding Gen. Mcclellan.
The Richmond Examiner of July 4th, de-
scrbes Tuesdays battle as the 6ercest and most
sanguinary of the whole series Of conflicts. It
says Gen. hagruder ordered . charge across
open fields to drive the enemy from their posi-
tion. Instantly from the line of the Union
oresstworks . murderous storm of grape and
canister was hurled into their ranks with most
terrible execution. Officers and men went
down by hundreds, but undaunted they pressed
On for two thirds the distance across the field.
Here the carnage from the whitening fire of the
enemy OF combined cannon and musketrv was
dreadful Our line wavered a moment and fell
back to the cover Of the wood. Thrice again
the effort to carry the position of the enemy
was made, but With the same results
Night at last rendered further attempts ipiu.
dcious, and the fight until ten o'clock was kept
up by the artillery Of both sides.
1t must not be inferred from the above &C.
count that the slaughter was all upon our side.
We have the best reasons to know that the we'll.
directed FIRE of our cannon and musketrv, both
before and also subsequent to our efforts "a
storm the enemys position, fell with fatal eifec,
upon bis heaving mass of men.