The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-07-11
IMPORTANT EVENTS OF THREE
DAYS FIGHTING!
'Ehe Enemy Drawn Out
OF Mis- Entertainments.
T'EFE REBELS REP
THE GREAT BATTLE OF FRIDAY.
ndence O: the Baltimore American.

WHITE HOUSE, saturday, June 20.
WEDNESDAY AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
at the White House on Wednesday mat.
tiers were progressing as usual, with the ex-
ception that there had been a check in the
landing of stores of all descriptions, whilst
those on the landings were being rapidly
loaded in wagons and moved CIT towards
the left flank. Several steamers, with large
strings of vessels, laden with forage and sub
sistence, had also been started down the
river, with orders to proceed to City Point,
on the James River. This reversal in the
course of transportation Occasi0Ded consid
cradle comment and speculation, but was
ascertaned to be the tulfllmept of an order
direct from General Mcclellan. Some sup
posed it to be intended for the supply of q
portion of General Burnside's army, which,
rumor said, had reached the james River to
cooperate with him. An order was also
received from headquarters on Wednesday
TO prohibit any one from coming forward to
the lines on any considerations whatever, un.
less the parties belonged to the army. This
order was so peremptory that even those
connected with the press, some OF whom had
come down to forward their report by the
mail boats, were prevented from returning.
and Others, who had Struggled themselves
through, were promptly sent back.
The down train of cars, due at o'clock
ca Wednesday evening, had net arrived,
which added to the excitement among the
suffers and csmp-iolowers. AT ha!f-past
ten o'clock in the evening, however, the train
arrived, bringing down about ninety wounds
ed men, it having been delayed for their &C.
commodaton they were nearly al of Gen.
Hooker's division, and had participated in
the gallant advance on the left OF the centre
on Wednesday morning, driving the enemy
from their rife~p t., and reporting that they
had secured and held what is known as Tav-
ern Hill, an important position commanding
the city of Richmond. This is the 81 i'm
portant point alluded to 10 the DISPATCHES
OF Gen. Mcclellan detailing the affair. The
entire loss CO our side was reported to be
about TWO hundred and twenty wounded,
and sixty killed. A large number of those
wounded were, however, very slight, most of
them being able to walk from the cars to
the hospital boat. Thus ended the events
of Wednesday.
DOINGS ON THURSDAY.
The fact that the gunboats had taken DO.
sition in front of the landing with their guns
out and sbotted, and the sweeping away of
the trees, which was still progressing, gave
renewed activity to the rush Of camp follow.
ers for passes by the mail boat to Fortress
Monroe, and our population commenced to
be rapidly depleted.
Throughout the day, at White House, the
xu-nC in Il
around the headquarters of General Casey.
Al immense train of wagons was moving
forward from the subsistence aud commits.
sorry departments throughout the day, and
the immense stocks on shore were being
rapidly diminished. The trains on the rail-
road were still steadily moving forward with
ammunition, and continued throughout the
night. Cavalry scouts had also been sent
out 10 various directions during the day,
and preparations were made for obstructing
the roads.
At dusk rev panic was occasioned by
the discovery that bales of hay had been
piled over and about all the large masses OF
subsistence stores on the landings, indicating
the probability that it might become neces~
sary during the night 70 apply the torch to
them to prevent their falling into the hands
Of the ENEMY.
Whilst all these preparations were going
on, Indicating tie probable intention of
eyacuating the landing, Oh shore, the nume-
rous steamers and tugs, probably fifty in
number, had been busy towing down the
river TO West Point, a distance of fifty
miles, through its tOrtuous winGipgs, long
lines OF briggs and barks, laden with stores.
The vessels that were scattered about in the
vicinity were also collected together in sep
arate groups and anchored in the stream,
where they could be easily and rapidly tax,
en in tow by the steamers when the time
for their removal arrived. And in order
that the reader may imagine the scene here
presented, il may be proper for him to un-
derstand that not less than seven hundred
sail of vessels were, two days previous, at
anchor at the White House and landing
and stream along for eight or ten miles
DON the river.
In the meantime the work on the con-
struction of the railroad bridge over the
Pamunkey, just above the landing, was
steadily progressing, large force of work.
men being constantly at work. This fact,
IN conjunction with the evident movements
towards a speedy evacuation, bewildered
the speculatious OF the initiated, but Col.
Ingalls,, under whose directions the evacua,
ticn was progressing, moved about as coolly
as summers morning.
The morning train brought down the
gratifying news that the forward movements
OF General Hooker had been entirely sue
ceSStui, ar d that he held the enemv's camO
and rife pits.
About one hundred more of the wounded
arrived, and we're removed with the Others
to the hospital steamers, where the Sanitary
Committee, with their large corps of sur,