, 1862-08-18

l tt.A2 ~~A4%N ID 4EA0ElFu 00U1UV
essary for the security Of the health aud 1orai
oi me troops: It Will involve serions r;sl~s
auu WILL require the exercise of ere1t skill in
eenG1ca'1ng this large army f.Gm: its uosit;on
M mnn me e1pe1lence Of the memorable seven
T nn;ne ug.o a 5ns It IS doubtful if tue rebels
a1a on That occasion, for they certainly. bs
taelf Own showing, got decidedly the wnr!t
u ~ auI1ns that serles of encounters. Ey-
etylhlng has been managed thus "a. with
Sh9nsommate hg nhaa rEo,, SKILL 50 far as can judge
from the place depended upon kesniap
me movement concealed from the eaemy,
E'cl3 thlDg hes BEEN arranged With that vie ~
II no = apEeass to be the plan to send away
NE !aige portion OF the troops, with the ne
cessafy arfll5ry and transportation wagons.
~ laEd, moving them IN two or three co]simns
toward Williamsburg, and then embark The
remainder OF the troops and xaa{sriel 11non
Transports, under cover Of the gunboats i .oe
oa arta,en Ge dteefea for the purposes oI em
on the James River With tie low aud
| s"ampy region of Herring Greek protecfintr
| zee rear and right of our encampmcng, NJ
3elec could annoy us with 1mpunity from the
LAID side, for the gunboats can efIsctuaJlv Eei,,
Euch force at bay there, and at the SAME 1i;7..
| 1erder it impossible for it to approach from
ltc direction Of our entrenchrleuts 1t t.,a
1lont End right, after those works shall hare
bten abandoned.
Ellie 11luay morning our force has
ht en gradually sent away, 80 as not to attr,ct
S:1eEtlon. On that day, early in the morniag.
I'VE cattelles, with the horses and men which
rad been loaded during the previous ncht.
wee sent down the river, in liShtcdratt steam.
ets sco eceoonets. It IS believed these have
pcen ecnt 10 neaF tie entrance Of the Chicka-
Ecminy kiver, 60 as to be in readiness to n,oye
up aEu Command tic cfossln. Of that river.
perhaps at Barrett's Ford, which is tic Iowrr
crossing place. Should the enemy cone down
~ olspnse ouf passage across this celebrated
st1ean', We should need such protection T.
Ma7 be ne shalt divide the forces after nass
ng Charles City Court House, and one coI-
nmh take the upper road, to Coles Ford.
WHICH Is hVe 1ulles above Barrett's Ford
measured on Ar. Blunt's new chart ard man
which lave found to be very correc-. So ~
as al the places, points AID reaches aloa:.
tEe RIVER are coneerIed; she Gista,1er 20 WI.
hams burg, by the most direct Of these roads.
3s rot over twenty-five miles. By the Coles
ru!u l1ute, winch takes us by the way OF
ClIsWsu to the Williamsburg road, il is Droh-
ably thirty. Thus, We must be at least two
days in reaching William 5burr. even T,v n
lore march, at which Eoint tt e army viii BE-
sa1e, II 10. sooner attacked and rendered
olitf~lSe. doubt if the enemy is in any
Il our movement in season to follow and
attack lE btfcre we reach this narrow part of
t,e re1 1nsuia. It may be the purpose ofGe7. !
Mcclellan to have the larger Transports
isea reeve III the ,.y army on boasd at the latter
earh~orks abandoned. The main point to /
pc guarded against, apprehend, l. the !
eonth bauk Of the river, from which the rebels !
%A', no doubt, give US parting salu., il !
nnI}s 1ney g San s.sC ovesake our departing trans
elees o. the Question, your correspondent is /
N doubt which route to take, surprising he !
stonld choose his mode Of exit from tits In
lsIes1lng 1 SPOT with view to personal salty.
YH2 rx%-rrH II
tie fntm5's carmen, aud by the road ~ are
t2p. Sc! to the possibility Of 4 running fight,
AS he has heretofore exhibited some smart
ness at dcdging, be is inelEed, like the d.r-
key, to "take to de wcods.''
buhe fields brigade has been on the south |
eide Of the river for five days, up to yesteru4v
Motn1ng, Watching agsinst the advance of the
ens my from Petersburg ria Prince George |
CONT donse. He captured q few prisoners,
one OF "hom Was Northern man, vito was
glad to escape. He obtained Of him some raj
liable 11torua.ion.
General Seymour McCa1l's old division has
gone across TO take his place, aud they will
probably remain there until our transports are
out OF reach, and then embark themselves. Il |
viii bc done probably within two days-per-
haps sooner.
Yestercay Was busy Sunday. OF5crlias
FEre constantly on the move during tl* 4fay,
Delivering messages from headquarters to the
Various commanding generals. We are to %
away equipped for an eight day march. Tie
troops move in Light marching order
shall carefully watch al the mo yemcnts.
ard With your other correspondents shall be-
a6ie 81 to give ycu prompt and full particulars OF
al that happens.
9 a. N. MONDAY, Aug. II, 1S62.-P. Sit
= certain that the whole army will move.
Every corps. think, have received orders.
and We are getting ready us fast as possible
eome OF the largest transports are waitin.,
down the river, not at great distance. Thar
are some Indications that we may, after ali. 20
Wholly by the transports. They are nov
l0aclng up the schooatrs with army wagons.
lGe Whole camp will be on the move bT tYo |
o'clock p N.
WEDSEsDAr, Aug 1s, 1s63.-The move
ment for Withdrawing the army from the
James River, which began nearly d week AFRO, :;
very quietly, has steadily progressed until
each oitieer aid man stands ready for the word |
to march. The eff1rt to retire without the
knowledge Of the enemy think has failed.
The nnusul masslpg Of fvesscls and transports
ntar the various landings, sid. by side: the
Industry of the small tugs MOVING
Vessels about; the accumulation q
enp aaS the nlpoFs aipna Of 9RRPos1s 3R9 the
fr1 three days past With troops, to say nothing
OF the departure Of steamers during eyerF
hight 5or most Of The past week, must have |
at'racted attention, even If the other move /
1nents immediately upon the enear1p:nens I
and along the banks have not been observed [
from buhdred places on tho opposite saorc. ]
Which 1t has been impossible: FIR Us to occunv
or guard. In word. it must have been patent
TO the most casual observer tdat seine rraad
enterprise was on foot How, absurd, there ;
who has been watching us fron hundred
places, has not been fully awar;. al
all VIC have been doing.
10 cover appearances, the gunboats have
eeen e kept Up toward City Point Watching the ,
coming OF the formidable ram from Rich
mond- The balloon has regularly visited tue
upper regions to yiew-ether, and the sur
Ionnd1ng country enyelopcd in smoke. The !
toot1ng Of bug1es and beating of drums ia the |
and defiant than ever. as much as to say.
y Here nc are, come II you dare'' The siege
guns continued, up to last evening. to show ,
thelr tt . biack mouths to the eneng's pickets
OF them we're Yesterday removed and placed
On board transport. .tQuaker3' have NOT
been invented to lake their places. The usual
Earates, reviews and guard-mountiugs nave
gene On, Just as If nothing unusual was about
to happen. Some Of the Steamers coming M
tic river have brought, during the last two Of
tf!ee days, large companies Of returning coz
y;'lesctnts and ttraggiers, which n,ay aid to
= =. ep ny appearances. Meantime, all the sick
have been sent away, and the hospitals arc
noW Hseant-thonsh they have in this climate
OF filis up about as iast as they are eu.otied.
lie snrctons in charge of this department |
have literally lad their hands 1uu. Dr, Br1d-
ley shllpcd l SOS patients on board of tho |
S'ate of Maine, Louisiana, knickerbockar and |
Juln Brooks-mos1ly light cases, Of fever and
a1af1 hosa-the MN walking on board. Tney
have been reduced By c!imatic aud other In.
luences. All this large number were ship1ttl
bst~eea the hours of i T. N. THURSDAY. and IN
e. N. Friday.
Dr.. Dunster, the director Of the transports
arrived Oh the Webster, Friday evening: and
immediately took up the business Of getting
Oh the Sick. He sent on board OF efghS steam. |
ere !, l49 persons, Az fast as one steamer Wis
loaded she vas sent away. The doe1or cs,i-
mates the number OF sick and wounded dis.
"a! !ched North, By different :anspcrts at H.
w '',ocO Of whom we're prisoners from Civ
fotnt. These. OF course, include those sent |
1iom White House before the "cnauye OF |
oase-" Yesterday the Harrison House. and |
the tents Immediately around II, were pretty
well cltarcd Of patients.
considerable }e.numbcr Of the troops have
been sent from here By transports SER
mont division, or 9 part Of it, as WILL asa
Fart q Helutzelm1n's, haye already Eone-thc |
second brigade of Seymour's to report d.
tscily to Gen Burnside, at Aq1is Creek. We
shall thus have a profitable reduction il the
1sfE1h OF cur retreating column, as we'll as in |
rs strength. The bes. that can be done. usinr
~ Tie transports to be had the body a
troops and material to be 1noved will he I'm
Mense: ~ Will form s cayaIcade and tra;n ~
at least sixteen Or twenty miles
sufpius tents have already heen st-nc1-. -a,i |
mental baggage, hT the hundred tons has han
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