Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-06-06

the wisdom and patriotism which have illus
trated the course of this great magistrate he
has my sincere respect and gratitude
Incidents of the Battlefield.
From the New York Times.
BATTLE-FIELD, June 3.-The wounded
have been removed to the hospitals and prop
erly cared for by the surgeons in attendance.
Many Of the wounded rebels, including col
onel, two captains, and a large number of
privates, were left behind in the old huts and
houses, on and in the vicinity of the battle
field. Every rebel have conyersed with, eX-
pressed their surprise at the kind treatment
they have received at our hands. They say
their officers tell them we hang or shoot all
prisoners brought in; they say, also, if the
people OF Richmond only knew the truth, they
would hoist again the old flag over the state
house. The terrible battles of Saturday and
Sunday have converted even the most rigid
secessonsts to the belief of the hopelessness
of holding Richmond The foicer of their
army WaS led against our lceakeSt point, and
reaped instead of victory, ignobIe defeat.
| The contrabands say that not more than seven
regiments are between here and Richmond at
the present time. They say the rebels threw
| away their guns, knapSacks and accoutre-
ments in their rapid flight on Sunday, back to
Richmond. Their officers strove to rally
their scattered fragments, and press the runa-
ways to fight, stating they had whipped us,
and begging them not to desert at the moment
| of victory; but the men had been urged on to
many an unequal combat BEFORE with the
same story, and refused to obey. The tall of
| Richmond ciU take place WitItoW another bat
| tie.
BURYING THE DEAD.
Our forces are now engaged in burying the
dead, and many sad scene the eye witnesses.
Lying in the wood, in front of a small house,
temporarily used as a hospital, the dead body
of one of our leutenants lay. His death
must have occurred instantly, for just below
his eye a MIME ball entered, taking off in its
flight Il portion of the back part of his head.
The rebels had turned his pockets inside out,
much in the shape of the ancient highway
men; not the least scrap of paper could be
found about his person, affording the slight
est clue to his identity. Hewas young man,
quite handsome, with black hair hanging in
curls over his pallid forehead | thought
what a priceless treasure one of these same
curls would be to those who knew and loved
him. A tifer and drummer were found close
together. The fiter was in a sitting posture
leaning against a tree; ball had passed
| through his heart, his fife was clasped in his
| fingers. The drummer-boy seems to have
| been his companion, and was probably in the
act OF supporting the expiring fifer in his
| arms, when he himself was killed by a ball
| going through his head; his drum lay at his
| feet, both heads knocked out. Some of the
! dead rebels were found with pieces of paper
pinned on their clothing, giving their name
with request that they might be properly bu-
red, and their graves marked, so that when
the war was over their remains could be found
by their relatives and friends, if they should
wish to remove them to rest by the side of
their kindred. Their requests will be reli-
giously fulfilled.
THE SECOND DAY-GOOD NEWS.
From the New York Tribune.
SAyAGE's STATION, Sunday Morning, l-2
| o'clock.-W lille waiting to make up from the
| surgeons memoranda list of the killed and
| wounded in the battle of the Seven Pines,
| listen to the furious musketry which this
morning renews the fight upon the ground
| where the combatants separated last night.
| 1t Is about mile OFT only, and the white
smoke rising through the dark pines and oaks
| marks accurately the altar on which slavery
| and rebellion are making choicest sacrifice to
the demon OF war. Of the laundering, roar
| ing volleys, like that which described YES
terday, there have been but two And well
| face such fire are made of cast steel. They
| necessarily uust be ''heroes of a hundred
fights" We pick up news to-day in frag-
ments. There were three divisions of the
choicest OF Johnson's troops, precipitated up
on our advance left yesterday. Longstreet
commanded. If these divisions are of aver
age strength of ours, the enemy's force was
10000. This number of the divisions is stat
ed to us by the prisoners whom we took yes
terday-every one of them Of the truest
BlackwelPs Island type of face, and gait, and
dress.
Of the regiments, John Cochrane's is for
the present annihilated. He himself is safe
but his lieutenant colonel Shaler, an admira-
BILE officer, is said to be killed. After sustain
ing heavy fire, they were charged upon in
overwhelming numbers, and scattered with
what loss is not known. Col. Van Wyck was
struck by shell which did not explode. The
Dlow Tell on his saber, which was bent, with
the sword within, to a complete right angle
The colonel was knocked down and disabled,
but not permanently injured. Gen Devens
is shot through the tieshy part of the calf of
the leg. The wound, while serious, is not Sc
riouS
Eight o'clock.-Good news! Richardson
mas taken the scoundrels in flank, while
Helntzelman and Hooker are said to have
"'sieu az ulell III 'front.' Inc statement goes
electrically from group Of wounded to group
of wounded, all through the grounds Of this
country-seat, that the rebels run like sheep.
The lire recedcs, and its diminishing volume
and dstlnctness denote flight on their part
and pursuit on ours. What a retributive
termination of the battle begun with odds
against us yesterday, would be the march of
Hentzelman into Richmond this afternoon,
fighting as he went, and whipping as he
fought! God grant us the consummation.
The Course of Gov. Stanley.