The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-06-24

/ being thought that they might have been
| frightened and mistaken, both as to the
numbers and intentions Of the enemy.
But their reports were soon confirmed
and a strong body Of troops was at once
thrown out in the direction Of Old Church.
and every road and path between camp
and the river closely guarded, rendering
the return Of the rascals by that route
impossible. This the rebels probably
counted on, for nothing more has been
seen OF them in that vicinity
The great query then is, where did they
go toy They were not seen at White
House, though the affair was heard of
both there and at Savage's Station on the
other end, and trains were stopped for
several hours. Telegraph connection with
White House was interrupted until this
afternoon, when il was again resumed.
No indications of their presence have
been discovered to- day. Tunstalrs Sta
ton was occupied by regiment of our
cavalry soon after midnight, but nothing
was learned Of the enemy.
II is the impression that the cavalry
divided into two parties, one swimming
the Pamunkey and escaping into King
William county, and the other party TAX
ing lone circuit down on 10 the lower
Chickahominy, crossing at Long Bridge,
and escaping into their own lines again
between our left flank and James river.
If they escaped this way il must have
been before daylight, for day our cav
airy have secured the extreme let, but
without success. If they are still on this
side of the Pamunkey they will be cap
tured before tomorrow night, for the
great exertion of both men and horses
must use them up and enable our cavalry
TO hive them.
A couple of teamsters have arrived
from the landing, bringing some add
tional information, At least ten men
were killed, but they can name none of
them. One was Quartermaster Sergeant
Potter, of the Sixteenth Michigan regi
ment Some of the men got a schooner
in the stream, cut it adrift, and began to
float down the river. The rebels called
upon them to surrender. The men re-
turned defiant answer saying: "If
we had even briclbats we'd fog you"
when the towards fired, killing Potter
and wOunding another man.
The force of the enemy was ascertain
ed at Old Church to be two regiments of
infantry, two pieces of light artillery,
and fourteen companies of cavalry,
whose strength is not known. As before
stated, the infantry did not 60 below Old
Church. The cavalry and artillery did,
and what became Of them puzzles all of
US.
The total eclipse of the moon the 9TH
er night has brought decided change in
the weather. 1t has ceased to rain and
has become intensely hot. The mercury
rose to- day to 50 degrees in the shade.
The roads are drying up very rapidly,
and the Chickahominy has fallen four
feet within forty eight hours.
The rebels are exceedingly anxious to
provoke fight, in case they can take us
at a disadvantage. Yesterday they
shelled the camps on the left yigOI ously
for an hour endeavoring to draw out the
location of our batteries and redOubts.
They killed three men, but we remained
silent. To- day they opened on our right
but Welden's battery soon shut them up,
one shell killing five or six Of them, and
placing the rebel battery h0rs de conlJat.
There are very strong indications of
great events being very close at hand.