The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1862-07-04

avs artillery ambulances ana men, were
d's. ,;,g towards the bridge, and panic
y" limo s'most inevitable, when strong guard
''' . aie across the bridge. At the time
VI, the enemy mad almost reached the
WIKI bosnita. one.half mile from the river,
T,ls.asber's Irishmen came over the hlll' strip
W. * - their bare arms, and were ordered 10
?F1 - ~ work. They gave a yell and went to
. . ~ and the result was the enemy fell back
N' .Ss woods, and thus matters stood Up to
:. :, o;clock Saturday morning. At dark the
- !.s.L was made along the front of the en-
' '..' line. and renewed at a. m. in front OF
Generals Co, Hooker, Kearney and Sumner
n.,bout material result.
ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
Another correspondent speaking of the
.,.,le of Friday, SAYS Twice all along the
..'r- did the bloody and determined attack
..r r. our lines of battle, and our rifle pits
II redoubts. Porter Numbered on them
IN fifty cannon. Summers, Hookers, and
,rsrs, gnns. reaped them with very death
', .rest Their loss in killed and wounded
-. horrible. We but debate now, if our
W., dead. wounded and missing equal those
.ha Seven Pines or exceed theirs. In the
mime Notwithstanding the disproportion
>: rrmbers. the Union line is at every point
,,at where it was in the morning, and the
.,r,es behind it are in heart.
The same correspondent, dating Friday, at
Knight, says ten guns were taken from US
-r sudden flank attack, covered by the
~, smoke which hung around the pieces
~, sowly drilted to leeward. "A rebel major
,en prisoner by Count De Paris, states that
whole of Jackson's army was in the at
.e, on our right, and the rebels had from
wv 70 eighty thousand troops. This will
y,afu the enormous fire under which our
rrp were borne down and swept away. Yes
srjsy the Pennsylvania reserve drove Jack
.,rs command, but to-day We're overpowered
* The same troops, reinforced. Sykes reg
liars were called up, but proved unequal to
Ne task of stopping them, and Slocum's CON-
,,7I had to be added. Count Departs tes-
,,-, to the remarkably good conduct of all
~. regiments that sustained this unequal at
,..A on Porter. They gave way indeed, but
~, one of them ran. Their losses are enor-
mus. The regular eleventh infantry is al
INST annihiated. Nearly every officer is
ed or wounded. The 18th suffered Sc
yprry.
Major Rosselle of the regulars, and kins-
man of Mcclellan, is killed. Col Pratt of
y-s York regimen: is killed, and Lieut. Coils
Back and Sweitzer. Our loss in officers is
very marked. Indeed, the disproportion in
.!mbers was so extraordinary, and the OBJ
,aacv of our troops so unyielding, that our
ossrs were inevitably large. The artillery
n both Porter's and Smiths divisions piled
.4e rebels in heaps. The fire was horribly
Elective.
THE MOVEMENTS OF FRIDAY.
The object of the movements made by our
.orcrs on Friday was to bring Porter's and
other divisions into more close connection
with the rest of the army; in fact changing
the front Of the whole of our forces, with our
entire and left pressing Immediately on Rich
mond itself, which would be done, it was ex-
qrcted. on Saturday. 1t was the virtual sur
realering of tie long line of defenses hereto
.Jye kept up to Mechanicsville, in order tc
nave the whole force within more effective
.isance of the rebels, and to follow up and i
possible to bag them.
Mcclellan ordered Porter to withdraw t
:vo miles this side of Gaines Mills, earl,
friday morning which was done, the enemy
lowing up, thinking they had gained vic
Tory. Our troops slowly moving back in or
Ter, fighting as they went, crossed the Chick
ahominy and reached the position designated
,0r their occupation by Gen Mcclellan. The
rebels followed in great force, and by three
O'Clock in the afternoon general and heavy
-agagement occurred here, lasting till I, wher
4ulI took place but the rebels again re
2ewed it with greater ferceness, having beer
enforced. Our brave men stood the une
.al contest like heroes, and canister, shell
grape and musketry did fearful havoc.
Our forces were increased by Slocum's
l4lmer's, French's and Meagher's brigades
and the rebels were beaten badly. Mea
.,er's brigade went into the battle with coat
I and sleeves rolled up, fighting like tigers
he ground which Gen Mcclellan ordered
zen Porter to occupy and hold was occupied
al held. In the first part of the day Gel
'.-es, but subsequently reinforcements swell
-.Olr numbers to $4,000. The rebels lat
1880 men, under Gems Lee, Hill, Anderson
md Branch.
THE EVACUATION OF WHITE HOUSE.
lhe correspondent of the Baltimore Amer
.aH, writing from Washington on Sunday
"s:-lt appears that Geographic communi
atom between White House and Gen Nc
Elan was not broken until near one o'cloc
saturday, and then the wire was cut a
D,2atch Station, eleven miles out. Tun
Sal. station, four miles out, was in our pos
session. until four o'clock in the afternoon, a
"ach hour the operator at White Hous
-raFI strange signal coming over the wire
'A gong to the instrument he was herade
Win what the Union soldiers call the rebe
'al'e -" | say, o you Yankee -- of
This was the signal given for tns
vacation, when a portion of the intantr
:lFces immediately embarked on steamboat
Ill waiting for them. The last of the trans
:'F's We're moved off by steam tugs, and
y" articles scattered about on shore, eve
some damaged hay, fired. The whole was c
very small value, and thus of the many mi
''nS OF property here a few days ago, PEI
laps not 5000 worth was destroyed. In tn
@.t>t OF this closing scene in the beautif'
acSahominy region regret to have to stat
"a, some yandal set fire to the White Hous
-'t i was entirely consumed.
me enemy made his appearance in consi(
rtaO4e force at the White House about seve
.S IN the evening, and although he ne
~FF found bread for man nor hay for beast
1a' welcomed with heavy showers of graz
not from the three gun-boats which we
.'ased along in front of the landing. The
we're supposed to be 10000 strong, and u
~. - 'Aey brought their haversacks we'll SUI
t,s4 must have gone supperless to bed.
az oest of times found starvation stare n