St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1862-07-03

enemy then seemed to make their last deS-
perate determined effort, and came fore
ing our men back into the low ground be-
tween the hill and the bridge where they
could have been slaughtered by tens Of
thousand before they could have crossed
that long narrow bridge-wagons, artillery
ambulances and men were hurrying to.
wards, tho bridge and q panic was almost
inevitable, when strong guard va, plac-
ed across the bridge at the time when the
enemy had almost reached the main hos
pital, half a mile from the river. Thos.
Francis .Meagher's iIrishmep came over
the hill, stripped to the bare arms and
were ordered to go in.
They gave yell, and went TO work and
tho result was that the; enemy fell back to
the woods, and thus matters stood up to
IL o'clock yesterday, Sunday mornisg:
y At dark an attack was made along the
front Of the entire line and was renewed
at two a. NJ. in front Of Gems. Hooker,
Kearhey and Sumner, without material re-
suit. i.,ni. .r.l" ~ III - .r :43., ai!i q
10 Another correspondent says Of Fridays
'battle,-twice all along the front, did tho
rebels attack our lines, our riAe:pits' and
redoubts.'l Porter, with fifty cannon, and
Summer Hookers and Aver s gums now
ed them with death harvest; their loss
ia killed and wounded WAS horrible. 49,,
Under, date Of Friday, midnight, the
same correspondent says ten guns were
taken from us by sudden flank attack
covered by the thick smoke which hung
around. o.
i. Count de Paris captured a rebel major
who belonged to Jackson's army. lie
said he had been in the Valley of the shen.
andoah all winter, and came here yester
day with a part Of Jackson's army the
rest arrived this morning. The whole of
it was here. He said: that in the attack
on our right the rebels hsd from 10000
to $4,000 troops. This will explain the
enormous fire under which our men were
borne down and swept away, precisely as
some Of the regiments were swept away
at the Seven Pines. ~*:: ~:
Yesterday the Pennsylvania reserve
drove the attacking regiments Of j ckson's
command. To-day they were overpower-
ed by the same troops reinforced. Styles
regulars were called up, and proved une.
quail to the task Of stopping them, and
Slocum's command had to be added to
them. j.: -: a.. ~. '..''" -.
=: The Count de Paris ,testifes to the re-
markably good conduct of all the regiments
that sustained this unequal attack on Por-
ter: They gave way, indeed, but not one
Of them ran. Their losses are enormous
=: The regular 18th infantry is nearly an
initiated. Almost every officer in it is Kill
led or wounded. '.''':: -..". -.
81 The 18th also suffered severely. Mai,
Roselle, Of the regulars, q kinsman of Gen.
Mcclellan, is killed. Col Pratt OF New
York Regiment is also killed, and Lieut.
Colonels Black and Sweitzer: Our loss
in officers is very marked; indeed, the
disproportion in numbers was so extraordi-
nary and the obstinacy OF our troops SO un-
yielding that our losses were inevitably
large; the artillery in both Porter's and
Smiths divisions killed the rebels in
heaps; the fire was terribly effective.
-. NEW YoRK, June 80.
The New York Herald's report dated
the 9th states that our killed, wounded
and missing that day reached 1,2O0.-
The object of the movement 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 centre and left press.
ing Immediately on Richmond itself, which
would be done, it is expected, on Satur-
day.
Itwas virtual surrender or vacating a
long line Of defense heretofore kept up to
Mechanicsville, in order to have the whole
force within more effective distance, also
to force the rebels to follow up and, if pos
sible, to bag them.
Nc Clellan ordered Porter to withdraw
to two miles this side of Gaines Mills
carly on Friday morning, which was done,
the enemy following up, thinking they had
gained a victory over our troops, who were
slowly moving back IN order lighting as
they went, crossing the Chickahominy,
and reached the position designated for
their occupation. The rebels followed in
great force, and by three O'clock p. M,
then was general and heavy engagement
here, lasting till seven o'clock, when a
lull took place, but the rebels again re-
newed it with terferocity, having been
reinforced. Our men stood the UNEQUAL
contest like heroes and did fearful execu.
ton.
The following is the account Of the
evacuation Of White House: =
The last Of the transports was moved off
by steam tugs, and few articles scattered
about on shore. even some damaged hay
fred. The whole was of every small value,
and thus Of the many millions of property