New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-07-02
FROM GEN. McCLELLAN,s ARMY.
Evacuation AID Destruction Of White
House Manufacturing ations and
EXplOsio Wholesale Destruction Of
Govern n,ent and Private Property.

EYplOsio Wholesale Destruction Of
Govern n,ent and Private Property.
WHITEIIoUsR LANDING, Val
II o'clock .. M, Saturday June %, 1862.
From esrecisl Core spondent
TIE EXCITEMENT.
NY letters of this morning, which ! sent you by
the mail boat thai left here al o'clock will have in
formed you of the general panic which prevailed
here M TO the time Of her leaving. Shortly after
her departure, officers and wagon masters who rode
down from the rear of the army informed us that
the enemy had possession OF Dispatch Station (which
is about midway between the army lines and White
HOuse They also brought the Intelligence that
Gen. Stoneman with aeout 1000 men, was cut off,
aud was falling back Oh White House This news
created the widest excitement, and general
stampcdc 20 the remaining bsrges and steamers took
place. The steam tags were now seen lying down
stream with barges, schOonels, and canal boats IN
tow--the latter crowded with every description OF
property, piled up in the drest confusion among
which were mixed up contradapds, young and old,
and Of both sexes.
THE PREPARATIONS 10 LEAVE
Gangs OF laborcIs and fatigue parties from he 93d
NevN ERIK were now set 10 work at the Comgissarat,
Subsistence and Forage Departments, TO pile up the
hoaps.of stores and prepare them for grand and
stupendous bouGne. Barrels of whisky and turpen-
tine with loose bundles OF hay, placed all round
them. The ,ailroad hands were not IDLE. The
locomotives were darling UP and down the track
collecting all She cars-mos Of which fieighted
with every kind of required daily by our army
-- and backing them down toward the river bank.
Notwithstanding ali these manifestations OF immediate
ekedaddng few sill fingered, reluctant TO leave
until the last moment. now left my tent, and pro-
ceeded mp .he river banL toward the Pos,-Oilce
which il situated near the railroad track and jus, on
The bank of the liver. 1 passed all the Quarter
masters Offices. the Provost. Marshas Office
the Hal bor-Masiers Office. They all
empty. passed ;be Telegraph tent, they
were hastily packing. and lust going
to leave | arrived at the Post Office; it was empty
everything gone. Continuing on, soon overlook
Perkins, the "Postpss,ei-Geners,l OF the Army of
the Potomac" who. with four oontIabSnds was con-
viewing a large chest 20 the Elm City, tlen Tee only
boat except Inc Cancnicus-wh.cb waiting for
Col lueslls-which Law above the White House.
You inus under and VI bite lioHse Landing extends
from little WAY .aoove the White House irom
which Il gets il. nsr0e-to where the railroad iIscA
crosses the rveror rather, where it did cross be-
lore iuc Ntt-h-'Ie bhtAt th' m'taLNt VI
about one mile IN a few minutes after The mail
was on board the Fin City steamed down oriess-
Monroe ward. looked Oh for moment al the prep
aiaions making for flowing up the locomotives and
burning The long tain OF railroad cars, sud seeing
The yvorl men retire | thought | might ~ well do
the same.
The gunJoai CrIiG,A, which wa uP the riyer
about hundred yards from where I STOOD, had u
loolou; On the masthead, while from the quarter
decA eignal, were being vigorously exchanged with
our beedquar,ersa n tie White House ; now felt
that was skedaidlng, thou IA lid 10, Ike to 20
until could see what earth was going from;
but there we're only three boats left, ard they were
away below the White House; Oh started, soon
arriving at Tn TEIBrsI tent, which was neat the
mail.boa, landing. east long last eorrowful
loo. behind, ana tLen iut at "a 2:iO pace for the
White House, where passed Gen. Casey and siai
o. hes were dining the green IN frcnt OF " the
house Here / learned that Gen. Soueman-yybo,
with h, staa, bad arrived a, White House-a and
Gen. Casey had a consultation. al which it was DE-
ended tina; the infantry, numbering some 1000 Or
more. should lie conveyed down tie river by the
steamers in waiting, While the cavalry and artillery
would fall back 20 Williamsburg. a company o.
the ~ New ION was npW uctsii'p ~ itNHh !"
the blowing Up and firing part Of thu business
their instruction.. beng to maze sure work Of t.
THL EVACUATION.
The embaikaion OF troops now commenced, tie
ve,,es living lose % the river bank aud some Dis.
lance below The White House. The C.. Vanderbilt,
Sanitary Commission boat, had some 2'O s.ek and
wounded men on board, to these were aided some
100 civilians and 100 or 800 troops, the John Brooks
and Rn:c.erb ocsef - AXE the resi-, The latter was
also to take Gen. Casey and siah.
d., boo-J u.e T.. VaaderjN-l:3O MI am now
seated IN The .tern Of The Vanderbilt from which
have a cleor ead distinct view Of everything In and
around White Hons, Landing. The Canonicus, with
col ingalls,, has passed down notice from here
frame structure OF the roof OF the White House from
Which our Officer. are signalling to the gunbcst-.
aorlort. p THE sigual pos, i, abandoned, and
they now sigma, from front OF White House, the
baus o. the r,rr being zboa' 20 feet high opposite
me hDHse.
Ia hesv, boon, Of cannon, Ri gnal rom The
gruboat Tor to decapp, perhaps Tor the ls' ol
Tie troops 20 siife.
Tui LNGGNrION.
4 grea' black cloud If smoke sno sheets oi fa.ne
are now seen nepr the railroad track; Gill another
and another. Now tie flames and smoke aie seen
almost every WHEREBY along the PLAIN, op the -kiits
q, the woods where he suffers tents situated,
tie sa,nes an smoke have also made their appear
su.c; the whole ii tie tents, which were occupied
by II least three ioasaud people ami all the goods
and ELECTS Which they could not move ~ the haste
and confusion nov he a the mercy o. ;he approach
Ing aame. Large and conuodi01s frame hcusts,
Inch had been erected for cnrpfnter iarIIeIs uin-