New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-07-08
NEWS OF THE DAY.
THE WAR.

Uen in good spirits.
Our last Summary brought the affairs Of McClel.
laus army down to Friday morning only by mail,
but By telegraph to Saturday evening. Acccrdirgto
the adyces up to that time there had been no fight
ins since Tuesday night. The enemy lad been
severely punished on Monday and Tuesday, and did
not seem inclined 70 renew the contest. We now
have . letter dated on Sunday, at Fortress Monroe,
which states that the Rebels have fallen back toward
Richmond. aud that Nee leilan had his position well
int,eucbed. Our forces were leaving Yorktown,
and most Of the guns have been burst'-an mex
picsbe statements but the seige guns and carriages
were arriving at Fortress Monroe. OF course there
4 nothing to hinder The Rebels from reoccupyiog me
peninsula, though there may be no sufficient
uducoueu; for them 70 DO So unless il be to operate
on McClellau's rear OF right wing. Reports vary
30 much IL regard 10 Rebel losses that we cannot
determine upon anything But we may reasonably
believe that. as they attacked US almost always IN
mass and as our main resistance was By artillery,
they suffered much more severely than we did In.
deed. the rational resolt would have been that they
los, at least three 10 our one. Now, if we lOst rs
the Irournful lists Of killed and wounded seem TO in
dicate from 1900 10 10000 men, the estimates Of
Rebel prisoners, that their loss was over
80 900, seems not eXaggeIated-in fact nos
enough. We should not be surprised 10
learn if ever we are permitted 10 know the truth,
that the Rebels had nom sixty to seventy thousand
men disabled in the fierce battles from the 9th Of
June TO the lst OF July. There ia doubt about
tho fate Of Stonewal Jacklon-the Rebels have such
perfect systcm OF deception that it is not impossible
that they invent the story Of Lis death for the pur
Jose Of deceivlDg or side. A Rebel IS necessarily
!iar-suee. in logic, tue greater includes the less.
1t Is rumored' "a vile phrase-that Burnside was,
with Q considerable force, preparing 10 cooperate
with Mcclellan. Preparing is not a consolng
statement. Our correspondent SAYS that the
statement that Mcclellan had been revn-
forced 10 the extent Of 10000 men j. All
ersggerati0B. ThoIe are some more cheerful re-
ports frou the grand army. The men, though sadly
worn down, are cheerful aud ready for any cOntin-
gsucy save retreat. Many regiments are greatly
reduced mere skeletons in fact and will have TO be
.magomsted with others or speedily filed up.
Sragglcls are continually coming in by the hundred,
and tne aggregate will considerably reduce the fig.
ures representing our loss. Ii is asserted that the
plans of Gen. Mcclellan were known to no one bat
himself statement entirely easy to believe. Had
other officers .nown tie outline Of the grand move
meDt they might have differed a. to the perfect
cordsnco Of the results; where the whole operation
{, IN one brain there need be i.r in the working
Fort Darling is now The prominent buebear, and il
p thought that only powerful land attack can do
away with il. Since the recent fights great many
negroes nave sought our lines for protection from
the returning line Of Rebellion. In a postscript,
dated o'clock on Sunday afternoon, our letter
syers tLst there was a brisk engagement on Thurs
az. in Which our pIoops drove the enemy and
,gplured battery Of Elk pieces, without losing
.aau Mcclellan had pushed his pickets four or FIVE
niles from the river, and they saw no eueuy; he
had also advanced his lines to the Chckahomny,
aud was in no fear ola flank movement on his right
Gen. Mccall is prisoner at Richmond-papen Of
that city announce his capture and arfval.-By dis
PATCHES 70 The Assoc sed Press aTe informed that
on the 4tl ssirmish took place near our lett wing
which resulted in the defeat Of the Releis.-Wc
took O00 Rebel prisoners and three small batteries.
Our cavalry then followed them tin they passed be-
yond the White Oak Swamp. The Rebels now
chow little disposition to fight, aud On the occasion
here spoken Of they relinqu.hcd their field and bat.
isr,es almost without resistance.
Gen. Andrew Porter, Of the Army Of the Po.o-
icac, aHs il Washington yesterday forenoon. on HE
way 10 visit his family north of this city. His Oppor-
tCn!ties for learning the extent OF the damage
received Ly the enemy in the recent seven days
battles were from tie nature Of his position in the
service perhaps better than any other Union officer.
lie estimates they lost in killed, wounded and o,ber-
wise rendered Lo5s du combat, the immense number
Of segenty;fre doasdnd men, or, in other words,
shsi their loss quite nall their army in aud about
Richmond. They refuse to receive flags OF truce
from Gen. Mcclellan conveying Inquiries relative to
roe fate Of Union officers and others believed 10 be
wounded and prisoners in their hands, thus eyineing
disinchnatiOn 10 permitting Gen. Mcclellan 10 OBJ
tain any mixing Of their real condition ,ince the ter
minatioa Of the battles.
Our Memphis correspondent says that Gen III il-
seSs magnificent army is widely scattered-one
division here another there, and Buels force gone
20 North Alabama. A few weeks ago lIa!leck re-
ported the Rebel army at l20, 0O0-a few days ago
a. 80, 900; but now he seems to have later ntelli.
gence for lac leaves his detached divisions number
Tag less than 5000 men, without any other troops
within supporting distance. The same letter gives
some striking instances of escape from the great
Rebel conscription.
Gen. Buell. arrived in Huntsville, Ala. on Satur.
day evening, 2sth ult and took up bis quarters neal
those Of Gen. Mitchell. Between Huntsville and
Decatur, the divisions commanded by Gems McCook
Nelson and Crttenden are in camp. Wood has not
vet crossed the Tennessee River. All was quiet al
.Gd aear Chattanooga.
The proclamation Of Gov. Bradford of Mary.
lad in response to the Presidents call for troops
s.,,sd "a the ith inst, is msuly, ouispoken docu