The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1862-07-07

Roman virtue, would DO inekorahls plrishel with the
This pickle 81 both hues airing into each other g
hos DAY and night for whole month IL deadly ami
mostly and ours feeling every Successive night and each
successive morning that tho ereriy grew STRONGER while
We grew weakercnlcers. mon and civilians ke0ny con-
ious chat when tic rival bri9ades or divisions locked
together ~ combat the enemy outnumbered us 10
sthtly increasing ratio, and deye0aee their settled
Policy q be 70 attack in columns in mass because they
bad Che troops % do It withall OF denandng roin-
loroement, and concentrating necessity pa1shei
or sfh a. rscsip'ng firm President teys ard On en-
ton engineers, nsG1d Of cops ~ Grpss question er de-
d&9ie Ca civf' eagisesr b. gscs 9~sT1lr W. had
no time 10 debate whether Mcclellan WIS good general
OF bad one TIC Was our general end tie sttoAg grip
OF the strengthening foe upon ols hgoats, and we
wanted helH, We did not care whether u came 20 u9
under aeek Burnside or was committed 10 Mcclellan
Not q single man Of who IL n0t fool slave is
fgang here for the gorIhoaiion Of any commander We
hght Tor successive light TO save the republic, End 10
sqnech forever 'on this continent organized rebellion
against the democratic principle
If refusal 70 9ips this 0lGiy ample reinforcement on
FRIDAY lust came ,y;fh hairs bre1Hi or Fpnpg tie
n7tion There mas nsssr IN Sts's lscrg such deli
cd balance o fortune 6toeen life ami deh as pois on
ne CafctahcRifp last Oeei Our ine was north Of the
river and south OF II. From advanced railroad sta
ton Fair Oaks, 70 our shipping pert white House Point
twenty miles We hsd erected ten bridges az
venisn places across the Chickahominy on THURSDAY
afternoon the enemy developed hs purpose or clearing
Us out Of our positions norh.and OF the Chic aho
miny 10 cut our railroad connection, and SEIZE White
House Point, and destroy us with a destruction COM
pounded Of starvation and tlrashng At three O'Clock
hour too late for reinforcement from distance an
assault IN great strength upon our troops near Mocha
nicsyle was commenced The details Of the battle must
find history elsewhere ne cfact, G course, lpos sue
ceSTut The rebels kaletp precisely strength IN tie posi-
ton ana Yiche9 no, 70 We had 70 abandon
the ground at evening after bloody struggle. The
best military minds in the army knew that daylight
the next day would bring TO the crisis OF the Union
campaign IN Virginia. IL whispered among them
that Mcclellan had evacuated White House Point and had
sent all the quarermasters aud comrnssary stores
there, saving certain number Of days rations, to-
gether with the transports around to the James river
TO City Point Al early light the cannonade from Por
tors batteries announced that the shock OF tho rebel
columns had fallen on our extreme right their plan OF
northwest to the southoast The details OF the
and honorable battle this corps made against numbers
which unquestionably three 10 one must also be
LEFT to another place and another time. We lost i'm
menseiy, We destroyed the rebels indeed horribly,
killing wounding more than did at the Seven
Pines Tho Romans at Gamma and tho Russians at Boro
dino did not show more martyr like courage than the
most Of our volunteers did in the face Of these massed
columns of the enemy They close them that
the constant and excellent rebel practice OF relieving the
regiments under fire with fresh troops was plainly
seen by our weary men, not without sore trial to their
resignation and seadfastness. The rebel warfare
similarly vigorous and wise before all ths other
corps divisions and bygades which IT fell Friday
in the highest degree marked by The confidence which
numbers give, and by desperate courage and by dsci
plins Whatever local results favored as on he going dorn
Of the sun IL srident that the Army Of The Potomac
outnumbered that ayas in certain peril If being
rounded cut of, crushed OF made prisoners Ct ina
Iqtrm
At four O'Clock Commisssry Green told me he was or
dersd forthwith provisions COUGHS division
over the White Oak swamp. l saddled my horse, and
while mounted before his tcnt several regiments
from Porter's brave command. ! rode off cheerful
felt that Gen. Mcclellan would change his armys
base and battle and weaken the enemy while he strength
snsd his position in Virginia. Yet thore were many
very many men in the circle Of those headquarters
was riding away from, who at the moment would have
made bets that icthin too weeks The rebel eray
wo,d hus dictated terms Of peace 10 the United
States in the City Of WashsnSNon-terms, part Of
which would be the recognition OF property IN sayes
and the assumption Of sponsoral and conservative obi
cations In respect to H. the recognition Of tho indie
pendence Of the slave States they should At to de-
nand it, the payment Of the expenses OF the war waged
by the rebel States and the exclusion Of all men Of
antslavery opinions from office under the federal CO.
vernment. s..
GREELEY WILL NOT ENDORSE HIS CORRESPONDENT.
Weprint tho above latter unatered, presumng our
readers would like to judge for themselves Of the views
Of an intelligent observer on the field Of operations.
But do not hold ourselves responsible for his opin
ions, agree ih him his structures upon the
government which believe has done all in its power TO
reinforce from time to tims and speedily possible,
the Army OF the Potomac 50 far as it could with safety
to other exposed points Nor thai any dis
cssion TIE merits of dferents generals has iered
igith this imperative duty.-ED TRIBUNE