New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-06-12
Six Thousand Killed, Wounded md Miss
ing, mt the Seven Pines-HeboI Eosn
Ten -Cnsey's Division sent
to the Rcar-The Next Hn.tlc.

Correspondence of The N. Y. Tribune.
SAyAGE's STATION, June 4, 1862.
Ny examination Of the Regimental returns, and
the Surgeons memoranda quite satisfies me that the
list of our killed. wounded and missing, will mount
up to 6000 Fearful as is the number, the loss Of
the Rebels greatly exceeds it, Intelligent contra
bands report to that Richmond is in mourning for
1900 dead wounded and captured.
Our pichets ON the railroad are half mile beyond
Far-Oaks Station. A mile beyond thsm the Reb-
els picket. This side on the Williamsburg turn
pike, the adventurous Sickes is yet further on.
His pckes engage in duels daily, two and half
miles from here.
Spies and deserters, and the ever faithful slaves,
give us assurance that about two miles this side OF
Richmond the Rebels prepared to receive us in
works erected on both sides of the Railroad track.
expect, and the people of the North must expect Il
sanguinary and desperate battle about four miles
from the bloody Seven Pines. IL would probably
have been fought ere ths had been for two
rain storms Of force and flood such have not
been seen here in twenty-five years. The whole
country was set aioat. The brooks became rivers
tie railroad culverts were washed out-the bridges
Of this vitally important road from the York River
threatened 10 fall and float experimentation got
soaked-bread by thousands Of boxes was ruined
provisions could not he delivered-and as for the
movement Of troops OF artillery, one thought Of
it. Water conquered war, and made non-coDbat-
ants of the heroes who had just crowned themselves
with wrea.hs under the Seven Pines.
The Seven Pines waved against than the
Palm on the 3lst. They smote the error out Of
MANY an officer that God had made him a warrior.
designations have come in briskly since the battle.
The funniest case is Of n noted Colonel, who pleads
inflammation of the brain and wound from cam
non ball as his excuse for retiring from the service.
lie had an attack of derium remens after the fight,
and had tuuibed bind drank from his saddle while
bis regiment wac forming line of battle. But our
army is yet in process OF formation. The throwing
out Of the worthless material has not much more
than begun. In time, II will compare with the best
troops that Cromwell trained 10 constant victory.
4 hospital on the Geld Of battle This country
seat of Savage's-house, Outbudngs lawn, ana all
has been used for dressing, ard operating upon,
the gulisi OF wounds OF 5000 soldiers All day, all
fundamentally for four days and Dights-'hc
surgeons piled their humane bat dreadful art. so
saturated With blood and with tie odor Of wounds,
is every square inch Of the sod OF the lawn that not
even this enormous flood Of water has washed u
away and purified il 70 that sleep in tent upon an
India-rubber blanket is pure. The odors Of The
wounded and The dead-Oilensiye directly and by
suggesion-adhere 10 the grass, and make a new
element OF the terrible i'll the character OF war by
the by IL is the concurrent testimony OF all orr sur
Qeons, that the Rebel wounded did not bear their
pains with half the fortitude that our troops did,
FCftiiude is developments OF CIVILIZATION. lnete
Southern troops are sayages.