The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1862-07-04
The sItuation.

The sItuation.
Our impression as to the result of the
great battles fought on Thursday and Fri
day of last week, before Richmond, which
appeared inv ednesday's paper, were, in the
main, very nearly correct.
Mr.. Raymond, Editor of the New York
Times, who was present during those event
full days, gives US quite clear idea Of the
general result. 1t seems that our right
wing, numbering about 10000 men, was
attacked by the Rebels in overwhelming
force, on Friday. Our soldiers fought gallant
ly,and crossed the Chiekahominy in good Or
der. Gen. Mcclellan becoming convinced that
his position was uatenable, on account of
the large force of the enemy, withdrew not
only the right wing, but also Heintzelman,
Sumner and Keyes' corps, the three divis-
ions marching to, and taking up position
Oh, James River. The Rebels took peace
able possession of our deserted earthworks,
which cost so much labor and blood, and
now holds them, as well as both banks of
the Chickahuminy, and the bridges connect
ing them.
On Monday the rebels made a violent at
tack on our left wing, which was on the
point of proving successful, when the Gal
eua and Aristook, guuboats, got a chance
to participate, and quickly turned the tide
in our favor. 1t was in this deadly strug-
gle that Gen. Magruder was captured, and
we lost our heavy siege guns. This is a
loss indeed, as they are said to be the finest
ever manufactured. Many a poor volun-
teer's life win be forfeited before they
again pass into our hands.
When the three French princes left Nc
Clellan's headquarters, all was compare
lively quiet. 1t is not likely, however,
that quiet will be of long duration. The
rebel leaders will pash g Little Mac" to the
wall if they feel confident in their ability
to do so. They dare not give him time,
for time will bring with it all the re-
endorsements he needs. But we do not be-
lieye they can gain any permanent adVan-
tage over him. AS we stated Wednesday,
his new position is one of defense rather
than offense, and so long as our gunboats
hold possession of James river, he can
never be driven out of the Peninsula With
the back of his army against James River,
the gunboats protecting his tanks, he can
bid defiance to all the powers of rebeldom
until he is sufficiently re-enforced to again
assume the offensive.
We have great many soldiers in the
West now lying idle, that ought to be on
their way TO Richmond. Why the Govern
ment does not make use of them in that
direction is exceedingly mysterious. Sew
eral of our fine divisions, were they in Nc
Clellan's army, would soon change the as.
pect of affairs in Virginia. We hope
shat Gen. Pope is already ON his way down
the valley and that soon Sigel's guns will
be heard reverberating through that
country.
The patriotism of the people is to be
sternly tried, but we have no fear that they
will fail to stand the test.
A FIRsr-RATE NoTICE OF THE SPEECH OF
ToRY.-The Nashville Union of the 10Th
contains the following frst-rate notice
the recent dirty speech of Voorhees,, of In
diana:
We have received, under the frank of
Hon. D. W. Voorhees,, of Indiana, several
copies of his notorious speech, assailing the
Administration, while it is trying to s1p-
press a rebellion created by his own $3.50
ciates, and excusing his vote against the
revenue bill which provided the Govern
ment with the means of paying our noble
soldiers on the battle field. We call on
every soldier Of gallant Indiana to mark
him and his associates of the 9th of Janua-
ry .or vengeance. We rejoice to know that
in that State patriots of all parties have
united in forming Union party for The
approaching election aud during the war
II is not worth while to review Mr.. VS.
speech, as Indiana will do that at least bv
one hundred Thousand majority for the
Union ticket, if her newspapers and stump
ers do their duty. 1fe0er cH-
Thus, while rebel papers in the South
and North eulogise, the Union papers every
where denounee the traitor speech.