Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-07-07

The Army Correspondent of the Associa-
ted Press has just arrived here direct from
Gen. McClellan's Headquarters. The fol-
lowing is briefly the state of affairs:
After sepen days incessant fighting, dur
ing which General McClellau's army was
compelled to fall back before vastly supe
rior numbers: he reached point on James
river, adjoining Turkey Island. Here he
is in safe position with the support of the
guuhoats.
His army are on high ground out of the
sWamps with abundance of good water, and
where he can be and tSnop being reinforced.
The battle, or rather series of battles,
has been one of the most destructive of hu-
man life that the world has seen, and has
resulted in the killing and woundiug ofnot
less, it is thought, than forty-ive thou
sand men on both sides.
The euemy's loss has unquestionably been
enormous-;fdr greater than ours, which in
killed and wounded will not exceed $4,000.
We have lost many prisoners, but not more
than 5000.
All the bridges were blown up by Nc
Clellan as he retreated, and oil the proper
ty, stores, &C., that he could not save were
destroyed. The enemy got very little be-
sides portion of our seige guns, and
about forty pieces of light artillery
artillery, aud also took many prisoners,
but were compelled to release most of tbeCl
| rather than he encumbered with them.
The Richmond Dispatch of Monday an
nounced the death of General "Stonewall'
jackson and General Barnwell Rhett, of
South Carolina.
All our wounded and sick were safely
brought off the field to the new position,
except those ut Savage Station, north OF
the Chiekahominy.
In one instance were our forces driven
by the enemy; retiring only under orders
from one position to another, in going to
the new line selected for our occupation.
The Richmond papers of Monday that
have oeen received admit Rebel loss up
to Saturday night of e, 600 killed, wounded
aud missing.
The whole movement was most admira-
bly, conducted, and is regarded by the army
as complete success, and our loss, though
heavy, is not more than half that of the
Rebels, by admission of their papers.
Fitz John Porter is slightly wounded.
General Meade, of Pennsylvania, is serious
| ly wounded, and is now on the way to
Philadelphia. Colonel Ward, New York
Thirty-eighth is missing.
The fight of Monday was terrific, and
resulted in decided Union victory. 1t
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made prisoners of nearly whole Rebel
brigade.
In the course of that action we took an
entire field battery.
The gunboats aided that afternoon in
driving back the enemy, with immense loss
to them.
Among the prisoners we took on Monday
were said to be Generals Magruder aud
Longstreet, with an undue proportion of
officers.
Throughout the action of Monday and
Tuesday, our men were cheering at all
points, the whole army being in excellent
spirits.
Throughout the action on Tuesday, in
progress when our informant left, the enc
my were repulsed and beaten everywhere;
fighting as though their energies and ma
terial were we'll nigh exhausted.
The fight of Tuesday was principally an
artillery duel, in which the gunboats occa-
sionally participated.
The Rebels claim to have taken 5000
prisoners. This includes our large num-
Der of sick aud wounded left, with sar-
geons, north of the Chickahominy, on Fri
day.