Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1862-07-10

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Hour officers and the valor Of. our troops, an
+ with the aid of a, just God We will yet ar
1 Huihilate or capture the entire army Of Get
HB. Mcclellan, "General commanding th
army of the Potomac" =
h We extract the following from the Rich
Bmond Dispatch: - = r.
4 About ! q. m, Sunday morning, ou
gpickets down the Nine Mile Road wer
H6eroely attacked by the enemy, and a Sc
were and lively fight ensued. The enem
were easily driven back with loss, man
Eprisoners falling 10 our hands. Many Q
Athe Federals threw down their arms an'
Surrendered voluntarily. Sunday morning
about six or seven o'clock, another fere
Bpieket fight occurred: Gen. Grifith's Mis-
|sissippi brigade moved down and pursued
chem past their fortifcations, which iwer
found for the most part deserted. It thu
Hbecame matter of fact that the enem.
were in full fight. - 49,. ,"
Pursuit was instantly made, and severa
flights ensued. All their camps-wagon
soommissary, and quartermasters camps
aalso-were totally destroyed: Immens
Bpiles Of stores were blazing at the momen
: Of our visit, the Mississippians pursuing
lover the red ashes Of the camps and stores
8Our army is following close at their heels
5and many prisoners are hourly arriving. =
Loud explosions we're heard during the .af
#sernoon; caused by the destruction of vas
quantities of ammunition. Dense co}hmn
sof smoke darkened the sky. The Railroad
#Msrrimac was far in advance Of our men
land was vigorously shelling the enemy a
aevery turn. They are eudeasoring to reacf
James River, but are totally cnt off there
SSfrom. Their loss must prove fearful. They
|are retreating in good order, however, bu
tit cannot be long maintained they seeu
totally demoralized.
Mcclellan says sshe has just got us, wher.
be wants us" but as some Of the prisoners
remark, cit may. be SO, but certainly ou1
Hoses and disgraces are no joke. If he in
tends to win, this last weeks operations
! does not look much like it." Our Gener
3ala are fully alive to. all bis movements ane
8are hourly hemmipg him In.
=. - -, AN ARM1sT1cE
sof two days, it is reported, was asked By
Mcclellan to bury their, &C., but General
Lice, it is said, replied, "There is no time
now to think of the dead--let the dead
bury the dead. The only proposition | car
receive from General Mcclellan is for al
unconditional surrender" We know moi
3if this be true, butgive the report for what
$it is worth. g.. -. !
GEN. GRIFFITH
was mortally wounded, we are sorry to hear
10y fragment of shell, while standing neal
3the Merrimac on the railroad. His troops
form the advance, and the country loses 8
fine officer and gentleman. Col. Barks
dale, of the 18th Mississippi volunteers,
now commandsth Mississippi brigade, and
IA finer officer cannot be found.
THE FEDERAL FLAG
made by the Yankees to float over our cap
3itol was captured by Major Bloomfield, ol
General Magruder's staff, in the Federal
camps, and was exhibited, with great ap
3plause, to our troops. 1t is an immense
1 piece Of work, fully twenty feet long, hav,
ling thirteen stripes and thirty-two starr
thereon! We understand Mcclellan re.
5ceived it as a present from the ladies of the
scity Of Boston, and promised to plant it on
gthe veritable "last ditch," to which the
rebels should be run, and afterwards would
elevate it, with all military honors, Oh ou,
9Capitol st Richmond. How are the mighty
fallen Verify, George B. Mcclellan will
be decapitated, and such is the fate Of the
Greatest living Liar!
A communication says: "Iu your notice
3jn the issue of to-day, of the laudable con
duct Of Private James Henderson, Compa.
10y A, LIST Louisiana regiment, an important
error occurs. The statement that "neithel
lSurgeon nor stretcher-bearers were with his
regiment" is entirely incorrect. Assistant
Surgeon W. H. Barnes, with the Iu6rma
Try corps (two of the latter were wounded
early in the morning) and three ambulance.
we're on the field throughout the entire day,
until 8 o'clock in the evening, attending
to and transporting the wounded. I feel
assured that you will rectify the mistake. -
We extract the following from the E'r.
hammer:
1t is inpowible to compute our loss in
killed and wounded in Fridays engage.
ments 1t is variously stated at from three
Ito eight thousand. In the assault Of the
works on the enemy's right wing nearly the
entire mass of our forces on the field was
engaged and the casualties must have
been frightful, as the assault on some of the
|euemy's batteries were several times re-
pulsed before they were finally carried.
There is no doubt that Fridays victory
lon the north side of the Chiokahominy has
been achieved by great sacrifice of life on
our side. The visible fruits of our victory
are said to be large. Several thousand
prisoners have been taken, between thirty
and forty pieces Of artillery, and about ten
Thousand small arms. The enemy, in re.
treating, burned up the equipments of three
camps. The pieces taken are principally
Napoleon, Parrot and Blakely (English)