Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1862-07-10
lmapOrtnnt DispntCIlCS.

occurred in the ncighborhood Of Rich
mond since my last. The rebel amy
appears to have fallen back towards tho
city, and Gen. Mcclellan is now in a
position well ontrenched. The apprchcn-
sion that the rebels would stretch them
selves down the Peninsula and possibly
attempt to blockade, with land batteries,
the James River has not, as yet, been re-
allied. Our force at Yorktown is evac-
uating the place, and most of the guns
oave been burnt The rebels prisoners
do not claim a victory, but confess to
have failed in the object of their terrific
attack commenced on Thursday of last
week in which their loss was confessed
ly much greater than ours, including
many officers of high rank.
The statement that Mcclellan has re-
Gently been reinforced by forty thousand
men, is an eXaGgeration.
There was brisk engagement on Thurs
dry, in which our troops drove the enc
my, and captured battery without los
ing man.
Gen. Mcclellan has advanced his lines
down to the Chickahominy, and no fears
are now entertained Of flank movement
in that direction.
BY noon to-day Gen. McClellnn1 cx.
pected to have his position so fortified as
to be able to bid defiance to the enemy in
any shape they might choose to come.
An army letter to the Herald says, that
rebel prisoners say that long before tho
evacuation Of Corinth troops from Beau
regards ARM tcgan to arrive at Rich
mond and continued to arrive steady un-
til that event took place, by which time
$4,000 had arrived. Subsequently to the
evacuation 25,000 more arrived from
Corinth, and thcs rs, 600 are the flower
of Bcauregard's army. The wolc num-
Der Of troops at Richmond amounted to
fully 100000.
Gen. Lee has the chief command, and
Generals Beaurcgard, johnson and Jack
sons were commanders of the corps un-
der him.
In regard to the report of Gen. Jack
son 'sdcath, they speak in such manner
as leads me to think it is mere ruse
| infer from what these officers say
that tho eight forts or carthworks on the
mouth and east of Richmond are not of
any great strength.
They rely mainly for the defence of tho
city on Fort Darling and the obstruc-
tions and batteries in the Iames River,
and upon the fighting Of their troops.
They declared that it is an utter i'm
possibility for the Union army to take
Richmond either by land or water--by
land on account of the number of troops,
and by water on account of the defenccs
Of the James River. OF the latter, Fort
Darling is not the only one. Besides
this fort three iron batteries have been
erected, mounted with heavy guns, and
also with cascmates for the protection of
the gunners.
There are also two submerged iron
batteries, each one containing five tons of
powder, connected with the iron land
batteries by river and so arranged as to
explode at any desired instant. AS re-
CARDS the distinctions sunk and driven
into the bed of the river, they are such
that it will require vast amount Of
time and labor to remove, and that it
can never be done under the fiic of their
guns, and no vessel can pass while they
remain.
July 5th.-Iesterlay was the day wo
al dreaded, fearing lest the rebels would
make a combined attack upon our lines.
Instead of having to meet the rebels, we
had clear ground, and Gen. Mcclellan
actually advanced his army six miles,
Praise God, Mcclellan is safe.
The enthusiasm Of our troops cannot
be expressed in language. The army Of
the Potomac is an army of heroes, and to
them the American people owe a debt of
gratitude that can never be cancelled
1t has braved battle for every successive
day in the week, and against superior
numbers. 1t won the victory.
Gen. Lee is in retreat on Richmond
10, 600 Union troops have repulscd $780,
600 chivalry,
Word from the army this morning
gives the greatest satisfaction, and re-
lieves the heart of any load that has op-
pressed it during the last week.
Reinforcements are arriving and push
ing on to Mcclellan, and their appear
ance on the field is hailed with shouts of
joy. ..... .rFr... .H.t.r.
Gen. McC Clellan'S boys believe they can
take Richmond any day. Mcclellan is
their idol.
Richmond papers contain the arrival
in that city of Gen. Mccall. l have from
the best authority the following facts re-
lativc to the capture of our brave Phila-
del phia General !: During the battle he
had been wounded slightly, my inform
ant thinks, in the arm, but the injury was
not sufficiently severe or painful to cause
him to leave the field. ..
Some hours after, accompanied by an
aid, he rode into piece of woods for the
purpose of ordering body of our troops
he believed to be there to fall back, when
a party of rebels suddenly advanced and
ordered him to halt. At the same in
slant one of the vandals seized his horse
by the rein. and before the General could
draw his pistol or sword he was priso-
ner. -.e-
The Aid escaped but not without hav-
ing vollcy discharged after him. The
rebel loss is put down at thirty-tho
The Richmond papers of yesterday. in
detailing the occurrences of the past few
days, acknowledge a loss of thirty thou
sand men, although they claim victory.
Add twenty thousand to this estimate,