Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1862-06-21

ga The correspondent of the n. Y.
HraM thus describes the coming of Nc
Clellan to the field of battle at Williams
burg:
In the very middle ofthe rage Of mus.
kerry, shouts that grew into continuous
cheers were heard away down the road to-
ward Yorktown. What could it mean
there could be no fight there. But coujec
ture had no chance; for in the minute a
group of desperate riders swept up the
road and into the lawn, and there at the
head was the unmistakeable figure Of the
Commander. in, Chief. AS he swept by the
cavalry, they took up the shout, and on it
went, across to the infantry, and on still
to the other infantry in the wood, and
Virginia was electrified with enthusiasm.
There was not a heart at headquarters or
near it that did not feel the lighter for
that shout. Somehow it seemed to clear
the air. To speak very plainly, nobody
had felt very certain how the day was to
90 until then. We knew that We had been
at it for nearly nine hours, but no one
could say that we had done more than re
pulse the enemy, and that seemed but very
little. When your enemy has been in full
retreat before you, and you follow so fast
that he has to stop and fight for life, your
success ought certainly to be more than the
negative ore--of not being beaten (; but
ours, till then, simply came to that So
there was large welcome in every heart
for that stout little figure and blue soldiers
overcoat, and q welcome, moreover, for
all beside whose presence spoke OF him
for Sweitzor, and Colburn, and Hudson !;
for portly A>tor; for that pleasant Ger.
man French prince, the Count of Paris :;
for the grlish figure of the Due de Char.
tres; and for the tall form and blue eyes
of the Prince de Joinvile.
Affairs took shape Immediately, as il
there '7cre something magnetic in the mere
presence of the leader-in the master :
eye. He came, and listened, and spoke
that was all-and the mass of blind, pur.
poseless movement unravellcd Itself, and
there was a plan and battle. Quictly
he sat in the midst of the crowd Of officers
that gathered around, and in a few minutes
when each had spoken, the best right hand
on this continent was raised and pointed
of to the North in the direction that Han
cock had taken, and away went Reyes,
away went Smith, and away went Neglcy,
Soon a column Of infautry fled off up the
edge Of the wood, a steady stream of seven
thousand, closed by your correspondent S
town." the dear old Massachusetts Tenth
All felt that, fight when we would, we were
now in the hands Of one who would give
US the best chance, and that whole day
of struggle and exposure was not likely
again to be wasted in mere combat with
out aim. After this order had been given
for this movement to the right, General
Mcclellan rode over other parts of the
field on the center and left, took look at
the hospital arrangements, and near dark
made his headquarters in the east room Of
Whitaker House, What transpired there
of course this deponent knowcth not; but
the result of his arrival is the best of all,
and that is before the world in the victory
of Williamsburg, and the first battle OF
the "Army of the Potomac under Major.
General George b. Mcclellan.