The New York herald., 1862-07-31
EEVO rRGa MCLTLlAt7S AgEY.
Our Army Corvespondenee.

OuF army correspondence.
HARRiroSs LANDING, July 2s, 1862.
Arrival OF Sick and Wounded Released fissonr-ler,.
ism and SCI. DafIi of our Wounded Soidiers-Hoo
he Riss 7sa'ed fhsm-jnisyes,i,tg franz Richm nd
Stsneeait Jactsons 7aciies-Improved ReaIh of The
Army-Emt loy@erss IN Camlt-Mms Sex and Wounded
E1sstea from Eichmo,d, DC. de-, &c.
Another nstalraent Of sick and wounded prison
srs taken in tho late battles, arrived to-day Rich
mond. Most were brought direct from Savage station,
via Richmond, Petersburg and City Point, being
conveyed here from the named place 90
board the steamers Daniel Webster and Louisiana.
Between Ave and six hundred arrived altogether
All Of these except about forty. subsequently,
placed the Daniel Webster, which this evening set
sail down tho river 70 convey those on board some to
Northern hospitals and thoir homes. Foremost
among those boarding the steamers their arrya hore
General Mcclellan and Dr. Isttermn, Medical Di
rector of the Army the Potomac The former lo ks
o. words show deep sympathy for the bravo
who have nobly and par0tcolly endangered health
and life In their counrys service Tie Frightened looks
hopeful pleased expression of tho showed
soderly appreciation Of the visit Of their commanding
general
Our men released from tho Confederate capital have
each their story TO TELL II 10 saddening 70 listen 70 them
have noticed feature in nearly all these recitas-a
feature sn the more beautiful In ts manstation from
to you Il suorings the privations and heroic
endurance OF his companions uppermost in thought
and uttsranos Saddest Of all the stories told OF
those dying from their wounds how each oay
them grow weaker how, their end approached
the brighter end shining qualities Of mind and Soul
shons out in iustroas and unselfsh beauty; how
in the ebbng away Of their young hearts bud, came
weuing up words Of entresty to all shout them
to stand Of ns ns,ea ans and
and memenoes sent to loved friends at homo. These
msmentoes-a watch from oie, blouse from another,
poremonnaie here, sword there pistols tasks Gu isens.
belts, pocket knvesare mute messages OF the man oi
How much OF sorrow they viii carry with then
into many q household.
Among those with whom had tho longest CONVERSE
tion to-day Dr. Churchill, surgeon, Fourteenth New
York Volunteers He states some new facts Of interest.
While remaining behind TO aid in taking oi the
wounded at Games Mil he was taken prisoner. From
there he was removed u Savagss station where he was
given tho charge Of about fvo hundred OF wounded
Tie sulsrugs of hero from want oi medicines,
sca iusti uments and proper food and shelter and
the prvaons and hardshps undergone By the rs
have besn too frequently described to render otion
necessary. lLsy paid from Sl4 10 $l6 piece for lambs
to make soup for the men, ald some died o actual star
Notwithstanding all their care, including two sur
gsons He remained at Savagss station tbr,o days when
he ordered to Richmond having in his nearly
six hundred wounded lhe put On platform
cars the rain pouring down in torrents and M
having had thetr wounds dressed rebel major told
him tina, arnbulaneos and wagons would watins a.
the Richmond depot to convey them to spitas. lie
wagons whose services he succeeded Ia obtain
ing; but he saw no ausbuances ard n 'tsptSls. The
where they had to remsin with the iound h.r
sleeping place. blankets aud notning but piece ~
soft bread for each eat Tor the OF twenty
four hours He remained IN care OF these men two days
doing tho best he could for them and spcuding all hs
own money AID all he could GET 10 buy food tor them
good deal OF money went but little way, may be
imagined from the scale of prices as heretofore publish
ed,ea, s16 pound; butter, 81 pound; milk, 80 cents
quart eggs, . shilling psoe, aud everything else in
proportion Some Irish came with baskets iiled
with provisions ard were grantousy oistr uting item
among the men when rebel officers seeing pu, stop
a he nd Qf lWO Dr..
vtod to dinner by rebel officer at his private iece
with promise Of quiet place for iost-pranoia nap.
He accepted the invitation. The dinner proved to be
mythical tho private residence the military prison
whore Colonel Ccrcoran and Congressman Ely we're
lDng confined and the place for sleeping the eleventh
portion Of small room alive with yermin and peineated
by odors the viest imaginable His durancs vioor II
was virtually vile happily was Of short durstioi.
after three days imprisonment he
back TO Savage's station. where he remained unit,
Yesterday. Dr. Churchill did not see much
Of Richmond, AZ may DO imagined from the above
nscita but from conversations with rebs officers AID
soldiers he learned good deal. After the Gaines Mills
Sats they al very esultant and said in shao
three they would have General Mcclellan bagged ana
vi his a,Iy Subsequent bates diminished then con
dence and he noticed that after the sIavesae t ght
fess themselves whipped IN the long runhad disgUsted
large NUMBERS and hosts daily deserting. 1t
an army al Richmond again before the nght
1t Mechancsvie. The Union call for three hundred
Thousand additional troops has had greatly dampen.ng
secs upon rebel enthusiasm and IL 10 acknowledged on
ali hands that what fighting they intend to do must be
done before ns reinforcement can reach the Union army
He saw good many Of StOnewa Jackson's men, Who
pushing after Gen. Pope's army They march
nights and Gays, and they only carry blanket with
them depending for subsistence on the country they ira
vel over.
Thee have been No deaths At the general hospital dur
ing the past forty hours II clearly established
sent ia daily to headquarters, that the health VI the army
Is improving
the thermometer reaching the uppsr ninsties. wDrn
may possibly toll unfavorabiy; but It Y bcllevsd that
sodsqs as ps,sa T. prsvou: letter will have moe
than = counter balancing effect. good deal or tho
prevalent debility and bowel arrangements ID atirbu
ted the and unhcaltnru nature at tn
Of the year the food for time past dealt out to
the Absence from many regiments Of surgeoas,
through scknsss and being axen prisoners In the recent
fights has had an unavorsbls eject. IL true it las
been att smpted TO Oil their places through the employ
msnt Of so called "contraot doctors but very ma;y
employed in this capacity have proved poor sticks
Sme Of these have bean sent away and many have run
away. Each day calls loudly for 81 me radical reorns
ton Ia tho medical anaEemsbt OF the army ~ Is t. be
hoped that the daily arrival OF released surgeons VIII
anor d some relief
Digging wells 10 quite feature or camp life now. One
hardly walk through q camp but he come
upon parties dslving the bowels Of the
ere soil in quest OF the aqueous hud u isa rutoss
task, promises to bo % In many instances. rave
wells forty and sixty fsst and no indications
OF the much desired Here and there have be'n
% marSeiI,us Stories a.. told OF the suocssu seaesel
for these watsy fountains Thecroched stick has bee
the ..ismanie wand Of greatest p1sncy & so'"rns .e
kind Of wood said 70 pcssoss the strongest Indicative
powos-lhsy have come upon the eartfcancealed ,res
sure and as brought with his rod water frot the
ainty rock, So by deving with pick and spade. the.
have the water 10 gush forth IN ooel and len
tsous streams.
The Louisiana return tomorrow TO City Pons for
load o. sick and wounded prisoners, sxsce
50 be sent from Richmond.
nearly anisled.
HARnroS's LANDING, July 20, 1862.
m AVr NJ
Wosnded--xajcr General kcCieflan vints raer-H1
Popularity ,cttA 0N Army-Trcpioa Decsei,s for tAe
Sick and Wounded, dc., &C.
Quiet still regns supreme and not the slightest thing
occurs to the monotony Of camp life. Atthis par
,ieulsr place hs iandng) the arrival and departure o