Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-07-03

are still fighting. Fort Darling will be ours
tomorrow, and possibly Richmond will be
occupied and the rebel army cut to pieces by
the Fourth of July.
We have lost many good and brave men.
Among them have only time to call attention
to the patriotic and gallant Coils. Black, Cove
and McQuaid. a trio whose like we shall not
see again fighting side by side so bravely
The giant form Of that educated soldier,
Breyet Brig. Gen. McQuaid, was plainly Wis
lble at times and he was ever at the head of
his regiment. He was an excellent mark for
the rebel sharpshooters, and he fell with his
splendid charger to the ground. Both died
together, with bullets in almost every part of
their bodies
THE DESTRUCTION OF WHITE HOUSE.
The correspondent of the Tribune gives the
following account Of the destruction of White
House after its evacuation by the troops =
The signal station was abandoned about
two p. Nj. The gunboat gave the last signal
for us to decamp. a great black cloud of
smoke and sheets. of flame were soon seen
near the railroad track; still another and an
other Now the flames and smoke are seen
almost everywhere-up along the plain on
the skirts Of the woods, where the suffers
tents were situated, the flames and smoke
have also made their appearance; the whole
Of the tents, which were occupied by at least
three thousand people, and all the goods and
effects which they could not move in the
haste and confusion, now lie at the mercy of
the approaching flame. Large and commodi-
Gus frame houses, which had been erected for
carpenters, tarriers, lumhermen, and the
railroadlaborers, with steam saving machines.
Ne all tbair
sent up Il dreadfully black, slowly towering.
appearance, as contrasted with the clear. blue
sky, was blacker than the blacklist thunder
cloud the eye ever rested on.
While all eyes were strained on it. watch
ing its peculiarly slow and winding ascent up
ward, terrific explosion, carrying fears to
the hearts Of all as it shook the earth, was
heard, and moment after an immense mass
OF very white smoke was seen forcing its way
up through the dark, rolling mass of black,
and as 1t developed itself assumed the shape
CT a monster balloon. The phenomenon was
awfully grand. The lookers-on did not speak,
lest they should loose one glimpse of this,
the grandest scene any of them ever beheld.
Explosions of shells on board our burning
barges, which lay up where our wharves were
situated, were now frequent, the fragments
falling into the river. The red flame Shot up
at least twenty-five feet along the whole length
OF White House Landing. The White House
itself stood calmly looking on, and many were
conjecturing what would be its fate In a
few minutes the demon Of fire put his head
through one Of the bow windows, and we knew
then that it was all up with it. 1t burned
steadily for one hour, when not one inch of it
remained except two tall brick chimneys to
tell the future traveller of its fate.
FURTHER PARTICULARS OF THE FIGHTING.
FORTRESS MONROE, June 2S.-The armed
naval tug Dragon arrived from the upper wa
tiers Of James river about midday to-day, with
dispatches from fag-officer Goldsborough,
who Immediately consulted with Gen. DIX
Their tenor is understood to be that Gen. Nc
Clellans right was attacked with great impet-
uosity by Stonewall Jackson, whose men. with
inconceivable courage, successfully charged
our artillery, sustaining loss in the exploit
of probably not less than 5000 men. Our loss
was very severe. 1t was reported that Jack
son was killed; that one of our brgadier-gen-
erals was taken prisoner, together with an en-
tire regiment. Gen. Fitz John Porter. sorelv
pressed, crossed to the right, or western side
OF the Chckahominy, the enemy taking the
left. On his left, Mcclellan. with much Sc
we're fighting, had penetrated and passed
through White Oak swamp, with 40, 900 men
and 100 pieces Of artillery, to secure an adj
vantageous position, and had subsequently
cut through line of communication with the
James river. 1t is reported that, during the
two days fighting, McClellans loss was 49,
600. Col. Alexander had come through to
James river to select the new base, and Tur-
key Bend had been decided on. This is not
far from thirty miles from Richmond, and
some ten miles above City Point.
The most prominent and important feature
covered by the reports is, that Mcclellan has
succeeded in penetrating White Oak Swamp.
and is placing a very large force on the other
side of it. While this must have advanced
heavy body of his best troops to within four
miles of Richmond, it was at the same time
bold push towards the front opposite Fort
Darling, on Drury's Bluff, the two principal
ideas held distinctly in view, Friday evening
the hour Of the last intelligence from McClel-
lans left. When the Dragon left, the wound.
ed had commenced arriving on the banks of
the James river, several hundred had already
congregated opposite City Point where there
was no preparation to receive or care for
them. The gunboat Stepping Stones was
then taking on a load for Old Point