Nebraska advertiser., 1862-07-03


E-averaaeat osgeFs aesaaAg taslaes
eHeeFs. fFom Feeeiviag pay (0g hele1ag p
secure contracts, wish heavy hnes, ah@
YRnp nneW for len yfaFs and oveF.
N4v YoRK. Juae Git T. reported
has Vie President has accepted General
Shields EesSgESaeR.
MAR pERARTUENg. NAsHlSeE ON. June
97@NEai@ General Joan Q. fFsm0at.
hArlGg requested To- be Eelleyed lF0sA the
command Of the Is, array corpse Of The
4 Army Of NFqlaia he0lnse, as he SAYS,
the position asSlgRed hiiR By the aRp0iai-
MeRt Of Major General Pope as CosRMaR-
der Ia Chief Of the Army Of KiRglNia, IS
subordinate and inferior 10 lhcSe hereto
fore Aeld BY him. and 10 remain in the
poSltloa. now assigned would, as he says.
largely reduced his rank and eopSi5eFa-
hon iR sAe service, il IS ordered thai Maj
Gen. John Q. Fremont be released from
Ihe command, Second, Thar brig, Gen,
Rufus King be- and he Is hereby assigned
TO me command Of the lSl army corpse Of
,he Army of Virginia IL place Of Gen.
, 4NRHNAsR s-
BY order Of the President.
E. III. STANTON,
WAsnlNGRox. June %. IA ?, m.-The
town is full Of TuAOFs 81 a great battle
before Rchmoad, and il is generally be-
heyed there has been heavy aghling aud
a great ylcseFy gor the National arms,
There IS pretty P~'silise evideRce that
Stonewal SaCGson passed through Cor
d@onVlle on his way 10 Richmond some
days ago,
The War Department gives US nothing,
There is great excitement here, and he
| SeeessloniSiS are busy circulating all man
ner Of inventions about The battle.
New YORE, June 30.-Ths Tribune
has the following. On Thursday, about
noon, the enemy made an attack upon
General St0neham's forces. in The yaein-
ity of Hanover Court House, probably
for The purpose Of accomplishing an out
Ranking movement On the right, and TO
engage our attention. in that direction
Shortly afterwards they commenced a
vigorous canOnading from works on an
eminence Opposite Mechanicsville, abOAt
one and a half miles distant also from
Two batteries, u above and The other
below. They were replied TO by Camp
bells Pennsylvania batteries, on piSkel
dUtySS on one Of the M~eGhaniCsville roads,
and the other from behind earIhworks,
some distance 10 the right About p
600 of the enemies infantry and several
sQuadrOns Of cavalry crOssee the Chicha-
hOm:ny, a short distance above the Fir-
ginia Central road, making repeated
advances towards MeCaIl's division, which
Was intrenehed 90 a hllly woodland, /
across the swamp a half a DIle in HE
rear Of MeehanicsyiIle. The First Penn.
Sylvania Rifles and CampbeIl's battery
who were on picket duty, all fell back
will the exception of one company, which J
was surrounded and taken prisoners -
after reaching their breaStwOFks a line
Of battle was drawn. The enemy adj
vanced down in the rear of Mechanics
vile, on low, marsby ground, 10 where
our forces were IN line, on the northern
side of the Tayine, when the conflict be- !
Came terrible The rebels, with the
most determined courage, attempted 10
press forward over the miry ground but
bullets; grape and shot fell among them
like hail, mOyiDg them down by hundreds
This continued ill dark, when ,heywith-
drew. Cannonading was kept up until
niDe, when the battle ceased. Our for
Ces, being covered by earthwOrks, suffered
but slightly.
The infantry fight was then renewed,
AID according TO ihe statement Of my IN
fOTmaDt, continued until Up. M, when a
retreat was ordered. The outer forces
then began to fall back.
OF the DexI days battle u informant
says the CaunOnading and muskerry fire
war terrific. The enemy made an at
tempt TO break through our right, which
was rePulsed. Shortly afterwards an
other attempt was made on the left with
the same result. The battle had then
been raging several hours, without anyI
apparent change or advantage on either
RelnfOrceIneBts Of artillery and
infantry Came steadily from the bridge
III the field Of battle. The enemy then !
10 make a last desperate and de-
!erhined effort, and came, forcing our
men back into low ground, between the
bib and bridge, where they Couid have
been slaughtered By thousands before
hey could have crossed the bridge. The
wagons, artillery, ambulances and men =
we're hurrying toward the bridge, and a q
! panic was almost inevitable, when a
strong guard was placed across the c
AZ the time when the enemy ,
almost reached TIE main hospital, :
half q mIss from the river, Meagher's d
Lrfshmen came over the bill, stopped TO i
are their arms, and were ordered 10 90 "
n. They gave a yell and went 10 work, !,
Ind the result was the enemy fell back 10 8
he woods. Thus matters stood up 10 II
fCloek Saturday. 81 9 o'clock Sunday
norning ali attaelE was made along the q
font Of the entire line Of Hooker, Rear. +
and Sumner without any material {,
sshlt, Late IN the AFTERNOON the enemy d
bade a charge with cavalry About 900 .
f them attempted 10 cross d ravine, when =
herr horses became mited. 4 squadron :,
f our cavalry seeing their position. made N
.gwn the hill, when the Catalfymen aban- III
IL. 1850. saA a. "A