The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1862-08-16


Forces and Eorsincations a. RicA-
mont'--'iac Isebei Lasses in the seven
Bays Battles, &c.
W.s,nSfroy, Angus, Is, 1890
There l. row 81 'ho Navy Yard negro man, namol
Nathaniel Fycns, who arrived here recently from R.oh-
mont, from whom set The rol;oaing:--
40 says that no formerly cengcl II. I. Kent, of
Richmond, ard sold to j. c. Bryan, Commissary of
Tie SIKH Alabama infantry, Col Cor,ion, il May last,
and until recently has been acting the latters bldy
servant. Hc IN the days heht with the regi
men, and says tic regiment he with niinbe "a ono
thousand our hundred when they won't and coad only
muster four hundred wnen they out. The aightc.
among the rebel troops very great, some Of the
oocrs estimating the entire ioss in killed wounded ard
missing high Afty thousand. lie tho Onion
prisoners marched TO Richmond, and told that nine
thousand i've hundred had been bagged. Some OF them
put at onco in Ibby's tobacco warehouse but the
most Of th"m were put on Bc'l Islnnd.
The city, lie says, is hospital about two han.
dred buildings being used srch. Large numbers Of
their sick and wounded have been a,nt to Amelia Spags
Huguenot Springs anl other places. Most all the families
that able leave tho city have gone D,nve and
present very few othor than the classes
Among tho Foreigners especially the Irish Germans
there great deal Of Union sentiment, and daily me
being arrested for disoyaity. At time recently
many sovcn hundred and nifty imprisoned on
such charges. Every person who refuses change
for Confederate notes is arrested and imprisoned.
When hc left Gen. Leos headquarters ut Drurys
Bluffs, miles from Richmond and he had there n
of from fifty seventy Ave thousand Thoy
estimated their entire force the neighborlocd d.
Richmond at about hundred and fifty thousand
effective men. lie tho Mcrrmae Ro,kets just
previous TO leaving, and they hal just c'nm.ncc,
sheath her The iron they putting on hcr hc :nks
size rs tug Leslie and hal board how tiers
although they said she carry MI rincd guns
The Southern officers, he represents confident they
will yet succeed but many OF the becoming dis
saaied and constantly deserving. When the sixth
Alabama moved From Williamsburg thirty deserted,
the band of the regiment losing many from the
cause.
He states that he lately visited the orcations around
tho city and says that although there many earth
works thrown up, the following arc the only forts
mounted-Onc each side Of tho wiliamburg road
mounting three guns each; the Brooke turnpike,
mounting two guns ono Futon's hill, mounting two
guns one the Mountain road, with three guns three
in Manchester. with two guns each; at Strawberry
IIill with two guns and two at Mechanvle, mounting
two guns each.
He was prepared with officers servants pass and
started from Richmond on tho morning Of July 81, nnd
about sundowr found STARTS rebel cavalry numberiag Z
i've thousand, rebuilding tho bridge over tho Pa
munkey, which had boen burnt by troops. His pas
would take him further bt ha forged another pass
Caroline county and was allowed 10 proceed on IL. On
nearing Caroline Court House he wrote another pass
20 to a Mr.. whsheads, near Fredericksburg and
across some picses thirteen miles below Frcds-
ricksburg and sent forward to this city.
(From the Richmond Dispatch, August l2.l
rrpERAL sUNBoArs AT WEST POINT.
We learn that three gunboats UP York river to
West Point Tuesday morning last, and after remain
ing there little while took their departure. On the
same day tho fcderas landed force at carrs farm In
King and Queen county.
Tho object Of these moves is matter Of consideration
though IL possible that troops passing by that route
from 'Icclcau' Is army to the Rappahannock."
An the federal officers, in number about hundred
and forty taken in Tie recent battles bcoro Richmond,
iucludsg Major General MCCALL BrgadIcr Generals Rcy-
nods aud Rankn to be sent down the river day
under a Tag OF trace.