Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1862-07-24

heritage of traitors, and building up insti
tutions without the recognition Of slavery
| On motion Of Mr. Washburne, the House
by sixty-one against twenty.siz, laid on tht
table the motion of Mr.. Wickliffe to recon
slider the vote BY which General Hunter
letter was ordered to be printed. ,. = .. Il
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The "omcial" Report Of McC CleHan.
/ The following excellent satire on sGeor
ge's" reports has been furnished by,a cor
respondent. 1t is acapital piece Of hunlor
HEApo'Rs ARMY OF PeToMAo,
Near Gunboats on James River,
July 9,slS62.
Hon. e. NJ Stanton, Sec Var, U IS. a.
| 1t may seem misnomer.fe for the army o.
James River to be called the Army Of tht
Potomac, and it may excite surprise tha
fmy address is s,ttNear; the Gunboats, in
stead Of ssRichmond, Va; but l have jus
executed a grand strategic movement. :
Nothing equal to it was performed at Sc
bastopol. - ..z;,.1s =, - -: :
That the enlightened public Of Boston
aud New York may understand the mag
[nifcent conception and execution Of thil
wonderful plan, 7 will make brief state
ment. ~ 20 ~ >. -, - K ~
On the 26th of June l enticed across the
Chickahominy the rebel Generals; jackson.
Longstreet, D. H Hilland A. P. Hill, fol
the purpose of anuihilating them, when
separated from their reserves. The works
at Mechaniesville, though very strong, were
strategieally abandoned that night to toll
the rebels into my tolls around Gaines
Mill. No such magnificent design was car.
ried out at Sebastopol. . -. ~. :,
On the 9th instant, the rebels Long
street and A: P. Hill attacked my works
in front, and Jackson and D. Il. Hill turn
ed them on my. right. We; killed vas'
numbers Of the enemy, and left vast army
of my. wounded in his hands. Knowing
the great lack OF provisions and medical
stores in the rebel ranks, l let them take 8
thousand. Of my well and all my sick. ny
wounded, sick and sound men will add
greatly to the distress of the enemy, and
help to crush this unnatural rebellion. Nc
such magnificent scheme was devised al
Sebastopol. XIX 49,. s..
+ The rebels having. cut my telegraph
wires, I found it necessary to invent a new
system of signals. l therefore adopted the
old idea Of signaling by lights 80 1 made
bonfres out of few million of dollars worth
of commissary and quartermaster stores. ]
am happy to state that the signals were
understood throughout my whole line. 1r
this age of,progress we ought to improve
upon old ideas, and am confident that ]
can firmly claim that no such signaklight'
were used at Sebastopol. o.. ....s~....
On the 28th, the rebel Generals EWell
and Stuart cut the railroad, destroyed my
stores at Dispatch Station, White House
&c. We lost stores to the amount of forty
millions of dollars. All this was part o.
my original scheme, long conceived and
now handsomely executed. Neither the
Russians nor Allies did anything Of: the
kind at Sebastopol -" ~s. r :
On the 29th resolved to toll the enemy
still further on, aud it became again neces
sary to make signals to my army. The
better to deceive the enemy, l blew ups
fine engine and several tons of-powder, in
stead Of using signal guns. am happy te
say that the explosions wereheard through
out my whole line, aud were understood BY
my gallant boys. No such institution fo1
signal guns was used at Sebastopol. I, :
That quiet Sabbath afternoon ! resumed
my march for James River, but the sereni
ty and calm of that holy day was broken ir
by the rebel McLaws, who attacked me ir
most barbarous aud uncivilized manner
We fought him until dark, when disgustec
With the atgocious conduct of McLavs,
resolved to leave him and continue my
march to James River. / used the same
happy expedieut of making signal lights By
burning NY stores. I left near the battle
ground some two thousand of my sick and
wounded, directing Gen. Sumner to des
troy all medical and commissary stores, a
Savage Station. It is difficult to conceive
how the rebels can sustain this new bur
den.
In my official report to tae Hon. Secre
tary of War I would earnestly call the at
tention of the Rev. Mr. Beecher and the
Puritans of New England to the fact tha
I was attacked on the holy Sabbath by tha
goddess rebel McLaws. Such a thing wa'
only of weekly recurrence at Sebastopol.
On the 30th let the rebel jackson apc
D. H. Hill take thousand of my men OF
the road to White Oak River. Some five
hundred mules were also turned over tt
the rebel Col. Mumford, to add to the diff
culties of the forage question with the eue
my. Finding that tho rebels Jackson anc
Hill were close behind me, I tore up tht
bridge at White Oak River, and resolved
to give them battle at long taw. This is 1
popular mode of fighting with my mel
when their long range guns are out o
reach of the balls of the enemy. Blu
while we were having fine time at ou
favorite game at White Oak River, th'
everlasting Longstreet and A. P. Hill
struck me in flank and killed and captured
a great number of my men. My grea
master, General Scott, could not stand
fire in the rear and front, nor could | b
expected to stand fire in the .tacnk ane
rear. 1 therefore fell back and tolled th'
: rebels ou. None of the Generals at Sebas
ltonol ooto1 an unfairlv "a did these fou