, 1862-05-23
GEN. MeCLELLAN'S ROUTE
TO RICHMOND,

EFrom the New York Herald, 21st.1
UP THE PAMUNKEY,

To leave Baltimore at dusk on Friday, and
to be located in the advance Of the grand
army, eighty five miles from Fortress Monroe,
and twenty-three miles from Richmond, by
dusk On Saturday, is an experience that your
correspondent can fmperftctly realize. As I
came up to-day, the whole river was filled with
crnft- They make continuous line from Old
Point to the mouth Of York River, and the
Gloucester remind one ofa scene On the North
or East Rivers. At West Point there is an
array Of shipping scarcely legs formidable, and
the WindiDgs Of the inteEminably crooked Pa
munkey are marked for Leagues BY sails,
wha1yes are besieged by 1atboats aud sloop5,
and Zouaves may be seen hoisting forage and
commissary stores up the red bluffs at every
turn Of the vessel. The Panunkey is beau
stream, densely wooded, and opening up occl-
siora1 vlstas OF wheat fields and medows, with
Virginia farm houses and negro quarters On
the I'LL tops. Many Of the houses on The
riyfr banks appear to be tenanted By white
people; bnt the majority have dcsolate,
bauIited appearance.
We passed two rebel gunboats that had been
half completed, and burned on the stocks. The
char1ed elbows and ribs were commentaries
upon the ruin effected by secession. West
Point is simply G tongue spit Of land, dividing
tie Mattapony from tue Famunkey River at
their junction. A few houses are built upon
it, an1 wharf thut makrs out into the Pa
murkeF ss.oH the former terminus Of the rail-
! road from Richmond The rails do not ap-
Pear to have been 1noleste3- 4 wafer battery,
erected on a eca1s: commensurate with the
whole OF the rebel carthWotks is the sole eyi-
denee of war.
Below Cn1nberland-a collection Of huts and
WARS number Of echooners had been
sunk aerots the river, and, with the aid Of an
| Island in The middle, constitute pretty rigid
| blockade. Steamboats, can pass through,
sts ering carefully, but sailing vessels must be
| IN +4&,- Ah1 l.
! can be dtscerned above the water, and 1t must
have taken much time and labor to place the
| boats in line apd sink them. Our vessels eau
| be counted By scores above and beloT this
| blockade, and at Cumberland the masts are
| like q forest.
t'White House. is simply white house :;
| but the high banks are Uttered with wagons,
| tents, horses and forage. Vessels and steam
CTS crowd the ehore, and just above, where
the railroad used to cross the river, the tim
bers Of blackened and broken bridge attest
| the Fight Of the rebels.
| Z. The whole peninsula here and elsewhere Is
sWarming with guer1il1as, who rob aud muir
| der without restraint, prowling into our
| camps and lurking in the edges Of woods to
| stes an opportunIty to shoot down etragglers,
| both civil md military.
| Two Massachusetts soldiers had Just been
found hanging to trees, shot, and with Their
tbruats cut Two had been SHOT the day be-
fore, and so notorious have these depredatfons
become that our cavalry are scouting the
country to secure the perpetrators. Stxteeu
rebels were sent to Fortress Monroe to-day,
| and they aTe supposed, in fact, to belong to
the guslrillas, as they were found armed ncal
our lines. I have been mtngling tonight viii
the gallant fellows Of Wisconsin, whose camr
ndjoins the headquarters Of their General
Col Cobb, who cheered Oh his men ut the
pitch Of the Williamsburg: struggle, Is quiet
gentleman, who speaks deliberately, frequent
" pausing, and whose whole demeano1
indicates calm COURAGE and thorough com.
naand. Major Larrabee, Of the same regiment,
Is Il thick set man, full of nerve and adycn
ture, whose eyes are Of an intense biackncss
nature. The men Of hesregiment are thor
ough backwoodssnen, and Col. Cobb says tha,
tbt : have forgotten tho feeling Of fear.
1uo1an Town, across the river, has been anG
continues to be place Of rather popular re-
sort There is reserved track Of i, 100 acre:
OF land occupied by Indians, all Of whom
claim to be descendants Of Pocahontas.
spent hours among them this forenoon
II Eeems that General Magruder had all tht
men in tie tribe capable Of snouidesing mus
KIT impressed into the serrice- The feeble olt
men, wives wives = and YOUNG squags made pow
er for redress, which resulted in the impressed
rnascu1ines being returned home. An intelli
gent member OF the tribe told nc that til
rebels werc in q peck of trouble about the twt
| engineers o1 Int raltfDAQ, QQLh bClQE MOTH
ern men. Afraid that the engineers might b.
working against their .c1nsc, tley arreste'
than enthusiastically, aud, with a view Il
keep them straight, Threatened to hang them
shoot them or tar and father them, aud d,
al, tbing but discharge them, which they dare
Bot dc, as they could not possibly get a1on
without them.
i FARNsWORTH's ILLINOIS TROOPERS
lFrom the n. +. Times, 2tst1
SATURDAY, May II.
4 reconnaissance was made yesterday b
Capt. Gearhart Of the 9Th Illinois cavalry, wh
advanced with twenty men seven miles be
Jond here, on the road to Richmond, crosslu
the Chickabominy at Bottom's Bridge. Thcr
they met with the Sergeant and A0jutant 6
the 1st Virginia cavalry, the first Of WHOM
was 1aken prisoner by Lieut.. Smith. the Adju
tant escaping to tie woods In chasing thes
two men, Capt. Gearhart came with his hand
full Of men upon svund Of thirty rebel horst
: men, who were driven in on a larger body q
| 120. supported By force Of some Z, 500 men
two or three miles further toward the Chicks
honiiny- It Ii supposed that-the rebels hav
strong rear guard in this direction, and rs
connois eance in force il to be made by Ger
Couch's division this morning to ascertain tt
strength Of the enemy: The prisoner take
by Lieut. Smith reports that one of their me
was wounded by Capt. Gearhart's cavalry, an
another iss1ppoecd to have suffered from theI
| attack, as a second hur6c was seen without