, 1862-07-11
Gen. Elzcy WAS severely wounded, and it Is
feared mortally. Maj. Wheat was Killed.
The British steamer Rover Was in Charles
HaTbpr on the 18th.
TIE RECENT MOVEMENTS BEFORE RICE
MOND.

{T1Vu HAASs @Ri4L VI LIE AI1-e
.'shocked and detected at the U:l;orscen re-
salt, the loyal public have anXiouslY eudeay-
ored to ascertain the cause; while, taking ad-
vantage Of the general perturbation, every
traitor in our midst has sought to locate the
blame against the government. Il Is also e
feature Of this vicious clamor, nay, it is its
leading feature, that all these deuuuciation6 Of
the government, are invariably accompanied
By the most fu'sone eu1ogies Of Gen. 1fcClel-
Ian, and q Schism is thus attempted to be set
on fcot, the object Of which is either to open
PRESIDENTIAL campaign in his favor, or to dis
tact the public mind on the subject Of the
prosecution OF the war.
This ganle has been going on now for
considerable time, and it appears to rs little
singular that Gen. Mcclellan sufF-rs it to pro-
ceed, without word calculated to rcbuke the
treason, and sustain the administration from
such Injurious ISLANDERS He cannot fail to see
that be is put forward virtually as the leader
OF this factious opposition, and that his pre-
tended Wrong5 are the redOubts behind which
these sneakiDg traitors level their shafts
against the bosom Of the country. A warfare
OF this sort, being made apparently in his in
terest, should receive share OF his attention:
and If he be not able to drive back the armed
insurgents, Ec can st least rebuke their SIAN
derous allies who are cooperating with them
IN the midst Of our society.
sin looking back upon the battles OF the
week, and reviewing the fruitlcss valor of our
soldiers in connection Tith the sad result, it
is not difficult to arrive at the conclusion that
the whole campaign Of the Peninsula has
been blrnder. The true road to Richmond
Was due south from Washington, BY which
course an army Of $50, 900 men, covering the
capital as it advanced, might many tine
during the last nine months have been driven
IN one compact mass upon the then debiIt-
tatcd rebel stronghold. The division Of it
into parts, so that one-haE might make the
strategic circuit round Robin Hoods barn,
,r-3f1 mn ri. al f,;.1,
Jackson) towards the North, WAS the 1nost
fatal error that could have been committed; :;
| and the commanding general who consented
| to perform the leading part Is truly responsi-
| bic for the weakness Of the schcune. Ii he
did not approve Of it, he should not have
| sufficient, his resignation would have been .
more honorable and soldierly alternative than
| the sacrifice Of tue army. Bling deficient il
strength, he should not have located his for .cs
amid swamps and extended his lines for thirty
miles in the face Of q compact and
OF days assumed the attitude OF giving battle.
| The position in which he had placed himself,
| could hardly have been chosen worse. He
was perfectly isolated from Pope's army and
| from Bu1nside's, while the rebels, with supe
| rior tactics, had made mastery combinations
OF their forces at q common center Worst oi
all lie separated himself from his gunboats
the cooperation Of which was the argument
| that sent linn to the peninsula. One ToElG
suppose that the military mind, which could
after the reflection Ct q fortnight, detect tht
fatal error Of this inland Isolation, might have
seen its absurdity ut the OUTSET, and By occu
p,ing tie river bauk at tn. 1irst available poin
below Fort Darling, moved forward with th'
gunboats acting as lett wing, aud, in them
selves representing i strength equal to ,0O'
men. H. might have taken this position q
| Turkey Bend OF HarTison's Landing befor
the battle Of Fair Oaks, or on any dry for
week after it; and it is most unfortunate tha
he did not think OF 9 base OF operations o.
the James River, until the enemy were pre-
pared to make it cost us 20, 600 lives.
SIT is proper that the people should thinl
these things well over, and, While they Civ
due credit 10 the wondrous yalor Of our troops
and the skill Of those great captains, Hein1
zclR1an, Sumner, kearney, and Franklin, VIII
eStricated them from their dreadful situatior
administer condemnation wherever it may
due. Our seven days struggle was one cor
tinuous retreat, conducted under q genert
order to that effect by the co1nmander-in-c chief
but its trlunphs were reaped in q series of6eI
aratcd battles, the varying fortunes OF which
the above named able marshals wcrc sep:
rltcly Obliged to steer and govern for then
selves. All that we hive to add on the sui
ject Of this week OF fighting is, that tue r1oe
! suffered equally with ourselves, but, nege
thcless, they have earned great moral a.
vantage, aud the Union army las received
CUCth n ulIt1 VII! 4C4<.4 u 4t5 t4DS1CeS 4I1
moutls.h
[Fprtress Monroe correspondence n. i. Tribune
Gen. Mcclellan is pushing forward Il
: work on bis intreuch1lents with great yigo
: Yesterday he personally inspected the lii
and works, and wherever he appeared he "
: vocferously cheered. TIE troops are rapid
t improving in condition, although since II
recent battles they have done great deal
work in the trenches. / understand that g..
I Mcclellan has sought the services Of a lar
G body Of negro labor-rs from Gen. burnside
+ command, and their arrival is daily cxpecte
e Tie could gel them nearer home. Large nul
4 bcrs Of negrous bare come into our cam
t and are employed by officers aud men IS 81
q wants. Should its number increase, as
t doubtless will, they will be organized il
: working ganss to relieve our soldiers. 7
C ground on which our troops are encampe
: which, when they first occupied it, was lit
l. less than sea Of mud, has become dry, a
the army is beginning. to realize a degree
comfort unknown While ia the swamp5 OF t
| Chi rE ab1uiuy.