The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-06-02

and noise. LIN noden's Tor Cddaway's) hsId
pieces beirg worked with remarkahie prects-
Ton and celebrity, expediting the enemy's re-
treat " n u & short time The en- thusiasra
Of he n,sa on the left Of the Williamsburg
road could not be restrained. Sbout after
shont rent ths air, and 1t did s0t even snbsids
when actually eusa sed themselves late In the
evening; for, although not personally with
them, we could well mark tnsiT successful
advance by the dying sounds OF theft Wild
shcuts IN the woods Thus, tuen, when
dartnss - haa fairly set in upon tn a scene, The
enemy satlenps a;dH ont Lines at two points
had disa'f5usty failed, aEd tia fec criven
three mii.s asyonG she:: original position OF
the morning, WITH g :ci"I ioss ca s"aiVe or
fifteen guns To ousands of kiiies and xo1na -;
and imnense stores OF every descriptica.
Tst what zen can describe ,baSceae p1 assnt-
ed IL sv.ry Side , Friend AID fos scatter' Il
far an6 wide In death, or ID last GSon!ss -
Here aud there are deserted CT Ahrs-deti ssId
dying & II the tsnts-4hor.es r-u I'd 81 Il lac
rush t" nrd fro--snyeeons ard amcuianoss
iJuruey 10 aId fro-.teTs are artillery -lntn
some Iedat1l. scvoe Cnnfedarats, wound.
cd OF deal within few feet Of each other-
every wound taoggr t. t11s human body IS
ssen IL ehas.,y reality. Al, craTe water,
and craving through mud, iat tho blood
s,ats Cd and shiny Good. Soma curse, some
In1an and IL. : their eyss &c heaven sadly.
Rebels hand GROUND water to their late foes.
snd eyes slistep IL thankfulIess. squads OF
prisoner "a ire seen lssCirs flom the woods in
divers f!;.ces and sc2wi upon their captors
omiaousy. while others whistle and JOKE
a q ~ in a al ttfttf !. -
ture. Hers come. 4 atei wart .lntl nian. ist t
hand shattered 6rd III n s.ingr carrying II
triumphantly tbs coiors Of 'he s. Z osunsy!
vania Volunteer, heepirs ? watChfp! eye " =
on the star dsrd tesrer :, his .ide, voo
'co els hanfs low h. heni. a'd .Ruoo!ni-
cu,lT trays HI. slow ie,. al0ng. IL
wculdh have surrecdsrsG ny c1iCrs." aih
i. T,th the sir OF q poIt, oon. +" but vas s..
e.tiug w ndsd flee, ard was surround.
ed by three Tee',aaGts:'' A very ATois Die
story, say I'll Sc ifersi
Presently there Cr pears . long line OF "blu c
jackeis,' conducted BY f-w OF tas5 h South
Carolina Y JIunesers-rsEl.v. VS. beg PARDON
We should have sid "Col Jenkiu.' IL Ras' t
5. Carolina Sharp Shooters !" anu let ua add
en- passant IL ct nc regiment did better service
than this GERS, while tue n ST. f,red So
vereiy. Our wounded truly were very Du-
msrous; but trudged along quite phiicsophic.
ally. Bat We must ccafsss that IN the whole
uumhor Te dli not sse half so much com.
plat Sc WIS witnessed With Il snalltq Is L
OF yankess, who pitched, era t4ssst, and
howled in "a outrageous n amer e-eq iu:im
idatiIg those Of the amsulapce coTIs,
WAC hurried 10 their relief. "All right,
fellows" said one OF our hoys, comm &
from the 'front.' desperately wounded, and
laughing 1ithal-"Go in, h1ys, and
hnisn,- we have driven them as FIR q. legs
would carry US. We got 100 barrels OF yshis
key, 50 hurra 4 for us!''
But while in ne hurry and confusion, in CT
dent TO an eIgagem OF this nature, wc
must confess that the arrangements aud plans
of our Generals for repei!ing the foe we7s 6:
applause from ali who obssrvsf; but, III n, yse
knew they had troops, the finest IN tbs whole
" grid, and men, indeed, who knew not what
'nger WAS. TO particuiarize, we caraotnt-
tempt for want OF space end Tine: fficien :
10 sly, that Saturdays operations ended IL
anc <h er federal victory Cj' aud that the TO-
retired three miles 20 enjoy it uGdis. III bed
Expsc.in resumption OF h0a.iil:ias or
Gu-.e.ay, every prepsra ioE was made here
for, and a. an early hour, the enemy COM
Tneuced 20 advaA &c down The York aiver
Railroad; hus Gen Mshone's Brigade (of HUI.
gers CommaId) met them, and gallant
dove them backwards as %iG, altho ugh man
fully attempting to regain the position los!
the evening before. Wa are sorry 20 add tina.
10 this engagement, the Sd Alabama lost Col.
Lcnax, and ADJ. johnson, while tbs 18th
virg.aia (and Riohmond drays particularly
les. many valuable men. The Oh Ttr:IniR
did LCt ret so we'll is usuaii The eu.r1y
were particularly active with artl cry
aud eccura .e!y shslled the ambulance train
on the York River road. Operations along
the line yesterday, were not Of very imIor-
tart ma ure, the enemy hains intent upon pre-.
p.ripe for their in&fn ATTACK 70 Day, tM3a.
day)
we axe sorry TO say that our Off GERS gu r srpd
:sye,e'y IL the two days cp,rattons, aad
among other. we would al d that Gen. IL
land had three horses shot under him, and
was severely hurt h4fore rellnquishirg his
command In the field. Ger. PettlgreW was
killed, Col Loma1, t3rd Ala Col. Hatton,
CIh Tsrn } and Others. and ae TO she
number OF subordinate others the list is a
long and fearful one. Time and space pre-
clndes the possibility of further de!aiIs--to-
day Is big with Fate may Providence aid us
IN our Gauss, and NAV historians yet chropi oIs
a second Marathon.
Later Ia the evening the enemy appeared
In force near the battle field Of the morning
which was III en- held by our men. Gen. Ma
homes brigade still occupied the advances and
were drawn up la line CT battle, prepared to
meet the foe, Notwithstanding the severe loss
1t had sustained In the morning hlany Of our
dead and wounded still remained upon
the field, and among them the body Of the
Yves sent out to get as many as posi-.
BILE, out this was captured by the enemy .---
The Y snkees advanced to ths edge OF n piece
Of woods, within about oES thousand yards Of
our line, whers they halted and remained p.
dusk Gen Mahone's brigade was soon re.
!ntorced by several big AIDES which wsrs
drawn up a short distance in Is rear, while s
large force was placed near by Il. reserve
PRECEDENT Davis, Generals Lee, Smith, Long
street, stuart, and other commanding Gene.
rs;s, were uyon the ground at this point
showing h 1T it ives m important posi- lion III
the affairs Of the day. Thus matters stood a,
shutdown. As no further attack was antici-
pated during the night, our troopb prepared
to bivouac On the fsld, in readiness for the
events Of to day.
OF course IL IL impossible at this time &c
chronicle blu. small portion Of the canal.
les and incidents. We give such aa We have
been able to obtain. The 18th Virginia and
the Sd Alabama behaved nobly. Both reSi-
ments were cut up badly. The Richmond
Grays los. TWO killed and i've wounded and
missing. Probably NO regimen. So tfsred IN Ore
tneu the Sd Alabama. Besides Col Lomax
Adj a.an, J ohusson, Capt Mays, Uap.. Pie.
Ian, and Lieut.. j ames Brown, ware killed
and Captain Ready, Capt Robinson, Lieut.
Wltherspocn, Lieut. Gardn 81, Lieu. Patr idEs
were wounded. These csAualties were am Or