New-York daily tribune., 1862-04-30
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j. neither here nor there, and oi no o""''
sven if il had. the censorship which the free press
of our country at the present moment enjoys would
m, o,rnit me TO give it, II roius. Rain ID tho rule
aud fax weather the exception in this deShuu part
nf The world. At least, snch has been oar experience
the three weeks we have laed here. There are DO
resI,h. u tell us that such is not the iic' We y.'
round, What few there were of them He'd az our
approach. They left little or nothing behind, ou'
dwellings, outbuildin8s TO ma'ch' ana
hero and there patches Of cleared land, cnlti'aed
ivhon at ALI on tho surface and worn Out
Independent of what may be larry NJ
tribuiable 70 tie war, everything VIC
zee speaks of country possessing all the elements
of the highest degree Of prosperity, that years ago
began 70 run out and go backward There are very
few Indications of enterprise or improvement within
the las fifteen ye ars save IRE and there say.mill,
which dis ine timber region has euIiced New
Engar ders 10 erect for Il is fact that before The
Rebellion The Peninsula hal attracted quite II num-
Der of enterprising Northerners hither who, with
steam and water, were quietly making fortunes IN
tho lumber and timber trade. The first thing the
Rebels did WIS 10 expe them, coniiscate their prop
erty and break up the only business that was Of
much m,ortance. In fact, the lumber business of
the Peninsula and the fisheries and cyserbeds OF the
James aud York rivers bad 80 grown within the iew
wears previous to the Rebellion as to give employ
ment 10 thousands of men and many more thousand5 OF
capital. This s all gone now, and the peninsula u
q waste. a considerable surplus Of grain was pro-
duced in former years. but have not seen twenty
acres prepared for cultivation sinoe left Old Point
few Of the poorer class Of setters-eitber too poor
to Zee or too Indifferent to what passing around
may here and there be found with blind horfe or
yoke of ozen living in the poorest style, making
feeble endeayors to plant few acres Of cgu trust
ing 10 luck for the rest as evidently IT bss been their
habit through lie. These are the only Inhabitants
with perhaps very few exceptions, left on tins
peninsula the odest and once the most opulent paI
Part Of Virginia. How the Gaze stands further
beyond in the region Of and beyond Williamsburg
we will find out ~ we move forward, which we will
do in due time.
OF Incidents to-day there are few none-tbat is,
TO tell Plenty however, there is going on, but it is
not to be told and very proper it s, that so it Is
Tie Rebels Immediately in front Of us are quiet, and
the suggestion il made that one line having teen
made untepabe, they may have fallen back to
another.
/ The Lieutenant Colonel Of the 93d New-York
Regiment las made a statement designed 10 explain
the disappearance into the eneny's lines Of Col.
Croker and Major Cassidy, maintaining that they
were cultured. and that they are true and honest
Union men, having no anteo adenis inconsistent with
such "A character.
Is CAEP on raa PEviSsuLA srssrRs CoHFs}
Aph X7. 1872.
At an early Tour Yesterday, spirited affair took
place on he front ~ the position occupied by Cor
mans Brigade. For several days last, we have had
battery in petition in front Of Of the enemys
woke. about q mile above Dam No. ?, the scene Of
the action Of the 10Th, which proved to be great
ANNOYANCE to the Rebels To enGlade our battery
the enemy constructed riae-pt the left, and in
advance Of their main work. To drive them out Of
this pt was the work in hand yesterday morning.
Accordingly the let Massachusetts, Regiment, under
Lieut.-C Wos, were ordered 10 advance. Col
y. instructed bis men not 10 FIRE n gun, bat -
rely on the bayouet IL having been discovered
thst tic Rebel force was two regiments
the 18th Massachusetts, and Bakers Phi!adclph phia
lire Zouayes were ordered 10 his support. The
let uade the charge in gallant manner, and drove
tie enemy from tho pit at the point Of the bayonei
The Baxter Zouases followed, and filed up tie pit
Meanwhile the Rebel battery opened lire, but the
shells exploded among their own men, Our men
captured 10 prisoners and sustained "A lose Of fonr
killed and - wounded. Afterwsrd, the Rhode
Iaund Battery engaged the enemy's guns, which
were sIcnced. 1t is known that the enemy suffered
severely, and their killed estimated III not LEES
30, and a corresponding number wounded. The at.
fair Of short duration, and complete IN every re-
spo0.
Tie enemy at Dam No. 2 having during the night
constructed protection for their sharp-shoo;ers with
sand hacr Lieut.. Parker, of Wheeler's Battery,
brought piece TO bear in the morning, and with
three shells planted with the precision Of rife shots
demolished the structure which Lad been the work
Of a night. This is HE second tine The Same thing
has been DONE
Gen. Smith las demanded Court Of Inquiry,
which, IT ii presumod will assemble at an early day
II would have been strictly correct had stsied that
Gen. Mcclellan was with OF near Con. Smith from
he time Of bis arrival in the forepar Of the day til
o. ~. almost the entire duration Of the affair lie
therefore shares all the odium attaching 10 Gen.
Smith. II Gen. Smith was intoxicated Cen Nc.
Celan mu.t have known il better than any one else.
But. Gen. Smiths coat and face were covered with
mud therefore he mlst have been intoxicated. Had
he yielded to the solicitation of friend to have the
mud rubbed of instead of proceeding at once to the
front and ost of danger. he -ight have escaped the
cruel s,nler OF being intoxicated. heard an officer
remark to-day that he ielti pleasure 10 serve under
Gouual WHO, wL.n in action, would not stop to
lave his coat busted. Another officer remarked that
II Gcn Smith ,rss intoxicated ON In 10th, ho hoped
De uig' ever be 10, on going into action. IL is the
tc.timouy Of an who Saw him on that day that lie
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