Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1862-07-10

fat tBs Yromotion Of t5be 3
!, SOUTH CAROLINA, TH.
Erection of Dutch Gap, on the James river
At a later hour of the day the news wa
/ confirmed, aud it was known that our force
j, wete in pursuit of the retreatipg columns o
the enemy, It is reported that Genera
HHuger's division, which was on the flank 0
the enemy was charged to watch him,:bu
!, that, when morning came, the enemy wa
nowhere visible 1t is supposed that Mo
.EClellan's movement. is to reach his gun
! boats and effect his escape by the Jane
river. Sixty transports are reported to b
i lying in the stream about fifteen miles be
low this city but cClellau must hay'
+ 3beensa wiser and more provident command
Ter than we are; willing to believe, if he hal
prepared transportation in nadvance for thi
avenue of escape, At . late hour last eve
T hing our advancing columns had not come
Eup with the enemy's rear, but it is prob
able that Advance parties of our cavalry hae
Hcome uptwfy& him and we're harrassing him
4The enemy could not have been more thar
Htwelve hours in advance, and We are sssur
Ned that the roads taken By our pursuing
acolumns, and the disposition Of our forces
Bbetween,h him and the river, ,Swill cut of hi!
retreat, and enable us to complete onr vic
Etory by demoralizing his whole command
Dor capturing large portion oft. u :
4 1t is impossible to ascertain the precise
Hmanner 10 which Mcclellan managed to e
ude our guard, six miles from Richmond
lon the York River road, the enemy were in
Eforce on Saturday night: During the nigh,
aour pickets heard them busily at work ham
8mering, saving, 80. The rumble of can;
non carriages was also constantly, audible
~ Yesterday about noon our troops advanced
in the direction of the works, which were
Hfound deserted. Their entrenchments were
Mound to be formidable and elaborate. That
Immediately across the railroad, at the gig
8miie post, which had been supposed to be
IA light earthwork, designed to- sweep the
railroad, turned out to be an immense, EN-:
sbrasured fortifcation, extending for hun,
Hdreds, Of yards on either side Of the track,
and capable. of protecting ten thousand
8men. Within this work were found great
quantities of fixed ammunition, which had
beel, prepared for removal and
Sthen deserted, All the cannon, as at other
|entrenchments, had been carried of. = AT.
tier passing thin battery, our forces cautious.
3ly pushed their way down the railroad and
ito the right, and in direction Of Seven
pines. At three o'clock q dense column
aof smoke was seen to issue. from the woods
1.-TWO miles in advance Of the battery aud
ahalf mile to the right of the railroad
aThe smoke vas found to proceed from o
perfect mountain Of the euemy's commits:
sary stores, which they had fired and de,
/ serted The pile was at least thirty feet
abigh, with base sixty feet in breadth,
consisting of sugar, coffee aud bacon, but
ater, prepared meats, vegetables, &C. The
Afre had SO far enveloped the heap as to de.
stroy the value of its contents. The field
! and woods around this spot was covered
! with every description of clothing and camp
aequipsge. Blue greatcoats lined the earth
Hike leaves in Valambrosa. No indication
! was wanting that the enemy had left this
aencampment in haste and disorder. There
was some fighting yesterday, but only we
believe, with scattered detachments of the
enemy. One of the principal engagements
aof yesterday was participated in by the cav
salry of Col. Eaker, (Col. Ransom's) at q
apoint about si1 miles from this city, be.
tween the Bottoms Bridge and Nine Mile
aRoad. The gunboats on the James had all
moved up in the direction Of Dutch Gap,
8and it is the general presumption that the
sbase of McClellan's retreat is to be located
athere. 49,, ... ...--
OUR LOSS IN KILLED AND WOUNDED.
We have been at great pains to ascer'
tain the number of our wounded in the. en-
Engagements commenced last Thursday even.
ling, and continued almost interruptedly
5sinoe, and are glad to announce that it hs.
afallen far short of our fears and s1pecta:
ations. At ive O'Clock yesterday evening
aall our wounded had been removed from
I the field either to the roadside hospitals or
Ito the city. Two thousand have been re.
aoeived at the siey hospitals, and gentlemen
] who have been on the different battle-felds
aeugaged 10 the removal of the wounded
J since the beginning of the first fight inform
! US there are at most not more than from
four to fue hundred in the roadside or
field hospitals. 49,.
Of the number of our killed we have no
means of making an estimate, but it will
abe seen that our wounded fall short Of those
4 Of the Seven Pines by several hundred.
Our last accounts of "the situation. are
THAT McClellsn's forces were all across this
aside of the Chickahominy, with our forces
pressing them on their rear and flank
sGen. jackson was on the east side of the
SChickahominy with bis army. He yes
aterday seized the York River railroad and
tore up the track for some miles. If Me-
lClelan is retreating We are assured that he
I will meet with serious obstacles in his way
We extract the following from the Rich
mond Examiner of the 1st instant:
REVIEW OF THE SITUATION.
To keep thu track of the battles which
have swept around Richmond we must have
reference to the nripcipal points of locality