The national Republican., 1862-07-04

- There viii be No paper issued from thh
ONCE tomorrow morning, yT
Hrru.
sAgnrx or ass. nsCLELLAH's !
.,Gi,,iaa| M AMY. rii ..,.. ~ 4 !
The public wAs relieved yestssdsy evsuinsl
by The pnbliessios, by he War Department Of
the SUBSTANCE Of Gen. NcClellans dispatch Of
Wednesday. y 10 yt sa.lu.,t.
We have seen and eonversed with most 10.
telligsnt gentleman who was with the army
during The whole struggle, down To Tuesday.
and ws note some points Of the information
which we obtaiued from him. r.4.0
According to our Informant the battle Of
Friday was most disastrous defeat, and would
have bsen svsn more disastrous, II the enemy
had not been kept back BY Ne firm aspect Of
some reinforcsmsnts. Our retreat, during the
nisht Of Friday, acro@ the Chickahominy was
so precipitats, that we lefs behind large num-
Der Of wounded, perhaps thousand, who could
have been brought across with little more
more dime.
During Saturday there was no fighting Of
consequence. The force which had attacked
our right wing, could not get across the Chick
ahominy IN the face Of our artillery, and In
front of our centre and len they were not
strong enough 10 attack our army in It's In
trsnchments. During Saturday and Saturday
night, preparations were made for the retreat,
which was commenced on Sunday morning by
the army, the wagons having commenced their
backward movement on Saturday.
On Sunday evening there was sharp fight
at Savage Station.
On Monday there was heavy battle at
White Oak Swamp, which ragged from noon to
night Our informant thinks IT was as severe
battle - that Of Friday. and that our los
was as great - at Fair Oaks. We were deci-
dedly victorious, capturing some artillery and
three thousand prisoners. Among them were
Col. Lamar, exmember Of Congress from Mis-
sissippi, and Col. Pendleton, of Louisiana, lsts
Of Cincinnati. Our informant did not hear Of
the capture Of Gen. Magruder.
On Tuesday there was fighting, less severe,
and principally by artillery, and on this day
our forces were assisted by the gunboats.
Our informant does not think our loss In all
the fighting exceeds fifteen thousand in killed,
wounded, and taken prisoners by the enemy,
and he believes that the enemy's loss was far
greater than our own. In most Of the actions
our army selected It's own positions.
The enemy fought bravely, and even despe
rately, and seemed to be in overwhelming num-
benz. The canteens Of sll their men who fell
into our hands were found 10 be we'll supplied
with whisky.
Our men were in good spirits on Tuesday
Gen. Mcclellan reports them so on the mex
day, Wednesday, Their victory Of Monday
was most important in that respect. But, al
though in good spirits, they were, OF course
much exhausted by marching and fighting
Our informant thinks that Gen. Mcclellan
intends, when he says in his dispatch of Wednes
day, that he had lost but one gun, to be under
stood q referring to siege guns Our inform
ant says we had lost several pieoes of field ar
tillery, but not more than We had taken.
When our informant left the army IL was a
Turkey Island, fifteen mile. from Richmond, ga
the crow aics.' From thence to Berkeley
Bar, where Gen. Mcclellan reports the army OF
Wednesday atleraoon, Is seven miles by land
By the river, the distance between the tw,
places is fifteen miles
1.-THE Richmond papers repre- ent their losse
on Thursday and Friday at 25, 900 men, whcl
We doubt, they must have been in state 0
panic. Their losses were, doubtless, large, bu
cannot have approached that figure.
We have no doubt that our informant i
right In representing the battle Of Friday US
serious defeat for us. We have understood
80 all along, and there can be no imprudence il
now admitting 1t, after the victory Of Monday
and the assured safety OF our army at Bsrke
ley's Bar.
What our informant fays as to the number q
reinforcements which had passed Fortress Nor
roe down to 2 O'Clock P. N. Of Wednesday, W
shall keep to ourselves, saying merely tina
our army Is safe.
From the Star Of Last evening.
We have information from the Peninsula
just before the second edition of to-day's Std
goes to press.
1t Is obtained for the most part from an 10
telligent and reliable gentleman who left Ger
McClellan's headquarters on Tuesday evenin,
last at 4 p. m. He assures us that we hav
lost In the almost weeks fighting but little 0
no material-no guns (csnnoD) of any kind. (
Our total loss In killed, wounded and missin,
b generally set down at from 10000 to 10000
certainly not more than 900
All our wounded and sick were safel,
brought of the field to the new position, ex
cept those at Savage's Station, north Of tb
Chickshominy.
In no one instance were our forces driven b.
the enemy; retiring only under orders from
one position TO another, In going to the nev
line selected for our occupation.
The Richmond papers Of Monday that hs,
been received admit rebel loss, up to Satur
day night, Of $4,000 killed, wounded and miss
ing, including Stohewali Jackson and R. Barn
we'll Rhett, killed on Friday.
The whole movement was most admirabI
conducted, and is regarded by the army as
complete success, and our loss, though heavy
10 not more than half that Of the rebels, by al
misrion OF their papers.
General Mccall Is missing, probably wounl
cd and prisoner. Gen. Reynolds il prisoner
Ftz John Porter is slightly wounded. Gen
Meade, of Pa, Is seriously wounded, and
now nm the wny tn thiladaluhia (,oI War