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ope-fourth of the amount Of the bounty a.
lowed by Law. SUCH payment to be made t
upcn the mastering Of the regiment to which +.
such recruits belong, into the service OF ths
United States.
FROM MeCLELLAK'S ARMY.
Further from the late Battle
NEW YoRE. July --latest aayiees from |
NeCltl]aD st Washington yesterday, are up to
two o'cloek Saturday afternoon. Up to tnas
time he bad successfully carried out the plan
be pointed out some time agoi when plan
was 1oswiEg his right wing towards ths rear: fs !
way between Bottoms Bridge and New Bridge,
and at The came time advance his left " ing to-
wards JG1ucs River, opening communication
with The gpnbrats.
The attack Of the enemy last Thursday ip
| great force, necessita.ed tie strategeic move
Meut, ard in changing his base. Of cour7e
WLitehcuse Lsnding was Abandoned, oil the
sick oil wounded, tic ordnance and commits
sary stores, troops and property were there
/ Embarked under the superintendence q ten.
| Casey, and on Monday were at Turkey Island,
on James River, eight miles below Fort Dar-
| ling, and fifteen below Richmond
After an Interruption Of communication be- |
tween Mcclellan and Washington Of forty |
| eight hours, his left wing touched a1nes KlEer
| Yesterday, near Turkey island bridge. He I'M |
mi diately opened communication with Com
moeore Rogers Of the Potomac do1llla, and,
| through him, with Washington. The result |
may be that the steam transports may relieve
his soldiers Of the fatigue Of marching On
Richmond, by landing them near the rebel
capital after the gunboats have cleared away
the obstructions.
Our army is now extricated from the mala-
sious swa,ops Of the Chickahom;ny, and is On
the high ground OF James River.
New YoHE, July 1.-The morning papers'
| oorTpe contains nothing new from
before Richmond.
Tie Hc,ald's correspondence Of the s8th
states that HooEer's division Was ordered to
have one days rations in their haversacks,
and to be IN line Of battle ut seven o clock,
4 movement was made at eight O'Clock by
the 1et Massachusetts, Col. Cowdln, acting IS
skirmishers, across an open field, driving in
Tic rebels, when the LIST was reinforced by the
remainder Of Growers brigade and the Excel
? sior and jersey brigades, driving tho rebels
: out Of the woods, Which our troops tooE pos
session Of. This was occupied till eleven
: o'clock, when two guns were brought up,
doir e great execution.
j.. Between twelve and one ne again advanced,
receiving and returning several heavy VolleyS
d ofmushetrv whcnthe rebelstiXed bayonets and
started at double quick towards the 1st and
4 11th Massachusetts and 26th Pennsylvania,
:. who were ready for them. On came the rebels
= with yell, bu1 the firm front Of our boys
3 alarmed them, and they broke, retreating in
,, | ureat disorder, our troops driving them more
~ than half mile at the point of the baTonet.
- | the rebels falling in heaps-more OF them tal-
IL ling in this charge than at Fair Oaks. They
we're driven nom their Fiie pits and Ms &C.
- had two horses shot under him.
- BALTIMORE, July 1.-Nnmerous inquiries
- arc received here 8s to the wounded and killed
IT. We have 10 information beyond what L
10 probably exsggerated, and which would bt
- improper to publish. The friends Of tht
~ wounded officers and prIvates may ress assured
is that if brought here they will oe amou:
re- friends who will omlt no enoft 10 aAe'1al
az their suferingE.
cd THE SITUATION BEFORE THE BATTLE.
Correspondence New York Teihnnc.1
- FORTRESS MONROE, June y, 1852.
They Who have known the reasons for della
eW on the ChicEalominy, ,and have experienced 4
lad disappointment that the impending battle Ia
not been fought begin to turn in eEpcctanc
=, toward the quorter that has SO long engage
~ the attention Of the world, We have
Az variety Of rumors, one Of which is that ston.
ger | wall jackson hiss appeard On McCle1 N
a right, md is menaelng Whitsho9s
At~ Taking rebel representations for autborit!
10 there is some reason for believing that Jacl
itu- son hes arrived in the neighborhood Of Bic
1nond, aud joined his forces with those OF t.
main army, though the logical 6uppositlon
aAi- that he would continue to employ the unle
forces in the upper part Of Virginia, as he b
Ms hitherto done. I hare no direct authority f
49, saving that Hhitehouse will soon cen
~ to be the point Of the particular lnteFe
Army Of the Potomac. yet am left to i3i n
thc as much from 3 variety of reasons. 7
'n~ breaking up Of the hospitals, By sendi
away the large number Of patients IN tt
that vicinity, may not be proof itself Of sucn
oout intention, though snch tact, taaen II conns
cling a'on nnei;on maeI Ta-dav f6e state Of Maine
eep. rived. with between veg and 4oo i9yallds,
is Of few of them wounded, to be followed
measure Of reform resulting from n
oe- regime. While it may be that, it may
ence something more.
wing, Prudent men' sSPestaly slnse 1ne os;t ~
s' d. too much exposed to be the depot Of so III
property Us The rebels would be able to
nber stroy by successful attack: 4 general
mt It moya1 from Whltehouse to West Point IS
.:.as improbable, If 1t has not already taken pl
a'7ea Il was holding out the highest inducerne
ot an almost imaginable to the enemy, who,
: dis | may reasonaoly suppose, won1d omit no q
aking s1o9 oI en1lr r ;s ~ ahv h;s
being side Whcther there is any real ground
the sl1eged apprehension concerning
neuds ! Whitehonse, as the base, We may well supl
;. ~. ! that, as one Of the moves on the board
Ut LIS a1nong the last moves in the great game
!. drawing to close, the rebel leaders
luton | conclude that jackson can employ his to
rka.,- in no way SO we'll as to abandon the camp
in the Shenandoah, and make rapid de5
ar had toward the Whitehouse on McClellau's !
Henry flank. The prize which the immense st
roen1+. I there offer would not be the only motive
, the movement would be the favorable on
1t ar the rebels to attack our entire line, weak
eferred as they might reasonably suppose it woul
ty the diversions which the appearanc
esos jackson, or some one else, in our rear n
go" tend to produce.
tier in # jackson has abandoned the shenau
We had snd Is cooperating in the neighborhood {
10 ovor Chickabominy, there will Of course b
s reason Hby the forces, ora large ehare Of
every IN the upper part Of Virginia, divided inte
thanks departments, under as many major-gen
! hioh- should not be at once moved forwal
,,ot;nr strengthen Mcclellan. Without undert
-'0t1ua to say that precisely this Is being done.
organ say, the country may rest assured that II
to be jackson has made his appearance in the
ter alleged, he will find troops to oppose
ard their embarkation on the Rsppalla1
'ora on or the Potomac, or both, would only pro-
Vallsn- yfeilance and resources of the goYernm
to get checkmating the wiley enemy.
+ enfH. The next ten days will in all prohabn
~ s" marked with important events If planl
on Ben. not failed, sharp and important ente
morrow. will have been accomplished. as part I
orr him vian OF operations against Richmond,
. This reaches the public eye In which the
gu uEIo m npe nf nur inland streams. WILL have