Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1862-07-11

Icy b. TO stack 10 columns In mass because hey had
the troops doit wthall Of demanding reinforce
ment and den onstrating s necessity crashed our
teeth at receiving from President makers and Conven
ton engineer instead Of corps de armee, question fer
debate Can civil engineer be good general We
had no time 10 debate whether McClellan was a good
general OF bad one He general and the strong
grip of the strengthening foe upon throats and
wanted help. We did care whether II % us
under Hallcok or Burnside committed to McClel-
Ian Not single man Of US who is not fool OF slave
is fighting here for the gorifoation Of any commander
We fight for successive fight to the republic, and
TO squech forever this continent organized rebellion
against the democratic principle
The refusal to give this army ample reinforcement, on
Friday last, withng hairs breath Of running the
nation There never in States history such deli
cate balance Of fortune between life aud death vbrated
the Chickahominy last week Cur line north Of
the river and south " H. From advanced railroad
station FAIR Oaks o. our shipping port White House
Point was twenty miles We had erected bridges at
convenient paoea across the Chckahominy On Thurs
day afternoon the enemy developed his pupose Of clear
ing Us out of our positions north and west Of the Chcka
homny. 10 cut our railroad connection, and seize hite
House Point and destroy us with a destruction COM
pounded Of starvation and thrashng. At three o'clock
an hour too late for reinforcement from distance
saut in great strength upon troops Mechanics
vile was commenced The details Of the battle must
find history elsewhere. The attack, q course, was
successful The rebels knew precisely strength In
the position, and pitched us two to one We had TO
abandon the ground at evening after bloody struggle
The best military minds in the army knew that daylight
the next day would bring 90 the crisis Of the Union
campaign in Virginia IL was whispered among them
that Mcclellan had evacuated White House Point and
had sent all the quartemascts and commissary stores
there, saving certain number Of DAYS faons together
with the transports, around the James river 10 City
Point AZ early light the cannonade from pofters bat
tefcs announced that the shock Of the rebel columns
had fallen extreme right their plan Of present at
tack being upon ursing from the northwest the
southwest The details Of the terrible aud honorable
battle this corps made against numbers which were I'M
quesuouaby three 10 one must also be left TO another
place and another time W. lost immensely We destroy
ed the rebels indeed horribly. killing and wounding more
than we did At the Seven Pines. The Roman Gamma and
the Russians BOrOdino did not show more MARTYR like
courage than the ofour volunteers did in the face Of
these massed colum o the enemy. They we're 40 close
to them that the constant and excellent rebel practice OF
relieving the regiments under FIRE with fresh troops
plainly seen by our weary men, not without trial
their resignation andsfeadiastness The warfare was simi-
ary vigorous and wise before all the other CORPS divisions
and brigade which it fe on Friday. Superior num-
6ers assaied inferior the assaults in the highest
degree marked by The confidence which numbers give,
and by desperate courage and by discipline. Whatever
local results favored the going down Of the sun il
was evident that the army Of the Potomac num-
bcred. that i was n certain peril Of being surrounded.
cut off, crushed or made prisoners II war That affirm.
At four o'clock Commissary Green told me he was or
deTcd forthwith 10 move provisions Couchs division,
over the White Oak swamp ] saddled my horse, and
while mounted before his tent, several regiments
lrom Pofters brave command. | rode OF cheerful.
felt sure that Gen. Mcclellan would change bis army
base, and bae aud weaken the enemy while he
'ned his position in virginia. Yet there many,
very many men IN the circle Of those headquarters was
riding away from who At the moment would have made
even bets INIT with tlr0 freaks the rebel army 00uil
hdtc aictHea tcrs Of peace 10 the Iited States t
recognition OF property n slaves aud the assumption
spons1ral and conservative obligations in respect 10 il
the recognition OF the independence Of the slave States
they should sec ht 20 demand 10; the payment Of the
penscs OF The waged by the rebel States and the ex
euson Of all men OF amt. slavery opinions from otic,
under the federal government S. W.