Year: 1862

Chickahomny by the centre and right wing will be dss-
balloon ascensons have dsmossratsd the sxistsnce Of
fortiAcations on the opposite blum. Dsnse smoke,
from score Of tho verge Of the woods
The onemys pickets posted within musket range
own, and We can see from some points the move
ments Of their columns with the naked eye BY light
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know that on Monday afternoon the enemy ocsupsd IN
force the south bank Of the Chiekahony hs doss
render.


The testimony Of prisoners strengthens my belief.
They all say that the rebels mean 70 make shsr last
ton. Of General Johnsons staf. nephew q the late
John washington "but you must fight like the devil


We may judge from their recent lighting the enemy
mean 70 rely mainly upon the mGs.st Insy have
a. our pieces are Of better and our firing
exact At Botom's Bridge, or Fair Oaks hs latter
column against our eft and obliged Us to resort the
same means to repulss and disconht them. II they
cu 4.
mon said to be favorable to cavalry service, 10 not
improbable that Stoneman and his dragons may have
an opportunity to distinguish themselves. or the
ber Of batteries am forbidden TO speak; but
It is not contraband to state that we can afford
heights commanding the Chickahominy, and reserve
enough to fight the greatest battle OF modern times
Our ammunition teams come in daily densely laden We
believe that the Army of the Peninsula Is nvincibe,
not IN the number IN the equipment and valor Of
its troops. 4


The reports received in tho North OF these battles are
necessarily imperfect, and the official documents per-
tanning hereto will probably be long delayed. Those
who suppose that the labor or gathsrsr upon the
battle field is ace and rapid should stroll, as have,
over the ground whore the dead yet lie unburied and
the survivors expect momentary to the conflict
Beyond vague and general statements nothing be
learned The colonel OF each regiment takes the whole
credit Of the victory upon himself, but give in
formation the number OF his missing the distances
trayersed the outlines Of the fight There many
participants in the fight who cannot relate anything
beyond isolated and nhippQrtapt statements while the
whole field stretches before tho correspondent,
who must CLEAN its particulars in nomentary
dread OF provost guards, between whom and himself
the antipathiss are vaster than seas.


funny occurrence was noted at New Bridge to-day
When General Franklin and STAFF rode over the earthen
approaches that had been undermined by the recent
rans the General capsizsd into the creek, from
which he emerged snorting, dripping and laughing He
mmed ediatey remountsd and pushed beyond our utmost
sentinel, followed by his sta6. The bullets literally
rained around them; but the General stood unmoved,
looked up tho road and then lesurey rode away. His
corps the reliable portion Of the grand army
We have heard heavy firing for the past Two nights in
tho direction Of James river and there speeuatons
abroad that feet 10 aborng for second time TO
reduce Fort Darling. Such reduction effected would
hasten our great contamination.


is the commonly received opinion among our officers
that tho summer campaign Of this army win end on our
arrival at Richmond.