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'per each additional tine, 81. py'AnnouncementaofMarrlagesorDeaths ; Noticesoi Religious Meetings published GRATIS and solicited. ty*Tribntegof Respect rated as advertisements. Obituary Notices exceeding one square iu length will be charged for the overplus at regular advertising rates, % '**. , ,-?Peroon*l Oommunlutlone, when admissible ; communications of limited or individual interest, oi recommendations of Candidates for offices of honor, prof It or truat. will be cbargea for at from jioiu cenia penior, THE BATTLE OF RICHMOND. Interesting Particulars. ;v ' * We copy the following particulars of^the great battle from the Richmond papers.? We firefgive the Enquirer's statement: The right wiog of the enemy having been driven from its advanced positions, near Mech&nicsvtlle,. on Friday morning fell back upon its stronger works in the direction ot the centre. Gen^ "Stonewall" Jackson was beafiog down upon them with invincible energy, supported in front by Gen. A. P. Hill's - division, when Longstreet's division was ordered about four o'clock in the afternoon, down the north bank of the Ubickabommy, to toitow upfli the advanoo of Hill's division on the maicft batteries df'the enemy at the mill bejondE Gaines' cross roads. The division (Loogft street's,) halted by the Cbickabominy, andft Gen. Pickett's Brigade was detached as aol. advance to support Gen. Hill's assault, theft latter being then engaged in a terrific fighrft in front of the works in view. Upon reach ing the scene, Pickett's brigade was order ed to snpport a battery which was then playing upon the enemy, who were returning a hot fife upon Gen. Hill's left. The brigade was then ordered to oharge, which being accomplished, resulted in the repulse of the enemy. An Alabama and a Missis - sippi regiment came up to the support of the brigade, when the latter were ordered to fall; the Alabamians and Mississippians then oharged over them upon the enemy, and the brigade arose again and followed. The oharge now became desperate, and never were such harrassing difficulties en countered and successfully overcome Our men foand themselves suddenly charging upon the enemy iD a dense wood, formiDgft a portion of an extensive swamp, wbichft presented somewhat the appearance of theli pit of a theatre, surrounded by a ditch five! feet wide by five deep, while on the oppo ft site side, tbe mud of the marsh was kneeli deep, over which arose the hill, upon which!; the enemy's batteries were placed. Atgi the foot of the hill tbe euemy had erected!, a parterre of iofantry works, and anotherft at the top, overlooking it, and also one on! the edge of a ravioe on the left of the brow! of the bill. A battery was stationed lug the ravroe, while three others, in two tiers,! ribbed the front of the bill, the whole pre ff eotiDg a fire upon oar forces which told! with terrible effect. But our troops rasbed on, crossed the?, swamp, the field officers having dismounted! from their horses, it being impossible toff carry them on, and charged upon the ^ore |j most bakeries. In the first essay, the bri | gade and its support were repulsed, in theg second they paused and laid down. The 4th Texas, and several North and South Carolina regiments came up; the rest of Hill's division was pressing on, and LoDggtreet's was rapidly approaching the scene of conflict. The third charge was made, and the battery was taken". The number! engaged in this charge was not more thanff 4,500, while that of the enemy on the! ground numbered about 10,000, compri B, sing General Porter's division. Our supports now came up, and secured the possession of the hill, capturing many prisoners. The enemy's cavalry made an attempt to retake the position, but were repulsed, and fled precipitately. As our troops gained the brow of the hill General! Jackson appeared on our left, about fourfj' hundred yards off, just completing bis ir-B resistible storm on the enemy's right flank,! and aiding materially in securing the posi-fi tion then in the possession of our forces. The general engagement, closing with& this brilliant finale, brought into the fieldSi 40,000 Confederates and 50,000 Federals.ff The enemy was pursued for some dis-ff Inn/iA Anf flnKnn Vi ?kT7 finollw rJ i an rvnOQ El LAUVfC W U Vj TT UV U k UV^ UUUlt^ Uk^U^/^VMtvvaf it beiDg now 8 o'clofek at night, and oar men, commended by their officers for their gallantry, and flushed with victory, were content to stop upon the field of their success and rest for the night. We regret to learn that our loss was very severe. It is! estimated that in killed and wounded Gen rj Pickett's brigade lost from 40 to 50 perg cent. Such daring, such sacrifices, were! never before made before the altar of lib-g erty., g Among the lost of Pickett's brigade,! were CgI. Withers, of the 18th Virginia,! mortally wounded in the breast; General! Pickett was wounded in the arm, severely,! but Dot dangerously; Maj. Wilson, of the! 28th Va., was wouDded in the leg and side Captr Spessard, of the 28th Va., disabled ;gi Capt. Robertson, of the same, in the breast, ! but not seriously; Capt. NelsoD, also of the I 28th, reported killed, but believed to be a | mistake. The total loss of the 28th Vir- J ginia alone amounted to about sixty per 3 cent, of its whole force engaged. We have been unable to gather the full } particulars of our loss, nor that of the ene < my, except so tar as we learn from our j prisoners, who represent their loss as very i severe. Tv o regiments, captured during the day, the ilth Pennsylvania, and the 4th New j Jersey, about six hundred in all, together! with their officers, reached the city about ten o'clock, Saturday morning, and were quartered in the Lib by and Greaner's prisons. Portions of several Federal Brigades were also captured on various parts of the field, and among them were large numbers of field and oompany officers. There arrived in the oity at an earty hour on Saturday, Brig. Gen. Jfhn F. Reynolds, of Illinois ; Brig. Gen. Rankin, of Pennsylvania, (Philadelphia,) and Capt. 0. Kingsbury, Jr., aid to Gen. Reynolds. Several Colo oels also arrived at the same time. The whole nnffiber of prisoners taken in the four days' fighting sums up, in round numbers, Flta THOUSAND. Twenty-three hundred and fifty privates scd ninety-three officers have already been brought to Riohmond. Our Generals, accompanied by staff and regimental officers, rode over the battlefield of Friday, on Saturday afternoon, and estimated the number of Federals left dead on the field, at ope thousand. A large umber of their wounded also fell into our (hands. ' Their total loss in the several engagements, is 'estimated at about ten thouband, in killed, wounded and prisonere.?Our loss, all told, does not exceed twentyfive hundred. The fighting on the Confederate side exhibited a degree of coolness and undaunted heroism which have never been excelled in the history of nations.? The work of our men was rendered brilliant by the number, style and irresistibility of their bayonet charges, which carrid eve cy thing before them, and so completely eclipsed the "bayonet charges," which Mc Cieli&n pictured up for the popular mind of the North, on the occasion of the battle of the "Seven Pines," that not even the ibadow of a respectable hand to band resistance was offered them. In our combined assault upon this fiiBt ind strongest Beries of works on the right iring of the enemy, our forces increased to ipwards.of forty thousand men, while the ;ciemy presented a force of about fifty thouiand strong, consisting of the whole of Jen. Fitz John Porter's corps d"anncc, a livision from (franklin's and a division of VlcCall'a corps d'armce. The enemy was hus driven back upon his centre, and his mtire plans disconcerted. He was busily "ortifying bis positioo on the north on Sat irdav. in order to resist attack from the J? ? ? ? ear/ The plan of attack io this day's battle oay be rammed up as follows : General Jackson made his way round the entire rear of the enemy, and pitohed into their eft, driving, or rather "huddling," them ill up on their oentre. He then passed iroaod their ^.rear and came up on their eft, while Gen. A. P. Hill's corps was purming down upon the right of their centre, vhile General Longstreet and General D. 3. Hill were driving back their front in be same direction. It must be understood hat the battle was fought between one jortion of our forces and one-balf of the :oemy; the other half being on this (south) lide of the Chickahominy, where no fight g of importance occurred at all. Gen. McClcllan, though immediately rear, and cxpeoted to command his forces n person, did not appear on the field. The jrisoners taken by us manifested a strong eeling in oonsequence of this circumstance,! tod stated .that the entire army engaged! vas similarly influenced. : ; rHE BATTLE ON SATURDAY, ON THE SOUTH! SIDE OF THE CHICKAHOMINY. No fighting occurred on the north side )f the Chickahominy on Saturday. At aD ?arly hour, Gen. Magruder, whoso forces hreaten the front of the enemy's foroes on he south side, sent forward a portion of jlen. Tombs' brigade, to capture a battery! >n the Nine Mile road. Our men werc| dated with the idea of?at length joining! n the fray which had so long been in frrol 'ress, and moving on marched upon and! :barged the battery and captured it. Ibel :nemy, however, had a stroDg battery of! lowitzers in the rear, with which they! jlayed upon our men incessantly, so that atl eDgth they were oompelled to abandon the! vork. Our loss in this charge was aboutl wo huodred, killed and wounded. Most! >f our killed and wounded in this engage !1 nent, including Col. Laraar, of Georgia, 5 ?ho was severely wounded in the leg, were j eft in the bands of the enemy. . I No more fighting occurred along the lines I luring the rest of the day. Ao armistice !' ,vas agreed upon in the afternoon, for the!1 jxchange of the wounded and the burial!1 >f the dead, and thus closed the events ofR ;he day and week, the field, for the mostg' part, io our possession, and the mantle ofg fictory covering our dead. THE POSITION. Our Generals having disconcerted the memy'd centre, and the latter seeing no ?arthly chance for themselves, so complete iy were they hemmed io, it is said, immediately made for their gunboats on the Pamunkey, but, to their utter surprise and horror, found themselves outflanked by the indomitable Jackson and his brave army. They then re-crossed the swamp in the wildest confusion, and fled towards tboir gunboats cm the James River, closely followed by Jackson, Hill aud Longstreet, who expected to overtake McClellan and his half of the army Saturday night or early Sunday morning. ! The other half of the Federal army isg represented as completely surrounded by! i>ur troops. Magruder io front, Holmes on| their right, aud "Bethel" Hill and other I generals in their rear. It was expected I that all of these generals would move a- J gainst tne enemy at an eariy nour ounaaj morning, while those of our troop9 in their rear will probably advance upon the enemy towards Richmond. The enemy was, od Saturday, busily employed in strengthening uis fortifications, both in front and rear, so is to resist, if possible, the combined as-B saults of our forces?their rear being at the| time totally unprepared to meet any vigor s ous attack. We have thu9 given in as concise & man-i ucr as possible the position of the two ar-H mies before Richmond, as explained to usB by a gontleman of known intelligence and| reliability. . The reader will thus perceive! that the skies are indeed "bright and bright ! ening." Let the people of the Ooufedera-g cy place implicit confidence in the skill ofg ??? ?i our officers and the vaLor of our troops, and with the aid of a just God we will jot annihilate or capture the entire army of Geo. B. McClellan, ''General commanding the army of the Potomac." - : We extract the following from the Richmond Dispatch : About 1 a. m , Sunday morning, our pickets down the Nine Mile Road were fiercely attacked* by the enemy, and a severe and lively fight ensued. The enemy were easily driven back with loss, many prisoners falling in our hands. Many of the Federals threw down their arms and surrendered voluntarily. Sunday morning, about six or seven o'clock, another fierce picket fight occurred. Gen. Griffith's Mississippi brigade moved down and pursued chera past their fortifications, which were found for the most part deserted. It thus became a matter of faot that the enemy were in full flight. * Paisait was instantly made, and several fights ensued. All their camps?-wagon, commissary, and quartermaster's camps, also?were totally destroyed. Immense piles ofy stores were blazing at the moment of oar visit, the Mississippians pursuing over the red ashes of the camps and stores. Our army is following close at their heels, and many prisoners are hourly arriviog.? Loud explosions were heard during the afternoon; caused by the destruction of vast quantities of ammunition. Dense cohhnns of smoke darkened the eky. The Railroad Merrimac was far in advance of our men, and was vigorously shelling the enemy at every tarn. They are endeavoring to reach James River, but are totally cut off therejfrom. Their loss must prove fearful. They ire retreating in good order, however, but it cannot be long maintained ; they seem totally demoralized. " , McClellan says "he has just got us where he wants us j" but as some of the prisoners remark, "it may be so, but certainly our losses and disgraces are no ioke. If he in tends to win, this last week's operationslc does not look much like it." Our Gener-w als are fully alive to all his movements audit are hourly hemming him in." ' r AN ARMISTICE V of two days, it is reported, was asked .byl* MoClellan to bnry their, &c., but General!; Lee, it is said, replied, ?There is no time!! now to think of the dead?let the dead! bury the dead. The only proposition I oanBj receive from General McClellan is for an! unconditional surrender." We know not if this be true, but give the report for what it is worth. v * GEN. GRIFFITH was mortally wounded, we are sorry to hear, by fragment of a shell, while standing near the Merrimao on the railroad. His troops form the advance, and the country loses a fine officer and gentleman. Col. Barksdale, of the 13th Mississippi volunteers, now commands the Mississippi brigade, andls a finer officer cannot be found. fij THE FEDERAL FLAG lv made by the Fankees to float over our cap-r itol was captured by Major Bloomfield, of General Magrudor's staff, in the Federal ' camps, and was exhibited, with great ap- e plause, to our troops. It is an. immense s piece of work, fully twenty feet Jong, having thirteen stripes and thirty-two Btars ? thereon ! We understand McClellan re- c ceived it as a present from the ladies of the a city of Boston, and promised to plant it on 1 the veritable "last ditch," to which the!' rebels should be run, and afterwards would! elevate it, with all military honors, on our|r Capitol at Richmond. How are the mightjl,1 fallen ! Verily, George B. MoClellan will! be decapitated, and snoh is the fate of theBC Greatest living Liar! jJ A communication says : "In yonr notice! in the issue of to-day, of the laudable con-|t duct of Private James Henderson, Compa-l? oy A, 1st Louisiana regiment, an important I' error ocours. The statement that "neither s Surgeon nor stretcher-bearers were with hisJ f regiment" is entirely incorrect. Assistant t Surgeon W. H. Barnes, with the Infirma- a ry corps (two of tho latter were wounded t aarly in the morping)and three ambnlanoes t (?ere on the field thronghout the entire day,Bo until 8 o'clock in the evoning, attending!' to and transporting the wounded. I feelfie assured that you will rectify the mistake."!!* We extraot the following from the JEx-m rminer: W It is impojyible to compute our loss in 6 killed and wounded in Friday's eng^ements. It is variously stated at from three ? to eight thousand. In the assault of the b trorkson the enemy's right wing nearly the o entire mass of our forces on the field was engaged ; and the casualties must have t been frightful, as the assault on some of theff3 snemy's batteries were several times re- j P pulsed before they were finally carried. C There is no doubt that Friday's victory C jn the north side of the Chiokahominy has' & been achieved by a great sacrifice of life on i h jur side. The visible fruits of our victory C ire said to be largo. Several thousand " prisoners have been taken, between thirty ind forty pieces of artillery, and about tec Q thousand small arms. The enemy, in retreating, burned up the equipments of three ;ampa. The pieces taken are principally Napoleon, Parrot and Blakely (English) ^ ijuns. We have captured large quantities r jf army wagons, tents, equipments, shoes,! * &c. c The forcing back of the mass of the en- 0 smv's forces from the Dorth side of then0 ^ f 1 tfli Chickahominy ia a serious blow to his re-11 sources, as it puts us in possession again of ^ the Fredericksburg and Central railroads, 0 rud cut him off from his chosen routes of z escape. i ENGAGEMENTS OF SATURDAY. 0 There appears to have been no regular 0 battle on Saturday, but series of charges ^ and assaults of batteries with various fortune. The enemy still kept in front their ^ retreating line down the Chicahominy, ourl ^ forces pursuing and attacking as opportuni j ty occurred. It wouldjbe impossible to enu-g merate all the desultory contests of the day.I THE EVENTS OF SUNDAY?M'CLELLAN E- { LUDES US AND RETREATS TOWARDS JAMES RIVER. Yesterday it was announced in the fc streets that, during Saturday night, McClel c Ian had eluded us and had crossed the (Jbickahominy with the main body of his t forces, making a rapid movement in the di-|i rection of Dutch Gapr on the James river. At a later hour of the day the Dews was confirmed, and it was known that our forces wO&in pursuit of the retreating oolamns of the enemy. It is reported that Genera! Huger's division, which was on the flank of the enemy, was charged to watch him, but that, when morning came, the enemy was nowhere visible. It is supposed that MoClellan's movement is to reach his gunboats and effect his escape by the James river. Sixty transports are reported to be lying in the stream about fifteen miles be low this city; but McClellan must have been a wiser and more provident command er than we are willing to believe, if he has prepared transportation in advanoe for this avenue of esoape. At a late hour last evening our advancing oolumns had not come up with the enemy's rear, but it is probable that advance parties of our cavalry had some up wnwhim and were harrassing him. Fhe enemy could not have been more than twelve hours in advance, and we are assur3d that the roads taken by our pursuing ?- > .l J? _f e joiumns, ana ice aisposmon or our lurueg between him and the river, will oat off his retreat, aod enable ns to complete onr vicary -by demoralizing bis whole command >r capturing a large portion of it. . J It is impossible to ascertain the precise nanner in which McGlellao managed to eode oar gnard, six miles from Richmond, in the York River road, the enemy were in "orce on Saturday night. Daring the night >ar pickets heard them busily at work ham nering, sawing, &o. The ramble.of canion carriages was also constantly audible. Yesterday about noon oar troops advanced n the direction of the works, which were bund deserted. Their entrenchments were bond to be formidable and elaborate, (that muiediately across the railroad, at the six nile post, which had been supposed to he i light earthwork, designed to. sweep the ail road, turned out to be an immense, emirasured fortification, extending for hunireds of yards on either side of the track, ind capable of protecting ten thousand hen. Within this work were found great {uantities of fixed ammunition, which had apparently been prepared for removal and hen deserted. All the cannon, as at other mtrenchments, had been carried off. Afer passing thin batteiy, onr forces cautiousy pnahed their way down the railroad and o the right, and in direction of Seven ? ?. i? < i 1. i V fines. ac toree o ciock a aense comma >f smoke was seen to issue from the woods wo miles in advance of the battery and ialf a mile to the right of the railroad.? The smoke was found to proceed from a rerfect mountain of the enemy's commisary stores, which they had lired and deerted. The pile was at least thirty feet ugh, with a base sixty feet in breadth, lonsisting of sugar, coffee and bacon, but er, prepared meats, vegetables, &c The iro had so far enveloped the heap as to dptroy the value of its contents. The field nd woods around this spot was covered vith every description of clothing and camp iquipage. Blue greatcoats lined the earth ike leaves in Valambrosa. No indication vas wanting that the enemy had left this mcampment in haste and disorder. There ras some fighting yesterday, bat only we relieve, with scattered detaohments of the merny. One of the principal engagements if yesterday was participated in by the oavdry of Col. Baker, (Col. Ransom's) at a >oint about six miles from this city, be ween the Bottom's Bridge and Nine Mile load. The gunboats on the James had all noved op in the direotion of Dutch Gap, red it is the general presumption that the >ase of McClellan's retreat is to be located! here. |r OUR L088 IN KILLED AND WOUNDED. |' We have been at great pains to ascer l1 ain the number of our wounded in the en jf ;agements commenced last Thursday even* ug, and oontinned almost interruptedly!^ inoe, and are glad to announce that it basjr alien far short of our fears and erpeota-B ions. At five odock yesterday evening!? 11 oar wounded had been removed fromg' he field either to the roadside hospitals or!1 o the city. Two thousand hare been re-B1 icived at the sicy hospitals, and gentlemeniv rho have been on the different battle-fields!^ ngaged in the removal of the wounded! inoe the beginning of the first fight infortn|a is there are at most not more than fromjr "our to Jive hundred in the roadside onr ield hospitals. if Of the number of our killed we hate nojr aeans of making an estimate, bat it will! ic seen that our woanded fall short of those!1 f the Seven Pinea by several hundred. I? Onr last accounts of "the situation" area? hat McClelJan's forces were all across this! ide of the Chickahominy, with onr forcorjr iressing them on their rear and flank.?B" ilen. Jaokson was on the east side of thegn Jhickahominy with his army. He yes-jr BTday seized the York River railroad and!" ore up the truok for some miles. If Mo-1 llellan is retreating we are assured that heBJ rill meet with serious obstacles in his wa7-K We extract the following from the Rioh-lr lond Examiner of the 1st instant: It owvrrwnr on mnr ormrT i ttam K.1 rwxi y Ax* t\> ur IUA on UAiiUxi. rt'^ To keep the track of the battles which! iave swept around Richmond we must haven efereuoe to the principal points of localityfiti ?hioh have become familiar in these aoQr onnts. It will bo recollected that it waslb n Thursday evening when the attack wasBj ommenced upon the enemy near Meadowjjo Iridge. This locality is about six milesBti iistant from the city, on a line almost dueBti lorth. This position was the enemy's ex-fit< reme right. His lines extended from bere|g cross the Chickahominy, near the PowhiteBii reek, two or three miles above the crossings* f the York River railroad. From Mead- jti w Bridge to this railroad the distance a- Itl ong the Chickahominy on the north side Jo 3 about ten miles. The different stages |h ietween the points indicated, along wbichflti he enemy were driven, are Mechanicsville,|\ bout a mile north of the Chickahominy ;Bt! urther on Beaver Dam creek, emptyingg-i nto the Chickahominy; then the NewSl Iridge road, on which Cold Harbor is looa- h ed; and then Powhiteoreek, where, it will h ie recollected, the enemy was pursued after d laving been driven from his strong position n >ehiod Beaver Dam creek.'1 ii The York River railroad runs in au e&s-fj erly direction, intersecting the Chickahom-Si! ny about tea miles from the city. Southfiii of the railroad is the Williamsburg road, connecting with the Nioe Mile road at Seven Pines The former road connects with the New Bridge road; which turns off and crosses the . Ohickafiominy. From Seven Pines, where the Nine Mile road joins the upper one, the road is known as the old Williamsburg road, and crosses the Chickahominy at Bottom's Bridge. With 'the bearing of these localities in bis mind the reader will readily understand bow it was that the enemy was driven from his original strongbqjda on the north side jf the Chickfhothioy, and how, at'the time jf Friday's battle, he' had been compelled to surrender the possession of the Fredericksburg and Centra] railroads, and had been pressed to a'position where he was out jfF from the principal avenues of-supply wd escape. The disposition of our forces was such as to cut off all com muni cation between McClellans army at the White Boose, on the Pamunkey river; he had been driven completely from his northern ine of defences, and it was supposed that ae weald be unable to extricate btmselt from his position* witboat a victory or ca pifculation. In front of hiui, with the [Jbickabominy, which he had orosaed, iq his ear, were the-divisions of General Long itreet, Magrader and Hoger, and, in the ituatioo as it existed Saturday night, ail lopes of his escape were thought to be impossible. On Sunday morning it appears that onr rickets on the Nine Mile road, hqviog engaged some small detachments of the eneny and driven them beyond their fortificaioos, fonnd them deserted. In a short while it became known to our generals that tfcClelian, having massed his entire force in this side of the CbickahoiOiny, was re rearing towards James River, having stolen i march of twelve honrs on General. Huger, who bad been placed in position ou his flank o watch bis movements, r movements OF yesterday?M'OLETilan's retreat intercepted. Yesterday every one seemed lost and bewildered in their, imaginations of what had >eeome of McClellan's army. Thero was 10 certain announcement that he had yet ?ached the river. As the day progressed, t became known that Jackson's division )ad crossed the Chickaboniiny, and that here were strong "hopes that Longstrcct'tB livisioo would intercept the retreating ene 1 ny.. Wen. Holmes, commanding a envision,a raa said to be between the enemy and -the? iver with a force of 15,000. .Every cffdrtl leerued to be made by a new disposition of? tor forces to repair the unfortunate circum dances by which an enetny with three di! risions in his front bad ' effected at least an emporary escape from a position in which? t was a paramount object of the contest to? iold him. B The last accounts we have of the situs ? ion of the enemy, and which wc can re ! :ommend to our readers as reliable, leave? io doubt that his retreat has been inter Hi lepted. We are.able to state positively bat we have forces between him and the? iver, including G-en.^Holmes' command! ?f 15,000 men. It is also certain that! Jen. Jackson crossed the Chickahomioyl' 'esterday morning, and- that the main body? ?f McClellan's forces is on this side of the? Ihiokahotniny, in Charles City county.! vhcre his retreat has been intercepted and? le. baa again been challenged to battle.?n' rbe condition of the enemy excites hopes!1 >f a most favorable result to ofcr arms. ! ?HE LATEST FROM OUlt LINES-?1TESTER-H )AY'S BATTLE?POSITION OF THE ENEMY ? The latest accoants which we can gel < rom the critical portion of oar lines, and eeoramend to our readers as .reliable," repesent that late yesterday afternoon the , inemy was in position near White Oak ( ilwaftp; that all the roads to the Chicka j lominy wera in our possession, Jackson's ( livision fcavirig a position at Bottom's , Iridge; that a portion of our fohc'cs.had? jot in the rear of the enemy and were dri H, ring him back, and that late in the even B, ng our forces in his front,bad drawn up ing; wo lines of battle for a general action',! rhioh the enemy was endeavoring to de gt line. The attack was made by General* Ingor on the front of the enemy, who was, ,t that time in the angle formed by the in , erseetion of the New Market ?ad Qaaker < oads, with Gen. Holmes and Magrnder in t lis rear. After a short and desultory con- 1 est the divisions of Gen. Longstreet and k. P. Hill were moved np, and attacked , he enemy with great fierceness, and the: l ction became general, with terrible loss on a or side, but terminated with the result of c Iriving the enemy back for abont, a mile L nd a half, and patting him in a position L rhere he will be forced to fight in the c aorning with every prospect of the rout of 11 lis forties, as it is supposed that our attack L rill be made this morning on his front and |; >oth flanks. Longstreet's division is repor ed to.have been badly cut np, particularly 15 be brigade of Gen. Anderson, of South larolina, and Gen. Kemper, of Virginia ; t is supposed that an inconsiderable por- . ion of McGlellan's army may have reached I j. ames river." 1 ( THE BATTLE OP SUNDAY EVENING. v The great battle of the day, however, j t ook place in the evening, near the York-. ] iver railroad, some three miles from the c attle field of the "Seven Pines." Gen j lagruder commenced the attack about 4 j h 'clock, by advancing upon the Yankee en- j o renchments. The first line was taken af- ji 3r a sharp conflict and the enemy driven ] n a another " Waiting only long enough to! > et the artillery in position, this also was; c tornied, the Yankees fleeing from each ltiHu rild confn9ion. The firing continued un-Sf il 10 o'clock io the night, when the bat Br^ le-ceased; In this brilliant fight the men|^ f General Magrnder's division won great onor and maintained the fighting repata 5 ii ion given them on the Peninsula. Tbejj.j rankees fought desperately and contested* . he ground closely, but they could not* 3 tand the fierce charges made upon them.8 h 'he loss was heavy to the enemy: oncjj s undred and severity five Yankees wcrek i lid dead upon the field, and eight hun-fcr., Ired prisoners were taken. Our loss wasfr lot heavy, although many a good man wasL njured. The advance of our men upon the enemyf 3 described by an eye-witness as excitiugi c a the extreme. From one fortification to|t another they rushed with an impetuosity that could not be checked. In their advance several magazines were exploded and an immense quantity of stores destroyed. Arms, baggage,'overcoats, knapscaks, caps, and haversacks, were scattered along the route in profusion. The latest acootiats of yesterday represent the Yankee army eut in twain and trying to escape towards the James. After destroying the Yankees this side the Cbiekabominy, Jackson also crossed and is now . pressing hard upon them. Yesterday it was said that Generals Longatreet and Hill' were in position in Charles City, and t6at the last avenue of escanc for the "erand armv" is cut off.? a W *'-V ? ' ?. Geo. Magruder bad gone down to reinforce Gen. Longatreet to assist in checking the retreat, while Jaokson and others are steadily driving them on. The only alternative is a heavy fight near the James river, 01 an unconditional surrender of MeClelian's ixmy. . . ^ While Magruder was thus successfully "pushing the enemy to the wall/" on the south side, of the Cbiokahominy, the re: doubtable Stuart was not less successful io frustrating the plans of the yoong Napolean on the north side. Dashing down to the White Hpuse, on the Pamunkey, he mcceeded in bagging about 2,500 of the grand Union army at that Point.. -./ OPERATIONS ON MONDAY.- /-Vi? Of operations yesterday there is little to be said. They were not destitute of importance, however, and their results were of a serious nature to the enemy. The'"folds the anaconda are tighteniugaround him/' ind it is very evident that the "back-bone" &f the rebellion has been greatly strengthened. ' There was some fighting, it is true, resulting more from efforts of the, foe* to :over his retreat than from any concerted * ' *Lt3 plan for a resolar fight # -We think it will require greater genius than eveu MoCfollao possesses to relieve the invading force from its present unpleasant predicament. Oar treops are still pressing Upon the re treating foe, who seems to be effectually demoralized, especially those constituting the rear of the army. They are to be seen wandering in every direction through the dense woods near tbj,Chickahorainy, without guns or knapsacks;' and many of them without hats, which indicates & thorough state of confusion among them. As an evidence of this, we may state the fact that Dr. Thou. Carpenter and two companions succeeded in gathering up upwards of fifty, who, without anjr organization, were wandering about in apparent bewilderment? Dthfer parties were similarly captured, and during the day small squads of a dozen or more were continually arriving in the city. During the day a portion of the cavalry )f Gen. Smart captured and destroyed several transports on the Pamunkey river near West Point. Thus are the meanB of eseape for the enemy being cut off j so that, in any view of the case, there seems to be ittle probability of their getting off in force.?RichmondDispatch^ 1st. Seward's Personal Motive. We clip the following from the Columeue Enquirar, of the 28th instant: Upon what slight things hangs the destinies of nations ! Some score of years ago, i young Yankee schoolmaster came South ind spent a year in one of the county sitesB Df Middle Georgia. The oonseqaence ofl :hat year's visit was a mulatto child?its! father Senator Seward, now Secretary of| State ! The way this, became known, the Secretary himself told it to a Doctor R?, )f Ga., last summer, stating that be regretfed the embargo on correspondence, as it prevented bis hearing from his daughter md sending her -money, which he bad lone every year ,for years ! He went on :o speak in such a way as to convey, the dea that be turned abolitionist and brought m the war in order to liberate his beloved langhter from the thraldom of slavery !? VVell did Paulding say that he was a^velomoua reptile burrowing in the mnd, vhose poison and power was unknown till le struck ! y. The Bible declares that a bastard shall rot inherit or enter into the congregation >f the people; and yet the North is bankupting itself to bring into its midst a bastard nalatto?a noble objectfor a national war! ifet his dopes might rend him to pieces if! hey knew his motives. Hence it is the! rossession of Middle Georgia i. e. the nel )lus ultra of bis ambition; hence negroes! oust become free on military occupation, hat his daughter might flee to a father's ,rms?aud that father too stingy to purihase her freedom himself?it must be lone with the lives and the purse of a nighty nation. Hence Charleston is sec mdary to Savannah in his plans?hence he railroad car stealing, bridge burning xploit, hence Georgia ie threatened with >0,000 on one side and 150,000 on the orrnw mnvPfl frt. Itut4"~"iicuui3 tug r gucini ?wivw ?v ? rards Huntsville instead (f Memphis. [;f Ought not this thing to be sifted out?E Vnd if it is true, it can be made the causeE ?f a mighty downfall of oar arch enemy?1 >y sending the negro girl and the /acts toH( Jreeley or Fernando Woodr or some in-E reterate political enemy, to spread it al >ruad North on the wings of the wind !?A This coming to them on the heels of defeatE nust complete his overtbigp.. E The Atlanta Intelligencer says the half ( ias been told in the above. It was in the ounty of Putnam that Seward first settled , n Georgia, where the beggar for employ- j aent, in a respectable neighborhood, taughtfl chool. His imtnoralties after awhile be-fl auie known to his patrons, who, disgusted 3 rith his conduct, gave him notice to quit. ( le did so, and meanly assistance to return | o Yankee land, from whence, it was hsertained, ho had come South in disgrace. ^ Jpoa his return, accident gave him a start ; n his profession, which native ability and t nscrupulous intrigue combined, made a s uccessful one. Soon he became a politi- i ian, and he is now, what he is, a bitter , later of the South and the instruction ofl lavcry, doubtless influenced by his youngH nd ardent passion for the females of a racel, o whom he was devotetFwhen a resident offiL he county named. The arch hypocriteji hould be exposed in all Christendom. I Wm. B. Astor.?His daily income isi omputed at $6,000. It is said that a cerE ain person felicitated Mr. Astor on hbli wealth. Pointing to piles of bonds, mapB, &c., the capitalist replied: "How would yon like to manage all these matters for your board and clothes?" The man demarred to the ides. "Sir," said the other, '<It is all I get." Mr. Astor, it is said, gives bat little away. . "V y - ?wtfi>- : | Gen. -Randolph "Blockaded." .. One afternoon last week our estimable Secretary of War, Gen. George W. Randolph visited the lines below Richmond, and after spending an agreeable boor or two at Gen. Lee's headquarters, started for the city He proceeded without interrupt tion until be reached the picket's post on the "Nine Mile -Road," where - be' found several citizens who were returning from a visit to the^camp.- They bad bedn stopped by the sentinel, wbo informed them that he had orders to allow- no oho to-*pas* it or out of the lines, wbo did not give the oountersigDw 'General' R. informed the picket that he was the Secretary of 'War, aad that the orders he bad received could aofr apply to'him/ The soldier replied that be did cot I cow whether he was Secretary of War or not?a Yaokeespy might say the same'thing; bat be that as it tnay, bis orders were to allow noone to pasa whc ooald not giro the countersign ; and baring a ball aad two buckshot in his musket, he would enforce the obsemnoe ofhis orders by all aom?rs ond goei?.17 '/ ;''"^. Here was a "fix" for a party o^g?otle> men, witb night comingon,' and fc heavy drizzle of rain descending. The officer of the day was called, bat he ooald do aoth tog; as-the Adjatant of the post bad neg1 ected tc obtain the countersign from headquarters. - At length somebody rode to headquarters, about a mile diitau^ and returned with the countersign. The Secretary and other camp- visitor^ were then released, and went on their way "rejoicing, tboiigb, previously, it is said, In a Story bad humor, believing that the sentinel had exceeded his duty. A somewhat similar inoident is related of Napoleon. He tried to pass one of his sentinels, but the Old Guard told him be could not pass without the countersign, if he were the "Little Corporal'-' -himseif-?meaning Napoleon. The sentinel was rewarded by Napoleon for his fidelity to. his trust by the decoration of the Legion of Honor.-?BtcAwodc? Whig. . v.- X.?- |U tIMl ' I II ' The Yajikee and the Negro* The Yankee nation is sorely puzzled what to do with the slaves stolen bv its valiant armies. The copidfity of the race would prompt that these stolen "ohattles" should be sold hr some tfave market, if it could be dooe without the knowledge,of the world; but the Pharisees who pray on the corners of the streets " to be seen of men" ' have too anxious a regardTor appearances, and too great a dread of exposure, to be osught in this sort of work. Nevertheless, it is posi tively asserted io Yankee, journals that Beveral cargoes of these unfortunate creatures have been ran off to Cuba. Bat the politicians and the philanthropists are in a quandary. If they torn them loose io Yan kee land, they only encamber themselves still more with f>oor rates. Caffy will pot work, unless obliged, and Yankees do not fatrtiy feeding those of whom they can*ftuke nothing. This is not Yankee charaoter? they aro very sympathizing on paper, and while they think they can spite us, but the moment their paper philanthropby, Vis become practical?ah J that is another matter. The Yankees believe what we know ii fblly, that their superabundant population oan supersede our negroes; hence they pre pose to run them out of the opuntry by colonization or sale to Cuba, so as. to make way for their starvelings. They wish to engraft their free labor on as In place of our slaves,, sod make a pretence of love for oar operatives as men deserving to be free-r yes, free, so that they., go somewhere else and don't interfere with their superfluous population! They delude the poor negroes with the hope of freedom, whioh is a fallacy; and the moment they oan steal them, they jar among themselves whether to send them to Afrioa or Hayti or to colonise and work them as apprentices for their TIIA I/JAA fknivMmaimno >J W U pi V/Ub. 1UO iuttt VI WlVI* IUUiH4utu^ where they are, they utterly ignore. The negro is the Yankee's elephant, which . he can neither maintain nor get rid of.?Richmond Whig> .1 ^ t ? * C Insurrection among the Mormons in Utah. The following important news is contained in a telegraphic dispatch dated Great Salt Lake City, Jane 16: A 6and of persons, nambcricg About one thousand meo, women, and ohUdren, under the leadership of one Morris, who jlaimed to be the "Prophet Moses reappeared on earth, fomed a settlement thirty miles north of this city, and oommittedj numerous depredations on oitizens in the viSiriity. They refused to labor for their sup* port, belicveiog that the Lotd would supply their wants. Three of their number, disgusted with the imposition, attempted ;o leave, but were arrested and placed in jonfinement, and heavily ironed. A writ of habeas corpns was issued by HJhief Justice Kinly, which was treated with contempt. A sufficient time having lapsed for produoing the prisoners, a sound writ, together with an order for the irrest of Morris for contempt, and for the irrest of the leaders of the gang for false s imprisonment, was issued. For the eze- [ sutioD of this a posse of 250 infantry and . irtillery was ordered out on the 11th by t toting Governor Faller. Morris and his c nen were strongly entrenohed and thorough- f y armed. . Fighting eosued. Two of the marshal's )osse were killed. On the 15th the reb- f . . - i J <- j? t?A _ l its preienaea 10 aurreuuer, out reaiarou ? lev as our attacking party approached. Io i hand to hand fight Morris was killed and mother leader mortally woanded. The ebels were then overcome. Several women and children were killed iaring the siege, the Morrisites refasing to emove them to a place of safety. Theft irisoners captured number one hntitlredft ind forty-seven, and will be brought toft joart to'inorrow. -? m>i j'-l 19" The late wonderfal passage of theft Canard steamship China, from Liverpodi,ft ria Qaeeostown, to Qflpe Baee, New Foond-ft land, crossing the ocean. in fir* days %di* . .? htccj ix t-- Ss4 - - ?.#seventeen a pars. ist iirnajmjj. record,and a traiysurprising achievemafcff ' ^ r THE vnm_ soLDaa.^ ^ A TODOHUia tWGZDKIf; Jgkt . f* . . fU.fJt#-, ifr. JKittor .-?-Seretal aioli; toldieri.i*4 one of oar Hospitals on the coast expected to' dip, and requeated thew t&jUa~W*w. sent home for baria', when one poor, picas * yoaog man awoog them, said tohiseaptaii^ / [ dull soon 4i?, botf ' purth to .hi* I m.j> sen t, yon cw.ta, me nere. ^ < ?.. _ ' 2+ ~ :-IharenotOBM ooearf^ -'r ifat&mUk.Vv - ... ?.??Jim ... Bejwnd the ??ny Jriet, . . ,-T* '? Ln.1 . i* . Asia there abide forevermor*# ?? *' e? _ * ^ ;r AhiAtpfc* - tilT^ri'.iTi'j'f Ifjiii! *i|l uftjy* f :.ss?sRsaSf^:?fc ;" :v p~fliBlJBpr 10mm - * l . : ? , ' 71 J ' c sry ftptfaarriB ' ' ; r- But JpjiUs Ik my friend, . , . ' '. ' . * , From him I'll never trtih to roam, Bis love will me attend. j. ' ; '"* Aatraide me to theip&tia&il ' ; - .By fcli ownthoeen amgelJMmdr,: * * * ; -irl p-y ^ i*l*>%&* - . * I have bo Home IwfeMr, ?. -.' KSSSSMSX*** 3??? - v .... '. Wtam^flc, ffi?{ ' -> . v./ ? JJaflfK Horfheni Aocmrtita. 1$yfc . GREnadaj Mis$., Jane 28.?Northern dates flfjMtJ4ih' ?y:dire* taxtfo* *' bar has passed both Howes of the Iiineoln -l CoogTe*^^'"*a *V^SSr' J-.-J There are 6;000 siok and wonnded F?deral soldiers now-in, Washington^**V*!\\ get farlom*J adv.' as the' generals ?om^ . pfaio ihs^j^^ortMrn armies aftifcelttag I)Wasli ij ijgBps^ r>i.i9snme sa importaptboimsMuri gvevft-fjft Gen. Shield 8 command have signed a petition for his removal, on tfi& incompetency and sospaHeddial^ jalty; . .. >?.. "* J GREAT Firs IS Hollas D.-~A M*P?. froni Amsterdam, of the StiTait/n jrts iuo wwi? uw?ivvviv?vft vvv wainjiBgwimy town of Euchede by fire. TI?Uooo?b& -t the town hall, besides the dwellings of *11 the inhabitants, about feu thousand/'"!** burned to the. gwand." Everytking/i. 4#t stroyed or being destroyed," withont any means for paving the little piupertywbiQh * the dames may hot yefhave reache&Sevtoal lites y bare 'been The was caused by lightning/ " Pruvklofta W being provided for the inhabitants by thai sarroatiding districts.The disastef we^: sioned by this calamity is reported as heartrending. By the last account the town is & one sheet.of flamed* **** ' ' ' " -wtm rf~' v**' '"^*rj*y Spieitb or tuapentisw.^-B.' Tyee^' a correspondent of the Raleigh Standard, recommends Co the annyjthe uSe of wpicfti of Turpentine for colds, hoarseness, coughs, &6. He advised' that; the jPpBMgjW placed iu a coffee pot, or other vessel, and heated until it bfegws to hand off a steam. The patient shbald' theu talceihespoot io^ bis mouth an<Mruhal#^the steam natd' it causes his head-to feel light and5 giddy;? His own experience has. satisfied Mr. Tyson the remedy is a : good "one. He also recommends * ihat. spirits turpentine be spinkledin theatres a means of preventing disease, and says he believes; he kept off the yellow fever while in Norfolk, in 1855, by swallowing a few tlropseach NT AU lunrowug rugiuoui wwu/su w this Pamunkey. A raft battery, protected with iron sides, was annoying oar troops in that direetion, when a regiment of sharp* shooters vu detailed , to capture it. - They proceeded to the brow of a hill immediately commanding the battery, and opened fire down into it About a dozen Yankees were killed and wounded by the volley,!' shot wbioh took them bo much by surprise that they con eluded to gin ?p; so, hoisting a shirt out upou a pole, the survivor* sang out" "We surrender 1" Oar Sharpshooters immediately went down, took possession, and Bent the waft to the bottom of the river. "0*? . . '-N- i The two Generals Hill.?MajorSeoeral A. P. Hill is a Virginian, promoted from a Brigadier for conduct at the battle of Williamsburg. Major-General Daniel H. Hill (or Bethel . Hill), " is a Booth Carolinian, from York,. who first aobieved listinotion at the battle of Bethel Both sommanded divisions early engaged in the preat engagement of Thursday and Friday ast. ' ' > From Memphis.?A letter, dated 19th lltimo says: "That the Federals are com* ng into the city daily, and coming down vitb a heavy band?tighter and tighter.? Arrest, persecution, etc., is the order of he day. We ban not beep molested as ret. Pickets are posted beyond and in ront of our. residence.."?Appeal. * ? " . ; The New Orleans Crescent whs eized by Gen. Butler, and sold for the >enefit of the United States, at $3,000 ?property and good will of a paper hat any day, or any hour of the day, >ne year ago, would have brought one rnndred thousand dollars; lU, 'i g&T A. letter found on tliebattleield of the Seven Pines, from a wife to ler husband in the Federal army, says, 'throw away your arms and come hom?, or the people here say there is no use n fighting the rebels any longer." j|??The Yankees are paying the lassage of Irish from England and Ireand, to come over and fight their bat;les for them, under promise that t&ey ihall have farms in the South. ffg* These hard times will learn ^^??9 lousekeepers lessons of economy th&^M||g9H will be useful to them as long jy g - ^aj