New York Times, Vol. XI-No. 3388, August 2, 1862
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t PRICE TWO CENTS. VOL. XI-NO. 3388. NEW-YORK, SATURDAY, AUGUST 2, 1862. lhe right of the pllte, as an outpost guard. Tbe reg1- durin& the t.0/tol• 1•ar. X..t ue act quick!:, and ener• below,.are proved lo be unfoundod. Yesterday was city. T he Confederate Joss In kllled and wo,mded, during the late retre:tt of MCCLELUH, ii ncknow THE ARMY Of VIRGINIA. menl 1a a strong one, and so, I am informed, nry ef aeOcally, and not lose a moroen1•s ume. FROM THEJA MES RIVER. lhe first time a balloon reconoolesance hu been made lcdied to be 3'•,000. More t rooos, \0 tho addillon"l llclenl In regimental drill. From tllal point until F. SlGEL, amount of 30,000, were preparln£ 10 join J ..c«SON. In reaching Culpepper I aa w no soldiers under arma. Mltjor-Gen'I Commanding F irst Corpa Virginia. lrom a vessel In tbia army. the Shenandoah Valley, in his attack upor Por•. Tbc mallboat proceeded to Portrea& Monroe, yes JouN M . DANTJIL, edllor or 1be ruchmond Eo:amuur, The fear of danger upon lhe road 11, I tWnk, un Tho preceding Jetter bas produced no llllle excite warranted-at least from tbe people llflns alons the terdny, under coavo7 of two gunboats. ca.me b0881ing lnio the clly, 8fter lhe recen1 fights, Advance of Gen. Pope Toward ment among the German circles In this City who DigJal y Important and Ex thut he had been lo a charge a11d got wounded. This line. 'rhelr whole desire seem, to be to be let alone No one doubts that lhe mnln force of the Yebela ie wound was lo lbe wrist, and was from a straggling by both parties, and, they say, " to take pnrt with have become cognlzanl of It. A preliminary meetlns ])rlvate whom he endeuored to force lo 1he froJII Gordonsville. was privately held on W ednesday last, In reference dting News. along the line of the Petersburgh and City Point while a l ong dietnnce from the scene of aclion, neither force.'' Nearly all their produce-grain, bay, Raltroad. A branch railroad lia& been discovered &c.-hll8 been already taken from them by JAODOll'S lo the execution of ! ta suggesUons, and another con lending from the main rl\llroad to the bank of J ames army, and latterly by ours. I stopped at the house of ference WB.'l lo have taken place yesterday afternoon AFFAIRS AT F0KTRE SS .ltlONROE, an appnrenUy well-to-<lo farmer, about eleven miles POSITION OF TOE ENEMY'S FORCES, at tbe residence of Mr. W 1J.J.KA11N, on tbe Bowery. Fire Opened from Two R ebel River, opposite Derltely's Landing. Tbls branch from this place, ana asked for a feed for 111y horse. Awaiting further ruh lcea from Geo. s,osi., It was n n n ea'ie s on Our E n cam p road was formerly used for conveying wood for trans Stute of Thing,, nt Newber n, N, 0,-Go-., He showed mo what he declared was all that bad porlatlon on lhe river. Not a few entertatu an opln S1nnl Y'11 lllodo ot G oYernmont-Mu r der <>r T lae Sp ies and! Guerrillas Dein rir been left lo him. It was one barrel of com on lhe deferred, and the Commlltee for New-York will not menu, and Shippi n g . Ion tbat we shall wake up eome morning and dlis Uulonl~t1-G on, Foeter•11 l\leo,;uree-Ru• ear. From that I received enough for a feed, at a be organized unlil Monday next, when tho move=n• cuver the woods directly opposite Derkeley•s out m o1'e d Tbrc11t <4,gn1llet Nowlicrn-llumo~·ccl '.l'aken Cure of. modera1e price. T he old gentleman •aid be was will will be Inaugurated With lbat vigor wblch the ocoo- r Ing to do what be could, wllhout having anything A,ppeurnn co or Morrlrune :N o. ~. 1lon demands. down, and a formidable earthwork ex))06ed to Yiew. taken from him by force. He recognized the taking 9 A. M.-Tlitpomi<m qf thejlut remain,, WICA4NGtd. Four of Our Men Killed and Five .From Our Own Oorrupondent. of grain, grass and h11y, by 1he army, as an absolute Tltt ,tbtl ram• art •till qff l'urkey lJtnd, Jlow •t.or Special Enlistments for Gen. necessity in lime of war. Both armies had taken OPER&TIOI\iS IN THE SOIJl'BWES'r. Ow P orNT, 'l'hursday, J uly 31, J8ft2.. we are lo a naval battle eotll 011< ca>1 J1ul8• tor Mm1t!f. from him, and he did not complain, although be hnd or Six Wounded, WHIT, By the shifting chances of thie war, Old Point Sigel's Corps. elreououdy opposed lhe secession or Virginia from THE EVAOU ATION OF GR.AND JUNCTION THE NEW REllEL MERRilIAC. has beeome so central and 1.mportant a poslllon just the Union- believing lhen, as be · does now• Corr<1]10f1dentt of the Chicago Tun••· . JAo_&sot<, T eno., Tllursdoy, JutyU, )602. Yr. P£Tl!I\ DOLA N, formerly an employe in tl1e now, tt,at lnformnUon of prltnary importance reaches lhal II could only result In lhe utter ruin of J'nn• .llllll.nlU, Thursday, Aug. l. the Slate. W hen he Yoted for dolegates to Thla mommg at daylight, till.l small l•'edcral The Rebel naueries Silenced by our Charlcslon Coururofflce, hos managed to cscal)C from us from ever:, quarler almost as· soon as It does tho Convention, it was wlill the express forc~s at Grano Junction, siauoncd Jhere outside of the South by virtue of his beiug a lJrillsh subject• A special dispatch frorn Washington enye that ltie lines of any mhhnry operations, t6r the purposo of Washington. It thus Jiappens lhtlt although my letter understnndlng that they should vote against \be se Thil'ly-two Poondirs, The Phlladelpbln Pru~ tt1lls his story, and we make the correeponde1,t of the Inq,iiur '' reached here 10- securlnK the co111111 In lhat reglou, were wlmdrtuvn Is dated trom Fortress Monroe, It should rather be ceulon oflhe State. 'f lint, toe, he enld, was the un . up tho Mlssl~s!ppi Central Rnhrimd 1we11ly miles, 10 lho following extracts : nlghl from Wa,renton, br!Dging lhe intelligence that derstanding of a 1najorlty of lhose who -.oted for del Bolivar. Col. L,:001:rr, of the Sevcnty-elgluh 011io, "Sundnv three weeks, I was on boRrd the 1\I,rrimoc, from Newbern, N. C., as l have more lo goy of the a11 ofhcer of good 1eput~ Ill the army, tho commander beinganxlous 10 get a look at her bofore l came away. latter than of the former pi nce. Maj .• Gcn. Pol':e's ormy had advanced beyond War egates, and I have been told lhe same story by more of our forces at Grand Junction, had had for several .lpvcaranee of Two Rebel Iron-Clads She is II very_ formidable vessel, constructed with renton." 1ban a hundred olher4. But rus soon as they bad days dlscretlonnry orders 10 that crlecl, whenever 1he much skill. '\lier -woodwoik was tb.011 finltilied . Un I hove accidentally come in contact here with gen voted, their powe1 to control rebulla wos gone. De· cotton trade was over. _-\Ji tile puotrc property and the followrng day she was taken across the river to The men were ln the bosl ot spirits, and an enthu· tlemen woll acquainted with Newbern, and b1 whom fore anolher upoortunltv to speak through tile ballot cunon were remove<: prior to the "uhurowal. 'l'1Je in James River. lllo T ,cdsar Work• lo havu ber plating put on. Tno alasttc feeling prevailed nt tile proapect of future rebels had, for several daJ s, been moving aboUI lhat J>llllea are about 1e11 feet loug, ana ion tncnes In wld111. l am boun,I to put implicit faith, who give mo an ao was afforded, tile Slate w2s overrun by troops from part of 1he country In numbers unduubtcd1y superior 'l'bey are punched entirely lhn>ugb whh holes for tl>e count by no means satisfactory of the 1tate of things "bue1.nets." Stales further Soulh, and a vnst number of those who 10 the Federal forces al that polo 1. 'J'ne witbdra.,. al lusorllon of the bolls, and will overlap 0110 another W.llllllNoroir, Frida~, .Aug. l. othtrwlse would have voted against aecesflon, were ~:h~~ woy atrcclS Ille lines 01 thcs division, or aoy when In position. In that locality. So long ae Gen. Bna11s1D£ le there, A letter from Virginia saye that Oen. IJA TCD's so far intimidated as to keep them from lbe polls. Preparations for a Great Naval Like Mtrrmiac No. 1, she Is a formidable ram, but matters appear to go smoolbly ; bul ns soon as his llutivar Is 28 miles southwest of this l!ity, anti con !' somewbat &mailer lh11n 1he great original, wn,ch. Cavalry Brigade, belonging to Major-Gen. PoPll's 'I'hey deny cmphatlcnlly that Virginia has ever beeo nec1ed \\Ith it b,• the Mlsslssip11I Central R.a1iro<1d. in every 01her respect, she greatly re$embles. Hor back Is turned, secession becomes rampant, and from (llld cars pass over II to that point every dai·, A con Battle. command, Is actively scouting the whole country voie(I oulofthe Union, but still, as they are In Ibo roof runs up to a peak, of such a height uu,t the sides all accounts do~s nol recehe from the ;llllltary Go1t State and all their prooorty Is here, they do not dare, siderable Federal force ha.; oeen couec\ed al umt rise al a sharp angle.