Latest from the North.
more Yankee Fabrications.
the War question in Europe.
Petersburg, June 14.
--Northern papers of the 11th have been received here.
The New York
Herald says:
‘
The Richmond
Dispatch has been received, and it gives a terrible record of the loss of rebel officers at the
battle of Fair Oaks, while it (the
Dispatch) puts down the killed in the aggregate on their side at only 8,000, which is doubtless considerably below the mark.
It says that they lost a vast number of officers, including five
Generals, twenty-three
Colonels, ten
Majors, and fifty-seven
Captains, either killed or captured.
’
The same paper makes the important admission that the
Yankee army can at any time cut off the retreat of the rebels to the
South by seizing the railroads at
Petersburg, and intimates that the retreat to
Lynchburg and the mountains was the only one left.
The
Herald does not print the
Dispatch's article, which shows it to be a sheer fabrication of
Bennett's.
The battle near Fort Republic.
Fremont telegraphed to
Secretary Stanton, June 8th, ‘"near
Port Republic, 9 P. M.,"’ that he engaged
Jackson's entire rebel force at 11 A. M. that day. The battle lasted with great obstinacy and violence until 4 o'clock in the afternoon.
He says that the loss on both sides was very great.
The Federal loss was heavy among the officers.
He also says that the rebels were advantageously posted in timber, having chosen their own position, forming a smaller circle than our own, and with troops formed
en masse. The Federal troops fought occasionally under the murderous fire of greatly superior numbers.
The bayonet and canister shot were used freely and with great effect by the
Federal.
Gen. Milroy had the centre,
Gen. Schenck the right, and
Gen. Stahl, with all his brigade except the Garibaldi Guards, the front.
Gens. Blencker,
Bohlen, and
Col. Sternwiasher's brigades, composed a reserve of at least 20,000 to 35,000 men.
Accounts published in the
Herald state that
Col. Mitchell, of the 8th New York, was severely wounded, and his regiment badly cut up, losing 300 men. The Garibaldi Guards lost 200, and the 35th Ohio 60.
The total loss is estimated at six or eight hundred killed, wounded, and missing.
Col. Van Gilsa, of the
De Kalb regiment;
Capt. Paul, of the 8th New York;
Capt. Milner, of the 29th New York;
Capt. Bischute, of the 39th New York;
Capt. North, of the 25th Ohio, and
Surgeon Cantwell, of the 82d Ohio were all wounded.
Many other officers were killed and wounded.
The rebels fought wholly under cover, while the
Federal were forced to advance through open fields.
The enemy's advantage of position and numbers were counterbalanced and defeated by
Fremont's skillful handling of his troops, and the coolness and determination with which he pushed his success.
The Federal forces were greatly outnumbered at all points, but have occupied the rebel lines and forced them to retreat (!) The Federal army stops (
sleeps?) on the field of battle.
The
Herald has not a word of the fight between
Jackson and
Shields.
From the army of the Mississippi.
General Halleck telegraphed to
Lincoln's
Secretary of War, under date of
Corinth, June 9th, as follows: The enemy is falling back to Tusilla, fifty miles from here by railroad, and nearly seventy by wagon road.
General Pope estimates the rebel loss from casualties, prisoners and deserters, at over 20,000.
Gen. Buell at between 20,000 and 30,000.
A person employed in the
Confederate commissary department says they had 120,000 men in
Corinth, but now they cannot muster 80,000.--Many fresh graves found on the road were opened and found filled with arms.
Beauregard himself retreated from
Baldwin on Saturday afternoon to
Okolona.
The London Times on American Affairs.
The London
Times, of May 28th, says that ‘"
Lincoln was right enough when, in homely language, he described this war as a ' big job.' This is the biggest ' job' of the kind ever seen.
No more ninety days business.
The insurrection which
Seward believed to be waning at the close of the last year, now covers half a continent with desolation and havoc, and we are warned that battles known to be imminent will exceed in severity any hitherto fought."’ The
Times laments the condition of New Orleans, and says that the proclamation of
Butler ‘"realizes all that has ever been told of tyranny by the victor over the vanquished."’
The state of slavery endured by a negro in New Orleans cannot be more absolute than that now suffered by the whites of that city.
Such severity does not bode well for
European interests.
As matters are now proceeding, the
Times thinks that neither New Orleans,
Beaufort, or
Port Royal, is likely to be, for some time to come, of any great use to the world as a cotton port.
Later.
The following summary is taken from the Philadelphia
Inquirer of the 12th:
A dispatch, dated
Chicago, the 11th, says
General Mitchell has won another victory at
Chattanooga.
The rebels being completely routed after two days hard fighting.
[This is untrue.]
Meagre accounts be given of
Jackson's victory over
Shields, at
Port Republic.
The dispatch says our men opposed them at every step, but the rebel numbers being so much superior to ours — theirs being five to our one--we were compelled to fall back five or six miles, with a heavy loss.
Secretary Chase asks authority to issue one hundred and fifty million legal tender notes, and a bill for that object has been reported from the Commit of Ways and Means.
A grand Union demonstration was announced to take place in
Norfolk on the 20th.
Governor Pierpont was expected to be present.
Seward has gone to New York, to be absent several days.
Reverdy Johnston is going to New Orleans as commissioner to the State Department.
Additional from Europe.
The
Africa, with
Liverpool dates to the 31st ult., has arrived at
Halifax.
The French army in
Rome is reduced to a single division.
The English Conservative party have collected all their force for the purpose of suppressing Lord Palmerston on the retrenchment question.
A ministerial crisis is therefore deemed imminent.
Mr. Lindsay gave notice that he should call attention to the relations of
England with the
Federal and
Confederate States on the 27th June.
Nothing is said about intervention or recognition in the summary of news.
