The national Republican., 1862-05-07
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CAlao. Nay 6.-The steamer Antelope, from
Pithburg Landing Sunday moru,og. has ar
z'ysS; y%sS;ws-skwN rszsss.oo % saturday,
ss e. ssss. e. '"' "s ""s 's,ss sqspsss :ss
funf. Siaca n -aEtillsfy. -a--L..rAc Acrsl hundred
'nt tSstiSs ks Auss,ope ia .a.a5edss Asad.
Ing, load sedcntiaso,s euss 49, heard, The
cause ~ ~ aeOugeniuod.w nsstor su,fs1 ~
I Recent arrivals Of De sftsfs ffuH Fost Wright
'o0oarm ~ rep0rt tAAt Js6. ThoOpson b In
ooananl No., Jhs actual force there now
ds0 ~ exSssd 5000 OF 1000. i't y t6's;s,.,s u
iFull Details sf the Evscuatlsp.
, gst J.' r = a'it---tiI-HDiaau uSAlI
frscipstnss Retssat Of the Rebe's-Msrs
\ ,Wooden 0ans DAseovevsd-srGn Of Our
ss,.s.rrs. :'s: y - .is: s:.ss 81.
Oar Cavalry .nd Arti'i'Sy n FAN
= tsroS il. s.s yo,k Evening fss I',s@ ,...,i, Z
. BALrtxoRE. Nay $, IForues, Monroe, May 4,
Evenink) = YotktovU was evacuated entirely
81 he rebels " half post Two O'Clock % tbs
'!1sning Of hslths During all The preceding
~. and night they keps up . heavy tiripg on
Issiseat Oar sickse pressed Ahetr position on
~ morning Of the 40, and entered their sbsn-
dktsd xtoe0BcAmSdtaS' q h-s e wtJ ~
I'VE captured : rebel gunner 10 ths sct Of
dFtne his pleoa. He ssid be WIS The lest inhab
ilant Of yorktown. He Md besn efing ne gun
iii nlght I sntsfud the rebs, works q "a, m.
Not vhlts man, wouisn, Or child wss TO be
ses0. Articles Of olo&hlug, si0rsa, Gnd oiioere'
camp furniture lay sositered everywhere. None
Of the tsnts or houses were destroyed,
The. retreat Il The rebel appear 10 have
been preeipitstes They commenced dismount
Ing and csftying their guns back 70 Williams
burg four days Hgo Wagons have been en-
gagged In TRANSPORTING their ammunition. pro
past. Their sick and wounded, numbering over
two thousand FIVE hundred, were sent TO Rich.
nond tsn days ego - sFl sea - 4. .Sa,'
Tle rebel soldiers and negroes were at work
on their entrsnchments until two O'Clock this
morning, whtn their rear guard ordered them
10 oeass end tsks up the march 10 Williamsburg
In he house Of Mrs. Nelson, where Gen. Ma
grudsrj bad slspt ths night before the evscns
tion. iound several open lsttsrs lying unio,del
on . table. Two were addressed 70 Gener,
Mcclellan, ono 10 " The First YsnKee w'o
Comss,p snd ons 10 Abe Lincoln.' TIE fol
lowing are he loonteats Of Tie one addressed
to Gen. Mcclellan .l3. 3; .'gsy eus e lgr sy
"GNHRAL ,McClElIAS -Yuu VIII bs nr
prised 70 hear Of our departure at this stage o.
the game, leaving you iu possession or tn,
this worthless town; but the fact h, Mct,lel
Ian, we have other engagements n attend to
and We can't wait any lnnger. 4eOnr boys Ar
getting sick Of this d ID place, and the hos
pltsl likewise, 90 good bye for a Htle while. 10
t. -. "Adjutant TERRY, g. SAM
Tents were left standing with bedding and
articles Of luxury In them. On tbs canvas and
sides OF The huts were caricAtnres OF the Yan
kee soldiers. Many Of the tents were cut Il
different places. Four large trucks for carry
Ing heavy guns stood near the doct, with a
immense quantity Of lnmtcf. +, n f., H..
In the inside eatreuchments we're woad,,
guDs projecting from the cmbrasutes For
Asgruder, which We built strong works 70 re.
duce, was found TO bs weak place. 1b 10
aide works were raudbass piled up with logs .
wood painted black on the end.
% the parspsA n6tthtsstl Of Yorktown siI
guns were lefk On The south side two smooth
bores were found. spiked., Portions oi York
town were undermined. The msgssine door
are forbidden to be opened for fear Of sxplo.
sion. Tofpedoes and shells, with fuse fas
tened to small wires, lie in the roads, redoubts
DO. III 90 ,,,Ill . J 3, 'l|mhsjii, T. /
The fifth regiment Of New York (Duryesi
Zouaves) bed nvs men killed and SEVERAL woasd
ed by the explosion of torpedo. The Thirty
eighth New York volunteers, Colonel Hobar
Ward, had two men killed and four wounded
BY the bursting Of prepared SHE'LL His regi
ment wss among the first 10 euier the rebs
works. The Fortieth New York volunteers
lost ono man killed aud Two wounded The
6eventieth regiment New York volunteers los
Two men killed. Other casualties have occurred
but cannot send you particulars st present.
As soon q the evacuation Of Yorktown be.
came known In the camps, the tands of the dii
ferent regiments comm 'pced plsyteg. amids
cheering Of the soldiers, The following orde
va sent TO divisions and brigsdss ct I a. m
from Gen Mcclellan: % E6
Commsndants OF regiments will prepare I.
march, with two days rations, With the u,m ,s
dispatch. Leave not 10 return" 81 -
| About 50, m' the troops began y, march; ih'
tillery Leading. TENS were struck. kuspsask
strapped, and within an hour after the orde
was given, the. troOps were marching on bs,
yoad yorktown. The gunboats ascsnded th
river to cut Of the retreat Of the epemy, The,
will 20 10 Wssi Point. ,i',.a',, ~ y, :
Ton thousand OF the rebels were cent irou
Winne's Mil 70 reinforce the army sent frou
Richmopd 70 oppose AcDowells advance les
Thursday week. f. slI z a,S r.
| A number Of guns, some Vi them spiked, yer,
left al Gloucester Point, but the exact Dnu,be
| ON unable 10 state. The fortincadons at Glou
oester consisted only Of outside earthworks ant
could easily have been taken. The main bod
OF the rebels are enoamped three miles frrn
Williamsburg, near the James river. n
On the night of the I'd terrific firing was kcp
up uutil IL O'Clock within thu rebel work
Ooe ot our generals OF the trenches Irpnr,pt
that II was volleys Of musketry and Ii'avy cad
Rnnading against our lines, which proved
mistake. Oae Of the rebel magazines had burs,
and the fro scattered 10 where a large oumbe
of boxes filled with cartridges were Piled up
As each box caught hre The report was simlt
10 . regiment discharging avolley. Nineteen
rebels we've killed and over sixty wounird
The works at Yorktown are nothiuy like IA toi
midable ~ We had been led to belteve ...p
| The total force Of the rebels, according 10 re
ports found at the headquarters Of General Ma
gruder, was less than severity thousand. N,
great battle 10 expected AT Williamsburg, a. N,
rebel troops, particularly hose under Msgru
der, have mutinied on severa, occasions withir
two weeks. Five thousand OF bis men threat
ened 10 lay down their arms nulsss they re
celved food and clothing. Three rebel lie,
tenants, two sergeauis and wenty men wer
cap ured the other side ii Yorktowo au,
brought in. Since the 80, over seventy d..
serters have come in, and they report their arm,
as thor ughiy dishearienei aud demoralized
The rebr council OF war WHs held in M &