Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-04-16

From the correspondence Of the New York
Evenia Post, under date of April 7th, we

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b ad, Ace y tH.s POINT dsllls and 4 half
from YortoWn. The position occupied by
our forces d also a mile and hsli from. York.
river, to which streGm our pickets extend.
the river tHi3 M5ShiSg, I'D % 4sa9y thirty.
two Founders Of the rebels are rather too
formidable for them as yet. Our siege guns
arp ,npF c9Ri9g y, 91t the bad cqpd ItiaPl
OfstAe rOadseAEta NJ taoVemenBoi OF out ar
tiIlery.
f-odfCamPsneJdst back 6f the Iof6st, which
hIde3 PSippFieqly from the oHssfVation Of
de sdBAS T1ia lines are 30 near together
that the rebel shells often fell among our
/ tents. " OUT iuppsr battery 4 AituAted iRi an
opening in the woods, and is plainly in sight
Of the rebel works; ROsnoar them in. fact
that the hhelb tsBEup'the ground, and have
| killed buE horses OF murderous rate. Two,
/ Of our men in this battery have been killsd,
and three wounded. s.
Gen. Mcclellan passed the whole of Yes.,
terday in the advanced Damp, spdiit was
supposed, ,hig presence indicsted an. imnedi-
] Rts stack upon the enemyj but to-day there
sre,n0 signs of aetioi, and the rebels are Is
I client 40 mice. i,..i 81 i..'+s~gg
/ Gen, Porter is in command of the advance
guard Sf9he army, and tias Il whole direc-
i fionUf hHairs. Mcclellan has his hsadquap-
] taCsrthFes miles in our reat, snd Gen. Ssdg-
i wick Is with him in, command of the. Ts-
/ seryes. GeaeIsl Porter, Who hks the kean-
ness of a hawk, 5 never st.rest. He trusts
+ nobody & eyes or Impressions b4t this own,
and exposes. himself "a ths most dangerous
1 plaosz while experimenting th9 preparations
1 for the siege. While accommodating the reb-
el1Works, cannon tshot ikillhd The horse Of
one of his aids, and more than one she'll burst
before i0veF or behind him. Hb was thIes
/ ames up ip a balloon yesterday, once from .
point near York river, oaFetally teconnoiteE,
! ing the. poHitioR ofaths tebelsl .Gsni No
Olellsn made hisWhole sojouEnih camp with
i Gen, Porter and hes S6nRdea olhim the ex-
! Ee6iti6n of=his plans. ---
Not the lssstreh6fkaBle staohg tAe inoi-
Edent5 of the siege is the de6ahcs east, back
and forth by the opposing armies 10 the stir;
Hing notea Of. ths military binds, In the
soft twilight Of these lovely Spring days, the
handgof the rebel regiments saukilE play the
air Of "Dixie," and the liAes are 30 close To-
gether that the music is dlsfiAchy. heard ip
our camp, while we send back the glorious
led Banner" and
drown the cheers Of the enemy With shputs
that find ringing echo in the woods Our
troops are eager to set upon the enemy, and
-aFe full Of confidence and enthusiasm, !.
The country hereabOuts is almost Q level
biafhl,i fhli skirted 81 Heavy forests, but spaTsely
inhabited. It produces large Quantities oi
81 corn and wheat, some tobacco, and an abund.
j ance of ipsnoheE; mtsothers fruits are scarce
: The wood is chiefly hard. pine, and large
proportion of the forest Is sWamly, but when
CLEARED mp and drained the land dries and
makes an excellent wheat regiOns ,,-.,I-l
The people are mostly large ID I'D owners
and apparently wealthy, possessing fnf
msnsieEs aEt. beautiful sites and grounds
On the James river the dwellings have been
] burned for q distanCe-of several miles; bal
on t1e York river, and in the immediate
vicinity of ourecamp, they are still standing
hastily fOrsaken BY their owners, without an
B sttempt TO remove any other property than
private papers: In many instanceS, /; an
abundance Of provisions and live stock have
been found upon these deserted premises
II 0ceasiobally ahegro i5 left b6hi1d, and still
more rarely, a few whites of the .poorsl
clsss. These latter are all arrsnt Secession,
) .ists, L saGl5liN ,....... -.
From the same correspondence, under
dateof the eth, We extract ths, following: &.
4 Yesterday afternoon some pidkets'of the
4th Michigan observed an unusual stir inside
tthe enemy 9 works, and soon a carriage ap-
fpeared vita some distinguished parsonage IN
| it to which ell attention vas directed, &C
] rompanied BY general ypsh and cheering,
during which our piekets took tAe,opportu.
/ nifty to-rush up to the enemy'B enclosure and
u drive oil oRea hundred and eighteen head Of
besf cattle, arriving SAFE. in camp soon
afterwards. ItisrePortsa that Cobb, Floyd,
/ and two other secesh Worthiss iaIe in York
/. Et6Rn.@3 --,.sss- ,ls'.. -
| TheBoilss arestrang, and 1t YilIibe hot,
l-saEnsst and bloody fight The rebels have
some thirty thousand, and aFa addiag to it
every day. A desertsr yesterday sSd they
had ssvehtE-ive thousand between here and
Richmond, and they were all coming here,
IbPt ths place is 50 small that the more
/ In it the more killed and the more pFis-
Nothing of great interest has lranspifed
tosdSy.v3AA fB FaRist, He,prePzrss
liJn Of toaads, add ! tcoLlesc,tfinlg q ammunition
snd huFrying up of artillery and &egs guns.
At six last evening the rebels ssid to'our
EJ4i8; aid Ssa hoIfs 8Eat Ii11s Tas there. re-
suit. They. seem anxious to state off the
encounter. .
"A dsssrter, wounded while G6mi ingin, and
now in our hospital, says our shaEpshbOters
are the principal terror of the rebsls; having
Pid58dBb sitsF5 al number of thsit guns
pers-killed seyeptErsiX inyall s8d wounded
hhesfiiy twRo hdhdrsd He ststes that they
lost thirteen. in the fight on Saturday, and
thirty-six wounded, Seven of our men v ere
l7W6Ghded yesterday Z . u '''' -'-! -
The weather, hss,been very wet and cold
for two days, but is now clearing p.
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