Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1862-05-16

Last week left Gen. Mcclellan in occupa.
ton Of Williamsburg. The point was gained
by heavy engagement. in which ~. 600
feberals met and iairly whipped 80 0o0 reb.
els. Tie rebel. tough, we'll. bat could NJ,
stand the tremendous charge o. Gen. Han.
cock. brigade. Gen Growers brigade re.
ceived the first attsck. y he enemy out.
numbered U. on every eide. hut could no,
move oor troop. from their positions. They
los, ii5 prisoners and bad joO killed ard
wounded. Our lo-- amounted to abOu, loo.
This engagement Was On Tuesday Of las,
week.
As,he rebel army reirsa'oi. the Division
OF Gen. Franklin Numbering 20 900 was sen,
tn West Point. at the head 81 York liver,
30 mile. from Richmond Here he sncoun.
tered. 30 600 rebel. under Zen. Johnston.
Our troop. had hard 6,h, AMI mus, have
been driven back. bur for the gunhoat,,
which performed good service in .hellrng
out and dispensing the enemy. Thsy -
treated With lee Of 5000. We lost IN
killei and wounded In the engagement $50.
Friday. de-erier. asserted that Sewall'.
Pon, ~as being evhcuaisd. Our gunbo1t.
Immediately procreied 20 make an Attaek.
The Merimsc eam' Oh, and moved ahou,
br short time. and then returned % Der
anchorage In the river. Reconnaissance.
demonstrated tha, the force. h,d been Sery
much reduced. and preparations were at
onos made for IT. occupation. The Pre.i.
dent. who va. q, FORTRESS Monroe. supsrln-
tended the movement. be having declared he
would not return TO Washington ,il Nor
fox va. taken and the Merrimsc destroyed.
Five thousand troop. were landed az VIII
looghhy's Point. about Q o'clock. Saturday
morning. Five miles from Tie landing
reb~l battery Was -lencci and when near
the city. a Committee me, the army and
formally .urrender-i the city. Gen. virle,
va. appointed Military Governor. G"r,
Ilaser withdrew bis forces. without bat.
tie.
The Merrimac was lying In the stream Al,
the time Of the surrender. but she va. 'st
on fire and deserted. and blew - atom,
about s o'clock. Sunday iuornin:
The oGriil dispatch Of Gen. Wool .ay.
On the llth I visited the NAVY Yard. and
IN "A
other bslding- In RUM, having b-s'n -et on
Ere by the rrb-l., Who 40 the same time par.
TALLY hles up the dry dock. al.o visited
Craney Island. where found thirty n,no
gun. of large calib'c. mo-, III which ~ero
spiked al.o large onmb-r OF shot and
shells. With ahoat 5000 pound. ~ powder.
all OF which. With the huilding.. we're m
good order A. far az have hsrn able 90
ascertain. We have taken shpat 80 cannon.,
including tho-s n, S'~all'- Pom, batteries.
with q large number II shot and shells, as
we'll n. many other articles ~ value s,i.
toned a, the Navy Yard, Sswall'' Point,
and other rlsc,s
/ Gen. Mcclellan was able 20 advance Sat.
urday ~ a. To pin HI. forc-- To the Division
OF Gen. Franklin. a.. heal quarter. were.
on Sunday, at New Ken, COurs House, on
the railroad TO Richmond - miles from
the city. lie allowed q rest ON SUNDAY.
On FRIDAY the iron clad ship G.lcna, with
two sunboar., pa-."i up lanes river. Tn"
houlla sunk tho rebel gunboat Yorktown
and captured the jamestown. They then
passed up the river clearing ~, the rebel
craft. to preven, the army escaping by va.
tar