The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1862-05-16

works at one o'clock this bright, blessed.
and brilliant Sunday morning, May 4,
Tents were let standing; guns merely
spiked, and the trail ropes not even cut:
the magazines not even blown IN. opiv
the powder house, down on the river side.
! at tho extreme end Of their works. was
burned, and exploded at "a. NJ. with a
terrific report.
Details Of what We ind will foll,w rap
idly.
/ Yorktown u deserted. A few no1roos
and one or two whites wefo l. lef.--
i About fifteen houses mc all that stand.---
some have been burned. Nearly every
house was used fur hospital, and medi-
cal st-rcs were und IN abundance. -.
! The camp inside the works was dirty
and filthy, aud the inclosurc is flied wit,
debris OF every description.
Trophies abound. The enriv riser So
cured some worthy relics. A strict rusrd
is over the works, and stragrlcrs are ar
rested.
Gen, Porter at once occupied tho place.
Den' Mcclellan r. mains where he is to-
duy. No doubt the enemy viii rapidly 30
pursued. The army is now here. They
viii not have to wait for anything. For.
ward is the word.
The rebels LETT by land. Tacy had no
vessels TO take them awty. They had no
railroad to West Point; ,ncy had no rail-
road to James river acr,ss the p, nintu.a
Ill OF them have been su. missed and par
tally bell we'd.
/ On the left the cvScu,tion WIS con.
DAFT d with the s1ne haste.
The enemy took the direct road 70
I williamsburg, which their advance reach
el yesterday p. M. The dcsertcrs who
have Come IN report that they are IT, 4. /.
tato in thoir flight toward X chmond that
they will ovcrwhclm Mcdowell, aud
while we follow, they may appear before
Washington. Had MIDJ9cll blen sout
to Urbana' as at first proposed, this army
would have been bagged
GlGucest'r Point Is also evtcualcd.--
Their fortiiicotions there nrcrot as strong
rs supposed. A force Of troops Cocs over
III once 10 occupy Il.
Our gunboat ile,t is now goirg up tn,
river.
Our preparations were oil complete for
opening bright and early Morday morn
ing Our guns were vi great cuiibcr. -
The enemy vas terrified at the pr, cities
th Y were assailsd with FROM battery Nc.
J, the ony one yet opened. iu lcusi
10 YORKTOWN, the best there, aud evident
ly the headquarters ofsome General, ". re
two OF our un' xploded shells. Ono was
l00.pound aud tho Cthnr zoo. pound
Parrott. A contrahsnd who lived IN the
house told us of the remarks made By the
rebel tfiieers when they were dug ont
and br-usht ir. They were us.onishod
at the size of the fist. But when thu
200 FOUNDER was br,uQht in Il caused tho
exclamation: "Grcal q ID! have W. cot
to stand such things RS those f' ~
The rebels, from all accounts, have
very heave ltrtc Of light artil cry ON the
liuc. The dcscrtcrs say that they claim
cd from two 70 three hundred feld
pieces on the cntirc line. a very arrat
many were In cnlbrasura behind earth
works.
Another correspondent writes: ar
In the house Of Mrs. Nelson, whcro
Gen, NJ gruder had slept tho night te-
fore the oyaeu1tion, found several open
letters lying unfoldcd on table. Two
were addressed to Gen. Mcclellan, one
to the First Yankee who comes, one TO
Abe Lincoln. Tho following is the con-
tents of those addressed TO General Nc ,
Clellan:
GENERAL MoCLrILAs: Ycu will hs
surprised to hear OF our departure At this
stage Of tho game, leaving you in poss s.
sion OF this worthless town; but tile fact
is, Mcclellan, wo have ether engage
mcnts TO attend TO, aud we can't wait any
longer. Our boys ore geitenp sick u
this damned place, and tho hospital like
wise, 50 goodbye for little while.
(Signed) AdjutaDt TERRY, G. S. A. M.
Tents wera loft standing, with bedding
and articles Of luxury il them. On the
canvas aud sides Of the huts were carica-
turI 5 u Yankee soldiers Many Of the
tents were cut in diffcreut places. Four
large trucks for carrying heavy guns stocd
near The dock, with an immense quantity
OF lumber. u
In the inside intrenchments wcrc wood
en- guns prtj j.tting from the cmbrns,res.
Fort Magrudcr, which We built strong
works TO reduce, was found 10 be weak
place. It's inside works were tandbags,
filled up with logs Of wood painted black
on the end. 1T
On the pnraTots northeast OF Yorktown
six guGs were lett. On the south siue
Two smooth borcs were found spiked -
Portions OF Yorktown were und ,rminrd.
The magazine doors are forbidden to b.
opened for fear Of explosion. So
Tho total force of the rebels, ACCORDING
to reports found at the Headquarters Of
General Magruder, was less than seventy
thousand. No great battle is expected at
Williamsburg, as the rebel troops, par
tlcularly those under Magruder, have nlu-
tniod on several occasions within two
weeks. boc0 Of his men threa'cn.d 70
lay down their arms unless they rrceived
food snd clothing. Three rebel Licuts.
two Sergts. and twcnty men ware captur-
cd the othersidc Of Yorktown aud brought
in. Since the third. over seventy dcscr-
ters have come in, and they report their
army as thorcug ly dishesrtenrd and
The rebel council of war was held in
Mrs. Nelson's house at Yorktown, un
Tuesday and "Wednesday last. Jetf. Da-
v and two members ofhis cabinet, Gems.
Lee and Magruder and nine other Gems.
were present. The debates were warm
and oxcitirg, but finally il wss resolved
to cyacuate. The General entrusted with
the order OF evacuation kept It profound
secret from the efficcrs and men.
The honor Of frst entcring the encmyS
main works belongs to the Seventy -thlrd
Reg't of New York Volunteers, 'As viii
be seen by the following sent into hssd-s
quarters: M. " D.r "a ess
YoKKrowE, May d---5 a, M.--captaia