New-York daily tribune., 1862-05-08
vEzE TAXING OF YORKTOWN.
From a Special Correspondent.

from q SpSc1A tolFehpcnCtLt-
yorWTOwy Vs.. Msy %-m
begin tlis letter under curious circumstances. j
am citing on the top Of Yorktown Cour-ilouse, ~
ceutly-gery receIliy liy-occuped as Rebel hospital,
looking down on the place, on iis deienses on our
soldiers, on long line Of cavalry aha artiileryIhen
marching beyond il on the road to Richmond. Let
me ell Won how | came itUor and what have
witnessed this Sunday morning; find time TO hnsh
ny letter how may. Do not expect very CO.
herent letter. for TN dusty, thirsty, and uemalous
with excitement.
All last night the Rebels kept mp an incce5ant fire
of shot and she-no sGnt and harmless. We heard
tleir diaboiicsl wbiz and sonorous boom, rnur-
dering the lrsnquillity of the lovely Summers
night, with scue lt'c surprise but suspicion NJ TO
its Object We anticipated quiet Sunday--a d,
mex; morning, or Oh Toe sday at the latest, tire bonn
bar imegt t,at was never 70 tihe place. Fol may
now tell you, broadly aud boldly, what last night
was the wont kind Of oontr band Information Our
batteries parallels, and what not IN military way,
were almost j. not quite ready, after the psmial
labor, by day and uigli, of four weeks and 10y
Tne.dny ngti, at the furttesi, Were 10 have
thundeIod through he Rebel intrenchmenis and
n. nted the star-spauged banner where | write. II
waves there now, aud ! hear with indescrbaLle
feelings & baud playing the tune iu honor Of II.
Ten miuHies after had written the concluding
paragraph OF ny ast letter, lenned at early morn-
ing 'wha, q monatrous gap there seems 10 be le-
tween then and Tow J sbere came rumor 10 nv
ouarters tat Yorktown was evacuated-rumor on
rauor-so many that there couId le TO doubt about
it. So got 10 lorre aud rode off TO make inquiry.
e..la. ie. az.
Friday moniins-saii 10 have been brought into our
camp by fugitive negroes whose storics we're utterly
d,creoitce by our COMMANDMENTS Chief and by Gen.
Porter. bad us,d vh:t facilities possess to aecer
tim whether Others hign ia military authority be-
leyed l.. 50 lar o. ! cond learn, they Gid not.
Glunhlers had talked, ver;ullng nnhole'ul predic-
tions, but they were In tie minority q great bulk
OF the army expected d speedy battle-hoped iofi
earnestly desired i.
Ihr.e miles ride brought ne 70 Yorktown.
passed tie corner of thor ai beyond the open front
irg Gen. ~ utzelmau's headquarters. vLere ore II
on, now nftless batteries I've ave fourteen oil tcerJ
l. concealed by tie woods, cucQinte ins 10 Greater
obi, ne ION lgn SEMI e., " lon q prcdur 90 oi
tie pas Obh-iu iy given me 10y tts benernl shii'-
fed. ha never gore so far te.ore III tiat oirrr-
tiop; there were orcers against II to-day enforced
With teu!Oh euicucss, Otherwise Il ibe army
wOul have tosu do:eng 10 Yorktown, aud pe-sed
4 I .iy and rode Onward. uuNy gsllOliug "a ESD ui
Wih q fro - D: caValfy, to-. DO hIly la dertd
bv artillery AMI waeOnx il the 'whole u our army
was wiflh,d irom hocking onward 10 the fuhlecf oi
is thnu.lts for tie last ak weeks, at led6 Gen.
MeClsl ~ giHlic1 toe curiosity oi large te,Non /
~. | beh.ye he emile cDCfs Gr~ee OF hfu. .
lie nfzeluan, incgeiar che diviticns OF Generals
Porter Hooker, an1 kearDey, moved Oh 70 tbe aie
IL. b-l II iropQh oos durhg tbe oay aud beyOnl II.
Pst ihe shirtng woods to the leIt, ,hen along TO
yellow, dusty road win srass md weea ssnDh.g
cs4r.e leatter, growing al tne s,te5 Il n; by Tho
r3-d iudicaiod by the teiegwpb wife, onward 10
Yotktownl A bright Sanmers day around aud
above us. Fields iDdi.iereDily lowed a year ago
,y ois near and jis ut; low yellow lines OF faf-oh
Rel al intreucnmonts; iurdlcs aud rails lhto"n 10
ter acfoss TIE road with pue e iDten' 10 ig peae
our irog-ess--on Ea-d. Na chiog, sweAtug, rolI-,
ii - sreariag, the gallorug to and fro o 9fcefI,-i
te i.,uiuy of OlIeIs. fi,tuefque uaie ana 90 nc
ture,que get;i unoer WY alsini by dtreiteo
Re Il hule and Ten ,tte iClmer ~ yespeioHs'
the later IL dirty snd w.l i.iy tat cred a.d torn
conaiOn) We arIiSe a. Tue outer Line oi tNe DOS
tile ,iiy Where waits Professor Love ~irw balloon,
IptIrr,it bu.inQ ike an ouOfmOut bnbte oct Of the
uoand IL wss by menus oi IN accent III II a, ills
.orniI THAI General HeIntZt lman verified tue It.
ports brought IL ~ the pc4eis' ascertnlug the Ie
Eeb,ls bad certainly got ob, without tue smallest
Il - lhIii o there beiug a-y lihslahe hpoht ~.
y,a- riding the held to The rgbt, wien cef.
tam OF tAo d Massachuse,ts there stationed "arnci
me of tie ilf,si trGtt Of report that Lad fo"chto
our amp malt m hour boiore-tnAg no ioilace oi u
Inc foo OF nsn or bDrse, would assurediy ga ,!oce
and 40 .hlir dsyiiisl voik. Eve meu had already /
D4.u killed o. l-u 8tci ~ tLis mannsi, and a. tie
.odi.ir =. oke. W another Nictiu carried lHst ~
a s.relch,r. iio was Mf. Lathiop, telegraph ope-
r.for to Gen. Heinz lm1n auO MOI III Aour ago
had st k,n he hand at the OeuerrPs headquarters. !
His 100, had Dteu blown oil At the al klejont Here
is melancholy d., have since obtaAeo OF suieFoEs
ifou TIE same heilieh ,ontnyanoe.
Nil.En.
At o. r.. Of ne y. I sosa ,,he hozart AestmsnL)
G.N-inSen, -Mope efmo'.
J sso6,d Laurence Blgos T. Cuunin gbsn, serFt Smith
~ sf,.s Fred erL Al belJi gtc &C. Cou4gs-y A
o. o.. N Mlt i.bus.us, > men were ai.c Killed.
aud - wounded by one solder stepping o. torpedo.
c9rlo not Oblsin tAcir nbncs. NctiIug but the /,
\, ,cseOest ha'c tbe diot cruelty, coid hve insti-
yat tie l.ttl To- do tlls; there was nothing 10 be
ID nod bv repeat ny CHARACTERIZATION o. thr
saed-it was Internal and dcviiish.
/ rode cautiously, tGeE, beng warred 10y men
-nsa near lie tof eioes winch had been discOver.s,
ir bis of stick pbnted la order 10 indicate th;if
pres nee 0Ld fOOn drmOun'ed L. cro@s thk over
oecp al empty ditch int0 The Rebe ioHii 'ations'
Tue Eeoels leit hity-,wo Ot tbelr cannon be.
bi1u them, mostly biads some Dentrens, All
y ikeo villa rst-.Iilet ies, broken snort OIL. Their
yisg3ziues and a@InuuitiOD hTC here also. nave
ye-fed into CeilaI-ke excavations IN the earth
Yorzs tfc8diug cautiously, with curious conocigos-
meas q a. ml2ht be blown into eternity IN puitL-
peut ior nv curiOsity. have seen shot, shell and
,sntei Iiles Of BOXES ot Sumuuitiou, end nhhiteiy
more q all foTfs Of things than shall mud leisure TO
rela'e tlis Afternoon, suing dOor-step 70 which
have descended IRON my CVurt-iiOdse elevation.
will tFy, however, 10 Jot dow some OF them.
Yorktown Is not o coIsCerable place Old-iashiOn-
3D. OF cOnrse, comprising about thlrty nOures, not
)lo of which oOks as Il It had teen butt dufing be
& fry years. IL stands On elevate sie, road
winding teneath It's ryer soe, wnere he the water