The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1862-05-05

HKADQuAnrRRs, ARMY or THE Po1oNAC,
May 4-l0A.h.
ThH morning at Eve O'Clock yoar correspondent en-
ssrsd the snsmys wors, which tho Of their army
deserted four hours before Everything found DO
h utter confusion, though shoy eft In great haste
Between forty and fty pieces Of heavy artillery have
Aesn left In their work. after being spiked together
with . large amount Of ammuntion, medical stores,
camp equpage, tsnts aad private property Of their
olscsrs.
negro who le in the town states that the rcbos
threw largo amount Of ordnance stores into the river
70 prevent hs falling into our hands.
Several descrters have succeeded in running into
lines. One Of them, very intelligent man, originally
from Now York. who has been connected with the rebel
ordnance department since the works Yorktown
have been constructed states that tho rebels
ewing to the approach Of parallels covering the
immensc siege works Of mon that they feared the
succcss Of the Union gunboats in the York and James
rivers by Of which their communication with the
sutsr world would bc'cut on.
The order given TO cvacuate BY General Johnston
On Thursday, 10 commence the following morning
which accordingly done. Gene al Magruicr Is said
- have most strenuously opposed tho measure stating
they could not whip the fcderals hero the.o was no
other paoc in Virginia where they could that he
IN the presence OF his men, who vociferouly choere
him, losing complete control OF himself
Gensral Robert e. Lea, rebel Command.r Chisf ar
rised at Yorkoen Wcdnedly and nnuteiy erarsired
,s sorks Ct General Mcclellan ,ohen he Is supposed 10 Aare
rseommeded the abandonment Of ne rebel oorks deeming
ifAem unttnable.
Tho dcsertcrs all agree in stating that their troops
very much dsmoralixed and dshcarened when tho
order to evacuate made public, as they all sntci
pat.d having engagement al that point. They also
sce that the rebels haa hnadred thousand men on
she peninsula together wthfou hundred pcccs Of Geld
artillery.
From the best Information received they have fallen
back to Chickahominy creek, bey~nd williamsburg.
where II is expected they will make stand.
Immediately On the facts af the be coming
known. tie troops ordered under arms and ara
now motion from the right and loft wings Of the
army.
large force, under comanand or General stousman,
consisting o cavalry artillery and infantry srs in the
advance ana will probably up with tho rear CT the
psnemy beforsnight II thoy ramain near Williamsburg
Tho gunboak have passed aboveSYorktown and are
now.abelng tho shore on the wayup. Following them
n large seaussr and vessels loaded with troops who
will eject alandiag-probaby Gan Franklia's division
Magredor swors he was "not afdado Mcclellan il Lee
was, ard that Il he could noa successfully fight him
!hsEA he could nowler
Only ops man ~ss ic't in Yorktown, and he was a
negro.
General Jameson and Colonel Samuel Black were IN.
Aca 10 sntershe snemys main works yhe only cssual,v
0,at occurred thellng Of two fncn and wouadsnu
Of thEsc by he explosion Of shs within aho
cnsmy's works.
Ths following are their names. Thsy hslong,a -
yCAnpAny A, Forts,th New York
SI1Rp.
George Mcfarland.
Michssl McDermoA.
WoUNDEp.
sersoanf JAnes Smith, Frederick sksck and rAwrAnse
Burns.
me works. are very extensive, and show that they
were designed BY scientific engineers.
An ofncial rs,Urt just made to headquarters shows
that ae enemy ief sr1zlyene eans on he sorks
Az Gloucester PoN tr guns and ordnance stores were
also left
Another desersr has Just como In, and repssts that
jeff Daris ccms oin Lee n Wednesday last and cftsy
eonswloGon oi,a ne pro ~sinem c1csrs al aord 10
nc spaeucoa erc,gt kosrrdat