, 1862-05-06


special dispatch from Fort Monroe giying1,he |
following particulars IN regard to the eyarua-
ton Of Yorktown:
ONE MILE BExoxp YoR&rowx,}
Sunday-1o O'Clock, A. N.
All day yesterday the rebels kept up hot
fire Oh Gen. Porser's Division. No one was
hurt. Our Parrott gun at Farnholt Court House
occasionally answered them. All last even
ing, and up to midnight, lively firing WAS kept
up. About that time their fire sfackened con-
sfderably, and at 2 0, clock stopped altogether.
but but got no answer. About 8 O'Clock this
morning building at yorktown vas tired,
and Prof Lowe and Gen. HcintZelmau went
up in balloon and found it was their store
house at Yorktown wharf 1t daylight they
reported the forts empty.
At O'clock wc occupied Yorktown with
out gun being fired. OF tile guns Of the
enemy, nearly Ill remaining were spiked and
F.! disnantled. By the side Of the river battery
were large piles Of ammunition, powder, balls
ard Shells Eighty guns were il YorktoESn,
carthworks were eli constructed to cover one
! another in every position, but they must have
eventually yicled, could We lave got around
them.
killed and wounded II rebels. The fort lad
! been occupied by tile LIST battalion Of New
Orleans artillery, the sth and 30:h Alabama
| regiments, the 10Th and 18th Louisiana, and
| 45tl Georgia regiments. These troops we're
ordered 10 repert at howard's : Grove, % iour N
! midnight. rear guard vas left, who waited
ourappearnnce, and then retired in the great
est haste.
! Two dcscrters, who left their regiment in
Williamsburg at daylight, say the Whole rebel
army was in panic.
Prof. loves balloon reconnaissance dlscoy-
cred their rear guard at a. II. to be four miles
ont Gen. Mcclellan Immediately ordered
out the artillery and cavalry, and is pushing
af1er them at full speed. All our gnnboats
came can up at 8 o'elsck and landed some marines
! at Gloucester, who raised the U. 3. nag amid
cheering that could be heard across the river.
The boats all then left and arc now running
up York river, shel1ing the banks on both
sides.
4 number Of mines had been prepared fo1
, our troops by placing Prussian shells under
| ground in the roadTays and entrepces to the
forts. No whites were to be found, and oEl1
q few negro women and babies. The town is
-Equalid and filthy. A few days Of warn
weather would have bred F*estiIence.
An abundance Of -four and large quantit,
: of meats, salt and fish Was left. All the tent
! were Left. but no horses or wagons.
Reports concur that the rebels consist OF I
mob Of about 100000 men, ilt-ted, dirty an'
G djsheartened.
r The road from Yorktown to Hampton, O,
= which they had been encamped, was guarde
= By Fort Magruder, mounting large numbe
c OF guuS, plrt OF which we're taken away aQQ
rarR spiked, and some Of their works were
!. well built and well laid out-others we're poo
: contrivances. The work was finished on Fr
q dav night, and the slaves sent to the rear ur
e der guard. The rebels have nothing benin
J t " - -:.b+ .l,o;- ,oT,n 4;rae all olon1 war
the same as usual. The dense woods alon
j. the peninsula enabled them to leave Withot
: being seen BY the balloon. The large guns
,. the rebels were mostly colunbiads taken ffo1
the Norfolk Navy Yard. Some Of them ha'
= been recently mounted The fertilization
although Of the toughest character, we're vel
Il Formidable, being surrounded by deep gorge
n almost impossible to pass.
~ New YoRK, May 5.-The New York Tins
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