The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1862-05-13

teesi nga.t.sf "a fsssef rt ias been iaAea.
sssdine n,aaf IeaeJtea Wee feforg tfsg
lave M nQshins D. sst hsi ier kafd
tssesas kf ferris e5ehi bears, aa wien
tFassai 3 @ Asaa Is ! aafe ~ esI.sat
taa. fltat9 ading sa'a beard
by fae hszs easalss 4e sl rteF e -a
early ilsar ihia naafaas. ApthHg s p
resalgs bas Leen received
Ehere i ~ deabi hai lhai llle sia9ls ar
lny ~ Lee. lebnsYa an8 Msgrgder are 81
aase q sitter 8sfEaa 'ioa. nad aa1ey
ne rapid paFpii 81 Cen Mcclellan, are
Ntelag wil great prheig liai,on. wiii,oai
tic iniegIipn u making stand anywhere,
sna snlsts ,hey reach iliriimond, IN loais.
~ James Kisrr. ihey elll certainly le ia-
tercepsed aha captured ~ the iorrrs land.
ing. ai.d landed Il Wet Posal. Nos less
iAan i.lly steamers arr cnga.rd arsasposl-
ins Tie army Is Wei Point 4 large
number 81 pusoaegs RE arriving 81 West
psihf. aud allsfs arc being esnsiagily
bwagl.s u.
Ga Mo8isy, l eaemJ ,sgs about ~
~ our mea pf.soHen.. and captured oas II
,bs Pennsylvania batteries, having Efa
killed 81 tie horses. Thr) hasag bot
saa,ll force Il infantry were overwhelmed
Nv surprise force and compelled ~ aban.
Gou iiieir gsn., bat before ihe close Of the
day. iiis battery. niil one ii ,hc enemy s,
tccafaurcl bg Gen. Mcclellan, and The
pltole rs they bad taken, were found IN
Williamsburg. neat Day, engaged u a.
tuadipe ou The wounded tie eaemy bad
lcli behind. Tho relreai Of the ouuny
ives attended by too nuci, confusion and
haste 70 be troubled v.lli prisoners.
LArGsr.~~l have jast learned that tie
enemy have desiroyci all the bridges
aef0ss tbe ChlckalianiBy, aud ilas Gen.
Mcclellan j resting his army % ills SIDE.
Ii wi.l bc remembered hat the Chicaa.
haminy fons parallel sid ,lic James Riv-
81, iia which i abiels
llis DE general Arrest'oa here tlnt
Gen, Mcclellan has "a tac saymy jHst
where he wants them.
Irid4Y.
Baltimore, May ..
Advice ria Font Monroe state that
Sswell's Point has Leen shelled, and 4
mo, cmcut 81 Norfolk commenced.
a baple has tlhohplace at West Point
and the rebels hate Been defeated With
great slaughter.
New York, ..
The following J, Tia, portion Of the dis
r,,eh cxpuugcd. By orders 81 he censor
iipn oGf Baltimore dispatch:
The divisions u Generals Franklin aud
S,dgwick, numbering about 10000 men
hoc been landed ii West Point, twenty
miles aaove Williamsburg, az the head q
tliclers kner aud the division u Gen,
l'uref is nov cmuarkins on steamers !oI
&c SINE destination. The river from
Yorktown np, i lined with steamers aad
transports. No doabi i entertained llni
tbes all lniceeell ahd cat 1T the fleeing
rebels, dGle's ihcy escaac across the Jane,
RIVER
Pom Monroe, Nay s.
Shortly before uooa o..lay, the Monitor
T. A. Stevens. Seminole, Susquchepn3t
ilac,tt apl Ssn Jscinto il tie order ID
switch they are named steamed up tow,
arb Scweil', Point Capt. Lardner, Of til,
Sdsg 4ebmua III Ii command 81 .he cx.
petition.
: aooa q he CIT within range, fee
Wa. opuued wiih shot ard shell agajus
>eeelis Pom, batteries Most oftl.c slot.
were good ones II was nearly halt n
hour before a reply WAS made from I'll,
Pouf. Tbs Rip lssla next opened lire
aud then Tic L. 4. Stevens, for the frs
time. Several shots were fred from thl
Muador struck in the vicinity, doubles
disabling tie gun / has not been afef
since.
Ncw York, May 0.
Gen. Marcy (Gea. McCcllan's father
i-lav) tclegraphs the following
Williamsburg. May I.
Gen. Mcclellan. Oh the 9Th inst, had
most decisive victory Only about $1,000
.of our troops were engaged against 80,
900 Of the best rebel troops Our mel
fought most yaliaitly. aud used tho bayo
net freely. which the rebels could 40
stand They fought wen until they I'll
tic cold sieeI when they took TO thei
heels and ran ike hounds, leaving ,lei
dead, wounded aud sick upon our hand.
10 Johnson led them ii pegsoa. The
have lost several Of tLeir best officers.
The Hfrsid correspondent gives til
following graphic account OF tive magniti
cent charge OF Haacock's brigade On I'll
rebels;
scafcely ore hundred yards were b
tween tbs rebels aud tic guns, when OF
ssirnisA Gre became silent, Tile lines
the Eth Wisconsin ard llse Forty-ihir
Nev York ARMED Up il close order 10 IL
rgli q shc battery. The long range (
Inasaes barrels came 10 one level. and on
terrible volley tore through the rebel lin,
IN moment more, the same long rang
If mnskess came 10 another level. I'll
order 10 j" Charge With the bayonei \ vi
givea, aud away went tao regiments vii
one giai cheer. Gallant a. our foes VI
do0dsrdly were iley could not stand lha
Bot tes brigadcs mentioned in hissor