Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1862-05-09

1hc uiiaueipbla enquirer, OIL TIE 0tn INST
has d special dispatch nom Fort Monroe, Civ
ing the following particulars of the evacua
ton OF Yorktown: .,a.e.aa5sas.ssea.,1
...n..g ... OSE Mile BEYOND YoRkrows
sunday-l0 o'clock II. m. {
All day yesterday the rebels kept up ho
fire on Gen. Porter's Division. No one was
hurt. Our Parrott guns at Farnhalt Court
House occasionally answered them All last
evening, and up to midnight, lively firing
was kept up. About that time their firs
slackened considerably, and at o'clock stop
ped altogether We fired one or two NOR,
batteries at them, but got no answer About
8 o'clock this morning building Yorktown
was fired, and Prof Lowe and Gen. Heintzle
man won't up in balloon and found it was
their storchouse at Yorktown wharf. A,
daylight they reported the forts empty.
AT O'Clock we occupied Yorktown with
out gun being fired. OF the guns of the
enemy, nearly all spiked or disrnantled. BY
the side Of the river battery were large piles
Of ammunition, powder, balls and Shells
Eighty guns were in Yorktown, which IS sur.
rounded by a semi-circlc. ...s ..... ..-
The earthworks were all constructed to GOV.
er one another in every position. but they
must have eventually yielded, could We have
got around them.
The gun we dismounted the other day,
killed and wounded IA rebels. The fort had
been occupied by the first battalion Of New
Orleans artillery, the 9Th and Both Alabama
regiments, the 10th and l4th Louisiana, and
the 18th and 45th Georgia regiments. These
troops were ordered to report at Howard
Grove, four miles from Richmond, and left
the fort at midnight. rear guard was left
who waited our appearance and then hastily
retired. ..-o0.
Two desertcrs, who left their regiment in
Williamsburg at daylight, say the whole rcb-
ell army is in panic.
Prof. loves balloon reconnaissance dis
covered their rear guard at . a. m to be four
miles out. Gen. Mcclellan Immediately Or
dercd out the artillery and cavalry, and is
pushing after them at full speed. All our
gunboats came up at nine o'clock and landed
some marines at Gloucester, who raised the
U. S. flag amid cheering that could be heard
across the river. The boats all then left and
are now running up York river, Smelling the
banks on both sides ' .. A.." 49,
A number Of mines had been prepared for
our troops by placing Prussian shells under
ground in the roadways and entrances to the
fort. No whites were to be found, and only
few negro women with babies The town
was squalid and filthy. A few days of warm
weather would have bred pestilencc. ..@
An abundance of flour and large quaint
ty OF meats, salt and fresh was left. All the
tents were left, but no horses or wagons.
Reports concur that the rebels consist Of n
mob Of about 100, 900 men, lifted, dirty and
dsheartened 3D.. .-.. re- ...-. .r
The road from Yorktown to Hampton, on
which they had been cncanped, was guarded
by Fort Masruder, mounting large number
Of guns, part of which were taken away and
part spiked, and SEINE of their works were
well built and well laid out--othcrs were poor
contriyances. . &c.. H..- ..0
The work was finished on Friday night,
and the slaves sent to the rear under guard
The rebels have nothing behind on which
they can make stand. -.. 49,,
Last night their camp fires all along were
the same as usual. The dense woods along
the peninsula enabled them to leave without
being seen by the balloon. The large guns
Of the rebels were mostly colun,biads, taken
froIn the Norfolk Navy Yard. Some of them
have been recently mounted. The fortfica-
tons, although Of the toughest character,
were very formidable, being surrounded by
deep gorgcs, almost impossible to pass.
The following dispatch has been received
at Washington, from Gen. Mcclellan:
IixAparAnrxns ARMY OF THE poroxAc,
May4.
IioS. Z. n. STANTON, Secretary of War: =.
We have the transports, guns, ammunition
camp cquipage, &C., and we hold the entire
rebel works. which our engineers report very
strong. | have thrown all my cavalry and
horse artillery in pursuit, supported by in
fantry. -.l.9 ...... .... -. .. 81
move Frank!in's divisions, and as much
more as can transport by water, to West
Point to-day. No time shall be lost. The
gunhoats have gone up York river.
Gloucester, also, is in our possession. !
shall push the enemy to the wall.
(signsd3 G.B MCCLELLAN.
ADDITIONAL FROM YORKTOWN.
The New York Times special from York
town has the following: #.....
The retreat OF the rebels appears to have
been precipitate. They commenced dismount-
ing and carrying their guns to Williamsburg
four days ago. Wagons have been engaged
in transporting ammunition, provisions, camp
equipaee for over week past Their sick,
numbering over $500, were sent to Rich
mond ten days ago.
The rebel soldiers had negroes working on
their entertainments until two o'clock Satur.
day morning, when their rear guard ordered
the work to cease, and to take up the march
for Williamsb ..rg. ~
Torpcdoes and shells, with fuses fastened
to small wires, lie in the roads and redoubts
The 9Th New York regiment had four ncr,
killed and several wounded by the explosion
of :orpedoes. The 3Sth hal two men killed
and four wounded by prepared shells, and
the 4th New York had two killed.
Ten thousand rebels were sent from Win
mes Mill to reinforce an army sent from Rich
mond to oppose McDowel's advance last
Thursday a week. No great battle is expect
ed at Williamsburg, as the rebel troops have
mutinied within two weeks, on several coca
sfoDs, particularly those under Magruder-
Five thousand Of his men have threatened to
lay down their arms unless they received food
and clothing.
Three rebel Lieutenants, two Sergeants,
and twenty men. were captured on the other
side of Yorktown and brought in since the
Sd. Over seventy descrters have come in
They report the army thoroughly disheart-
ened and denaoralizcd. A large force Of the
enemy is reported to- have been captured four
miles beyond Yorktown.