New-York daily tribune., 1862-05-06

.umed part Of yesterday, and demonstrated TO the
enemy AS well al 10 ourselves, that Yorktown wa
everywhere under reach Of our artilerists. Of the
seven shells THROWN two passed through and through
one Of the army warehouses in the beeaguered town.
Had they exploded within, the building of course
would have been fred and the supplies destroyed.
1t is simply question Of time how long place
can be held into which such destructive projectiles
as 2OO-pound shot and shells can be accurately
thrown.
No one ever doubted our ability to knock the
Rebels out Of Yorktown, and to pulverize the old
place in the process. But phat IS doubted noD as,
theler he ReJeis ,eW stay there 10 be spectators Of
tie operation. Landing at Fort Monroe, and meet
ing at the end of the gsng-plank on the dock New
York repore er just from the lines nearest Lees Mills,
said to him, They are not yet on the wing-are
they"
"On the ring, Sir, near Lees Mills. Ayres's
guns have throas of death to look into 10 be sure
but it was not necessary, to get away from his bat
terry, that the Rebels should reccde three miles.
We feel sure that they fave done this, leaving a
small guard aud their pckets, as usual, behind
ION the right l'
"The general belief there is-that is, the general
belief that finds expressonthat soon our siege
prepamtious are complete, we will find only dis'
solving picket views OF the formidable Rebel army,
and Rebel in,renchments of line No. but that our
advance guard will fetch up agin, second line Of
defenses, the reduction of which by the laws OF
military engineering, will carry our Northern troops
snugy into "A Southern June. As for the thereafter
excitabe brains refrain from considering it"
So will | refrain from il.
Two prisoners, captured by those inevitable Mas
slchusetts boys last night just passed my tent TO
headquarters The incidents OF the skirmish have
not transpred. OF the dead Of Company H. lst Mas
sachusetts, killed on Saturday, looked yesterday at
Cheeseman's Creek sorrowfuy upon the process
which embamed the bodies of George A. Noyes,
William ID. Smith, Walter B. Andrews, aud a. A.
kingsbury
From Newport News, pleafant story reaches Us
of the sailor-so,dier Drake de Kay. He was doing
some corsair work In OF tho Cumberland launches
work unperformed by the naval officer who pre-
sides over the neglect of the James River. Drake
saw his persistent foe the Teaser, but kept on hs
come with flowing sheet, as he observed her
heading steadily TO leeward. She whirled quickly,
However and getting into the blaze of the afternoon
sun, steamed down on Drake, who, though eagle
eyed lss no habit of gazing into suns, either fore
noon or afternoon.
When discovered the Teasor was down on
him." in marine parlance. About went the launch,
head on for shore-out went the oars, five in number
-baugl went the Teascr's bow riled gun" hur-
rah p yelled DE Kay, aid bang! went Ills revolver
in dersve reply to the cruisers fire. The chase in
siantly got u desperate interest At every puff of
smoke from the Teaser's gun, De Kay slightly put
down his helm Nice seamanship, a quick eye, and
a cool brain carried the launch safe through fire of
seven shots screaming and roaring close about her.
and dashing the water over the crew-the rrepressi-
bic joker hooting disrespectfully, and aggravating
Tie Teaser with pantomime as amusing IL audacous.
The boat touched the river bank. To pitch out
oars, mass, and sa-to draw the plug IRON the bot
tom, aud TO tumble out hi. five men aud order them
up the bluf-the Teaser firing at them they went
was the work of q moment for De Kay. To lower
L boat-to tumble twelve men into her-to hahd
down twelve ritlos to them, and TO push them OIL
was but the worh Of moment for inc iesse''
Drake, lying on his breast with bis five wlln the
ndee Of the bluff saw, and loosely as well as auda'
,iopsIy resolved. lie jumped up AID ran " tie