The national Republican., 1862-05-05
Our Cavalry, &c., in fun Pursuit
.la,,. Of the Enemy! r
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Hon. Edwin n. Stanton, Sec'y Of War: ~
We have the raupsrs; bsve guas, sumuni-
ton. comp equipsse, etc. Hold TIE entire line
OF his worhs, which The engiueen report .
being very strong. have thrown al my cav
airy and horsc artillery In Pusuit supported
by infantry. l move Franklin and as much
more q can transport BY water up to West
Point 70 Day. No time shall be lost Gun
boats have gone up York river. omitted 70
state that Gloucester Is also In our possession.
I shall push the enemy to the wall. ,3
.-.. G. B. MCCLELLAN,
t Major General Commanding.
Tho following interesting account Of the
event s BY The agent Of tho Associated Press:
HEADQUARTERS Army OF rns PofonAc,
~ Nay I, 10 4. m.
This morning, at s o'clock, your correspond.
rnt entered the ensmyi works, which the rear
Of their army deserted four hour before. Ev-
rryshing was found 10 be In inter confusion, a.
though thsy lett Id /, sst haste. Between forty
and 6fty pieces of heavy artillery have been
left 10 their wosks, altsg being spiked, together
with large amount Of ammunitlou, medical
stores, camp eqiipage, tents, and private prop
'srty Of their ofioer. A negro who was left In
the town states that The rebels threw . large
amount Of ordnance storrs 10 the river, TO pre-
vent It's falling into our hands Several deser.
ters have succeeded 10 running into our llno,.
One Of them-s very intelligent mau from New
York, who had been connected with the ord
nance department ever since the works at York.
town bad been constructsd-slates that the
e, bells evacuated owing 10 the near approach
Il our parallels, covering the Immense siege
works Of ous men; that they feared The success
VI The Union lguuboats IN The York and Jsnes
rivers, BY which their communication with the
outsr world would bscut Of. 90 - a.. ILL.,.
The order was given % eyacuats By Gen.
johnson ou Thursday 10 commence III, fol-
lowing mornlSg, which yas accordingly done
General Nsgruder h said 70 have most strenu
ou.ly opposed the peasure, stating that Il
they could not .hipthe Federals here, there was
90 other plass 10 Virginia where they COULD
Hsswore In preseacs Of his meu, who 70
ciferousiy cheered him, losing complete con-
troll Of hlmsslf General Robert E. Lee.
commander In chief, arrived al Yorktown
on Wednssday, apd minately examined the
works OF McCleliau, when be 10 supposed 10
have recomnended the abandonment Of the
works, dSsning them untensbls. The desert.
ers ali agree In stating that their troops were
much demoralised and disheariened when the
rider was made public, as thy all anticipated
having an engagement at that point Usrb0tin
They also agree that the rebels have one hun
dred thousand men on the peninsd'a, together
From the best Information received they have
fallen back 70 thickshomiry Creek, beyond
Williamsburg, whera II Is expected they will
make stand. ''1'
Immedt.,-,y on the'fects becoming known,
the troops we're ordered under arms, ana are
now In moiian from The right and left wing Of
the army. A large force under; command Of
General Stoneman, consisting Of cavslry, To-
fsptry and artillery, ARE In. advance, and will
probably come up with the lear Of the army
before night, II they remain near williamsburg
The g6uboa's have passed above Yorktown,
and are now shelling the shore on the way up.
Following them 10 large steamer and vs sci
loaded With troops, who will tfiect landing.
Magruder svoee that se. was not afraid Of
McClellan u Les wa; and that II be could moi
successfully light him here he could nowhere.
Only ono man was left In Yorktown, and be
was negro. r.r...
General Jamison aud Colonel Samuel Black
were the 6rst to enter the enemy's main works.
Tho only casuslty was The killirg OF two meh
and the woundiug Of three by the explosion Of
concealed she'll within the enemy's works
| The following arc their names. They belong to
company A, For,ieth New York:
Killed George Mcfarland and Michael No.
Dsrmot. woundsd- Sergeant James Smith
Fred. Steick, and Lawrence Burns
| The WORKS ere very extensive and show thai
they were designed BY scientific engineers.
| LATER.
The efficial report inst made to headqnar,eri
shows that the enemy left seventy -one guns In
their works at Gloucester Point. The guns and
ordnarce stores were also left. Another de.
serter has just come In, and reportA that JefYer
son Davis came With Lee, on Wednesday last
and after consultation with tbe most prominent
officers, all agreed ss 10 the evacuation, except
General Magruder. ....