Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1862-05-07

Iicdd luI.teFs ARMY 81 4 tt1Mac. before
! orktown, May =. > p. m.-from the cor
respond mt of the Associates. Press The
rehe.s opened this morning with their
ritled Colunl i:ds. 6 Founders, placed on
the ei-hts of Yorktown Our No.
battery of loo and 300 Founder Parrots
was then thought 10 hear upon the only
gun which has .iten us any trouble, our
shots tul.ing over and ar lunj it with ev-
cry prospect of IT'S being soon di>inuunted
when on the % dischar-e the euemvs
%un burst int" -.,,ops.,n,, n.a,.as to.,ri,s,
IN me ir,..sapet. and making havoc with
the crowd who were collected around it
at the tine. NJ less than ten persons
were standing on TIE parapet besides
those who were hid from view hv the
works The deSt action oil lie must have
been considerable.
This was the only gun which the rebels
have shown to lie capable Of doins No |
Ea-tery any harm All firing on their
side ceased while our guns were IN tnned
with renewed vi@or, directing their shells
into the town. Al out 100 shot were
fired 10y our gums up to , u clne tais a..
tcrnoon. when all tiring ceased.
\ rebel steamboat came down The river,
and attempted to land ut Yorktown, but
was pr nted hv few shots from our
100 FOUNDER. The rebels kept up IA con
tinuous Fl e to the last on our men in the
trenches.
Tan@or, Me, NJ Y "a powder mill
exp!os on occurred ut Gorham Yesterday,
Il hit buildings exploding successiyelv-
Two hundred barrels Of powder were in
them. No one hurt The m1n were at
supper at the time
Washington, May l.-Adit Gen Thorn
as. in 4 conference with. the Finance and
Ways nd Means Committee, stated tha5
we had 1OJOJ0 soldiers in the fed
Letters from be'ote l0rNtown report
that - men of the 55h VI tr5anI re Il
ment, raise in Baltimore had recently
deserted Floyd ; Brigade and arrived ut
Norfolk on their way to Yorktown, in
ms ,rabie plight
The R:camond Examiner denounces
the rebel Secretary oi War for living
ubou thai la e oi ~ui.oh.
New ork, May l-Ih he Herald SAYS
we have received information from Il reii-
able source that certain parties in this
city are giving practic aid and com ort
to- the rebels. If our inl rm lt.on he cor
ret, two secessioni~fs recently arrived
mere from the south hrou-ht on a quaint
y OF tnhaccu, valued ut ana sod here or
fifty thousand dollars, which sum thcy
invested III army c.o,h.uE AMI hats for the
rebels. These goods were sent FROM the
city yesterday to small iowa Souta OF
N5ShyiIte. viii re t!,nv botI, win H.. taken
IN c.I.r-e. I,y the rebel authorities. The
loXes containing tAcn are III ,rAsd 81 ith Il
diamond. II our authorities ON the line
of route exercise due vigilance. the Goods
may be intercepted.
ilarr,.nnlurr Va. tr~'' "a .- 2 ann
10 ~ y ,I1 '''''''9'"' 't'''A@''F
,,,..al rla,,' -t,i -, 80 80 q ~"
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~. '',e,-'',1 - 80 p ~ Cos. " "eii-
~ "I,i ",:'i' 80. g. C,,
v;in !; tnat 7 iI r, 10: ions
farr, nnt nu,,bar;n rIj iln a., -
S.re with H.. comm n! has cana =,
Y.,.l own
,~GouIJ .L,boson retro ha.,,-;II ,,.f.,1r,.
rein Orc jackson q, tna H.nc Rid :,
JI,a Richmond Foo,,;rl, : - ooI
i,s+ s,vs in rtFrr. tn1,fl., dc.r;nv nr+
Con eItra..y ! tr.',,,.,,,rna fl,. ,...,I..e
Yorktown. If su.re.,;ul II vii ,e;vn ms
SIX months for carrviu oIf tha cnIs..ri,,.
+ an .,,.t am, -, ,,,,r;n,,;.,.
,,,,,. md ,.rn-b;,,' a..i - ~.
b,r :. urs,....,.s.ii,. " 49,, - 49,.
st Lou.s, May The 24.h Iowa Cav
Il r.. from For .<th. d.strore til, evra,-
si.. sl!.pefre mlnurtcto.ics near YriI-
vie. Abrams SAM burned the Lu,t,l.n~s
lit llelox. of the + h Iowa Cavarv. was
killed anil nnp nr:,-,+a ,vn,r Ial =, ~
,k.rm 81 Win Tie r,Lets I,,r.re o',,,t
ties OF .uppl.es which had been stored .nr
role, use, and ,, nimI.er Of I..sertn,.s and
hidiils IN the mountains were.
canturcd hv Gen Curtis ro,r,ntnI
Mao Hubbard viii, I45 mon If tba
Ist Missouri C,vair- loYta r,,l.,n. : 80 I
fee and S.,inyvri .bt and 6ll In.Ii,ns ,+
Neosho on the 26.h. kiiiine an wo1n i /
inr 81 tax n ! 81 nris.ners ~ b..rsas .,,1 /
i l:tr,e auantitv Of arms
v-,.,.t NJ, n,
W ' Er,-na ~ e1'ifs.|,.r-
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0IIa',,,, I'D 49, '''9 ''''' y ~
Wy '' 40 i''"ie"
"H our !u'''o rs "e'h eii5l'e' win wei /
i"i'9 o! NY so Vn IL the h"t ana co'H Shot +