The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1862-05-09

Inc lnVurtr hHa hpcclul dlsphtch
from Fort Monroe giving the following
particulars in regard TO the evacuation OF
Yorktown:
ONK MLE BEYOND NcRKTowH,l
Sunday, 10 o'clock ,. NJ.
All day yesterday tho rebels kept up a
hot FIRE ON Con. porler's Division. No ono
was hurt.
Our Parrot pun at Farnholt Courlhousc
occasionally answered them ali last even
ing and up TO midnight lively firing was
kept up. About that time their fire slack.
cd c ,nsdcrably, and Mt two o'clock stop
ped. We fred one or two more batteries
NJ them. Tut cot no answer.
About three o'clock this morning n
building nt Yorktown was fired, aud Prof.
Lowe aud Gen. lIcinlzlcman went up In
balloon and found II was their store
house At Yorktown wnrf At daylight
they reported the fort empty.
Atsycn o'clock we occupied York
town without q gun being fired.
OF tie guns otthc enemy nearly all re-.
naming were spiked and d.smounicd. -
lly the side OF the RIVER battery were large
piles OF ammunition, powder, balls aud
shells.
Eighty gun1 were In Yorktown, which
is surronudcd by Scmi-circle.
The curthworks were all constructed
TO cover each other IN every position, but
they must have eventually yielded, could
We have got around them.
The guns we dismountrd the other day
Killed aud wounded IL rebel
The icrl has bc,n occupied by the let
battalion Of New Orleans Artillery, the
9Th and s0th Alnbnmp regiments. ard 10th
and lAth Louisiana, aud the 18th and 10Th
Georgia.
These troops were ordered 10 report nt
Howard's Grave, four miles from Rich.
mond, and lcii the fort at midnight
a rear guard was eft who waited for
cur appearance and then departed IN great
haste.
Two dcsertcrs who len their rcpi-
ments at Williamsburg at daylight, they
soy that the whole rebel army il in a
panic.
Prof. loves bulloon rcconnoi,sancc
discovered thor rear guard al y A, NJ, e
lie I miles out.
Gen. Mcclellan iutnvdlatriy ordered
out the artillery aud cavalry, and they
are now pushing after them at full speed
Our gunboats came up at . O'clock und
landed stnc marines IA Gloucester, wh,
raised the U. ;. ilOg 0md cheering that
could be heard across the river.
The boats then left, and are now run
ming up the York river shclliug the bank
on both rides.
A number of mines had been prepare
Tor cur roore, hy placing percussion
shells under ground In the roadway an,
entrances To the tur,s.
No " hltcs were 10 be found only few
negro women and babies.
The town w1s quallid ard illtly;n few
days OF warm weather wpuidbreod pCs
lenen.
An abundance of -four, ard large
quantity OF y cat, sat and irtsh, was loit
All the tents were left, but 40 horses OF
wagons.
Reports concur ,ha, the rebels eonsis
Of mob oi Dbtut 10000 men, ill-lr,
dirty and dishcurtcncd,
The road from iorktlwn TO Hampton
on which we were cncompcd, was guard
cd by Fort MagrudVr, mounting larg,
number OF guns, part OF which were takcl
away and part spiked. Some OF ,het
works were well Lult aud well lui,
out; others OF item were wretchcd cor
/ trNaucos.
The work upon them was finished Of
FRIDAY night aud tho slaves sent TO III,
rcsrunder guard.
The rebels have nothing behind OF
which they can make stand.
Last night their camp fires all ulonl
were the same as usual. The dense wood,
along the Peninsula enabled them g lcav,
without being seen from the balloon.
The large guns Of the rebelswcrc most
" eolumb'UGs takcn from the Ncrloll
Navy Yard. Some OF them have beer
recently mounted,
Tho iorthcaiionS although of IN
rcughcsl char c,cr, were very formidabl
being surrounded by deep gorgcs alno,
intnah ahlc