The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1862-05-07
Important News! !! EvRcuntioh of YORK
town! Interesting from Gen. Hal
leckfS ARMY.

leck's Army.
! TnE following rport, dated Washington Sunday
noon, was received from. Fort Monroe
Yorktown was evacuated last night. Wa now
occupy the oncmy's works. They left large
amount of camp cquipage and guns, which thsy
could not dcst,ny frr fear Of being seen.
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF rna PoroMAcJ
- May ath, 1862,
Z. u. Stanton, S.c,etpry of VA:
We haYe Fanparts, guns, anmunitiuE, camp
equipage etr. We hold the entire rebel yyorkt
which onr Engineers report very suang. ] haro
thrown ell lay oaTair, and horse artillery in mn,
Snlt, supported by infantry. move Franklns di-
vision and as much morr as | can transpsit by
water 10 West Point to-day. No time shall be lost
Huh-boalS haie gone UP toik ri,er, Gloucester
IL IN ouE PoEbeh.oa, shall push tho encmy to the
wall. Slcued)
Geo, u. MCCLELLAN.
Several dcsertrrs have conc into on, lines O,o
states that the rebels evacuated owing TO the nsar
approach Of our parallels, and that they feared tbr
success Of our gun-boats in the York and Jamcs
rivers. which would cu. Of their Communication,
Zen. Sohnson gave orders to evacust, Thursday,
10 commence the following rnr.ning, which ,ySs
! done. Magrticr rs said "a have stfenmoWsly ou
posed the e. acuatinr saying that If they could NOT
whip the federala here they could not nywhrrc in
Virginia. '> '-
Gen. Lee, rebel Commando, il, Ch,et o,,,,,od .,
iork'oWn on wednesday, and examined McClrI.
.an's works ninuteiy, ater which, il l. suppo.cd
he reoomhonded evacuation, dccmiug his worIs
unttnablc WV"
The dcserters agree that their troops were pmoh
domordliHed and dishcartened, when the order f.,
eFncuate was given, NJ nll anHcipstod a Eybt
there. The rebels had 100 0Q9 u,an on ,he penin.
aUla, also 800 pieces Uf ield artiIlcry
II i believed that The rebels have fallen hack t
Chickahomany Greek, beyond williamsburg. whera
II Is expected they will plskc q stand
iEpnpr.l IA al
csIaNJ aed aruiier?, and IS pursuing tho encrny
ana probably VIII come w with their r,ur h.lnj.
night Il they remain nesr WILLIAMSBURG 6uu
boat, have passed lurktoHn, and aronow SheIlmg
ue shores on thtT WY pp thg river. Following
uenl hfr na'+bcs "f resell loaded with tioops 10
eherl landing. IN official report jusi received
says The enemy left II gus in thc works at
also left WV
Another deselter just come in, reports JEFF. Dayi,
Caln6 with Lee Oh Wednesday, aud after oousuIn,-
Hoii with prominent officers all agreed 20 the evsc-
uation except Magruder.
II Is certain the rebels received rOiniorcements On
Thursday by steamers from Richmond but did uot
disembark.
ten j. Johnson's baggage had iast been captsr-
d. y. LatlrHp, telegraph operator was nlortaIIy
wounded by the explosion Of a torpedo.
From tue Army Correspondent 10 the Associstcd
Press at Yorktown
We entered the eneniy's works at Eve O'Clock
which their rear de erted four hours before Every,
thing Nai t0And in utter confusion about so pieces
OF heavy artillery were left spiked A large
amount OF medical stores wcro found ammunition;
camp eqnpage, tents, and the private property of
officers The negroes found there say the rebel.
threw large amount Of ordnance stores iuto the
river, "