The Lansing state Republican., 1862-05-14


(Signed) WM. Il. SEWARD.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE,
Washington, May 5, 1862.
SIR-I have the honor to state for tn infor
nation of your Government. that collector ha:
been appointed by the President for New Orleans
and that the necessary preparations are being
made to modify the blockade SO far as to permit
limited shipments to be made to and from that
and one or more other ports which are now clos
ed by blockade, at times and upon conditions
which will be made known BY proclamation.
lam, sir, your Cb't servant,
VIM. Il. SEWARD
Pttsburg Landing, May 5.
To Hon. +. III. Stanton Gen. Paines Divis
ion made Q reconnaissance to- Pennington to day
found about $500 Of the enemy, and drove
them in handsome style An artillery reconnois
sance went to Glendale this forenoon AID destoy
ed two trsssel bridges and some track on the
Memphis and Charleston Railroad. 1t has been
q splendid days work for the left wing. The
weather is clear and the reads are becoming
good.
(Signsd) THOS. A. SCOTT,
Asst Sec. of War;
Philadelphia, May S.
The Inquirer has a special dispatch from For.
tress Monroe, dated Z" One Mile beyond York.
town, Sunday, 10 o'clock A. NJ" giving the fol.
lowing particulars in regard to the evacuation Of
yorktown: "An day yesterday the rebels kept
up hot Ere on Gen. Porter's Division. No one
was hurt. Our Parrstt gun at Farnholt Court
House occasionally answered them. All las,
evening and up to midnight lively firing was
kept up; about that time their fire slackened
considerably, and at 2 o'clock stopped altogether.
We fred one or two more batteries at them but
got no answer. About 8 o'clock this morning q
building at Yorktown was fred, and Prof Lowe
and Gen. Heintzelman vent up in a balloon and
found it Was their storehouse at Yorktown wharf
At daylight they reported the forts empty. We
occupied Yorknow0 without gun being fred.
OF the guns of the enemy nearly all remaining
we're spiked and dismantlsd. By the side of the
river battery we're large piles Of ammunition,
powder, balls and shells. Eighty guns were iu
1OtAtOWH, WuiCu - Oy sCusi SHSC.
The sarthw works we're all constructed to cover
one another in every position; but they must
have eventually yielded could We have got
around them. The gun We dsmounted the 9TH
er day killed and wounded IA rebels.
The fort has been occupied BY the lst battal
iivu Eo- o.i~~n. 4. s;li..y, .hU o.l ."ds ao.h A.
ALBANIA regiments the 10th and l4th I-nni.;-.-,
and the 18th and 45th Georgia regiments. These
troops we're ordered to report at Howard's Grove
four miles frem Richmond, and left the fort a,
midnight. A rear guard was left, who waited
for our appearance and then retreated in great
haste.
Two deserters, whs left their regiment in
Williamsburg at daylight, say that the whole
rebel army was in a panic. Prof. loves balloon
reconnaissance discovered their rear guard, at 8
A. NJ, to be miles out. Gen. Mcclellan imme
diately ordered out the artillery and cavalry and
is pursuing after them At fall speed. All our
gunbeats came up at o'clock and landed some
marines at Gloucester who raised the United
States Gag amid cheering that could be heard
scross the river. The boats then all left and are
now running up the York river, Smelling the
banks on both sides.
A number Of mines had been prepared for OIL
troops BY placing percussion shells under GROUND
in the roadways and entrances to the fort.
No whites we're to be found, and only a few
negro women and babies. The town was squaliG
and filthy. A few days of warm weather would
have bread . psstilence. An abundance of foul
and large quantity Of neat-salt and fresh
Was left. All the tents we're left, but no horsei
and wagons.
Reports concur that the rebels consist of {
mob Of about loo. 600 men, in fed, dirty and dis
heartened.
The road, from yorktown to Hampton, OF
which We we're encamped, vas guarded BY For
Nagruder, mounting . large number of guns
part Of which we're taken away and part spiked
Some Of their works we're we'll built and vel
laid out while others we're wretched contrivan
ces. The work upoa them was finished on Fri
day night. and the slaves sent to the rear under
guard The rebels have nothing behind OF
which they can make stand. Last night thsil
eamp6res were the sane oil along - ssual. Ths
dense woods along the peninsula enabled then
to leave without being seen BY the balloon. Ths
large guns Of the rebels we're mostly cslum
biads taken from Norfolk Navy Yard. Som,
Of then have been recently nosnted.s The for
tifcasises, although of the roughess character
we're very formidable. being ssn rounded BY deer
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New Ysrk, Nay s.
The TsmsS special, iron yorktown, says
The retreat sf the rebels appears - have bssl
preeipisase. They coonsseed disosunting snd
carrying their guns bsck 70 Williamsburg fos'
dsys aes. Waeoas have ben ngaged IN trans