Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1862-05-13
LATER FROM THE NORTH.
YANKER REPORTS or TIRE EVACUATION OF
YORKIOWN-THE BLOCKADE


YANKEES REPORTS or TIRE EVACUATION OF
YORKIoWN-THE BLOCKADE
The latest Northern plpers received give the Srst &c.
counts from Yankee Of the evacuation OF the
Peninsula BY oar fOEces
TIE RETREAT FsoE YORKTOWN.
The FIST eiislal desys'ch communicating the fast TO
the War Department. at Wafan y;on received there
at halt past 10 P. H. on the 1 h. Il sys:
"YCtk,oEn was evacuated lat night. Our troops
now oeeu1y VI, enemys works Toe enemy left large
amount Of camp 6qlfsCe al d guns Whioh they could
nos destroy for tear al heipg seen p"
The second e, fi,isl despatch" ta.sd L. n, SAME
day il as follows:
Hon T. anton, Secretary Of Wars
I'VE have the rampsr;s of the enemy. We 6ave his
guns, nulitioa, camp "a dplge, =, and hold the
entire line OF bis works. which the sueiuetrs port az
bling ~ strong.
Il nave thrown all my cavalry aud horse artillery In
pursuit. supported OF infantry.
II move Fra K iD, aud much more e. / can trans,
port BY wafer, up to wet point tOdsy No 'imo shall
be lost
'The gunbcsts have gone uP YJrk river.
81 omitted to this Gloucester is aso In oar pos
session.
u shall push the enemy to tho wit
"a. B. MCCLELLAN, MORO neral
The army correspondent OF the Associated Peas sent
tho following
hEADoUARTERs ARMY r TIKI Po7oxAo
NAY 4 10 o'clock A. N.
This morning ~ fTe O'clock yo1r correspondent mad
the glsauEe c entering he snsmy's works CT York
town. which the OF their army had deserted four
hours before.
Everything wss found 90 be 10 rather confusion, as
though they left in great h3e. Bsween forty and hiy
pieces OF hea7y artillery have been lsf IN their works,
after being Iissd tof ether with .srge amount Of AU-
Iuuon medical stores, camp eQlipage, tents aud pll
vs's property OF their ;G'tgTs.
6egTo who left IN states that the reb-
els hJeE args snocnt OF cTdnGIo s.ofes into tue
river 90 prevent lie i,lHug INTO err baHts.
Several drssFerJ have succeeded IA IL ming mo our
Iu,s O1e oC them, ver5 Intelligent IN n, irOm n ~
Y rk, VINO had been connto cd Wth The ordGsn,s d.
PAT rasnt ,ver since the Eo,ks a Tk'oSn were COS
o. stat t6sj Jhs Dls eTAnu1 ed tie sec owing
6p TO'oh OF our pSssIi Is oaE nm the i'm
ncass sac 20 l. OF Or men / al tney '"s-rd inr
.u-c=ss Of tie In on gu boats on the Y Hk enc
Ines river, b. ci suiCh treT o0mmuUicatioi
s'th The outer void void be oct Fl
ne c=ler sIs gwen 70 eVacuit- b. Gen. Joanpto
,u lnursd=y 20 commence tue following morning. Nhiea
U.s. scclrd1sly dOus
G.-crs! y, uJer Is said TO have most enormously
opposed 80 asu'e, stating dat II they could not
mp the deTsis here, there was no oth'r p!ao 10
yrgiaa y 1src they could he swore Ia de Pres"uo'
# MA mcu that this vas -, aid they ycoisr5uly
cheered rim 10 nrc,ns % h excited and completely
Zoe c4n'rol Of himself
Robert = lie command " lac e', arrived 81
,oN4 on Wciussds', .ai mi-utely examined tn
X O. AaC.laH WIN re is -uPprsed 10 have recon-
N 4 ths Abandonment OF The works, deeming them
a. enable.
TIE deserteTs IN azrsn in stStig that their troops
re verJ mucl Demo al a. and became dishclE;eaed
rhsn h crd, to retreat rai' rs they all antic
Dar,d asyi an eng comen "a this noiot The desert
Il agree iu s-y,g tha' re rebels bad 'ofo' ."
loo 600 men on the peninsula t0g thcr With some 400
li.cas 0. { ii srlieIy.
Frou ,ae best lilo nation received, tbey have fallen
a,cE 70 Chi,Eehomi,y creek, beyond williamsburg
shsre they sre eTcec'sd 10 make stand
Inmadis',iv after The fgh; Of the enemy becoming
uvr the troops ordered under arms and ara aow
ia motion from lie light and LET'S wings Of The army.
i.-se llre,, unde5 Cen so1enaH corEiFuug Of cvsry
7yry and i2iAntry, Ia he advance, ard VII pr' b.
l6F come lp with the Of the enemy before night, II
tasy ssoud remlin near Wi'liamstug
Our gur boats have passed above lorktoSn and are
aow sbel..2g the ahore on their Wsy ~ Fi'~ipg iac
gaubUais 70 lrEs steamer and her Transports loaded
;, h. troops zho will q G. a landing shove.
Only one man le!t in IoEEtoNc. aid he was nc
go.
cuJor the enemy maia works.
Tho oply casual that Orclrred was tue hii'nS G.
No men ard the dirg OF three by ths HPIo'lol o.
a COL Gsalsd sAfl within The rnenys works.
Zoe ueik5 are very extensive, aud sAoT that they
see dee cued BY srsnuai engineers.
A. Official sepCri iust made 70 head quarters shows
,ts the enemy slI y guns on The ToEzs at Gloucester
Point. TIE ordinaL stoFes were $50 III.
Another deserieT has l't come IN, and reports that
JsTqson nj. cane wiIu Gen. Lee on Wednesday lss'
AID afsra col saatOG with Lee and the mos; pronnett
officers a. we're agreed 70 tie evacuation tIsPt Geo.
Ssgruder.
f. il certain that the rebels received rtniOIceuents o.
steamers ir,u Redmond on Thursday but did not d
enbaIs them.
Tac eatays troops are badly deuo.ali2sd and they
ey csd symptoms Of mutiny account OF The retreat
IraIs tue iog If lauons, and all along the WI Jams
burg read OF Ehich they r5Ieang, they have bu-
red crpedces aud percussion shells, which are ocea
sio7ally exploding ard II jlriug parsons.
G neral Joseph J.hGslcns Baggage has lust been
captured.
p q Ls'brope, army telegraph operator, has been
morally vcuaGe BY the explosion OF torpedo Al
her torpedo attached 70 IS uca she'll has asi been
d,sc ovsrsd in tho Idegrsph tfi e.
FoBrE.ss aaNsoS, May 4 +. h-The news received
here tbs morning o. the evacuation Of jrktOSn took
every by surprise. Ear days VIC have had evidence
Of the Intention OF The enemy but sue evidence was not
arong enough % induce bes; Ga the srrIvSl OF the
nes. b,Te n quickly ciTcu7 ed RhOTe and through
the let, ARd the greatest 'itemenE vas maItSstod