Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-05-10

Noon Reports.
FROM MCLELLAN'S ADVANCE
BATTLE At WEST POINT.
UNION TROOPS VICTORIOUS.
Retreat OF the Rebels across
James RirGr.
THE MERRlMiC And MONITOR.
Panic i'm Norfolk.
EXCITEMENT AT FORTRESS MONROE.
THE ARMY BEFORE C0RINTH.
- O u THEIR NE w - :,
cONCR ESSIONAL.
From Washington.


WAsHINGroS, May "a special to the Tri-
The following dispatch is from the commander
OF a corps in our army i'm Yorktown Peninsula to
his wife in this city, dated at Wlliamburg, May
9th:
We had hard fight yesterday in front of the
rebel works covering this town. Gen. Hooker
kept Gen. Longstreet in check ill about p " =,
when Gen. kearny's division came into action,
and the enga cement continued Till after dark. A
moment before our reinforcements came the men
gave way, being out OF ammunition and We lost
some guns.
re afterwards recovered our ground AID held
II during the night. The rebels retreated at a.
NJ. We occupy their works.
Oar loss is about FIVE hundred killed and one
thousand wounded.
Our to-day's dispatches from Fredericksburg
contain little news OF Importance The mer-
chants of Fredericksburg, who are largely indebt
ell at the North, selling out their real estate
and personal property with the avowed intention
OF delrauding their creditors. ANONYMOUS letters
have been sent to nearly all the Union men of
Fredericksburg threatening their lives and prop
erty after our army leave.
Numerous guerrilla bands are mpressing Union
men.
The rebel pickeis no longer gallop through the
streets by night or day.
liable information OF the enemy's movements.
Teiegraphic communication between Freder-
icksburg and Washington completed to day
The following dated Williamsburg, May &, is
from Gen. Marcy:
Gen. Mcclellan OH the 9th instant. had a most
decisive victory. Only about 1900 of our troops
were engaged against 5000 of the best rebel
troops Our men fought most vaiantly and
used the bayonet freely. which the rebels could
mn sta hav thu al
cold steel. when they took to their heels and ran
like hounds, leaving dead, wounded and sick on
our hands.
Joe johnson led them in person. They have
lost several of their best officers.
The Heruld's correspondent gives the follow
ing account of he magnificent charge of Han
cocks brigade on the rebels
Scarcely an hundred yards we're between the
rebels and the guns, when our skirmish fire be-
came silent. The lines of the 9th Wisconsin
and 18th New York formed up in close order to
the right OF the battery, the long range of mus
ket barrels came to one level and one terrible
voey tore through the rebel line In moment
more, the same long range of muskets came to
another level. and the order to charge with the
bayonet given, and away went the two regiments
with one glad cheer. Gallant as our foes un-
doubtedly were, they could not sustain such a
charge. They advanced under fire OF a splendid
ly-served battery, and with a cloud OF skirmish-
stretched their front, whose fire was
very destructive, and ii after that the rebels had
not the nerve to meet line of bayonets that
came towards them like the spirit OF desolation,
it need not be wondered at. They broke and fled
in confusion.
One hundred and forty five were taken prison.
ers and five hundred wounded.
The Star says the Secretary of War has the
following taken from the special correspondence
OF the Baltimore American:
The divisions of Franklin and Sedgwick, num-
bering about 10000 men, have been landed at
West Point, twenty miles above Williamsburg,
at the head of York river, and the division of
General Porter is now embaraiug for the same
destination, together with the Rhode Island and
other batteries, and the river from Yorktox wi up
is lined with steamers and transports No doubt
is entertained but that they will intercept and cut
off the rebels unless they escape the James
river.
Captain Baily has arrived with dispatches to
the Navy Department from Commodore Farra
gut.
He brings number Of secession flags. inclu-
ding that of the Chalmette regiment and the one
which was hauled down from over the New Or
leans City Hall.
The dates are to the 29th ut at which time
Commodore Farragut taking every measure
TO secure the occupation of the forts along the
coast by Butler forces