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NORFOLK AND PORTSMOUTH
CAPTURED.

BALTIMORE, May 11,-The boat from Old
Point, Just in, brings information that our
troops crossed to the Virginia shore On Friday
night. while the Rip Raps shelled sewalls
Point. 4 landing was made at WTi11oughby
Point, at the spot selected By President LII
coin On the previous day. lie WIGS among tic
first who stepped ashore. The rebels led st
The advance Of our troops, At latest adyices
from Gen. Weber, he was within three miles
Of Norfolk.
SECOND DISPATCH
WAsnISeroS, May 11.-The Navy Dcpart-
ment has received the following dispatch this
morning:
Fort MONROE, May l0-I2 o'clock,-Nor-
folk and Portsmouth are ours, including the
NAVY Yard Gen. Wool completed tie L1nd-
ing OF his troops this morning, and cons-
menced the march on Norfolk with 5000 men,
Secretary Chase accompanied the expedition.
About i've miles from the landing rebel bat
tery vas stationed on the opposite side
Of bridge, over Tanners Creek. At
ter feE discharges. the rebels burned
the bridge, which compelled Us to march
around five miles. At i o'clock when our
forces we're within q short distanceof Norfolk
they we're met b5 delegation of citizens and
the city formally surrendered. Our troops
marched IN and now have possession. Gen.
Fiele commands as Military Governor. Neither
the city nor the Navy Yard were burned.
Gen. Huger withdrew bis forces without q
tight.
Commander hogers's expedition IVES heard
from this afternoon, ascending James river.
Reports from Mcclellan arc faYosahla.
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FRQI WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON, May H.
Major Scott OF the Post 0flice Department.
carries to New Orleans six thousand fore;rn
letters, accumulated within the last two or
three months.
Dispatches from fredericksburg say that
Hrs. and Miss LunnicG were arrested to,aay
foF giving Information to the rebels, The
guards who made the arrest were fired upon
twice but escaped unharmed.
Deserters from Ietchcra6 artillery complain
OF hard treatment, and letter writers from the
Richmond army say they have been whipped
again and again, and wish themselves out of
the damned serape.''
Prince Napoleon writes that the cau5e ot
freedom and progress represented by the
North is closely allied with the same cause in
Europe Hence he takes lively interest in
the triumph over the South.
FntJ-one members OF The House, including
sevsraf Senators, among them SALISBURY and
Powell, Intended the oc9acy-resusclta,iur
caucus yesterday. Kellogg Was the only Re-
publican present. Dir. Crittcnden presided.
There was the usual talk about slavery.
Geueral Scott told Mr.. Washburne Of I'LL
"N~' ~~Se1@11 eAfat tl0 uaGhuUue u Tile TcpGt-
lion was to ,oe broken In May
Lieutenant Commanding Phelps, in a letter
from the Mississippi no.illa, says that the risk
OF pursuing the same tactics at Fort Wright
as at Island No. 10 is too great. They would
have to cope with carthWoIks and the rebel
hotilla at once. If our bouts were disabled.
Cincinnati, st. Louis and other river cities
would be at tie mercy Of the 1ehel aotilla.
TheJ Tcrs a'"aT= rea45 fefthc onen3's acvt
alone.
Taxes On raw cotton and slaves gain in
favor and nlll be strongly pressed in the Sen
ate.
It is understood that the Senate Military
Committee who hare returned from York
town, afterfu1l examination, cxhonerate Gen.
smith from charges ofintoxication.
4 sugar planter now in Cuba, writes to
ficnd here that he discovers leading iateIli
gent planters in favor Of gradual enancipa-
tion on the ground that Spain will be bu1liea
into it sooner or later, and she had better
control the policy herself. A committee pre-
scntea memorial to this effect to the Queen.
4 Lieutenant sud thirteen South Carolina
privates, and nine Virginia cavalry werc cap
tured il reconnaissance heir Fredericksburg
this morning.
special prayer meeting for the SUCCESS OF
the rebel cause is to be held in Fredericksburg
some time this week
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st. LOUIS, May 1O.-CoErcspondencc OF the
1t. Louis D!77zocyat, dated Batesviue, Arkan-
sas, says: The Union feeling, which along the
route to this place has been at a low ebb, las
displayed Itself in most gratifying manner
since the arrival Of General Cnrfis'e
army here. Men from the SURROUNDING
toWhs are daily comng in and arrsSs
ing themselves on the side Of the uld
Government. The day We reached here go
men came in from distance Of 20 miles to
congratulate lis on our arrival Large num-
6ers Of secessionists are voluntarily coming
forward and taking the oath of allegiance,
stating that the Southern Confederacy IS dead.
Many OF the townships are loyal to the core,
and il has only been the larger villages, where
tue noisy politicians have kept the thing alive,
that have overawcd the country people.
Arkansas lies prostrate al the feet of the
Goscrnmcnt. There are no rebel troops in
tie state except Coleman's jayhawkers and
some Texas regiments, said to be at Little
Rock. AL the steamboats, on the Arkansas
And White Rivers have been taken away by
the rebels to prevent them falling into our
hurds.
By order of Gen. Curtis, % slaves bc1oug-
Ing to Judge Marin, Of Polk Bayou, Ark,
cepturcd on the Sd IN Independence county
while being taken South by agents of the re-
he1l!o.;. have hren co-sfscai cd aud cmaucipat-
cd and allowed to go wherever they please.
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THE VERY LATEST NEWS,
MONDAY, 3 O'CLOCK 4. II,
on TO RICHMOND"
Army Within twenty Miles
of Richmond.
Farnsworth's 9th Illinois Cavalry
Leading the Advance.

FoRTnEzs MONROE, May 1L-NEw KEsT
G. H., 10th, r. M.--Pussuit Of rebels By Gen.
stone,nan has been, in every respect, SUCCESS
tai. His headquarters now here are Fl miles
from Richmond, while the adTnnee composed
Of Col. Far1,sworth's stA Illinois Cavalry is
five mics ahead. The enemy are in sight, but
are gradually falling back The inhabitants
in nearly every instance have left. It Is said
the rebels will make stand at Bottoms bridge,
Is miles from Richmond, and head-waters Of
Chickamominy river.
Gen. Mcclellan with the main army Is ram
idly following within few miles. Cuulbcr-
Iard, 8 small town on Pamuakey river, two
aid half miles from here, WAS destroyed by
the enemy, and is now occupied by ue. The
rear guard Of the enemy is Lougstrcet's di-
vision, consisting Of ten regiments Of infantry,
two batteries and one regiment Of cavalry.
There wes Ell engagement yesterday be-
tween our advance and the enemy's rear. at
6laser's Mills, three miles from here. Four
teen rebel cavalry were killed and number
captured.
Howell Cobb was here last night, but left
this morning. The cnemy's retreat has been
admirably accomplished, they carrying 81
most everything with them.
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7. S. FLAGSHIP MsSEeorA,
HA4s1oS RoADs, Nay ., 1861.
TO His ExeeueEcy. the President Of tic United
Sta;cE:
SIR: AgrceablJ to communication inst re-.
eeiFed from the Hon. E. u. Stanton, I have
the honor 10 report the instructions gave
yesterday to the officers commaudins
5lc several yessels detailed to open fire upon
seEai'5 Point where the object Of the
Lore was to aaeertain the probability Of land
duee tle works, Il it could be done so, that
1ilr wooden vessels should attack the 1rin-
elpal works, and that the Monitor
he accompanied By the Stevens
San=;atuk> should 90 up as far as the works,
and therg operate i'll front: On tho appear
the Monitor lad orders to fall back into fail
cisunei My, Eand only to engage her seriously
ili such d position. That ship, together With
the merchant vessels intended fer The purpose
Should lun her down, il an opportunity pre-
senicd itscf. The other vessels were not
Baltimore-a steamer Of draugnt high speed
AID with curved bow,--was Kept in the d.
r:stion Of the Monitor, expressly to throw her
sell across the AerFiaac, either fore or aft of
her plated house: but the afcrrimac did not
ei,Sase Inc Monitor, nor did she place herself
where shc could hare bsen assailed By our
ra!L-gessels to any advantage, or where there
vas any prospect whatever Of getting ut her.
MY Instructions were necessarily verbal, and
IN giving them supposed t1at was carrying
out your wishes in substance, if not to the LET
ter. The demonstration establishes the fact
on Scwall's Point bas been Essentially re-
duced, and is not greater now than
about seventeen, and that the number
Ct men nov stationed there is comparatively
limited. The quarters connected with this
work were set on fire by our slot aud shells,
and 10 doubt seriously injured
am very respectfully,
Your ob't servant,
L. II. GoLDsBoRoCGu.
Flag Officer, ComdSg Bloekading Squadron.
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gunboats and soldiers, towards whom they
manifested no II #i1 or bitterness Of feeling.
Onr Informant passed through General
Lovells camp at point called songapoa,
about 125 miles north Of New Orleans, On the
New Orleans and Jackson Railroad Muui-
tioos Of var, troops, provisions, &C., wcrc
lying about in the utmost confusion. They
were intending to join General Beaurcgard at
Corinth. People by thousands we're leaving
Fichshurg and Satchez for jackson, which
place Was crowded to oTerdo ring. There
Has an alarming scarcity Of provisions. Our
INFORMANT reached Memphis the I'd inst, and
left On the evening Of the 5tt, for !, point On
the Memphis and Ohio Railroad, II miles
south OF Humboldt Just before dispatches
we're received confirming reports that SIX
thousand troops had landed at New Orleans.
The citizens OF Memphis wefe satisfied that
upon the first determined attack on Fort Pi1.
low it would surrender. On the Hatchee
river, be1eT Fort Pillow and twenty five miles
from Its mouth. an Aid de Camp of General
Bcauregard Is experimenting the construe-
ton Of pontoon bridge, to faeilatc the re-
treat Of troops from the fort, in case ~ eyae-
uation becomes necessary. Our informant
thinks th2t II on the co6Eummation Of that
event, ganboat will run up tue Ratehee
river it will be able to destroy the bridge and
cut Oft their retreat.
Amiie and halt below Memphis, 4,op0
bales Of cotton arc piled ready for the torch.
rs socn as the t;al Fort Pillow is ascertained;
there arc also several thousand hossheads OF
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A"porkank IRON Ca11orn1a aud China.
San FRAsc1sco, April 8.-Thc steamer
Sonora has sailed for Panama, with 120 pas
sengers and $220,000 in treasure. for New
York, and $4,000 for England.
The Hong Kong F1css Of March 81, received
per Phantom yesterday, contains the follow
Ing summary Of China news:
There three great and simultaneously iude-
TaPings, the rebellion Of the Canal men, Sang
turg. north Of the Yang-te-kiang river, the
Same who murdered the missionaries Parkrr
snd Holmes, and the rebellion near Thibet.
from which it is argued that the Tartar dynss-
y Is being driven 10 the wall.
The iodpiugs, who took Mingho, main
tainod their agreement with the foreign Con
sul5 to respect private property, and 60 much
confidence has been instllled that the forelpn
trnde has doubled III importance. An 1mpe-
rial expedition is talked Of st Chesan, and IN
attempt at the taking Of Mingho. Imperial
Possession Of the river except TIC fort, cut
ting of supplies at Shanghai, to the twenty
third Of March. The Ja1pings had been driven
back; but are Devastating the surrounding
country.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 10.-Thc steamers
Brother Jonathan, Oregon and Panama. have
arrived from Oregon and British Columbia,
within two days, bringing &, 600 in treasure,
and dates to the seventh and fifth, Portland
and Victoria we're crowded with strangers
1ust arT1Ved from California on their way to
the mines. The best informed mea believed
half the adult population Of Oregon would
spend the summer In Salmon and contiguous
miuipg regions 500 men had aIready reach
cd thcee dfggings. Flour and all kinds Of pro7i-
6ions brought enormous prices. Gold was be-
Ieved to be abundant over great extent Of the
country. The British Colunbia mining sea-
son IVES opened unusually early, and sangnlne
people were anticipating for that country a
repetition of 1918 times in Catifornia.
Miners we're rushing to Coiboo, faster than
needed supplies eoald be furnished Seven
hundEed and fifty people have left sanFrancisco
this week By the oalY steamers that sailed for
Oregon and Columbia, Emigration IN than
direction fully equals the means Of. trans.
portation, and will doubtless increase foz
weeks to come. Private correspondence PEI
Phantom from Hon Hong, dated stst March,
says the Reconnaissance arrived on the 18th
inatant from San Francisco. Bringing dateG
from the Atlantic States to Februsry 5: Our
+ latest adviees per mail Wis S3ez, were Sher
bett IN JanRary, In future ne shall depend os
vessels from San FfauciEco for 1atest foreign
uews By the last steamer from Shanghai, W
were advised Of the organization Of steam
navigation company On the Yang Kiav, Will
0 capital Of 81 soc, 900.
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Ctr Urfhuue,
MONDAY, MAY 12, 1869,


Our readers could hardly desire more
ani better news than that which VIC
give th"n. Lis morning: The nER-
RIMAC Is BLOWN Up. NORFOLK
and PORTSMOUTH ARE OURS, without
firing gun p: McC1ellan's advance arc
WITHIN TWENTY MILES Of RICH
MOAD. and our AIISSISSIPPI FLO
Til4lA al Fort Pillow, have WHIPPED
the nEBEL FLEET, Including four rams,
Ind their force outnumhering ours two
10 one.-sinking two Of their gunbo&ts and
uue Ram, and the balance leaves IN hurry
he may call Ibis u brilliant days work,
furnishing material for whole column Of
history Thirty days ought to close up
this little Job on cur hands
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FROM FT. PILLOW,
II HKTEET4.fT .9.9E.zE
FIG MT.
A Rebel Ram Sunk.
TWO OF THEIR GUN BOATS
BLOWN Up.
FROM GEN. HAL LECK'S ARMY.
Brilliant Reconnoissances

Saturday May 10.
10 Htle*, Gidton sec7ttary Of tie 1Fary:
naval engagement, for which the rebels
nave been preparing, took plsce this MORN
ing. 4 rebel flect Of eight iron-clad
gunboats four Of them rams, came
up handsomely. The11hght listed four hours.
Two rebel gunboats we're blown up and one
sunk, when the rebels retreate5 precipitate1y.
Under the guns Of the Fort. Only two Of our
vessels we're engaged. The Ctnciunati sus.
taincd some injury from the rams. but will be
in fighting condition Tomorrow. Captain
stembIe distinguished himself and is seriously
wounded. The Benton is uninjnrcd.
The rebel squadron Is supposedt to be com
manded By Ho1lins.
[Signea,} C. q. DAVIS,
Coua'd'g. Miss. Flotin pro ten.
CAIRO, May 1l-NcWB from Gen, Haneck,s
army up to Saturday noon, uas received to-
day On Thursday Reconnaissance in force
from Gen. Paine's division went out from
Pennington towards Corinth. Four comps,
Of the 7th Illinois cavalry were In advance,
under command Of Maj. Aplington, and when
within one and han miles from Corinth, dis
covered two rebel regiments Of infantry in
position on both sides Of the road. An order
to charge was given, and brilliantly executed
By Maj. Arlington, who fell pierced by q bail
through the brain. -Four of our men Yere
slightly wounded, but the rebels ST. f1ered The
!: loss OF about thirty killed and wounded and
: four prisoners
| On Friday asuperior force Of rcbcls attack
! ed Gen. Paine, who had advanced his digis-
! ion two miles beyond Corinth. A sharp skir.
| mish ensued including about an hour. The
| rebels were reinforced and Gen. Painc ordered
| his men to fall back, which WAS done in good
order until they reached Farnington. Ou1
loss is stated at one hundred and fifty killed,
wounded md mlss1ng, but the rebel loss Is
undoubtedly much more.
Our. feet near Fort Pillow, under CON-
mand Of Capt. Davis, was STACKED early yes
terday morning by eight rebel gunboats, and
! VIC succeeded IN repulsing them afte,
an engagement Of one hour and ton minutes
sinking new iron-clad ram aud blowing u,
two Of their gunbosts. The ram endeayo.es
to run dorm and beard the guuboat Cincln
natl, Captain atemb1e, but was repulsod b,
throwing hot water from the steam battctie,
Of tho latter upon the boarders. The rebe
fleet then withdrew under cover Of he2y,
smoke which hung over the river, and ha
not since beeA heard tom. NJ
full particulars have been received
Illinois hospital boat City Of Alton arrive,
to-day from Pittshurg, in charge Of GOV
Yates. She goes to st, Louis, and has betwee,
500 and 600 aick on board Judge Moses, prl
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From CharIeaton via EAsaau--The
Rcte1a Expecting AtsaeR-FortS Sum-
ter Detiant---Fe6sels HuAnIng the
Blockade.
NEw ToRK, May 10.-Eassau papers at the
3Dth ult., contains neus from Charleston, OBJ
tained from rebel schooue1s which had run
the blockade. H. Adderly appears to be the
general agent for all secessiondon at Nassau.
The Cha1lestouians we're expecting to be
attacked soon, and considerable excitement
prevailed there. Business Has almost en-
tirely suspended. Forts Sumter and Moultrie
were being furnished with heavy guns, and
there WIS general uneasine6s-the result Of
the successes Of Mcclellan at Yorktown.
Five schooner3 had arrived at Nassau from
Charleston, with cotton aud tuEpentine. The
steamship Ore, With arms, &C, arrived on the
2sth ult>, from Liverpool, aud The steamship
SEeetau arrived on the a84h with an assorted
ca5go, both to AdderleF & Co.
The steamer Kate had also arrived from
Charleston With cotton consigned to Adderly
Co. Her adviees state that the people Of
Charleston we're in suspense about New Or
leans, as the telegranhic communication had
suddenly ceased
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Fire In the Anhnr~ xs-

ArBrRs, n. T., May 10-A fire brote mt
In tue cooper shoe Of tue Auburn State Pdson
It 9 o'clock last erening, destroying that thst
building and i large amount Of stock and
tools Belonging to the cooper contractors,
Messre. e. Miller Il Co. The prison Is hut
little damaged. The loss to the State In the
destruction Of the shop will amount to about
$4,000. The loss to the contractors Is ab3ut
$4,000. The citizens Of Auburn and The CON
71cts In the prison worked manfully to nre-
rent The fire from spreading. There Was no
fnsn7ance On any Of the property.
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WASHINGTON, May 1.-THE following dis.
patch has been received at the War Depart
ment:
FORTRESS MONROE May 11.-To ]. H. Wat
son, Assistant Secretary Of War: The MEg.
R1MAC WAS BLOWN UP by the rebels
about o'clock this morning. The Monitor
Naugatuck and gunboats have gone toward.
Norfolk,
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HOW NEW ORLEANS wAS TAI

HOW NEW ORLEANS WAS TAKEN.
Our readers Will find in to-aay's TR1-
BUsE. highly interesting narrative Of the
buu,haEdmcut Of Forts jackson and St.
Philip on the Mississippi, By our feet ,in-
de: Commodore Farragut, and how they
were finally passed. The gallant Tag
officer, who ought to be created Admiral
concluded 10 spend 10 more time in be-
sicging the forts that guarded the rircr ap-
preach TO the great Southern commercial
emporium; but boldly to run the gauntle'
steam past them and move Oh to New Or
leans,
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From WaAblnxtoH

WASHINGTON, May 10.-As our Government
vas prompt in making restitution for the ilic-
gal capture Of the British ship Pezthenesy By
our hloskad.pg squadron, it is presumed that
the British Government will not hesitate to
testose Lhe ship Emile St, Pierre, In accor-
daoce with the demand Of Minister Adams.
An army medical eonrd will assembl. in
nation Of applicants Tor admission ;nto tbe
medical corps OF the army. Applicants must
be oetween twenty~one and tEenty-eioht
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FROM WASHINGTON.

. Especial Dispatch to the Chicago Tr1buuc.1
WASHINGTON. MAy 10. 1853
The Senate yesterday rejected long list Of
naval nominations restoring the officers who
resigned before the war to their former rela-
Tive positions, On the ground that it wouid
work injustice to those always remaining in
the service.
Returned prisoners from Richmond say that
"eek ago large meetings were held to de-
coe whether OF not to burn the city property,
sno business men were against It, but the tia
fsn were Tor destroying the city. Prisoners
thlnk tho artillery, after being ahipped South,
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LOUISVILLE, May ll.-14s OF Morgan's cav
airy at noon to-day, captured forty-eight
freight aud fsur PASSENGER CARS and loeomo-
tire at Cave City, Ky.
Aorgan supposed Tie train would contain
operator at Gave city, ho#ever, gave notice
OF these facts to Bowling Green and stopped
the upward train. Among the captured Fed
erals we're Mais> Helveh and Cato, both Of
WooI{ozd's cayalry, sud one other Federal
officer and three or four soldiers. The rebels
burned ali the above cars except two and 3
locomotive which brought the passougers to
J,onis1i}tf
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THE SktRMlSn AT MONTEREY,
TENNESSEE,

MONTERREY, THss., May 10.-Dcscrtcrs tom
Louisiana regiment in the Ekirmish yester-
Day, just arrived, say the rebel force was 81,
COO strong under Bragg, Van Doru, Hardee
and Price, with 30 pieces Of artillery. Their
purpose Was to oEer~helm and drive our left
wing to the Tennessee river. Their loss was
very beaeF both In officers and mea. Our loss
was 80 Killed and about 10 wounded. All
quiet in front. Weather clear and pleasant.
The army Is pushing ahead slowly,
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4 Missouri Bridge Burner on Trial at
ST. Lout6EHa R1eAd& ,1uKkfdcRffoux

ST.. LOUIS, May 10.-Absa1om Hicks, pris-
oner Of var. some time since captured IL the
viciuity Of Sturgeon, on the line Of the North
AissonH Raliroad. was yesterday agraigned be-
bHdgc-hurutBg. When taken there w&a found
il bis possessions written commission from
Sterling Pfice's Ad}utaat Generals, assuming
to authorize the ssid Absalom to burn o. oth7
er#ise destroy a1y bridge o. bridges On the
North Missouri Railroad Hicks plead gu,lsy
urged that In burning bridges he acted In ac-
cordance with the explicit lnsh huctiona of his
superior officer. The Commission baaL not
yet paeeed sentence In the case.
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From Gen. Frezaont,N Army.

Tue reported capture Of ArnoIdsburg by
the rebels Is contraaicted- Their subsequent
lsy. The Telegraph line to Schenk's division
Is cut News has arrived that our forces aee
at Franklin, and that the armies Of Fremont
and Sehenck have saved Gen. Mlroy.
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Arrival er a: Prize Schooner.

NEW YORK, May 10-The prize schooner
Flash, arrived here this afternoon having been
captured of Priee's Inlet while trying to =an
the blockade, Fthe bark Restless Her crew
run her ashore. set her on fire and escaped.
but our boats boarded her, e1tinguished the
flames, aud lowed her of. She had Bsitfsh
colo1s. and cleared from Nassau n. F., for
New York
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The Fifth Michigan at williamsburg.
PHILADELPHIA, May 1.-THE Fiah Michi-
gas regiment at the battle OF Wizliamaburg,
bad g Killed aud LIS wounded. Among tie
killed is Lieut. Jas. A Running, OF Co. G.
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The Charge Of DrunHeun Against
Gen. smith U1frHe.
WASHINGTON. May l0.-Tha Military COM
mites returned to-day from yorktown. II Is
understood theY arc satisfied that the charge
OF Drunkenness against Gen. Smith is uutr1 1e