Smyrna times., 1862-04-10
Gen Mcclellan Before Yorktown with
the National Army.
GEN. MAGRUDER IN YORKTOWN WITH
10000 REBEL TROOPS.
Some Of the Rebel Outworks Carried.

The War Department has given forth sum.
mary of the intelligence received from the
neighborhood of Yorktown. On Sunday the
enemy's works were examined and found to be
strong and the approaches difficult. There
was sharp firing upon our right, but it is said
no harm done. Another dispatch says that some
OF the ontworks had been taken, bat that The
city could not be taken without a siege OF sew.
eral days Gen Wool states that the rebel
Magruder has 10000 men, On the afternoon
OF Sunday Shipping Point was taken, and the
gunboals had sheled out the water batteries
Resistance had been made by the enemy at our
crossing Of a creek, and several casualties oc-
CURED.
The National Intellig encer says that Gen
McClelan's army cODfronts the enemy's line
OF defence, which extended from Yorktown to
James river.
An artillery engagement had occurred with
Magruder's battery at Wlnn's Mill, near James
river, and another with the battery at Lees
MILL two miles from Yorktown.
The first shell from Magruder's battery killed
three men in the 7th Maine Regt., but 200
shells afterward thrown did no injury whatever.
LATEST.
The Secretary of War received letter from
was dene at Yorktown up to 2 P. M, Monday,
except making preparations to attack the forli.
fcatlons. AT the same time also the Merrimac,
Yorktown, jamestown and four tugs were lying
at Craney Island.
Six gunbOats are anchored off the mouth of
Wermley Creek.
No mere troops are reported as wounded or
dead, the infantry not having been engaged.
mn
Later intelligence from The scene Of General
Burnsde.s operations is received. by way of
Fortress Monre. II was reported at Newbern
that the rebel commander had ordered Gen.
Burnside to evacuate that city within six days,
and that he had returned answer that he would
meet the rebel commander at Goldsboro' and
Raleigh. Extensive preparations Tor the siege
of Fort Macon were in progress, and already
several shells had been thrown into the works.
| A dispatch from Flag Officer Foo.e to Secre.
tary Weles announces the discontinue Of the
rebel floating battery at Island No. 10. The
| gunboals Benton. Cincinnati and Pittsburgh,
with three mortars, concentrated their fire
upon it, aud after a bombardtneHt continuing
about an hour, during which severel shells
were landed upon it, the machine was cut loose
from it's moorings and foated two ar three
miles down the river, out Of range. The Com.
saws that the shells continued to be dropped on
teries on the Tennessee shore, while the return
FIRE of the rebels has no effect.
The storeshp Supply has arrived from War.
saw Sound, below Savannah. on the 10Th ult
Everything at that time was in readiness fol
the bombsrdmsnl of Fsrt Pulaski, aUd on The
3Oth heavy cannenadng was heard 10 that di
rec,ion. 1t was reported that the residents o
Savannah had advanced their offer for the re
lease of the beleagured garrison to 100000
The troops ordered to Kansas some tim,
since for the Lane Expedition" are nov
; being sent to other and more active fields o
operation, For some weeks they had been col
, lected at Fort Scott, but at last accounts the]
had been divided into nearly equal portions
!. to reinforce Gen. Candy, in New Mexico. an,
!. Gen. Curtis, at Pea Ridge.
A dispatch from Gen Wool TO the Secretar
of War says that the MerrimGc is 10 the doc
?" at Norfolk, loaded with coal, and will come ou
OF the dock with two more guns, one of lsrg
= calibre. He adds. de not believe the arm
of the Potomac will have many troOpsto cor
. tend with. a -
%! IL 10 ssid that the wsmen Of Charleston al
e-+tt" ~ $3.50