Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-05-06

Bionally answered them all last evening" and up 10
IL O'Clock lively firing was kept up: About that
quite altogether. We fred one or two more bat
terles on them, but got no answer. About a. m.
building in Yorktown was fred, and Prof.
Lowe and Gen. Hein,zeiman again went up and
found II uas their storehouse az Yorktown wharf
At daylightthey reported the forts empty
At a. N. we occupied Yorktown, without
again being freG on Werode through the works,
and found the tuemv's guns nearly all remaining
spiked ard d smounted. BY the side Of the river
battery were large piles OF ammunition and DOW
der, balls and shells, never having been used.
About eighty guns are in Yorktown, which is
surrounded bY semicircle Of earthworks, all con-
structed to cover one another. IL has been very
formidable position, but must have eventually
yielded, could we have got around them.
The gun we saw dismounted the other day we
learn, killed and wounded fourteen rebels The
fort has been occupied by the LIST Battalion New
Orleans Artillery, S.h and 18th Alabama 10th and
1ith Louisiana, 18th and 18th Georgia regiments
Grove, four miles from Richmond, and left the
fort at midnight rear guard was left, who
waited for our appearance, and then left in the
greatest haste. We conversed with two deserters
who left their regimen. IN Williamsburg al day
light. They say that the whole rebel army Ia In
panic. ..E.
Prof. Lowell balloon was run in front, and
found their reaf guard at a. m. four miles out
Gen. Mcclellan ordered ont the artillery and
cavalry, and is pushing after them at full speed
All OF our gUn6oats came up at nine and landed
dtUlCucestPr. WHO rdlSe0 The United
States flag amid cheering that could be heard
across the river. The boats all then left and at
this moment are running up the York river,
shelling both sides of the river.
Flour in abundance YVES left, and large quaint.
ity Of meat, salt and fresh. All their tents have
been left. No horses and wagons were seen
We saw a numder OF the shells fred from our
Parrot guns lying all around the fort and In the
rear Reports concur In saying they have a mob
OF about one hundred thousand men, i'll fed dirty
and disheartened.
The news OF the fall Of New Orleans had been
received several days go, and was known through
the camps The road from Yori town to Hamp-
ton, on which we were encamped, was guarded
by Fort Magruder, mount ng large number OF
guns, and arranged 10 fire from all sides Part
OF these were taken away, the rest were spiked
and left. Some CT their works are well built and
well laid OUT others are wretched. Work was
ended upon them on Friday mig ht, and the slaves
nothing behind with which they can make a
stand. Last night their camp fires all along
were the same rs usual. The deESe woods along
the Peninsula enabled them TO leave without be-
ing seen by the balloon.
IL is reported that the last men were seen 10
leave Yorktown at half past four (4kl O'Clock
this morning. The large guns Of the ReDels were
mostly cOiumbiads, taken from the Norfolk Navy
Yard. Some OF thsm had been quite recently
mounted, the oerricks, ropes, &c remaining
with them. The Notifications, although Of the
roug hest character, are very formidable, being
surrounded by deep gOrges, across which Ii is
almost i'm possible to pas