The Van Buren press., 1912-05-04

| COrinth. Soldiers, can tHe re-
suit be doubtful? Shall we not drive
back into Tennessee the presumptu'
GUS mercenaries collected for our sub
jugation? One more manly effort and
trusting in God and the right OF our
cause, we shall gain back more than
We have lately lost. Let the sound OF
our victorious guns be re-echoed by
those OF the Army of Virginia on the
historic battlefield at Yorktown"
May 3, 1862.
The Nashville Union contained a
call, signed by $50 prominent citizens
assigning May 4 for a mass meeting
to take measures for restoring the re-
lations between Tennessee and the
United States OF America.
General Paine's division Of General
Popes Union force drove a smaller
force Of Confederates from Farming
ton, Miss,
Capt William Wilson Of the British
ship Emily st. Pierre was given an
ovation In Liverpool by merchants
and mercantile marines officers for
having recaptured his vessel from the
hands Of United States naval forces,
by whom it had been captured of
| Charlestown, S. c.
The Confederate forces evacuated
Yorktown during the night, leaving
their heavy ordnance and some equip
age, and withdrew up the peninsula
on the Williamsburg road.
The U. S. S. S. Santiago de Cuba
brought into the port Of New York
the rebel Confederate steamer Ella
Marley, captured on the way from
Nassau to Charlestown, s. c., loaded
with arms.
Jefferson Davis, president Of the
Confederate States OF America, pro-
claimed martial law over the counties
Of Lee, Wise, Buchanan, Mcdowell and
Wyoming Va.
May 4, 1862.
General Mcclellan reported to the
war office as follows: Our cavalry
and horse artillery came up with the
enemy's rear-guard in their intrench.
ments about two miles this side OF
Willlamsburgh. A brisk fight ensued,
Just as my aid left General Smiths
division of infantry arrived on the
ground, and ! presume he carried the
works, although | have not yet heard
THE enemy's rear is strong, but !
have force enough up there to answer
all purposes,
I'VE have thus far seventy-one guns,
large amounts Of tents, ammunition,
etc All along the lines their works
prove to have been most formidable,
and | am now fully satisfied Of the
correctness Of the course | have pur
sued
The success is brilliant, and you
may rest assured that Its effects will
be of the greatest importance. There
shall be no delay In following up the
enemy"
The English steamer Circassan was
captured by the United States gunboat
Somerset with cargo Of munitions Of
war, valued at half a million dollars
Rumors of foreign Intervention in
American affairs still continued. The
Paris correspondent OF the London
Daily News stated that the French
and English ministers at Washington
had received identical instructions to
attempt a moral Intervention, exclu.
slye OF the idea OF force.
A pontoon bridge was thrown across
the Rappahannock river at Fredericks.
burg and General Mcdowell and staff
of the Union army crossed over and
occupied Fredericksburg, notifying the
citizens TO that effect
The Confederate ram Mallory and
the Federal gunboat Cincinnati were
both sunk in naval duel near Mem
phis.
May 5, 1862.
II. NJ, Rector, governor Of Arkansas,
called upon the citizens OF that state
to take arms and drive out the
northern invader"
The Confederate Gen, J, u. Johns
ton, commanding the rear Of the Con.
federate army in its retrograde move
ment from Yorktown, made stand at
Willamsburgh and held General Nc.
Clelans entire army In check while
the Confederate army continued Its
march toward Richmond General
Johnston withdrew at nlghtfall, hav.
Ing accomplished his purpose,
General Butler, in command at New
Orleans, promised the Louisiana plant
ers that all shipments OF cotton and
sugar through that port would be Civ.
on the protection OF tho Federal gov
ernmont
General Drmont, with portions Of
Woodfords and Smiths Kentucky
Union cayasy, attacked a body OF
Confederate cavalry under Morgan
and Wood near Lebanon, Ky, The
Confedorates withdraw after a sharp
| nght,
The Confederate partisan fighter.
Jon Thompson, attacked and dispersed
company Of Union cavalry near
Dresden, Ky
The Confederates made an ineffec.
tual attack with eight gunboats on
tho Union feet at Fort Wright, on the
Mississippi river, Three Of their yes
sells were lost.
Copyright, 1919, by W, a chapmanD
FINALLY OPENED HIS EYES,