The New York Herald Newspaper, May 5, 1862, Page 1

-Pempany A, Fortioth New York:— THE NEW YORK HERALD. WHOLE NO. 9369. : NEW YORK, MONDAY, MAY 5, 1862 PRICE TWO CENTS. os : ~ = YORKTOWN BVACUATED. TH E E Flight of the Amy. Occupation of Their Immense Works | yyy by General McClellan. me CAPTURE OF GLOUCESTER. | Rebel Our Gunboats Gone York River. \ “AN Our Cavalry and Flying Artillery, Supported by Infantry, Pur- : suing the Rebels. 3 Ammunition, Camp Equipage, Heavy Ordnance Abandoned by the Insurgents. THE NEW REBEL LINE OF DEFENCE: THE CHICKAHOMINY, &e. &e., &e. Waswxc Ton, May 4—12:20 P. M ‘The following report has just been received from Fortress Monroe:— Yorktown was evacuated last night. @ur troops now occupy the enemy’s works. ‘The onemy left a largeamount of camp equipage and guns, which thy ‘eGuld not destroy for fear of being | meen. B 8 SANTORD, Military Supervisor. Heavquarreas ARmy oF Potowac, May 4—9 A.M. } ‘To Hon. E. M. Srawron, Secretary of War:— ‘We have the. ramparts. ‘We have guns, ammuvition, camp equipage, &c. We hold the entire Ine of his works, which the ongi- ‘meers report as being very strong, Thave thrown ali my cavalry and horee artillery in pur- ‘eanit, supported by infantry. I move Franklis’s « tvision and as much more as I can transport by water up to Wert Point to-day. Mo time shail be lost. ‘The gunboats have gono up York ri omitted to state that Gloucester is also in our posses- oben. Tahal push (re enemy to the wall. @. B. MoCLELLAN, ‘Major General. Forrness Mownon, bay 4—4P. M. ‘Hon. Eowm M. Srarton, Secretary of War:— ‘You, no doubt, Bave been inform d by Gen. MoCiellan, that bia troops are im Yorktown. JOHN E. WOOL, Major Goneral. Whe Press Despatches. Bgapquanrens, Anmy oF Tux Potomac, May 4—10 A. M. ‘This morning at five o'clock your correspondent en- ‘tered the enemy’s works, which the rear of their army deserted four hours before. Everything was found to bo tm utter confusion, as though they left in great haste. Between forty and fifty pieccs of heavy artillery have Been left in their works, after being spiked, together ‘with a large amount of ammonition, medical stores, camp equipage, tents, and private property of their officers. A negro who was left in the town states that the rebols threw a large amount of ordnance stores into the river fo prevent its falling into our hands. ‘Soveral desertera-have euceseded in running into our Hines, One of them, a very intelligent man, originally from New York, who has been connected with the rebel @rdnance department ever since the works at Yorktown Rave Deen constructed, states that the rebels evacuated id @wing to the near approach of our parallels, covering the immense siege works of our mon; that they feared the @uecess of the Union:ganboats in the York and James rivers, by means of which their communication with the euter world would be-cut off, ‘The order was given to evacuate by General Johnston m Thursday, to commonce the folllowing morning. ‘which was accordingly done. Geve:al Magru.ter is said te have most strenuously opposod the meas stating ff they could not whip‘the federals hero there was no ‘@ther place in Virginia where they could; that hesworo ‘m the presence of his men, who vociferously choored ‘htm, losing complete control of himself. General Rovert B, Lee, rebel Commandsr-in-Chirf,‘ar- rived at Yorktown on Wednesday, and minutely ceanined she works of General McClellan, when he is supposed to hate recommeniied the abandonment of the rebel works, deeming them untenable. ‘The deserters all agree in stating that their troops were very much demoralized and disheartenea when tho -erder to evacuate was made public, as they all antici pated having an engagement at ‘that point. They also agree that the rebels had one hundred thousand men on the penii together withtfour. hundred picocs of Gelrt artillery. From the best information reccived they have falien Back to Chickahominy creek, ‘beyend Williamsburg, vwhere it is expected they will make a stand. Immediately on the facie ef the evacrat on becoming known, the troops wore ardered under arms, and ary «mew inmotion from the right and Joft wings of the army. A large force, under commandof General Stoueman, consisting of cavalry, artillery and infantry, are in the .@dvanee, and will probably come up with the rear cf the r@nemy beforeaight, if thoy remain near Williamsburg. ‘Tho gunboats bave passed above\Yorktown, and are mow.abelling tho shore on the way.ap. ;Hollowing them iwa lange steamer and vessels doaded with troups, who owill effect @ jlandiog—probably Gen.,Frankiia’s division, Magredor swore he was ‘‘not aftaidof NcClelian, if Lee cons,” and that #f he could not auccossfully fight bim (here he could now? «i ‘Only, que man wos loft in Yorktown,.ayd ko was a ogre. General Jameson sed Colonc! Samual Black were the emt to onter.the onemy’s main works. Tha only, cagnalty het occurred was theyailling of two men.and wounding of thneo by the explosion of & concealed bell withinaho enemy's works, The following are thelr mames. They delonged w Fimapqcaxrers Axay Or THe Potomae, May 4, 1862. It tcorlain that the rebels received reinfureements by steamers from Richmond on Thursday last, but did not disombark them. Their soldiers aro badly demoralized, ‘and-eyidenco symptoms of mutiny on account of the re treat. * Inside-of the fortifications and along the Williamsburg road,on which they aro retreating, they have buried torpedoes and percagsion shell, which are occasionally exploding and injuring persons " General Joseph Jobnston’s baggage has just been cap- ‘wired, D. ®. Lathrop, telegraph operator, has been mortally wounded by the explosion of a torpedo. Avother torpedo, attached toa thirtoen inch shell has jost becu discovered in the telegrap’ office. Wor Special Army Correspondence. Camp Near Yorutows, April 2), 1962. Great Delight of the Troops ow Receiving the News from New Orleans—Signs of a ‘‘Skedaddle’’ by the Rebels, he ‘Tho news of the capture of Now Orleans has just Teached us. The troops are wild with delight, as they se that it must have the efiect to dampen the ardor of the foo before us. Should thie army succeed, as thoy mont, inal foating the rebels in their line of fort ifeations on this peninsula, Halleck's triumph fm the South, with New Orleans im .eur possession, as a basis for increased offensive operations, it is hard to perceive how the bogus government of Jeff. Davis can continue its even present sickly exis ence To-day our batteries frem left to right have beon play- ing at Intervals upon the enemy, without, up vw this time, receiving a return of the compliment. From the ‘unusual #lenco manifested by the rebels, it is believed by many here that they are evacuating at least their nearer !inw of forte ‘Tho Hftect of the Nows. Fortress Mownom, May 4, 1962 ‘The news rece!y o# here this morning of the evacuation of Yorktown took everybody by surprise, For sume days we have had evidence ofthe intention of the enemy, ‘dul it Was not strong enough to induce belief. On the ar rival of tho news i¢ wae quickly e¢irculated on shore and through the feet, aud the greatest excitement was manifested. Wasuweron, May 4, 1862 ‘Phe inte: ce Of the ovaduation of Yorktown has oo- @anioned mingled surprise, cvoitement and rojoicing, end Intepeified the public sou! ohear farther reepecting the movemenis of the Army of she Potownc, Some of (bose who mest freely critigize afairs im that George BieFariang. rT quavier dad predicted (his event, The friends and oppo. Mich vo) MoDermaots nenty of General MoCloilan diifer widely in apiaion, while WouNDED, othert are Cisporod 40 wait and judge tho. merits of the ‘ porgonn' James Smith, Frederick Sketok arid Lawnanee | M**tlor by dhe reacts, ‘Burns. ‘The works are very exiensive,and show that they wore designed by scfentific engineers. An official re,Wwrt just wade to headquarters shows that the enemy left sevenly-one guns on lhe works. At Gloucester Poi, the guns and ordoance stores wore also loft Another dorertor hus 4st come in, and reports that Jeff. Davis come with Lee ™ Wednewtay last, and after a consultation with the most prowinent officers, alt agrer’ to the evacuation exerpt Mogruders + Whe Howling of the AboliGomisss. Wasmncror, May A, 1862. ‘The aewe from Yorktown thie eveniig has produced Wiki excikemont Tho ovacustion of the positsan by the rebels hae akon 0 Macil the arrt- vel oF this intellig ANB) MeCteilan faction HoKaved thaMéhe rebel dofences at Yorktown would bo carried only by’ & moat desperate ttrog@le an | with jovmenne lowe of life, They rbaved Gea MeCiolien Without stint for allowing the a.%bels to fortiry (ho PeMINSLIA, aud openly predicted the deat of our VACUAT The Flight of the Rebel Army---Strategic . Esronry QUES BA army there. They insisted that Gen. MuDoweilshould be assigned to a separate command, in order that he might go to Richmond with some portion of our army, as it was utterly impossibie for Genoral McCiellan to advance a single inch without the risk of Josing his whole army. ‘To-night, with astonishing versatility, these samo men are ridjeuling and denouncing McClellan for having driven the o1 jandred thousand rebols from their iatrench menis without a battle, and accomplished tho capture of Yorktown without the toes of thousands of lives. Now they profers to have known all the time that there was no rebel army at Yorktown, and that McClellan might have gono on to Richmond long ago without a contest. With singular inconsistency, however, they assert that the rebels have only fallen back to Willfamsburg, and that it was always intended by (hein that tho great bat- te of the campaign should be fought there. It is do- ciared that information was received long ago (hat the #trongest rebel works are at Williamsburg, and it is theip intention to make their stand at that poiut, out of reach of ow gunboats. These bloodthirsty radicals, who can- not appreciate a victory unless won at the expenso of thousands of kitled and wounded of the Union soldiers, may and will probably find that they have failen back from their position in regard to Yorktown only to be more severely mortificd by the failuro of their predictions as to Williamsburg. The opinion of tho best informed mon here js that the abandonment of Yorktown is virtually an abandon:nent of she contost on the part of the rebels, and a preliminary to the disbanding of their Ensternavmy. If they cannot mako a stand at York- town they can do so nowhere else. At that point their defences were complete. Warwick river, with its natu raland artificial obstractions to the advance of an army left them only about a mile and a bait to deferd bo. tween it and Yorktown. It would have been necessary for tho whole of General McOlellan’s army to pass through this narrow gap in their advance, Both flanks of the rebel army were perfectly protected by the defences at the mouth of James river on one side,and by the fortifications at Yorktown and Gloucester Point on the other, To turn the left flank of the rebel army it was necessary for General MeCiellan to land 4 force in Mob Jack bay and attack the fords at Gloucester Point in the rear Preparations for this movement had been made, but it involved desperate fighting, whilo the grand asanault wae going on in frout to force the defences between Yorktown and the sluice of Warrick river, Tm falling back to Williamsbarg they leave their loft flack cutirely exponed to a flank or even a rear: attack trom our forces from some point on York river, where they may be landed wader cover of a half dozen of our gun- ponte, Aftor Yorktown thore is no spot on the penin: sula where the revels can have half the chance for a suc- cornful défence; besides, there is no better position 40 which they can retreat. Richmond, with ita three kines of circumyailation, is @ mere earthwork to the defeness at Yorkiown, and may be assailed simul- taneously on o!| sides by @ combination of the Union force® Row éhreaten ng it. Those who have studied most closely the pasition regard the evacuation of Yorktown as an abandonment of the rebellion in arma in the Bast, and rejoice thet it has been attwined without the immense wrs of life and blood that wae anticipated. It makos tho victory of General MoCellan ten times more glori- us Atvat it was bloodless Sho Fadival bowlers arc, Loveyver, Maguating tbo poo ION OF YORKTOWN. Points Around Yorktown and Richmond. | se WATERS & S0AL, pie by the violence of ther barangues and denuncia- tions in hotel corridors and at street corners. The peo- vie and the government rejoice that the end has beon so quickly and easily attained. It might have been done a week ago with the joss of five thousand valuable Ifves, 1t was done to-day without the loss of a single one. THE LINE OF THE CHICKAHOMINY. {From the Richmond Examiner, April 23, Republished from the New Yorx Heap of May 1.) ‘The clouds of war thicken each moment. The encmy are pouring large forces into the Valley of the Rappa- hannock from several directions. McCleilan is reportet to have despatched a body of troops up the Rappahan- nock from the bay to reinforce McDowell's division at Fredericksburg. A citizen of Fauquier, who arrived yesterday, reports a large army as advancing from War renton. Goneral Jackson is said to have fallen back from the valley to Gordonsville before Banks, who fol- lows after him with a column of about thirty thousand mon. if Banks and McDowell should combine their divi- sions, which is probably their purpose, Richmond would be threatened from the direction of the Potomac with sixty thousand men. Our government has ordered heavy reinforcements to mvet these approachifig columns, and it is very probable that 6 decivive ballle may be fough: north of Richmond before thaton the Peninsula has transpired. Our best fighting generals have pursued the policy of giving the enemy a fleros fight before falling back under the pressure of superior forces. ‘This was the tactics of Jackson at Win- chester; and if ho is let alone, will doubtless be his tactics again before failing back behind the line of the Chickahominy. ‘The effort of the enomy will doubtless be to effect a junction of his forces wnder Banks and McDowell somewhere in the county of Louisa or Caro. line, Wo suppose it will be necessary for General Jackson to withdraw until he ean get both of these columns in bis front. This done, the jnetinets of the man will, doubtiess, induce hit to offer a battle, Our Corinth ts on the Chickahominy, and ow Shiloh somewhere in advance in Caroline or Louisa, We shout not be surprised at hearing within a week of a fierce battle on this advanced thealre, wherever i may be. We augur well Mr the result of any engagement that may come off in that ragion of country. The enemy will ve far from hiv water base of operations, He will ‘be compelled to meet us On oqual terms im every respect except his superior numbers, and wo can manage protty heavy odds of these. A soldier aecounted in ier's satisfactory way for our yielding at last in ome of our moet important battles, He said we whipped them the best part of the timo, andsas long as we could fight, and we sould have whipped them afl the time if they had not ‘out reinforced” watil there was no end to them. ‘Thy got the better of usen the second day at Shiloh, simply by this procers of out reinforcing” us, whieh their proximity to the river enabled them todo. If they come in upon us as far as Caroline or Louisa, they will be 60 far from their water transportation that this favorite plan of ‘ out reinforeiog " will be impractica- blo. Whatever odds they open the battle with, those odds only will they hold against us, The men that ight and avo whiywed one day, will Rave to fight and be whipped the next Wr they renew the encounter, 4 whipped army will not rest while a fresh army comes forward to engage our troops, worn and weary witha day's exertion and excitement, as on other occasions. It iz not for us to diculge the number of our own troops that are concentrating on the lines north of Richmond. Suffice it to say that we believe them to be ample to withstand Gnd repulse the enemy. There is this further encouraging feature of the campaign in that direction—namely, that both Generals Jackson and Ewell have the repa- tation of being fighting generals. Earnest and vigorous work on our side is all that is wanted. Dispute every mile of the road, sell every foot of territory for blood, is the true tactics. The sage policy of the back track may do very well at times, and the virtue of spades and sand bags may be very great in the proper place; but here is &@ campaign in open field, where numbers will not be greatly unequal, aud whera neither side has had time for engineering and dirt digging. That country, too, offers many battle folds; and, 9) (hiv war at last must de decided by battles, better tliat they sliomid be fonght promptly and bravely thay postponed to more conve- nient seasons and localities. If Richmond is to fall by the want of valor in troops or conduct in gonorals, it may as well fall this month as the next; and if tho enomy is to be driven, beaten and disgraced from our soil, far better that it should be done when they have freshly entered than after they have ruined the country by a long occupation of it, We lose more by delay than they do. Their expenses goon, whether their armies are within our territory or hanging upon our borders. We lose thousands of dullars in value every day tho marauders remain inour midst. strat of the back track is a very costly one to us, Itexhusia the pocket. it crashes the heart of the country. The wear and tear of feeling it entaiis is fear- ful. It protracts the work of ruin, it intensifies and pro longs indefinitely the agonies of exile, which is the citt- yen's living death. Invasion should be the signal of bloody and desperate work—of flerce oncounter and wrathful blows—uot of cold strategy an: impossible offiial policy. NEWS FROM THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI, The Latest Direct from the Passes— Movements of General Butler, Major General of the Gulf. FeapquaRtaes, DaeartwEnt of Tum Gute, Sure Isanp, Apri! 13, 1862, ‘ tho Hon, B. M. Stanton, Secretary of War:— ‘Sir—1 have the honor to report my safe arrival at Ship Taland on the 2ist of March, aftor a serios of casualties, sot forth in my last report from Port Reyal, to the Gener al commanding the army, but from thence had-no further accident. For three days after my arrival a storm prevented the landing of either troops or stores. Upon consultation with Flag Officer Farragut, I was informed by him that he would probably be le to move iy seven days. Accordingly, by dint of the most strenuous Miavor of my troops, day. and nigh, 1 had embarked — an ready for embarkation six thousand of my best men to ‘this operation ‘a force judged to be eafficient for the advance—to be at once pia ot by the remainder of my disposal “e. After wailing four days with (roops on shipboord, | learned from Flag Offcer that the storie and low wa- ter at the bar had prevented. bie gotting hig ship iato porition. For sanitary reasons I dine ba: Kod the troops, fod shall re-embark to-morrow, and shill sail for the head of the passes, when J am informed that the navy will be ready for operations, I have pleasure i reporting the safo arrival of all the troops aesigned 0 this department. The last regi- ment from the North arrived last night—the Connec- ticut Thirwenth Volunteers—except Nims’ battery, the only drilled corps of artiliery given me, which bad for coue unexplained reagon been de ained at Fortress Mon- roe, During my enforced delay by shipwreck, Gener he had sent away both the Constitution and Fulton » that I am much crippled for transportation ; but where there is @ wil there isa way; and Igha.} be able by means of sailing vessels under tow to make my way up the Mississippi. But for ult: rior movements on he Oast, One, at least, of these sieamers will be of (ha | Jas nese: sity a8 well as sever. 1 light drought steamers, ) for which I had made oq) isitions on the Qiartermmaster General. In the meantime, | have sent a reg mont and a section of a battery under the direetion of Major Strong, iof of Staff, to co-operate with the navy, '0 \eraan logy for’ an insult to our tlag of wue sent an errand of mercy with a shipwrecked r,a8 well as to destroy thi ion of avegiment my at Pass Christian. : a8 gal- Jantly performed and the prover aj at Biloxi. ‘The (own surrendered into our bands, and the rebels af Pass Christian—an equal force, with four pieces of artile lery—driven tvom their camp, whch, with its materials, was burned, No lives were lost, and only two of our mea wore wounded, Itrust my next despatch, by the first opportuuity of sending by a mail sieamer, will give an account of a larger, aud ag avecossful an operation. 1 think it due to tho good coudyet of the brave men of the expedition (ask to haye published the general ordor upon that subject enclosed. have the honor to be, very respectfully, your ober dient servant, ! MIN F. BUTLER, or General Commanding. GENERAL O&DERS—NO. 10, HEADQUARTERA, DEPARTMENT OF THE GTR, ? Siu? Isuanp, April 12, 1862. Tie Major General Commanding desires publicly (0 testify his approbation of the gallant courage and good conduct of the Ninth regiment of Connegticut Volunteers, Colonel Cabill commanding, and a sec- tion of the Sixth Massachusetts battery, under Captain Everett, in the recent expedition to Biloxt and Pass Christians, as exhibited by the report of the staff officer iu command of that expedition, Of their bravery in tho ficld he felt assured. But ano- ther quality mire trying to the soldier claims bis admi- ration. After having been for months subjected to the privations necefsarily incident to camp life upon this island, the: well disciplined soldiers, although for many hours in full possession of tho rebel villages, filled with, what to them were most cosirabie luxuries, abstained from the least unauthorized interference with private roperty and all molestations of peaceful citizeos. ‘This Potav ior is worthy of all praise. “It robs war of half its horrors; it teaches our enemies how much they have been misinformed by their desiguing leaders as to the character of our soldiers aud the intention of our govern- meut. It gives them a lesson and au examplo in huma- nity and civilized warfare, much needed, however little it may be followed. ‘The General commanding commends the action of the men of this expedition to every soldier in the depart- meut. Let it be imitated by all in the towns and cities we shall occupy—a living withess that the solcier ight only for the Union, the co and the entorcemeut the laws. By command of : é Major General BUTLER, Grorax C. SrronG, Assistant Adjutant General, Our Key West Correspondence, » Key Wasr, April 21, 1862. ‘The United States ship Nichtingalo arrived hore to- day after the quick run of forty hours from the Head of the Passes, with despatches to General Brannan. The ‘Nightingale reports that Fiag Officer Farragut and Com- mander Porter commenced the attack on Forts Jackson and FortSt. Philip, on Saturday, April 19,1862, at 13 o'clock, A. M. Genéral 8, F. Butler and staff, with troops, were at Pase-a-l’Outre, trying to find the entrance. The Nightingale sails to-morrow with a load of ora nance stores for the squadron, and the mail. ‘The fotlowing is a list of the United States ship Night- ingale’s principal officers:— Commanier—David B. Horne. First -—Abram T. Delano, Secund Oficer—bogene Blonde, Pilot—Thomas Stevens. TRIUMPHS OF ONE WEEK. Tho victories gained by our arms aro now 80 rapktty follow ing each ofher that the events of a week ogoscom® comparatively to have been as many months distant ag they are really only days. The news of the following glorious triumphs have roached us within the space of one short week:— * Ox Suxpay, APRIL 27, we received the news that the advanced guard, under General Halleck, bad attacked ‘and driven back a body of rebels which acted as reat guard of the rebel post of Corinth. Date of fight aprib a4. Lieutenant Gwinn, of the United States Navy, in com~ mand of the Tennessee river fleet, led a land expedition to Bear Creek Bridge, of the Memphis and Charleston Rajlroad, destroyea two spans of the briige, each-one hundred and ten fect, about five hundred feet of trestle work, and half a mile of thorebe! military telegraph line, ‘The rebels hastily retreated after a short skirmish. Monpay, Arr. 28.—Reccived mews of the capture of New Orleans. The surrenaer was formally madeen fa° turday, April 96. General McClellan captured a lanette fertifeation in front of Yorktown, driving the rebeleout ata charge, ‘This capture was also effected on Saturday, April 26. Gen. Banks reported our troops in possession of Stan- ton, Va., Saturday, April 26. ‘Wroxeepay, Armit 30.—Received news that a cavalry reconnoiseance met a foraging party outsidd%ef Monterey» near the Mississippi border, and after « skirmish im which five rebels wore killed, including one major, cap- tured nineteen prisoners, putting the rest to flight. Major Duncan, of Gen. Canby’s staff, with asmail force, obtained a victory over the Texan rebels in New Mexico, routing them entirely after « spirited fight ‘Tuorspay, May 1.—Received the news that a skirmish had taken piace within a fow miles of Corinth, betweem ‘one of the advance brigades of Gen. Halleck’s army and the rebels. The Union army was victorious. Dato of fight April 29. Fripay, May 2.—Received news that the forces of Gen.’ Halleck had a skirmish with the rebels at Purdy ; drove them through the town, which the Union troops tookt possession of; burnt two bridges and ran @ locomotive futo the river. This action cut off aM communication be, tween Corinth and the Nort, * Date of action April $0. © Received the intelligence through rebel sources tha Fort Macon had been surrendered after a lengthy bom? bardment. Date of surrender, Saturday April 26. Gen- eral Mitchel telegraphed that his forces had skirmished with and routed the rebels at Bridgeport, Ala., the place. Date cf fiyht Wednesday, April 30. Halleck reported that Major Hubbard, with one ly and fifty of the First Missouri Volunteers, had defeated Colonela Coffee and Stearuweight, with @ force of six hundred Indians, at Neosho, capturing sixty-two prisoner@ and seventy-six horses. Date of conflict Saturday, Aprit 26. Saturpay, May 3.—General Mitchel reports that after his skirmish of Wednesday, his troops crossed from the isiand to the mainland, captured two cannon and their ammunition. The rebels retreated im great confusion without again offering battle. The evacuation of Ouriuth reported in the South. Noofficial account thereof received from our troops. Baton Rouge reported onee more in the possession of the Union troops, As the nows is from @ secession source, the date has not reached us. Scxnay, May 4.—Received full particulars of the battle of Camden, or South Mille, ander General Reno, reported, by the rebels as a victory for their forces. It bas since proved to bave been a defeat, ‘Tho arrival of the Santiago de Cuba brings inteltigence of the capture of the rebel steamer Isabel, or Ella War- Jey, capture of the schooner Bee, orpture of a schoones without a name, &. ‘vhe arrival of the Empire City reports the capture of the contraband steamer Nostra Signora de Regia. ‘The captured rebel steamers Bermuda and Florida ar- rived at Philadelphia on Saturday, May a Suxpay Bvewixa, May 4,.—Yorktown ovacuated by the rebels, General Meclollam reports his forces in pow teasion of the rampart, guns, ammnaition, camp equi- page, everything, and his troops in foil pursuit of the re treating rebels. Gloucester im possession of the Untom troope. Gonoral Paine made a reconnoissance to Farmington, Miseiasippl; mot, fought with and defeated four thousand five hundred rebels, and captured the position, come prisoners, their tents, camp equipago, ko. The cavalry in pursuit of the retreating rebels, Date of fight May & An artillery reconreiseance destroyed two troethe bridgos and some track of the Memphis and Charlestom Tinjlrond at Glendale, Mise ete May 3. rotors will glance once moro throu | wore tet they wil neotat April 28, 1860, '¢ aa impor: way i ‘annals of our 0% J. thas ay both New Orteans and Fort ‘wore eur: ered (o the Union troops, Staunten was o¢oupled by re ; yetori¢n niteoded our arms our forea, and otbe* other parte of the@