Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1862-05-09
EvAcuArIoN OLE HOMETOWN.
The correspondent Of the New York Her
aid gives lengthy account Of The evacuation
OF NuIklown. from which we make extrActs

aid gives a lengthy account Of The evacuation
Of Yorktown, from which we make extracts
rinsr iSrELLioHNcr or rns EVACUATION.
just at the first faint light Of early dawn, three men
were Observed approaching outer pckets with nag
OF truce. They we're received by Col Black At first II
supposed that they we're sent from yorktown official
b-rCrhars with proposition for surrendcr-but we
soon ascertaned that they had come over un their own
account They are men who formerly resided In tamp-
tom The beautiful little village which WAS situated near
The uarrowtst point VI the peninsula, aud which the
rebels wanionly burned down. These men had been
forced into the rebel service and they expressed their
great delight at the which enabled them 10 escape
from such distasteiul and exaotin service.
his event was the complete evacuation Of Yorktown,
which they then announced TO They belonged to The
Thirty second Virginia regiment, which the last 90
leave lhcy said that when our army arrived n front of
yorktown the rebel force under Gen. Maguder was not
more Than eight thousand men Their statements con
finn tue opinion which the movements OF the rebels
since our arrival have induced some Of us 20 iorm-that
rs lha' tn'} were actually inFhiened at our apptoAoh'
When the brigade which had the honor " our advance
ma chcd along the turnpike road and halted n the open
field in il view, and not more than a mile and half
from their most formidable works. and when few bat
tecs " our light artillery wheeled into positions per-
feuy unprotected from the fire Of their heavy guns aud
threw few shells at them, the rebels were terrified at
our hHdncss The precise language OF ~ these de-
scres aud one OF the first observations which he made,
was ibis II you had gone over there that night You
could have carried everything" He confirmed the fact
OF thc bursting of one Of their guns on Friday, which
burst ourselves, and added that they had burst
a1ou. half dozen altogether Some Of them l have
siuCr seen lying in the works.
riiE OCCUPATION HY rHB UNION TROOPS.
A few hours previous to this time our telegraph bad
locu carried so far M tho ft al the I'D rstn ,,hI rb
bias been used as The headquarters OF the generals Of the
ucnches. Zen Jameson Immediately teleRraphed To
t., ,,s. ,,birb M. H. 80. t,,,,ht ,.r,,;t., a. o.
evacuation. He soon received a reply iustrucung him
f,,,.,ie, ~. io ,t ,', ~ ,ti s'sc,; IT, 1ot IT,
tacHroerts nom tho syly,,i, yegt i,f.
der Coi Black; the rweut-sccond Massachusetts, uu-
der Col Cove with sirr1rt Of two conpanies N the
Firs- N,s.,riu.rtts MIL fis,,i c,I yy and sdy.r.
al along the border If fbr woods or tho clumaudr-
hi..r ,ff.h ,,.rf...L. az ,s. D., d. ,,-,;,,c ,.,,
oiiir..ts and sentinel. on no t,rts 49, won, 1.1rt
irg t,.ro a-toni.b,d oLr, tbcy ,i.sJ h, l
,5l ,at,l,,,e1 f ,l a,,its t,r , i N.Y. ,rs,b
as c,incsd II rostiIc me- much curiosity as thsr ,o
,,er. .d,.ariro t,,,,,d. tbc e,.,,'s f,riersti,rs
Thousands of head. app,arcd above The Tor Of our pa
r,tl and e,ery ono Iaifsfot tb mos Interest in
the scenes which ylre transpirins h IVA. lply b, A.
storm command H,t tbe C,uc,al t,rt tb, ,n.n nom
rushing headlane needless of a lurkipg dancer irt,
Che iuff.ucIu,f. Nery soor tho cl,r,,f. reached
th. lb I'm nom and ie,rr ,c ,,,,t a. 1,rrts Don
T.t,,.,,, -t. ~, iI,.t ..,.,,,'id'.t go, ot.
IL, flI.,.i t, "a Go T5, 80 ILL., Z ", t
sIor m ,bc Goler.l's ,,if and tbc Tj,,Jf .,rl.,i
,rf rhe t,erer, al ,r,,,cd inside tbr MI afb ,,s
seen io be drscrt,d and i,rescntlv IN was ,,r, d, Nh
was raised above the deserted battlcmeus and las It's s
,,,r Kissed l, Nh, ,,,ls brr,,c he g1,i ,,c, 4
his head and allied 6r "thrce cheers fr Ua 5ood II
Star. and STIFFNESS +" faeiipg m rr,6,r,J y,oeT,,i,,
arose I'M the b,5,ts NJ ali s ur b,ld ,bc AID ,i a..
,y.,in, ,y., III, J,,,rtsd b,tttor,.,,,s , a i,,i -
nor. ~, -, ti,,,. ,,,,3 W., ., ,t =, ,
az itNtuIy uncovered, ana the am rtsouuucl with nur
cheers Two companies were placed ON She patapots,
AID then We commenced an examination uf the works.
w soon found Nouhtfn gcuUcman-a New Yorker
who had reluctantly occupied an important position in
the rebel army there who managed 70 sccr6te him scl
when hey were going, and from whom received yau-
able info nation relative 10 the mines the rebels had laid
10 blow up The works.
sruENUrH or THE ToRTIFIcArIoNs
Those Qualifications around Yorktown itsclf-which
will be- spoken Of IN afcr times alone the VI
an important surrender hut also after the lapse more
than eighty years. as the scene Of grand evacuation aud
of the sudden Hight uf the demoralized rebel arm,
those Civilizations around NorktoNn were OF The most
formidable character have positive and reliable uor
nation that ever since the battle of Big Bethel almost
year ago, and before IT, the rebels have been hard 90
work certifying This whole peninsula. The works at Biz
Bethel, aud those at Huvlris bridsc-t1 which aud-
ell boo previous commune atiou and which were ahau-
cuutd when we marched up here month apu-requircd
considerable labor From the time OF She occupation of
Yorktown, about year ago, hy the rebel General Ma
guder, two thousand slaves have been constantly ,m-
poyed principally Oh the Qualifications the immediate
vicinity of yorktown and across the river Gloucester.
These have been assisted 10y the effective rebel force.
some seven thousand men. which Gen Magruder has
h,d under ei7 commnnd They composed chiefly OF
Virginia, Georgia, Alabama and Louisiana troops.
When the Union uOop- advanced month ago and in
vested the enemy position Gen Magrudcr was in com
WauI Of Yorktown with some seven thousand five hum
dfcl or eight Thousand Our appearance nut the
rebel General and hi, southern supporters into the get-
est state II uepilauon. Rtiuf1rcemcus were pTcri-
atcy sent hr aud they kept arriving until three day.
since Of hcIae of sometimes more, and sometimes lJss
than five Thousand a day until al one time oplv r,
days ago. they had abou; one h,,id,,G UorssgG ,,r,
along their whole line from fieh 20 leh and ON the
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