The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-04-06

i From petessbarg.
Pesesbarg, April 8. !
The army Of the Potomac h.e bean i,
and out Of Petersburg this morning. mere
y making : flying visit. Tbs rebel
commenced evacuating last night At Il
O'Clock and By 8 this morning we're &C
cross The river, having burned milIior
dollars worth Of tobscco, the Southsid.
railroad depot and the bridges accross Ii,
Appomatox.
Oax troops charged the inssr lima oi
works d daylight, taking picket Iise q
some i've hundred men prisouers. Oul
troops on entering the city behaved mos
sdmisably. not more than half dozen
stores being entered By them, and those
mostly ecstainisg tssacse, o;gars, liquors
DO. The Provost gasrd soon arrived and
restored order.
1he Mayor met the troops - they en-.
tered and handed to the officer command
ing the following communication, Offering
the surrender the sity:
ITO Lieut. Gen. Grant, commanding the
armies of - United States, or the
A.jor Gensssi eemmanding tha U. 8.
forces. h frsne = Ptersburg:
GExEaAL-Ths city Of Petersburg
having bssa svscaated BY ths Confsd.
sFate tvoep1, We, . committee authorized
By The Conmon Coancil, do hereby sur.
render thesisy to the UnitsdS forces,
with rs(nest for tho protection Of the
peraeas cd property of its inhabitants.
We 80, ssspsssfllly,
Yoer c6edisas servants,
W. ". I0w1ss, Mayor, D. Avery and
others.'
Protsetion was promised on the part Of
the troops, and citizens have 20 cause to
complains, for csrtainly there is no in.
stance on record where an army after ly-
ing 30 long in front OF place Of 20 much
importance and lesing 20 many men 10
efforts TO capture it. entered 1 city with
less disorder and doing less damage to
private property than 10 this case. Citi-
Gems did not show themselves the forepart
VI the day, but after discovering that our
soldisrs were orderly and well behaved,
With NO disposition to disturb or annoy
any one, they bsgan to make their %.
peArance At doors and windows OF resi-.
dences, and later in the day even many
expressing JOY quietly that the Coafeder-
ates had gone, and hoping the war would
sosn be over.
For more than month past rebel troops
have received less rations than ever be
fore. ooly just enough being brought to
last from day to day.
Citizens say they hare suffered a uoh,
but it is we'll TO take such stories with .
good deal Of allowance. The rebels man.
aged to get away with an their artillery,
excepting one or two old columbiads and
. few heavy mortars which they could not
transport readily.
A large aamber of men deserted and
hid 10 the town until our troops entered,
when they made their appearance and
we're taken into custody.
l. is believed they retrested towards
Lynchburg or Danvile, but they will
have to make good time il they elude the
pursuit of our army, now flushed With vic.
tory and willing to travel at any rate and
any distance to bead them off.
The city presents . very cleanly and
respectable appearance. Many houses in
the lower part OF the city have been badly
injured by shot aud shell thrown from
our battery last summer. and since tha
time most of the houses located there have
been vacated.
5 O'Clock r. NJ.
Ever since morning our troops have
been passing through the city westward
taking the Cox Cross River roads TO Suth
erland Station on the South Side Railroad
where our headquarters are in camp to
night At this hour the rear guard arr
passing and wagon trains are following
The railroad from City Point here is &
to be put ia ranuiog order immediasely
and although it is not expected perma
nent base viii be established here, yet i
will be held IS depot of supplies to ths
army SO long a. it is within reach. AL
solling stock Of the railroad was run of
towards Richmond, but 10 this depart
meut they must have been very deficieu
or they would not have burned 90 much
tobacco.