The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1865-04-11

tgf u iue ttaeta. authorizes the city
oi Richmond Hitherto capital 81 the
Confederate States 81 America, and
ihe de.eHec protecting 1t up to this
time.
The document va approved Of and
Msjor stevens accepting its terms ia
bgha'f Cf his commanding general, il
was 80 onec mlued to MAJOR Gen.
eral WetEaI sha bad already sent
om III. sk,mi,b line, and upon the re-
ceipt q Mayor M,yo's surrender M
s,antly moved bis column upon the
evacuated city and took possession.
With thought and Fash they i'm
meiistey proceeded to the dilapida-
ted structure wherein treason has rhn
rot tor Che past -four years, and creep
ing 10 ils summit, planted the stars
and stripes where, bot few hours
before, the dssstabIe symbol Of tho
crushed snake knsed the balmy brcez-
Is OF the morning. The colors of The
Union we're greeted by prolonged
cheers and other popular dcmonstra-
tous Of applause on The part Of rebel
CiSillAns uud coulrahauds.
All the commercial part Of the city
was found to be IA flames, Gen. Early
having ordercd.lbc destruction of the
public bindings, which order General
Breckenridge, rebel Secretary ofWar,
stroye earnestly to have countermand-
ed, but without avail.
Major Stevens directed the alarm
bell 20 be sounded, and AZ once assum-
ed the direction Of the Fire Depart
ment Of the city, consisting OF a fe~
men, two steam fire engines, and four
worthless hand engines, and lsrge
amount Of hose, ruined by the retreat.
ing repels.
The efforts 10 subdue the flames
we're arduous and finally successful,
and tonight the city is exceedidgly
quiet in all respects under the sway Of
Col, Frederick l.. Manning, Provost
General of HE Army OF the james
and Of Richmond.
Major GeneraI Wcitzel and staff
arrived in the city AT about twenty min
utes to eight, and were received with
joyful aclamations BY the troops and
the troops and the populace the
bands playing and the soldiers cheer
ing. The entry of the commanding
General was truly triumphant one,
and added to the martial ardor OF ihe
soldiers Of tie Army OF the james, TO
TO whose immortal credit it is that
they entered and occupied the rebel
capital, hence the famed nest OF tariff
ors, with JelI Davis nj Their head and
John Cabell Breckenridge at their tail
bad just hed.
Ihc eyacn iion Of the works aud cls
~ wa5 not gcnlr rally understood by the
people fiii yesterday (Sun las after
no u. The necessity Of the move
ment, as already inGmatcd, was rem
dercd imperative by General Grants
successes on the left. At half past
three O'Clock yesterday astcrnoon JEFF.
Davis, while il church, received de-
spatch from General Lee that imme-
diate preparations must be made to
eyacuate Richmond and its defenses
at once, rs he was wholly unable TO
make further headway against Grants
onset on the Jeff. He added that his
Gees) design was to endeaVor to.
make DanyIlle, aud there fortiy for a
last grand stand. An efiorl, however,
is 10 be made to fight al Burkesyille,
bet il is not tbongh! that Lee will be
able 10 succeed in carrying out this
intention.
Davis left this city last night al
eight o'clock by rail for Danyille, his
family having beep sent out five days
ago. On the train he had horses and
carriages embarked, in case the road
was interrupted, in order to make bis
way by these means. 10 spirits he
was very much depressed, and bore
the appearance Ot an exceedingly
lagnard aud cgreworn man, his coun-
tenance clearly betraymg the loss Of
cause. lie expr ssed himself as being
ye; determined not to give up but 10
put forth another effort 10 redeem his
hopeless aud sunken fortunes. i
think i may be relied upon that be has
mol yet altogether abandoned his cause
though il is positively known that he
has bui little hope left. His residence
when tits despatch was written, was
dcsol3ae iadeed and everything beto-
kencd the extraordinary haste With
he abandoned his capital and home
A. We cucr,d tie town was grand 10
the extreme. Tie entire commercial
portion of the ciygas in hames, and
through the dense lurd smoke would
frequently be heard The teJilc noiscs
from the Wholesale explosion d pof-.
der, shell and eartridger, which had
doubtless been stored tor the express
purpose II exploding TO harras our
forces and impede or entrance to the
city Tie effect was wholly the re-
verse, and do 9yt bear that single
Iile was lo.t to-day by these awful out
burs Of poRder
Tie Virginia Legislature were IN
ssisn $ la1e as piUe y lock last nighs
ul. iuey TOOK series d canal boats
ad stated iot Columbia BY way Of
lhe James River and tie hanavba
Canal
John Cabell Breckenridge, ex-Viee
Pfss8eai 81 tha United States, and
x.reb secretary Of War; fled the
t.a StaF- ast Elk tliis MORN