, 1865-05-18
OCCUPATION OF MONT
GOMERY,
Ninety.Seven Thousand Bales Of
Cotton Burltg.

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Mon7ooAsR1, Ala, April -, 1885,
4 few days after the tfall of Selma
General Wilson took up thu line of march f1l
Montgomery. Very little resistance was en-,
countered, and only few unlmportant
ekftmishes occurred with tla demoralized
rebel "butte1milks'' under Adams and Blu.
ford. who abandoned the prord Itttle canftal
Of ofAiabama in someWhat at ipdeeent D :b iaste Tie
scene which characterized thar sndden de.
| naTtr,. ara deacribaI ~ 1ora1 a7a W;tnscoes
thnros XIV sisare i1yai sg
sThe cjtv was eTacnatrd hv fha tronns mn.
der 4dams and Rnfnn5 m Wa1nse5og 1 he
1oth ~ Anvil co,nm,+tno nn,.a,ntoi ff1nn m
| tha civ Eonncii with a Senntarion ~ iii.
zen.. went ont nbont three nscinct ~ M M.
nnder f1ar Of frnce tn surrender tha niacc to
| fhe IInited States anthnr;tiee and * - ~, ri
The General cnmmand;nr fha 1Tn,or f,rcea
protection for the uon.combatant cItizens
and :priynte property. t@'''''4' et''1'e1+'
The committee appointed by the Council,
1ogether with tue blaTor, repaired to the
Eeadquaftcfs o. ten. Adams, and stated that
| lney came as me representatives Of the city
70 mqulle o1 MN Whas were his intentions
WIN regard to the city-Whether he would
all empt 1ts defense o. would retreat
Atams replied that their query Was based
upon the most Idle curiosity, which he would
not graiity: He did not know whether he
would make q light" or not.
The committee then desired to know his
design with regard to- the cotton in the city
warehouses. They asked him It he intended
to burn II, and II he did, could Its destruction
mol De managed 80 as not to involve the safe
| y Of private property. His response to this
reasonable and huma1e request vas, that he
was aeteFml1ed at al hazards to burn the
cation; and # private property WAS destroyed
~, @ett Auams ~ tusa asheo Ing eommitteo
VIZ lucy cluie ~ lon "ath 1hese lntefrQsa-
rha ,rav,r s+a+od that ~ +,a Ill.,, =.
rc In sri;1,o,,t nrotect;on - 80 TX X W. W
1nination ~ tho cn1no;i ~ .a "as ~. .us ostet
Tho I1r;nn u ccnsrai and - ~ ~ e ~ " meet
n the ev.nt - ush ~ nts uano
nTotsctio, ~ tha o;t;zaoa 31 ~ 1's l,oops, su.n
a.tv -. o;ro,,,s an1 ttFate prop
efty ~ ae tI5eu1astaaces 5la @ m'gat aunt:
~ ~ - e,,rrese.s " tnat 4c ula not ap-
rrnn'5 a,sns+ or., os. ~ any solL. anu luae nc
~ ousa 49, 11y pcteui astempisog 10 leave
THE EcoSF1AaRAT1oS.
AZ ABOUT 2 O'Clock orders we're Issued for
Enm fu1 aGsSnsawn 1h o. INC cotton, ana Inc smoke
nsi ha1arlra m4tenouse mas ~ ~ liz slg
T I'M. ~ ma.eaoussso ot he5man, a a
n1tancorsf Ie eao. u i;a1 feii,.xsJ fsa1
osra Sesc.5n,,o,, ~ anso on,nnns ~
SSi1td hi"i, nnnre the ci,y md ai,nosa % shmf
odrt the j;rht or the ann. woman viii, af.
ftIehtrd cnuntenances. vera seen runnfnr
hifter and tH;sber. cryinr and wriao,np tbei52
bands, and hundreds Of excited oersons were
endearorin,- fo secrrt. Their f,1rn;tnra rom
The adfaceni houses. The distress Of III IN.
noceni persons endangered by The iury Of The
deyastatfnr elcment Tonld i,aTc excited tho
pity even Of the dcstroycrs. if: thcy had re- r..
inafncd Ion- enonah IN Witness the oTecn.
tIon Of their desperate order. Ths flames
cnvrfnncd fhe hnildincs and brrn.d w;th
rTeat Ianjf1;tv. and heforc n,pht ali ,hase
fa,,re vsieHons4s Viii their cnntsnta 70 Inv ao in
heans Of smonlIr,ins ru;ns r. va. n,irac1s ia IL
that the c:ty was not utterly DESTROYED. Tne
rici, the tiamcs away fTom II Ss;i the a..
.a,sa eae.,.a n,.,,a., ;,ra.;afat;,, S' Lag CO
E;a1tv st1yn MousdnI nj, oT co,to1 ,r+r-
| 1nyn1I ''%>' "'0''>''' 04Ss' y ''N'0'' ''s'e
A. ,nd;scrsm,nate ,,,nndar or H., ,rarah ,r.
| scs oud stores aJjactnt 10 tle burned district
| was participated in by persona Of every age,
| srx and color. The people crowded the roofs
f! Of the houses to prevent them catching
| fire.
TIE occrpIr1ox.
On Wednesday morning Tho toth. q sorad
of about flf;x monntei ,nan !. shcd ;nto WIZ W,;n
| street. and rode mn to The Cani,o1 yrl,ers
| they formed In line. In about half an hour
General AicCcok, ut the head Of his columns,
| accompanied BY The Mayor aud committee Of
square, and from thence to The CAPITOL, VerT
soon thereafter the United States flac vas
| tloatiug from the CapItol dome. the Court
| House, the telegraph Office, and from the
| ESenangc Hotei, Whcre General McCooE es-
taoiisht9 ms neacqukf1efs. ihe nag OF truce
anu Inc oattle nag OF me advance we're placed
one on eacn stoe OF me capitol stairs.
a!ed S IL se eoas 81 t. t. ecnsd dg
estabitsbed bis. headquarters NJ the residence
Of Colonel Powell.
!, I1e troops poured Into the city allthrouKh
fhe cay, and Kept striving all the next day.
Ihey we5e Iassed rapidly and IN the strlctesl
1 ofarr 1, t,hiohgn ne slty TO enc &encamRnsRts ser;
1 efaL miles beyond ys, town. One division moved
1isnt /. on ,,. 10 GonmDu7, r. not even stopping to
iess ~ lh's sse.nit!. tae toIcc ras yartonsiy
est.na1en ~ 1fcm len 10 sixteen 1nousand all
We'll e4uppta and mounted.
THE cIT1 AGAIN EVACUATED.
Gen. Wilson on Thur sdaJ gaze notice. to
tle municipal authorities that he wa going
10 e, eFscuate 81 ths place, and the people must
lake care Of themselves. The troops COM
n,cnced 70 move out en- Thursday, end by
Ffuay afternoon lee last Oh the rear guard
had departed.
ANOTHER coSRLAGRAT1os.
| Before leaving Gen, Wilson sci fro to the
railroad Luiiaipss. Cars and locomotives, tic
government machine shops, uis1e works aud
aisenal, and in d few houfs ali were mass Of
ruins. In the destruction Of public and pri-
yate property by fire Montgomery has suffer
Cd fc1rful}y,
TIE cn.yn ryrnER
,;, ta5-sc 80, o",..,.
aac pnta 9ouy " usss1M onl1ns ,IsJ : army
Me1.aua h4c.a a.ua'tats auu Sat1 otss!ons ol
.ne totn 1s.p golpaLensslea @ tne clty apout noon
oi .ne ;otn, anc passea l1touSa lug stfeets
Mi!n eoio1s S1til3 M5lms ~ w 5anos p!nylng IL
T TTanaIey D ~. ,an.. aa aaan nAe: Luoute: Ut
nma oii hs 1xb,ta a5,,s mes
~oM5sd 1be .idarasf: ~ e. ns;nns. ~
80 d.. - -.ni.e nr h1na J; Eh;i. 10 ~
he1a If delighfrd I,tt1e nipaers Gn11orod cto.e.
II alter he bands. 10 many they CAM az
iaif,e,ers md f1eonent denonsi,.iian. sJ ~ ~
wclcnme esrerfed ~ strrdv co1nmn - az
TX no d6nst' thev ann~nrrd s.5readfnl ~ n ~
ormy uith henners !, and thja c,oaa .honrt.
eatIzfac3ion in their Looks. - @As
rnr e,ne- - ,v nxnrr ,,,r
l. ,,o,.oo,.,a, anE fihsi ts ! HEnEL @ eAf..Ats .a
| 10y Hett3 toHn, Anu
hntt.r noss ~ inbsh;to,ts ~ sana ~ tne
n,,i.ir.."a 1asta a,es .~'..s s,.t ~ ~
;nn asI np6 ma enea oTGi
ng 1attv e nonte PFC, IRE R1'neo 4 nn.te
-Rleeent Ptetty conltast amlo me green
ioliage In which they seem emeoH Hered.' The
Cepa!o!' "heFe me n!st rebel Congress as
semotal ana from Hhlch Haa Issued the
memo!aole a3 teleEFapasG ollspaEh from Tue
rebel secretary, Rope walker. lnauSurating
the Enr by directing the fire TO open upon
Fort Sumter, Is an imposing edidce OF stone.
situated upon the lott'est and most com-
mand5pg emlsence IN the city It his Co'ia-
THAN columns, Ike the Capitol building at
Nashville, and Is not unlike that handsome
structure. =.