East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1865-04-12
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PARTICULARS OF THR REBEL EVACUATION
OF TnE WORKS AND CRY. GA
The evacuation Of the works and
city was not generally understood by
the troops and people till yesterday
Sunday afternoon. Tho necessity Of
the movement as already intimated,
was rendered imperative by Grants
successes on tho left. At half past
three o'clock yesterday afternoon jeff
Davis, while in church, received de-
spatch from Gen. Lee that immediate
preparations must be made TO evacu-
ate Richmond and its defences Mt once,
as-he was wholly unable to make fur
ther Roadway against Grants onset
on the left. lie added that his Q.es's)
design was, to endeavor TO makeDan-
villo, and there fortify for last grand
stand. An effort, however, is to be
made to fight at Burkesyille, but il is
not thought Lee viii be able to sue
coed in carrying out this intention.
THE FLIGHT OF DAVIS.
Davis left this city last evening at s
o'clock by rail for Danville, his family
having been sent out five days ago
On the train he had horses and car
raiges embarked, in case the road was
interrupted, in order to easily make
his way by these means. In spirits
he was very much depressed and bore
the appearance Of an exceedingly bag
gard and careworn man, his counte-
nance clearly betraying the loss Of his
cause. He expressed himself as being
yet determined not to give up, but TO
put forth another desperate effort to
redeem his hopeless and sunken for
tunes. / think it may be relied upon
he has not yet altogether abandoned
his cause, though it ispositively known
he has but little hope left. His rcsi-
dence, when this dispatch was written,
was desolate indeed, and everything
betokened tho extraordinary haste
with which he abandoned his capital
and home.
EXTRA BILLY SMITH,
late so-callo1 Governor Of Virginia,
did not evacuate the gubernatorial
mansion until one O'clock this morn
ing, when he fled, leaving Mrs. Smith
behind, and all the furniture in the
house, which he had heretofore threat
cned to burn. The residence of the
Governor is now tho headquarters of
Gen. Charles Devens, commanding a
division Of the 24th Corps, now here.
MRS. GEE. LEE IN RICHMOND.
Mrs. Gen. r. Il. Lee, wife of the
rebel General-in-chief; is also in tho
city. News of the Geath of her son,
Gen. w. II. +. Lee of the rebel army,
killed in the battles of last week be-
fore Petersburg, has reached here.
THB APPEARANCE OF RICHMOND
as we entered the town, was grand in
the extreme. The entire commercial
part of the city was in flames, and
through the dense lurid smoke would
frequently beiheard the terrific nois-
os arising from the wholesale ex-
blossoms of powder, shell and catridg-
es, which had doubtless been stored
for the express purpose of exploding
to harass our forces and impede our
entrance to the city. Tho effect was
wholly the reverse, and / do not hear
that single lifo was lost to-day by
these awful outbursts of powder.
AN INcENDIARY ATTEMPT TO BLOW UT
TUE CITY.
A plan to fro the city again tonight
and to explode one magazine contain
ing twenty-thousand pounds of pow
der, has deem discovered by the Union
detectives, and frustrated by tho ar
rest of several of the implicated par
tics.
THT REBEL RAMS.
The Richmond, Virginia and an
other ram were all blown to pieces
this morning, and now lie at the bot
TOM of the James. The Patrick Hon
ry, a receiving ship, was scuttled.--
Such shipping, very little in amount,
as was lying at the Richmond wharvcs
were also fired, save, perhaps, the
rebel flag of truce steamer Allison.
THE ORDER OF THEIR GOING.
The preparation Cor the evacuation
of these fortified places began as early
as last Friday night, though, as before
stated, the Richmondites did not wake
up to what was going on until Sun.
day, when the reformation to loavc
was announced from thc church pull.
pits. The last of Dem, consisting OF
Fitz Hugh Lees and Goary's cavalry
as a rear guard, passed through the
city about sunrise this morning
THE VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE
were in session as lato as o O'Clock
last night, when they took n series OF
conal boats and started for Columbiu
by way of the James River and Kan.
awha Canal.
THE EXTENT OF THE FIRE IN THE CITY.
The couhagration commenced by
the authoities firing the Shocl<oe ware.
house, filed with tobacco, rs well as
the large granary establishment on
Carey street, near tho Twenty-third
street. The fire, as before stated, was
worry destructive, consuming quite one
third of the city; and in addition to
destroying the War Department, the
general Postofficc, the Treasury build.
ing, several churches, and many
stores, likewise destroyed the offices
of the Richmond Enquirer, Dispatcl
and Examiner, the Virginia Bank, the
Farmers Bank and the Bank Of
Richmond. The Sentinel and Ph,S
offices still stand. The later is to be
issued tomorrow morning as Union
journal. The L. S. Custom House
,vo9 vol lao ,oaoop &c "a ko;,r. e.,