Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-04-13
Taking of ESiCEmOnd
Correspondence Of New York World.l
Cry poINT. April 4

Cry PoINT, April 4.
| lose no time in forwarding you such in
| teresting details as have been able to gather
of the incidents attending the evacuation of
Richmond by the rebel government My
informant left that city last night. The city
was fired in many places, as much probably
| lv accident as design. The mayor, Mr.
Joseph Mayo, familiarly known as so
Mayo, after distinguishing himself three
years ago, at the time of our first attack on
Fort Darling, by declaring that he would be
| the first man to fire the metropolis of Nir-
ginia rather than see it fall into the hands
Of the Yankees, made all possible haste to
meet the genuine Yankee general who
came in at the had Of his negro hoopS, and
gave up the traditional keys" in the trad-
tional manner, pleading very earnestly for
protection to life and property. Even in the
midst Of the general excitement some wag
created good deal Of amusement in Frank
lin street by sticking up placard on a wall
near the Exchange Hotel with Jo Mayo 5
, ''incoherent' words of 1862, '"rhscty was
founded by man named Mayo, and no
| man named Mayo will ever surrender it !"
The buildings burned were mostly on the
lower part of Main street, and thence to the
lrivcr--tobacco- warehouses, stOrchouses, and
the like. The old Bank of Virginia build
ing, however, and the newspaper offices,
higher up on Main street, with many of the
best shops, most ofthcm long since convert
ed into hospitals, were also in flames In
Rockets, the worst quarter of the city,
lower down the river, good deal of mis-
chief was done during Sunday night; but
General Weitzcl lost no time in posting hi,
guards, and more than half his force was
doing provost duty by Monday afternoon.
General Weitzel issued proclamation o
martial law from the Capitol building, ap
p pointing General Shepley, lately of Norfolk
: military governor, and Colonel Manning,
g provost marshal The general has moved
| himself to the late residence of Jefferson
Davis, III Clay street, n large gray stuccoet
p house, of majestic, though dilapidateC
a aspect, which has the appearance of turnin!
D its back, as if ashamed of its occupant ol
r the fine prospect from Shockoe hill, on tn
verge of which it stands. This appearanc
0 is due to the fact that it has stately Grccia,
portco IN the rear, while the front is com
monplace affair, cornered very awkward
!, with great stable and stable wall Tn
e house has very decent garden attached
5 however, and was formerly the residence c
5 Mrs. Crenshaw, belonging to one of tn
richest families resident here. The CreT
, shaw wooden mills were for a long time
: main dependence of the rebel armies in tll
way of clothing, and some members of tl
4 same family were, or are, interested in ti
r Tredegar Iron Works. The main portion
the important machinery from these work
= as well as from all tho factories used by I'll
J. rebel government was sent away by ii
Q Danville rood at least a fortnight ago an
r there is no doubt the rebels have been D.,
5 pairing the evacuation of their capital" f
t some time past. The newspapers were keI
/ going to quiet the public sense, and the
= have suffered accordingly.
. The final evacuation, so far as Davis an
his government were concerned, was, -hov
c ever, sudden enough. Jefferson Davis WI
= attending divine scrviceat st. Paul ; churcl
/ on Capitol square (the church in which h
4 was received as a COMMUNICATE some thrt
years ago), when he received telegram frol
Q General Lee, stating that Petersburg an
i Richmond must both be given up.
y The startling dispatch sent the Pres
@ dent home its purport was soon buzze
about, and II scene of intense excitemeI
c followed, the congregation being chief
> made up Of ladies of the best families.
I, spite of all signs, the notion had become
t, kind OF religion in Richmond that the eli
would never be taken and, in few minute
d after the news had become known, mint
N street, on the corner of which the churc
Q, stands, and the Capitol square, were file
+ with groups Of people, mostly women, hu
ly rymg in the widest confusion in all dire
tons to their homes.
rs President Davis with his family, left f
Danville in the afternoon, earring with hin
according to rumor, about three hu
u dred thousand dollars in specie, III
10 achiyes of the various departments, viii,
had occupied the fine granite building of Il
United States custom-h house in Bank stree
e. it is believed, were sent away week pre-
sc iously.
The bridges across the James were
fired, as well as the suburb of ManchestC
he on the ether side of the river; but most
ng the heavy guns in the Notifications are |
'rs lieyed to have been left unspiked and ava
nd able for service in the cause of the Union.
ii, There was very general exodus on the p;
ad of the wealthiest inhabitants, and of tho
most identified with the rebellion; some
nj the more prominet are, however. still re