The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-04-06


tsring any private dwelling, viii give his name, rank and
Iny oacer or soldier en,erng nr,x... dwelling with
out such authority failing TO give his name, rank or
regiment or reporting the incorrectly will be liable
70 immediate and summary punishment
Bgadsr General United States Volunteers and Military
Governor Of Richmond
THE REsRL WORKS FRONT or RICHMOND.
The works in front Of Richmond which were occupied
by the rebels and wholly evacuated previous TO
cupsncy OF the city to-day under General Wetze
sist Of three strong lines wholly envelopng Richmond
The outer ones are continuous lines the inner
sisng Of series of strong rcdoubts and bason forts
All these works mount upwards Of three hundred heavy
guns, all Of which have taken and would when prop
ery garrisoned form almost mpregnable series of de-
lenses As rode along these lines they seemed with
the exception Of the outer one have been most ndf
ferently garrsoned and but for the facility with which
they could be reinforced at any time by bringing troops
up the Petersburg road and crossing them pontoons
the lines could have been carried by assault
The route which pursued entering the rebel capt
tai was that by the Osborn and Richmond pike which
leads in nearly north and south direction and quite
parallel to the James river After passing picket
line the first rebel work encountered Fort Field,
forming part Of the exterior line of rebel defence This
work, which Is very strong In ITSELF surrounded by
three lines Of abatis and torpcdoes The orpe
"oe9 "eio Ssioiuhy feioNeu ny RudTu Oi
Weitzel These lines of torpedoes were marked by
small flags for safety to the rebels which flags they neg
lected TO in their hasty flight The camps of
the rebels left entre-tents standing furniture
within After passing this line upon the second
line, which was equally strong the rst excepting
as to abatis and torpedoes The third line IL just
side the edge OF the town. Ia situated high ground
and Is well adapted to satisfy the conditions of defence
Each OF the detached works forming this line sweep
portion OF the line in front Of 1t by its fire. and render
ing that front line untenabls when reached These
works, Ike the others, mount heavy guns, many Of
which were navy guns probably captured Norfolk in
the early part of the war Communication between
these works and those the other side of the
river was maintained by four bridges some Of
which pontoon and some pile, in addition
to the three railroad bridges at and in Richmond.
PARTICULARS REBYL EVACUATION or THE WORKS
AND CITY
The evacuation Of the works and city generally
understood by the troops and people till yesterday sun
day) afternoon The necessity of the movement as
already intmaed, rendered imperative by General
Grants successes the left AT halrpast three O'Clock
yesterday afternoon JEFF DAVIS while in church, received
despatch from General Lee that immediate prcpara
tions must be made to eyacuate Richmond and its de-
fences at once he wholly unable make further
hcadway against Grants onset the left. He added
that his Lee's design to cndeavor make Danvle
and there fortify for last grand stand An effort how
ever is to be made to fight Burkes llc but it
thought Lee will bo able to succeed in carrying out this
intention.
FLIGHT DAVIS
Davis left this city last night eight o'clock by rail
for Danvie his family having been seat out Ave days
ago On the train he had horses and carriages embarked
In the road interrupted, in order to easily
make his way by these means In spirits he was
very much depressed and bore the appearance Of
ceedingy haggard and man, his countenance
clearly boraying the loss OF his He expressed
himself being yet determined give up but to
put forth another effort TO redeem his hopeless and
sunken fortunes think II may be relied upon that he
has yet altogether abandoned his cause though
positively known he has but little hope left His resi-
dence when this despatch written desolae in
Decd and everything betokcned the extraordinary haste
with which he abandoned his capital and home
EXTRA BILLY SMITH,
late socalled Governor of Virginia did not evacuste the
gubernstoria mansion until one O'Clock this morning
when he 1ed leaving Mrs. Smith behind, and all the
furniture his house. which he had heretofore threat
ened to burn The residence Of tho Governor s now the
headquarters OF General Charles Devens, commanding a
division in tho Twenty fourth corps, now here.
sRAL r. =. RicHMoND.
Mrs. General r. E. ice wife Of the rebel Gcneralin
Chief also In the city News has reached here Of the
dAth OF her son, General ". H. Y. Lee, Of the rebel
army killed In the battles Of lest week before Petersburg
me APPEARANCE WHILE rzE xAnoyAI TROOPS
WE'RE KTRRISO
A wo entered the town grand in tho extreme
The entire commercial portion Of the city N namcs
and through the dense lurd smoke would frequently be
heard the terrific noises arising from the Wholesale sx-
ploaions Of powder, shell and cartridges, which had
Ao,, hanu
ing harsss forces and impede entrance the
city. The effect was wholly tho reverse, and do not
hear that single life lost to-day BY these awful out
bursts Of powder.
NuExDIAHY Arrnpr BLOW rP THE cnY.
plan 10 hre the city again night and 70 explode
one magazine containing twenty thousand pounds OF
powder has been discovered by the Union detectives
and frustrated by the arrest Of several Of the implicated
parties
sRE REBEL RAMS.
Ny coujectures in dispatches you this morning
relation the probable blowing up Of the rebel rams In
The James river proved bc.corrcct the letter The
Richmond, Virginia and another one, all blown to
pieces this morning, and lie at the bottom Of the
James The Patrick Henry, receiving SHIP was scut
tied Such shipping, very little in AMOUNT was lying
at the Richmond wharves also fred, save perhaps
the rebel Dag OF truce steamer Allison.
oExsRAL JOHN n. xuLroRp IN RIcmorp.
General John Milford, United States Agent for Ex
change arrived in the city from varina late In the fore
noon and was received with the hearcst congratulations
by all The General up take charge Of the papers
and archives belonging his bureau He returns TO the
city tomorrow with Mrs. General Muford and will hero
after make Richmond his hcadquartes.
rm oRpsR or rHsn GOING.
Tho preparations for the evacuation Of these fortified
places began early % last Friday night though a.
fore stated the Rchmoudtes did not wake up 10 what
going on until Sunday, when the determination 70
leave was announced from the church pulpis The last
Of thsm consisting Of Fits Lees and 0earys cavalry
guard passed through the city about sunrise this
morning
uu VIRGINIA ksoIsLAruRn
In session 10 late nine o'clock last night when
they took sses Of canal boats and started for Columbia
by way Of the James River and Kanawha Canal.
mn EXTENT ov rnR vRE N rHE CITY
The connagaton commenced by the authorities firing