, 1869-07-26
TEE COLLAPSE

ton d! other in}uuea to No. 81 The wreck VA,
cleared away IN short time, tho t1ln tcft onl]
hall hour behind tho usual time.
TEE COLLAPSE.
The LRat Day of Sho ConfcdcrncY in
| Richmond.
From 1Suard' LIE u JkFt'.oa Daris, just pub
At O'Clock In tho morning General Lee B,o,4
atespateh 70 President Dayls at Richmond, I'd.
tising him that the drmy could not hold lts DO Iii.
t'on, and that prenarattons should be msae 10
eyacusie the capital that night! lie nlQbt hb re
Of his htan olcers, -, With cmbitterrd but ,oftv
sunshne; III has happened = told ID taem S r. h.
hsfmGna ha n1nrsn The ne has been ssretehed unt ii
No tound OF the ',atsle-not IN echo, not a
breaih-had 5et reached the doomed city. Il was
Alo.ely Sabbath dag. and Richmond basked In IL
neautJ AND eu}oJed more than usuM sem.slou
rounds = Of the re1ed thorouxhfArc: Tic long
streels laid open, not q vehicle upon them; the
, csr, and the Silent pulses Of the sunshine beat
p ins 9sa,,l's !,9ascaPs; it 1s5 eoy of es9s; ~
runozs of the raz, or the latest depTnved
! Their wny to The churches, while not = few Of
"thetr couDrJ's hope ~ trpd the paths beaten as
theeIewaiss 70 the back entrances Of The Wh,sfcy
6hofs On Maid street, and sought consolation 10
the shades Of "tAe Chickahoynlny, " Ite Rebel y
anu tue MuatinchA Ladies' dressed In old
uncty. IL wnlcn ne Easnlons Of many Jears were
mInKted. we're satisfied to make u display at st
1'ana nhont equal to the holiday war7,rubes ia
oe',sl Tass OF te negroes a. the African Church
nt ~ taS M aosn LIZ tL Gnqlen M "nIsn'pEca "; DaVlA
pew where no one outside his family had ever
ua.eu @ 10 in'!n1e s!nce Ms. DaFh nai ordered tue
tcAOu io remove TWO lanies who han rent1fed
there, and who, On IurnIng their faces to the ad-
Monlunn 10 leave, delivered before thu whole coa-
rFr.fThf IN hAf T7Vo k~.+ a.
deserved mort,ncatlon Of the President u VITA. tn
be the daughters Of General Lee. Mr, pxyiS was
memorable onrA k trnrrJ t1e snd ssrrs,.E .s
TrenhoIIn hsi nn1,, fn1.tho- ~ ~ a sy 80 Etsoay
iable mud msn5 Eyes ta re eonsrrsnsen M had eeea
ren1an ~ ,nsr1 ~ h,m.n tn,. LEI, un " Huon IT.
ste n nar1aen ~ 1he NO., kneenH nl1e "
inT hscfsturnt or The thuech Sow a v.11 III
f.1ant scer. ~ :, ~ .I,nas.e, NJ" very ou-
in the middle of thr servcc, -o,xa1
uoi.ns in,n ;ns chorrs nc e,s hoG, h nau .Mhea
a s,In ~ rnncr MI n, ia -a.I ~. ~ ~ aeSu.t' M
49, tr n ~ ,, ~. ~ @ .eAu nne papeI. foSe,
- est ~ 'a1e auu AauueI e'.NcNt!J constFolned;
~ uueAty Whisper ran tnrougn tne Gro "a OF w0f-
snipneFA ana many hastened Into the street Tho
ConerfHAt'on was booa o!nlnls*ed The luuor
nah Mrcaay gained Tue street that R1ehtnond "as
10 N esaca*tea: II wa eohnrned u 41ex Wto
made tpaas e. tne u IN, pcPs
oncs: ss: "ai, alt.ou3n sns go'ssnmrut hAu no
moIHe ,',, no" 70 suppress the sad truth.
,n bn., on t6e contrary. Nna "a duty
!,ouna 70 INFORM the ieolc and prepare them for
.Me ,cAtReuC!s " ~ teuA!kaple inAt tHeFe Was no
su.aentlc a, announcement oi the Intended tvacua.
uun. ~ paloIlfheu oEoet Oh lGe subjtct> no onClM
nD1llcAuOn o. ally soft; and thAt news ln which
tsesJ hap y houIehold MAS Involved wnH len 10
WA1l1tf MI Aky ~ vague ruEn0r in thn streets,
nnlJ 10 te CONFIRMED by the unL y1shle act Of
the authorities !cav!nK the city.
A little rnkt room some reB1mcntA OF Long
streets comlnapd. on The norsh or Jamcs Nrer,
Nefc seen marching LhrouRh the city, on tncF
naJ 70 reinforce GcntfDl l<c In The Dottle hn WAS
thtn supposed TO be fHaklB to haro recover
htN llneS before Fetcf1hurK.
The SoldlcrH moved with 0Fl0uchiug step, End
once their titRuIdcrrd mnfth, II Is sall nroyts
were called for JrtIuIkon Davis Formerly. when
Confederate evtnttp had rhpnot throurh ttrh-
1nu,ld there had k,ccn music. cheer. crnrda nf
shouting Ruectatort tbroucs nj IAnira stInI,Ing
e, thr Ialc4 0f tt,r uriI,ciunl hnIls nm MAR
strcrf tn ,.nxa f14lr M,.,,s torri,"'. -, ~ .a,1r
fnnrf1 m ibrfn- nj 1fas: IL b..tnw n,x,n fh"n
Nv tst md In, ,nr1nv cnnnirnnncrs Nix" n. @ tnnx
I,n.sr,l tf1r,uph tbr tburnuoffnr, nn11 ft.w .rrc
tsiors looked On aatll, or e. n1caIi, m notn NJ
lur.slc chccsrd the suijcn nIts; ss,Iot, Of men
marching BadlJ and xc4I1iy to tiea,h: q few bianE
fhct. upurnrts} 1T tho r,nIuws mnd an hr t,nrt,
IIlrs ri ir AInrrrnn Iintrf mi, 10 NJ Thrcc H.
div, stn,rl II w.s U,r,ourhnr, ~ .co non of tnn",
s,,nnly wnyc .npir nanicr1,rtn, IN nh ~ h,,,n;i,
.iurIr .uiiirr cl,ctrc ur ."I ~, ran,n,ts
n,tit.
ss9.As The AaJ wGrr Oh 1t Has noticed that wngona
were driven u lfe 1Uuts n The Department., ami
10 fhc public htarenouhc4-Iauy Of them branded
~ government "aHnne m4ny nohhrrcr'rs-anA