Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-10-19
ONE HUNDRED YEAas AGO.
The grand centennial celebration q.

fact IL has already been in progress for
the last three or four days. Troops,
Governors and their stats, and prom
insnt men and citizens generally from
all parts Of the nation. have been pour
Ing In By railroad. steamers. and oil
sorts Of e~onvsyancss. to the number. II
Was estimated yesterday. Of over two
hundred thousand. and the human tide
was still flowing In. The various divi.
sions Of troops. and also the Governors
and stsffs we're welcomed by sslutes OF
csnnon from the shipping In the harbor.
and IRON the camp Of General Hancock.
located on the very spot whore General
wsshinston's camp stood o hundred
years ago.
One hundred years ago the Contin-
entail Congress resolved that . menu
msnt should Be erected at Yorktown to
eommsmorats the surrender Of Corn
vsllis and the closing oct Of the Rsvo-
luionsry War. Yesterday. after . delsy
Of one hundred years. the resolve Of q
ancestors was put into practical sxscu.
ton BY the laying Of the cornsr.stons
Of that monument. II Was laid with oil
the appropriate and solemn ceremonies
betting 90 great ~ occasion BY the An.
Client Order Of Free and Accepted Ms
sons. Of which Washington himself was
. chief member. and the chair occupied
BY the Grand Master on this occasion
wa the same in which sat Warrington
when be Was Grand Master Of the vir-
ginia Masons.
A principal feature Of this grand a.
ssmblsgs are the delegations from France
and Germany. Of the representatives
and descendants Of those who 90 nobly
assisted In the long Asht for American
Independents. and we're there at the
anal surrender OF Cornwallis and the
British army at Yorktown enc hundred
years ago today. President Arthur and
his Cabinet are present. and the Presi-
dent 10 to deliver an address today ap-
propriats to the occasion. An Grafton
by Robert @. Winthrop Of Massachu-
sets. ssd . poem BY James Barron
Hope OF Virginia. are also included in
the exercises. Tomorrow will take
place the grsndest military review seen
ON Southern soil since the close Of the
rebellion. and on Friday the celebration
will close With . naval review. partici-
pstsd In BY all classes Of vessels In the
United States navy.
According to history. the allied fsrces
besiseing Yorktown numbered only sew.
sntesn thousand. while the British
troops numbered bu. little over that;
quite Q contrast. numerically speaking.
q compared with the ssrried hosts en-.
gagged In the wars Of modern times.
Following 10 . concise historical account
Of the surrender Of CORVALLIS:
On the morning Of the 10th Of Octo'
Der Q red-ooated drummer sounded q
psrlsy and an officer with him waved q
white handkerchief. The ofiosr was
met and biindfoldsd and led 10 the rear
OF the American lines. His message
from CORVALLIS was. that hostilitiss be
suspended for twsnty-four hours and
Commissioners appointed to arrange the
terms OF surrender. washington's reply
va that he would rather have the Brit
ish Commanders proposals. In writing
frat. and TO secure them agreed to Geese
firing for two hours. Before the two
hours had expired CORVALLIS had offered
10 ospitulats on condition that his troops
be sent back 10 England under parole
not to serve again during the war against
either France or America. unless they
were regularly exchanged. This was re-
jscted at once and the messenger sent
back with Washington's ultimatum that
the British army bs surrendered o.
prisoners Of wal on the same terms a.
the Americans surrendered ct Charleston
in the previous year. CORVALLIS &C.
csded to this. and the next day. the 18th.
the Commissioners met to formally rat.
lily the terms. This meeting vas held
In the Moore House, on the bank Of the
York river. Q short distance behind the
American lines. The articles Of surrsn-
der we're fourteen In number. and were
submitted to CORVALLIS at daylight on
the 18th. accompanied BY q note from
Washington, intimating that he expected
them 10 be signed before II o'clock. and
that the troops would march out and lay
down their arms ct 2 o'clock in the after.
noon.
w~ashineten's request ~ complied
with. At 2 O'Clock sharp, the army Of
CORVALLIS marched ont. The march
vas alsng the Hampton road. on the
right Of which they found the Americans
drawn up In their buf aud blue uniforms
rather the worse for wear. and on the
lett we're the French In ths clean white
affected BY the armies Of the Bourbon
Kings. The British had donnsd their
beat scarlet. and their bands played an
old march called The World Turned
Upside Down."
The ns1t step Wal the grounding Of
arms BY the surrendered troops. They
marched the entire length OF the Franco
American linss-about . mils-to . Geld
on the right, where . squadron Of French
hussars had formed . circle. into which
each regiment marched and deposited
their guns and acceutrements. In silence
they marched back to their wi tents,
and American independence had been
achieved.
The Salvation Army seems to be hav-
ing . roaehsr campaign at home In
England than Il had In this country.
Recently, In . public street in Wal.
worth. . suburb Of London. 4 woman
In the procession. having dartsd from
the ranks to seize . pipe from the lips
"a .r.rknr -sfk tha svclsmalion