The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-10-19
TODAY IN HISTORY
Surrender o. Lord CORVALLIS.
"WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER is. 1910.

Surrender o' Lord CORVALLIS.
When Lord Gelmau vas asked how
Lord North. tae British premier re-
1 cc!Eel the news Oi Corn wallis s sJEF'N-
de! oi the BRUSH army 70 General " asH-
lnStoN. OF OctCOe! -. lisl. he repled.
AS ne would nave received q cannon
oan Ia mis- breast. for he opened MS arms.
exc.a.mlng wildly a. be paced up ahd
down ms apartments. on, Goa. u IS al
overt Is all over
At the head OF 4 powerful army. with
which he had Just established himself
IN virginia. Cornwai!is v&Unt!ngly wrote
TO General Clinton. his superior. as fol-
lows: Il have yentlTed. these iast i%O
days, TO ioOH General Washingtou's whole
outside OF ny works and nave the pleas
ure 20 ASSURE your eXcellency that there
which is that the ensDy would ad-
vance
Scarcely did CORVALLIS have time 70
awake from mis- Gsv dream Of security,
doors q the Continental congress. with
the following dispatch from General
form congress that reduction Of the
British army. under the command Of
Lord CoTnwallis. is most happily affect
4 glorious event. one eliciting the NOS,
uabounded demonstrations Of Joy
throughout |Ie United states. and which
completely destroyed EEitiSh military
power 81 Jhs south. thus setting the sea.
oi American success upon the contest
with the mother country-was the cap
turs Of Cornwslhs and his splendid army
az Yorktown. In the modification and
anguish of his soul. Corn wallis shed
tears. and expressed his preference for
death rather than the igDcElinE OF sur
II was proud DAY for the var worn
troops Of America 70 see 50 fine an army
not only within their grasp. but. 20. al
disposal Coruwallis had hoped for sue
cor 70 the last. but the slaughter OF MS
men becs me TOO serious 20 be sncuEsa.
and finally the lopc beat NJ ne caa-
made" was heard m the intervals OF the
explosions of the cannon. and the 1ri1g
ceased Cornwallis then sent rag oi
ties for rwenry-four hours, TO arrange
the terms OF cspitUlst.on-
To this Washington would no, con-
sent fearing that the arrival Of the
English fiser in the meantime might al
ter the aspect Of affairs. but allowed
him two hours in which 70 transmit
t!on were arranged and signed Octobsr
-. lsfl. by CoTawaliis, at the mouse o;
The next day after Ire surrender was
divine service IN each of the origzdss ot
The American army Re also. ny PUBIC
prccls nation. Congratulated the alliec
armies on the ausp!cious Eictory. s"srg-
ing high praise 10 the officers and
troops. both French and American. for
their conduct during the siege
=
ninei Continental army was drawn up
in two lines more than a mile in length.
the Americans on the rigni sice % tne
road. and their French allies on N.
left washington mounted on a noble
slesd and attended by his stan, was m
front OF the former; the Count de Ros1-
amoeau and his suite. of the la[tsE ING
French troops. in complete uniform and
we'll equipped. made q brilliant appear
ance. and had marched 20 the erounG
with a band OF music playing. NnicA
f---s- o tfsz n -
The American troops. but part IN uni
form, and ali in garments inGch tne
worse for wear. yet had spirited sol
dieT-liEe air and were not the worse IT
the ayes Of their ccuutTEme1 Tor bear
Ing the marks Of hard service ana great
privsuons. The concCUTse OF spectator
20 witness scene 50 thrilling and mo-
mentous was almost equal ~ number 70
the military. but silence and order PIE
The success Of the siege Of Yorktown
decided the revolutionary war. The in
fant Hercules" said Dr.. BENJAMIN
serpsnts. that attacked him n his cra-
de Immediately upon the surrender
Washington dispatched ore q ms AIDES
Colonel TLEhroan. 70 congress. tnen sit-
dashed on a ssllop into the city At mid
night-the clstter q his horses hoois
the only sound that broke the silence oi !
straight for the house OF Mr.. Mexican. |
then president Of congress
LAUNDERING at the oooF as though he
would force an entrance, he reused the |
sleeping residents, crying. "CoCnwail!s |
is taken the Vstchmen patTollins the |
streets caught UP the words, and when |
they called one o'clock they added !
and Corn~sllis IS taken 4 hum Ike |
that OF an awakening hive Immediately |
pervaded the city. The inhabitants went |
pouring into the streets. Tne old inds- !
psndence hall bellruan was aroused and I
he rang the statshoUse bell and the |
Ga 9sn was greeted with the booming OF |
cannon. the sslvos Of artillery. shouts |
OF Joy and tears OF Thanksgiving
On October 70, Roger Williams was
IA nished from the Massachusetts col |
ony ls55D: the battle OF Leipzig oc-
CURED CIsi3l. and the corn eTstone Of /
the Washington monument was laid in /
lS47 Today is the birthday Of Sir |
Thomas Browne. antiquarian and Phllos- |
ohper Gs055: James Uenry Leigh Hunt |
poet and miscellaneous writer i1ssl 1
william ". Patton. clergyman and edu-
Gator lsel. and Amanda T Jones. the /
author Is35D. II is the death day ~ 4
Dean Jonathan Swift, humorist and po-
litical writer D7t5l: Henry Kirk White, !
the English poet ls0sl, and Francis Jos