Show ep e I 1 1 I 1 Sur surrender mider at york lown ton n the surrender of tile army of lord Cornwall li to general washington the centennial of which was lately celebrated took placa nt fit yorktown lown ath 1781 tile alie ceremony on the occasion of the surrender was exceed exceedingly I 1 ugly I 1 alvo TheAl alio american lierl army was drawn up u 1 on ill the a right side of the tha road mad leading from yorktown to hampton ind and tho the french army on tile the left their lines extend ing more a mile in ae length nath washington upon it Is white charger I 1 was lit at tile tho hoid head of tile american americ a r column and and rochambeau upon it powerful buy bay horse wits at the head of 0 tho the french column tho the french troops in ili complete well equipped miida made a brilliant unco unil and and fill marched tu to tile the ground with ft a ban imad of music playing which was a novelty in alio american ser vice tile tho american troops but part lit iti uniform and it nil nil in ili garments much tho the worse drw for wear yet had a spirit 1 rd d ilko ilka air find were not the worse lit in the eyes of ir countrymen for bearing tho lie t nim ka of hard service and groat great arl vat lorts tho the conco concourse urh or of from ill thu 10 country sl aenied equal lit in number to ili alio llio tary yet silence anti order pre at about two the garrison stilled sallied forth and pushed ii with shouldered arum arins slow find solemn stepi step colors colora ci unit mid draing beating it a ina rn arili I 1 they wore were la all it well beun beell furnished with new suits to tho the capitulation dijoy were led by general on horseback inho ir riding iding up nil to Ocrie ral wash 1 gon t I 1 took oil his int and f it for of lord corn com wallis on lic count or of washington received ill him with ith dl nihed 1 courtesy but pointed to major general lincoln na m the ilia cincer who was to receive tle tile slOn of garrison errison lincoln tilt alie croyal troops to lie field selected for laying down arms anne and there to him tile sword awong of cornwallis Corn wallia allnet all le 0 o colled it and then lien politely handed banded it bick back to ohara Ol laru to be rein relur returned ned to tile tho larl earl tile delivery of tile the colors colora of the regiments twenty eight in number wits was next nest performed elget british captains each bearing it 11 flag lit in it ca case were drawn up lit in line opp opposite osite to thorn them at a distance of six paces american sergeants were ero placed lit in line it to receive c tile the flag liaf 4 ensign wilson of Clin unions tons BrIga dethe youngest oun sest corn com allicer lit in the army being abeln only beigh eighteen toon years ol of age was it up it pointed poin leil by colonel hamilton tho the office of the llo duy day to conduct ahk cerenio ceremony ny when wilson gave the order for tho the captains to a ud vance two iwo paces to deliver up their colors colora and ami tho the american sergeants sergen jo to two to paces to receive then tile tho fornier and assigned as tile reason their fin willing ness to surrender the flags to tion non of fievre hamilton who wits at aln it distance observed this hesitation and rodo rode up to 1 quire inquire I th on being or of it lie willingly blared tho feelings fee lingi of f the english cupta curtains ins nud find directed ensign to receive them him gelfund hand them to tho the sergeants when ilia colors had heon been sur rendered tile royal army proceeded proceed ell to lay down their arms it was wai fill an exceedingly humiliating task lasic for tile the captive sas they had been for months enjoying it career of victory find and had learned to look upon tile rebola rebels with profound con cliff tempt an ali oie eye witness ut the surrender dr 0 8 that hi it ili anny illy of iho ill a soldiers down their guns guna on oil the pile with petulant potula nt alo violence but this exhibition of ofa a sullen spirit wai wag promptly chocked checked b by gen feral eral lincoln after aroun arms and laying off their menta nion til the were here con ducted bick back to their camp and guirard guard d liy by a sufficient force until they goolt up their line of fur for moro more in tile tho in perlor of virginia and maryland tho the v whole holo number surrendered by capitulation was a little over making the iho total loss losi about tha firce cuni ot 7 american regular re ular 4 1000 militia anti and french in ili nil all their lois in killed anti anil wounded during the siege wui was about the ur ar fillery and stores and pro visions batons surrendered were curn coni ble there were 75 73 brass and iron cannoni muskets 28 regi dekl m mental standards stand ards ten len of them thein english and eig lateen german a gargu quantity of cannon billa balls musket cartridges cail rid sctt etc etc there wai also alao nearly genrl I 1 in specie I 1 lo 10 a the life military lulli tory bliest |