New school history of the United States . He sent Simcoe andTarleton t o seizeGovernor Jefferson,break up the Vir-ginia Assembly atCharlottesville, anddestroy the publicworks on the Rivan-na. From his resi-dence on the summitof Monticello, whichcommanded a wideview of the sur-rounding country,Jefferson saw Tarle-tons dragoons cross-ing the river below,and escaped. TheAssembly adjourned to Staunton, beyond the Blue drew down toward the seaboard, as the Americansgathered round him, and intrenched himself at Yorktown,where he had access to the sea, and awaited anxiously rein-forc
New school history of the United States . He sent Simcoe andTarleton t o seizeGovernor Jefferson,break up the Vir-ginia Assembly atCharlottesville, anddestroy the publicworks on the Rivan-na. From his resi-dence on the summitof Monticello, whichcommanded a wideview of the sur-rounding country,Jefferson saw Tarle-tons dragoons cross-ing the river below,and escaped. TheAssembly adjourned to Staunton, beyond the Blue drew down toward the seaboard, as the Americansgathered round him, and intrenched himself at Yorktown,where he had access to the sea, and awaited anxiously rein-forcements from Clinton, and a British fleet. 101. The French fleet was also expected on the Amer- which empties into the river Santee. near the north-western corner of Charlestondistrict. It bursts out at the foot of a low hill, cold, clear, and sparkling, and insufficient volume to turn a mill. After running- fifty or sixty yards, it plunges intoa cavern, and flows underground for about thirty rods, then reappears, and runs intothe CORNWALLIS. THE SURRENDER OF CORNWALLIS. ican coasts. An attack on New York was contemplated. Itwas abandoned, as the French admiral sailed for ChesapeakeBay. Washington, in consequence, determined to invest Com-wallis by land and by sea. Concealing his purpose and con-tinuing his menaces against New York, he gathered the Frenchand American forces at the head of the Chesapeake, and trans-ported the greater part of them in French and other vessels tothe neighborhood of Williamsburg. 102. De Grasse* arrived in the Chesapeake withtwenty-eight French men-of-war, and reinforced Lafayette withthree thousand French troops under the Marquis de St. Si-mon {see-mong), A partial naval engagement enabled theFrench fleet from Newport to enter the bay in safety. Aftermanoeuvring for five days, the British admirals sailed away toNew York to repair damages, and left Cornwallis to his outlet by sea w^as closed to him. THB SURRENDER OF CORNWALLIS. 103.
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