Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-07-23

iication be made Of ysur acceptance Of ay
/ terms By nine o'clock A. N ] shah regard theE
/ as haviHg been reiacssd, and ect accordingly
| Should these terms be accepted white flags viii
be displayed along your lines to prevent sue Of
my troops as may not h.To been notified fEsn
! firing on your neu.
am, General, very respectfully, your oba3i-
ent servant u S. GRANT,
Maior-Gsnsral United States Array.
To this the sabjainea answer has tsis moment
been rocsivsd
UNCONDITIONAL ACCEPTANCE BY GENERAL
PENBERToE OF TIE .TKRlfs PROPOSED EY
GENERAL GRANT.
HEADQUARTERS YICKsBURG I
July g. 1868.
MAJOR. General U s. G ant Csnmanding Un'tsd States
Fsr0es ets.
the receipt Of your Communication Of this date,
in reply, to say. that the terms proposed by yor
are accepted. Very respectfully,
J. c. PEMBERTON, Lieut. General
All preparations for occupying the town are
completed. Ia sR hour it viii be in ear psgseE-
sisn.
TIE FINAL SURRENDER OF vICRsBURG.
WASHINGTON, July u, 1868. The follow
ing dispatch has bseR received at the war de-
partmsnt:
VICKsBURG, Miss, JAY Sill P. M.-Tks
surrender was quietly csnsEmsted yesterday
aOrRing at the appointed hour ef ten o'clock.
TIE rabel troops marched cut and stacked
arms in fsRt Of the works, while Gan PeRber-
ton appeared for a moment, with his staff, HPss
tie psrapet sf the central port.
The occupation of the place BY our fsreas
was directed By Gen. Mcpherson, wks had bssn
appointed 10 the csmRsud here, Gen LsgaR
bsiag assigned to the aemmaRd Of ths pest
les ~ 4 cf
= Saith RRd HsTea ROW garrison the line Of
ferhfcaiisns, and farRish guards for the interior
Of the city. Ne troePs rszain satside. Every
thing is quiet here. Gan. Grant eRter.d the
city at enc s'eleek, and was received BY Gen.
Psnberten with more marked Importance th&R
at their former iutsrVisw. BE bore it ike q
philosopher, and in reply treated Gen. Pembsr-
ten with even greater courtesy and dignity thsE
before
Of-tbe number Of prisoners We bsvs as yet
re precise information. Hsjsr Luckett, Gen.
Psmberton's chief Of engineers, reported it IN
officially yesterday at twenty-Eoven theusaHd.
To-day, UhaR the rebel briEsdiers brought ia
their acquisitions for foed, which they did, not
Wi.hstandinE Gen. PsmbeTtos's clause in tks
cspitulatisn that he shOald draw eight days
supplies fro@ his swn stereE, the sggresRte Of
neR fer whom they thas drew ratons, was 9
little ever thirty Thousand. Gea. Mcpherson
Issued to them FIVE rstions per maR-sll they are
TO have No citizens hsvs yet applied for rstisRs,
The psToling ia being pushed With all possible
rspidity, and will doubtless be completed by TIE
close of day after te-morrew. Among the sfiesrs
already parslad are RinetseH generals, with tAsiT
STATS, including enc lieutenant AID four msjsr-
generals
Large Numbers Of the men express a warm
desire to take the oath Of Rllsgisncs, ard it is
certain that their officers will And it difficult to
march them ts their camps east Of the Tsmbig-
bee. They have five thousand fsUr hundred
men on the sick list OF thsse two thszsaRd
fvs hundred must be left behind here.
Their lessos durizg the siege is estimated BY
Judge Hamilton, an Intelligent citizen Of the
place, at six thousand, Gen. Pembert0n hsv-
ing esmplsines tsat thirty wagons agreed aBoR
iE the espi!ulateR were not SReuyh, General
Grant tsld them to take fifty.
The ani7ersal testimony Of tie Tebsl efieers
is that their e7uscripts have been worthless to
thePl.
TIE sficisl rstsrn Of tho Rsla artillery sur
rendered makes it one hundred, inclBSing many
French, Spanish and Austrian guns. No report
sf coast aRd siege guRs has been mado-tho
number is from thirty TO hfy. Neither do We
yet kRow what quantity Of Ammunition the
rebels Rsd remaining, but somo Of their efissrs
say they had only twenty rousds per nan and
per essR0B.
Capt Csmssoek, Gaz. Grants cbisf engineer,
ts-dsy visited the fort6.atisRs. Hs reports
tbsEi as simple hsla works, but Of considerable
strength from the natural conformation Of the
ground. With one single exception the fsrts are
epsA at the gerge
The buildings Of the town are much lesI
damaged than we expected.
There is considerable supply ef railroad
carriages here, with one or tive locomotives in
working condition. OfdsTs have been gives ia
stantly to put tbs rGirsad ia repair as far as the
Big Black, and it will be ready to supply tk.n
with transport Before to.RsrTsW night.