New-York daily tribune., 1863-07-13
the following letter to Gen. Pemberton, by the
Eanda of Gen. Logan and Lient Col WiIsnn:

TIC s'OIef, DC. On your accepting the erns Pio,
posed, will march in one division as guard ahd
texe possession at a. m. tomorrow. As soon IA
paroles cBn be made ont and signed Dy 'ne oi'o,s
aud men, you will be allowed TO march OUT oi ou,
linse the officers taking with them their reghen,a
clothing, and staff, field and cavalry 0ncers Que n1'so
clothing but no other property. If these conditions
are accepted any amount of rations you may oeen'
necessary can be taken from the stores you now naVe
and also the necessary cooking utenslls lot PrePai"s
them, and thirty wagons also, counting tWo W.
horse or mule teams az One You will be allowed 10
transport such articles cannot be carried along
The same conditions will be allowed to ali SICK anu
wounded officers aud privaes az fast as they pecoue
able to travel The paroles for these latter must oe
signed, however, whilst officers are present au'nor
lied to sign the roll of prisoners.
am, General, very repeatedly,
Your obedieDt servant; ,,r n. a.
The officers who received this letter stated that II
would be Imrossible to answer it by night, and 1t
was not till "a little before peep o day that the pro-
posed reply was furnished:
HEapQr.RTRRs, VicKsBrRG. July ,, 1853.
,frjo,.G,n GRANT Commanding L. S. Force:
GENERAL: have the honor to acknowledge the
recent of your communication Of this date proposing
terms for the surrender of this garrison and post
In the main your terms are accepted but IN justice
both 10 the honor and spirit OF my troops, mani
tested in the defense of Ncksburg, have the honor
TO submit the following amendments, which, II
acceded to by you, will perfect the agreement
between us at 10 O'Clock tomorrow. i propose 10
evacuate the works in and around Nicksburg, ana
10 surrender the city and garrison under my com
mand. by marching ont with my colors and arms
and stacking them in front OF my present INES
after which you viii take possession; officers to
retain their side-aIms and personal property, and
the nights and property Of citizens TO be respected.
am o'''Fj yo1i PEMbFRtGS. S'IF ISG,SS,'Iy Iya General
To this Gen. Grant immeciaiely replied as ioi-
owws: ,.,
Hf0rFsg: Esss.s p'yssFSSrSJ' s, I,.SH' ls'
Lieut.. Gen. PgNBFEIoS, CommenGiHs Fre"iT t'Hio-s
GTNrEAL: have the honor TO acknQwedse your
communities lcu oi The Sd Of july: The auea9WeGis |
proposed by y5d ,innoi be acced,d 70 in full; 1t
will be necessary TO furnish every officer snd man
with a rarole signed by himself which, with tie
completion Of the rolls Of prisoners VIII necessarily
take some time. Again, eau mike no stipulation
with regard 10 the tlta menI Of citizens ana thelr
prva.e property. Wtie DO p9' eroc,cse - e4ust
any Of them any urGue annoyance or io's o~nlro' ~
consent to leave I'yself under restraint by sipu'
tons. The pror erty which officers can be allowed
to axe with them will be stated IN we prOT0-
sition q lss eveuiu gthat IT, .dat oiceIs viii bc
all swod tneir private bagga % and side-arms, and
counted officers one horec each. If you mean by
yuur proposition for cuc. brigade TO march 20 the
front OF the lines NV occupied by il, and stack
their at lO Clock n. n., and then return 10
insde and remaif. hs yc.oIefg until properly paroed.
will make objections 10 IL. Should no mod diii-
cation be maze of your acceptance oi my terms by
. o cock a, IN. shall gard tueia o. having been
rejected and act accordingly. Should thcs, terms
be sccepted, white Angs sbal Dc diaplaycd along
your lines to prevent such of ny 'rooi. may not
have been noiiGed isem firing upou yoGF mor.
am, Geuef.' v''y 's'P'e.iaIy
a. ;. GRANT, M'jot0sp u :. A
To this the subioned answer INA moment has been
Brapec4'svrEs. vicKsarae. July I. ls,1
Mri-5Gen Z. 3 Gs,sr, conn. .saaias L. >. iores'
! GENKRAL: l have the honor TO ac cknowlcdge the
receipt Of your communication OF tins dae, aud In
55ssPPisd. 5sPis l." say that '"' ''''' '''4 '''
| Very repeatedly your obsdan, ..rsSn,.
{. FEMBkkoS Lieut. General.
All preparations for occupying the tow are com
pleied IN an hour il will be in our posse-s on.
The following dispatch has been received ai the
War Department:
Tn. surrender was quietly contaminated yesterday
morning at the appointed hour OF 10 o'clock. The
Rebel troops mafcaed out and stnck.d arms IN front
VI their wOrks, while Gen. FembcrtOu APPEARED Tor
a moment with bis staff upon the parape Of the cen
tral front. The occupation OF tho place by our forces
was directed BY Gen. Mcpherson who bad been a.
poluied 10 The command here, Gen. Logan beng ns-
signed TO the command Of The poe; under hin lie
ldiyisous OF Geus Logan. j. T.. ; 4iib, and Heron
now occupy the line of foriica'ions aud furnish
guards fos the interior Of the city. No1roOps remain
outside Everything is quiet here. Gen. Grant en.
tered tie city at 10 O'Clock, aud WAS received by
Cen Pemler'On Wllf more marked IDfihlff liuU
AT the former interview and bore IT Ike pAIo,o-
pher. Gen. Grant, IN reply, treated Cen. PeIbor-
Ton with even Il greater couftssy ana dlguIty than
before.
OF the number Of passengers, We have az yet no
precise information MAJOR Lnckei, Pembsrion's
lief 0f Engineer reported it uno.icially Yesterday
at ~ 900. To-day when the Rebel BngGaief
brought in their reguisltion for food, which they
ask oiwithstauding Gen. Pelnbeton's clause IN the
capituation that he should draw oSht days sup
plies from hs stores, was little over JO,OuO.
Gen. McPherson i.sued 10 them five rstions per man
all they are to have. No citizens have yet az led
for rati0ns Tie paTolng is being pushed with all
possible rapidity, and Will doubtless be complied
by the close Of day after Tomorrow Among he
officers already parOed, are IT, generals, with their
slals incIudlug one lieutenant, and four major
nefals. Large numbers Of the men express warm
desire 10 take the oath Of allegiance, aud 1t In cer
tsiu that their officers will lind II difficult TO march
them 10 their camps eas, Of ths Iombigbee. They
had 5,400 OF their on tie sick list. Of ihese
2 800 lAust be left here
Their losses during the siege Ia estimated by Judg
Hamilton, an intelligent citizen Of the place, ai
6OO0. Gen. PembertOn having complained that the
80 wagons, agreed upon ia the capitugiOn, were
not enough. Cen Grant has told hun 10 take %.
The universal testimony Of the Rebel officers j.
that their conscrpts have been worthless TO them.
The official returns Of the field artillery surfen-
dered makes it 100, including many French, Span.
isb, and Austrian guns. No report Of coast and
sIege guns has been made. The number N from 80
/ TO ~. Neither do We yet know what quantity Of
ammunition the Rebels had remaining bat some Of
their officers gay they had only ~ rounds per man
and per cannon.
! Capt. Comstock, Gen Grants Chief Engineer
/ to-day visited the foTuAcgtons. He repofte them
as simple field works, but Of considerable strength
from the natural conformation Of the ground. With
one single exception the forts are all open at tie
gorge. The buildings of The town much less
damaged than we had expected. There s Il COL
siderable supply Of railroad carriages here, with ono
or two locomotives in working condition. Ordcrs
have been given instantly TO put the railroad IN
pair as ar as the Big Black. and il will be ready to