Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1863-07-14
Details OfJhe surrender Of
VIckAburR.
Special Dispatch to the Chicago Times.

vicinity OF NIeksburg, July 4-Ticks-
burg has surrendered.
The name Of Gen Grant is now insenara.
bly, connected with our national birthday
We entered the city at 10 A. NJ of that dsv
and at high neon the flag gracefully wav
ed forgiveness for the past
Over 20 OOO0 prisoners were taken.
With sma arms innumerable, aud the fin.
est rifed batteries in the coz federate sery-
ice.
At about A. N. Of July Sd, flag of
truce was seen upon the rebel breastworks.
An officer was sent to receive it. All fir.
ing ceased, and thousands of men thronp.
ed the parapets to see the foe with whom
they bad contended for 40 DAYS, each con
cealed from the other. The men, on both
sides. gazed in wOnderment. No arms
were visible, only men, and the earth
works were alive. In some salients whore
we thought there might. be 20, there
seemed to be 100. All l,oked like men
who labor in mills or quarries. Sloucbed
hats, shirts anG pants, were the uniform
But little was said, though in some places
the men we're nos more than ten or fifteen
feet apart.
The bearers of dispatches to our gensr.
ais were fine looking men, of martial bear
ing AMI brave mien, clad in gray, close i,
ting uniform and French caps, mounted
on fine but thin horses. They were con
Quoted, biindtolded. to the tent os Gen. A.
Smith, whose front they had entered. He
escorted them to the tent Of Gen. Stepben
Burbridge, to remain until his return from
the quarters Of Grant. i've miles away.-
They conversed Of old times more than of
the present Their names were Gen. Bow
en-, OF Port Gibson memory, and Col Mont.
gomery, OF Virginia.
After taking glass Of wine, Gen. Bow
en- remarked that his bandsge was uncom.
tortatle, as 1t was very warm. Gen. Bur
bridge had it Embossed.
Alter more than an hours CONVERSE
ton their answer came, and they were a.
gain blindfolded aid returned to their
works.
Still the men sat in silence. Not gun
was fired IN that part of the works. All
wondered what it meant.
The purport of the rebel message was
this:
GEN. GRANT: To prevent the farther
etfusion of blood and loss of life. propose
that hostilities cease for - hours, and
that you appoint three commissioners and
| three, to confer upon conditions of sur
render, though l can hold out indefinite
ly."
To which Grant replied:
AS to your first proposition, it is for
you 20 avoid at any time. As to the sec
ond, see no necessity for that, as there
can be no conditions of surrender. We
can all bear testimony to your endurance
and bravery, and Will treat you with all
the respect due prisoners of war &"
Gen PembertOn then solicited q person
al interview, which was granted by Gen.
Grant.
Az P. Ii. the latter, with his staff ar-
peared on the bills where our advance
works were. Here the party halted until
Gen Femoerton appeared accompanied by
Gen. Bowen and Col. Montgomery y. % the
crest Q: the opposite hills were rife pits
and forts crowded with men. In the pace
between, IN a grove of fruit trees, figs
and peaches, met the contending heroes
thousands OF soldiers looked upon the
strange scene.
Two men who had been lieutenauts in
the same regiment in Mexico row met as
foes, with all the world loukire upou them,
the o"e bis cJuntry's glory, the ether his
country's shame.
When they had approached within
Col. Montgomery spoke:
Gen. Grant, Gen. Penberton They
shook hands politely.
1t was evident that Pemberton was NOR
tiled. lie said:
Il was at Monterey aud Buena Vista
We bad terms and conditions there" Gen.
Grant here took him aside, and they sat
down 90 the grass. and talked more than
an hour Grant smoked all the time
PemOertoR played the grass and pull
led leaves.
1t Was toslly agreed to parole them
there, allowing the officers each his horse.
1t was petite thing. The dread Of GOING
no-th and the fear of harsh treatment had
deferred them from captivating sooner
Grant proved his maguanimity and saved
thousands upon thousands in the way of
transportation and Tations
They feared the fourth of july. Our
men would call out at night that the fourth
would finish them. 1t was so arranged -
BY this we have saved thousands of lives.
Boih armies are gratifed with the re-
suit. Our men treat the rebels with kind
ness. giving them coffee, which some have
not tasted for year.
The city is much diIapidated. Many
houses are injured.
The Iicksburg paper of July Cd, of
which l send you extracts by mail, admits
the eating OF mule meat aad the pilfering
OF soldiers In private houses.
Mrs. Cisco, wife of an officer in the ar
tl'lery service, was killed last Monday in
the city.
Gen. Green, formerly of Missouri, was
Killed last week. Coils Griffin and Askew.
OF the 3lst Louisiana regiment, were also
killed
There seems to be much suffering there
from sickness and our missiles.
Johnston is still in our rear.
Our boat was fired into at the foot of
Island No. 50. and rddled with shell and
ball. Fifteen shots passed through, most
OF them in the cabin. The cabin is al
most ruin. Strange to say, no one was
hurt.
Lieut.. NJ. NJ. Dunn is bearer of dispatch
es frOm Gen. Grant.
Col MARYLAND, special agent of the p;st
octhce department., opens an Office in Vicks-
burg on the 5th.