Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1863-07-17
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THE PRESIDENTS REPLY TO.
APETTTIONOF THE PLANTERS
'.a.'9 OF LOUISIANA. aa n
Runners Of a Peace Proposition
g b Before the Cabinet. ,,

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n, BE- Before the Cabinet. af
a CoURr House, V1cKsBuKe, July 4,
s.x laaa., 81 via Cairo, July 10. -.
Vicksburg surrendered this morning, after
a siege of AZ days, terminating in negotla-
ton. lasting "a hours. Grant and Pemberton
had an interview this afternoon. .1'yas9 a'
The last note of Pemberton's, accepting
the praffered terms of Gen. Grant, did not
reach here till 9 o'clock to-day, when Gen.
Mcpherson received the formal surrender
The terms allow the officers and men to be
paroled here, the former to retain their side
arms and their horses, and personal property.
They will be escorted beyond our lines and
furnished with three days rations from our
stores. e.sg ~, --.s, ....-l.-4
Gen. Logan's division marched into the
city at II o'clock, and at noon Lieut.. Col.
Strong hoisted the Stars and Stripes over the
Court House. Col. Wilson 9 is provost mar
shal Of the city, and Gen. Logan commander
Of the post. ..,...,....-.-....
We have taken over $4,000 prisoners, be-
sides about 4, 900 -combattants. 1O2 field
pieces and 80 siege guns, $4,000 stand Of
arme, ammunition, locomotives, cars and
few stores, and 81 stands of colors. ...,. r..
Among the prisoners are Lieut.. Gen. Penn
berton, Maj. Gems Stevenson, Smith, Forney
and Bowen, and IA Brigadiers and about 130
Coionels. .f.f .e .rs -s.f ars .gs-9 Vi q ..E..
There are. $500 men in the hospital, half
of whom are wounded Only $4,000 of the
garrison are reported fit for duty. The stock
Of provisions was almost exhausted, and for
fo,,, Ia bou tin.r notlo HoSh
Of ammunition for heavy guns, they had
fair supply, but in field and musketry were
short; eight caps to man was all they had
left. an exces. of sugar, molasses and rice
was all the supplies they had, with a little
unground corn. 5;s,ssso-s
The capitulation was caused by destitution
and by physical prostration, hastened, per-
haps, by the expectation that our forces
would storm the place to-day.
1t is admitted by all that the rebels made
gallant defense, and the terms are under
stood to be concession of Gen. Grant to
their bravery as well as great public
economy.
Vicksburg is much damaged by shells,
hardly house escaping. The reception OF
our troops was not unfavorable Our soldiers
treated their late enemy with great friendli-
ness. Both sides feelings great relief from
the severe hardship and suffering of the
siege. Fifty steamers are at the landing.
The Fourth of July has never been celebra-
ted so strongly or so earnestly. @p.i
VIcKsBURG 5, cia CAIRO 10.
Yesterday and to day all passed off with
remarkable quiet and good feeling. ID
The weather is fearfully warm.
Nineteen General officers have been pa
rolled. Two or three days will be occupied
before the prisoners are sent out. Their des-
tinaton is reported to be Talladega, Alabama.
Many of them are anxious not to be paroled,
but wish to take the oath of allegiance and
quit the rebel service and proceed north
Several women ard children have been
killed or injured during the siege. The hum
dreds of houses occupied by the sick and
wounded have been constantly exposed to the
shells. About $500 persons have been
killed inside of the works since the siege be-
gan. The labor performed on the fortifica-
tons by both sides is prodigious. The
weight of our artillery has knocked most of
their works into indIstinguishable heaps.
There were about 1900 women and children
in the city during the bombardment, who
have for the most part of the time been obliged
to live in caves, of which there are several
hundred. The citizens have not been allowed
to draw from the army supplies, except in
cases of destitutions The prices of food have
been enormous: S. per pound has been
charged for flour and 81 pound for mule
meat.
The latest advices from the interior repre-
sent that Johnston is retreating rapidly and
that Sherman is in hot pursuit. Reinforce
ments are moving to Sherman's assistance.
Offers of assistance have been dispatched
to Gen. Banks, and it is conjectured that the
condition of Port Hudson garrison is similar
to that of Vicksburg week since. Its fall
may be announced at any hour. The gen.
eral opinion here, both in the rebel army and
our own, is that the rebellion in the West is
at an end, or at least reduced to Insignificant
ss-.9et ST.. as III
'' New YORK, July IL.
The Hera1ds Washington dispatch gives
the Presidents reply to the Louisiana plant
ers who petitioned for authority to elect
Federal and State officers under the existing
Constitution. The President does not favor
it, as respectable portion of the people Of
Louisiana contemplate holding a Convention
to amend the State Constitution. He also
does not see how it could facilitate our militia
ry operations in Louisiana, and might be
used to embarrass them. He concludes by
saying the people of Louisiana shall not lack
for fair electiou of Federal and
State officers. .i. ...-....
The same correspondent says the question
of peace is already considered in Cabinet cir
cles, and we are in the midst of a Cabinet
crisis, growing out of a proposition If Sew
ard for \ Presidential proc lamation offering
amnesty to the people of the South, suspend
ing the liabilities of the confiscation act and
offering a full pardon in person and property
to the people of the South, excepting the mil
itary and civil leaders. ....-. ...--......
Seward suggests these should be allowed
their property, but be ineligible to Office
Bates and Blair favor the proposition but
Stanton and Chase oppose it. 1t is supposed
Welles is against it. The President has not
expressed an opinion. ......,...-
The same correspondent assumes to know the
object of Stephens mission He says if'was
the intention of Davis to Offer peace, intlud-
ing the restoration of the Union on the terms
embodied in Hunters speech previous to the
ebelion; in fact separate governments for
the North and South, but only one President.
This was to take the negro out Of national
politics. st i fo .:s. '.sca ~
On the peace proposition the President has
not expressed. his opinion, but his recent
speech would.seem to indicate that he is in
favor of trying to make good his promise OF
freeing the negroes before consentlng to .
peace. zf-.--.4 .t Nh.
A number of leading Republicans, says the
correspondent, have arranged programme,
to be submitted to the President tomorrow,
under which they are willing that peace shall