Delaware State journal and statesman., 1863-07-17

prVp,i,J rarrleil a'l mix nun' cnol. gu.
Should no modiGcaii be made ID your accept
Ance Of my terms by nine rr'i \ NJ shRli
regard them as having been iyjec'cd Il act No /
cordinPly. Should these terms be ncc'pied
white flags will be displayed along your lines to
prevent such Of my troops as may not have been
notified from firing upon your men.
! am, General, very respectfully, your ODE
dent servant,
u. S. GnASr, Major General.
To this the suNjoined. answer has this moment
been received
HEADeuARTERs, VioKsBuRo, July 4, 1868
Major General U. 8. Grant, Commanding U. s.
Forces, &ei
GenerdI-I have the honor TO acknowledge the
receipt of your communication of this date, and
in reply 10 say that the terms proposed by you
are accepted.
Very respectfully, your obtdieut servant,
J. g. pEMnEHroN,
Lieutenant General.
All preparations for occupying the town are
completed In an hour it will be in our possess
sion.
THE SURRENDER C0NsUMMATED.
The following dispatch has been received at
the War department:
NlcKsnouu, Miss, July al =. NJ.
The sarlenlcr was quietly cun-unmntul yes
tcidny morning at the appointed hour Ut 10
O'Clock The Rebel troops marched out with
stacked arms in front Of their works, while Gen.
| pemlerlon appeared for moment with his Staff
upon the pnrapel Of the central front. The oc-
cupatou Of the place by our force was directed
4 by ten. MclhCrson, who had been appointed to
the command here, Gen. Logan being assigned
10 the command of the post under him. The
divisions of Gems Logan, J. 4. Smith, aud Her
ron now garrison the line Of ioricaiions, aud
| furnish guards for the interior Of the city. No
troops remain outside. Everything is quiet
here Gen. Gfnnt entered the city nj O'Clock,
mud was received 10y Gen. rrmhertun with more
marked Impotence than nj the lolmor interview.
lie bore il like II philosopher, and in reply treated
Gen. Pemberlon with even greater courtesy and
dignity than before.
or the number uf prisoners we have, us YET.
no precise information Major Luckett Gen
Peulheiton'a Chief Of Engineers, reported il un
officially, yesterday, ut 2i,ODU To-day whei
the Rebel BIigndier brought in their requisitiun
Tor food, which they did, Notwithstanding Gen
P.mberton's clause IN the capiiulation that h
should draw eight days supplies from his OWL
stores, the aggregate VI men for whom they thu
drew rations was little over 30. 000 Genera
Mcpherson issued To them Eve rations per ma
all they are to have. No citizens have ye
applied for rations.
The palolng is being pushed with all possibl
y / Inplullyt anu Will uuuullcha ne HOulpltlc1 v,
close Of day alter to.mon ow. Among the officer
|, already puroled are nineteen Generals, wit
c their Stalls, including Que Lieutenant and iou
!, Major Generals Large numbers Of the men G.
e press n warm desire TO take the oath Of nllegi
is nuce, aud it is certain that their officers will fin
:, it dcult to march them TOT their camps east of II
d Tombgbee. They have 6l00 men on the vic
l. list. Ut these 600 must be lett behind here
Z. Their losses during the seige il estimated
: Judge Hamilton, mn intelligent citizen OF Il
III place at 5000. Gen. PembeItou having cor
planned that the thirty wagons agreed upon
l. the capitulAon were not enough, Gen. Ora
e has told him to take fifty.
ID The universal testimony Of the Rebel office
is that their conscripts have been worthless
Mt them.
The official return of the field artillery sure
dered makes il 100, including many Frenc
"a Spanish aud Austrian gus. No report of Coz
Ia aud siege guns has been made The number
N from thirty 10 fifty. Neither 10 We yet kn,
i. what quantity Of ammunition the rebels had r
AZ naming but some of their officers say they h
ave- only twenty rounds per man and per cannon.
r" Captain Comstock, General Grants Oh
oh Engineer, today visited the fortifcntohs.
no reports them simple field works, but Of CT
os siderable strength, from the natural conform
If. ton of the ground. With one single except,
A. the forts are all open ut the gourge.
lodi The buildings OF the town are much less da
ms aged than we expected.
In There are considerable supply Of rairC
art carriages here, with some EXCEPTIONS in work
md condition. Orders have been given in stantly
Mo put the railroad in repair as far as the
to Black, and it will be ready to supply them W
All transportation before to-morrow uiaht.