The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1865-02-18


Presidents Message oa the Peace Con
f.renc- W.
! 90 the 9Th inst. the President sent In /,
message % Congress 90 the Peace Confer
ence Below We pushh ,hst part OF |,
which i o. lenersf iTeres'.
70 The Hon The House of Representative,
10 response % yoar resolution OF ths
9Th inst. requesting information IN relation
70 conference recently b ED IN Hampton
Read. Ihave the honor 70 s,sse ,ha,oc the
day cf 'hs date ! gave Fesnci. p. Blair.
" i card written on ., follows:
Allo~ the bssrer Ftp Blair. sr.. 20 pas.
our 'inesfo 90 south and return.
(Sigssd) A. Lt~coLs.'
That - the tins was in'ormsi 4 thst NJ.
Blair sought the card sss mssn. 81 getting
TO Richmond, bot he was giveo M su,horitv
70 spssk Or Act for the government. nor wss
! informed o. anything he woud saw or DO
on his own sccoun,-
ArBis- told me IN ~ ne al been % Rirh-
nond an seem Davis. snd ne lBlsirl At ,he .
rsme time brougba msauscript letter ss fol-
lows. viz: r
RICHMOND, Jan. IL, 1866 in
4. Blair. Esq
Sis h.ve deemed II proper sad prohs-
siy desirable 10 YOU. 10 gre YOU 10 this form
The substance OF the remarks made bv me.
10 be repeated bY you 10 President Lincoln
! hsve no disposition 10 tind obstacles ia
forms. sad am wiling now. - heretofore.
. enter into segotistions for the rsstorstios
Of peace. sm resS " to sends conmission
whenever have resson Ia suppose il will
oe received. or to reesive con m ission, II
The Unises States governms al shall choose
70 send one, no,wihstsssing ii. rejection
OF our former edsrs. l would II you ecu q
promise that : commissioner. miDisisr or
other agent wsuld be received. app oiDt one
inmsdl.tslv, and renew The effort to enter
into : conference, with : view to secure
peace 70 mo Two couniriss.
,Yesss. &s- Jsrssxsos DAVE.
Afterwards with : view that It should BE-
shows 70 Davis. ! wrote and delivered 10
Blair . letter 40 follows:
WAsHrseroE. January 18th. 1866.
=. p Blair. E-q-
SIa:-You having shown me Mr.. Dsvis'
etter . Won Of tho l2lh inst. you may ssy
. him. that I hsve constantly been. and a.
row. and shall continue rssdy, 10 receive
nv sgsnt whom he or any other infiuentis h
'erscn resisting the national authority, NAV
nformsIIy send me with a visw Of securing
'eace 10 The people Of our common coun-
~ A. .LrxcoLs.
Afterwards Mr.. Blair detected for and su-l
hsriz d me % make entry on the back Of IN :
stained copy Of the latter. the last above
eci,ed which is a. 70 lloss: M
Jsnuay 26. 1864.
To-day Mr. Blair tells me ths, on the 21ssl
g delivered 10 Mr.. Davis the original. oil
'hich the within is copy. and left il with
i'm; that At The time OF delivery Mr.. D.vis
cad i over twice in Mr.. Bisir's prssence.
I'd q the close Of which he (Blai,) re- !
'srksd that the part sbou, our one com
ION cous.ry. related = the part Of Mr.
)svis letter sbou' the two countries, 10
'hich DAVE replied thst he 90 understood Ii.
Az A. LINCOLN.
Here follows . pumber Of Teegrsms re-
ting the admission Of stephens, Hunter
nd Campbell into our lines, there having
cen some dslsy csnssqusnt on sbssncI or
ien- Grspt.
The rrssidest then ssys: Afterwards, "
y directions. The sscrs,sry Of war isle-
rapned Gen. Ord g follows: ~ \
WAR DEPARrnEsr.
WAsHrScTcE, January 30-1o A.M( yIi'
9 Msior General Ord. Head qusrtsrs Army
Of the Jsass rn'
b. direction Of tho precedent I an ns,r,c-
d % infe'm the three ssn,ismsn--S S,sph
.. Hoater and Campbell. that . messsgs
III b Dispatched to them u OF nssr whore
~ nov srs. without unnecessary deIsy. n
(Signsd) EN- SrAsros.
Sec. of War 4
Afterwards ] prepared ard but into the
nds cf Nsior Thomas r EAksri, the foi- n
wing ias,ructsns and message: "