Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-05-03
EASTERN DISPATCHES.
From the Virginia Union Of this morningl
Lee,s Soldiers taking the Oath-Mose-
by's GueFrillaS coming In.


from the Shenandoah, states that all of
Lees old soldiers going home in that d.
rection, request to be permitted to take
the oath of allegiance. Many of Mosby's
guerrillas have come into Winchester with
the paroled soldiers, and among them his
second in command, Lieut.. Col. Chambers.
sassr Success Of wilson's Forces. ~
The Macon, Atlanta and Columbia pa
pers contain accounts of the march Of
Wilson's forces up to the goth. The rebels
are represented as fighting hard, but they
were defeated, and lost the West Point
railroad, which was burned all the
bridges, rolling stock and La Grange depot
were also burned, but NO private property.
The city of Griffin was surrendered by the
Mayor. ...... ..... .
Destruction Of u Rebel Ram.
CAIRO, April 30.-Advices from New
Orleans report that the rebel nam Webb
passed New Orleans, in broad daylight, at
rapid rate, displaying the stars and
stripes. After passing, she hoisted the
rebel flag. When few miles above Fort
Phillips her condenser got out of order
and she was deserted and blown up. As
far as known she had effected no damage.
A portion of her crew had arrived in New
Orleans. The remainder left for parts
unknown.
Surrender OF MorRan's Old Conn
mand.
LOUISVILLE, April 30.-One hundred
and five officers and one thousand men,
of Morgan's old command, surrendered to
General Hobson at Mount Sterling, to-
day. Twelve hundred rebels also sur
rendered, at other points, to General Hob
sons troops. -.
Deserters Taking the OaIh-Easrern
Kentucky Free Of Rebels.
Several hundred deserters from the rebel
army took the amnesty oath, and Eastern
Kentucky is now clear of rebel troops.
Mere About JohnstOn's Surrender.
NEW York, April ga Washington
correspondent says: 1t is not generally
believed that Johnston or any other lead
ing rebels expected the Federal Govern
ment to accede to their propositions I'M
less greatly modified. One evidence that
they did not, is the fact that prominent
civilians who accompanied the army, or
were in its immediate vicinity at the first
conference, suddenly disappeared soon
after. Another is, that on learning that
our Government had refused to entertain
such overtures. Johnston needed no fur
Their time for reflection or for conference
with military authorities. At six o'clock
on the morning of the 25th inst, General
Sherman notified. Johnston that the terms
were not accepted and that the truce
would end in forty-eight hours. Later in
the day he sent another flag, demanding
surrender on the same terms accorded to
General Lee. Johnston replied on the
25th, asking an interview for modifying
the previous arrangements for surrender.
ing the army. Sherman declined to dis
cuss the subject on the basis Of the
old agreement; but named a time
and place where he would meet
him. They accordingly met near Dun
hams Station, twenty-seven miles from
Raleigh, On the 26th. Johnston was
outspoken and frank in arranging the
agreement for capitulation. A few min
utes' conversation settled the preliminaries
and the terms. These were soon reduced
to writing and signed, and are the same
as extended to Lee, although not expressed
in the same language. Negotiations were
conducted in Sherman's name. Johnston
had no intimation of Lieut.. Gen. Grants
presence at Raleigh until after the terms
Of capitulation were signed, when Grant
quietly put his approval on the back Of
them. During the interview between
Sherman and Johnston, the latter uni
formly declared that the war was over
that to continue it moment longer would
not only be wrong, but criminal and that
when the Southern people learned that his
army and Lees had surrendered, there
would be none to counsel a longer con-
tinuance of the contest. He stated openly
that his troops should fight no longer if
he could obtain reasonably satisfactory
terms, and that he would disband and
send them home. The armies were nearly
sixty miles apart at the time the cspitula-
ton was signed. Sherman had moved
part of his army far beyond Raleigh be-
fore the truce was agreed on. After sign
ing the famous memoranda, this portion
was drawn back to the latter city, except
Kilpatrick's cavalry, which picketed line
of country twenty-five miles beyond Ra-
leigh. Johnston's troops were well back
toward Greensboro. The railroad be-
tween the two armies was in running
order all the time, and the opposing
Generals proceeded by rail to point
nearly equally distant, where the inter-
views were held. The telegraph was also
in working order, through Johnston's
army to Selma, Macon, Montgomery, and
other Southern cities. Sherman's first
news of Wilson's success at these places
was received over the wires running
through the heart of the rebel army.
Johnston even went 30 far as to facilitate
the transmission of the news from Wilson,
and begged General Sherman to put an
immediate stop to any further devastation
Of the Southern country. r.,.
The terms of Sherman's original memo
randa, it is reported, had the approval of
his army commanders and many able and
influential officers. Generals Blair and
Logan were among the number who dis
scented, and are reported to have done all
in their power to prevent the acceptance
Of the conditions Of these proposals. At
the time an armistice was agreed to, Sher-
man had just received information of the
general satisfaction that the terms Of Lees
surrender had afforded the North. He
believed that greater spirit of magma
nimity prevailed than at any former pc
rod. He had copy of the Richmond
Wing, in which was q proclamation of
General Weitxel, converting the rebel
Legislature of Virginia. Everything con-
spired to make him extremely lenient.
New York, April ga Washington
correspondent says: From certain indica.
tons It il probable that JEFF. Davis will
continue his flight South, and endeavor to
reach Cuba in some small vessel or fishing
boat, from point on the Florida coast,
and rumOr places a heavy sum to his bank
account in Havana. s,-rs,,s
New York, May l.-Gold l4S.