The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1865-05-18

d hhh ~ ilN AUWNLlA IL WNOlu nUDTu
mc protection for my horse.
lie replied, II think not. We have To
watch our own horscs here cycry night { ,
prevent them from being stolen by cur
own men. Just now. there is not much
r'spcct 'cr tho right Of property in
hoTecs."
The same correspondent, and auothcr
correspondent had an interview with The
same oicnsin,
AN uJCg WIN GENERAL JOHNSTON.
General Johnstun's camp was very
plata one, scarcely as respectable as a
division Generals in the Uuion army.
The cntswere old, and scattered about
without much regard 10 regularity. The
Generals tent was a plain wall tent, not
much better than the rest. In front Of
this, Genera, Johnson and some i've or
six officers Of his staff were sitting. On
the lid Of mess chest near them were
the remains of very plain Crugalsuppcr.
Johnston Is mdn OF about five feet uine
inches in hight, rather slight, but mus
cularly built frame. FROM appearance
should take him to be about fifty. Only
that his hair and beard are SO gray. YOU
would NOT think him SO old. II, is
evidently u man of great ref 'ctivc pow.
crs, schnolcd into the greatest subsrryi.
ency, combined with un,iriug cucrwy.
His conversation is SO natural, dignid "a
and easy that you ut once feel at your
case, though at the same timc you are
conscious that he is reading your thoughts
like an opcn book. lie possess much
ole ia refined ease aud elegance OF a
gentleman, with tho penetration and
ii-mness ot u soldier. IL cynyers 4
freely.
y remark was make on the hopeless
ness OF the South contcndiug against
thc North, with her vast wealth aud uu.
bounded resources, buth in mcu aud
means. While the war has dcpopuIaicd
and devastated the South, the North was
never SO luurishiug, ncr never had 50
large population.
"Tsuc enough; yet we did not fail so
much from tie want OF mcu aud meaus
as from msmunaecmcnt. Had We your
Government, sir, the result might be
quito different" lie thinks the mass OF
tue people will quietly return TO their
homes and conform 10 the now state uI
things. lie vas bitter on tho murder ol
I President Lincoln. "Lincoln, sir," he
said "was a good man aud cor0crvd.
tive man. His death placed in power u
man of radical principles $ Suthcrn
mana man, | fear, of strong private
prejudiccs, who will no, try to heal up
the wounds Of the nation. The scoun.
drrl Booth was a hot.brlncd man, full
of kind ortragic desire of immortlliy.
lie was no friend 10 the South. II, at
any time, such an act could complicatl
the Federal Government, IL is not now.
Even should the Presidents death hllp
our CAUSE for a scuson,t would be sure 20
bring curse upon il; ;ior never did cause
flourish by assassination. All good men
Id true soldiers doprccate the assassin.
| hops he may be taken alive, in order to
come AT his pccompliccs.
General Johnston spoke in very fiat
terlug terms OF General Sherman's mill.
tary abilities; but was very bitter on
JaiE Davis, in fact, alirGuting the whole
failure TO his buugling Administration.
JOHNSTON had over forty thousand men,
Of all sorts, bur they deserted very fast;
something less than thirty thousand be-
ing actually purolcd.
a correspondent Of the Herald says;
JOHNSTON UNABLE TO CONTROL ms MEN,
There is no blame attached to General
Johnston on account of tho dcsortiun OF
his troops. lIc had seut word 10 General
SchoIield, few days Previous, that his
men were breaking u? in bodi IS, aud that
lan - ..ulG 10.
they had lost all regard for order or dis.
cpline. They even stplc most of the
headquarters horses, leaving the General
and staff to shft for themselves. They
have even dismountcd snva-al of their
officers, with the polite intimmion that
'thc I'D sons of b-s rode long enough.
IL was their turn now, aud 10 get of
quick or they would let tho light Though
them" The outraged dcs2scd scions
of nobility weuld, OF course, submit 10
such killing arguments
The poor privHtcs are trying 10 work
their way home, lame. naked and hungry,
dcspsed and loathcJ by the chivulrv for
for whose dynasty they fought. I have
seen ladies', who would treat you TO two
mortal hours bitter invcclivo against the
Yanfs. refuse TO feed poor, dclulrd, foot
sore, rebel soldiers, while Union soldiers
freely shared their hard tuck and cufl1e
with them, or U0lon officers hand item
their lunches from their slddIe.bnr'. .
7Nsrc is a bitter feeling croriH9 III
'he SoNta Grios2 tie DsmocrGts against
n dristocrdey.
The'follOwing is the form OF blank
nnrola.
GnErSsHoRo, NoRyH CAporyAl
..........,,..... >, leG5
In accordance with the terms, Of the Mill.
tary Convention, entered into on the twenty,
sixth day Of April, 1865, between General
J Joseph Z. job nstOn, Commanding the con
iederute army. and Major General W. 4,
sherman. Commanding the Unted States
A rmy In North Carolina, ,.......,.......,.
has given Ills sol mn obligation rot 10
lake UP arms against the Government
# the United States until properly
.eleised from this obligation; and is per
nilted to retarn 20 his home, not to be-
disturbed by the United States authorities so
ong as he observe this obligation, aud obey
he laws in force whore he may reside.
..........,.,..C $ a., Commanding, |
........U. S. a, Special Commissioner.
The number Of guns we obtlined was
me hundred and eight. General Scho-
leld sent to the rebels ten days rations
or twenty. Thousand men. "This,"
said Johnston "hclped US very much.n
A correspondent of the New York /
Tribune says:
The artillery is parked in an open field,
across the railroad from the town. | say
,arked the guns are scattered about,
With now and then a cr'sson and battery
wagon. There are about 100 suns--somo
,f them are guns captured from our army
It Stone River-but the IN ,rily are
runs cast AT Augusta aud Macon.
The only two foreign guns uro two
Notwithstanding Whuworlh guns, that are
n good condition. Beside these guns
here are a number Of batteries scattered
through the different camps--the COM