The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-04-12
FROM WARRINGTON.
The heFortheeming Preciamation.
Especial Dispatch to the New York News !
W,suIyGJS,S Auril y. 1865.

WAShlNuiVN, hpiii ~ 'S''
MILITARY men now say that Gen, LIE.
remained too long al Richmond Has
heavacnated the city when Gen. Grant
began his movement he could have ie
treated toward Danville without Hiicl
difficulty; but he was very reluctant u
abandon Richmond, knowing the loss u
prestige it wonld entail aud when he al
last determined to}withdraw bus army
Generals Sheridan and Humphreys were
clising up ON his line of retreat
General Lees intention Was Z" TAI
back Ia Dani lille. aud join hiS forces I,
those commanded 10y General Johnston
who. lis belieHad, was then retiring ~
ward that place; but. owing I" HE neeh
patton of Burkesville 10y Gcherai Shsri
dan. he WAS obliged ID accept the alter
native of retreating toward Lynchoufs
General Hancock's advance was ai
Staunton on the 4th, and 10y forced
marches could have reached l.ynchoilrs
this morning The column under Thorn
as, moving from East Tennessee. shonid
he near Lyuchbnrg by this time J.,
Although but little has been said
of the operations in North Carolina, 1t Is
known here that Gen Sherman $ army Is
again in motion
The point ut which he is aiming Is mol
positively known. but the JUNCTION al hi9
forces with General Grants army Is be-
lirycd to be the first object Cen. John
stous army retired IL Raleigh and Hills
boru when General Sherman occupied
Gol,lsborn, and il is believed he VIII ro
tire toward the mountains.
II is sill believed here that the frrai
dent " i'll shortly issue "A Proclamation &"
the south. aud that IL Will he dated al
Richmond lt'iS an errorto suppose nm
incapable "f preparing snch IA document
without Mr. Stewards asslstance, Not
wirhstanding Mr. Lincolns Endorsement
ut the harsh aud relentless measures
adopted by some Of his generals. he says
he does not desire 10 inilict unnecessary
hardship an The Southern people.
lie thinks that as long as they keol
arniies ia the field 10 resist the authori
iy of the Government, those aruie>
shonld be opposed with all the vigor AT
the command OF the country, but II they
Will disband their armies and resume al
lrgiancc to the Constitution he VIII give
them protection aud security III all th,
political rights they formerly enjoyed
except the right tUhold slaves HE know,
that a iull enforcement of the c"nhsca
ton laws would b. unjust and imprach
cable
He is unwilling To eyasperate the peo
ple by unnecessary harshness, and Ill
rlinrs rather IN conciliate by an exercise
of clcmcucy at the expense Of what some
ot his friends consider Justice He ha'
no power to disfranchise the citizens ol
any Southern States His friends Say
that Notwithstanding his faults, il is I'M
lust tn say that he will make the restora
ton of peace snbservient to the Interests
Of his party,
He is ut present removed from the per
nicous influence oithe radicals, and It b
hoped that before returning to this city
hr viii issue such proclamation as hi'
better nature may suggest Ii Is SAID b,
some ol his friends that hr will not max,
an offer of amnesty or take any step Ia
ward healing the wounds under whlcl
the Southern people are now snarting
until the Confederate armies are dis
prrs,d or driven to the monntains; In
the more thnnghitnl members "t hi
party say the proclamation should hc ~
sued AT once, and that il should breathe
nothing but the spirit of clemescy an'
cancellation.
IL will be remembered that Judg'
Campbell had long interview will
President Lincoln in Richmond on Tues
day last II is now stated that durlDs
the interview the President urged Jndg'
Campbell 10 use his influence with sncl
members of the Legislature of Virginii
rs could he communicated with Ia as
selnhlc lnd call a convention with
view I" bringing the State back (" ih'
Ilnirp Judge Campbell Is nmdrrst"o'
T." haze promised tn exert himself ~ ih
President suggested, and il is believed /;
convention will soon be held. anil th
State 90 through the form Of being ~
stored tn the Union. II will bc observe,
that in this matter the President has IL
nnrnd the Pierpnni Government, whlrl
some have been accustomed to rcgald u
the legitimate Government at the Stale
About four hundred Confederate pris
ouers were marched mp Pennsylvania "a,
enue. thi, afternoon, guarded by colorc'
soldiers
Mails from Richmond now arrive her
regularly The mail is closed IN Ricl
momd at five o'clock each morning. an'
arrive. here nn the following morning
II il expected that communication be
tween Washington and Richmond. Via
Aouia Creek and Fredericksburg, vii
shortly he opened.