The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1865-02-09


hority Of the National Gorernment
should be recognized and obeyed or1x the
,cAolc territory Of the United States.-
This point conceded, he assured them
that upon every other matter Of dificr-
ence they would be treated with the
utmost libenlity; but without that re-
cognition the war must, and would, 80
on.
All the conversation which took place
between the respective parties came back
to, and turned upon, this radical and irrc.
concilable difference. Neither side could
be swerved hairs breadth from its posi-
ton and, therefore, the attempt at ne
gotiation was an utter failure. Upon
separating, it was distinctly understood,
and explicitly stated, that the altitude
and action Of each Government was to
be precisely what it wodld have been il
this interview had never taken place.
Tho New York Herald, which is en-.
t;rclv behind the times in the matter, has
Washington dispatch, which says:
That the consultation between the
President and Mr.. Seward and Messrs
Stephens, Hunter aud Campbell has
brought US nearer peace is almost unlvcr
sally believed in official circles. 1t is
also admitted that the negotiation pro~
crossed favorably as far as it went, and
that it removed several obstacles which
lay in the road to peace 10 that extent
it was successful. The. door has been
opcItcd to a settlement of the whole
question. While Mr.. Lincoln declares
that peace has got to come right, and in
way that IL will be permanent, OF not
at all, it is conceded tina. his late mission
to Fortress Monroe has materially
fastened the day of reunion. Those
who have obtained full statement of
the affair declare that the day is near at
hand.
The Hrold was SO sure of peace that
in an article on the disposition to be
made Of the Yankee troops after the war,
it gives the following pleasant assurance:
Many of them will be needed, Of course,
to temporarily garrison certain forts in
the South, and many more will DC used
in the regular army which the Govern
ment will maintain for some years to
come, until the seeds of rebellion are
totally destroyed.
The same paper says:
Most of the members of the Cabinet
were in consultation with the President
last evening, and there arc rumors that
new amnesty proclamation will shortly
be issued.
The whole movement It regards
As nothing more than a diplomatic
reconnaissance, designed to prepare the
way for the inevitable alternative Of sub
mission. Then it is probable that another
conference may soon follow, and perhaps
another, until, step by step, the nego
tiating rebel chiefs shall have prepared
their fire-eatins confcdcratcs and fol-
lowers for the final step Of repentance,
absolution and peace.
The Washington Uaily Chronicle says:
The blind faulty which possessed the
rebel leaders at the outset Of the rebel
lion rules them inexorably still, and the
sword of justice must execute the work
which the folly Of blinded leaders would
not accord to the arts of pacifcation.
SO little do the Yankees know of the
spirit which has been reused in the
South, that we find tho following in the
Tribune
We believe in an early peace; but VIC
do not even guess just how or when i,
will come, and we feel certain that it will
be fastened by the most prompt and
vigorous provision for continuing the
war. If the immediate result Of the
late conference has indeed been so COM
plcte failure as it is currently repre-.
scented, we shall doubtless soon be sum-
moned to make concerted and extraordi-
nary exertions to fill our quotas under
the impending draft and let us all be
ready to respond with energy and en-
thusiasm.
A Washington telegram says:
Mr.. Blair, ST., in conversation with
New York representative to>day, add
mittcd that the rebels he conferred with
in Richmond cheated him in their pro-
LESSONS of willingness to send COM
missioncrs to arrange for the return of
the South to the Union.
IMPRESSIONS OF 4 YANKEE "rOMMIS-
sIONEE" IN RICHMOND-T THE PEOPLE,
AND WHAT THEY FEEL--GhNEKAL LIE,
ETC.
The New York Tribune has a letter
from William Cornell Jewctt, giving the
substance Of conversation with Gene
raj Singleton, Of Illinois, who has just
returned from Richmond, and the i'm