The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1865-04-14

marched all Yesterday At erucon and ,vcuine until ho
ssans' Sheridan At he ippom.,,ov Cour, House
sharp hfht eusucd, resulting ia tho capture Of a
number of prisoners, and the check " their re-
trcat The 2lth aud 5th corps cosc NJ In sup
port Of the csvGry and duruf the neht took M po
stion acioss the main road and tho South -ido
the AppomatoI river, cutting them oil from
retreat In thst direction farly thi, morning
sheridan sttscked vigorously, ard for sorc dino
bfsk encsscment VA carried on. About Q A. NJ
Ass Of appeared In front OF hi. line and be- wv
iutoru-d that hosttcs had been -iltuGrl Ia order
20 Srtanre tetms Of surrcutet IAis was caused ~
acreercut msdc hy Gen. ord couse1tiur to a cosss-
tou q The ring 70 commun cate with Goaerzl
Grant and done T. T. said, without proper
| tho-lty. Gen sheridan. Ad't General allow I'd
to come through the rebel columns to communicate
With cen Meade, who stated that he knc- ofno such
nrane oment anu that he about " move forward
10 accordance with hl. previous intentions. Gen.
Ice, however sent another desiring 10 h&'c
an intsrviss with Gen. Grant to arrange the termr
| Of surrender and Con. Meade va. thus ohliecl TO
grant two hours armi-ticc 10 order 20 con.muucae
With ten Grant who had moved sfouud 10 the eft
during the neht. gen Grant conseutinr to soc cen.
| lee and discuss the matter, ahoa' hdf-pasi four
! o'clock. Lieut.. Col. Whittier, OF ten. wright. staff,
came iu and reported tie tostnr arranroi Au tho
papers -igutd when the ssn est excitement prevailed
throuf hout car ines cheer upon cheer icndius 'he
air. soon sn,r Gen. M,,dc AMI .af. Wi.h other
cHccn, rode along the line, Of the scc ui and SIKH
! Cops. AMI thry were greeted With me most en-.
thusis.tle shout. the ,uen ,hro,-,no t,,r k1ts IN
| ~, 1ty ami ,s.yty oiaetug trI.l t,y anf tslt,hf
y, such s-oue ian, .vrr cen itne..ei In this army
| lnI tho thank. Of tie whole country are due to
tlr brave ucn and their heroic commanders for his
great and riurious result II L. unhotstooi that the
men Of fGcn,UI LTp's srulr TO lc paiocd and al
o,.d n r,,f,rp 10 'eir ba,y,. The. cav, NO eyor.
tbipg In ,b.- hand. Nm, las, tfsit the .oyed
large arnorut, of propertv In the shay. Of WAGONS
gun c.rriaYes. baes,se. u,per. etc
| The unut.r OF General Ie.'. force f. pu, down at
.hou, ,t.ent. thousand men. Very few gun, ucre in
,hcir nose, sson ne they abandoned nearly all they
Ii not lo,r .n action TAlrty-eL,ht runs were
h-oirl, YESTERDAY. aud several th. moruins Tho
-suh and Gle Of Iec'. arm, are sid 10 be- wo ,atis.
God to give up the struggle believing that they have
no hone OF success. tut say that II General lee had
riusod to surrender they would ha,r stuck 10 him to
thelast The o,iccr, are .omev nat sirv and di-cou-
tented Tut this feeling will soon wear o hen they
hnd hos Iib.ral, aud kindly our people are disposed
10 tt.a,them
| Another letter f-orn IL, Army OF the Potomac da
| ,sI \urI fgth saw Tia, final srranr.t,it, for the
,urf.nd.r OF Lee. army .,re compIcsI y,st.tday.
and to-day they are ut hier,y to proceed to their
home. or ee sber, # they chooae IN, ,enns grant.
ed were certainly Of very libcra character l.rrc
number Of onic.rs together with thousand. 9f tLo
reu of tli, arm. .sp e,. thclr dis,.tiparilu not
ouly at Tie unprecedented Ibarsit, yrantsi to the
Amy Of Northern N.rsinia- bus 10 the manner in
which they were p,roied and allowed 10 20 their ray
without our men being Permitted 90 enjoy the results
Of their long struggle i the ps.ac through the line.
of General lee ,ndh he arsy-but it t. cisdncI that
tli- would have been hun iA'ins u General Ice and