The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-05-09

Mr.. Theodore G. Wilson'S Despatch.
GREENSBORO N G., May 2, 1896.
OFFICIAL ccRREsPoyDENcg WIN REBEL generals
Sunday, April 30 reached General Kilpatrck's head
quarters then at Dram station on the line Of railway
from Raleigh to Greensboro. Finding there was line
Of telegraph from that point to General Johnstos head
quarters, sent the following dcspatch-
HEAporARTERs CAVALRY COMMAND,
DuRIAMs, April 30 1855. :
General J. z. JOHNSTON, &c.
GsNEEAL-will you permit me to visit your headquar
sers at GreensboroY THEO c. WILSON,
Correspondent New York HERALD, with cavalry.
In few hours afterward / received the following
GENERAL yoHSsroNs REPLY.
GREEssBoRo April 80 1905.
tlro c WILSON Correspondent, Ae. =
4 his
Lieutenant Colonel and Acting Asst Adjt. General
~ Eow TRAM WAS OBTAINED.
The above being favorable to my Wishes next set
socue discovering the 70 get Greensboro n -
Sidiy IS possible. To have gone BY road horseback
would have been 70 sabect myself 70 certain robbery
Issns another despasch-&hie time ~ follows:-
HEADQrkrsas CAVALRY CoxxAxp,)
DUnunS. Mayl, 1865.
ovIL on MILITARY SurxaixrxxDExr NoRTH CAaoLxA RAIL-
desire 70 visit General Johnston's headQuarten hav
ng his permission 70 do TO- Can you facilitate In
Correspondent. 'i Srw Yosx H..s.o % = With i ssvsiily
This was the rcply:-
CoxrAxr Suops, N. c., May I, 1885,
Tzso G. wnsoS, Correspondents HERALD, Durhnm's:-
Special train with GencraHardee win 20 to Raleigh
this afternoon. You COME up It's return All
hands away and therefore cannot but few Of
cur sasss a Ss Sss 40 Tor
HARDEEs ARRIVAL
Al about four p NJ the special train arrived. On Il
were Lieutenant General Hardec, Brigadcr General
Robert Anderson and several field and staff officers in
Guiding Wade Hampton's SON. All Of these officers got
on the train at Durhams and made brief visit TO the
headquarters Of General Fitzpatrick. The party seemed
70 be in good spirits conversed freely, Hospitality
entertained and, doubt, gratined the attention
shown them Returning to the train, the party pro-
ceedcd to Raleigh and remained there all night General
Hardee in the interim having interview with General
schoaeld.
INTERVIEW HARDEE.
This morning General Hardees party left Raleigh at
nve O'Clock and reached Durham's at halfpast seven
ny invitation they brcakfased with General Fitzpatrick
after which they continued to Greensboro. accom-
panied the party from Durham's. General Hardce
ceiyod me in very cordial generous unreserved man.
Him and talked freely all subjects Of interest
at the present time. In speaking of the war
he made this remarkable assertion :-"Sir, ac.
cept this war the providence of God He intended
that the slave should be free, and now he is free
Slavery never paying institution. I have often
told my friends For instance my wifc owned about
hundred negroes forty Of the hundred useless
for work. yet she had to feed these forty in order to get
the work Of tho other sixty. The negro will be
of for this VIII any Of your abolitionss of
the North feed and cothe half little children in
order to get the work OF and woman9 Sir our
people pay the working negroes fair compensation
for their services and let them take OF their own
families, and then have much left at the end Of the
year we had under the old system"
'Uoncra do you think will soon have real pcacef''
81 II think the people of the South are anxious
for They wanted 1t two years ago. ] then saw that
carsc could not succeed"
"will we not have guerilla warfare?"
go help me Ged, sir IL we do | am willing and ready
20 nght to putan end TO it,"
SIS the sentiment entertained by the 9TH gene.
raj officers who have been the Confederate servce
at is have not the slightest doubt but they will
use every means they command to bring quietncss
aud security again in the land They win in no wise
support those who do not obey the laws.n
" How will It be In South Carolina Yp
"South Carolina 10 the worst whipped State in the
Union.p
"Bu: will not her leading spirits control the masses
"Thcy, too, are crushed She has no leading sprits
Let impress 10 upon You that the pcoplc Of tho
South to live peace with the people of the North
and you will find they will do IT, They win do :, cboe
fully provided your government docs resort to harsh
II 10 does resort to such mcasurcs canpo,
for the consequences We staked our all on tho
OF arms and they failed us aud now we arc
willing 10 return aud live under the laws Of the United
States vo end them, ahouglrthey may not be az we
would desire TO have thon."
"Your officers have no money What are they going
90 doY'
.Jhey must 60 10 work. The prospect before them Il
most gloomy indeed 1t Will be very hard on old men
like nae. cannot now commence profession"
DO yon think Jel Dayi pleased at tho assassna
ton of President LincolnSn
~ do not think he was The people Of the South dc
not like andy johnson How they, compared 70 Mr.
IincolnY Lincoln lad been In Office four years, and
knew who b. could trlst He had also learned "a
govern. He had made name He could have done
many things for The outh that johnson cannot do
not believe that Lincoln party manthat is, that
he was particularly johnson ls marty man He I
pew. and the jser s he will be radical i houe he will