The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-02-08
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delay on the army lines the commissioners trans
ferred to the care and attention Of Commander MITCHELL
the rebel Navy commanding the rebel notls in the
James river Here Of course our Authorities Lost sight
Of them.
tho point whence the set out directly for
Richmond s place u some historical importance u
is Of the ancient plantations the James river,
situated near Dutch Gap, and embraces twenty three
hundred acres Of arabic land. II was tho FORMER
site OF the Court House wherein the renowned patriot
Patrick Henry used charm and delight the ancient
arstocracy Of the proud Old Dominion with his lustrous
and vigorous eoquence The spot will be chie6y msme-
rabe In the history Of the present conflict tho ne g
the chief point where Colonel milford from ns 70
time negotiated the exchange Of prisoners Of since
the commencement Of hostilities
0 1Hr COMMISSIONERS sa rsr7
upon their return In the best Of spirits and entered
fully and zesfey into the genuine and luxurious hos
pitaity Of the distinguished Union officer delegated BY
the President entertain them They convened upon
topics other than the absorbing with Considerable
freedom-ME Vice President Stephens, ! believe, ven-
turing the hope that great good might come Of the It
tempt just ended TO pacify the beilgerent sectonG
Great admiration was unanimously expressed by tho
commissioners for the private and public character Of
Lieutenant General Grant, whose treatment q them,
socially and otherwise alleged by them have been
OF the most exalted character. Their upon the
New York appeared TO lurking about there exceed
ingly quiet and unpretending, and their department
wholly dgniHed. e
In this connection the following pointed and pro-
phetc extract from the speech Of the rebel Vice Ps
dent in the Georgia State Convention urging that the
Of secession should not be passed. not without ID
appositeness and meaning
This step lsecesson) once takcn, can mover be re-
called and all the banefu consequences that must fol-
low will rest the Convention for all coming time.
When and posterty shall lovely South
desolated by the demon Of war; which this act Of you
will inevitably invite and call forth; when our green
fields OF waving harvess shall be trodden by the
murderous sodiery and fiery Of sweeping over
land temples Of justice laid In ashes; all tho
horrors and desoations of war upon US, who but this
Convention will be held responsible for It, and who but
he that shall give his vote for this unwse and tmed
shall be held to strict account for this suicidal
execrated by poserity oil coming time for the wide
desoating ruin that will inevitably follow this aes
you now propose to perpetratef
Rebel Accounts.
THE REBELS ANTICIPATING HIGHLY e0LoRBD
STORIES OF THE PEACE MISSION PROM NORTHERN
PAPERS.
| From the Richmond Examiner Feb. Al
II must not be forgotten that while Messrs Stcphens
Hunter and Campbell are within the enemy's lines the
enemy has monopoly OF all public news coming 70 Us
S
commissioners during the whole time piece Of pro-
perry in the hands Of the Washington government,
which enemies are ingenious enough TO exploit
Washington correspondents OF New York papers, and
other enerprising manufacturers q win Of course
starting Developments in order keep alive
element the subject Of peace at the South. Pro
ating this excitement BY feeding with fresh, n
vorable runners every morning and tnose ~
channels by which they sent produce general
impression Of verisimtudc. This 10 PRECISELY the kind
OF policy which anticipated In the E1a~ser Of
days ago; and Intention and It's dangerous character
obvious enough The design OF all their efforts viii
be TO dsorganize our army and divide our society %
distrust both OF confederate public officials and OF
generals commanding our armies by continual state.
ments Of what has been affirmed proposed, limited
sonIadction Of these being able % penet.s
the lines till long after In con,rivng and inviting this
kind Of sham negotiation, Mr. Seward very weu knsw
what he was doing. He knew that the fedsai e,sU~-
rsnt had eceryh'.g o gat~ BY : ard tAe eMtedrots
Is were locked up in well guarded room and Of whai
is said and done there have knowledge, save
I they only succeed In OBTAINING the three worthy gen.
tIemen At Washington one month they may reasonably
by dexterous use Of their opportunities and .ku
manufacture OF facts and the c0nfederacy
zed entirely distracted from the essential basnsss Of
pagn2every state suspec.ns an adjoining State every
suspoctng his ncighbor Of design 70 submit Tie
the country Sometimes the startling development will
be sent TO us through Grants picket lines 10 the most
aIrec. way, sometimes 10 .ne "Ssnng1on esseI o.
Senaoba, wherever that Is and again will be secretly
conveyed and communicated in the strctest confidence
/ by intelligent ladies gentlemen coming acroas The
lines 70 testify their sympathy and do stroke of bas-
|
such In the pernicious and DISCRIMINATING machinery
which Mr. Davis set In motion from the moment whom
he permitted Mr.. Blair 70 come into lines without
credentials treat only with facilities to intrigue ana To-
L md nvit
tons; all ending In the appointment OF three influential
confederate 20 and place themselves In the
subject Of vast system OF cunnngy devised faIschood
OF course tho President has nobody but himself
II he is represented by Blair having commits
s.oncrs TO Washington, knowing that they would not
| be received there unless they came to tender SUBJ
| mission The most widely circulated newspaper
| in all the North says expressly that Blair made
Mr.. Davis understands that Lincoln would give . hear
upon the basis Of submission TO the Union. II may bs
said that this Is not true probably not We expect
truth at all, not one word to come to US from tho
enemys country upon the subject OF these precious
gotat.ons but Is easy 10 perceive the evil
quenccs Of such statement being believed, for
few days, by citizens and by soldiers: and any evil
result from 1t, who is 10 bame The who admitted
scheming Yankee 70 creep and prowl about horc and
TO seducc him into this dark and doubtful way OF in
formal conferences Yankees to be dealt with "by
the card. TO be conversed with by the way Of written
documents, 70 be held to the '4pea sripa,p and
then they will generally cheat you
Even before they had any Intelligence In tho North
that three commissioners TO go TO Warrington
OF Hhu even the newe
manufactured had already commenced The nrst speci
round 10 US by way Of Mobile and " the
effect that Lincoln had, his side, named three
mssoners unofficial Of course-that Ii three pri.
vaie gentemenl 70 meet three unofficial friends and
10 confer with Them Of the three the Northern
side being Franklin Pierce man who has always
tanned the right OF the South TO seeede and vndcats
her independence In arms This was naturally deem.
ed most judicious kind OF canard to set flying
among being calculated To those who believed
II 70 think independence Just going be recog-
nized Lincoln would call Mr. Pierce into
Ia Nj aD w h.
story arriving TO day especially the rumors that will
be 70 pervade streets TO and every day