, 1865-03-29

Lees army. 64Dn1
BeanSeeard and Hsrdee. ee.,............:...... 800
Dick Taylor. D. H. ELL, and Howell Cobb. GG0
Welt OF hlsaiea1ppi.... .........-........ $1,000
rot.1 ,-a ~,
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:.l,ess lne So ~ nnoeE heanreeard and Hardee
lofces Mh1eh eTacuated Savannah and Charles
ton. The 1000 Of Bragg include ~ the gar
tison ol HllnlDRt0H. These ii ,oo0 men con-
stitnte the bulk Of the army NOW under
Jonnston N North Carolina, with such ID
d1tsons Aa have lately been made The 600
under Taylor, Hill and Cobb, are or were
sfattened through Georgia. Alabama and
Miss1seipp1, part OF them constituting the
present garrison OF Mobile.
VI Hoods army the following Is 4 correct
namerical statement:
entered Tennessee.
Came 1850
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Aees " "+at "@4a - -. 49, es'~"
n East tennessee ana xn mest virginia mere
Ms5s ~ Feo!uaty put SOU men Atogetner,
anu M Loe greasIest patt ol tnem were transferred
March ], and thereabout, to l5nchbprg.
GEN. LEES TESTIMONY. -.
gagged early in the present year in an inquiry
Into the condition Of Observation-Disclosures.
Among tbs witnesses summoned before them
WAS General Lee. and the following are e1-
uacls from hls testimony On tho 24tn Janu-
afT, n,n9ts noo2 u. 7,a.,.
Guesuon " eeaatot hpntes. Mnat = yons
drawing the army to North Carolina?
4. Ia my opinion, it would be a bad move
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.,t - twu o.n1,aia,, 1an1 "4'e 1"opo sn'u" Ao'
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mer.
ra i.,na,d W. 41,an.a.S - ,ay s poye' ~
ing tWo annalea tnoasano neeloea!
"A. w ate ~ eas'y VI 'ne "4r, tna1 49,, ~ Luz
teas. VI estf W. ~ euSn ~ esea' 4ne ne-
gtoes n nuse , msH s,s,,; tnsla CT aps,y. naG1y =.
ting The pegsoes into the field:
e. lnat "on4a oepena On circumstances
we coula AZ least callJ On tue~ Ha1 1o1 an"
o{oef year. 7,r
Vuestlon ey eenauor H4t-Mna is tne sen
A. II Is nmost onanmoas 1of peace. Inc
men WILL light longer II necessary. but they
believe We cannot continue the war through
another campaign.
question ~ senator Gfnnam-H92t L.
Jonr individual opinion On the subject Of
peace! ..'.
a. th1nk inc bcst polcy 1s 70 make peace
! on tne pm Prposea ey Ml. etepnens' M ~
k1otav kta. san-;ena auu e~s' :" De 0A'~"
iafus. n1sat;an hs NV Ser,tor va1la,-1f neore he
~ +neas hatc... e,,ring viii vop roreant r.
t",.o 1a1erand NJ ri tfa .r,n;es ~ sl,a Cors
1885, T;th rnJinoite5 nowerss
As1'1, 2,11 Ia, tale M: nos,fion to which nv
,o,,.,trv - asaia1s t M m T., .he has1 can
~. a. ,,ot ,h,rl. can % sara fba csnsc NM
NJ h,,man W. ~, ron.ar can sore f. Had neeT A..
ssad ~ nna anat r,iacaa reora,o ,t;nt con1d
hsro nc A. nnr cnna;t{on m',ch natter than r.
is Nv 1.1Aoe ~: o''' '111>'1 0eA'~ N''- ~
ns"s+,,n hv s.nator f>rr-yon t1,sn1r +hor
s",.ses 4 q wake nesce a. The S.enhens MA ~
as 3ha4 !. tha hasf ~ ,,oiSan 1oP esSNo
tt'' s4a. o,d tba Iao;e,o s;,oht - ,,s
sou.a smn sf III = e1se is last f~~f'N 0e11 ~ ~
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pfsEs1loss @ fRoa 1as nEbs- AAat'
From records IN the Aajntant anu lpspec'
tor.Generars office i appears that from The
lst Of October, le63- to febFuaIy + led5,
600 men had deserted from the Confederate
| armies east OF the Al1ss1ssippl- turing tIice'e
recent Invasion OF Missouri, nearly all the
Missourians in his army deserted, and he lost
during Inc campaign 9,o" men-
uooD,s ARMY.
DISTINGUISHED Confederate of1cer from
| Ceo,cia. Fehrnory q. saId that t1,a nen1nanl
OF Hoods army was nothing more than mol
Of demora1ized soldiers. He saw the met
pass through Montgomery, Alabama, on theil
Tay to Branchg1le, 8. C.
FAILURE or NEGOTIATIONS IN ENGLAND.
1 ~
bfa ,niss;nn - Enoisnd Win ;nfel1teenoa ~
h. eao5ts were complete t. @ 1siia5s: s. Englsnd
nsS wSgla hare nothing 10 do with the confeae
TIE PEACE CONFERENCE.
When Mr. Stephens came back from Fort
vas aot SissPpo,atsa + i IL siass OF. of Ii i
si9c III T. e 9asa nos sssaf s e ss9tte a T.
Llneola "oa.o HUI ~ mahe psaee mlen DAVIS on
49,, Sh.t 1,eace T.a uith3n reach gf ,he cnnr'
r. Eaa cn;ta rar4oin wa ehon15 ha1a
r.ace and an hnnorabIe 1,eaee be5;,rr May
1eos; = 1als th result, ne S oecteFea, was n the
sne
nor set Of men. could prevent II. ~ NN
s,ephens thought that the negotiation.
Lincoln in his inaugural On The fourth O.
March, and that the President would then
a. RasR wa,ea wona BE- e generally
effort S b. he s Eun5s4eIate @ Goyepnmept @ toWayi
,seot,oi;ons ~ n raTTv m the 1rar = az f,,t}1e
an6 nninst IL The r.enn1e and The States. r
~ word. be considers lie functions Of the Con
eae4a'' s".4r., 1u,s.. -, =. W. =. 60 e nv.~
Stephens proposed:
F1ra, Let President Lincoln issue an ad
dytng IN Inat aaotess1na nc nas nelot !
/ said as to feacey and also Hnat passed al NJ
In, ,eryiew with the Commissioners.
the part Of the unitea States to meet Sat
Commissioners on the port o. enc9 states q
desize to meet at Nasaxllse, Lou1sritle, or
cinnat', in April OF MAY, 70 consui1 rs 70
peace, on the basis OF such STATES fetacnin!
to the Union upon ne sole conailloh oi ooe