White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1865-04-13

make peace on the plan proposed BY Mr..
Stephens. The people and the country
ought to be saved further sacrifices.
Question BY Senator Walker.-Ifpeace
be not made before spring. will You con-
sent to take command of oil the armies Of
the Confederacy. with unlimited powers!
AnswG.-I will take any position to
which my country assigns me. and do the
best can. but / do not think can save
the canse now. No human power can
save it Had been assigned such plsce
one year ego. I think could have made
our condition better than it now is.
Question by Senator Orr.-You think.
then. General. that the best solution Of
our difficulties is to make peace on the
Stephens plan?
Answer.-Yes, that is the best policy
now. think the army and the people
ought to be saved. # ell elss is lost.
DEsERTIoNs FROM THE REBEL Army.
From records in the Adjutant and In.
spector Generals Office. it appears that
from the Let of October. 1864. to Febru.
airy A. 1865. $4,000 men had deserted
from the Confederate armies east of the
Mississippi. During Prices recent in
VISION Of Missouri, nearly all the Mis-
sourians in his army deserted. and be
lost during the campaign $500 men.
HOODS ARMY.
A distinguished Confederate officer
from Georgia. February 6. said that the
remnant of Hoods army was nothing
moro than mob OF demoralized soldiers.
He saw the men pass through Montgo-
merry. Ala, on their way to Branchville.
S. q.
UNIoNrsTs AT THE SOUTH.
The following is list of Senators. Re-
representatives. and othe public men through.
ont the South. who are in favor of recon-
struclion on the basis of the Union and
Constitution:
VIRGINIA.. T. Csperton. Senator;
VIM g. Rives. NJ. c.: Fsyette McMullea,
NJ. c.: Ex-Gov. II. A. Wise. NJ. G;
Thos. S. Gholson. NJ. @; Jno. s. Ball
win. NJ. c.; Samuel Miller, NJ. c.; VIM.
j. Goggin. II. G.
NORTH CAROLINA A. Graham.
Senator; Robt. S. Badger. NJ. c.; Jas.
w. Leach, N. c.; JAS. Turner. II. c.;
J. G. Rumsey. NJ. c.; VIM B. Dortch.
Senator; L. w. Leach, NJ. c.; T. G. Full
Ter. NJ. G.; John A. Gilmer. NJ. c.; Gov.
Vance; w. w. Holden, NJ. C.
SOUTH CARoLINA.-James L. Orr, Sen
ator. w. w. Boyce. NJ. q.
GEoRoIA.-H. v. johnson. Senator;
B. II. Hill. Senator; NJ. H. Blandford,
NJ. c.; Clifford Anderson. NJ. G.; j. T.
Shoemaker. NJ. c.; Gov. Brown. J. S.
Whitaker. Joshua Hill. Judge Linton.
Stephens. Judge A. r. Wright. V. A.
G,ssill. Fl. B. Waugh. Lewis Tumlin.
Warren Akin. NJ G.
ALABAMA. r.. w. Walker, Senator;
Robert Jamison, Senator; Thomas j.
Foster, NJ. c.; Governor Watt. Jere.
Clemens, Ex- Senator Fitzpatrick, Repre-
sentative Parsons.
MIss1ssIpp1-J. W. Fl. Whatson.
Senator;J. A. Orr. NJ. c.: w. D. Holder,
NJ. c.; Ex-Governor Matthews, o. r.
Singleton, NJ. G.
FAILURE OF NEGOTIATIONS.
Elk, Senator @. G. Clay, returned late
ly from his mission to England. with in
telligence that his efforts were complete
failure. England would have nothing to
do with the Confederacy.
THE PEACE CONFERENCE.
On Monday. February 6. after the
Peace Commissioners had returned from
Fortress Monroe. Senator johnson, Of
Georgia. visited Mr.. Jefferson Davis. and
held conversation with him, of which
the following is the substance. as reported
subsequently by Mr.. johnson:
Senator Johnson-Well. Mr.. Davis.
your peace mission has failed?
Davis-Yes; l knew it wou!d. And /
hope now the reconstructinnists will fight
Lincoln instead of fighting me.
Johnson-But Mr.. Lincoln, it seems.
was not opposed to making peace with
the States He only refused to recognize
the Confederate Government.
Davls-H'm him HIM.
Johnson see, Mr.. Davis, that you
have Withdrawn all the troops from
Georgia into Carolina and Virginia.
What are the people Of Georgia to do
for protection?
D,vis-The people Of Georgia have
followed the counsels of Gov. Brown
and Mr.. Stephens. and they must now
protect themselves.
JohDson-Very we'll. Mr.. President;
il you can do without the people OF
Georgia. the people of Georgia can do
without You.
Whereupon exeunt. by different doors
Davis and johnson.
MORE ABOUT rEAcE.
When Mr.. Stephens came back from
Fortress Monroe. he said to his friends
that he was not disappointed at the fail.
ure of his mission; that he knew before be
started it would fail. He was now salts.
fed that Mr.. Lincoln would not make
peace with Davis on any terms. but he
was more sanguine than ever that peace
was within reach of the country. He wat
quite certain that we should have peace,
and an honorable peace, before May LIST,
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