The sun., 1865-04-28

ton Of the rebel General Who iAe 4th Inst eent
b. hss Of truce request or ee-s.,ion Of hosuhnes
until General Grant could le cent for. General 5her-
o. an ansHeted Immediately by sayins that II the
surrender oi his army the object OF such truce ne
else was de.red be wshed 10 know It. when he would
decide whether or not u would be nocesshy 70 teho
for thc Lieutenant General. y. in'9rmea h,ii ,nn
time 10 confer on the subject Of his NMt DIS Oner
vas promptly accepted, aud, through Wade IiaiIpton,
Benne,,'s iitts hn, on .te cfi Of the Chspel Hin
road, five miles from Iurh,mt stAiion' and thifv
from Raleigh. the niefnorehh meeting took place:
General sherman VA accompanied BY bis right hand
man. HE able Chief Ensin,er, Col; o. foe and
Johnston, win MAJOR Johnston and Captain Hamp;;
ton of HE staG Both generals we're arcoinIanled
BY their cavLry goneralA fitzpatrick and "aoe
Aher the more important, questions bad tecn oct.
tied Gcns sherman md Johnston oonversd freely
and fravIlJ. ten. Shermtn said and ,,en. Johnston
fairly adnt'ci that the grand army Of the hiss1p,
nj vas the iest arm y ever marshalod. why" sad
Johnston, ny engineers my officers and the people
Of South Carolina insisted upon H. that no hihy
could ever pnoirate satahatche s~sInls n, ut {Va
cotdufo,pd and bridged II for miles, and then dres
after yOi your immcnse mppy trains. The Ike oonid
NO; have teen done hy any other army"
General wade Hsinpton's action, and conduct IN
The light Of ,pchs manly and candid admission ns
suggestive Of ls haired ~ the Toopo who elevate and
dignity the hhoring claeses and thorough ianAncism
Of bic notions OF Southern superiority and chivary.
votpied snd fully re-annOunred the theory that one
houthern man could vhip three Northern men. We
odds, even IN his opinion from hve 10 three During
The intciyic- ~ the two Genera, Col Toe Ahd Ma,
Jor Johnston Chief Engino.s Of the two limie', hah
lonS and friendly interview. MAJOR Johnston et-
pressed Lis admiTaton for the tntit'er-
lng ability manifested by sbermshs army
Ia its march throurh South Carolina. The
two officers questioned eiGh other about the depart
monts aud at the rel oil engineers request Poo show
Ell him our plan ef building Tontoous. MAJOR john
ron proved himself a through sentlensn, aud ~ ne
parted from MAJOR Poe, expressed q hopc that they
-Oud soOn meet under more favorable circultiAn'ss
In ,paking OF the armies Ot the south-est oheiins
inquired where ten Wilson With his cavalry se
lie II at Columbus, Georgia" replied Johnson dnn
wish for Code sake that would tiop him f9r ne
II r1ding all through that country, tearing ,yeNthlnR
10 the devil" Gen sherman then showed Jnhnon .
dispatch he had just rOceiye fotn GiIinoit' sayhg
that Potter, with force Of intsn.ry and cay.Irl ~
tnirhinR the work Of deytstatbon IN south tat"ns.
sherman iotestallcd JOhnrtous rUtucst to nave tlt
stopped by saying that he thought II would not hurt
that people 70 t,arsst heavier bu rdsn Lot Pg'tcr
burn little LONGER" paid be. Gen, B-cctnfidfe
va- norose and rcticeut. lie fho~cd plainly hov
deep Wa his humiliation. lie cOpvCtsed. however,
IN discussion TO the slavery question made TINS
remarkable confcfsio The die cuAsion G. the iav-
ery question Ia at an end. The amendment 20 the
toustitution forever forhtdding slavery pertocty
isit and Will be accepted In that sptt hy the peope
oi the south" II tins IL the feeling OF TIE clA>s ne
particularly represents, We hail IL With glndncsr
The uess Of the Dsa-sinHtion Of Mr.. Lincoln vs
quarters, on hir wsy 70 the trst day' meeting. we
hhEo II from Gcn. sherman him.et that Gen. John
sion vas shocked and manifested ~ much reins
and concern A. an intimate friend would have done
Inc rebel chieftrin cipfCssed himself deeply pnued
at the unfortunate event.