, 1865-05-12
Qbita9o Wrtbni'1e.

FRIDAY, MAY 1s, 1865.
FROM NORTH CAROLINA,
RECEIVING Taa suRanHDu
or JoHNaToNs ARMY.
Feeling and Bearing ofso!
diers and People.
New Light On Battle sctnes---Eeetiu
Of old Classmates,
tepeeisl Correspondence of Cincinnati Gazette
Tht great closing ecene fn he rebeillGn h,
| inst hecu enacted here. This ls yer7 easy i
T1ite-or to rssd-sut most d,f}cult 70 realize
| for tattle, End Jet their b1ackeuad thypats sba1
never shont treason any more. Here are grea
henps Of rife. TINT have o,azed and crackled liz,
ss eas g he 9aFs
the path Of The fire. Here are long lines Of ambu
lances, that ehall never wlud along IN sad process
never fost on the hcaytne swell OF the battle
Our banner. ever tovcd, and most sacred NOW with
1ts blood a,ntna floats above this wreck OF fepsl.
| lion. tnd few Of Us are here to witness It and
thank God that our eyes hare seen this day.
reaes Is a,wn,nE n. e.. TIE 1se taqsse1s of war
ding storm eyererowiEg 1anter md fan,er a gsiss
+ TIC hl.Gs clouds roll awsy from the GAIN, bright,
s., mS1qins @ TIC ota spec.,
| The ob]teatton agreed utou bet tseen Gencr.is
Sherman and Johnf on, and to receive The nnhIiS
| properly surrendered. f1ot1e
RECEIVED At CAVALRY HKADQuARrEss
In half 1T hour a etslf officer came r,l1o,3ro =,
mos, elegantly dressed, mounted up5n fniend|Fh
dapptd Rrsy horse, and attended 81 nne ~ N ssa
1ims s, m'efsSis es.sre 20 orderly.
In,,1 " oohla aaa condaced the train to
ron himself met 1t. NEIL <anoes'
The General came forHsra and met Gen. u,,,.
wea richly atured in fni uniform! syftS 8.,. ~
ea.h bpt no sword He wore tho usual froct 10y,
Of hne efay cloth With the three stars or iha col.
deep b,ne pants. very high boots. hirhiv n1n.s
Dented spurs, and broad white hat Fitf t.,3t
F eoFa' ana the hrim pinned up on the tieht side
features we're flntly formed his har md Wh,.kcrss
1na hs bacE
u:ts1', unInoYed, his face would reveal the Heree
t'Ingsle INT "a; going or within. His headonsr-
n Hfaz
stretched IL grove, aud these with cnnn,s oS 0f
could he seen. ~ e1' soa<
Afur few snorcnts' delsy, the train went m
Gen. Anderson arranging to hnye the traek ken;
clear to GrcGnsb0iO'. A~t@
Gen. JoHss7os CALLS.
soon - afteE L tne train srEtved G:u. Johnston, ac-
coE Ep:pitd py Lieut. Gen. Hardee and Comm.
oore Fcthr, Of the Confederate Navy called unnn
Gen. uarteuG, md remained H1tb h1m ahnnf ~
hour. AL were tn full uniform, but wore no
eWpfds. ~
both Johnston and Hardee spoke In the bfrbest
te1mt of The wonderful ability which Gen. Sher-
man exh1olted in moving an army through dtfl-
campaign through the fwamps Of S1olh tsrnl,n.
Johnston SAID that the} he'd deemed tne.e sxxmns
uttefls tmp'ssable Tor man or beast, and thst they
emerged from them.
Here II may not De amtsa to state that after the
army left sasannah 1t hullt over 400 miles Of c9r
duFoy road through these s"Hmp., and that IN
many cseee the ealne ro1d w1s built over sereral
times, where the crossing Of few thousand Of tne
scsance troops had CAUSED them to .lnk entirely
Gent1al Johnston also ead that the perserer
ance, euerGy, fru1tfu'nets Of re1ource In over
coming The almost IN urmountabla difficulties Of
our great campaigns, vas without parallel in
the annals OF warfare. In regard to onr military
rt1lroad .n9tneeiipc he sad that 1t also was IN.
pieceaenG,ed. G .s and g Calculated 10 produce amaze
ment IN lhe minds OF Rny one who would cive the
matter moments thought. He spoke OF the
success Of Colonel ". n. Wight. Supgrntend.
NIL
ncrrs:y terms.
TIE TOWN ASD CITIZENS.
1t Tss a strange scene, that thropced town with
1ts u ueaofe Of eyes bep on the little hsudf of
Cuion otl1e. r. walking through il, wln.e security
coLsltseu IN the tAct teat after Teafs of war fhe
retcl cause had filled, and lis armies had kurren
dtred. IT was very bitter pill ror these t1ators
to tke, yet they aWalloweo it.
rARot1S9 TIE AnNY
Although 1t 1t 10 not corte@t IN point or fart IN
say thai the army wns p.roled. stiil there Il no
ole word that describes more Clearly the uatnre
ct Of 1hs obligation which slft1ok upon themselves.
TSe1e "as no formal Ceremony 0t surrender,
The mtpner Of paroEtne wae this Roll. or the
ctnera1 Officers and their stats. Of tbs field s15d
thd of1s s,nsnta, ana of conpan1escomposIng
tespt'att: were made out in dupirate, and 10 a1l
Of them the following obligation was attached:
"GnExssBoEo, N. c., May ., 1855.
"1n eceordance with the terms OF the military
s6nse1i.r, ent4led mtg On The 2eth day Of April,
1st$, between General Joseph E.. John.ton conf
mancipr the Confederate army, and Major Gen.
W T, Sherman, commanding the United States
dte1s whoee named are borne on this roll. have
giFen cur solemn obligation not to take 10 arms
aesinst the Government q The United States, nni1
are permitted to return to their homes, not to be
dsinrbs by the United Sta.es authorttle. 80 long
as they osaervs thie obligation: and obey ,he laws
in fnrce ~hetr they may rreide.'' q
This vas signed By ono Of The officers already
ou1 Government. aEd By the commanding ofIcer
ofthe psr1'e= aamed. on !hat of the 1e aels. E1ch
ore n.nc1 o. the rolls then received the ssme
olhesrcr, cIly changed 70 as to uaEe it person.
a, p51G'ee Sne s,rEed g The above; THIS aeon
pilsbet- eteh was free TO 60 where he chosci
E.r)y Monday morning, tho Special Couamis. !
sioIGre started Tor the Various corps Of tue rehel
srnJ: General stewart'f corps neing c,nped
only hEe niles from town, the officers detailed to
parole ii rode ont On horseback. For the rest a |
spee1al ira,n vas provided; and accompanied By |
Ef1t1f9 EAY6RRsk nd n y.
6, neal Hsrdee's headquarters were twenty miles
fson, Gretnsboto, at 1E1nity College, i've miles |
sGush s3.st o. n,.h Font staon on the railroad
corps Nas near high Point. though Major Lord |
lett the road at Jenestown, eleven mles out, and
fheEce drove to 1t In an ambulance,
Eejor WolcotL with enc Of Johuston,s officers
continued on to Salisbury and Charlotte, AT The !
former plaee one br,ssde. Of Hardee's corps vas
Stationed, and sEaller body at the latter point
GENERAL LEES HEADQUARTERS,
:, Ihtse were marked by headquarters dag, with !
teIGe sa7E-the Gutcr oats red, the center white /
NoibiDs euu'd show more plainly the desdtntion
.. d three or fonr old rags that once had been |
tents; and ono wagon furniahed the entire trans
poEtau, 4. 1se difference between this and our
OVID corps headquarters will appear from the fact
That soue ha' e as many a. twenty.sereu bserage
Eagons, while the rents would replace all those At
.rmy. ~N-eNs
The commtpde1s Of divisions, b.icades md rep.
ment we're cent 'or at once, and soon appeared
M r cir ro'ls. A house Was secured near By,
Each officer. after siening the dup,lcate rolls,
'assed them to Major Lord, who inspected them.
oHttted all errors, slRned them as special Com.
sFofeh as there we're names On the rolls, These
be officer Was u liberty to sjcr and deliver to
nStyaeu.l @ ofaee5: snd soldiers at bis leisure.
From TIN o'clock In the morning untll dirk. |
'ltn the exception OF an hour for dinner, q con.
tanf itream q soldiers passed through that room,
pteFtnc as soldiers 9 and leayiog It al pEtsoncrs
onld pc, where death Was not actually present.
" words *ere spoken, except where On. side
r, ne e 9taeS ~ f9 required explanations The hoie
ountenanees before uE, q. II their rery ;hourhts
ere E1atten shs1e 5he boast. Of ysars, thcir
essful var, their ruined country, their ernehsd
opes, thelt tlow condlt1ou-a1l this pasted throuxh
ao.e mtnce. daehed out upon those atea; sud
bis probably called them more than ali the 1cs1
e. were they, without exception, respectful and {
on1 NSeted tar Ihsr
wed them. It was a sad, sad day for men vi n
ID fought 50 long and SO braEelY; who had haz. !!
ded ~ Thing. and lost i ali: MAY tbs M mem @
J Of This bt1tcr hout haunt them goreyeri q
suhst quenEy the same ectne W.. enacted in q
her portions Of the army. Herdee!s C0rns WA 7
re1ed .sd s5 nsn fn91n B! Majors etcser
nth Of town, by 4ejor Dow and Capt Dow. Of =
G 20 Corps; nne brigade OF Hardee :. Corns' n D
sb9fI S1 II HN0f %oleott I'D and
- ~ AG14N6'EG1 At NAHfl0flEs 1hE l
ts parnled are a. iollpEs: $3.50 ""a"
sroe.'s Corps. aoa r
~ tsnrrs ...-'-.'...--........... 5000 u
- v.st 1000 &
roicd IN ;;ieen.boro 5o9 Ii
=. -. ~ 13O0 g
= - A"' ano aa11ne nfasaoe- 1,200 u
no+,, - O.
.u -'.'..'--....---............ b.
u .rGse many we're absent; still the officers Of q,
Z, 'astpus X commands to which they belonged fl
ok tns oeilgatiou for them. Tue an1ail pumber Il
easa!s Il accounted for by the fact that most Of
= sn a1s. IN " tne tcrsice 1cf With Hampton. =