The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-06-03

Jaw that telegram, or had one worn VI
instructions on the important matters
;nvolyed in it, Aud it does seem strange
- ma that every baF-Foem leafer IN New
York. can read in the morning Journals
/" oAicialn matter that is withheld from
a General whose command extends from
Kentucky to NorthC Carolina.
Upon the arrival of Gen. GRANT d
the termination of the truce, he express
cd himself we'll pleased with the position
If ssERMAN's men, and did not reieVe
him or express a wish to assume COM
mand. The report then speaks OF the
final interview with JOHNSTON ana the
surrender of his army, and says: II,
Tbere was surrendered to us the second
uraot army of the so-called Confederacy;
end thongh undue Importance has been
Zen the so-called negotiations" when
5receded it, and a rebuke and public dis-
ayor cast npon me entirely unwarrant-
| tod nv the facts, / rejoice in saying tnat
II was accomplished without TURNER
min and devastation to the
without the loss of a single life to those
Gallant men who had followed me 1rom
fhe Mississippi to the Atlantic; and Wlth-
ont snbiecting brave men to the ungra-
| c;ons task of pursuing a fleeing zoe 1naf
Ala not want to fight. As for myself
know nv motives, and challenge the IN
stance during the past four years. wheh
an ormed and defiant foe stood before me
that 7 did not 90 in for a fight. And 1
mo,,1d hInsh for shame if had ever H.
shifted and struck a fallen foe.
After JoHNsroN's surrender, leaving
70 his subordinate officers the compile
tion of details, General SHERMAN went
to Savannah on business connected WIN
his command and returned to Hilton
Head On the evening of the LIST OF May
ia +bers saw, in the New York papers,
sr.NroN's bulletin, and received the hrst
0bock of the storm of censure which had
90 unexpectedly burst upon his heau
He complains, very justly, that she skei-
eton memorandum which he hac Trans
mitted was published to the world Win
ont it's accompanying letters and expia-
nations, addressed to General GRANT.
General HAILECK and Secretary STANTON
He says: Et.-
Tn all these letters | stated clearly ana
d~;stinctlv that Johnston's army woulu
,ot fobt' but, ifpushed, would "dlsband
md scatter into small and dangerous
anerrilla parties, as injurious to the In
forests of the United states as w Slo
~eonle Themselves that all parties ad-
mitted that the rebel cause OF the ooutn
was abandoned; that the negroes were
free. and that the temper of all was most
favorable to a lasting peace. say al,
. these oDinions of mine were Wlthhelo
: from the public with aseeming purpose;
- and T do contend that my official expert
u anca and former services, as well as my
.nast life and familiarity with the people
' and ceooraphyof the South, entitled my
, aninions' TO at least a decent respect.
He pays his respects to General Hal
Y lick in the following pointed manner ;
II now becomes my duty to paint, II
a ;ustlv severe character, the stall more OF
d fensiye and dangerous matter OF Genera
UaIJeck's dispatch, of April 20. to tn
IL Secretary of War, embodied in ms I
Cen Dix, of April q. Gen. Halleck ha,
al Ihgron, IN which capacity he receive,
ID my official letter of Aprill8, wherein
il. wrote clearly that if Johnston's army
about Greensboro, was pushed. il woui
"dlsperse," an event | wished TO prevent
u s Auiut FROM maj VINE 1ilne ne seems aaal g 81 which
III SIi the g2d, he defines the limits of his
authority to be 1.-The Department of. Vir
ginia, the Army OF the Potomac, andsuch
part of North Carolina as may not be
occupied by the command of Major Gen
7 Sherman" [See his General Orders, No
! IL Four days later, April 26, he reports
to the Secretary that he had ordered
Generals Meade, Sheridan and Wright to
invade that part OF North Carolina which
r was occupied by my command, and 'pay
, no regard to any truce or orders of mine
They were ordered to "push forward, re-
CARELESS of any orders, save those of
Lieutenant General Grant, and cut off
Johnston's retreat" He knew, at the
time he penned that dispatch, that John
ston was not retreating, but was halted
under a forty-eight hours truce with me-,
and was labOring to surrender his COM
mand and prevent it dispensing into
guerrilla bands; that l had on the spot "A
magnificent army at my command, am
ply sufficient for all purposes required
by the occasion. The plan of cutting off
q retreat from the direction of Burkes-
vile and Danville is hardly worthy of
one of his military education and genius.
When he contemplated an act so ques-
tionable as the violation of a truce made
by a competent authority, he should
have gone himself, and not have sent
subordinates; for he knew | was bound
in honor to maintain and defend my ora
truce, and pledge of faith, ever at the
cost of many lives. When an officer
pledges the faith of his Government, he
is bound to defend it; and he is no soldier
| who would violate it knowingly.
As to Davis and his stolen treasure, did
General Halleck, as Chief of Staff. or
commanding officer of the neighboring
military division, notify me of the facts
contained in his dispatch to the Secreta.
~? No; he did not. If the Secretary of
War wanted Davis caught, why not or.
der it, instead of, by publishing lin the
newspapers, putting him on his guard
to hide away and escaped No orders or
intimation to arrest Davis, or his stolen
treasure, ever came to me; but, on the
contrary, / was led to believe that the
Secretary of VA rather preferred he
should escape from the country. ifit was
made unknown to him.
But, eve on this point, l ~inclose a
copy of my letter to Admiral Dahlgren,