The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1865-11-30

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late rebel army, arrived in this city
at an carly hour on Monday morning,
and is at present stopping at the New
FORK aotei, on Broadway. This is
the first visit which this military per-
sonage has made to New York since
the termination of hostilities and his
resumption of the more peaceful avo
cations of civil life. We understand
his present visit is in connection with
the new National Express Company,
of (which he has recently been elected
President.
Since his arrival here, his leisure
moments have been besieged by nu-
merous applications for an interview
with hhinl-proceeding from Southern
soiourners as well as residents of the
city.
During an interview, yesterday, be-
tween a citizen of Georgia and the
General, the question of reunion or
submission arose, in the course of
which the General said ''they had
submitted with no i'll feeling towards
the North - and further, ''that they
were compelled to do it He said
it had been frequently intimated ut
the North that the people Of the South
were still Of the opinion that their
allegiance was due first to their own
State 'This,'' he said, ''is not the
case. That question is settled. The
people throughout the entire South
regarded themselves as citizens of the
United States. Yet I have no Doubt"
he remarked, ''but there are. some
bitter men still in the South, who
oppose the idea of reunion. What
country is there where the govern
ment has not its enemies ? But the
people have accepted without the
slightest dissent L have seen no
dissatisfaction on the subject
Speaking on the question of slavery
he said, very warmly :-f'But for that
institution, Virginia would have been
richer State than New York to-
day
The Southern gentleman above
alluded to remarked to the General,
in relation to his removal by jeff.
Davis from the command of the rebel
army Of Tennessee, that the entire
South, the people and press, with the
exception OF the Alabama press and
those of the Richmond government:
took sides with him in the issue and
that in the State of Georgia, his re-
moval from command of the Army of
Tennessee at that time was considered
the Rebel cause, with the exception
of the death of Stonewall Jackson
and Sidney Johnston. President
johnson, he said, is q great man.
He had not been appreciated in his
own section, but as Chief Magistrate
OF the nation his great abilities and
power were developing.
1t was remarked to the General
that he looked exceedingly well.
EYES," he replied, smilingly, 'I
have never been i'll, having e suff-
cheney of fresh air and outdoor exer-
else all my life. "-Nc,c York Herald.
GENERALFoRh ST AND TE1EGRApH1c
CoRREsPoNDENTs.- Ts.-Statements have
often found places in public journals
with reference to the conduct of Gen.
Forrest, which have not the slightest
foundation of truth. It was recently
asserted that he was so odious in the
neighborhood of his plantation that
ne could not live there in safety; that
his life was threatened by those whom
he had wronged while the war pro-
gressed; that he had said that bribery
would secure pardon when all other
means had failed. There is not the
semblance of truth in any of these
statements. He spends most of his
time in this city, is persistently devo-
ted to business, and avows, at all
times and under all circumstances.
his acquiescence in the established
order Of things; and is to-day, as he
was years ago, staunch friend and
adherent of the President.
Ii the Press telegraphic correspon-