Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1865-04-28
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Gtisies- General Grant on his Way 4
vofh Caroliaa--Btsis Of de Tsrm1
nAgraed upon By sherman ~ Jehastos
\ The Reasons t6r. The DisapProsst-Sher
mass Order. Saspendisg Aetire Opera
tions-Dissatistactio in tie AsMy-
FROM Washing GSw
! eerning Booth. The Murderer-Sseresas.
..Semard and has Son Gaining.
WAR DEPARTMENT I
-. Washingse.v April q.
20 Maj, Gen. Dix:
In q despatch dated Mobile, S p, N.
April IA, Maj. General Candy rcportsd .
follows:
VIC find in Mobile and defcncps On tn
west side Of the bay over $50 guns and ;
very large amount of aMmunitiof ant
supplies OF all kinds and about 1000 prs.
oners. Inventories are now being taker
and . detailed report will he forwarded IA
5000 as they are completed.
= The quantity. OF cotton will probabl,
reach 1880 bales, and there is large
amount of provision nd forage.
Major General Hancock reports thai
nearly all of Moshy's men have surrender
ed, including nearly or quite all the officers
Except Mosby himself. Some Of Mos
by's own men are hunting for him. being
stimulated by a reward $1,000 offered BY
General Hancock. who has been directed
to established his headquarters at Washing.
ton.
Tie counties of Prince George, Charles
and st. Mary's have been noted for hos
tilities to the governments and protection to
rebel blockade runners, rebel spies and
every. species of pnhlic enemy. The muir.
deser Of the, President was harborel there
before the murder of the President, and
Booth fed in that direction. If he escapes
it viii be owing to the rebel accompliccs
in that region.
' Signed E. NJ. STANTON.
sf.E Sec'y of War.
s Il WAR DEPARTMENT.
af's Washington, p.
To MOTOR General Dix:
Yesterday evening bearer Of despatch
es arrived from General Sherman.
An agreement for a suspension Of hos
Utilities and memorandum Of what 10 call
ed basis for peace had been entered into
on the 18th instant by General Sherman
with the rebel General Johnston. The re-
bel General Breckenridge was present at
the conference.
A Cabinet meeting was held at o..
clock in the evening at which the action OF
Gen Sherman was disapproved by the
President. by the Secretary of War, by
Gen Grant, and by every member Of the
Cabinet.
Gen Sherman was ordered to resume
hostiiitjes Immediately and was directed
chat the instructions given by the late
President4n the following telegram which
was peaaed by Mr. Lincoln at the Capitol
on the 81 of March and were approved by
President Audrey Johnson and were re-
iterated to govern the action OF military
commanders.
On the night of the 3lof March while
Presi lent Lincoln aud his Cabinet were at
the Capitol, a telegraph from Gen Grant
was brought to the Secretary of War ill.,
forming him that Gen Lee had requested
an interview or conference to make an ar
rangelilcnt iQr terms Of peace. The letter
Of Gen Lee was published in letter Of
Davis to the rebel Congress.
Gen Grants telegraph was submitted ia
the Pres dent, who, after bordering few
minutes, took up his pen and wrote in his
own hand the following reply. which he
submitted to the Secretary Of War. II
was then dated and signed by the Secre
tary Of War and telegraphed to General
Grant
" aahingtou, March ID, Is6s-l2 p. m,
II Gen Grant
THE President directs mo b say 10 you
that he wishes you to have no conferences
with Gen Lee unless it be for the capitula.
ten Of. Lees army or on some minor and
purely military matter. He instructs me
to say that you are not to decide, discuss OF
confer on. any political question. Such
questions the President holds in his own
hands. and will submit them to no military
conferences or conventions. In the mean
time you are to press to the utmost your
military advantages.
sSigneD T. NJ STANTON,
Secretary of War.
q, The order Of Gen Sherman to General
Stoneman 10 withdraw from salisbury aud
join him Wi probably open the way for
Davis to escape To Mexico or Europe with
his plnnaer, which is reported to be very
large, siecludia- not only the plander OF
the RiclraneHt banks, but previous ac-
cumulatioin.
"A despatch received by this department,
from Richmond, says:
1t Is Stalel here by respectable parties
that the amount of specie taken south by
JEFF Davis and his party is very large. in
Guiding not only the plumber Of the Rich
pond banks, but previous accumulatiOns.
They hope, it is said, TO make terms with
Gen Sherman or some other commander
by which they will be permitted with their
elects, intending this gold plumber. to 60
to Mexico or Europe. Johnston's negotia-
tons look to this end.
After the Cabinet meeting last night
Gen Grant started for North Carolina to
direct operations against J0hnston's army.
z (Signed) Z NJ STANTON.
49, q o. Secretary Of War.
~ Washington, April %.
As reports have been in circulation of o
correspondence between Gems Johnston
aud sherman. the memorandum or basis Of
what was agreed upon between these two
Generals and the result are a. follows:
Memorandum or basis Of an asfsemen,
made this 18th day If April, 1865. near
D4Hiiam's Station. in the State of North
Carolina, by and between Jos. E. John
saston. commanding confederate army and
Nv L Sherman commanding the army OF
> the United States, in North Carolina
= both present.
list. The conteudng armies now in the
Geld TO maintain their statu quo until no
ticeis given by the commanding Generals
az either To it's oDpuncut aud n reasonable
time, say four hours, allowed
I'D. The confederate armies now in ex-
isscncc TO be disbandad and conducted t.