The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1865-05-06
.nec,a,s 10 New York Papers.

snecials TO New York Papers-
New YORK, April 26.-New bern auvices
.ta,e that Johnston attempted to higgle
rith Grant for terms which would provide
t,r the pardon of JET Davis and the other
leading insurrectionary conspirators. but
the Lieut.. General would listen to nothing
At tine kind. and Johnston was compelled
- he satisfied with the conditions granted
80 Lee.
information has reached Washington that
The rebel steam ram Olinda alias Stonewall
an the Slst of March, in 8 days from Lis.
Son. She was allowed to coal and provi.
s;on. She was ordered to leave the port
n twenty four hours. She lett on the LIST
manning rapidly southwark but her des-
tination was not made public. The navy
department, in anticipation Of the appear
sncs Of the Stonewall in some Of our har-
hors is making proper distribution Of
n,itab!e vessels along the Atlantic sea-
hoard. Intelligence of the arrival of JEFF.
Davis and his accompanying fugitives as
fsr south as South Carolina has been re-
oe,ved in Washington. 1t is thought he
viii be intercepted before reaching the
Mississippi River.
The Heralds Richmond correspondent
recounts an interview ,Ae has had with Gen
Lee. Ho called on him to obtain his polit-
ical views and lay them before the public.
On informing Gen Lee Of his object, the
latter said: I am paroled prisoner, aud
added, have never been politician, and
soldier. He further said he was ready to
make any sacrifice or perform any honor
able act that would tend to the restoration
Of peace and tranquility to the country.
He said that as believer in State rights
be had considered his allegiance due pri-
parily to his native State. He had op.
posed secession, but wheD his State went
out he considered It his duty to 20 with it.
When he accepted . command under the
serving his State. He regarded his surreu-
der Of the military - not Of political sig-
li6cance; that it was not q surrender Of
ne doctrine of State rights. When the
South was wholly subdued only, woxld
he doctrine of State rights be surrender
"a. The surrender Of . single army was
only military necessity. When the south
surrenders all its forces and returns to the
Union, then only will she surrender her
tvo-ite doctrine Of secession. That prin-
dple will then be settled by military
power.
On this question Of State Sovereignty, be
coatends there exists . legitimate cdsua
belli, the question was left unsettled in the
convention forming the organic law, and
the war is destined to settle it, therefore
the war raised on this issue cannot be call.
ID treason. If the South is forced to sub.
nit, it of course can only be looked uron
- the triumph Of Federal power over State
Rights, and the forced humiliation of the
latter. The South have not been, aud are
not yet prepared to beg for terms, but are
ready to accept fair and honorable terms
their political views being considered.
A. to slavery, they consider it dead, and
their best men have long been anxious to
do away with it. He expressed the opin.
ion that should arbitrary or vindictive OF
revengeful policies be attempted, the end
Vas not yet. He remarked that the assas-
lnation Of the President was q crime be.
yond execration-it could not be approved
by any good man from any conceivable
motive.
As to the terms Of peace-to the sugges-
ton that the political leaders only be held
to . strict account. He asked, would that
bejust? What has Mr.. Davis done, more
han any other southerner, that he should
70 punished? It 10 true he has occupied a
prominent position, rs the agent Of the
whole people, but that has made him no
more nor less . rebel than the rest. His
vets were the acts Of the whole people, and
be acts of the whole people were his acts.
10 is no: accountable for the commence
nent of the war-on the contrary, he was
ne Of the last to give in his adherence to
be secession movement, having strenu-
usly opposed it from the outset, and por-
:ayed its ruinous consequences by speech
aud by writings.
The Herald's Selma (Alabama) dispatch
ays: Among the prisoners captured were
10 officers.
LIEUTENANT General Dick Taylor made
IS escape on steamer. n. B. Forrest,
al. Adams, Roddy Armstrong crossed,
I'd under cover of the darkness reached q
vamp east of the city, and eluded cap.
Ire. The officers composing their statfs
ere taken. Forests ordnance officer,
sptain Bond, reports Forrest 40 wounded
two places in the arms.
Crax;on and McCook attacked Jackson,
ont and rear, at Try0n, but having trav-
I'd by widely different roads, their at
.ks were not simultaneous, else he must
We been destroyed.
The destruction OF the Centervil.e bridge
er the Cahawba, and Craxton's move.
impossible for Forrest to carry out his
lns. He capltulated yesterday about
lock. Our prisoners confined there for
long time were released. They had
~ we'll treated.
rhe 1lmes' special says the paroied ed1-
and soldiers are robbing the inhabit-
- in the vicinity of Fredericksbu.g.-
sofdcers are members of former veal.
families who never did . days work.
II declare they will not earn their liv.
he Tfibxne's Washington special says
win Booth is here for the purpose II IL
cd Of procuring the body ofhis brother.
desire cannot be granted, - the grave
he assassin will never be known. s
ae surgeons who held the autopsy upon
th assert that he must have endured
Did anguish Of body as we'll rs OF mind,
9 the nature Of the fracture Of his leg,
t. small bone havingcut it's way through
aesh and p.otruded. Modification Of
eg had also commenced, and 1t was the
ion Of the Surgeon General that be
q not have lived many days more in
event.
AsRlSorox, April 29.-Information
oeen received by the Navy Department
the rebel iron clad, StoneMall, lsft
srlde On the 22d inst, for the West In
and aha Ia ~, nvnand 1,v THE fiv,oa n k,o