The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-05-03

| equal parts luz uiouIuS3 1o'N -.
| and suggestions. Johnston signed an
agreement to surrender upon the same
terms as the Army of Northern Virginia.
Butler, inreply to a question, ansy cred
that probably not more than four thou
sand cavalry remained TO be paroled.-
The rest had already left for home. jeff.
Davis had fed with large body guard
of cavalry, as soon as Sherman's dis
match had reached Greensboro, on the
oath. He had, probably, sought the
mountains. There were, in all probabii-
itv. eight thousand in the cavalry corps
Wade Hampton had probably left too, as
he went TO Greensboro from Hillsboro on
either the Oath or 25th.
Major Gen. Schofeid, now command
ing tn, centre of Sherman's army, Will
he lett in command of the whole middle
district, from Virginia TO the Savannah
headquarters, at Raleigh. Brevet MAJOR
Gen. Fitzpatrick, now commanding sher
mans cavalry, will also remain TO assist
in reporting to Major Gen. Schoheld,
and holding the headquarters at Green's
boro'. These two Generals will together
suppress the banditti, and promote order.
AS soon as they can be known. trusty
men will be appointed in each county to
superintend the local citizen police. This
police force will have'the countelance of
the government, and will receive arms
and rations. Gen. Meigs will also be re-
uuested to supply quartermasters win
funds to recompense country dealers for
supplies, and thus restore confidence,
currency and enterprise. Col. Wright,
Gen. Sherman's Chief Railroad Engineer,
will at once repair the railroad between
here and Greensboro. When the ordeal
and details of the surrender, upon the
rolls now being made ont by Johnston's
army will be perfected.
The Raleigh and CASTOR railroad will
probably be in operation before this
reaches you, aS there is but one bridge
down. upon which Col. Wright is already
working. In consideration of the gov
ernment restoring this bridge, the rail
road company furnishes locomotives and
passenger cars.
The right and left wings OF his army
Gen. Sherman) will march to Maryland
to be disbanded The troops will move
provisioned and without forage.
Gen. Sherman has authorized parOled
officers of Lees army in North Carolina
TO resist the unlicensed operations of his
own bummers, who, evading discipline,
scout to the distance of thirty miles from
the army, and are an unnitigated Scourge
to the country.
Your correspondent, with only two
scouts, Wm. Congor, Kilpatrick's Chief
of Scouts, and John RisdOn, travelled the
whole distance from Durham Station to
Suffolk on horseback, not only unmolest-
ed, but hailed all along the route with
emphatic hospitality The country thro'
which l passed has all the appearance OF
being utterly subdued. | met numbers
of Lees soldiers, mostly paroled, some
that had escaped, howe yer, as they claim
ed, without surrendering; but all with
one voice seemed rejoced at the capitu-
latiOn of Johnston and the close OF the
war Nowhere was my progress ques-
toned, but on the other hand everywhere
was manifested disposition to keep me
on nv way Thank God, was the fire.
ouent response to my news Of Johnston s
surrender. Icrossed the Roanoke at Hal
flax Ferry, and the Chowan at Wintons;
started from Durham, Thursday, tue 27ths
81 A. NJ. and arrived at Suffolk Satur.
day, 29th, at 6 o'clock NJ, without
changing horses. Major General Barry,
Colonel Poe, Major Nicolls, and other ofi-
GERS of Sherman's staff, Joined me at
Fortress Monroe, having left Raleigh
Friday night, and come up through the
canal. Also, Colonel Jones. of the Eighth
Indiana cavalry, who left Durham sta
tion Wednesday night. General Sherman
has started on a tour of Wilmington,
Charleston and Savannah. That part OF
his army destined to be Immediately dis
banded were already on the march to
Petersburg and Richmond by the most
direct route.
1t is due to Sherman to testify that
from what could see on my ride through
North Carolina, meeting citizens and
soldiers of all ranks, Sherman seems TO
have conquered twice, the second time by
his maguanimity, and so effectually that
those I spoke with coupled name so
hated By them with sincere honor and
reverence. Sherman, by the South, at
least, seems likely to be remembered
next to Lincoln as pacihcator. prom
inent officer who came down on the same
car with General Grant from Raleigh re
ports tho following: General Grant
glancing at newspaper containing the
report of General sherman's proposed
arrangement submitted to the President
accompanied by very severe editorial
criticism. Il regret the publication OF
sherman's report at this time. Sherman
has done too much for the country to be
sighted now for slight mistake mis-.
take that instead of being treachery, OF
which General Sherman is utterly inca
pable, grew alone out of sincere patrio'
tism. chose Sherman for the western
campaign because be was at that time
the only one who bad developed sufficient
qualifications Neither has any other
since Illustrated the same ability. Sher.
mans success at Goldsboro necessitated
my own at Richmond. When Sherman
is fully understood, the public tongue
must do him better justice"