The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-07-04

u p~s- \ m snA W. sipiSA; fore more h~isp paaas
a 4 ~ Ahaa o. prey e.nss<sA sosa ~ thsa never
vtatsd Among IL rAos Gvf1seo incidents q DOR
sq,ourn mould msAton speech BY aovsrnae Smith,
Of Virginia He IA lssgs audience in mont 4 me
Cont Houas The Britain Hots bat poke he ever
Sx srssny w. = Aspsfsny noss spark Of sashu-
saasH could - svqt.> ne nassss-ot1ens and sol
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"a rooR, WAX AID DEsrssD NAM" ~, n
Al the railroad Jamestown twelve miles
s Iom Greensboro che very morning Of arvl the
place decided that the "Presidena party,
must take y heFsss and wagons. Accordingly . train
"A provided and the hour and order departure agreed
on, Major Maynard having charge arrangements The
80 horses and wagons TO have been the cars BY
three o'clock on the morning Of Easter Saturday
80 me hour arrived 1t was pouring rain No horses--
- no wsgons -Four, i've, SIX aye ten O'Clock, snd
PCT none There was Of course mistake--a
common thing in the last days Of fallen confederacy
~ mistake The mistake was discovered-rather
amusing one, those to whom told had no in
the snnoyances entailed horses and wagons
punctuaiy at the hour they ordered in tho d.
secton Of their Instructions but they neglected the
somewhat important duty OF calling their passengers
zhsrs were. then, the whole government
and lie followers, left miserabIy in the lurch
Colonel Preston Johnston dispatched after the horses
zee ~ and wagons and overtaking them
M Jamestown. whore he brought thcns halt Now the
condition Of the weather such rendered the roads
slnoat impossible TO this train retrace its
~ course therefore, out Of the question became
1eAse IN which Mahomet must 60 TO the mountain since
e The mountain would mot come 10 him. But howa Easily
a q course inasmuch Greensboro alive with mules
and Of ambuances Not easily after ALL
NE whole authority or his Presidential character
@ nsucisn. after four hours, EFFORT to procure Jefferson
Davis, for himself and party, than three ambu
IancsG Tell IL mot in Gath ashamed to tell IL
anywhere, and do not yet comprehend the mystery
20 which underaid that fact Some threw the blame
o Johnston, 10 whose army all these mules horses and
a'' wagons belonged; but be the blame where may
was a. much could be done by the head Of the
' federate government TO procure transporting
thsfsw--vsry fsw--who were of his party. I say
@ very few, for Danvle fugtves grew less SO
ct Greensboro they grew also less thousands
q sal reduced 10 half dozen. .eeiss
sas5 Thanks TO the indefagsbe efforts of Mallory
c three ambulance mentioned obtained General
Cooper seeing the cramped accommodation grew We.
De- hsmenty angry and declared he would go farther
Mr. Mallory, who was on horseback, succeeded in
soothing the enraged soldier and he found hms IL
last seated by Mr.. Benjamin in a wretched ambulance
c Reagan Mallory and Breckenridge with the members Of
80 his STAR &C, accompanied Mr. Davis on horseback
sH 20 ausla THE AGREEMENT SHERMAN.
1 co. said It was raining pouring bleaker evenings
rde under circumstance sadly keeping with the
drenchng character Of the weather the miry quality
% Of the roads, equestrian party took We camped
1881 IN wood Jamestown and had soaking soldiers
1 night Of it Next morning. for potent Brsckn-
ridge, accompanied by Reagan returned 70 Greensboro
What Johnston might choose to agree on in his conven
o.G zion with Sherman matter which needed looking
into The terms hrst submitted were Breckinrdgea
These were rejected They the only terms John
m was authorised 70 make 80 far as Mr. Davis could
m give him authority The compromise terms afterwards
allowed by Breckenridge approved Washing
ton and after waiting two days in the neighboFhood Of
~ 1he negotiations, Breckindge consented 70 permit Gen
srai Johnston 70 do the best he could Az with
General Breckinrdse during this time, and until no
coined Mr. Davis at Charlotte cannoI tell you what
!, CURED in the presidential tnp" 10 Charlotte from
Greensboro
rxs PARoLED so1prs TAKE POSSESSION OF DAVIS TRAIN
Breckenridge, Reagan and myself reached the break
TIE railroad at jamestown the night Of the 10th Of
April We here heard the "endn Of the negotiations
Johnson's surrender Breckenridge eager get
On, and train from Salisbury waiting to on.
Bot soldiers returning from Lees army had got into
and on top OF IT, and crammed themselves into every
groove In It whore possible for be- Brock
inrdge spoke to them showed them the danger Of
ming the train with such load and implored them to
suffer himself and his friends 70 60 of, vitality
important avoid delay 70 all his entreaties
ensrances they paid not the least attention We had
therefore 10 abandon the notion Of leaving until
aAy Roughing II for the night taking stock OF the
Generalization in constant contact with,
dragged through till morning. Another appeal to
sAc paroled soldiers hvcd like bees all the cars
productive Of no good They would go--wcrc much
obliged for his interest IN their safety and much
concerned In his huay It's importance We had,
therefore. 70 get into the tender and ride
With the engineer Breckenridge sat the ward,
~ Reagan . tool chest and pump Thus
sd dashed on for Salisbury Passing through Lexington
gave the nst Of President Lneons assassina
rsrilln, Con. s,7uflssa "a1m 18isl h-fau.
iaa-a M sHs COMMENTS Yzzsmk7 ImooIxs ASSASSINATION.
Here, BY the way, should mention that when Gene
ri Brsckinrdgs heard Of that deporabe AFFAIR through
1hsman's headquarten he did not credit it, when
ssuvinced that II he greatly shocked, and
eaid mot word Moss Of those who heard II hori
ID, and I only found few ready 70 rejoics-not
much that M. lincoln murdered what might
sasue from the outrage u was taken insusuraas
M hsw and fshtfHl bue supposed asaving, phase
the contest whsh they did not know 70 bs already
ar frf xxr4~r~ssr 49, y ACCDuA ,,-. ,4-f.r n.
' within three miles Of Salisbury General Bssekinrdgss
eli ysedictions Of danger for the Jam Of soldiers had well
nigh fatal fulnlmenl We passing portion Of
m r ~ track with which stonsnan's cavalry had hocn
phying terrible praaka II was 'yobbsd" into running
esder and unstable or went Of the centre cars
~ ahsn another and another, or fell the soldiers top
and rolled those inside. There panic, but,
w luckily, escaped with No killed
s.. end only few badly hurt rt-..~
A sAIlsBuRy. ..s.a
carriage from Salisbury carried US into that town.
yet smoking with the ravages Of cruel We
portion Of the track at the other side Of the
Charlotte No train Soldiers had seized it, and forced
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