The New York herald., 1865-05-03
THE SITUATION.

If1 Il 8I4'O A'llONe
Both from 3d. LouDand New Orleans we have tho an
that negotiations for the surrender Of all
the robel forces Of the Mississippi Department.
commanded by General Kirby Smith, were recently in
river The terms said to bs the Same those 40
corded 10 Lee by Grant We have yet learned Of tho
conclusion OF these negotiations.
Our Mobile despatch states that . rebel ofacer had
arrived 1t General Canbys headquarters authorised by
General Dick Taylor to arrange for the surrender Of
his force. Memphis despatch says that Taylor had
entered into an agreement for armistce with General
Dana on tho same terms those agreed to BY Sherman
snd Johnston.
Very interesting particulars Of the destruction of the
are contained In the despatch Of Of New Orleans
correspondents. We now given tho reason which
those on board Of her had for abandoning her in the
hasty manner in which they did From New Orleans she
was chased ~ the government steamer Hslyhock, and
when some distance below that city the steamer
Richmond was discovered coming up; 50 that
all chance for her escape was cut OF, and
she was run aground and nred, and her off,
oers and crew escaped. She was commanded by
Captain Reed of Tacony pratcal notoric.y. OF those
on board Of her only one man and boy were captured
The webb left Shreveport La, the Red river, on the
1eth Of April with cargo Of cotton, turpentins and
rosIn with which IL designed TO run her down the
Mississippi 70 the Gulf and escape to Havana, as her
oce were satisfied that the rebel confederacy at
On end and they desous Of saving from the rsins
what little they could
Washington despatch Of yesterday gives brief &C.
count received by the Navy Department Of the destruc
zion Roanoke river, short distance above Newborn,
on tho 1lth Of last month, Of q rebel ram. The
particulars Of this anAir were given in one Of our
Newborn dispatches published in the HERALD
Of the 18th ultimo. Tho ram was built at Hall
ysx, N. c., ana was started down the river with
che design Of committing great devastation among the
national vessels ia the vicinity Of Plymouth and on tho
North Carolina waters generally but before reaching
there she ran on one Of tho rebel torpedocs and
blown up.
II 10 reported from New Orleans that Stephen r
Mallory, Of Florida, who held in Jef Davis
podsd Cabinet the position Of secretary Of that always
snythicai establishment the rebel navy, surrendered
himself on the Goth ulI, as Pensacola TO Captain Gibson
OF the national navy.
General Wright with the Sixth corps, Of the Army Of
the Potomac, arrived at Danve, Va, from Burkesvle
Junction last Thursday having made the march Of
vcr one hundred miles four days On the route and At
Danvaie he captured large Of valuable property
Including much railroad running stock and the machinery
stolen from the government works al Harpers Ferry by
che rebea Rebel ofcers when they learned that the
sixth corps moving Danvls, urgently impor.
eunsd General Meade 10 stop It's march, the strength
Of General shermans srmIstce with Joe Johnston The
only comfort they got from General Meade that he
would stop General Wright whom directed to do by his
buperor oscer, General Grant II hs expected that the
Sixth corps viii remain at Danvills for some time.
Goneh Sheridan, with his cavalry, got as far Is Abbc
VILE va near the Junction of ssaunton and Dan riverr
on his way to Danve; but when the news Of the rebel
General Johnson's surrender was received he was or
dorcd to return TO Petersburg.
The necessary preparations for the resumption Of
trave the Richmond and Danvls and the Petersburg
and Lynchbure railroads arc rapidly progressing,
funnins through to Washington, vim Richmond,
from Lynchburs and Dsnvie, after an interruption of
fcor years On all the railroads cen,erpg at Richmond
sxseptns the York River Road trains are now running