Litchfield enquirer., 1865-05-04
HEALTH OF THE SEWARDS. SURRENDER OF JOHNSTON. LEES WHEREABOUTS.
 4 PROCLAMATION. TERRIBLE ACCIDENTS. IMPORTANT OPINIONS. FROM EUROPE AND MEXICO SHORT AND BRILLIANT CA REER OF THE REBEL
 RAMS, &C., &C.
IMPORTANT OPINIONS.
FROM EUROPE AND MEXICO

1 Secretary Seward sHd his son are improving rapidly and their speedy and complete recovery
 is looked for. The Secretary will, however always bear the marks of his wounds Gen. Grant arrived in Washington on Satur- l day, direct from Sherman's headquarters. On ! his arrival there, he immediately sent nessas~
 to Johnston that the Sherman Johnston ap~ :; ment had been disapproved and that hos''I ,.' zee
 would recommence within forty-eiGt 'ililes from the time the messenger passea :t .t, hours rebel picket line. On the saaae wlsnln ra Ine made a demand upon Johassr day sherman Johnston requested a furths' n to- to surrenoer. 26th. Gen, sherman v .lnted for noon of the the time named, and .as at the rendezvous at an hour aftey. ha hr Johnston arrived in about ! accident, Aftsr / wing been detained by some s1-- .i th~.. G/. shcrt conference. it was e.s. l..,sT ,hnston should surrender on terms saos 'aH.'" y the same as those agreed upon by Seh' 4~ when he surrendered to Gen. Grant.
 0 oen. i. ohnston's command embraced nearly '".v J0 troops.
 ; Gen. Grant is reported to have stated that
 when he first broached to Gen. Sherman the subject the singular conditions he had agreed t to for the surrender oc Johnston's Army, the ,. General instantly responded that he had been
 thinking the matter all over and he believed he 'u hand made one mistake, that was, that he did
 not require Johnston to put in writing that -1 Slavery should be considered dead Bat hs
 continued, " That was our understanding" The ae permission for the assembling and recognition st of the Rebel State Legislature was brought e about by the fact having come to their knowl- n. edge that the Virginia Rebel Legislature hae
 been given permission by President Lincoln ft re convene at Richmond. Gen. Sherman inter o preted, in the absence of official instructions, al Ext ffaatfh fhn iviIo -t of the rebel States should be retained for thu i'll preservation of order and to avoid the necessi .c ty for the maintenance of a military force il o these states as well as to do away with the IT, mt ritation likely to grow out of military govern d, ment. A question was also raised as to the ez b tent of the amnesty under these terms. Gen
 Sherman insisted that the exemptions were on
 Iy to cover officers and soldiers. When hi fl attention was critically called to the peculia so phraseoiogy of the investment, he replied wit 1T, much spirit, That doesn't express the undel he standing between us.p
 na Gen. Grant took with him only the President
 disapproval of Gen. Sherman's terms, and o sn ders to extend only the same conditions gran < ed Lee. Sec Stanton unusual and remarks n ble interpretation and commentary were 2, nrs o, brought to his notice on his way home Iaes s terms orally agreed upon were made tne su. ith fleet matter of discussion among numoef :. %. Gen. Sherman,s leading officers and were ,iis their approval ..
 lief. Davis was at Charlotte, N. o., Apr e1- pod As Wilson holds the roads west throug snf Georpa. it was thought the arch traitor wou!
 ust s.tennt to escape to Cuba from some port
 gsS Flo,;da. He is said to have a large amour hstt If snecie in his possession variously estimate led at d from S3O0,oOO to sl3, 100000.
 ore1 The steamer Sultana from New Orleans .ms the evening of the 2lst arrived at Vicksbul 'A' with boilers leaking badly. She remained 5
 hours repairing and taking on 1896 Feeder y- soldiers and 35 officers, lately released from u ioy Catawba and Andersonyille prisons. She a ,;fh rived at Memphis on the evening of the 28
 and after cooling of proceeded at F. \ eu. When seven miles above she blew up and il esi mediately took fire and burned to the water ,.-1 edee. Of the 2, 2,l06 -sonls on board not mo aek than 700 were rescued. Gen. Washbulne ir .a. mediately organized board of officers to -.. vesigate the affair. :.
 On Tuesday, week, morning the steam
 Massachusetts, with loai of soldiers, | by greater part exchanged, collided with the stea ] at- CT Black Diamond. small barge propeller,