The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-03-27
FROM WASHINGTON.
The Latest from Sheridan.
What a Correspondent Says.
A Washington Correspondent Re.
veals his knowledge ofthe Confeder.
Dispatcb.1 /

New YORK, March 25s-A Washington
correspondent makes series OF revela,
tions, for which he vonches, concerning
the rebel confederacy. Hesays the total
available military force of the rebels is
152 900 men, the figures being taken from
the rolls in the rebel waT department on
February 4th.
Amongst the witnesses before the rebel
Senate commissioners to inquire into the
condition of the Confederacy, was Gen
eral Lee. Hesaid it would be bad policy
to evacuate Richmond, as the Virgiala
troops would not go into North Carolina;
that they had not troops enough to last
till Hidsnnlmer, if the war was to be
carrie edsph; the least of evils would be to
-af37S280Q0 negroes, but they should be
,S36aifefpated; it would depend upon cir.
cumstances whether they would succeed
by arming the slaves, but they could at
least carry on the war another year; the
sentiment in the army was almost unanl'
nous for peace; the men will hight long
er if necessary, but they believe we can
mot continue the war through another
hampaign; he thought the best policy
, AS to make peace on the plans proposed
Mr.. Stephens; the people and country
oue< tn be saved further sacrifice. 10
{ wv SpalIys if peace be not made before
; sptilns bsther he would take command
sl&f Aafmies with unlimited powers,
ne reptA that he would take any posi-
eion 10 Siichshis country called him,
but lie dloot think he could save the
cause, nor puld any human power save
1t lie thoSht Stephens policy was the
best now; TN army and the people ought
to be saved Hall else was lost.
A long listSf senators, representatives
and other pAlic men, who are in favor
OF reconstrudon on the basis of the
Union and Coltitution, is given.
Ex-senator C.. Clay, recently re-
turned from Eniand, reports that that
government wOtl have nothing to do
with the ConfedeNcy.
When Mr. Stephhs returned from the
Hampton Roads cnference, he told his
friends that they would have peace. be-
fore May lst, 1876; that the substance of
what Mr.. Linc'ln said, was that he
could make no te.ms with Davis as the
leader of the rebehon that he could not
treat with States While they confessed
allegiance to the Confederate Govern
ment, but that he waA willing to treat
with States separately, and if peace was
restored would do all in hs power to re,
nit pains and penalties. D,yis' instrp@
tions were that negotiation, should be
conducted as between two independent
nationalities, and pending Negotiations
we We're to have an arinistice of ninety
days; these were refused by Mr. Lincoln
as basis fornegotiations. Mr. Stephens
looks upon further efforts OH the part OF
the Confederate Gousrnmant toward ne
gotiations, OF to carry on the war, as fu
tile and unjust to the people, and States;
that his plan for peace is-6rst, let Pres
ident Lincoln issue an address to the ar
my and people of the South, embodying
what he has said as to peace and what
passed at the interview: second, appoint
commissioners to meet State commission
ers, to consult on peace and return OF
the States on condition of obedience tc
the Constitution and laws; third, elec
| ton by the States sending commission,
ers, of congressman who shall enter con
gress upon equal terms. Stephens be
lieved this plan would secure the appre
baton of North Carolina Georgia, Flori-
da, Alabama, Mississippi, and perhaps
South Carolina and Virginia.