The New York herald., 1865-04-11

march through Geo rgia to such a triumphant
conclusion at Savannah, Columbia and Charles
ton, there has been chrsnic patriotic jubilee
amoag the people, AS the Intelligence of the
capture of Petersburg and the occupation Of
Richmsnd arrived the fever increased; but the
climaxlwas reached yes terdax with the news Of
Lees surrender. Salvos of artillery pesounded
from the' Pari<, the ba tteries at Governors
Island and otbsr'forts in the Harbor Acres Of
bunting kissed the. brceza' in a1tquarteui of The
city, although a. was . damp and dispirItnx
breeze to caresx. Had the sun. shone tas sight
would lave been, nagniH cent Satiate<r as tho
people have basn with good news f6s some
time pasts-and t,iey have had alfeast of 1.-THE
crowningy Intelligence Of yesterday wound up
the excitement spssndidly.
II susliias thae6ect here where the people
were prepared for 1t, what wiillbe the cfFeot
with those In Rnrspe who scofeaiat,thesiilea Of
the North iconqiaring In this was, with whom
"the viak was hkAer of the thought" and whee
stakea,everythihg upon the chances That The
wish would hasealized! With these paa1le The
collapse win ~ terrible
The lanifazy Observation-Disclosures nrs q
National Life.
Dssertem reported at Gol1sboro. On The
9Th instanh- Thursday last-thnt Lohnston had
evacuated Raleigh, and we now hare It re-
ported tAat Shssman has scanpisd II The
latter neport comes by wsBof Philadelphia,
and wae probably guessed at, but Il is, uni ks
the hanger number Of the PAilRdelpAia guesses,
in an probability true. We have NO doubt
that Johnston evacuated Raleigh as soon a..
pnActicable after the receipts Of news from Lee
Of the defeat Of Sunday. the I'd inst, and hur>
ried toward Danville, and quite as little doubA
that Sherman followed him pretty closely.
Johnston's position T. now remarkable oss>
He will perhaps be astonishsd to find himself
the last rebel commander in the field, and
with the opportunity to take as conspicuous
part in the last battle az he did in the isst But
Grant is near to him; Sherman is nearer still.
and Stoneman has cut, between Daaville
Greensboro, the railroad that might ~
retreat. He cannot fight, he cannotr r.
and he also must surrender. His power ,s =
cient to purchase his own parole and the parole
of his officers and men, General Wilson's pro-
gress in Alabama is indicated by the report
from Memphis that he had captured Selma.
After the news Of Lees surrender all other
news Of the operations Of the war and the
movements of rebel troops seems unimportant
and trivial. And such other news Is now, in
fact, as unimportant and trivial as it seems.
We hear these reports Of ofJohnston's, Shermani,
Stoneman's and Wilson's movements very
calmly, a. we do all the facts of the military
situation for the day. Similar facts will bs
given to the public from time to time for some
weeks or may be months yet, but naturally
they have lost their greater interest They are
small facts except to those directly interested
in friends or relatives engaged. The grand
climax Of military news was reached in the a.
nouncement that Lee had laid down his arms
that he had gone out "on the old stage road b
Richmond" ready to pledge his honor that
would 60 home II Grant would permit Il Thaa
was the natural and dramatic close-the lasa
worthy appearance Of the rebellion as such
/ Whatever Is left Of the attempt against the gov
I ernment will melt away; for Lee practically
admits that further effort II useless Mobile
sees it, point Of honor conceded by Lee, and
| will fight no longer. And Johnston's army win
disappear - Lees men, on their way home, 60
through It and tell Of the great fights in viE-
ginia, and Of The generosity Of the conqueror.
Soon the police will supersede the army with
all the repression that will be necessary to
maintain the lava
70 enter now upon new era Of national
lie the real business of which Is to settle justly,
perhaps generously, the many socisl questions
that the war has given rise to; to straighten
out the national npsnces so as to relieve to
the utmost the necessary burdens upon The
people that the war has left behind It, and to
direct aright the grand national development
directly induced ana stimulated by the war. u
is this period of nations life that is pregnant
with the possibilities Of its fate. It Is now that
the effect Of the changes that the war has made
is to be seen and to act upon the people, and
now that the great energies of the country are
to take new forms and channels. We stand
upon the threshold Of magnificent future.
Directed in one way we may lose ourselves and
our glorious growth in the mean and miserable
spirit Of party revenge, and in another we may
grow even greater than the war has made n,
by the ennobling influence of splendid pur-
posea We believe that the political head Of
the nation sees this position IN the proper spirit
and will be equal to it, requirements in al
ways; and we hope and believe that the people
also know their own greatness, and will not b
turned from it to carry out the views Of any
| miserable faction.
| Personal Intslligence.
Henry @ Clarke and Henry Boynson, Esqs, have been
| appointed commissioners from the State Of vsrmoa1
70 the Prusslan international Exhbition The vermons
meripos which took the nst prizes u the Hamburg