The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1865-05-18


Ilow will il be In Sou,h CNrOlina ?
South Carolina Is the worst whipped
State in the Uniou,'
'Rut will not her leading spirits con-
trol The masses p
They, too, are crushed She has no
leading spirits now. Let me impfcss
upon you that the people of the South
! want TO live in peace with the people OF
The North, and YOU will find they will
90 ~ They will DO II chccrtully, proyid.
ing your government does not resort to
harsh measures. HIT does r, SORT to such
measures ! can not answer for the con-
sequences. We stakcd our all on tho
succ IS of our arms, aud they failed Us,
and now we are willing to return tn, ard
I've under tho laws of the United States
as We tnd them. although they may not
be rs We would desire to have them
Your officers have M money. What
aro they going to dor
They must 20 10 work. The prospect
before them 10 most gloomy indeed. /;
/ viii be very hard on old men ike me-
| can not now com ncncc profcssion.'
DO you think jeff Davis was pleased
at the assassination Of President Lin.
cllup
Il do no, think he was. The people OF
the South do not like Audy Johnsun.--
How can they, compared to Me. Lincoln
Lincoln had been in ollicl four years and
knew who lac c,ud trust, lie had also
learned 10 guycrn. lie had made u name.
lie could have done many things Tor the
South that Johnson can not. | do not
believe that Lincoln was u party man
that is, that he was particularly SO.
Johnson is party man. lie is now,
and the fear Is he will be radical. !
hope he will not, for the good of the
country aud the welfare of the people.
1T Is said tha, Jcir Davis went Oh
with several millions in specie. Is it
SOL
Il can not particularly say whether it
is or not know that General John
ston asked Mr.. Davis to order sDmc of
the troops to be p,id oir in gold, and he
replied that he had no control over the
MONEY. lie said that the most of IL had
been taken from the NirgiuiI banks, aud
when they were again able to receive II
he would see that it was properly return.
cd
DO you think that I! Mr.. Davis take.
the money out Of the cpnlcderacy he viii
return 1t TO the b. nksn
Il think he will.'
'Is there much cotton in the South
Gcnernlp
'Oh, yes. And, by the way, let me
say that i will opprcss The people of the
South very much it the Government OF
the United States confscatcs the cotton
belonging to private individuals. These
people need the cotton and tobacco TO
commence business on. They nrc the
Iouiy articles ,hcy hive 10 scll. dive
them chance 10 sell their cotton uud
their tobacco, aud there will b. green.
backs introduced and trade will revive A
AN INTERVIEW WITH JoE JOHNSTON.
During n brief period, when tho Gen.
cra was disongigcd, | had a private con.
vcrsatiun with him on subjects pertaining
10 the war and the surrender of his army
| read to him the following:
'WAR DErArMESr,|
WASHINGTON, April 25, 1865.
This department has information that
the Presidents murder was organized in
Canada aud approved at Richmond. -
EDWIN NJ. STANTON,
Secretary OF WAR
Ancr which | inquired, General, do
you think that Mr.. Davis had any thing
to do with the assassination
Il do not he.rcplicd. when told
President Davis that President Lincoln
had been nssassnatcl ]. he was very much
grievcd indeed. 20 not--in fact, am
sure that President Davis did not in any
way countennncG the act.
General Hampton went away without
being paroledp
Yes; understand he was ordered BY
the President to accompany him.
Genera! Johnston admitted that one
division of Wheeler's cavalry had gone
OF with Davis. Wheeler, it was report
ed to-day, hnd also cote with him,
General Johnston s,ys tint all the
rebel lurccs ia the States of North und
South Carolina, Georgia aud Florida, are
included in the surrender.
| find that the leading Sluthern men
are widely divided in sentiment among
themselves. And, what is more Goner,
al Sherman's course has been The source
of much trouble Tor tho North. by not
an immediate surrender, IL
enabled jan. Davis to escape, with much
gold and silver, aud 10 have II guarded
by stroug rebel cavalry forcs. The
armistice afforded an opportunity for the
rebel commander to make speeches to
their commands, and they improved that
TO do 30. One commander
General Iiuko) told his men that the
war was 1vCri that they were overpowor.
cd; that he would like TO have them re.
main with him aud be pnrolcd, but il uny
Of them wanted to go homo, they could
do go. The consequence was, that fully
lwo.lhirds of his command did 90 home, !
throughout ihe country, some
carrying their arms with them, aud some
not. II Is thesa Of many other rebel
General Johnston says there was no
absolute immediate necessity for the sur
'ender; that he could have got AWAY from
General Sherman. lie said: "But ! saw
hat we must come up somewhere. Wei
would ceriDinly have bad TO stop at the /
so / negotiated as ! did with |
General sherman, believing 1t criminal
o prolong hopeless war another day :
The fate Of tho conlederacy was decided
n Virginia, When L'e surrendered
here was an end to il. Had | marched
ny army away, as could have done, III
vas only dragging Sherman after me. lie
would have fora led on the counlry, aud
would have been compelled TO do the
Al