Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1865-06-03

iivbOtkt apQI Win Gfenefal NfeenfB 81 EpE9FAl, |,
made special orders No Z s6, putting 10 mo.
tton my old armY,7no longer1areqh ed ! in
Carolina, .noFthWard for Richmond Gem
eral Grant left Raleigh at "a. q, of the
21tb; and glory in the fact that during
his three dsys' stay with me, I aid deS
tect IN, his language or manner one paFti.
Gle of abatement in the eonfidenee respect
and aReetion that have existed bet zen tis
throughout all the events pfe the flst war;
and though we have honestly differed in
other eases as we'll as this, still Eesrespecf
each other g honest convictions. estilf Gd-
here to my then opinions, that R few.
general 3concessions-'gli glitterings sneFali.
ties--aH ofWhich in the end must aud will
be conceded to the organized stat of the
South, this day thsre would bean
armeu battalion opposed TO US Nj bin the
broad area of the domini6nsiof th United
States. Robbers and Rssassins lust in
any event, result from the disbanc - of
gelarmies; but even these shoul abd
can he. aken cilEe ot ~ lecal ci
thorities, without beidg fmadsla c,assrge On
the national treasury gas
The remainder of General Sherman's re.
port is chiefly. devoted to a discussion Of
his relations with Secretary Stanton and
General Halleck.
In the further examination of General
Sherman before the committee, he pro-
ducsd number of letters. A letter from
Sherman, addressed to General Grant or.
General Halleck, and dated at Raleigh.
April 49,, says:
s'Both. Generals Johnston, and Breckin-
ridge admitted that slavery was dead, and
L could not insist on embracing Il in such
paper, because it can be made with the
states in detail. knew that all the men
OF substance south sincerely want peace,
and do not believe they viii resortto war
again during this century. have no
doubt but that they will in the future be
perfectly subordinate to the laws of the
United States" q" T.
Sherman wrote to Halleck from Raleigh,
81 received your dispatch describing the
man Clark, detailed to assassinate me. he
had better be in hurry or he will be too
late. The news of Mr.. Lincoln's death
produced most intense effect on our
troops. At first feared it would lead1to
excesses, but now it has softeued down,
and can easily be quieted. None eyincs
more feeling than Gen. Johnston, Who adj
mitted that the'act was calculated to stain
his cause with dark hue, and he contend.
ed that the loss was most severe on the
South, who had begun to realize that Mr..
Lincoln was. the best friend they hsd.
III cannot believe that even Mr.. Davis
was PrtVY to the diabolical plot, but think
it the emanation of lot of young men of
the South, who are very devils. Iwant to
throw upon, the South the care of this
class of men, who viii soon be as obnox-
lous to their industrious Glasses as "a. us, =
On the 25th of April, Sherman wrote to
Grant. o SO =
81 have not the least desire to interfere
In the civil policy of our government, but
would shun' 1t as something not to my lik.
iug; but occasions arise when a prompt
seizureflof results is forced on military
commanders not in immediate commuuica-
tiou with the proper authority. Tits pos
sibleth the terms signed by Gen. Johns
ton and myself were not clear enough on
'thepoint we'll understood between US, that
our negotiations did not apply to any par-
ties outside the officers aud men of the
Confederate armies, which could easily
have been remedied.
mo surrender OF any army not actually
at the mercy of the antagonist was ever
made without sterms, p and those always
define the military status Of the surrender.
Thus you stipulated that the officers and
men of Lees army. should not be molested
at their homes so long as they obeySd the
laws at their place of residence. / do not
wish to discuss these points, involved, in
our recognition of the State governments
in actual existence, but will merely state
my conclustonst0 await the solution Of the
future"