The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-04-25

y prices Of the common grades declined &C. Wheat was
quiet while steady, with moderate demand.
Oats in limited request and scarcely firm. Pork
was hrmer, but quiet Beef was steady. Lard was I'M
4 changed, while wnskey duh and . triae lower
Freights were exceedingly quiet
General SheYman's Armistice-Probabl BILE
Escape OF JefF. Davis to Texas.
We have report from the Southwest, which
is at least plausible, that JEFF. Davis had sue
ceeded in getting across the Mississippi river,
en- route to Texas. With the week or ten days
4 grace accorded him by General Sherman in his
= armistice with Joe Johnston, Davis, under the
escort of squad of cavalry, could have made
! the journey from North Carolina to the Missis-
sippi, as reported, without much difficulty.
) He had his friends and scouts on all sides to
apprise him of the points of danger and the
routes Of safety; 80 that we guess the Secretary
Of War is right in his conclusion that jeff has
probably escaped with his plumber. This was
doubtless all that he hoped to gain from the
I cunning negotiations of Johnston-time to be
I loft, while Sherman was left to hold the bag,
awaiting instructions from Washington.
Davis, his Cabinet and accompanying body
guard, we presume, will get off safely to their
friends in Texas, where we may expect the
arch traitor will Geibor-' i,s rans-Mississipp
forces arcound him, as far as possible, and make
Ia fight for the flag end Of his confederacy. He
Twill also be very apt to employ all his arts Of
!; diplomacy to secure an alliance, offensive and
z defensive, with Macmillan and Louis Napoleon,
Eleven to the extent of ceding them Texas as a
8 province of the Mexican empire. But if jeff
s. should remain in Texas for this purpose he
4 will run the most serious hazards OF OF al invof.
q gnt"ry .vyage to Washington in "Yankee''
Z gunboat. He will not escape underline artiul
I. dodge of peace memorandum" should he
J fall again within reach of our soldiers. If he
s. would save himself even to the end of the
& year, and his illgotten booty, he must get out
= of the United States as fast as possible, and
3 beware of his confederate rebel robbers on
3 his journey.
Meantime, it appears, that General Wilson,
!; who, with his securing cavalry, has been clean
u ing out "the bowels of the land" in Alabama
!; and Georgia, captured Macon on the Goth, and
iswith The city that malignant traitor Howell
.Cobb and some Others of the same kidney,
Z but that there is some danger that they, like
Davis, may escape under cover of General
I Sherman's North Carolina armistice. How
ever, as the arrival of Genera Grant at the
front of Sherman's army will put an end to
that folly, the public will be more disposed to
lameL. tne damage that Sherman has done to
his own reputation than the escape of the
traitors he might have captured. Under
Grant, Johnstons army will be speedily re-
duced 10 a surrender, or il will be captured or
l dispessed, and then will follow the breaking
up Of every rebel arsenal, military workshop
! and depot from North Carolina to the Gulf
scoast and the Mississippi; and then, and before
4 The Isl o! June, there will probably be, under
! Thomrs or Candy, an extensive reconnois-
ssanoe commenced in Texas with q hundred
7 - 'sand men.
j General Sherman has spoiled great name
/ by great blunder. When General Fremont,
/ assuming the authority of the President, issued
{ his emancipation proclamation in Missouri,
he committed blunder; when General Hunter
undertook the same experiment in South Caro-
lima he was guilty Of The same folly, and when
General Mcclellan ventured upon the duty of
regulating the war policy of the administration
l in letter Of instructions, he assumed the func-
: tons of Congress; but General Sherman. in
: his North Carolina peace memorandum
seizes at once upon the powers of both Presi-
4 dent and Congress, and sets them both aside
He does this, too, not upon one measure or
principle of policy, but upon every point at issue
between the government and the rebellion,
: and on the side OF the rebellion. General Sher.
man, in this unfortunate business. douJ tless
thought he was doing well, and that his fame
as leader in war would be enlarged by his
iglory as maker Of peace lie has fatally
yblundred, for, with few unlucky strokes of his
open, he has blurred all the triumphs of his
sword. He is q great soldier, a fine scholar, a
brilliant writer; but in diplomacy he has ex-
posed the vulnerable heel of Achilles. and
JEFF. Davis has brought him down, and has run
! of, chuckling at his success.
What contrast is thus furnished between the
rashness Of Sherman and the steady, never
failing equilibrium Of General Grant, What
an admirable example is his of discipline,
differentiation and obedience TO authority.
= with all his power and popularity How
fortunate has been 10 the government and the
country the possession of this great but
modest and unpretending mani How mag
nifcently he he's borne us through the fiery
ordeal of this tremendous war How glo-
riously he stsnds to-day in refusing to be any
thing but simple soldier In the service of his
countryl But If we are proud Of Grant we ore
sorry for Sherman.