Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1865-06-03
FHB REJEoTIoN OF THB AGREEMENT.

'Ou tue evening OF april 20, Major
Hitchcock reported to. .Moreheadr City with
despa atohes. .-otkwhich fact General John
ston at Hillsboro was notified, 30 as to be
ready in the morning fol, an. answer. At g
o'clock A, NJ on, the 24ths Msjor Hitchcock
arrived, ACCOMPANIED by General Grant and
members of his staff, who had not tele-
graphed the fact OF his coming over our
exposed roads for prudential reasons. l
soon leRtned thar the mem orandum was
disapproved without reasons assigned, and
IiWas ordered to give the forty-eight houra'
notice, and resume hostilities at the close
ofithat time governing myself by the sub.
stance Of Q dispatch then enclosed, dated
March 3, IL NJ, at Washington, D. c., from
Secretary Stanton to General Grant at
City Point, but not accompanied by any.
part of the yolumInous matter so literally
lavished on. the, public in the. New York
Journals of the Oath of April. That was
the frst and Only. time ever saw!that tel
egrarn, or hadoue' word of instructions on
the imporlaptIWatters involved in it, and it
does seem strange to me that every bar
room loafer In New York can read in the
morning journals 'officiaP matter that is,
withheld from General whose command
extends from Kentucky to North Carolina,
"Within an hour a courier was riding
from Dntham's Station toward Hillboroug6.
with notice to Gen, Johnston of the. ,s1s.
pension of the truce, and renewing my
demand for the surrender of the armies
under his immediate command. ,(See two
dispatches of Aprfl %, i6iA.M) At12Ml
had the receipt of his picket officer.
therefore published my orders No. go 10
the troops, Terminating the truce ct l2 M :
On the 26th, and ordered all to- be in read
mess to march at that time, on the routes
prescribed in Special Field Orders No. 55,
of April Ia from the position held April
ls. Gen. Grant had. 9tdeRs ffom the PFes-
ideut to direct .militR1S hoFementa, ,5ahd 1
explained to him the exact position of the
troops, and be approved OF it most en-
PhaticallSs but he did not relieve me or
express a wish to assume commsnd.
THE FINAL cAPITUIAT1oH. 49, -
"All things were in readiness D y hen, on
ttbe evening of ,the 25th, I,recsiYed notice
from Gen Johnston asking another inter.
view to renew negotiations. Gen. Grant
not only approved, bat urged me to accept,
and I appointed at our former place ct
noon, of the. 26thI the very hour fixed for
the renewalof of tldsttlttfes. = Gen. Johuston
WAS delayed by an accident to his train,
butlst2 2 P. u. arrived. ~, " = 7, =
f'We then consulted, concluded and sign.
ed the final terms. of capitulettpn. These
were taken by me back. 70 Raleigh sub.
mitted to Gen. Grant, and met; his imme-
diate approval sandi signature. General
Johnston WAS MOI. even aware OF the pres,
encei Of General Grant ct Raleigh at the
time! There was surEend cred to us the
second great army Of Che s6.cslled Con.
federStJi aud though undue Importance
has been given TO the so.called negotis.
tons which -pre0sdod. il, and q rebuke
and public disfsVoF cast on me Who'll
t1y iunWarrlnted by the facts; rejoice
In saytng that -it.Was accompl plished G1fth .
out further ruin and devastation. to the
county; Without the loss of sihgle life 70
those gallant msn.-Rho had followed me
from The Mississippi to the Atlantic; and
lrRishb6t su6iectng brave men 10 the 1u.
lE5eeiops task Of pursuing q fleeing foe that
did NOT want to fight. As. for myself !
know my motives, and challenge the In
stance during the last four. years, when an
armed and defiant foe stood before me, that
didinot 60 IN and Hghti and would blush
for shame II I,had ever insnlted or .stFacka
fallen foe. 49, ..a. .-.'i.--s'a ''ss
:, AoAa1WARp MARCH OF sHHRHAH'sARArT.
aisThs instant the terms Of surrende.
were approved BY General, Grant, made
kmy 0rdgEg No. 65r assigning TO each of my
lsIhot tdlnAts commanders his share 0f. tie