New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-04-29

shortly Gen. Couch came up ;he road uncovered
having in his hand paper which he held ont TO The
troops and again tumult Of applause greeted the
old soldier. The brigade commanders were ordered to
assemble their respective commands to hear Gen. Sher
mans ordc~ read. Col. Moore OF the 18th Michigan
called attention upon lis silver 0ugle and by tic Gen
erals request gave directions for massing the Second
Division near the side Of the road. II took aboui hall
an hour for each brigade TO arrive and get into position
10y column Of regiments massod close together as II
was possible TO stand Then with bis staff officers and
the commanders of brigades around him, Col. Moore
REQUESTED silence and he read aloud tie following or
der:
Hnogs. MILITARY DIVISION OF MISSISSIPPI J
Is 1nE FIELD SMlTHFIELD y. C.. Aprll -, 100.
SPECIN. FIELD ORDERS, No 5i.-Ihe Heherdl ION,
handing announces 10 the army that he has Official
notice from Gen. Grant that Gen. Lee surrendered TO
him lis entire army on The 9th inst at Appoma'oA
a VOiCC-'GlOry 10 God.
Glory be 20 God and 10 our Country. and al honor
TO our comrades in arms toward whom We are march.
ing a little labor, little more toll on cur part
land the great is and our Government stands
regereTaed after its four long years of bloody war
W L. SBrENAN Majcr'Hen. CON.
l. NJ DAYTON, Adjt
The scene which followed beegars description. The
band Of Strckland's brigade standing near struck mp
" The Spangle Banner but the tumult Of voices
which rose upon tie air for time drowhed the sof,
notes Of the good old tune; thousand hats few up in
the air as If by a common impulse; men end officers
shouted themselves Loarse, cried laughed. embraced
each other threw their knapsacks about rolled on the
ground and mani tested the extTayagent JOY which
II is possible 10 conceive The flags Of the various com
mands ioated out over the dense mass ia more than
pristine glory or waved their battle rett folds keep
ing time with the music and cheers Such scene ii has
hae iViie IA Wit In
well worth travelling thousand miles H. The
same or similar scenes enacted all along the line
1t was the first real tangible clmmer Of the end
ing Of the long and bloody struggle and eyncod the
eageruess Of the whole troops 70 It's fral close and
be permitted to embrace the long absent and loved ones
AZ home.
The star Spanglci Banner melted INTO Yankee
Doodle. and that into Home. sweet Home, and the
troops resumed their mu,kcts and their march with
lighter hearts and more elastic steps than they had eH
perienced before since the fret gun was fred al Sumter
four years ago
The roads now began to improve and tie country to
become billy ard dry. enabling the troops to march
with more ease and rapidtv.
Coming 10 tie crossing Of the Neuse miles below
Smitlfeld we found he pontoon bridge already laid
alongside the burnt and stu smoderng ruins OF the
Twonteth Corps having already passed
over.
The army OF Gen. Schofeld onoampcd about nue
miles from Raleigh with Gen. Terry stil on the left
and the other Corps at about equal distance from the
Capital
THrRsDAY. April l3 leC5.-The march was resumed
at early light and tie troopssharched rapidly forward
III The different commands c3AyeTglng upon the main
road to the Capital
Early in the forenoon il tecamo rumored along The
road, that Gen. sherman had net q deputation from
Raleigh rendering tie surrender Of the city and seek
ing terms FOR g cessation Of the war in the state.
shortly an or5er was published 10 the tIoops Of the
Twenty third Army CORPS, as follows
IipQG-. MIDDLE DIV or THE Ms.lssrrI, !
IL VI FIELD. GAULHi's SHOGE. Ap.i j.. leh'.
All of,>Ts ana soldiers Of the army are coinhaha.n
10 respeo; and protect the Governor Of North Caon"
ord tie officers aud agents Of the State government.
lie Mayor aud citizens Of Raleigh, provided no ho<e
act is committed against The officers ana men o. 'h'
army between this and that city.
any W. T. SHEEMAS MAJ Gen Comdg.
1t soon became known that Gen. Johnston had re-
tired from Raleigh falling back toward Iillsboroush
and ha, no opposition would be made TO our occupa'
ton OF the State Capital.
What promises Gen Sherman made to the Peace
Committee are not known but may be guessed at iro'n
The tenor of the order above.
Tie country now becomes moIo open with timely
fenced and cultivated fields, snd comfortablc-even
coety dwellings, and other evidences Of thrit and
comfort The land is high and rolling and the city,
iudeing from distant glimpse Of the capitol whose
dome now appeers IN sight between the fohasc o! ne
trees is situated upon higher land than any OF the sur
rounding country.
The road gradually becomes blocked mp with troops
and trains now slowly filing along the road into the
CITY At mile east OF the town pass long lines OF
earthworks not formidable but wei made and extend
ing in gag lines the road and fields to the left
as if covering ire entire train approaches. single
gun stands mounted upon the angle of the work on the
Lin; bat no other sign Of hostility is TO be seem Tie
banners Of the different regiments now float gaily out
along the roads, We enter the city silently, with no
exutng Demonstrations only stepping 10 theap OF the
drum the music Of the Unionan army not OF conquer
ors. but Of friends North Carolina is redeemed
Rnlcigi-sts Enstitutions and Peopic-Thc
Newspapers - Population Vance and
the False Leaders.
From Our Special Correspondent
RALEIGH y. C., April A. Ices.
Raleigh is one Of the finest towns which our
army has oceupied during the war. Fortunately for