Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1875-01-14
LEONARDTOWN. ND. THURSDAY


sway. so m ths toos
IN the North (for ekop
Hughesand Bishe nessSd
TO the same pole &1uz1ov
Weed on the box - -
OF civil waranths& unetiee
and doctrine, N ~ Ltimes
wedelight disappe rn6-
ged blanket IN t1e c6mps
covored Catholic - ~ Gis-
tsrs Of Mercy minis1 = pantQ
OF dying low Churc1 -
tsElape - pee1 a. : LIZ :
dered at the idea ct thtScarlet Wo-
man! The Roman CatAic bishops
OF Richmond and Charestd were fire.
quent and welcome guests Il, the home
OF the Confederate President when he
had one, and In his prison fterwards,
as was the Protestant rectoro35t. Paurs,
who, now that peace and thsevil pas
slons have come, shrinks from Ritual
ist as an unclean thing. Th writer Of
this charming book is Baptit, whether
fedobaptlst or OF the strictSt school,
we do not know, and Genera Lee was
an Episcopaiian, not probably OF the
advanced type but OF the stripe Ut
% y el VI
0eorge washington ana Joha Marshall;
and yet who can trace theological diff
ferences in these symnath,t;c nages ?
O,r r.d.rs w;u .h.rk - s. -.
..:.I r. -
'ioi with 'his Voiune' Ior iot dweiiins
on the military portion EXCEPT inciden-
tally. That story in all its truthful
ness remains to be told. for A chanla;n
= not n. ON. =. .au; :. D.. a.
".e
one OF TWO matters OF mte'est which
crop out in this unpretending narrative
which must not be passed by. There
il IN 1D a distinct and ;r,,r,.n. r.f
-, - H. go. e .,:--r.. A.. ,o.,
~ ' ,o"" $50 =. on INC I''h
oi august iooo' ourihg tnesecond pat
tie OF Manassas, that completely vindi-
Gates Fitz John Porter. At naoe 100
= La...r f.on c.,.u,,I.. ,oc-
~ 60 49, n.e, II ioo,'
~ ~. o'''ef' VI I niiaueipkla' In "hich
this statement OF facts (Which no one
will dispute) is made:
Mr.. Fisher or Bishop Wilmer has
eonfoundsd my offers for the exchange
ot prisoners Win tnose made oy mr..
c.. +.
when all hopes of effecting the exchange
had ceased, to deliver all the Federal
sick and Wounded, to the amount OF
$4,000, without any equivalent, provid-
ed transportation was furnished. Pre-
viously to this, think, I offered to
General Grant to send into his lines ali
the prisoners within my department,
which embraced Virginia and North
Carolina, provided he would return me
man for man; and, when informed the
Confederate authorities of my PROPOSE
ton, was told that, If il was accepted.
they would place all the prisoners at
the South at my disposal. I offered
subsequently, think to the committee
of the United States Sanitary Commits
sion, who visited Petersburg for the
purpose of ameliorating the condition
of their prisoners, to do the same. But
my proposition was not accepted.
r,,
He on'' o'nef ne" iac.-"e mean
new 10 the generality OF readers-is
this as to the surrender at Appomat-
tox.
General Lee SAID that, when he met
General Grant, they exchanged polite
salutations, and he stated to him at once
that he desired a conference Ia reference
to the subject matter OF their cores.
pondehce. deherai Grant returned
you your sword, did he not, General Z"
one Of the company asked The old
hero, STRENGTHENING himself, replied in
most emphatic tones, mo. sir; he did
not +! he had no opportunity OF doing
so. l was determined that the side
arms OF officers should be exempt by the
terms OF surrender, ana OF course l did
not offer HIM NINE. All that was said
about swords was that General Grant
apolosized to me Tor not Wearing his
own sword, saylug that It had gone on
in his baggage, and he bad been una
ble to get 1t In time. This spoiis a
great deal OF rhetoric ABOUT rant {.