Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1877-04-10
LEES SURRENDER.

0in9 OF ouy Gbeal event ~ tts pos-
srAyai Ia the tints aud situations Of ~
historical picture. The thinning Is
like 70 b done Ia the old traditional
style, for the sake Of the picturesque
eject which h 30 welcome 10 the
lover Of tho sensational. kuskin
Knocked Ct . stereotyped sbsordity
10 Landscape painting when he
QoisIsd . student with the question,
Wherssbout Ia your foreground
would you place your large brown
tresfp OF course this wss = mere
piece Of grim pleasauiry to 10, the
young man know that the consen-
t.onai tree was Bit Of old iogyism in
Art. We call to mind tho prints In
tho illustrated papers at ths outbreak
of the war. Of the scenes upon the
held Of battle. The first engagement
~ Bull Ron Afforded = wide scope for
the imagination Of tho artist. The
terrific personal encounters between
the New York Fire Zoaavcs aud the
Louisiana Tigers were only equaled
In the vividness OF their portrayal by
the ludicrous precipitancy with which
they each scanpered away from the
rearh Of rebel aud Yankee bullets to
places OF safety and seciusion. Even
~ accomplished and meritorious an
artist ~ kothermei, has suffered him
self 10 be led into the painting Of pic
ture.que lmpos.ibiliiies in his Battle
Of Gettysburg. tie has sacrificed
ruth 10 portraiiurc and sober literal.
ness TO the misconceived necessities
Of III. heroic-. II Major Generals In
actual battle were IN DO jnmbled up
In ~ close proximity 10 one another
and TO the lines Of contact--indeed. If
the lines OF contact themselves were
10 DO crowded In upon one another as
they are Ia this famous painting
would be very difficult, when the bat
tic was done tf II ever were done), 70
tell which side, II any, had won the
victory, or In whose camp tho con-
quering heroes had fetched up. We
are glad that they who know have
begun to clear away The semi-rofnan.
tic rubbish which has 10 long sur
rounded the scene of the surrender Of
Lee to Grant. We have never be.
Iiesed much OF this nonsense. Ice
wxs too much In earnest and too
heavy hearted with honost sorrow 10
strike any theatrical attitudes. and
Grant was too much his own plain
self to make n tablesu Of that iupor-
tant event. But it in only lair to say
that even tho most fiorid descriptions
OF the surrender have not made II as
prerosterous ~ such portrayals are
spt To be. Under date Of Madison.
VWis.) March ~. the following letter
Ia addressed TO the Milwaukee News !:
] was glad 10 see in sundays Daily
News communication 10 the the Rich.
mond Dispatch correcting one OF tho
many absurd and Sensational mis-stata.
lnenta CONCERNING the incidents OF I,ee's
surrender. The details 81 this eventfui
act VIII soon pass Into history, aud truth
should he slited from error BY living
witnesses and participators before hand
Ing them down to another generation,
! was tue only civilian pTcac1t al tho
meeting between General Grant and
General Ice. and know whereof sneak
General Grant never demanded the sur.
render OF Genera. Lees sword, nor
intimhfed by word or deed that he
expected II 10 he yielded to the victor.
lie was, On the contrary especially con.
Al lt.I In. IA
defeated chieftalD, and stroye by all the
means OF social nmrnity To max General
Lee feel al ess. and 10 lessen the humIIi.
atom and aorrow insepnrable from the
occasion. General Grant personally In
tfoduc~h General Lee 10 each mem Der al
the stall present, and contributed his full
snare toward engaging him In pleasant
conversation during The time the military
,r,r.t,fiss were preparing the terms Of
capitulaiion for signature This sccuDiea
about an hour. when General Lee and
olonel Marshal, who accom-, panied him.
took leave and returned % their own
headquarters
The bearing OF General Lee during this
tying Interview was that Of Thoroughly
dignlhed aud selfpossesscd gentleman.
anu ~ striking cont nst with that OF Gen
essl Pemberton a. Vicksbnrg.
rus was the nrst meeting OF these re-
nowhed military chioftains. Although
eotl wer" ia the regular army at time
shen Its snaiincss might prc-suppose
personal acquaintance, they were widely
separated by the exiguucics Of the serylca
aud met for the nrst time In the house IN
Wiley Mclean at Appomattox Court
House. Va, April y. iss,
Their next meeting was by appoint.
rncnt. At " O'Clock, April 10, Is,s5, nj n
point nearly midway between tho two
sncampcd armies. when they conyer~cd
privately aud apart, sitting on horseback
In drisniiDg rain, for nearly an hour,
concerning The details of tho surrender.
which hal been Delegated TO Officers
selected nom both armies. General Lee
started Immediately for Richmond on
horseback, attended only By an aid and
servant, and General Grant and stan n so
started ~ once for city Point. Thls wa.
Tue last time they ever mei.
The apple tree story" was N pure
fatricsfton. started bt some un princlplcd
aIyenfurer, most likely Tor the purpose
ciseiiinG his wares General Grant aud
GENERAL ISe mover met under an apple
Tree nor near one. When General then
Solonetl bsbcocL and Captain william
Mckee Dunn. Of Grants stan. bore To
GENERAL Lee the nota la which General
Grant accedcd 10 Lees request To meet
him 1T Appomaitox coun House, they
PROM this the story may have sprung,
but IL csrialnly has no other or nsarrr
"u""hti"h ~ ssct. E %.
This . doubtless true. A. any rate
u IL quite mattsr.of.fsct sroagh 20
please shs most sxscting stIcklcrs for
the prosy aud literal In tho literature