The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-07-31
rbe ,ppomn,,ox Apple rrce Fable.

Waco. .July y. fsS5. In the Globe
Democrat of the 2lih inst
is reproduced the old fable of the
AppomattoN apple tree. 1t Is in the
shape of a reprint from the pes
Muines Iowal Register. and wa, "a,
follows:
A STORY OF THE >tRRENbEl, OF Al'ro-
NATION.
No class of people feel so kcenlv the
approaching death of General Grant
~ the old soldiers who served under
him. No Others resent 81 Indignantly
the shameful attempt of Il rebel sol
dicr To Islander and mi-rCprcScnt the
/ dying hero. General luOal Early. of
the confederate army. has lately pub
| lishcd a card in which he states that
the commonly accredited report, ofl
/ the incidents pertaining to Lees sur.
render are totally false that zee never
surrendered under An apple tree. that
/ lac never rendered his sword to Grant.
aud that Grant therefore never cNcr-
ciScd the magnahimity he is credited
| with III returning 1t To the rebel gen
cral. The tuI~ity of Early statement
/ mas already been fully shown. but the
old soldiers who were with Grant at
/ AppOmattoN feel like coming tUrN ard
III bodl to huri back the Ito at the
cN-rehcl who would ialSiiv history
and Islander dying man man whose
magnanimity aud generosity have
never been appreciated 10y the mean
souls that culuNcd II.
Onc of THESE old soldiers came to
the Register Office yesterday To add
his protest against Early'- mis>tatc-
ncnt- and to give the confirmation
OF au Witncs, to the historical ac-
count of what took place AT the sur
render. This Was MIR. Benjamin JEFF
fries. u carpenter of this city. who
served through the war in u rcnnsyl-
vNnia regiment, md was on guard
/ duty at the time of Lees surrender,
within a few rods of where Lee aud
Grant met. He entered the army n u
member of company -, Eighth Penn
/ s>lvania RESERVES, and after three
wears service the remnants o: the
[ thirteen regiments composing THAI
command we're consolidated into two
regiments. and he was attached to
company \. "Bucktmls.' Learning
I that Mr. Jrllrics was an eyewitness of
/ that memorable interview, which j.
lust nov "A 1unttrr of much public in
, tcrc,l. hc wa, asked TO relate the cir
cum,tanccs attending it. lie said
"Dn the morning of April Sth. lSG5.
we charged the rebel lines. and short
IA after dn,brcnh 81 ilau of truce was
4 shown and lighting stopped. Our
REGIMENT WAS ON the advanced skirm-
i.h line looking down the valley
toward AupomatioN court house. As
I soon ~ tirii,p ceased General Grant
came in person and ordered that
uirhrl line he thrown acros, the road
and TINT no one be allowed to cross it
under any consideration. Af'cr Civ
inc. This order. General Grant return
rd 10 his headquarters. and after DIM
urr think it was about > O'Clock in
/ tine afternoon he returned acCOmpa-
nicd by au escort of two orthrce nun
drrd Officers. nll brilliant with SNOWY
uniforms and battlr.hags Leaving
ALI OF them Al the line where We were
stationed ON guard. General Grant
md ON, ,idr rode through the line
nud down tine slope toward Apo
ulattox rour, house. As he did 50.
General Lee and one aide rodotoward
him from the opposite direction
General Lee wa, mounted on IL large
chestnut roam. while General Grant
WA, riding IA small black pony, with
no particular ,tylc about lam or hi-
horse. About -cvcuty-ivc or hun
drcd wards from us down the slope
stood small -tory -aud-a-halt house,
built OF rough-hcwn logs, black with
smoke. At the end of the house
toward aus stood large lPlc Tree.
ana ullu'I tl'7 NIdll' an" ''V' NV
party came together thcl di-momitcd.
md General zee drew hi, sword md
offered ltto General Grant. trtnt
h refused 10 accept If. and without
. toIirliu., il. waved Nm, hnud declining
i If and tucn Irctit il bacl, i'm it, sc.h