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and his eres fell upsn the bright gilt

and his eyes fell upsn the bright gilt
ter of Gen. Lees sword. He paused
for a moment, his mind conceived a
new thought, and he inserted in the
document the provision that ..this will
not embrace the side arms of the Of
fcers, nor their private horses or bag.
gage.
Il must be remembered that Gen.
Lee had verbally accepted the terms of
surrender without this provision, and
of course he expected. as was highly
proper. to surrender his sword to the
victor. Grants magnanimity, how
eyer, again got the best of him. The
wish was farthest from bis heart to
humiliate even his enemy. In accord
anee with this wish Gen. Grant made
no demand for Gen. Lees sword and
no tender of it was offered
Gen. Lee put on his spectacles to
read what Grant had written. He was
touched by the clemency of the yicto.
rious commander. and. on laying down
the paper, said simply, in a husky tone
of voice. ''Magnanimous, General"
But he essay ed to gain a few points,
and remarked:
The horses of my cavalry and ar.
tillery, General, are the property OF
my soldiers. 1t is, l hope, within the
terms that they shall retain their prop
erty?''
1T is not within the terms,'' re-
Piled Gen. Grant.
Lee glanced at the paper again and
then said:
mo. You are right. The terms do
not allow it.
"And now," said Grant, II believe
the war is over, and that the surrender
of this army will be followed soon by
that of all the others. / know that the
men, and, indeed, the whole south, are
Impoverished. will not change the
terms of the surrender, Gen. Lee, but
l will instruct my officers who receive
the paroles to allow the cavalry and
artillerymen to retain their horses and
take them home to work their little
farms"
"Such an act on your part, General,
replied Lee, will have the best effect in
the SOUTH
He then sat down, and wrote out the
following letter:
"HEADQUARTERs ARMY OF NORTHERN
VIRGINIA, April 9, l865.-GENERAL:
| received your letter of this date con-
tanning the terms of the surrender Of
the Army of Northern Virginia as pro-
posed by you. AS they are substan-
TALLY the same as those expressed in
your letter Of the Sth inst, they are ac-
cepted. l will proceed to designate
the proper officers to carry the stipula-
tons into effect.
R. E. LEE, General.
Lieut.. Gen. U. S. Grant
While duplicates of the two letters
were being made, the Union Generals
present were severally presented tc
Gen. Lee. They were received rather
coldly, but yet courteously.
Pending the signing of the formal
papers, Gen. Lee stated that his men
were starving, and requested Gen
Grant to provide rations for them
Grant inquired how many rations were
wanted. Lee could not answer the
Question, for the reason that he had nc
idea of his own strength.
will 900 rations suffice?' asked
Grant.
Il think it will,'' replied Lee; and
that number he received. Before the
Confederates gave up their guns they
were fed by their enemies.
The papers were now signed. A few
more words were exchanged, the two
commanders shook hands and Lee
went to the verandah. The Union Off
GERS followed and saluted him. One
moment more the military chieftain OF
the Southern Confederacy had mount.
ed his horse and was gone-he and his
whole army prisoners of war.
AS he came within his own lines the
soldiers crowded around him. "Men,'
he said, 1--WE have fought through the
war together. have done the best
could for YOU"
General Grant returned to his head
quarters, where the firing of salute!
welcomed him. He gave orders tx
have it stopped at once.
| 1.-The war is over he said; s'tht
rebels are our countrymen again, anC
the best sign Of rejoicing after the vic
tory will be to abstain from all demon
STATIONS in the field
He ,dismounted by the roadside, SO
down on stone, and called for penc.
and paper. An aid-de-camp Offered
him his order-book, taking which hs
wrote:
..Hon E. NJ. Stanton, Secretary O
| War. Washington: Gen. Lee surren
dered the Army of Northern Virgin:
this afternoon on terms proposed b,
myself. The accompanying additional
correspondence will show the condi
| tons fully.
gu. S. GRANT,
| Lieutenant-G General"
| The Repeated Sermon.
| Congregationalst.