Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-12-15

BENNETT's HoUsE.-Where Sherman and John-
 ston Met to Arrange for the Surrender of the
 Latter's Army.
 United States, and upon the Fist of April it's commander issued an address to his soldiers containing these words: With you rests the hopes of our Nation (the Con- federacy), and upon your action depends the fate of our people. Stand by your colors--maintain your discipline-be the means of checking the triumph of our eno- my, and securing the final triumph of our causep
 But later, when all the Confederate forces east of the Mississippi had captu- lated, General E. Kirby Smith surrendered to General E. R. s. Canbv.
 Meantime, his warlike address had caused the United States authorities to set on foot a large ex x2odition und.r General P. H. Sheridan, for the overthrow of all enemies in Texas GNi Western Louisiana. But General Sm3Sh finally concluded further resistance folly, and capitulated as stated. After the fall of Mobile, April 9, General Richard Taylor withdrew the grctter part of the troops composing the Army of Ala bama toward the interior, but finally, at Citronelle, Ala, May 4, turned over to General E. R. s. Canby all munitions of | war, public property of a military charac- | ter, and surrendered his army. At the same time and place Commodore Tarrand, | of the Confederate navy, surrendered the naval forces on the Tombigbee river. A | part of these, with some transports, made | up the fleet that the writer came upon so | unexpectedly as spoken of in last number. In a few days arrangements were made | for all the Union troops to go to Mobile up. | on tho captured transports. One of these was the "Southern Republic" a large three "decker." It had been the property of two brothers at Mobile, who, grew rich in the African slave trade. About Mobile | were some natives of Africa who, after being kidnapped, hal been brought over to this country and sold into slavery.
 Upon the transports were a few Confed- Il crates dressed in ther conventional gray. | Most of these were officers, anl some oi them were from Lees army and had got thus far on their journey homeward.
 Atlast all were aboard and startel down Che river for Mobile. The last hostile move ment having been made against tho enemy and with no more in prospect came a new sensation-the long, cruel war had at last ended. Those who have reached mature age since wartime can have no adequate realization of the long days of bloody bat t e, anxiety and anguish, that heightened | out into weeks, months and years, iron April, 1861, till April, 1865.
 The trip to Mobile was quickly made | The river was full and the current swift 
 with unbroken forest, some of the larger trees overhanging the waters edge. Al the trees of the forest were covered witt long gray moss that dropped from tho boughs and fell over the foliage in grace ful manner, light, airy and beautiful as lace
 work.
 After reaching Mobile the division wen into camp about three miles from the cit! upon the hills.
 The writer,s companv was encampad i, the yard of one of the brothers-name for gotten-before referred to as one of tn, owners of the "Southern Republic" ant who had grown rich before the war in tn African slave trade.
 The house was a large, square, plail structure, but pleasant and home like
 While all active military services was at al end there were yet formal camp services t perform; among these was guard duty \ However, in this ali soon grew lax, and tn , writer moro than once about this perio'
 remembers waking from sound sleep tn
 party whom he was to relieve. Two hour
 in the middle of night at some lone spo
 1rags along very slowly. When on guar
 dnder such circumstances the writer nor
 than once resorted to counting. Afte
 learning by trial how many could be count
 sd in 0 given time, it was readily asceI
 tained, by approximation, of course, tn
 number that would be counted in tw
 hours; then upon mounting guard tn
 counting of this number was resolutely CT
 tered upon and kept at till accomplished
 at about which time the approach of the re
 lief gave notice that the two hours had ca { pired.
 This simple expedient, by fixing the min 6 upon the accomplishment of a certain ot Iect, served to hasten the flight of time. A Some of these lone nights when on guar " the only living thing seemed to be tn
 Southern mocking- bird. Sometimes tn
 singer would make his presence known i \ some thick bush near by in a burst of son
 that in succession mimicked every bird Q , the forest.
 While encamped at this place paper
 were received containinga . full account Q