The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-06

Gen. Horace Porter, who was member
Of the stan OF Gen. Grant. and Col. Charles
Marshall. who was Gen. Lees military
secretary. have both told the story Of the
Mclean house at AppOmcttoN Court
House, al which the meeting took place
and in which the conditions Of the sur
render were written, says the New YORK
Herald Mr. Mclean having been IN the
neighborhOd Of Bull Run. and having no
liking for war. had gathered up his belong
inss and selected what seemed 10 him the
most retired place in the country where
no army could ever 90. II Is curious OH
Of fate that drove him from the opening
OF the war only 10 make his dwelling the
scene Of the climax. The present interest
is IN the condition OF the historic ground
and the proposition to make national
occurred.
Several years ago a Washington syndi-
cate bought up a large quantity OF the
lands on which the war ended, but failed
TO buy the Mclean house. which was the
central point Their scheme fell through
for the time. Next came Chicago man,
who succeeded in buying the house. he
ruthlessly tore u down. and before the
work was over, abandoned II. II IS now a
heap of ruins. Moreover. the old court
house is gone, partly by fire and partly by
removal 10 another point.
This was the section which Lady Mary
Murray described in a visit years ago IS
much like DeVOnshire, England Ine OLD
AppOmattOX Court House says the letter,
once one of the most pleasant villages IN
Virginia, is a fl representation of Gold
smiths Deserted Village. II looks in
deed, desOlate."
to make a park Of this place is urged by
the veterans of both armies. Recently
there has been great ado because the
pOstOffice department, in its policy OF re-
fusing double names, changed Appomat-
tox Court House TO Surrender. There are
two villages, where there was only one
before. The objection was so strong that
another change was made, and now the
Offices are AppomattoX and West Apo
mattOX.
Gen. Porter is well known to the public
as a successful lawyer and a great story
teller Col Marshall is said to be the
ablest lawyer in Maryland, and although
a busy man, has a great deal more than he
can attend to, but that does not keep
him from rivaling Gen. Porter as teller
of admirable stories. One of his best,
however, is something that happened just
previous to the surrender of the confed-
crate army. Gen. Lee, with Col. Marshall,
had ridden down the lines, and was re-
turning. As they did so they passed the
headquarters of Gen. Henry a. Wise,
whose impetuosty is well remembered.
The only water in the neighborhood
was the yellow mixture of Virginia clay.
In this Gen. Wise had washed. There
We're no towels and, to use the expression
of Col Marshall, the yellow mud drying
upon his face made him look like the
most genuine descendant of PocahontaS
Virginia ever knew. Rushing forward TO
Gen. Lee, Gen Wise, with his decorated
face, exclaimed:
Gen. Lee I understand. sir, that you
are about to enter into negotiations for the
surrender Of the army2"
Gen. Lee replied calmly that it was
true. Instantly Cen Wise arms stretched
toward high heaven, and he asked in trag-
&c tones:
"Then, sir, what in the name Of God is
going to become of me?'
There was a suggestion of a smile in
Lees countenance as he replied, in a tone
Of command: Gen. Wise, 80 wash your
face"