The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-10-20


II Will" he answered promptly, as II
relieved rom on unpleasant duly. Me1n !,
| while make yourselves at honc nv 81
breakfast was nearly Ger 0i rrar, en
/ lov .ng morning before Gen. Grant -
| nluch as alluded to passing us 'iIou ~,
| the ines. then he said. u WI nd'' w w.
flag Of truce boat at Point OF hoOns 100 49,.
| 20 take you 10 your appointment "a ,ih,nx
morrow morning: but. mean"hlie, = s" ~,
you had better return 10 Cen. butisi . "i'n
ten him that | wish he wouli sem 49,.
YOU 20 meet Con. MISC ner Ouiu "a, - - =,
Of his general officers as ne can ~ Ill as
less than half dozen WIZ -"
many tc you with the boat. 80, ,ska,
But IS II necessary, General a9 ~
al al there shouli be so much russ anu
fcath'rs? A couple OF horses anu
orderly VIII be all we shali he1"'
AsP,cIAL Rtoussr FROM LINCOLN
lie answered: Mr. Lincoln specially
| d.afisle and so YOU have 10 20 without
n safe,elard: therefore II Is .npoT't IN.
both Tor your safe-y and the sicc'sS
Ct vour business that those peopie
should understand that you came =. e'r, re
/ from the President. and 90, IN la, r..
/ n-.e,ut the Govcrnm snt. Ana anp'h,r
/ fhirp Mr. Lincoln IS fearful that DaNis
Will ind some prcteNt TOT hol1'''I o
/ Won iii after the IF sldehuh {. ' 80
! and he homes you VII not ran 20 tell we
whole story TO Gen. Butter, dhi A. .,.n-t
/ him MT he will be sustained IN Wih,r
over course he may take 'o' ''"
/ protection , as, ood
otoe,. c,eioek an die -oll0 wing day we
! mot the Confederate ofhci az. 20. y" -
ford the Union Exchange conn
was with us. and after ne h3u ana tbo
! od us e,d cur escort 90 Col; qua w ..f.
/ latter turned 10 Milford ana sa' col
| Is long time since we nave Hne'' N''-
/ oncl What can ] do for yo,u,..,,o., ..yvo
! "Oh. nothing" answered MullpiI. We
have merely come along 10 esco'' ''''''
The mingled surprise and defersn Ell. that
| came into Ould's face ana ihtli l0a 49,, "a
living witness 20 the remaIn ,as
| ness of Mr.. Lincoln. The interview w. va.
yer.v br'ef for though sent doWH w Hlc'e
as bv MIR Davis. Col Ould nan ny 49,, ~
| him. nor had be any authority 80 80
| me ,Iu 10 Richmond. We paltcn 10 mr.
| s.i 40 davs later VIII n QUA WOuid
! conduct MS into the august presence VI
| ne grand mOgl Of the Southern CON
Gr ne Morning Of Saturday, the lbih
| OF July. just as the 10y ankee 'lYehs a. %
| H. ,srf Of tho country were striking y,
taking cen. Butler Boy the hand / sa'u
~ G Good II you DO not see Us within
ten days you VIII know 'na' VIC '''-' g
s@if DO not see you within that TINE me-.
| he replied "TM demand you, anu 81 III,
| don't produce you, BODY anu So"' ,.o,,
| take TWO Tor ont-ntttti nv -, Nv
and hang them higher tnah ii"'''''''
band OF that. Goodbye -, o. confod-
One boat ran into the ire on III -
| crate battery that was shelhhs s3,sc 90
our gunboats lying under a NJ et nir',1
| the river: but at o'clock that az !.IUii'
mounted on two raW-boued relics OF stiiii-
! dan's great raid, and armed Win Z. VIZ" ,i,'S
| handkerchief ted 20 short suchi We ~ -
up 70 the rebel lines. I"Fseu, hond
| faced boy with a carbine IN one manu-
| and a white handkerchief, also ueu ~ "a %
| short stick. ia the other, came ouu ~
| meet MS.
1NrYRyIEw WITH DAVIS.
At o'clock on the following ,SunudsJ
nirlt we were admitted TO an LierNle"
w-ifb Jefferson Davis and judah T. sen
| iami1. the Confederate Secretary Oh Htd.e.
What passed on that o'Vd9.ou ~
afterward recOunted In Al allci5 IL. "a
Atlantic Monthly, when was 4u,r6S o s,,,',
and need not he here repeated. ne SUI
of il an was that tie Confederate ~
eminent would negotiate upon no oti,
basis than Southern lndeptLutlIi-. - -
Davis said. I'VE are not hgnuns ~
| slavery. We are fighting Tor ma penn,
cree. and that or eXtermihaloh we VIZ
| have" Again. when we rose 10 laNe "u
leave Of him. ne added; say 10 M IN.
| coin for me that i shall ~ any IN 'i
| niles. cd to receive proposals on sh' '@'ia
| al our fudcueudentr. il VIII ne uA -,
10 spproach me with any othcI. ne
was my report of .Jr DAVIS I"il5 u ~,
a
iamin addressed TO the Minister 10 tne
| continent ne put tins declaration OF Nh.
Davis's in even stronger terms. ne ~.
resented him as saying 10 US lhdt NC
separation of the States was an accom-
plfched fact. that we had no authority 10
r,feiva prOposals for negotiation except
nv virtne OF his Office as president OF an
irdcpendent COnfederacy; ana on thls
basis alone must proposals De mace 10
Kim" ME. 800, ,,,.,t,r,i,,
lasted tiU after midnight. ana Whcn we
part,d with Judge Ould at The slcisWouu
Hotel. he agreed TO come ana take u9
| down TO the lines at 10 o'clock on the iol-
| lowing morning But he did not come az
10. nor at II, nor yet Nheh 'nr M III ga
cinplts struck the our of neon. Wncn
| O'Clock arrived without him, / requested
Jarvis. our guard 10 step INTO lhe hali
| for a few moments. When ne had clostu
| the door j said TO col. Jaquess: "Vhld Is
| th.se hours late. What docs IT mean!
During those three hours ] had all OF
: q dozen cigars, put all the 'Nhiie tAe
colonel had been buried ln the morning
ra,yepaDers not AN expression OF ms lace
ron a glance of his eye bttrayhS lhdt ne
was conscious OF Guilds delay. Now he
quietly removed his eyeglasses ana an
swered very cOmpOsedly. ~ looks naoly
hut / ask no odds OF them. We may have
10 show that we are men. We have
tried to serve the country-that is
Ii VAS 3 o'cloci. before Col. Ould finally
came AS we were about to take our
seats I'm the ambulance 10 return be drew
me aside, saying: y nave iaVof 10 ask
The favor was that should obtain from
Mr. Lincoln permits for some half a dozen
persous 10 pass to and fro through the
lines. | assured him that beyond Ques-
ton Mr. Lincoln would grant the desired
pernisslons. and then | said, Now, Col
onol explain TO me your delay Of this
morning.
Ho then said that at 9 o'clock ne had
gone TO Mr.. Davis. house for the official
permit TO take us out. and ne had found
there Secretary benjamin. who was inn
pressing upon Mr.. Davis the necessity of
placing us in Castle Ihunner until the
Northern election was over Benjamin
Insisted that while Jaqu ss was sincerely
DESTROYS of opening the door for peace !
had no expectation OF DONG so, ana was
solely bent on drawing them out on points
that would prejudice them with North
Cin voters.
Mr.. Davis hesitatcd: he thought they
could not honorably detaln men who had
come To them on peace errand. While
tle Judgment Of Davis WAS IN suspense
Ould entered that room. and Davis APP
pealel 10 him for his opinion. Ouid as
snrei him that 1 was SO frank a man
that hc should have discovered any poll
1cal purpose If ! had one; that | had
EXPRESSED myself with iree1om-and not
always IN complimentary manner
about Southern men and southern princl-
pies.
Davis adjourned the discussion 10y ask
ing Ould to cali on him az ? o'clock. when
hc would decide the matter. At that hour
lac QaVc Ould the permit with the re-
mark. '"rhs is probably a bad business
Tor us. any way, but il would ALLEVIATE
many of our Northern IN ends should We
hold on to these gentlemen
nrroRIING TO LINCOLN AND Tna COUNTY,,
At Gen. Grants invitation Col. Jaquess
.t.l..., 81 I.t H.Ve at CITY l0iuf. tur i