The National tribune., 1902-01-23

- answer to this, address TMEo. NOEL COMPA
and on the river above here, this may
prove of vast Importance. l hope, Gen
cral, and from what Admiral Porter tells
me, this probably will find you in pos
session of Port Hudson.
Il am, General. very respectfully, your
obedient servant"
While the negotiations for surrender
were going on Gen. Sherman was not
in connection with Gen. Grants head
quarters by tclcGraph-he used eouriers-
but he was the first to send words OF con-
graduation to Gen. Grant. This was
done through Gen. Park on the morning
of July 4.
Gen. Park to Gen. Grant:
'Gen. Grunt: Gen. sherman desires
me to tender his warmest congratulations
Please accept my own. Gen. Sherman will
hold the railroad bridge for Ord, Messin-
gers for the Fifteenth Corps. and Bird
song for the Ninth. Orders are issued
for the movement"
To make sure that everything would
work smoothly when the final surrender
came. and to prevent firing on the Con-
federates by mistake, at a very early
hour July the following circular was
sent along the line:
Should white flags be displayed upon
the enemy's works at 10 o'clock this morn
ing, it will be to signify the acceptance
of the terms of capitulation
The enemy will march outside their
works, stack arms, and return inside as
prisoners. No troops, except those speci-
fed in special orders, will enter the city
for the present"
SHERMAN BoILs OVER.
When the final news reached Gen.
Sherman that the garrison of Vicksburg
had actually surrendered, he literally
boiled over. He poured out his feelings
in two letters-one to Gen. Grant, the
other to Admiral Porter. Here they are:
Sherman to Grant. July 4:
"My Dear General: The telegraph has
just announced to nae that NiekSburg is
ours; its garrison win march out, stack
arms, and return within their lines as
prisoners of war, and that you will occupy
the city only with such troops as you
have designated in orders. / can hardly
contain myself. Surely L will not pun
iSh any soldier for being sunco happy this
glorious anniversary of the birth of a Ma
tion whose sire and father was a Wash
ington. Did I~not know the honesty,
modesty and purity of your nature, L
would be tempted to follow the examples
of my standard enemies of the press in
indulging in wanton hattery; but, as
man and soldier, and ardent friend of
yours, l warn you against the incense of
iattery that VIZ fill our land from one
extreme to the other. Be natural and
yourself, and this glittering fiattery will
be as the passing breeze of the sea on q
warm Summer day. To me the delicacy
with which you have treated q brave but
dcluded enemy is more eloquent than the
most gorgeous oratory of an Everett.
This is a day of jubilee. n day of re-
joicing to the faithful, and / would like
to hear the shout Of my old and patient
troops: but / must be n Gradgrind-I
must have facts, knocks, and must go on
Already are my orders out to give one
big huzza and sling the knapsack for new
fields. Tuttle will march at once to Mes
singers, Park to Birdsong, and | will
shift my quarters to FOxs. Macarthur
will clear the road of ,obstrnetions made
against the coming of the unseen John
stOn, and soon as Ord and Steele's col
umns are out, will push ahead. | want
maps. but of course the first thing is to
clear the Big Black River and get up on
the high ground beyond, when we move
according to developments | did want
rest, but | ask nothing until the Mis-
sissippi River is otirs, and Sunday and the
Fourth of July are nothing to Americans
until the river of our greatness is as free
as God made it. Though in the back
ground. as | ever wish to be in civil war, |
| feel that [ have labored some to secure |
this glorious result.
Il am, with respect, your friend" |
Sherman to Porter, July 4:
Dear Admiral: No event in my lie |
could have given me more personal Pride |
or pleasure than to have met you today |
on the wharf at Nicksburg-a Fourth of |
July 50 eloquent in events as to need no |
words or stimulantS to elevate its i'm |
portance.
Il can appreciate the intense satisfac- |
tion you must feel at lying before the very
which has defied us with such |
deep and malignant hate, and seeing your
once disunited feet again unit; and, bet
ter still, the chain that made IN inclosed |
sea Of Il link in the great river broken for
ever. In so magnificent result | stop
not to count who did it. 1t is done, and
the day of our Nations birth is conse-
Grated and baptized anew in victory
won by the united navy and army of our
country. God grant that the harmony
and mutual respect that exist between our
commanders, and shared by all
the true men of the joint service. may
continue forever, and serve to elevate Our
National character, threatened with ship
wreck. Thus L muse as | sit in my sol
tary camp in the woods. far from the
point for which we have Jointly striven
so long and so well, and though personal
would tempt me to go and see
he frowning batteries and sunken pits
that have defied us so long, and sent to
heir silent graves so many of our early
in the enterprise, / feel that
other tasks lay before me and time must
not be lost. Without casting anchor, and
lespite the heat and the dust and the
brought, | must again into the bowels of
he land, to make the conquest of Vicks-
burg fulfill all the conditions it should
in the progress of this war. Whether
success attend my efforts or not, know
that Admiral Porter will ever accord to
me the exhibition of pure and unselfish
zeal in the service of our country 1t does
seem to me that Port Hudson, without IA
cilities for supplies or interior communica-
ton, must soon follow the fate of Vicks-
burg and leave the river free, and to you
the task of preventing any more Vicks-
lurng Port IiIdSnnc tL., hnx al