Year: 1865




Tho news which we published IN our extra Of
yestcrd y evening, and which we repuhlish in our
issue Of this morning for the reason that It was
issued so late in the evening that manr OF ON
readers did not get it, may prove to be the most
important intelligence we have recei.cd duyiBg
the war.


An armisticc has been agreed upon between
the commanding Generals for the purpose of q
final settlement God grant tha, such mas be the
result. This is the first general armsGee that
has been agreed upon during the war; and II
must have been agreed to from the most lmpor.
tant reasons There can be no doubt of tile faei
of this agreement, for il comes through sources
which cannot be doubted. Gen. Beaul ogard, Gen.
Cobb and Governor Watts cannot bc suspected OF
trick Of this kind to deceive the public, and
we are therefore bound to believe that the arns-
tlce is fact Thkinc itSiherciorc granted that a
suspension of hossilihes has been agreed upon wi
arc permitted to argue from that fact.


What were the reasons for this armistice and
by which party was il suggestedY The presump-
tor that 1t was asked for by the yankee com.
mander as we shall attempt TO show, and granted
by our commander ia the hope and expectations
thatthe cessation Of hostlities might possibly re.
suit in the establishment oil peace and the recog-
Ditiou Of our independence.


4 We firmly believe that this armistiee was the
result of the assassination Of lincoln and Sew
ard. The dispatches communicating the mforma.



were killed OH the night Of the 18Th, It would
have taken at least four days to have brought lhe
news 10 Shernan's headquarters; from the morH.
ing after the assassination which woald have
brought Il up to the 18th. On the 10th our dis.
palches- ncHacigg tic sfmistiee are dated. Ii
Is likely that the authorities at Washington were
panic struck upon The ASSASSINATION of LaeoIl
and Seward, and in their fright with tie news OF
the event which they sent immediately to the
ormies they directed them fpossible to procure
a cessation OF hostlities, in the expectation That
revolution had been inaugurated in the un4ed
States and that they might be compelled to with
draw their armies from the South to sustain theii
own government.


I'VE do not believe as the extra unoiically states,
chat the armistice was the result of two great vic
tories achieved by Lee We have 30 doubt that
tho hght at Petersburg was very disastrous TO the
e4esiy. Their loss must have been immense and
is estimated by Con. Lee, who is seldom mistaken,
ut forty to sixty thouSand But it is certain that
inihat battle they broke onr lines and compelled
us to evacuate Richmond We doubt whether
Lee had subsequent fight with Them That he
surrendered with small portion Of his men to
save the balance Of his army we have lust as IT.
tie doubt. tits not worth while to leceive our
selves. Let us keep our eyes open. The iunc.
tion Of the greater portion of Lees army with
that Of Joe Johnston makes johnson formidable
The death Of Lilcon and Seward has produced
pane among the United Staes authorities and
induced them to ask for n cessation of hOstilities
This pause may allow tho tempers of men to coe
aud perhaps result in a treaty of peace We may
now hope for the best. We think that the sun Of
our independence will soon appear.