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Conqord, N. C, Nov. 13.
THE EASTERN WARS. Hi&'i
r :
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! It see mis we are handicapped, in
getting news from South Africa.
Dispatches sayj the Boers began
bombarding Kimberly last
TnesdLy i J ms'point' tie reader
will find on the south west of
Orange Free States while Lady
smith is south of Transvaal.
The seem .objective . joints
of me Boers and are1 the T points
where they hope to strike a
clow bolore Gen. Buller gets
ready to take up his line of
marvh piobably from r Delegoa
Bay. Imj)ortant transactions may
liave occurred ere this. Khn
berly, it is' said, is not " prepared
to stand asiee. A demand for
its surrender is reported but no
results are reported. The Eng
lish lost an important officer,
Col. Falconer, in a skirmish.
As for news from the Philip
pines it is somewhat vague a
Mm ' '
incomphensible also. There isno
resting, though the movements
are slow. Engagements occur
almost daily, but are of small
importance. .
toward i Burky Ule. 1 This 5 de?
privea us oi tne use oi xne rail
road, and rendered it impracti
cable to bf bcuf e' f f onpi "Danville
procure
the supplies ordered to meet us
at points of our march. Nothing
could be ootaihed from tK adja
cent countryr Our route to the
Eoande-waferefoi1 cnand
and the march directed 'Upon
Farmville, whieWk supplies' ? were
ordered from Lynchburg, f Tlie
chahge of rpiite' threw the troops
over the roods' -pursued by th
artillery and wagon trains wst
of the railroad, 'which impeded
our . adyance , and embarrassed
our movements. On the morn
ing of the ;6th General , Lcmg
sireeVs6ofpsv reaclied. Sice's
Statipn, on the Lynchburg road,
it wis6U6wed by ffie commands
of Generals R. Anderson,
Ewell an& Gordon;1 witrr "Orders
to cloHe Utfon it as fast 4&e pro
gress of the trains would permit,
or athe 4 could bedirecfed on
west;-riGen0rai
WHY LEE SURRENDERED.
His Letter to President' Lfovis Showing
His Insuraiountable Difficulties.
Much has been written on the
surrender of Gen. Lee, but we
have come across, for the first
time, his letter informing Presi
t. nt Davis of his calamity. The
letter was printed last April jh
tli3 NfaTV YorkTribune, with as
surances of its genuinness and
that it was the first time this in
esting document had appeared
in ? newspaper. The following
is the full text of the letter:
-Tear Appomattox C. H. , Va. ,
April 12, 1865.
His Excellency Jefferson DaVis.
Mr. President: Itiswithpam
Eat I announce" "to -: -Tour ":Ecel:
lency the surrender of the Army
of Northern4 -Virginia - Thei; 'op
erations which peceded this re
sult will be reported in full. I
will therf ore only now state that,
;. upon arriving at Amelia Court
house on. Jth Vnibrning' of 4th
x with the advance of the armyf
on the retreat from , the lines in
. front of Richindnd and Peters-
burg , and not finding the sup
plies ordered to be placed there,
nearly twenty-four hours were
lost in endeavoring to collectin
the country subsistence Gor men
and horses. This . delay '"was
f atal,fand could not be retrieved
The troops, wearied by continual
lighting and marching for sev
eial days! and nights, obtained
neither rest nor refreshment;
-iid on moving, on the 5th, on
the Richmond and Danville Rail
road, I found at Jetersville the
son's and E well's cqrp-3 were cap
tured or driven from their posi
tion. The latter general, with
both of his division commanders.
25f?ershaw and Custis Lee, and his
brigadiers, were taken prisoners.
Gordo a, who all the moruing,
aided by General W. H. F: Lee's
cavalry, had checked the ad
vance of the enemy on the road
from Amelia Springs and pro
tected the trains, became ex
posed to his combined assaults,
which he bravely resisted and
twice repulsed; but the cavalry
having been withdrawn to an
other part of the line of march,
and the enemy massing heavily
on his f ont an(Wboth Hanks, re-
nBwed the attaqk about 6 p. m:,
the;r6adsfu
Anderson, commanding Pickett s
and B R Johnsdti's rear divisions,
became disconnected witn Tlla
hone s division, forming the rear
of Longstreef. The enemy's cav-
airy peneLrarea .me line oi marcn
through the 4 interval thus left,
. . .' . iv 1-j4: i . . ..... ... '.I
and attacked the wagon train
moving toward Farmville. Thi
... - . ... . - j
caused serious? vdelav in .the
march of the centre and" rear, of
the column, and enabled the
enemy to mass upon their flank.
After successive attacks Ander-
andTdrqve him from the field in
mucfi bonf usion.
: The army continued its march
during the night, - and : every ef-
iorfc was made to reorganize the
divisions whichHad "been shat
tered by the day's operations;
but the men being depressed by
fatigue and hunger, many threw
away their arms, while others
followed the , waon trains and
embarrassed their progress.
In the interview which oc
curred with General Grant in
compliarca with u mv , request.
terms having been agreed on, I
surrendered that portion' of the
Army of Northern 'f Virginia
which was on the, field, with its
apms, artillery and'wagon trainsj
Hhe bfficers and men to be pa
roled, retaining their side arms
and private effects. I deemed
this course the best under all cir
cumstances by which We were
surrounded.
On the morning of the 9th, ac
cording to the reports of the or
dinance officers, there were 7,-
692 organized infantry with arms.
with an average of seventy -five
rounds of ammunition per man
The artillery, though reduced to
sixty -three pieces, with ninety
luicoiuunusui aiuiuuuitiuii, vvas averted and of the children it has saved
sufficient. These comprised all from attacks of croup and whooping
thp snmlipQ nf nrfliWnTiPa in SuSa- It is a grand, good medicine,
tne supplies ot ordinance tha For sale by ML . Marsh & Co.
is - M MmgM iiftuM Lithia
wafin. tie3markbtand nas
the endorsement of the most
bted"pEv :8icians of fhe'cQuntry
&sj 'superiority over all
otnersv Read what , the .noted
Dr. Jofin "Bf Wifiidmsfpf Ase
ville, has toJsay for Harris
trthisi, gm'ff A.:?V:
mm- Ap 24,pie93.
An extended cliiyeajL usQ of Har
ris Lithia Water: prBtfipt's nieVtb
thd statement-thatregard as
ne of - the; best if not the"bestr
Lithia tWater. known to ,the V pro
fession. In the condition' of
Pnbsphatic 'Ursine, 'it action'lS
nirvllous ylitis usRheu'
matic nndiGohy: Disj8aes
me more Hsomf ort iliiatt eitbertb'e
Buffalo", or. Londonderry Waters
Yerv truljtjrours
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Harris Lithia carbonated wate
!11 ' - i-'lY
wiu relieve any caseoi lnaies-
em
f.;tUut nn
tion in one minute or our a
is autnorizea . v
o retuna vou xne
money, or if taken after each
meai wiu cure tne most stuDDom
r - .1". "V r t
case, oi . .inaigestion;- zjulu'S J sui-
f PiV w n fin vnn h flr a fh a cnrrirn.n t a a ?
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Agent for Concord.
could be relied 6h in thle State
Virginia; have no 'accurate re
por bfef: the ; caylry out r Del iefe
it did not exceed 2,100 ' effective
men - -
r The enemy was more than five
times our numbers. If we could
have forced our wav one' day
longer, it wouia nave oeen at a
great sacrifice of life,' and at its
end I did not see how a surren
der could have been avoided.
We had no subsi stance for "man
or horse, and it could not be
gathered in the country. The
supplies ordered to Pamplin's'
Station from Lynchburg could
not reach us, and tlie' men, de
prived of food and sleep for
many days, were worn out and
exhausted, "With great respect,
Your obedient seryent,
R. E. Lee, General-
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