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■ un ;cu- 'his Por or- Lee ant. ent. ant I ,ief ant ode Lion of a sword was made was when Grant apologized to Lee for his dress, explaining that it was not possible for him to get access to his baggage and at the same time keep the ap pointment. The terms of capitulation expressly excepted side arms, and in view of that fact it would have been 't most unusual procedure for General Lee to have offered his sword to Grant. These matters are unimpor tant in themselves, but it is well for the sake of history to have them cleared up. After the disaster of Sailor's Creek, in April, 18G5, the army, reduced to two corps under the command of General Longstreet and General Gor don, moved through Farmville, where rations were issued to some of the starving troops. A close pursuit by the overwhelming army of General Grant made it necessary to remove the wagon trains before all the men could be supplied, and the remnant of the. great army of Northern Vir ginia, exhausted by fight and starva tion, moved in the road to Appomat tox Courthouse. Grant Writes to Lee. On the afternoon of the 7th of April, 1865, General Grant wrote to General Lee stating that the hope lessness of further resistance was apparent, and asking a surrender of the army of Northern Virginia. When this letter was received there was some difference of opinion among the general officers as to the nature of the reply to be made to General Grant's letter, some thinking it was yet possible to save the remnant of the army. Finally, however, General I.ee decided to meet Grant, and I was directed to draw up a communication to that effect. This is the letter Gen eral Lee signed: April 7, 1865.—General: I have re ceived your note of this date. Though not entertaining the opinion you ex press of the hopelessness of further resistance on the part of the army of Northern Virginia, I reciprocate your desire to avoid useless effusion of blood, and therefore, before consider ing your proposition, ask the terms you will offer on condition of surv rendeiv Very respectfully, your obe dient servant, R. E. LEE, General. It was not until the next day that a reply was received to this letter. Grant states that he would insist upon but one condition. This was that the men and officers surrendered should be disqualified to take up arms against the United States until properly exchanged. Even after this correspondence, Infer.';* and Children. 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I The march was continued during ■April 8, with little interruption from ■the enemy. In the evening we halt ed near Appomattox Courthouse, Gen eral Lee intending to march byway of (jampbell Courthouse, through Pittssylvania county, toward Dan ville, with a view of opening com munications with the army of General Joseph E. Johnston, then retreating before General Sherman through North Carolina. General Lee's pur pose was to unite with General John ston to his aid in resisting Grant, whichever might be found best. The exhausted troops were halted for rest near Appomattox Courthouse, and the march was resumed at 1 o'clock A. |M. I can convey a good idea of the condition of affairs by telling my own experience. A Night in the Woods. When the army halted General Lee and staff turned out of the road into a dense wood to receive some rest. Lee had a conference with some qf the. principal officers, at which i£ was determined to force our way the next morning with the troops of Gordon, supported by the cavalry rnder General Fitzhugh Lee, the com-1 mand of Longstreet bringing up the rear. With my comrades of the staff , and staff officers of Generals Long- ' street and Gordon I sought a little rest. i We lay Upon tne ground with our j | saddles for pillows, our horses pick- ; jeted nearby eating the bark of trees I for want of better provender, and our I faces covered with the capes of our I overcoats to keep out the night air. Soon after 1 o'clock -A. M. I was aroused by tho sound of a column of infantry, marching along the road. At first I thought they were the federal soldiers. I raised my head and listened in tently. My doubts were quickly dis pelled. It was Hood's old Texas bri gade, and I recognized the command ,by hearing one of them repeat the ! version of a passage of scripture v/ith I which I was familiar —I mean with jthe Texas version: "The race is not to them that's got ! The longest legs to run; Nor the battle to that people That shoots the gun." Soon after they passed we were all astir and our bivouac was at an .end. We made our simple toilet, con ! sisting of putting oii our caps and saddling our horses. Somebody had a little cornmeal and somebody had v: tin can such as is used to hold i water for shaving. A fire was kind led and. each man in his turn, -accord ing to rank and seniority, made a can of oatmeal gruel and was allowed to keep the can until the gruel became .cool enough to drink. General Lee, i who reposed as we had done, not far ! from us. did not: as I remember. have even such refreshments as I have described. I Last Meal in Confederate States. This was our last meal in the Con tederacy." Our next was taken in the United States and consisted mainly of a generous portion of that noble American animal whose strained re lations with the chancellor of the Ger man empire made it necessary at last . for the president of the United States 'to send an Ohio man to tho court of i Berlin. i "Ta'ntas componere lites." As soon as we all had our turn at the shaving can we rode toward Ap-. ■ pomattox Courthouse, when the sound of guns announced that Gordon had already begun the attempt to open ( the way. \_ , Hej forced his way througn the : cavalry of the enemy only to en (counter, a force of infantry far su- Iperior to his own wearied and starv ing command. He informed General The intense itching characteristic of salt rheum and eczema is instantly allayed by applying Chamberlain's Salve. As a cure for skin diseases this salve is unequaled. For salo_by Shuford Droug Co. Lee that it was impossible to ad vance further, and it became evident that the end was at hand. General Lee had written Grant stating that he would meet him at !10 o'clock on the morning of April il) on the old stage road to Richmond. Attended by myself and one orderly, : Lee proceeded down this road to meet General Grant. ' I As we advanced through tho rear guard, composed of the remnants of I Longstreet's corps, the men cheered j their chieftain as he passed. Their confidence and enthusiasm was not one whit abated by defeat, hunger and danger. It was lucky for the secretary of the treasury that this rear guard was not permitted to try its hand at increasing the pension roll with which he is now struggling. These men made no fraudulent pen sioner. When they were done with .1 man he or his representative had an indisputable claim to a pension under any kind of a pension law. General Lee, with an orderly in front bearing a flag of truce, had proceeded but a short distance after passing through our rear guard when he became upon the advancing ene my. I rode forward to meet a feder al officer, who turned out to be Lieu | tenant Colonel Whittier of General I Humphrey's staff, and who delivered to me General Grant's reply to Gen eral Lee's letter, declining to discuss terms of a general pacification. I took this letter to General Lee, who at once dictated to me a letter to Grant asking an interview for the purpose of discussing terms of sur render. Colonel Whittier took this letter to Grant. General Lee then returned to the front, and with General Longstreet proceeded to a small orchard, and there waited for Grant's reply. As he was much fatigued a rude couch was prepared under an apple tree, upon which he reclined uptil the ap pearance of a flag of truce and Grant's affirmative reply. Where the Meeting Was Held. Colonel Babcock, who brought the reply, told General Lee that he had been sent to make any arrangements lor the meeting that General Lee desired within the federal or Con federate line^i. General Lee directed me to ac company him with an orderly, and immediately mounting his horse rode with Colonel Babcock toward Appo mattox Courthouse. We passed through an infantry force in front of the village, and General Lee directed me to find a suitable place for the meeting. I rode forward and asked the first citizen I met to direct me to a house suitable for that purpose. I learned afterward that the citisen was Mr. McLean, who had lived on the battlefield of Bull Run, but had removed to Appomattox Courthouse to get out of the way of the war. McLean conducted me to an unoc cupied and unfurnished house in a very bad state of repair. I told' him that it was not suitable, and then he offered his own house, to which [he conducted me. I found a room suitable for the purpose in view and sent back the orderly who had accompanied me to direct General Lee and Colonel Bab cock to the house. They came in presently and Col. Babcock said. that as General Grant was approaching on the road 'in front Hot weather is very convenient to give a woman an excuse to offer for her husband being cross. Stomach Troubles and Constipation.. No one can reasonably hope for 1 good digestion when the bowels are constipated. Mr. Chas. Baldwin, of Edwardsville, 111., says, "I suffered from chronic constipution and stom ach troubles for several! years, but thanks to Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets am almost cured." Why not get a' package oi these tad lets and get well and stay well? Price 25 cents. For sale by Shuford Drug Cq. of the house it wyould only be neces-, ear/ for him to leave an orderly to direct him to the place of meeting. General Lee, Colonel Babcock and myself sat in the parlor for about half an hour when a large party of mounted men arrived, and in a few minutes General Grant came into the room, accompanied by his staff and. a number of federal officers of rank, among whom were General Ord and General Sheridan. General Grant greeted General Lee very civilly, and they engaged in a conversation for a short time about their former acquaintance during the Mexican war. Some other federal officers took part in the conversation whifch Was terminated by General Lee saying to, General Grant that he had come to discuss the terms of the surrender of his army, as indicated in his note of that morning, and he suggested to General tyrant to reduce his proposi tion to writing. General Grant assented and Colonel Parker of his staff moved a small table from the opposite side of the room and placed it "by General Grant, who sat facing General Lee. When General Grant had written fcis letter in pencil te took it to Gen eral Lee, who remained seated. Gen eral read the letter and called General Grant's attention to the fact that he required the surrender of the cavalry, as if they were public horses. He told General Grant that Confed erate cavalrymen owned their horses, and they would need them for plant ing a spring crop. General Grant at once accepted the suggestion. Drawing Up the Articles. The ternjs of the letter having been agreed to General Grant direct ed Colonel Parker to make a copy of ii in ink, and General Lee directed me to write its acceptance. Colonel Parker took the table upon which General Grant had been writ ing to the other side of the room, and I accompanied him, and after, he bad finished copying the letter I sat down at the same table and wrote General Lee's acceptance. When General Grant had signed the copy of his letter made by Colonel larker, and General Lee had signed the answer, Colonel Parker handed to me General Grant's letter and I handed to him General Lee's reply and the work was done. When General Lee returned to his lines a large number of men gathered around him, to whom he announced what had taken place and the causes that had rendered the surrender necessary. Great emotion v/as mani fested by officers and men alike, but Lee maintained admirably his self control. Although the surrender was a fearful Jjlow to him, he did not vincel He was a noble, pure, good man. I never heard him utter an oath, al though at times there seemed to be provocation. I never saw him Jose his temper. He was always the same; never irritated or flustered. Even in the rush, roar and rumble of battle he was cool and collected, and gave Lis orders in a quiet tone of voice. COL. CHARLES H. MARSHALL. MURDERS AND ROBBERIES Incredible State of Affairs Now Prev alent at Warsaw. Warsaw Aug. li. —An incredible state of affairs reigns at Warsaw and Lodz. The inhabitants are at the mercy of the bandits. Anarchists and Terror ists. Murders and robberies, reports of which are not published, occur daily. The authorities apparently are help less. At Lodz today six Anarchists attacked a German factory owner and clerk who were returning from the bank shot and killed both and decamp ed with |7OO. Crop Bulletin Issued. Washington, Aug. 10. —The crop • bulletin issued by the Agricultural i Department today shows the condi tion of corn August Ist, at 88.1, coin- 1 pared with 87.5 last month. The ] Winter wheat crop is 593,434,600 bush- j els, average 16.7 bushels per acre. The condition of spring wheat Au- gust Ist 86.9, compared with 91.4 i last month. t t Sickening Shivering Pits of Ague and Malaria, can be relieved and cured with Electrfc Bitters. This is a pure, tonic medicine; of especial benefit in malaria, for it exerts a true curative Influence on the disease, dpiv- i ing teniale irobotlefreed .yltTeer i ing it entirely out of the system. It is i much to be preferred to Quinine, hav- ing none of this drug's badafter i effects. E. S. Munday, of Henrietta, £ Tex., writes: "My brother was very low with malarial fever and jaundice, 1 lltl he took Electric Bitters, which sav ed his life. At C. -M. Shuford and E. 1 B. Menzies drug store; price 50c. guar- * anteed. 1 Spoilecf Her Beauty. Harriet Howard, ot 209 W. 34th. St., New York, at one time had her beauty spoiled with skin trouble. .She writes: "I had Salt Rheum r or Eczema fo years, but noting would.ci)re'.it,',until I used Buckleys Arntea /Salve.'. A quick and sure healer tor cuts, burns and sores. 25c at C. M Sliijford E B. Menziek drug store. , If one could only close one's ears to the cry tor-hell) that is going up' from every farm in the great "North west one might get more satisfaction out of contemplating the sea of happy, youthful faces at the ball matches. If you are troubled with dizzy spells, headache, .Indigestion, constip ation, Holllster's Rocky Mountain Ttea will make you well and keep you well. If it fails get your money back That's fair. 35 cents. E. B.Menzies. One way to get rich is by attending to one's own business —but it is awful: ly monotonous. . "Peruna is sold by your local drug . .gists. Buy a bottle to-day." It will wash and not rub off This complexion all envy me, It's no secret so I'll tell > Take thou Rocky Mountain Tea. v \ E. B. Menzies. MPT, HAMBLEY Of Sill IS DEAD •- v, '« Promirent Citizen Salisbury Died this Morning. Was Vice President and, General Manager of the Whitney Development Company. v Salisbury, Aug 13. —The city was shocked this morning to learn of the death of Capt. E. B. 0. Hambley, which 1 ; occurred at 3 o'clock, this morning at I his palatial mansion on South Pulton'• street. Capt. Hambley bad been quite sick for. several weeks with typhoid and his friends were gratified last week at the marked • improvement in' his condition, but a change for the' worse came Saturday. , :£ Capt. Hambley leaves a wife and one son and a little daughter. His wife : was Miss Lottie Coleman, of Rockwell,' this county. ' Capt. Hambley was vice-president and general manager of the Whitney Development Cqmpany and had his: general offices In this city. Capt. jlambley was an Englishman by birth. He came to this country and engaged in gold mining, located in Rowan and had spent .the greater por tion of his time here. His home was one of the finest in the . South and he entertained his friends royally., * ;* :J In a recent write-up of the Whitney Development Company and of thede-. velopment on the Yadkin, the ry Post had the following to say of- Cant. Hambley. The possibilities for a large devel opment of the water-powers at the falls of the Yadkin have long been recogniz ed by engineers and promoters both north and south. In 1881, Mr. E. B. C. Hambley, a young English engineer who had seen service in India and South Affica, was sent to North Caro lina to take charge of several gold mines owned by English clients. He re mained here, married and identified himself witji many important Southern enterprises, taking up his home in this city and eventaully taking a depp i Interest in the possibilities of the -wa ter-power development on the Yadkin. He was the first man to take hold of this great water-power proposition and Is one of the immediate associates of the Whitney-Stevenson Company In their operations in connection with the Yadkin water-power development. Mr.. Hambley commands the confidence' of investors on account of his spendid judgment and business aoumen and represents a capital of more than $lO,- 000,000. He is keenly alive to the. South's commercial interests and much impressed with the necessity for the; introduction of proper labor into the South. UNION PRINTERS' MEETING. Convention Being Held at Colorado *" Sp'rrrig&—TfiVie Hundred D£Tegat#s' Present. Colorado Springs, Aug. 13.—The fif ty second Annual convention of the International Typographical Union op ened their meeting this morning with three liudred delegates representing forty-six thousand printers. The chief event of the day was the formal pre sentation of the books of Amos Cum-: mings library at the Union Printers' Home. The chief business before the con vention which will continue all the week is the consideration of plans for further carying on the fight of the Un ion for the eight-hour day. The . or ganization has expended . 1800,000 in conducting this fight. The convention also affords the representatives of a}l. unions of the International organiza tion an opportunity tb inspect the building and the work of the union home, which has been maintained here for the past thirteen years. Excursions to Cripple Creek and oth er points of interest in the Pike's Peak region will be important features of the week. t " NORFOLK IS FLOODED. _ Four Inches of Rainfall Last Night Deluge the City.—Traffic Tied up. Norfolk, Va., Aug. 13. With almost unprecedented rains for nearly two months, the record of the present sum mer was broken last night, and today with a fall of between four and five inches in the last twenty-four hours, and that rain still continues. Floods oc cured everywhere and city and suburb an street car traffic is tied up. J Postofflce, railroad and other em ployees compelled to be at their work early this morning, were forced to wade in some places almost waist deep and conditions everywhere are bad. The United States weather bureau's seacoast telegraph lines are prostrat ed. ' A. , TRIED TO PROTECT DAUGHTER. ' 1 • And Was Killed By Boy, Her Para mour—rWurderer In Jail. Greenville, S. C.» Aug. 13,. —Allen Em erson, of Anderson county was placed in the Greenville jail yesterday for killing Thps. F. Drake, a well-to:do Anderson farmer, Saturday night. It is said that Emerson was found in Drake's daughter's bedroom and thati a pistol duel began with the inevitable outcome. Dr. MqCraw Dead. Richmond, Aug 13.. —Dr. James B. McCraw, a native of Richmond, and one of the oldest physicans in Virginia j is ( dead at the age of 84, He was a prominent- Confederate Surgeon aiid during the war had charge, of the Chimberazo Hospital here, where 76,- QOO Confederate soliders were' treated. CHILDREN CRY FO FLETCHER'S CASTOR CABTORIA, hnU, HIM Mlßff Bttlßfrl " the tame good, old-fashioned \ -medicine that has saved the lives Of little children for-the past 60 years. It is-a medicine made to cure. It has never been known to fail.'- If your child irf tick get a bottle of > -i FREY'S VERMIFUGE kFINE TOMC FOR CHILDREN Do not-take a substitute. If your- druggist does not keep it,. send twenty-five cents in stamps to IE3. cb 8. FHHY Baltimore, W4> ' f r and a bottle will be mailed you. NEW ENTERPRISES. - - Several Secure Charters "--Today, Among Them New Cotton Mill at Gastonia. JElalelgh, Aug. 13.—The Southern Pure Food Company of Durham was chartered today at a capital of SIO,OOO, W. H. Holloway, J. A. Hopkins and others, for a general grocery business; Holland Manufacturing Co., Gastonia, N. C., capital $25,000 for the operation of cotton and woolen mills. Incorpora-' tors G. A. Gray, B. W. Holland and others. Farmers' Gin Company, Pitt county, capital $3,000, by W7 H. Kil patrick and others; Savannah Flume' Company, Dillboro, Jackson county, operating flumes for transportation of lumber, capital $20,000, by Alden How ell, F- A. Lincoln and others of Waynes villie. REPORT INSURANCE COMMITTEE. ' I Provision of Report to Be Submitted To St. Paul Convention. Omaha, Neb., Aug 13. —The report of the committee on Insurance of American Bar Association, to be sub-1 mitted to the Convention St. Paul, j Aug 29, provides for the' drafting of a bill requiring deferred dividends on life policies to be biennially appor tioned, credited and certified to policy holders; repeals reciprocal retaliatory and valued tax laws; provides for stridor State incorporation laws,, use of mails to unlicensed concerns, pro vides for supervision of interstate transactions in insurance, and the es tablishment of a bureau of insurance In the Department of Commerce amd Labor. DR. ELLIS DROWNED. Swept down Swollen Stream Yester day Saved His Little Son. Richmond, Va. Aug. 13.—Dr. Daniel F. Ellis, a member of the Faculty and , college physician of Randolph College, Ashland, Va.,'was drowned in Stagg creek yesterday, while on the way to pay a charity visit to an old ne gro patient. Hligh water swept his buggy down' stream. The Doctor's five year-old son 'was with him, bdt.was saved by his - father placing him in an overhanging SULTAN IMPROVES. Submitted to Simple Appliance Which Gave Immediate Relief—Doctor Pro-' moted. Constantinople, Aug. 13.—1t is stated that the Sultan passed a good night and his condition is somewhat improved. His reluctance to submit to treatment has complicated the situation, but one of the Palace doctors induced him to allow the employment of a simple ap pliance which gave immediate relief. The doctor, in recognition of his servi ces has been promoted to the rank of General. The great national holiday—Labor Day—which is celebrated on an elaborate scale in parts of the United States on the first Monday in Sep tember will be a quiet affair in Charlotte this year. At least we have heard of no announcement that there will be a demonstration. t Bfid Roe* Fruit 4 Quarts Red Rock 1 Pint Maraschino Cherries Crush Oranges and Lemons, chop fine, cover with Sugar, allow to stand three hours, press out the juice and add to this juice the pint of Cherries and plenty of cracked ice. Just before serving add the four quarts of This amount will serve twenty-five MMI Sittings Walk |T Bottlers of High Grade Boda Water In all Stan \'" " ' / MR. Bf*YAN'S STATEMENT. Gives, Out Statement as to Matter Withdrawal of Sullivan. Paris, Aug. 13—Mr. Bryan gave out a statement concerning the controver sy respecting the Illinois .Democratic National Committeeman. Tlio contiu versy had grown eut of Bryan's letter demanding the resignation ot' National Committeeman Sullivan to which de mand Sullivan returned a prompt re fusal and stated that Mr. Bryan had been misinformed respecting the °it. uation. ipr. Bryan's rejoinder says no one but himself is responsible for the in formation contained in his letter. Mr Bryan added: "I entered into this content because I believed Roger Sui livan and Jtohn Hopkins had deliber ately robbed the Democrats of Illinois of their poetical rights and I still be lieve so. TO secure political power by force or fraud ought to be as dis graceful in the eyes of the publice as to. secure money by force and fraud. I cannot conceive of any plausible de fense which Sullivan can make for remaining in the National Committee. "If a body is unable to rid itself ot' the leadership of men like Sullivan who seek to control the party organiza tion Jn order to advance their corporate interests, it might as well dissolve. While I was anxious to srive Sullivan a chance to retire without a fight it is probably just, as well that he refused for if we must fight to purify the party organization the sooner it begins the better.'.' A BIG SHORTAGE. Paying Teller of Collapsed Bank Was I SIOO,OOO Short. Birmingham, Ala., Aug. 13.—The officials of the First National Bank announce that Alexander R Chisolm, paying teller of that bank, is SIOO,- I 000' short in accounts. • As Chisolm ' was bonded for $30,000 the loss to the bank will be reduced to $70,000. Memorial Orators. j By Associated Press, i Columbus, Ohio, Aug. 13.—Justice Day of the United States Supreme i Court and Senator Daniels, of Virginia, are the orators at the dedication of the city fmd county McKinley memorial at the' main entrance of the State House grounds, September 14. The nicest thing about a summer vacation is the way you enjoy being back from it. Dear Sir: —I have solved the moth er-in-law problem, just give her re gularly Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea. It will make her heartily, hap py and docile as a lamb. 35 cents, Tea or Tablets. E. B. Menzies. KILL the COUCH 1 hub CURE THE LUNCSK WT Dr.Kings( New Discovery i /CONSUMPTION ' -TTRCE —* FUR ft OUGHS and 50c & SI.OOB VOLOS Fret Trial. ] Cure for bU J1 THBOAX : LUNG TB.OUB- g LIS, or MONEY BACK. f ELECTBiC ÜBHT The office of the company is und r Martin's Drug Store. Please keep your lamps elean. Rub them with soft urj paper. When lamps are wanted in plaot of old ones the latter must be returned to the office. For any trouble notify the office so repairsjnay be made in due time. New wiring of stores and residences will be dona tt of material and labor. Sick headache is caused by a dis ordered condition of the stomach and is quickly cured by Stomach and Liver Tablet*. For sale by Shuford Drug Co.
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