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' (ft- St I THE OREGON STATESMAN IS FtlSUSHKH t.vrny HONDAV XOKS1KO. Tas Oregon Printing and Publishing Ccmpany, PROPRIETORS. Orflolal Paper of the State. TK RMS Per year. r-l-"1 ; Nix months. f'j.OO. y7"'S 'tftitrt .ira iirictfln coin. I.tgttl Ttntltr notu vHU ht toi-an onlp ill their tiurrtnt vnltu. KinltLii:rs in ty b. iiia-lo by mall at thr risk of ths pub lUhrra, If miill.'l In tlm tir.se lie of poiumasler. SOMETHING JEW!! New Store, New Goods. J. M. COTJLTEK IIiisjuBt opened ft large nml well seleutud wort Die ut of FAMILY GROCERIES Which lie will exchange for cash and all kinds of COUNTRY PRODUCE, ' ALL KINDS OP COOPERWARE Kept on limiil and made to order, at short notice and at low rates. The culbrated Clothes Wringers of Different Kinds. BASKETS, ' And a good assortment nf Useful Household Articles. Alvruys In sloi-e and for bhIc at prices which CANNOT BE BEATEN. . TO SMOKERS: 01' MEKKSC11AUM PH'KR, TOBACCO AND MATCHES, My Stock Cannot be Beaten. Cull anil see inc. I will satisfy anybody who wants to buy UOOD ARTICLES, Cheap for Cash. PitBt favom tliiinkliilly remembered, mid future piitriniHo renputtfully noliciled. flTC'Hll at flint door north of Unas Jewelry Store, Coutmercinl ntrtift, Kiiiem. 4ltf THE LA CREOLE ACADEMY, Dallas, Folk County, Oregon. Kr.v. W. D. NICH0L8, Principal. , Teacher in Primary Department. The Academic Year will he divided into four terms of eleven weeks each. First Term will commence October 10, IRS4. Second Term will commence Jununrv si, 1 Hj5. Third Term will commence March -Hi, 1805. Fourth Term will coaimenco . E X P E N 8 E 8 i Primary, ti 111 per term. Common KuiHhIi . ii W) per term. Higher English. $a 00 per term. LangnaKes, extra, $2 IK) per term No deduction will be made for ahsenco, except in cases of protracted sickness. Mr. Nichols comes amnitu; ua highly recommended as un able and ellkient teacher. NICHOLAS I.KB. GEO. TILLOT.SON, Executive Committee. Dallas, Sept. 3, 1864. OHEGON IRON WORKS. 1. C. QIB1S. JOHN NAT10CC. I. I. XOROAK. A. 0. GIBBS k CO., Manufacturers of Steam Engines, Eoilers, AND ALL KIN DS OF MILLS ; Hoisting machines, Horse Powers, Itvupt'ist and Mowers, 4viini'lz ITIillN, Amalgamating I'aiiN, and HEPAHATOItM of the most approved kind-, COOKING RANGES, PU3IPH, etc. Pattern Mailing, in nil it forms, connected with this Establishment. PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS for Mills and all kinds of machinery furnished to order, by an ex perienced draughtsman. A. C. Gill IIS at. CO.. Successors to E. L.Jones At Co. Portland, Dec. 5, im. 4hf DA8HAWAT WASHING MACHINE. Fatkntki Jan. 12, lwi4. STAPLETOS ft MYEKS. Halom, ar n.w maniifac turiiix tliee mil hiiiett, which, for (iieaiieK( econo my iu use, ei.se aiiu luoiuuglineHM iu witniniig, are Unmrpattcd by an if Machine of the kind EVER JS'VEM'ED. Thny fllo Dell Yoiuig'n pute nt mitta pea dm self-ad justing CLO Til ESWUISUER, wliitib is the best in ue,Aud cau e.uily be attached to their washing ma chine. iiive them a call. Manufactory next door to the Mansion timie, sjiira. May :tn. Iii4. l.ttf 040,000 GroenlnK-lis J CJ l-cenlmcltss ! rpllK highest market price will be paid for all Leval m. tenner .lores onereil. Aimw soon lo Salem,. Ian. 30. IHUyl l. MeCCLLV. For Sale. Q I ft LK0Al' Tender Notes, al rcasoni- djfVj me nties. Apply to Salem. .Ian. IS. IHiWvl I). MrCl'LLY till BOOT AM) SHOE Slit John "V. Gilbert, M tM'r ACTL'KRa AXQ DKALCR IM Boots, Shoes, Leather and Findings, IS nnw rweivinfr (he larfret and bent lelertcd aliM-k of HOOTS and SHOES ever i.tf.-red in tbii nmrket cousinlinit In Prt of Hfiiken'H !rea, Ktonr Kdue mid Quilted Boots t Kilwrlioh'f Hinyle and Double Hole hewed Uonlat Seiberlich'a he re wed Hoots aud Bhoet; Godfries' Sewed and PeitKcd Boot A complete annortment of Iadiea1, Miea' and Chit aren a Philmielpbi work, from Milea and Son't Louy'a, Kiiiir'aaiid Seiberlirh'a- A iftHtd aMortineiit of Freurh Calf Skiua, Simla Crui' oi Leniber, and Shoe l iiidmge of every de- acnpimn. lT Hoott made to order of the b?nl mHteriuU. DU.L.S.SKIFP Surgeon Dentist. Office in Mnnrea' Brick Bnildina-. Residence, near enrner of Fin nnd l.'enler alreets. NT None but liniilied operations performed. 1J. desiie the ptroiiaeuf sncb perwins as wish operations pertorme I in the most perfect manner. 8alem. Oec.Kd. DMfJ. 1 -.1f Gnzlny'u Pacific Monthly. 'I'll 18 new snd tnt-chus Monthly MsiIt. Is ptiMl.hW 1 cvrry manth. si U4 Liberty street. Nr Turk. sol s.ot I. Ih. P.rlflr KtslfS by Ihe tt.stuer ksviDR Nw Vnrk nn the Ittb of Ihr month In .rtt.ncr of d.le et pablic.lion. Kmy one la th. PelAc Hlstes sna Trrtrlr. .hnultl uk. .n mt.r 4 la lbs success of Uic PiCiric Mostblt .tile fron Us lo cal ehs.MW sad Wurth. It Is ts. rh'.pt masssln. iMMlib sd. W. will snd the Piaric MnsrnLT to may sd.lrtM In th. Celled 0tsls for un. y..r. bostM. preMii'l, upon Ui re cclpl of fit Ihtiitirt tm fJcseoAfirtt-, or TVo lhAUiri and a-M fa GM. DAVIU M. IIA7.I.AY CO.. Pnbn,her,, M4 Liberty it., New York. Pnelmra e nptes of th. Ptnric Movrat t r.n he 9n ml th. H.tUtmf otic: Drsltrs Mppll by WII1TI HAI KU. K.WS Arrnis. Sn Fr.m-iseo; or ih. Araertraa N.tn Comp. ay, 111 Nusu im '.. Vork. la, I SOTICK BY virtue of an order of the roomy ronrt ef Marl on eoutity. Siale of Oregon, made al the Decern berurm. Pail. I will sell at lb ewirt boner door, on lb 1.1th day of May. W. at tbe hoar of 1 o'clock p. m , fhe fulkiwing described premiiH-u lleinmnK a the 8 E romer of claim mi. 4. T no Is.m H and running thence N. "' W. M rhain., thrnee N. KJ K. dH.l-i chain', thence East 4-Ansi eheins lh .w . 1 ar W. 14 1 ekain Iheem K. Hit 10- K Til In.... thence 8 6- K MM chains lo the place of M.a inning: nrn'jiinm. ?i nrm, n.i.i urin.; pane of seetlons u. it, iu. ana n, in nam mwnsnip, in .narioo eeunlf.llmoa tlKuKtiK W. Kli'lllM. Guardian of the ejinor sartre of U M Kbodee, dee'J. April 4. I"ti. . 4w: j !J iii . ft i.i 1 1 u - tit nv rim AM ' ir ii LWfl . m -r ar 11111 aw 'in r m ti M II N7 ' U i K B n 11 11 CI T II t.i M II W VXJum II li II 11 II II II I f VST L ILv '- VC iL ik H.M m II V : : h HIL ' ft HLv , 7L 1 Jill t 11 W a i -' VOL. 15 -NO. 7. A CHANGE OF AGENCY. THE AGENCY . r( H WHEELER & WILSON'S SEWING MACHINE has been tnrned overt ' E. . HANDALL, Corner nf First and Alder its., FOR TLAXO. - : THE ESTABLISHED REFUTATION 1 or THIS ' ' WIIEELEIl A WILSO'V, aa being the VEfiY 1 Evor Invented, 1 NEEDS NO AFFIDAVITS, Or Pulse Kcprt'sciitalioiiM, Iii Presenting Its Merits to the Public. Therefore, wo simply invite you to CALL AISD WEE TIIE3I, with all tlio HEW I.MPKOVEJIIENTS I E. G. RANDALL, Affcut, Corner of First uud Alder streets, nil3 PORTI.4KD, Stf JJrmidretli's VEGETABLE UNIVERSAL FILLS, T is iienerally kngwii lhat my Grandfather was the original inventor of these reinarkHble pills. He wns a scientillc man. and a medical practitioner of the Old School. Hut becoming ulariuetl at the mor tality that attended the Hleedinu; nnd Aiiueral Prac tice, he turned hie uttention to the ntudy nf nutnreand the philosophy of disease, as also to the natural reme dial uiienls which lie lontid lo exist exclusively in t lie Vegetable Kina-dom. In iiis resenrches and investi gations, he became fully sutislied that tlie life was in uie moon; mat uy wnaiever name discaxes were uis. tinuruisbed. imuni-ilv of the blond was the source of all a simple and truthful doctrine, which, in reducing all diseases to a unit, necessarily established the fact that all were to be treated on the same general prin ciples, vir,: by puiynlinn. Nnw the itrand dillicnlly consisted in devising a veg etable compound thut would invigorate, purify, and cleanse the blood, rorrect and regulate all the differ eut secretions, and by purgation discharge the whole muss of morbid matter from the body, without reduc ing the strength. After thirty years of close applica tion, he considered his object fully accomplished in the production ol tbese pills, which have now been before the nublic One Hundred and Fourteen Years, and it is now (IHiiaj nearly 31 years since Dr. liran drclh's Vegetable Universal Life Preserving Pills wore llrst presented to the American public unring which time their superior excellence and virtues have been extensively proclaimed by papers and pamphlets, and a rapid yea'rly increase of the sale of them ef fected. To know what will save life, to know what will restore health, is a knowledue not to be hidden, I, theretore, as a man desiring u do iny duty fuithfully. nave ouiiea uown some oi iny tnirty-iive years exie rienco with Hrandretli's Pills, which are 'an effectual assistant of nature, and cause the expulsion of ncri- monions numors me occasion ol every sicaness. iei ns admit that corrupt humors prevent the free circula tion of the blond, (but ltranuretb a Pills take nut these humors, giving health for pain, and strength for weuKiiess. No man is sick save when the principle of corrup tion gels the ascendency: llmudreih's Pills aid the Life Principle to regatu the empire by removing the corrupt humors funu tiic bodv. Mhiiv ii lime 1 have seen life apparently at the last ebb, when these Pills were given, and iu ii few hours the danger was nasi, and health's Hood tide jrave the patient renewed life and vigor. Many ure the fathers, mothers, sous, and duiiuhlers. thus saved. These celebrated Puis arc coinnmed wholly of me dicinal herbs, and do nt uontain anv mercury or other mineral, being perlectlv harmless to l bo most tcmler aire or weakest frame; vet sure lo search out the .-ause of sickness, and restore the health if taken according to the directions. Let no one illumine they are too weak to bear the eHeet of these Pills, which put no weakness into the frame, but draws weakness out. A few doses will be get conlidence, aud then the beauties of purgation will irradnullv become unfolded lo one view, wl-icb, ell forced with llrsudro'h's Vegetable I'niveisnl Pills, is able to cure every disease wl,.re the organs uie .oui.d, and greatly nicreiiae the average of human lite. 1 have now need on inv own person, aud prepared and administered, ilnmdreth's Pills for thirty-live years. 1 believe they are the best purgative ill the "world: und with this medical quality they have also a tonic ell'ect. And as I am of the firm opinion that innHiumatiou and levers are caused by corrupted blood pot being timely evacuated, because it reijiirgi tales. so to speak over the whole body, nnil thus cor rupts the sound blmnl that should nourish nil the mem hers, aud at-tnuUy destroys und nrul) zee members or oruaus that are unsound; aud as i know that these Pills hare a direct elfect to remove all corrupt blood and acrimonious humors from the body in Inet, all humors below the vilul standard of health: so I should be guilty of a irreut siu, did 1 not do all in my power to propusute the nse of a medicine which is possessed of properties so calculated to save and increase tbe average ot liainan lite. The public servnnt. BENJAMIN BHANDKETII. H. D. Principal office for ltrandreth'e Vegetable Universal 1'ills, 1IKAMIKE.1 11 Ht-IL.1M.M4. mra M . IIKAttUKKTII. Office at C1IAXK 4t DHIIIIIA.M S, San Francisco. For sale by all resectable dealers iu medicines, ly HUMBOLDT WtLLiUnrl rlurlnit Ihr prwnt ifunn, at thf funa C7 ot lheuiKl?rlnied. Ptilkeu..al ITItK gkASUN.lo br pa mI In imlit coin or iit tulvi1-nt. Mam from a dittanot will be pMlurtd free of charf liurinf tht brlinf Miton. Uooil cars will be Ukn t rrritl acclUctiln, but not ac counuMt for any. Fart in viihln to brewl thvlr mare will jileaiw call at the fa rut, or aildrMl we by IHter at Klnn, Po.Lt cuuntjr, Oregon. O. J. BAKETT. PBtyGRKK. Humboldt U a dark rhetitmt, wiih a far In hli forthat, 15 baDU 8 ich htch, a rtmI ahara f bone, iltww, ami rnutclt, and m complfte ract-hort furm. Me wu fualrd on the 10th of May, l-s"7, on lh farm of O. J. haakHt, Polk eo. Oa'a. Humboldt waa tirrd bjr Partite Laitamlr, hr by Lap lander, of Mttfiurl; he by Flairllalor. and he by thr nolrd ruonlnft hnrtp (Ua tiull, who full broth T t lh dam of Isvopold. sVaiiullwa rot by Import) Kt rdttirm; b by Prgaaua; he by tb aialfilei hone krllpar. of fcnrland. who diatanced all coiiipetitura: ti UuU' dam by Imtxtrled Hour crout; he by HitcliAyer, fraud ftaia llairhleit, by Imported Blender; he by the h rtcd born llvrml. of KuitUud ; M freal irand rlara by Moyd'a Trarekr; Pliprllatir'n dam Hnety. who waa a winner al all diatanert frm w-9 yd up to 4-rail heaia; Hneity rot by Imported Kxpe-litlon, who alao (t Ut data of ftterioc. Honeatr ' dare waa fit by ttniwned Mea- ten Bar, who rot the dam of tht American IV Up, old Lap lander's darn Mcdmlah; the by the American Icllpte. fraud daai. 11 aid of the For eat, ay Marthal Ihjrc; dam, Maid of the Oakt, by Mpread lUtrle; (rand dam of Medor?. Younf Laplander' din wit hy Marmtoni her tiara by St. 0.ftje, of Yirrlnia; Mirmlon waa by Vlrylnlan; he by Sir Arrhte; he ny unportrd niotnrtle. Pttciflc LatlanIt-r'tHm waahyurac chua, and her dam by blarkburn'i Whip; and he by Imported Whip, and Oraechua by obi (fracrhut. nd he by the Vi'ilnta Diomrde. Huoibsddt'a dam, Julia Walker, waa aired by Coop er t v nrai (bred In Kentucky), and he b of oW tir Arthie'a beat rnr, l uraa' dan he b ?lr Arrh. iMm yimri'i KiuJ lUw.k by stockholder, on. Z M'"rie uw edition; L'neaa' lime at Bile heatt l:V. 1 :4T ) Hum rt" t-i1 5!-"l?1" '" snod aulhorlly to be a evil of old Di mlei an Jim t'r.rk; and h. by Impjrlrd lrdlry. Juh. m af SS yrars. an.1 foalni Jail. W alker la ha slid her asm Iiy unn litrd to th. Im Vvi k -Mr Juim wm ih, iao.1, , rfrrt nu-, konr. In Mi-oorl. J I . Wslkrr. llomboMr. oi.ihrr.llTH to he . M. Thos It will a. ma that Huaikm.li ran. t. k te u. bm Mood la rk. Ilkralw In aaany ol lb, aiast ilhi.trvu. karer. af KntUnd. sno I think ran claim Bur. of the llloainl. blood ihn any mkw aora. I ln qf .a u,r ParlSr; ind M clalna l,y aim nf Ih. torf In pons a, or. atayias ar ewfaraale qa.lai. thsn sey ethr blnml. 5V4 AliHIXSTRATHIM Aori N OTtri la hrrrbr rlvan lhat Ik. .nd-mrti-d ha, hn .p aolnlH adniinlalrator of Urn ratal, af Alrlra SWa, de. eeaanl. af Poaslaa eatialy, th-rfna- All scrams aaine aaxl raialr sr. rrnairra la m.k. Imnrdat naaatrat to aaiS ad ailnMrtr.tar .1 hal rr-elriicr at Hoaair. ia aald canty, and all prranna harlnr cl.loi. .sauirt said ratal, sr. rrnaratad to prra.nl than, for ettllrmri.l .Ohm on roar trote uadal. hrrnf. ar Ihrr aitl l-e th-r-aftrr t.rrrrr Karrrd Haaraars,M.rrktA.t, Had I I SLINT, Adaa's. A. P. A fhf HUM etllon.aa U1DI1I !to 4 holds It. rrstilsreasMaaob tb. MeanS and laartk StUar, la aaak nib. Irathrea la saod rltndlas are lavltwt la atlraol. u Coi.sec1. sin a Mct.u.iv, w. M. SALEM, ltc (Dvcrjou statesman. KKMARKS OF MR. XKSMITH, In the Senate, January 1,'Jili, during the de bate on the roioliitinn of inqniry into the mm acre or Cheyenne Iniliani by the command under Col. Chifiogton : I am ture then.' ii not a member of this liudy who would juatify un uupriiTiikeil nl luck on women ami children, whether Indiana or while ; lint I do not know thero ii any reliable information cither before this body or lieforo the Committee on Indian Affairs, that any uch outrage hat occurred in Colorado, If there la any inch itifoi tnatliin It lmi not been brought to my observation. It teems in me that this la rather n hasty and unprecedented manner nf disposing of a tUe. lion nf this kind. There limy have been out rage! committed, aud doubtless there have been on both (ides, or what would be consider ed outrages in a civilized community ; but in the consideration of a (jtieslinu like this, yon must take cognizance of the circumstances which exist there. You must remember that the people of Colorado have been engaged iu a war of extermination not provoked by them selves but brought on by the Indians. It seems t me that before action like that now proposed under these oircuinstnnoes is taken in a oase nf such importance ns this, and the tiny and nl loweuces of men are suspended, there should he some official investigation. If, upon investigation, the fault is found to rest with the officers or the men, and they nre culpable, I shall have nothing to say against their punishment, but I am opposed to punish ishing men in advance of investigation, (nun who arc serving for Ihe pour pittance of thir teen or lourleen dollars per moutli.) Iiy stop ping their pay and stopping their subsistence, depiiving them of the pay upon which their families at home, their wives und their children are depending for support, while they are de fending their homes against the ruthless liar- Hunt v til lltu suvngcs. l say it is improper to take hasty action on theiuhjcct, nnd to punish the men in this way when there could have ueen no responsibility on them, lliev were; simply obeying the orders of their ofliocrs. If tlio orders of the officers were illegal or wrong, er improper to be executed, you cannot fa? ten the responsibility upon the private soldier. You must hold tlio otuccrs responsible! and the fact that they will ho mustered out of ser vice in a elrurt time will in no wise relievo them of the responsibility w hich they owe to the law lor an outrage such as the Senator from Iowa says has been committed in the Territory of Colorado. Sir, thero is a great deul of misguided sympathy lor the Indians. It is a jjiiilfi'l theme, and individual all over the country are continually elaborating it. They are talking constantly about the wrongs which the aborig inal race has sultered at the bauds til the white man. I admit that there have been wrongs on both sides. o have deprived them nf their country ; wo have occupied it; and cir cu instances have necessarily driven us to war Willi tliein. II I could appeal to Senators here who represent the older Slates, ami who bring upon this floor some of the feelings to which I have just alluded, I would recall to their minds tlio hostilities between the Indians and the early settlors of the country in their own States and they would perhaps entertain a very differ ent opinion. This complaint of killing the women and children of the Indians is as old as the settlement of our country, and has been re iterated year alter year when we have had an Indian difficulty It commenced with old Miles Slaudish in his forays against the I'equnihi.auel it has been perpetuated to the present time. Ho was charged with not particularly discrim inating in favor of women aud children when he attacked and burned the Indian villages, and wiped out the tribes which infested that porlion of the country. Sir, go back ami read the history of New Kngliind ; read the terrible scenes thut were perpetrated upon our suil ; where the Indian women nnd children were slaughtered, where tlio brains were knocked Iroiii the babe at the mother's breast, and the falli.r was sculped iu the presence of the rest of the family. I have hud some experience with Indians; mure than half of my life has been spent in direct contact with tliein. I have seen none of lhat noble, generous and lofty diameter which is described by Mr. Cooper and other Utopian writers nu the subject. I have found them a degraded, thieving, plundering race. Thut is their lu.tiiiut ; and when they slaugh ter our people, wheu they murder them, when they rub them, they but carry nut what is the instinct of their nature. The people nf Colo rado have been engaged iu a war of this char acter. These Volunteers are men who have heeti raised for Ihe protection of their own homes; ninny of them have looked on the mouldering ruins of their houses, and the mu tilated forms nf their own w ives and children lying around them ; and it is not probable that vuder such circumstances men ate very easily restrained from retaliation. Ifetiiliation is the uaturnl feeling of every man who witnesses calamities of lhat kind heaped upon his own head. During my own experience I have of ten witnessed such cases ; and while I believe my nature is as mild as that of ordinary men, I have often thought it would be well if the whole race could be exterminated. I do not say that our government would be jnslified or warranted iu pursuing a course ol that kind, which would be entirely inhuman ; but I say there is nothing more natural to a frontiersman than lo adopt such a view. Sir, you cannot civilice the Indian. Your hunmuituiiuii objects do not reach him. I have tried mysclt to translate Christ's sermon on the mount to the Indians, and 1 have never succeeded in converting them to 'he excellent theories which were set forth in that very won derful produolion ; but I have succeeded some times succeeded in civilizing Ibem with powder and ball, and that is the only remedy that was adopted by the l'uritaus in New England, and it has been carried wherever our emigranti have traveled Iroui the shores of Massachu setts bay to the coast of the I'ucifio. and to the Gulf, and to the Northwest ns far as our inter course has extended among them. My own Stale hits not been the teul aiming the sufferers from these terrible outrages. In 184U a very excellent, pious, uud worthy gen tleman.by the name of Whitman took his fawny across the Itccky mountains almost alone, and established himself in the Walla Walla valley about two thousand miles from the white set tlements ou this side, and the Dearest settle ments on the other side were in China and Ja pan, so lhat he was perfectly isolated from civ dilution. Mis object was to do something to elevate tbe Iudiau character, lie established farms, be inst. toted a school, be and his wife both taught school. He gave the Indians every ! education in his power ; be preached to lliem ; , hp OtldtTttMik lo rftaMmitlRte milting UlCin tllfi ! priMcipK- nnd plan- nf raltntlmi. lit wm a man actuated by the most noble and generous impulses. If God ever made a good mau, 1 think be was one. That man remuiiird there until the emigration ooimnenord passing thru' Ihe country. The first etumrsnis went there in 1(43. In the winter ol' HI7 liltceii or t' nty families of emigrants were delayed. ob. structed by -the snows in the mountains, and it became necessary that they should winter at Whitman's settlement, Eve hundred miies from the I'acilic ocean. They did winter there. That year the measles broke out among the Iudiaus. Dr. Whitman and bis family were assiduous In tbt ir attentions ; did rtertbing they could lo relieve tliein but the Indians to whom they JiJ uo wrung, In whom Ihe emi grants had done no wrung there t.i never been a drop of blood shed in tL tallrv uo to il,.t I,,,,. k..j . .1 , I . . . , . . - ....8 ...v.M.r,... nu aeirrsi.ra to exterminate Ibis f arty, Dr. OREGON, MONDAY, APRIL 17,18G,f Wliitmaii ami his wife, their beiiefttotors. and the innocent women and children who were detained there by the inclemency of the weath er. One morning they came to his house in a hoily. and one of them pretending to be ill ask cd htm for tome medioiiic. While the doctor in I ho exercise of tlio generous humanity lhat always nnimnted him, was dealing out to the Indian his medicine, another approached him from behind and crushed his skull with a tom ahawk. Then a general attack took place Mrs. Whitman was shot two or three timet , the women nnd children were murdered Indis criminately. Mrs, Whitman begged for her life, appealed to those Indians who were mem bers of her nwn church, of the church that hail been organized among them, and ondeavored in every way to intluoo them to aave her life after she was shot ; but thoy were relentless, they killed every man, they killed many of the women and children, and soino they kept and took into rt captivity worse than death. Sir, this is but a solitary instance within the boundaries nf my own State. In 1855 the southern Indians broke out and desolated an entire district of ooantry ; they murdered men, women, and children indiscriminately, and the oonditinn of those whom they tonkoaptive was worse than that of those whom they had mur dered. I will not attempt to recount upon this floor the deeds of barbarity which have been perpetrated by this raoe within my own State I might refer to two rnassnores on Boiso river of peaceable emigrants, when the poor, help less women, attempting, almost naked", to es cape, woro overtaken, and the most horrible outrages perpetrated, which if I were to enu merate them here would drive every lady from these galleries. Thoy were outrages that are not lit to be mentioned or referred to any where. Under these cirottmstnnccs, can yon hlame people, who have tillered such wrongs und out rages for some feeling nf retaliation I Read the history of the Oalman family. When they were crossing the plains the father and mother weru murdered, and two nf the children, little girls, being captured, were dragged nn foot through wenry miles nf desert, uud reduced to the most abject slavery. One nf them died as the direct consequence nf the severe labors im posed ou her by her ruthless oaptois, aud the oilier only survived In suffer worse outrages than her lister who died. I pity tlio man who rends that account nnd does not shed a tear. This dodge of " friendly" Indians is an old one; it is one with which I am familiar. I never knew an Indian yet who when he was o iiiquered, or win brought within the pewer of the white man. did nut become a " friendly In dium" Indians are then always disposed to he Iriendly. A gentleman who crossed the plains Inst year told me that the men of this very tribe of Indians, for attacking whom you pro pose to punish Chiviogton, were traveling through the country exhibiting strips of white cloth with the name of the Indian upon I hem as a token thut they were friendly ; but when they found unarmed and defenseless parties ou the plains they stuck this while cloth under their shirts, and massacred the parties, and then when they came across forces too strong for them to overcome, they again exhibited th s badge of their friendship or neutrality. These cases were nf continual occurrence Inst year on the plains. Captain Crawferd, who went ovor with an escort und has just returned, told me that when lie arrived at l.nrumie ho came to the conclusion, nnd still believes, thnt there was complicity bet moid tome or the Govern ment officers and Indians in the mountains. Many Government trains last year weru at tacked. He told me that when he arrived at the ageuur ho found a party who had been waiting several days for bun looome up. They would not proceed as several parlies bad ueen cut off; but the interpreter told a man who wns in advance til fjtiptaiu 1 ran lord with it small train thnt be might go on nnd the Indians would not disturb him. The families, the women and children ol tile Indians, were as mhled around the agency aud receiving: pro tection and favor from the Government w hile the young men were out fighting aud butcher ing our parlies on the plains ; nod he says lhat very night there was a constant howl going up from that village for their young men who had been sluin in the different attacks on emigrants crossing the plains. He told me thnt he saw one man there w ho was the survivor of it parly of whom at the first fire six men and u boy weru shot down aud he was It-It Iiy the Indians for dead. There were two Indies in lhat tiuiti and several children. The Indians captured Ihe two ladles the wife of this wounded limit, nud hia daughter and took them off. The mau subsequently found his way to the fort iu an exhausted and wounded condition, and he induced people to go nut lo hunt for his wife nod daughter who had been captured by the Italians. A short dtstuucu I rum the creek I hey found his daughter killed, scalped, aud a slake driven through her body. His wife is yet a prisoner among the Indians, nnd when Inpt. Crawford wns there he w ns endeavoring to raise some people to go out to attempt to rescue his wile iron tliu hands of her barbarous captors. Uo you suppose that man, ii he had the oppor tunity of engaging in su nltuck upon an Indian village, would have been restrained any more than Miles Staiidish was I Do yon not suppose mat lie was purleclly nuliued Willi the idea that it wits iiecissary to exterminate a race who would perpetrate such outrageous and heinous crimes 1 I have no duubt that many of the men who participated iu this alleged at tack near Fort i.you were men who were smarting under wrongs of a similar character. Captain Crawford told me of another inci dent, lteyond Kurt Laramie a party of Indi ans attacked a train and were unsuccessful. One of the chief, was desperately wounded but he succeeded in gelling away. A white man who had at snow previous time been in the employment of the Government aa agent or sub-agent look him to bis bouse, nursed him, and eared for him. Tho commanding officer ol the military forces hearing lhat the Indian was there wouuded. that he had been wounded in an attack on an emigrant traiu comprising women nnd children, thoug ht that he should take means nf securing bun. He sent a guard there lo be placed over Iht boose, bill this white man who hud him in charge, and who( was an accomplice doubtless in Ins crimes, imcwilod in spiriting him awny. Tbe nexj thing the cap am heard nf this vagabond uhieltain was that he was lying in the United Slates hospital being cared lor by the Government, Uis Mounds dressed and receiving medical aid aud atten tion (roui the ollieers ol the army. These, are a few of Ihe circuinrlances that are cmi-t itilly occurring npon lhat route, ennld enlarge upon them, but I have no desire to do so. As 1 said before, these outrages have been committed upon botli siJes. 1 do not pretend to sny lhat Ihe whites upon tht frontiers are always right and the Indians af ways wrong. There are, doubtless, occasion ally, circumstances of palliation upon either side ; hot 1 do know so lar as my own expei jenee roes, these wart nf extermination have always hern inaugurated by the Indiaus them selves, and have never been inaugurated by the while man, though he rosy at lime have been driven lo tliein by way of retaliation. When we find on selves surrounded iy a pen pie who w II be govrrnrd and controlled y n sort nf civil pulley, but who opnu all nocasions resort to this species ol warfare; who prefer lo make war npon women and children bet ause they bm defenseless, aud there is less danger to he apprehended in a war of that kind, nud when the only maumr of restrjiuing them is their extermination. It is a question which it is writ for gentlemen In consider how far it may properly be pursued. It it well, I say, lo lake lulu consideration how far a remedy nf lhat kind may be punned. I wnnhl nt hoMnnir::d extermination under urdinary circumstances ; but when men whose lawilies have loitered barbarilirt and cruellies at Ihe hands of the Indians have a chance to retaliate, I am hoi prepared tu blame them altogether when they attack the Indian villages and put theui to the fire and the sword. This is an old compluint, Milet Standish attacked the l'equmis, und it was said that he did so, and that was about the earliest complaint of the butchery of women and children in this country. . We heard nf it again in Jackson's wars iu the Southwest. I heliuve that at Horseshoe Hand and in some o:lier places In Alabama, he was acoused of butchering women and children in indiscrimi nate warfare. Sonic time subsequent to that, and it is within the memory nf every person hero, General Harney attacked the Sioux Til -lago at Ash Hollow, and he was accused of there putting men, women, and children to death indiscriminately. The next complaint we heard of this kind, I believe, win in Con nor's campaign on Bear river, where in the dead of winter he attacked the Indians who had assembled iu their village, aud iu tlieTlight, doubtless, some women and ohildreu were killed. It it impossible to discriminate in such cases. When the Indians can ho found in a village witli their women nud ohildreu, it it about the only place where they will stand so that you can get a "sight" on them. All other lights with them are in the nature of loot races ; but when they have their women and child roil in their villages, and have collected and deposited there the plunder they have ttolen, I bey make generally a pretty respectable sort of stand. Iu a case of that kind yon have nn opportunity of killing tho men, und doubtless, while firing into Indian lodges indiscriminately, you will sometimes kill women uud children. This wns the case, doubtless, in those instances which I have ennuieraled, and I have nn doubt that w hen Colonel Chiviugtnn's condtiot comes to he investigated you will find that these were the circumstances under which he attacked the village. The young men of that village had, doubtless, been at war, and he attacked them in tho village and indicted nn them indiscrimi nate slaughter. As I sui I before, I do not at tempt to Justify iiidisnriiiiitial-.1 slaughter, but 1 say there am circumstances when men cannnt be restrained from It. Women and children have been killed in this war. There is scarcely a town or city which has been shelled during the war where iiior or less of them have not been sacrificed by the missiles which have been hurled ut their residences.. It is not properly a oanse of complaint, because it is a thing that happens unintentionally uud unavoidably un der the circumstances. I trust, Mr. President, that this resolution which proposes to inflict upon Colonel Chiving ton and his men punishment in ndranoe of as certaining w hat has been the character of I heir oriine nr what they have dune in this matter of extermination, will not pnss. I hope that time will be given for a full, free, and fair investiga tion. II Uulonel t hivingtoii lias attacked a village nf mere women and children, unprovok ed, and robbed and plundered them, I should be tbe Inst man In raise my hand or voice in his defense; but if be has pursued fugitive robbers und thieves who had been depredating on that community to iheir villago nnd attacked them nuil exterminating them, 1 have little sympathy for the Indians. Most of my sym pathy is on the side of the white man. All the experience of my life has taught me that what ever sympathy these people may derive at the tin litis oi transcendental philosophers and per sons who nre ut very remote distances from them and know nothing about the circumstances existing nu the frontier, my sympathy should he given to the white man, because I hclinve he has generally been in Ihe right mid has only resorted tu this sort of retaliation as a matter of self-defense. OrERATIOXS liEKOUK I'KTKBKDl'KU AD KItllUONU. Battle of tho 2iKh March. At 4 o'clock on the morning of the 2!th of March, the Sth and 2l oorps were put on the inarch upon tho right nf the enemy's line, the 5th moving op the Quaker road. Coming In a point called Skunk's Hole, and mounting Ihe brow nf ihe opposite slope, a breastwork was found which had been abandoned by tho ene my. I'nssing aiiout throe quarters of a mile beyond this point, the head of the column found the enemy's line in the edge of a thick pine wood, where a sudden heavy lire opened on our skirmish lion. It wns driven back on Ihe line formed by the first brignde of Ihe first division, which at first fell haok. but being sop- poricu ny i lie teconu nriga ie, uiey rnilit-tl ami drove back the enemy, with some loss iu pris oners. 1 here Gen. Wnrren drew np ihe rest of l ho first nud third divisions of tho Slli corps in line iu oroer to support nn nttncK. I lio enemy passed around Mitchell, and struck Yanileter's and f'raring's brigades in Ihe rear, pressing them so hard that lliey had lo jump the breastworks to repel the assault. Charges were made on oilier points, but our line never wavered anywhere. Finally Ihe rebels massed for Ihe last effort. This lime they came up without Iheir old liiiiuliar yell, and inarch d steadily on Kobioson's five bat teries. They wrro met with Ih most tt rririo fire ever witnessed. Their ollieers, br crent exertions and personal bravery, brought thrin nu in some order till they reached a point where I law ley a brigade brought to hear on them a Hank lire. This added in Iheir misery. yet lin y sliuid it bravely and came on, The hie Imlleries then opened, al a distance of less than 7K) yards, throwing canister and shrapnel shells into the wavenng mass of rebels ; I be discharges were rapid, and Ihe (lashes of the guns seemed a steady blaze. At hist the en emy broke, and lied iu contusion from the field. An hour later, not a shot was heard along the line. lialtle or March 31st. When forward movements commenced, the Sill corps moved southwest across Hatcher's Hun, and then northwest to the Quaker road and Ihe Itoydstnwn plank mad. between Grav elly and llutchrr s Hun. The "d corps crossed Hatcher's Hun simultaneously, nnd moved np the south side nf the rryrk toward the Hoyds town road. The i!ltli corps was put iu Ihe place occupied by Hie !M, and assisted in pre serving the noun linn. It was also in position as a reserve. Sheridan, in ihe meantime, bad moved his entire cavalry command to Dinwid die Court House nu Ihe South. side railroad and un the enemy's right flank. At dark, on ti e evening of Matoll .'tilth, the left nf Ihe 'ill corps hailed al the lloydslim plunk mad. a mile north of the bridge across Hatcher's Kun. The ftth corps I, ad passed nearly due west, ami lay fronting northward. On Ihe morning of Ihe 31st, the rebels fell nn Ihe left of Ihe ."tli corps, and caused grral con fusion. Ay res' division Is said to have been driveu back. Crawford's division was thrown into great confusion, ai.d driven hack pell-mell for a mile and a half. It was finally reformed beyond the Hoy ,. inn road, and by half past 4 in the afternoon had not only regained tho lost groond, lint had established two breastworks mi the White Oaks, in flout of Ay res' position. The troops thai behaved so onmniifuHy at first, behaved like Veterans al Inst. Last evening our left Hank reached some distance on Ihe While Oak road. From thai point our line ran on a regular semi circle to Ihe X Ith corps. On Friday, at I p. in , Smith's brigade nf Crunks' division of cavalry rested nn Stony Creek, ('roots was west of Dinwiddle Court House, supported hy Gregg's division and 1 itr.hugh's brigade, the last flanking and cov ering a place near Stony Creek, where five fosds oome together, which was held hy flie enemy. We irinl to take this the day before, but lailed. Hlaftrs's Michigan brigado was In position nn Gravelly llraiich, and a portion f Gtbbs's brigade was In service. The enemv mired three columns across the creek al three points at once, with superior no in hers, and w enabled to M ink Davis's hrirade after a tin horn fight with Ihe column advancing in front. t ne inner columns at once changed their re. WHOLE NO. 735. spoctive positions to meet tho charge) of the enemy. The fight continued until 5 p.m., at which time the enemy was driven haok.. Fitz hugh's and Sluggs's brigades pressed them back iu a northeasterly direction ou the lioyils town road a little northeast from Dinwiddie Court House, on whioll this pnrtiou of the com mand moved during the evening. , Gibhs's bri gade for a long time held its position, and made successful chargei, ill one of which several hiiu- tired rebels threw down their arms una at tempted lo rush into our lines. Uu fortunately, the movement was not generally observed in season to prevent a volley being opened on them, w hich caused a hesitation long ennugn to enable their ollieers to cover them with a fire from tho rear. At S p.m., Gib lis had fallen hack to within a mile of Dinwiddie Court- House, and was here relieved by aao other brigade, which wns soon strengthened by the arrival nf Col. Pennington witli part ol his brigade. The enemy did not advance to hold the ground, when Custar came to Ihe front, and a scene of the wildest excitement pre vailed, Sheridan and Custar, with their itaff nflicers. rode along the line, with their respect ive colors displayed. This demonstration elic ited renewed enthusiasm along the entire line. The enemy charged suveral timet, but were repulsed with great slaughter, and did not at tempt lo force our lines nirain. , , - I The result of Fridar't lighting wot lhat we swung our left forward three miles north of the Diiydstown road, leaving between it and the South-Side railroad but a single line ol earth works, thrown up ('nice Monday night. We captured 1,000 prisoners. Our luss was not over 2.000 in the iiirercnalo, and the enemy have suffered much more heavily, and they are now becoming demoralized very rapidly. In the evening they could not be iuduoed to make another charge ugniust the 5th corps, although they hud lotight desperately. Great Buttle of Sunday, April 'id. The onler line of works, whioll wo have been trying in vain to overcome, has at lust yielded to our valorous army. The struggle by Ihe en emy to retain possession of these works has been of the mm t desperate ohurncter. Orders for nu iillacli on tho line east and south of Pe tersburg by the ((th nnd Oth corps, were curried out precisely at daylight, Ihe nrlillery having been pounding awny lor the greater part ol III night along the entire line held by the advance of the Kith corps. The troops engaged in the action were the ltd and .) I divisions and n hrl guile of Ihe 1st division. A charge was made in trout ol Worth s lull and on the Jornsalem road, and by 8 a.m. we worn in possession of the formications of Fort Malione, being tho most formidable and extensive. The works mounted 14 guns, tome ol which were al once turned nn the enemy. Just inside, about 1(11) yards from Fort Malione, was another work, to which Ihe rebels retreated, from whence they threw a most destructive tire on onr men, caus ing them to retreat trom the northern end. when the rebels made a dash, thinking to re cover it entirely. The guns on the right wing, as well ns those in the center had been mainly spiked. Tho assaulters were driven back from these until late in the afternoon, tlio enemy using every effort lo rt take the fort. About noon tho chances seemed thnt wo should lose it, hut soon after the provisional brigade, nnd the engineer brigade, and n brigade of the 8th corps came nn the ground, and saved the gal lant men from a defeat, again causing the en- einy lo retreat. The fighting here wnt of the most ternhle and fenrftil oharacler. Gen. Wil cox, wilh a part of hit troops, made an attack near the Appomatox, anil hrnke r.artol the line, hut he wns soon alter forced to retreat to his former position, owing to a lack of support. We Inst of the Bill cornt I mm SOU to lUtsJ kill ed, wounded, and prisoners, among whom wat Gen. Porter, who wat hadlv wounded. - The 8th corps struck the enemy in front of Fori Welch, near the celebrated works, whioll they carried with slight loss, and pushed for ward to the Smith-Sido railroad, which they reached at ! o'clock. In a short time several miles of it were lorn np and destroyed. They then moved down Inward Petersburg, driving the rebels before litem. Very olose to the city WD took IIIIKJ prisoners nnd 'Jllgnns. rlie!id corps, holding the line ninth of Hatcher's Hun, connecting with the (lilt onrps on the right, and the 2d corpt on the left, advanced at daylight and took tlio works in their front wiih slight luss. Over 1.000 prisoners weru oiptnred here. The several curps who held 'he line from the Hun. a mile and a half west of the Vaughao Road, dclnyrd until Slieridim with the Sih corpt was within supporting distance on ibeextreino left, when the entire linn moved forward, oarryiug Ihu works almost without opposition. The enemy was found In have fallen back from this part of their line, owing lo lite lith corps cutting them olf, they having reaclit-il I lie nuutli stilo railroad. This cut Ihe rebel army in two divisions, thus caught between the Gill and "d corps, and I hey at once struck across Ihu South Sole mil road Inward Ihe Appomattox, hoping to ho able to ford it, and thus escape capture. They run against Sheridan. The !2d division nf Ihe 2d corps was al once sent to Hank them, uo.l if possible enpture them. Our captures for the day will sum ap about 0.000 prisoners and ;tt) guns, including I hose Inken hy Sheridan yesterday. . The lose of Ihe enemy in killed and wounded it not estimated. Iu Iron! of the Ulh corpt Hie ground wns puck ed, nnd I hey were mowed down by hundreds at each elfort lo regain Iheir lost ground. The I'urnull. The I'atl'i special dispatch says ! Hancock s on Ihe war path in tho direction of the She- nanilonh vnlley. Meade s Ileadqonrters. April . I n (Irani: At daylight this morning I moved Ihe 2J. .Ith, and (ith Corps along the railroad in the dirco Iioii nf Amelia Court Home. After moving toward Farinville, Ihe Sd and 5th Corps were were changed from a northernly lo westeruly direction. The i!d Corps moving nn Danville and the .1th Curps position in Ihe neuter mov ing on Denconville. The Oth Corps moving hy the left flank took position on the lefl id Ihe 2d. Il was understood operations would be on extreme lefl. 1 The changes wef promptly made, aud ihe Corpt soon became engaged wilh the enemy's rear at Deaeonville, driving him by the right across Sailor's oreek lo the Ai'pouiatox. The (ith Corps made a lung mutch, lint its position prevented its skirmish ing wilh Ihe enemy's columns In foro latter hid passed. In (unijunction with Ihe 2d Corps on the right and cat-alty on the left we attacked the enemy, capturing many prisoners, among whom am liens. Kwell. ami Curtis I,ee. 1 transmit dispatches from Iluniprey and Wright which in Just toe to these distinguished officers aud llis gallant Corps . under their cnini and, I lu g they may be st ill to the depar'meiit fur immediate publication. Il is impossible at this time lo give an) estimate ol casualties en either side or uumbt-r nf pnsoners taken. It is evident to day's work it going tu he tho most important of rcccul brilliant victories. Ihs pursuit is to be continued as soou at the men fiavetomo rest. GrilUn. Willi the Sth Corps, will be moved by tho left. Wright and Hum- direy will oontiuue in direct pursuit as loog as I promises success. (Signed) M it Alia. The Herald has Information direct from iiiuhmniid that Lincoln is there actively to gagtd in business of peace. He hud a private eoiiferriivti with Judge C'nmpbell. who with Ihe advice and consent of Jell. Davit remained behi' d to see what could be dons in behalf of his ilespiiodiiig associates. It is also under stool th.it Wednesday is fixed fur another in It-mew. Weitr.o and others on oer aid and prominent rubel leaden were lo be present. Washington, April 7. The prisoners who arrivrd at Cur Poiut nsmilwr 1 1,500. Careful climates of l.-'a killed and wounded, rsseli 1(1 ism ti ist om U it behaved ht cano n hire to' exceed 30,000 men left. BOOK A1D JOB 1 It I YUM. Ofevsry Isserlsllni NEATLY mid PROMPTLY ei.cnteS RATHHOy AIlVKHTIhlNn : i . 'braill silvertlsenimits, rt no par snuftrtr, first lliasrttoa U.iMl.anhsuhseaHolilbiasrthin ii.ir.M-. i . t i L"kkI .ml .11 trsnaluut ail vertlaeratnits must lis prepaid te Insure liiaertlon. Alilallllalrators, niith-rs. snd all sSr.rtlements r.lstlns la th. ratal nl irci...n Parana., muat b. prapslil, niilra. or ti.ri-l puMial.e.1 by Ih.i ccoltity jielgtf, Slsl guaranteed to be pstil by him. AdYrrllaliiK bill, no! pAld a-ltlila nne year from the thnt a-hre eniilrai.il, will ha Increased tavnty-nr. par cent, .aetl year naym-iit. nrglivM Ihrrraflrr, 1 ' Surrender of Lee and his Army!' .mi '.i , u.?-i,r-;, Wabhinoton, April 8."-To Major-General Dix, New York Thia Department baa an offi cial report of the surrender, thli day, of Geo.'' Lee and hit army to Lieutenant General Graut,J nil the terms proposed by Grant. , . Details will he given aa tpuedily at possible. - I (Signed) " ' ' : Btawtos. '; ' -.1. Official Correspondence, i' ' , , OKANT TO 8TANT0K. , . ' Clifton House, Va., April 8, 18G5. To E.M.'i Stanton. Seo'y of War : The following oorras-, pondenoe has taken nlaoa between Gen. Lee, and myself. There lias been no relaxation in, tho pursuit during its pendenoy. .p ; ., U. 8. Gkast, Lieut. General. . - a GRANT TO Lin, i-u ' I lull April 7. General Lee, commanding (!onl fedorate States' Army. ' General i The retail' of last week must convince yon of the hnpe-1 lessnesi nf further roalstanoe on the part of the Army nf Northern Virginia in this ttriiggle.1 I feel. I lee and regard it my duty to shift from myself the responsibility ol any further effo'' iou of bio d, by asking of yoo the surrender nf that portion of the Confederate States' Army, known ai the Army of Northern Vlr-J ginia. ' ' Respsotfnlly, your ob,t ervH, - ! '!'.- '- Ut 8. Ghant, Lient..Gen. Ml 1 "; .; iw. to grant.' v J Al'lilt. 7. Lieutenant General Grant t I, have received your note of date. I am hardly i nf the opinion you express of the hopelessness, of furliier - resistance nn the part of the, Army uf Northern Virginia, I reoiprooateyoor, desire to avoid tho Useless rffusiou nf blood,., and therefore before considering your oorainu-' niuation, ask the terms you will offer nn condi-, tinu ol its surrender. , K. K. Lie. ,, UltANT TO MSN. "V, " Ai'tttt. 8. General R. E. Lee, Command ing Confederate States' Army. General ; Your" note of Inst evening, iu reply to mini of tho same date, ashing the conditions on which I ' will ucocpt the surrender of the Army of Nor-( lliern Virginia, is just received. ' In reply, I would say that peaco being my ' first desire, there Is hut oue proposition that t" can intitt upon, v'u : Thai the men surrendered shall bn disqualified from taking up armi' against the Government nf the United States.., I will meet you, or designate offioen to meet , any ollioers rod naiuo for the purpose, at any ' point agreeable to you, for the purpose of ar-." ranging, dellmtely, the terms npon which the, surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia will bo received. 1 4 Very respectfully, your oh't sorv't. " ' " U. S. Grant, Lieut. Gun. !, .', ; i , MSB TO GRANT. , '. . ',,)',, '.i, Ai'itli. 8. Lieutenant General Grant r I received at a late hour your note of to-day in nnswer to mine nf yesterday. I did not intend to propose the surrender of the Army of Nor. them Virginia, hut to ask the termi nf your proposition to he frank with you, I do not think the emergency hat arrived to call for the su r render of this army, but as the restoration of peaoe should be the sole ohjeot, I desire to know whether your proposals would lend to that end." I cannot therefore meet yoo with a view ta surrendering the Army of Northern Virginia..' But at far as your proposition nay affect Ihe forces under my oommand, and tend to the restoration of peaoe, I shall he glad to meet you at Oa.ii., to-morrow, in Ihe old ttaga road ' to ltiolimond, between tha picket linen of the two ariniti. : Very respectfully, ceo., ni1 R. E. Lki, General 1 fl RANT. TO LER. ,' "' April 7. Gen. R. E. Lee, commanding C." 8. A i Your note of yesterday is received. As I have no authority to treat on the subject of, peace, Ihe meeting proposed for 10 a m. to-day . could lead to no good. I will state however, , General, that I am equally anxious for peace with yourself, and Ihu whole North entertain! the same feeling. The terms upon which peac can be obtained are understood. By tbe South, laying down their arms, they will hasten tht must desirable event, and save thousands of ho-, man lives, and hundreds nf millions of property not yet destroyed. Sincerely hoping that all onr difficulties may be tattled without the lost of another life, 1 subscribe myself, very res pectfully, your oh't servt, U. 8. Grant, Lieut, Geo. '' i grant to stantok. . Headquarter! Army Potomac. April 0, 4:30 ' p. at. To Hon. K. M. Stanton. Secretary of War i General Lee ttirrenderei'i the amy of Northern Virginia thia afterno in npon terms proposed hy myself. The aeenmpatiying ad ditional correspondence will show the condi tions in foil ; " l.KR TO GRANT. ' '' Anril 7th. IJ. 8. Grunt. Lieut-Gen. t 1' received your note this morning on the picket line, whither I have coma to meet von and ascertain what terms were em braced in your proposition of yesterday. In ' reference lo Ihe surrender of this army, I now request an interview iu aocordanoe with the oiler contained in your letter of yesterday for," Hint purpose. Very Respectfully, Your obedient servant, ' ' R. E. Lee, Gen. "'u ORAVF TO LKE. , ,. April 7ib. 18G5.-T0 (len. It. E. Lee, Coat. C. H. A. : Your note uf Ibis day is now Ibis innmen' (10:50) received, in consequence af my having passed from Ihe Richmond aud Lynchburg road. I am at this writing about lour miles west of Waller Church, and will push forward to ihe frout for Ida purpose af meeting yoo. Km ice aent te me on this road 1 where you wish Ihe interview lolsks place will: reach me. . Very respectfully. Your obedient servant, I'. S. Grant, Litut.-Gen. GRANT TO tel. " ' Aiipomalnx Court House. April 9. To Gen. ' R. K. Lee. Com. C. 8. A. t In accordant wilh Ihe iiibslauce of my letters with you of ' the ejih inst., 1 propose In receive the lorren- ' der of tho army of Northern Virginia on the following terms to wit s Rolls uf all llieoQWrs on I men lo be made in duplicate. One copy tit lie given lo one officer designated by inc. tho ' other lo be retained by ineh officer or officers as yon may designate. The ollieers to give their individual parole not to take up arms '! against Ihe government uf Ihe Culled Slates until properly exchanged, aud each company or lealuieiil commander tu ain silts parole for las' men i their nimmamla. The arms, srlinery aod nnblwi pniierlv lo ln parked snd slacked and turned ever ; to the 1 sr. spsilnled by me lo receive thrtn. fliei will m.t rini.rs. t lbs side aim. nf oUers or Iheir pri vate paper, nr haiisaife. Thia dmie.esrh offlrrr and man will be allowed In ret u to to bis kneie, ant to be dialurlH il l,y Ihs tailed hulra sutlwrtly. ae Von as , they oheervt Ib'ir p.r.ils snJ Ihe laws Iu force bare they may be. Very rwperlfolly , I'.H. (jSkt. LKC TO ORANT. , , HiAUQiJARrieit Army; or Northkrm Vir ginia. April 0, 115. Lieol. Gen. Graut,., commanding U. 8. A. General t I hava re- : oeived your letter of this date, onntuiniug the terms of surrender or tha Army of Nod l hern i Virginia, at proposed by you. As they are tub- , staotially tha same as those expressed in roar letter of the 8th inst., they are accepted, t . will proceed ta designate Ihe proper ollieers lo , carry the ilipulatlon Into effect. Very respect- , fully, your oodt servant.. , K. E. Liu. RTANTON TO GRANT. War Department, Washington. April 9th 9:30 a m Tu Lieut. Gen. Grant t 1 baoks ha to Almighty God. for the. great victory with.' which he has this day crowned you and tho gallant army under your onmuiainl. Accept the thank of the Department, and Ih Gov ernment, and of the people of the United Stale. Their rercrrnov and hooor have been '