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Show Robert E. Lee's Sword. The Bangor (Me.) Whig recently stated that at the time of Lee's surrender sur-render the rebel chieftain came to tie spot designated "wearing a splendid splen-did testimonial sword that had been presented to him, and doubtless intending in-tending that the weapon should become be-come tho historic emblem of the lost cause- at the national onpital. Gen. Grant prevented this by graoefully waiving the surrender of the sword ot his vanquished foe, and hastily penciling pen-ciling the terms h9 demanded, passed the memorandum to Lee, who became be-came visibly affected with emotion on perceiving the generosity with which all the officers of his command were to hs treated by their couquerer." The accuracy of this statement has been denied by n .communication printed in the Richmond (Va.) Dis- i patch, an 1 the Whig substantiates it hy tbe following letter from Gen. Grant: Washington, D. C, March 231, 1 1377. C. A. JJtntttlle, K --., Bin.jor; ' Tho Bng.'r W big and Courier's ac- j count is strictly roi n:ct except in this: , Nothing w.ls aiJ about unords, side-arms, side-arms, bangago or pri s , 1 until I wruto ths terms of surrender, 1 in which I gave them, at which Gsu. i l.ee vras much aflected, and said those terms would have a good eflact upnu his army. He had ou apparently an entirely new uniform aud a magnificent ' b worn sucu as h hoi uauauy worn in the field aad it certainly left the impression that the expectation was to surrender it. Nothing was said in the preliminary prelimi-nary conversation to warrant tho assumption that anything mere was to bo granted to the rebol army than that thy were to be permitted to leturn to their hemes on laying down their arms, aud not to be molested in their persons so long as tbey remained there and obeyed the laws in leice thereat. U. S. Ghaut. |