Show BY PACIFIC TELEGRAPH Or sni CIAL ECIAL TO TUK THE DAILY UNION gen R E lee jlee surrenders his army to lt lit gen U V S grant and the gallant forces under liis his command com mand war department I 1 washington jtb P pm M f this department has just received an official report of the surrender this ilay day of bf gen den lee edbis army to gen grant anthe terms proposed by gen grant details will be given its as speedily as possible sible signed E M STANTON seely secy of war T army U S 1 april ath aih P r u m I 1 f hon n edwin 31 stanton see sec of war gen lee surrendered the army of nor thern virginia this p in m upon terms proposed by myself the accompanying in additional correspondence will show the conditions fully signed U S GRANT 1 ai sl april fth 1865 gf gul n 1 l 7 I 1 frece received ived your note of this morning on the picket pickel t line wh whither illier I 1 kad come to meet you and ascertain what terms were embraced in your proposition of yesterday with reference to tho the surrender sur redder of this army amow I 1 now request an interview in accord ance with the offer contained in your cutter jn of yesterday for or that purpose wry W res respectfully your abd ser at f i signed Sign fd it II E LEX LEE i I 1 I 1 I 1 gen 1 1 to LT S GRANT U S army aminy A 4 april ath 1865 geidl R E lee coad ag yg C S A your r note of this ois dayis but this mo 1 ent 1150 a m recd decd in consequence of nay my having passed from the 11 richmond I 1 and h lynchburg road to the farm Farni ville villo V and road I 1 am i I 1 tit about four miles west hand and will push bush forward to lir the tb B front fron 4 purpose of meeting 9 you the I 1 notice i sent to me on this 4 1 rodd road where ott wish the interview i to be please meet me I 1 very your t signed U S GRANT fl 1 ft 1 appomattox court house L y april jtb 1865 J 3 t i rt 1 i r 14 t t U ci ben R L commanding C S ai in accordance with tho the hub substance stance of my letter to lo you yon of the ath list hist I 1 propose to receive the surrender of F the army of northern virginia on the following term to wit rolls of all the officers and men to be rande mude in duplicate one co copy py to be given to an officer designated by me the other to be retained by such stich officer or officers its as you may designate the officers to give their individual parole parol c not to take arms against the government of the united states until properly exchanged and each company compan or regiment commander sign a like parole for the denof men of their commands the arms artillery and public property to be packed and stacked and turned over to officers appointed by roe me to receive them this will not embrace the side arms of the officers nor their private horses or baggage this done each officer and man will be allowed to return to their homes not to be disturbed by the united states authorities so long as they observe their parole and the laws in force where they may reside very respectfully signed U S agn CHANT tn r 11 1 lt general head ars army northern va april fth 1865 1 f lt gen U S grant commanding U S A general I 1 have received your letteron lette this date containing the terms of surrender of the army of northern virginia as proposed by you vou and as they are arc substantially the same as aa those expressed in your letter of the esth dinst they are accepted I 1 will proc proceed eed to designate the proper officers to carry the stipulations into effect very respectfully your servant it E LEK gen the following is the previous corres correa dence between gen grant and gen lee referred to in the foregoing to the seely of war clifton house va april ath 1865 ilon E M stanton secre secretary lary of war the following correspondence has taken place between geri gen lee and myself there has hag been no relaxation in jbf tn pursuit during its pending signed U S GRANT gen april ath to gen R E lee commanding G C S A general the result of last week must convince you of the hopelessness of further resistance on the part of the army of northern vi virginia arginia I 1 I 1 and in this struggle I 1 feel that it is so and regard it as my duty to shift from myself the responsibility of any further effusion of blood and by asking bf you the surrender of that portion of the C S A known as the army of northern virginia very your abt signed U S gen april ath 1865 to gen grant general I 1 have bave rece received ired your note of this date though I 1 am not of the opinion you express of the hopelessness of the further resistance on the part of the army or of northern virginia I 1 reci reciprocate probate your desire to avoid useless effusion of blood and therefore before considering 0 your proposition I 1 would ask the th e terms which you wi will 11 oner offer on condition of its surrender Si signed ined R E LEE gen april ath gren gen RE R E lee commanding bo C S A general your note of last evening in reply to mine of same date asking the conditions on which I 1 will accept the surrender of the army of northern virginia is just received in reply I 1 would gay that peace being my first desire there is but bui one condition I 1 insist upon viz via that the men surrendered shall be disqualified from taking up tip arms again against 0 the government of the United states properly exchanged obi g d I 1 will willnett nice neet you or ife designate S ign ate officers OT aers to meet any officers cerf you duay juay amay name for the same purpose at any point agre agreeable I 1 eabie to you for thet purpose of ar 1 the term upon which all toe surrender er of th eArmy of northern 4 virginia y wili will bo be r received r ce alved i e I 1 9 tv very respectfully your You robt servant signed U S GRANT lt geal april jtb 1865 general I 1 received at a late hour your note of oday o day in answer to mine of yesterday I 1 did not intend to propose the surrender or of the army of northern virginia but to ask the terms of your proposition and to be frank with you I 1 do not think the emergency has arisen to call for the surrender of this army but as the restoration of peace should be the sole object of all I 1 desire to know whether your pro proposals would tend to that end I 1 cannot therefore meet you with a view to surrender the army ot of northern virglnia virginia bait ait as far as your proposition may affect the C S forces under my command and tend to the restoration of peace I 1 should be glad to meet you at 10 A M tomorrow to morrow on the old stage road to richmond between the picket lines of the abe two nr armies inies very ty ac signed it E lim benl april fth 1865 geall R E elee lee 0 S A your note of yesterday is I 1 rcck As I 1 have no authority to treat on the subject of peace the meeting proposed for 10 a in today to day could lead to no good I 1 will state however general that I 1 am equally anxious for pence peace with yourself a and nd the whole north entertain the same feeling 0 the terms upon which peace can be hid had are well understood by bv the south laying down their arms they will hasten basten that most desirable event and save thousands of human lives and hundreds of thousands of property not yet destroyed Since sincerely iely hoping that all our difficulties may be settled without the loss lose of another I 1 sub oribe myself very respectfully your s v t signed 1 U S ga I 1 AN T gan 1 l war department washington 0 april ath 3 p m geu 1 l grant the thanks be to almighty 0 god for the great victory with which he has this day crowned you and the gallant army under your command the thanks of this department and of the government and of the people of the united states their reverence and honor have been deserved deserve dand and will be rendered to Y you on and the brave and gallant officers and soldiers of your comm aarfor all time 1 signed E M STANTON 1 f 1 seely of war war department washington 10 p m april 9 ath th f it is ordered that a salu teof guns be fire fired d at the headquarters head quarters of every army and department abdat every post ost and arsenal in the united states and ut at the military academy at west point on the day of the reception of the order in commemoration of the surrender of gen TL R E lee and the army of N northern virginia to gen grant and the army under his bis command A report of the receipt and execution of this order is is to be mada to the adjutant general at washington signed a E EDWIN 1 W IN 3 M 1 SIAN TON secretary of war new york april ath the heralds ent referring to an interview with the reb el commissioners says the first firs conference lasted but a short time and was adjourned to the flagship flag ship malvern the result of these conferences cannot be made public nt at pye present sent the heralds mobile bay correspondent of the lafa says it appears that Gr angers augers and smiths corps marched from dalbys mill millson slon for blake I 1 slight alight opposition anlon only on the first day on the the corps novad toward spanish fort a strong I 1 earth earthwork w ork enc encountering on entering and darivin driving g in the rebel cavalry in the evening granger encamped on the lefkof left of that fort and the ath corps continued on toward blakely encamping at Si Sibl bleys cys mills ive miles milca from that town on the on the morning 0 of the our forces advanced on spanish fort driving in the rebels capturing the rifle pits pita and establishing our batteries within yards of the fort on the our forces were cli entrenched trenched within ninety yards of the fort several lives have been lost by torpedoes being strewn around our loss averages per day of the enemy had bad been cut off by our forces but are not yet captured owing to their taking refuge in the swamps early on the morning of the the rebels made an attack and were handsomely repulsed with heavy loss the rebel fleet of gunboats gun boats are on the right and within musket range of our troops the earthworks earthworms earth works are being completed to mount siege guns our losses up lip to the are arc about five of our moni tors and the gunboat Octo rora have crossed blakely bar and others were arriving on the siege guns and mortars were being placed in position heavy cannonading canno was opened on spanish fort and continued all day the result is not known steeles column left pensacola on the he captured trains of cars at greenwood and at pollard alabama Alabam two rebel cavalry regiments were routed and the rebel brig gen clauson clausen twenty two officers men and horses were captured on the col spaulding with a detachment of the ad maine and florida cavalry cut the mobile and montgomery railroad and captured two wagon trains and prisoners prisoner gen steele and force have hare arrived at blakely six miles from spanish fort and would soon unite with canby A naval letter to the herald states that the monitor milwaukee Mil was blown up tip by a torpedo on the and the osage on the both while operating against the lie spanish fort four sailors were killed on the osage anel and six seriously injured only one was injured on the milwaukee Mil one of the turrets of the milwaukee Mil is still out of water and is in working order and is used the osage is submerged too deep to b be e used they will probably be raised the rebels are busy sending down torpedoes and ore fire rafts the force in spanish fort is estimated at between and it having 0 been reinforced from mobile by water on the night of the it was rumored that forest and his whole force had bad reached blakely and the rebel ram nashville and the gunboats gun boats tuscaloosa morgan and natchez are in blakely river evidently intending battle to our monitors on the west of the bay our gunboats gun boats have had bad several skirmishes with the water batteries driving tho the rebels from their guns the rebel troops 3 in spanish fort are commanded by maury new york april irth the heralds correspondent gives an account of tiie the pursuit of lees army the corps reached near black s and whites station on an the south side ra railroad il on the morning of the jtb with gens grant and ord the ath corps and cavalry pushed on to Jettes ville on the danville railroad and arrived without any fighting until the night of the fth the ad ath and ath corps were following ca closely in their rear and by nigh li coif on the jtb abey were all up on the danville road and corps up to the barkerville burkesville Burkes Barkes ville junction it appears that lee ordered that portion of his army cut cutoff off by bi our forcing his line on sunday da T to join him at amelia court ho house use fearing to have them attempt to reach burkesville Burkes ville junction and so on to dau dan ville when gen grant reached notto way Aray Court house his staff officers had bad arrived stating that sher idan idanha r alln 1 d cal c countered the enemy in s small in I 1 11 fo for ace ce at Jettes ville driving him it ift a and nd had made ade important captures our columns X had intended to go to camp but gen grant thought that lees only hope was in forced marches and ho be therefore ordered the advance continued the men who had bad already tramped twenty miles t on being informed of the stirring news from sheridan clamored to marek march all 11 night and started off with cheers wherever grant was recognized as aa he be rodo rode along the line the delight 0 of the aal aol diers was expressed in the most aftic manner As one divisi division cn ed itself in cheering another would take it up lip and so it went along the column soon another dispatch was received from sheridan and its ita contents were such as to cause grant to leave the road and cut across the country to Sherida Sheri dans fils head quarters on the night of the ath tho the army lay in line of battle stretching across three or fohir miles of country and facing jet desville tes ville custard Cus division of canair cavalry y lay on the right flank bank and McKenz McKen iea on the left and the infantry was formed with the ath corps on the right with tho fth corps in the centre and the ad or on the left during the night lee moved off many of his trains and it was feared he would elude this column ord was to march in the morning towards lynch burg and cut off his big retreat to any point south of that memphis fth via cairo ath the bulletin this evening says A report prevails and it is well authenticated that selma ala was cap captured aured and burned a few days ago by a cavalry force of gen thomass command |