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Gen. Johnston's Manifesto.
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CHARLijgrTE, Mait 6, 1865.?Having made
a military convention with Maj. Gen. Sherman
to terminate hostilities in North and South
Carolina, Georgia and Florida, it seems to ine
proper to show to the people of these States
'' the condition pf military affairs which rendered
? that measure absolutely necessary. On the
26th of Aril, the day of the convention, by the
retnWfs of three Lieutenant-Generals of the
( varmy of Tennessee, (that under ray command,)
the number of infantry and artillery present
"and pbsent was 70,510; the number present
18,578; the.effective total fighting force
was 14,179. * Lieul.'Gen. Ha pton's last re- |
turns that I can (jnd was dated April 7* when
his effective total of cavalry was 5,440. But
between the 7th and 2Gth, it was niiich reduced
by the effects of events in Virginia an4
apprehension of surrender. In South Carolina,
we had YoiinVs division of.cavalrv. (less than
L000r) besides Reserves and Suite troops;
- together, ninch inferior to thq Federal force in
that Stat6.* In Florida, we were relatively as
weak.'. In Georgia, our inadequate force had
beep captured in Macon. In Lieut. Gen. Taylor's
department, there were no means of op posing
the1 formidable array .under Gen. Cauby^
which- bdd taken Mobile; nor the cavalry
noder Gen. WilsAn, whicli Jiad captured every
other place of military importance West of
Augusta. The latter had been stopped at Maeon
by the armistice, as. we^-had been near
Greensboro. IJut its distance from Augusta
being less than half ours,"that place was in its
' power. To carry on the' war,, therefore, we
hild to depend on the aruij of Tennessee alone.
' The United States could Lave brought against
, it tyvclvc or fif^en'iStues its number in the
armies of Generals Grant, Sherman and Canby.
With such odds against us?without the means
of procuring "ammunition or,repairing 'arms?
without money or credit to provide food?it
* was impossible to continue the waf-except as
'.robbers, xne oniy consequences gt prolonging
the struggle would have been the destruction
of our remnant of an army?the best and bravest
meb who ,had served the Confederacy?
and great suffering of woinfcn and children by
the desolation and ruin inevitable from tire
nlarching of 200,006 men through the country.
Haviog failed in an attempt to make terms
giving security to citizens as wclj as soldiers, I
had to choose between bringing the evils of
war wantonly upon, those I had been chosen to
defend, and averting those calamities with the
confession that hopes were dead, which every
thinking Southern man had already lost. I
therefore'stipulated with Gen. Sherman for the.
z protection of the true and brave men depend
ent on me, on terms wbicb also terminated
- . hostilities in all the country over which our
commands extend^-and announced it to your
Governor by telegraph?as follows:
'^The disaster in Virginia, the capture by
the*enemy of all our work shops for preparing
anrunition pr reparing arms?the impossibility
, ofre'eruiting our little army,"opposed to.by more
than ten.times its number^ or of supplying it,
except by .robbing our own citizens, destroyed
? all hope of successful war?I ha*e, tlrerefore,v
t , made a military convention with Major-Gcneral
i' Sherman to terminate hostilitiesxin North and
' South Carolina, Georgia and- Florida.
. I made this cohvcotiou to spare the blood of
this .gallant little, army?to prevent further
Buffering of onr people bv tlio devastation and
ruin inevitable from flic inarches of - invading
, aruiies and to avoufcrthe crime of waging n
hopeless war. ' JOHNSTON.
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CAMDEN, WEDiS ESDAYy MAY 24.
Through the courtesy of Mr. James B. Cl"detox we
have been favored with Charlotte-papers of a la te
date; also a number of interesting Federal military
orders for-thc district of North Carolina.
N We have also hedn favored by Mr. W.w> C. Couit,tenay
and Rev. Manning Brown with copies of the
Columbia Phoenix to the 23d inst.
In consequence of the assassination of Abraham
'Lincoln, President Johnson has recommended Thursday
the 1st dajr of June to be set apart as a day for
special humiliation and prayer.
The Columbi i Phocitix of yesterday says: Tn con
sequence of .orders received here and issued bvTdnjor
General Gillmorc, the functions of tfce "Kxetintive l)o,.f
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jiiii iriiiLiil vi inv ni? vi IIIC ?jiu(/c II??W u^aovvi. 1
In our issue of to-morrow will appeaT tlie order of J
Gen. Gillmocc nml the address of Gov. Mngraili. officially
notifying the people.of the State that ho lias
ceased to-cxcreise any of the powers of his oflieo as
the chief Magistrate of the State.
We cheerfully give place to tliQ communication of
our esteemed correspondent, ' Camden,'' and conunend
his proposition to the favorable consideration of our
readers. It appears tons that thqre isa nascent spirit
of lawlessness abroad which, if not chocked in time,
may grow ipto a settled nml habitual defiance or all )
law, and produce tljp .most disastrous consequences. !
But wc also believe thai by prompt action the danger I
may bo arrested; Such nn organization as "Camden'" !
suggests, if placed tinder the control of prudent, dis-'l
erect and well-known officers, would at once over.-awo
the reckless, and recall ilip merely thoughtless Irom
a path that can have but ono fatal ending, and give us
a sense ol security we are filr from feeling at this time.
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PtlKSIDEXT AXI?REW JtlllXSOV.?Wfi liavf ilKt I
yead in llic Columbia Phony's, tlio address of the j
President before some committees from the Northern j
Stales, in regard to his future course 'witii the .conquered
States and the leaders of the rebellion: but
' they are too-lengthy for our columns.
The president bus Evidently studiously avoided-fsora
some unknown motive?giving expression bo
anything definite or positive, save in two particulars.
He snvs, first, that murder iB a great prime, and in all
ages of the world its perpetrators have-been punished'
with death; he infers that no one doubtsthat the mhj.-1
dercr or "assassin of the great and good man,'' Mr..]
Lincoln, deserves aeaui; una ne reasons ttieretore I
thaf if the murdefor of the President of a nntion shall i
be punished with death, those who attempt theli/e of j
the nation itself, should arid slfall meet the same pun- ,
ishnieut. Thepe can be no doubt of the intentions of!
the President in regard to the leaders and prominent '
men -of the South who were instrunieutal in the effort!
to achieve the independence of the slaYC,Staies. IV c t
arc led to infer that they will he tried or? charge of1
"treason,"^wlrich the President takes occasion to pro
nounqo a greater crime than murder, and its perpo
trators less deserving of mercy than those who com- j
mit murder. , A
He lias much to say about "mercy" in his address, J
and'has announced his opinion that, in the ultimate ;
results, it will be a mercy to Christianity, and will further
and . promote the great cause of "civilization,"
to make examples of tho leaders and instigators of the
great rebellion, by punishing them with death. These !
topics, Christianity and civilization, in connection |
with republicanism and universal freedom, are largely i
expatiated upon by the President; and he satislhcto 1
rily refers tho -world to his past career as evidence ol
what liis future is. to bo in reference thereto, 'i hose
i who are familiar with Mr. Johnston's past history do >
' recollect ^niicthing relative to a documen unci emi
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nating from him relative to the uprcat convcrgingliues
of Democracy and Religion." and t\ic same ideas then !
advanced, sjtand lorth in his address to the committee I
from the 'Clnastian Association." Ho tliinks tliat
pur government," through theiuilueiices of lteligio-Dcniocracy,
will eventually loom up as tlie grand centre
and emporium of'civilization, the arts arid the jscK
erict-s, and that ere long we will give religiqn, and morals,
and manners, and literature^ anil laws to all the
world: and that the United States art* destined to
some day or other startle the' world uvith effects
'more wonderful than those produced by Alladin's *
wonderful lamp."
More than two thousand years ago,' Xerxes, alter
his illustrious predecessor 1 ad subjugated < the 'Ionian
rubete, advanced siiniliar ideas in an address .before a
committee or convention, and used almost the identioai
Innguago about the ' manifest des'tiiry" of .J'crsia.
urncr monarcns aiiu miers nave inuuigcu in-, simuar
hopes and prophecies; and yet, what is more remarkable?
in referring to his p-ist history in regard to reftt/vm,
tin* President is oblivious Ln the fact tlint- -his
personal character lias been strongly inconsistent with
his political theories;?lie has no religion at all, if we
are ri"t misinformed. * *
Kut to his enthusiasm, should it havc.n- realization,
we Imvc iio ide;? flint the world will object, nor will'
it indeed censure in anywise. However, wo cannot
load lAirsolf to ti^e bolief that the enlightened and
Christian world of the nineteenth century, eai^or will
look on and silently and calmly cnintcmplsite the execution
of the. rulers of either thecivil or military gov'erninents
ol the late Confederate Suites, without feeling
that tire (in.! of nations will visit that nation attempting
it, with a retribution more terrible than be*
fed, for similar cripics, and o(lencCi*_Lyranical Pome
and imperrms Carthage. After Salamjs Xerxes la
infilled his folly; and President Jomn?on may have
reason yet lo laiiieuf 1.is poliey.by rift-ting good and
wise couucil. ' .
News Summary.
i t Gov. PiEiii'O.vt lias been authorized and empowered
lo establish the new Slate government of Virginia nt
Uichmond. He is to call together the loyal Stujip
legislature, olready.clected. . ' y
Gen. Lee lias ?icprosaed his intention to leave tlje
city (Richmond) and will' reside on a farm near City
Point. i* 1 9
Th** ITriif-oil nnthn. JtinQ. liuvo doni/lori flint oil
rebel officer^jylio linve euricndeVed to Gen. Grant,,
.Jjaye no .homes'within the loyal .States: and "have
no right to corao to places which were (r\pt ?) their
.homes prior to their going into the,rebellion.;" and
that the "weiiring.of their-uniforms" in loyal States
,js '-an act of hostility to-the government."
The reotto "//i God is our trust," is to bo slamped
on all United Suites "coin hereafter issued. .,
' The government is erecting extension machine
shops, warehouses, &c, at. Chattanooga, evincing a
determination to hold it as ft military post. 4
Gen.. JojiNSTON'^livided all thp specie in his possession
among bis soldiers, on the disbanding of his armyThe
United States armies captured from the Confed,
crate States armies, during the last ibur montli3 of
the war, 1655 pieces of aannon?enough to make a
monumental column, many times larger than the one
in tlio -Place Vondqme, tp the great Napoleon.
A warrant is on foot to " establish a loyal government
in North Carolina.". Accounts from that -State
represent affairs in their principal cities as progressing
"very satisfactory and smoothly." Home guards, under
the charge of an .army officer, aro.to be formed of
loyal citizens, to serve as a police force in aH the
counties/'The Bulletin (Charlotte) says that the'bearing
of the military authorities there is kind and cour-.
tcous, so f.r, as the ccjitor has seeu. The Bulletin
Upblfelii'S a gieat many official orders froru the miliw
t ry r.;:!In rites of the State and general government
*~T!i.- :-..er^tury of War orders- the Commissary ofPpsciatmo-Lsiv.'
lulls made out &e., as follows :.
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Tenth. The Commissary of Prisoners will' I'inve rolls *
mndu.out of tfie name, residence, time "aid- ph.ce of
capture.-aocl occupation of all prisondvs of war who
will rake rhe onth ofallcjfiau'ce to the Umted States to the
end that such as are disposed to become good aid
loyal citizens of rhe United States, and who are proper
objects of Kxectitivc clemency, may be released npon
the terms that the President shall deem fit and consistent
with public safety.
Maximi/xi ax's throne seems to be" /ottering. ..A' ^
London paper says his empire must fall, if Enfopddoea
not interfere early. D?it it sris that Kngland is -not ^
j prepared '<& lend her haud. The Timr* savs the ,Uni-.'
tad States may speedily enforce the Aionroe cjoetrine,
if it chatv?es. . ... . *
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The telegraph and rai.lroiuHines In North Carolina
are under exclusive military conirol. No travel, is al
lowed on the railroad, excqpt under tpillhiry permits.
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Floor felling in New York at about- $8 per barrel:
bacon 15 1-2 lo 16 1-2 per pound; Jbrowu sup*!4, as
bigfc as .18 1-4 cents per poiiHd; cofl'ee from 211-2'to
31 1-2 per pound; eorton liom 33^to 50 cents. Since
. tin- close of llie'war this article has beoii\expcripncing __ (
nfpid declines. The Herald notices ii decline ofllirc#
cents in one day. * ,
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To the.Editor of the Journal and Confederate '. .
In your issue of 1st ftftwy, Dr. Titos. W. Sal-'
MOnd, jtulilislics in a c^rd, a/Statuinep V'which
1 must eortect. 1 Ifave never been "solemnly pledged
not to proceed, &c\," nor Jiave 1 U en uu '
iler any obligations whatever, nvtlie matter as 4
alluded to. , . . , ^ _ '
' 1 have a right to expect, that'in fiitnic,.- Dr- ,
Sat.Monu will only speak tbr his friend Onpt.
De^PaSs ; and it porjd have been better,41)^(1 '4
he avoided the public. declaration of. Cap/^
ass infetitiutis, a? it but survf's to ifelout '
tiie yerv"object In: .profuse* to'linve in view.
I am sir, ?ke".t . ? <
x . Wm. A. Cotjrtenay.
Newberry, S.'C., May IS, 1865.
[for the jol"ivk(al AND COi'ederate.]- . ^
Mh. EdiTiiB : Iu reply to the oarii" of Wm.
A. Colikticnav,,'Wliicli appears iu the present
issue "of your paper, pnrpurling. to be an an-"
fewer to a communication of miue.iu your issuct
of May 1st, I have only lo. say: .that .Capt.
DePass informed nte iiV substance as follows i
That on or about the 19th of Nov. 1864, he
Was sent tor by Gen. Robertson, who >aid to
liini, that be (JMfeERTSON), ha J been informed
that- :i difficulty was peadrng between Capt!
CuUktenay and"himself, and that he (RobertSon)
would put hiin (DePass) under arrest,
unless be pledged himself not to proceed further .
with it, without fiifst giving him (RoRErtsok) ' 'due
notice of the fact. ' Capt. DePass licsit&?%
ted. until Gen. Robertson informed him tbatfr
tlio* .same order had been issued to Capl. <
Couktenay. This course wps consonant with
reason and justice, especially as Mr. CoUkTknaY
was the challenging party ; hence my refo- . '
son for saving .that both gentlemen were .
solemnly pledged, and so forth. * But bo that -t"
nt it. nine Mr DnTInTEv*v wnll knpiv whim "I
published his card of 1st May-that Gapt.
DePass was-under a solemn. pledg'e not" to ?
proceed with the matter without first giving ,
duq notice to his superior .ofiicer, because he
wa? notified by we of the facts by note dated'
26th Nov. h864.' Mr.. Courtesy in the* conclusion
of his card suggests that "it would have ,
been better, had he (Ij avoided the public
declaration of Capt. DePass' intentions,, as it [
but serves to defeat the very object hd"prpfesses
to have in view." This I retorFon .Mr.
Co urtenay himself. Capt. DePass "professcfto
have in view" no object save to respond to
a demand which Mri-CoueteVaY himself has
made. The affair~was quietly reposing; ttro
public generally (if they lenew anything'of th~
matter at all) supposed it lo have been quash5
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