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THE TRI-WEERLY HERALD .1 Dollars for 3 Mouths. - Devoted to the Disseniaation o General Informatin, [Single Copies 50 eats OLUME I. NEWBERRY, S. C., SATURDAY, APRIL 2, 1865. NUMBER 5. THE TRIWEEKLY HERALD IS PUBIISHED %T NEWBE4RY C. H., tvery Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, By Thos. F. & L H. Greneker -Terms-Al5 for three month-, in advanet. A d Ycrtisementsinserted at the rate of _.Wfor fr:t insertion of twelve lines or less, and $4 for sub sequent insertion. CAPITULATION OF LEE'S ARMY. Gen. Lee a Prisoner of War. -SAO. bETA LS!D T e following nareative wA f'rnished by aa eer of Gordon's'corps: Gen. Lee on th .5h March, made a demonstration on Grant's left, capturing Hare's hill, and neighboring works. Proin that time till Sunday, April, 2d, skirmishing was heavy and incessant,, Grant throwing the main portion of his army to the south side and concentrating in front of our right, near the south7 side ot Petersburg R. R. Sunday was ushered ia by s foimbardiuent from martars and artillery. Or forces on the south side were those of A. P. Rill, R. H. Anderson and Gordo9 ; Gen. Long Areet being in the defences .4round Richmond. Before suurise the battle extendrd to the. right. it supreue confidence in numbers the enemy da%4d up to th4 teith of our cannon, only to be rep6lsed, until by sheer force they broke through o our frot and left. It wa, impo.'ihlc to dislodge - thomi. tn the extreme right the piust 1rilliant tigit of the day oucurred; at Burges's fort. Our ammuunition giving out, the men clubbed4heir tuskets and fought til overpowered. This was the precursor of other disasters. The largest . portion of Gen. Piikets divisipin was captut;d. The head quarters o' Gen. Lee shared the same fate. The enetv thut pight adyaticed within two miles of Petersburg. Casurkie%.not known on the occasion -lout ibe .los. of grisoners was. Irge. Gen. A P. Hill was killed at the bead of his coluini'. ien. Gordon not hurt as reported. -The advan-ageS gained bv the enemy - uring ih dav made it iecessary to evacuate both Pe tersbug a'nd Rielrmond to save, if pos- iblc, the army. Accurdingly, on Sunday night, Gen. Lee. retired in the direct.on of Amelia (;b H1., in a westerly direetion from. Petersburg, and on the road to Lrnchburg. MoNAY, April 3.-General Longstreet, who bad suceAtfully.e-caped from Richmond with his - column, joined the main &rznv before day. Sqme desultory fighting took place, tue enemy closely pursuing witb mounted aud regular infantry and cavalry. The artillery took every occasion to hrow shells at our wagon trains, and before aight, we turned some of the wagons to prevent their falling into Federal hands. The spirit of the men, notwit5standing their reverses, were evcellent. and in'all the encoun ter wh the enemy they fought with their usu al ecl at. * TUEsDAY, APZIL 4.-The enemy harrassed our rear not a .1.tle, and when near Farmville, captu ted a considerable number of wngons--among them one containing the wife of 'Brig. General C lement A. Evans. Marched ne'arly all night. * W EDNEsDA , APRI 5.--The F.ederals still pres * sing, but with little fighting. - TdaRSDAIr, April 6.-This was not ohly the most tryiig day of the retreat, but the severest 'tax upon the' endurance of the men engaged, * which they have experienced for u.anTy mon~ths. Thejghting was almost incessait. The-eunm seemued detemined to bring the arme to a stand, * and in'these attempts capture~d many nngons. SGordon's 'corps held .the rear. A battery of - iartillery was also lost. Brig. Gt n. Le'wis, comn - madingFPegram's old brigade, severely wounded. Our cavalry skirmiishing constantly and holding * be enemy ini check. In the'evening Gordon's corps was relieved by *iahone's division. . The Fedcrals attacked in orte Maonereceived their charges comnplacent ,adwiethey were in progress, sent a couple of his tried regimaents to the Yankee rear, who captured a thousand men, Ipcluding a Ma0 or and B 'i adier-General.*. Fl(u>Ar, April 7.-itcavy rain, which prevent ad operations on both sides. Roads heavy, wagons and artillery stalled, and the twoprunes manouvering for position. S~aav.rApril 8.--General Longstree&s corps *in the rear and Gordon's in the, front. The.enue my had worked their way to the fla nks,. and our * rear was but -little harrassed. At iight somie of the Federal cav'hlry reached the front of our army eniz4captured a lai-ge 'numiber of wagons an'd a *pordon of artillery,at Appomatox Court House. -Sunday, April 10th.--A bright,elear, beautiful, day, but it opened gloomily. Our army had reached A ppomnato~x Court Uouse, on the road tg .1Lvnebburg. Thomzas, with his army, had arriv edi hefore us and effected n junc:ion with. Granat; cavalry, infantry -and artillery comptue~rly sur' +-e~& cu. lizt commilani We had] from: e to eight thousand Prisoners, and only e -iht thn and effective men, with muikets all told. The raIpply of ammunition was nearly exhadsted. In tbis emergency Gen.L.e dete Ined to -cut his way through. Orders were given for a grand clirge and -our troops massed accordingly. General Grim'es' divisibn led the cha&,e, fol. lowed successively by two others. The. engage ment eommCne(hortlV after sunrise, and was coitdnuedI :ntil our men had broken through the Federal ?ines, driven them'nearly a - mile and a half and ciptured several pieces of artillary, and soic hundreds of prismners. The old spirit of fiht was unsubdiied. Meadwhilu a heary f6oe Of e1vary threatned . our fianks, For some Gen. LcN issued ordors to the troops to cease fir ing and withdraw. SubEequently an officer, said to be General Custar, of the Yank4-e.avalry, entered our lInes with a dag of truce. Wiether his appearance was in response to a request from Gen. Lee, or he was the be~arer of a formal demand for the surrender initiated by General Grant, we.are not informed.' At this time our army was in line of battle on -or near the Appomattox ronid, the skir. mis1rs thrown oiit, while two hundred and fifty yards in front of these, on an eminence, was a iarge body of Federal cavalry. The coup d'ceil is described- ns magnhificent Soon a(ter the return of' General Custar to his lines, General Gr#nt, accompanied by his stafT; rode to the liadquart -rs of Gen Lee, which were under an apple tree, near the road. The interview is describedias exceedingly impressive. Ailer the "salutatorv formalities,,wh'ch doubtless were brief and business-like-Gen. Lee tendered his swrd to Grant in token of surrender. That oficer, b*wever, with a courtesy for 'which we must hcord him due respect, declitied to receive it, or'receiving, declined to retain it, and accom Ipanied its return 'wth substantially the following remar : Ven. Lee keep that sword. You have wod it by %our gallanty. Y6u bave not been whip*ped, buttoverpowered. and I cannot receive it as a token of surrender from so brave a ran." The reply of Gon. -Lee, we do not. know. But Grant and im:self are said to have been deeply affected by the solemnity of the occasiore'and to have shed tears.' The scene qecurred between ten and eleven o'e!ock, a. m ' When the sad event became fnown"to the ar my, -officers and mn gave wry to their emnotio'ns, and somre apiong the veterans wept like ch.ldren. A consider.bie ntamber swore that they never would surrender, and Mmde their way tQ the woods. -Generals Garky, of this State, and'Ros ser of Virginia, with a few followers cut their way out an? escaped. But the bu'lk of the army, th# men who, for four years, have done battle so noblr for the caupe, together with leaders like Longstreet, Gordon,'Kershaw and others, whose names are forever distiiguished, were obliged to accept the proffered terms. . These were-capitulation with all the honors of war, officers to retain their side arms and per. sonal properay, and the men their baggage. Eacii one was thereupoe paroled, and allowed to, go his way. During sunday and Menday, a large riumber of Federal.o?ldiers and offieers vis!hed our camps and lo-1-ed curiously on ourcomr6aids, but there was nolng like exultation, no shouting for joy, and no-word uttered that could adl to the -mor tifncation already ststuiied. On the contrary, I every symptom of respect was maiifested, and the Southern a,.my was praised for t !)rave and noble manner in which it I 6-fended our cause. - The force of tYwYahkee army is estimat.ed at 200,000 men. O.ur own at the time of surrender embraced mdot more than eight thouAtnd effective infantry and two thousand cavalry, bn't it is said that the total number par.oled was about twenty thr'ee thousand n en of all arms and conditions. All the Fedlerals, spoke of Gen.. Lee in terms of unbounded praise. The remark was frequently uimade, "he wonid receive as many cheers in going down our lines as General Grant himself." It is understood that Ge net als Lee an-d Long street, and other officers, ate now on parole in the city of Richmoud. The follow:ing is a c opy of General Lee's ad dress to his ar:ny, isoned after its surrender to General Grant at Ap ppmato! Court House, on Sunday, the 9th Apsil, 1865. H'dq'rs Army Nordbern Virginia, Apr. 10, 1865, Gei4ral Order No. 9. After four yea.rs of arduous service, marked by unsurpassed courage and fortitude, the Army of Northern Vtrgini.a has been compelled to ield to overwhelmuing nun. oers and resou'rces. *need not tell the brave survivors of to many hard fougrht battles, w,ho have remained stead attotelast, that I have con.sented to this result from nmo disti ast of th#m. But feeling that valor and devotion cosild acconmpishnothing that could com:pens;ate for the loss that -'would have attended the 'continuance of the contest, I deter mined to .avoid the useless sacrifice of those wh.ose past services have endeared Lhem to their countrymen2. By the terms of thme agreemen.t, officers and men can return to their homes. and remain un til e.xchanged. You will takc with you the satiaierion that proc'eeds from'the consciousnfess of' duty Tai thfully performed, and I carnestly pray t'hat a merciful God wilt extend to Tou his besin:g and protctdon. With an anceamsing admin't:on of your con s:neyand devuucna to your count'ry, and a can.ideration for myself, I bid you an affectionate fareweil. R. E. OFE, General... .Bow is a special order embracing General Grant's order for passing. the paroled soldiers to their homes, and also the Porin of.pass given them: HEADQUsRTEjs ARMy NORTHERN VIRGMIA, pril 10, 1865. Special Order *%.-. The following order is published for t.he6 in formatiov of all parties concerned IN THE FIELD,'April it , 185. SpeciaI Order No. - All officers and men of the Confederate- ser vice paroled at Appomattox Court.. House, Va., who, to reach their homes, are compelled to pa.-s thtough the lines ot the Union armies, will be allowed to do so, and to pass free on all Govern ment tran.sports and military railroads. By command of Lieutene-t.General Grant. [Signed,] E. S. Ptnyn, Lieut. Col., A. A. G. B% command of R. E. Le. C. L. VENABLE, A. A. G. [rORM OF PASS.] . pArroxirox, C. H., VA., 'April 1, 1865. The bearer,.-.' of company -- Fegiment - , of - -, a paroled p'risoner of the Arn-y of Nort'eIn Virginia, has permision to go to his home, end there remain undi-turbed. Lastlyis the form of the pitrole-of lon.or igned by commanding officer of divisions, &c', on be half of the men of their command This is taken from a,copy of the one sigAed by General Fitz hugh Lee "I, the undersigned, commanding officer of , do, for the within named prisoners of war, belonging to the Army of Northern Virgin iI, who have been thi's day surrendered by Gene ral Robert E. Lee, C. S. A., commanding said army to L-eutenant-General U. S. Grant, com Imanding Armies of the United State, hereby give.my solemn parole of honor that the within namei .All not hereafter serve in the armies . the Confederate States, or i&any Military capaq ty. wbatever agai4st the United Staes of Ameri ',,a, or render aid to the enemies of the latter u{ til properly. exchanged, in such manner ai sh:rl! 4e mutually approved by the respective autho i. ties.. I "Done at Appomattox Court House, Va.,. this .9th day of April, 18;5." Pine 1'rees-Turpentine. * - Landholders and fa-mers througlioutf the Cottfederacy, when occupying these rafored regiog, unvisited by the dest:oyir.; Yarikees, should at once make effirts to tap.pine trees, so as to secure rosin and turpentine. Soap, printers' ink, and .many other, indis pensable articles,-4re derived from tbi9 tree. Supineness, lethargy, or indifference to these requiretnents, will add greater disastrs to our:land, and Heaven grant that thb6se fatal distilleries which are pfodue4ng fanjne and delirium all over our country may b trans ferred from their Satanic agencies to the Chris tian purpose of manufacturing these substaices of universal use'and good. Plax &ed.-Linseed oil is another artil which cannot be dispensed with, if any me chanical operations of importance are ta be carried out. Farmers, the flax. sold at on-t tenth of present prices, if sufficient.to prcdude one bushel of seed, would be a lit*tle fortune to a good soldier's family. . Send to North Carolina at once for the seeds, if they cannot Ibe had at borne. 'A small quantity of thein may be found with Dr. WoodsidIe, or Mr., Mc Bee, at Greenville. Do plant even a little.. jindigo and Atadder.-These colovs will soon .becomec extinct, if not looked to; they are of vast importance in many respe::ts, indepen. dently of dyeing. Procure even small quanti. ties of garden madder, .to bringe back seed ; but, in the nijeantimne, looke well to the wild madder, which practical ladies of thq country say is a. good substitute. As you regard the welfare o( our common family, (fo.r we are one,) be energetic, nor -suffer ~this precious respite and season to pass without extraordi nary efforts to help yourselves. Reniember thig rning. In a few months, without pres ent effrts in. almost everything, you will be the most destitute of improvident people. Yor are shut'in by the fleets of the Yankee Lin colnitis, and must nolexpect anything fromi the outside world. Large erogs of ground nuts (goobers) shoutld be planted for the sake of the oilwhich they produce ; and so*with sunflowers; whilst we can shew.you how to inake a *heel to spir flax, a mill tp press piL, We know by' expe rience that to will is to do. Put your-heart. and hands to wok, and God will give the mnind to mature it.-reenc.ille Mo'tnrtainter. 9 The investigation into the origin and histors of the Knights of the Golden Circle, in llioos shows that while the Chicago Tim' was dail.3 dcnving the existence of that or apy othe r secrea sodet of disloyal proceiriti;c fi-ue of the editor: and reporters of~ tbc uuiMul E' cn me Why the Battli waS Los4 I1istory,' says Lord Bolin roke, 'is philos ophy tenching,bv example.' One'great fault in historians is that they fre(*uen.y do not triace events to their hidden causemand anoth er is t4at they ignore the decrees of overrul ing Proyidence. We have- one history of a great war thWZ is fice from these defects: we allude to the war by Joshua for the conquest of Palestine, and -a lesson most appropriate to our own times and circumstances ma' be drawn from a de feat sufTered by the great Captain of Israel in the battle of Ai. Fhushed with the capture of Jericho, Joshua shnt forth #c<rps of his mriny to capture the little army. Never mrehed forth a body of troops more contident of victory. 1ut a sud den panic -truck them and dey fled. The contagi.on spread throuA the whole host and affected the great heart al Joshua himself. 'e matter would he altogether unintelli' gible'but that the historian. who records it - lifts the veil and unfolds the secret'actions of men and the deep designs of, Providence. We learn at a word why the battle was lest: 'sraeZ hath sinned; therefori t4ey coulJ not strnd before their feemi*,8 bccauhe they itere accursed.'-Jos.*vii. 11, 12. But what was the sin?- Was it committed by the.whol' people?- Was it a nationd*l sin? Not at all. It was the sin of one man, and be a private ciizen, anJ not even in the army [that was defeted. What, then, was' this so great sin which caused the cuf-se of God to rest on the whole people? .Hear his own cojifession: When I saw among the spoils [rt the capture of Jerich.] a goodly. Babylov 11ish garmenk and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekelp weight, then T coreether and took them.' Covetousness, -Cretasinsna, C9v :-rocs.qss brought the curi upon Israel and lost "the batde. Is there -any wonder that we 1'4e battles? There is no evidence that Actan was in te army that was deeated at Ai; thtre iu no evi dence that any one in that army knew that he had.committed sin; yet in consequence of that unknown sin a. panic seized them and they were defeated. The value of the spoil impressed by Acbxrv; (to use the phraseology of I day,) we small. A hundred dollai-s in ster, pehaps bour hur.dred dollars in gold, and a fine unan tUe-this was the prize for wbich' Achan brought defeat on his couAtrymen and death on himself and his family. But the amount hid ajvay by many of our covetous men now would count up by the ten thousand. The battle of Ai w- lost in conseguence of one sin of one man.' Is i t nywonder that we Rose battles when our si "ers are numbered by the thousand, and- our transgressions by the ten thousand ? Yet any. one sin of any one man may be the cause of the disaters. Reader! I il yoiO sin that lot the last bat tie? 'The battle of Jonesboro' followed by the destruct;on of Atlanta and the desolation of the Stee; may have been lost by the covet ousness of bne single Georgian. , Are you the guilty man ? It is said.t.hat the great battle of Mission Taiy Ridge was lost by i pani. prevailing in an Alabama..brigade. It may have been caused by the covetouisness of a smngle Alabama plant .er or speculator. Are you the Achan' - ft is said that the battle af Nashville wa lost by a panic in Bates' division, and thu* all fdnnessee is lost to'us. Was it the co'ved ousness of some Tennessee speculator that lost the battle and brought the curs~e of God on his State ? For what greater cafse than to be governed.by Browniow? ? Joshua could gain the victory only by re mov.ing the cause of the sin. If we must suf fer Idefeat until covetousness~ and- the conse' quent curse of God are removed from up: how long' oh L4orl! must wa sufter ? Hbw long?i AN AGr'n:-T.-A young lady being ad dressed by a gentlemamn much order than her self, observed to hin, t1hg only objection -he had, to a'union with him; was the prob& 'h ty of his dying before her, and feaving her to the sorrows of widowhoo.d. T1o whlych he made' the following ingenious and delicate corn plimentarfreply, "Blessed is the man why fiath a virtuous wife, for the n umber of bj's jdays shall he:doubled' Tdeal lovelines., ncludes all at is good$, true, en.duririg, ini human th"ught, or wor ~ship. Sh9uld carth. and the things of the earth abisswb us wholly, we cannot hope t<P hold con,vei se with this etherel spirit. It. is only thro'.purified affections, and an exalted faith, that we are permitted to meet, in thne solitude of N'ture, or our ownf sOUls, wjth a ristant so conset ng, and r.o benatiful.