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Hon. George Bernard and Dr. Harwood.

After the reading of the above letter which was received with applause Mr. Joseph Bryan proposed a toast to the health of Com- mander Gordon McCabe and then called on him for a speech. After the toast had been drunk Commander McCabe made a most felicitious talk.

It was half past twelve in the morning when the festivities of the banquet hall were brought to a close. The Richmond guests all expressed themselves as delighted with their visit to the " Cockade City," and stated that they had never been better treated. They were escorted to the depot by A. P. Hill Camp and left on their return home at 1.15 A. M.

GENERAL JOHNSTON'S SURRENDER.

DID THE TERMS SHERMAN OFFERED CARRY OUT LINCOLN'S

POLICY?

Senator Sherman, in His Eulogy of His Brother, Said They Did, and the Honorable George C Gorham Writes a Letter to Prove That They Did Not He Also Shows That Grant Disap- proved of the Agreement before He Sub- mitted it to the President.

[New York Sun, April n, 1892.]

WASHINGTON, April loth.

George C. Gorham has written the following open letter to Senator Sherman, respecting the latter's statement about the terms of John- ston's surrender in his recent eulogy of General Sherman at New York :

Honorable John Sherman, United States Senate :

DEAR SIR In your recent address in New York on the charac- ter and public services of your illustrious brother, General W. T.