Chapter XXXII: The Confederate Loan

Attitude of Great Britain. -- Sympathies of Palmerston and
Russell. -- The English Press. -- Operatives of Lancashire. --
The London _Times_. -- Opinions of Mr. Spence. -- His
Appointment as Financial Agent. -- Address of the London
Confederate Aid Association. -- Whittier's Lines to Englishmen.
-- Mr. Mason at St. James. -- His Griefs. -- Benjamin's Letter
to Mason. -- Mr. De Leon appointed Agent to subsidize the Press
of Europe. -- Englishmen engaged in Blockade-Running. --
English Ship-builders at work for the Slaveholders. -- Funds
needed. -- Benjamin's Letter to Spence. -- Rebel Coin shipped
in British Vessels of War. -- Slidell's Proposition for a Loan
based on Cotton. -- French intrigue to sever Texas from the
Confederacy. -- Mr. Slidell recommends D'Erlanger as a suitable
Agent to negotiate the Loan. -- D'Erlanger offers it to the
Bankers of London. -- Mr. De Leon secures the Support of the
Press. -- Opening of the Correspondence. -- D'Erlanger's
Opinion of Mr. Spence. -- Mr. Spence's Proposal. -- Rush for
Subscriptions. -- Mr. Spence's Letter to D'Erlanger. --
Compliments of the Emperor to D'Erlanger on the Success of the
Loan. -- Jeff Davis a Repudiator. -- Rancor of the London
_Times_ in 1849. -- Eats its Words in 1863. -- Whitewashes
Davis. -- Opinions of Mr. Sampson. -- Opinions of Mr. Delaine.
-- The _Times_ in the Pay of Jeff Davis. -- How the Support of
the Newspapers was secured. -- Mr. Spence receives L6,500 as
Correspondent of the _Times_. -- Meeting of Rebels in Paris. --
How the Loan was sustained. -- D'Erlanger's good Game. --
Wishes for a Second Loan. -- D'Erlanger takes the Part of
Shylock. -- Trouble with McRae. -- D'Erlanger helping Himself
to Principal and Interest. -- Schroeder & Co. in the "Ring." --
Payments of Money. -- Who was benefited. -- The present
Bondholders. 523

CHAPTER XXXIII.

SURRENDER OF LEE.

The Retreat of Lee from Petersburg. -- Dejection of Rebel
Soldiers. -- Grant's Intentions. -- Lee's Line of Retreat. --
Grant ahead of him. -- Panic among the Rebel Troops. -- Meade's
Movements. -- Battle at Sailor's Creek. -- Custar's Charge. --
Skirmish at Farmville. -- The Race toward Lynchburg. --
Sheridan's Movement. -- Lee's last Council of War. --
Correspondence between Lee and Grant. -- The Meeting. -- The
Surrender. -- Announcement to the Armies. -- Pickett's Treason.
-- Rest and Peace. 543

CHAPTER XXXIV.