GEN. JOSEPH WHEELER NEAR DEATH’S DOOR_ I f1The Famous Southern Soldier May Now SurrenderTO THE IMPLACABLE ENEMYWho Accepts No Compromise But Demands An Unconditional Laying Down of Arms.Few York, January 24.—Gen. Joseph Wheeler, who is ill with pneumonia at the home of his sis* ter in Brooklyn, was in such a critical condition at midnight that the members of his tamily had almost abandoned hope and his death was not unlooked for. Gathered at the bedside at that hour were all the children—Maj. Jos. Wheeler, Jr., Mrs. W. J. Harris and the Misses Anna, Lucile and Carrie Wheeler.