The sun., 1861-12-17
In-n nit, Of iirn. .lhrrnnn.

Insanity Of C-n. Sherusaa.
Tho FUukEr, Ky, correspondent Of the
,..innati GAzsrrE give, The folljsing fur
thor particulars in reference to tho ins,ni of
Cen sherman. The ~ Louis curro,p,uiout
n Chicago irmrSg promo luco, ia, whole
SOY ,Iuur, bot It sc'na 10 bc GU. r,borltol
t,na ium'cr Of source.
Tic .ts.rity rf Brig Ger. WIN. r. Sho.'u,u,
lNl} mw,G!lE Ia kentucky, ha bccn
matte. 't .'.b r'cr.t ~, y foe son' time hut
| ~ ws- the tcsi,r IN kcsp IL uut e tnc pansr4.
| a., tr.. d,,,rr hat failed 80 uc t,n'll,L |
| d,'m,d II Frgr.r tc telegraph, last ruh, tlat
| De ST ris, &C hi, laviu, teen "Ntark mad A.
times vhlo conmiudi x t. Kcnturkv. w,re
| gNN,grtsti"n1. His ius,uity Uss MT l'uly
| developed until hi, arrival NJ S,iala, nut no
vas ~ the timc dcsroudcn' Will, in Kcntu. ky.
| was the victim &c halluciua ions, and appc,rs
ClcNly to have teen fsr- rualiy ninking 10 10 HE
| p',scu, m' umful condition.
| IL is curious now, 20 look back upon fist
| impress ions Of tho man. Though familiar with
| biz history, had never met General sherman
| Ill, some three weeks or a month ago. | saw
| him at Camp N1vin. | was peculiarly sttutk
| by his dreamy, distracted look and remarked
| 90 friend that his fiC' AMI expression mi ,ht
indicate either q = II alaD rhrd IN litArv enthu.
siist or a monom Iniac. similar remarks were
made Ny Others, aud, while scarcely any one
| dreamed Of insanity, many declared that
| there was something very strange about him,
and thai his oyo hdd certainly q remarkable
expression" Ono g"n'lrman, however, well
acpuaint,d with tho movements IN koutucky,
| declared outright " The mans crazy 10
| ought to ~ removed NJ once ho has ne moro
| conception Of the situation in Ken lucky thpn hs
has Of Chll!eo dialects. He's crazy, sir :"
| A single example Of the casos that wsro con.
| ste1ny occurring durin; tho latter part of hia
administration, illustrates the frame Of mind he
was in. Extraordinary stories were being told
| Of Johnsons mnkiug a sudden rash on Dan
| Vile, and Gen. Sherman. giving them implicit
! credit, was about to recall the Cumborllnd Gap
| expedition 20 rcpel johnson. A well known aud
| reliable Union man Of LOufyillc, who had ust
| passed through tho country where johnson WAS
said 10 he advancing, and who know tho stories
| to bo false, was taken TO give his iuiorm uion 10
| zoe General. Sir,' s,ui on, Of his intimate
trends aud advisers, "hefe Is MIR. -, who
'a~ iu,i come from that country, aud who can
rrul ally give valuable Information "Wherc
id YOU come FROM Z" was tho Generals abrupt
| ucstiop. "Frtm - Sr." "Yea yes we'll,
| guess know more about things there Than
| YOU cnu tell me. | don't want 10 see you; you
| IAN g", sir just such cases were Of frequent
/ uccurr' nee, and II was from his disposition TO
| rrpcl iuit rnuiinn that tha We h.-"-..-'.- :
\ r,,., mart Of the city which Ia already known
! a., Ia consumed contained Tar more oi Vaue
than all that remained. The most iash'onao,s
tart. where the richest planters and iheIehan.'
I had %
,ra,,itv down to Ashley river, tho public Dullu-
in,,s Including tue custom house, court house'
| and MI the municipal offices, ~ well as tho thoA-
ire. the market and the best hotels, the cannon
foundry, and hundreds OF large mercah''J os-
| ,,IIishments all are smouliering IN RED heaP
"C cnnls aud ashes. The most eNteh-
| Ivc bourdaiirs given to the cohilagrS'lon
nrolahly fall short ui the real iacts: NLuoue
doubt the whole lower part ct the ci'y Ihus' ~, po
cousrmod as broad street iurnlbhed the on,y
, mpedimont Ct consequence ah" SUI Wu' -.
, mar,niuidc of the conidlpatlon even IN ~ com,
| nnnuiyclv iniplcut stages, thlt inc Hlc W.
crossed ii and was rapidly proceo mig to"uu
Q both the Ashley and Cooper iiNois' % 'N -
o Gre necessarily creates high Wind IN l's IN,
, mediate vicinity, aud thus idnS itseh lnt1 b'uSs
ar magnitude. Much of the city ia butt .
= rooJ King street was the principal avenue
o | c,sIinn and resort, az well Rs OF retail trAne
, | ,Ithough It's buildings were not oil hucn pre-
i, tension, and would compare better Win ~ ~
" Bowery than Broadway. Broal street WIS.,. Wa' W
!, Park row Of ofCharostOn on "hlc, ., "uso a
or Corp,rn tho SOUTHERN CHREriAN AnNt
40 CArK ard Book Depository, insurance olueo
~ | and n number OF banks, beside great n'r
to large Wholesale dry goods aud o'her h'eroHn,'
m houses Fast hay street was the resort VI NV wv
No | Isc,ors aud the principal commission ahl ua
b, | gnor,atinn merchants Of tho city. Meeuhs
,wy vas next TO King and perhaps next to II IN
Ich | nortanco, Many large public INSTITUTIONS w
M situated upon It. and l. was a ianoa p,I.o
he general resort. The, Miils House, I".rioS' 'at
Ia, Hotel Institutc Hall, tho theatre, and marx
10. y,re not lar apart in this street, aud OF cour
w. sha,cJ tho general fate. The large whatis, sol
~. ,Lir,y of which projected into tho Cooper ry
tor were slso destroyed, with the DulilnSs
,ns stores upon them. OfproyiSlons We nave
IA hoa, authority for concluding that at leait "
the tpiIds Of all in the city were stored upon
Of d. s,l,tcd region. Many Of the short slrs'
,op. such as Atlantic, Cumberland, Slolls ali
Nth a.u q hers crossing the principal mart y
tbc SmiIr b,rh ON each side with houses OF moi u
h.J ,,.c and storage. IL is perfectly lmPos'. 'a
,ir,. avn thing like "a correct list OF ,he m m'r.
~, rr,,s Iurn, out, for tho reason tha' ther'
don net net il the city directory Of Charleston
han 1869, and since that time anu esP0V,
the during the commencement Of the war, !,
rom ,,,",1,,'s chn ucs hayo been male, Now I
.auis Inns vithdrlSins mo-t Of their agencies
nee, II prel,ndiug 10 give such names ID mani
Ian Is inaccurate