The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1865-03-09

ding soul of little child.
A Remarkable Law Firm and a
i. Quarteite Of Generass.
From the Leavenwnrth Con servative.
Citizens of Leavenworth will remember
tina. there stood on Main strest, between
Delaware and Shswnee. in 1857, So aud 80.
on the ground now occupied by hsndsome
brick buildings, a shabby looking. tumbling,
cottonwood shell. II was occupied. on the
ground A,o., by Hampton P Denman. ex.
Mayor, as = land agescy Office. The rooms
above we're reached by crazy looking stair.
way on the outside. up which none ever
went without dread Of their falling. Dingy
signs informed the curious thstwithin was
q ''iaw shop" kept by Themas Ewing,
Jr.. W. Z. Shermaa sRa Da nisl Nc.
Cook. Those const ituted the f3rm known
here in the, ,saslypsrtpf 50 as Ewing. Sher.
man q McCook. An were comparatively
young men. An were ambitious; the one
who has gained the greatest fame perhaps,
the least so of the associated lawyers. The
Ewings had the advantages Of his % culture,
considerable natural abilities, cold impress
ing temperaments, and . powerful family in-
fiuence to aid their aspirations. Hugh
Ewing was but little known hereabouts,
though acknowledged to be brit liant and
versatile genius by his intimates. "Young
Tom" as the other scion is familiarity called,
has always been prominent and inauen
I'LL man.
The third member of the firm fills ia. day
one of the prouiest pages in the history ol
our land. His name and fame take rank
with the greatest Of earth. All conspire to
do him honor. Aliens bow to his gepius
and enemies show the extent of their fears
Of its power, by the virulence of their bate
and its manifestations. w. T. Sherman
never mingled in our public affairs. He
lived amongus for several months, having
some landed interests here. An outlying
part Of our eits plat is marked on the maps
as '.Sherman's Addition" Prior to enter.
ing upon the practice ofthe Law in this city,
he lived for some time 10 the vieidity Of To
peka, upon farm of / 90 acres, which We
believe he still owns. His neighbors tell oi
his abrupt manner; reserved, Jet forcible
speech and character. Previous to residing
in Kansas, Sherman bad iysd IL California,
where, ~ miner, banker and lawyer. he
made and lost large fortune. A graduate
Of West Point, he had previously hsld ,
Captains commission in the Typographical
Engineer Corps, and, in. pursuance Of duty,
had made several important surveys and q
ploraions, the reports Of which had been
duly published BY Government. They re.
late principally to routes fer the PasiGc
Railroad.
The fourth member Of tAe Arm. Daniel
McCook. was known and appreci assd herr
by the fraternity as one Of the best of good
fellows He was young. active. ardent. ~
Intense partisan and ambitious wight, Who
held the to:ersbie good opinion Of his a..
pacity common to the "pin-feather' state Of
the genus homo. "Dan" preetieed law be-
fore the lower courts, doing the Justice and
probats, ssd s!ysys having plenty Of work
in the United States District Court. which
vas often the scene Of amusing sparrisg
betwssa hia ssd the Judge-ths sbls, bot
indecent Pett-whose Judgments DAN vas
IN the habit Of freely critieisng.
All of the arm were Buckeyes. che
Exiass ss:pg sops Of the able and vsaea.
bic Hon.. Thomas Ewing. Of that Stats.-
Sherman u connected with them by marri-
|ags, being . brother 10 Ars. Thomas
Ewing, Jr., We believe. He is . brothsr ot
Senator Sherman. McCook belonged to the
since famous ''6ghsing" family Of that name.
His father was the wen known Major No
McCook. killed in the Ohio Morgan raid
One brother vas killed at the 6rst Bull
Run battle. pother vas tho Brigadisr
General AcCoOk. murdered by g2errillas iu
Southern Kentucky. Another brother or
uncle, We know not which, is The famous
Major General McCook, Of the armies Of the
Cumberland and Tennessee.
Ia politics the tir,n were unequa'ly pro-
portjoneA -Thopss Ewing. Jr,, being .
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