Semi-weekly news., 1865-05-13
Early yFOreshadOyVing Of Sher
mans Course in the London
Times re remarkable Stnte-
mehts and SpecNlatiOns.

London Times publishes letter
from their special correspondent at
Rlchmond, under dat. OF March 4.
which is attracting earnest attention
here in Government circles as OF
great Significance in foreshadowing
at that early day the recent policy
of Gen. Sherman.
After commenting at length upon
the character and achievements of
Gen. Sherman, which are admitted
To have brought the Conftderacv tt"
the verge of ruin, he says: " rh,.
long arrest of Grant before. Rich-
,nond will be hardly compensated b.
the capture of that city. IT Lee
should eventually be forced 10 eva
cuate it. for it will be attributed
more TO the strategy of Sh rnan
than the coercion of Grant, Sher-
man, within few weeks Of this
time. may possibly be au'ocrat al
this continent but no combination
of circumstances can, in my judy.
ment, place the crown on the head ot
Grant. l; will therefor" De, a.
said, profitable to study the charac.
ter ot Sherman, as our best guide tr
the possible shape OF the tu,u,r."
lie then proceeds To recitr the
particulars Of Shrrmans letor,
down TO near the outbreak Of th,. l,..
brllion, at which time Sherman WIS
President of the Louisiana STATE
Military Academy. L. January,
1861, when the war between the. TWO
sections was ma ir"stly coming, SiI"r-
man rrsigned his Office in nuis!ana.
and approached Gen. Bragg with !.
view OF taking leave of linn. H.
said 10 Gen. Bragg ! -c,. plainly .
that war Is at hand. Educated IL :.
solder, / cannot remain III the Soutn
without taking up arms. ana do
not See my way 10 fighting "sainS.
my own kinsnrn from Ohi"; but
come =" AaI NAV, no human cnusidrra-
Nun-no human consid.ratio ION (Grn.
Bragg told lne that sherman repeat
ed those two words twic.l will ,.>rr
induce me I" take up Aims against
the South. The South has. | know. :
many &. g.lrranc"s TO complain of. and I
shall 80 10 Ohio with view to in
structlngmy countrym,.n about them
he correspondent then speaks OF
the as'"nl>hrnelIt with which Gen.
bragg heard OF Sh"rlnau a. "A Brig
dier General at the first bat IL. Of
Bull Kun, but saws thar h. was not .
disposed To question Sh-rluau sin /
>,l'tv at th. time h- niad,. he. Gccia- t
'aiIon. liz then reviews Snvrmau'> !
'uurse since that batrl.. regarding
nm as one OF the most -arn.st and :
'uccrs>iul generals OF the war He "
peaks IN severe terms Of the ,x- c
rsses OF Sh"rInau's army in G,or- q
ia and South Ar"lna. which he. |
thnks Sherman made li,;lr effort 10
etraIn. |:
The following is thu most impur. il
ant part OF the letter, and thu uu, h
hch t"reshadows Sherman, D., cours, :,
4 the recent m"g"t'ations: n
In rNcItIng one" more 10 Sherman "l
nd the war, remarked that his lon.. N
IS denCr III the South hastaught him it
} dlsc!aiIn any intention carving rn q
ar tor th- reii-t ot the d,g. aided
ave, cut of HON Mrs Stove. ,nru. . ~
iactur-d lne!o-drama t.rcr. of hich
le Incidents of This war arr. maxine i.
er co"ntrym-n ashamed. Possibly. h
Cannon with every other iut,lii- CO
-nt gcntlem1n, Sherman nav think IL
lat the abolition of slavery " MIA IN
= great boon to III, South, kut h.. ar
Ies not Seem to think that il " uld Al
: hoou to the slave. AT anv rate.
herman has already shown rr.at {"
alncllnati"n to admitting n-gr" sol to
rrs TO his ranks, whatever allrrl. J'
ons may be made TO the con,r ,ry W
y Journals to which he gives F-ti.. W
ed. ain Informed that h.. Forbid T."
Gently, any Jnnction between hi> c.
vn forces and those of Fosters com Of
and on the ; nth Carolina cons. "
insisting OF negroes. If in the AR "
agcdor, which seems now an c"
oaching, Gen. Sherman once get, tn
t South down. il may be- coutidrnr I'll
predicted that his politics will b.. 81
pre in harmony with thos- Of Cen ii"
e than with those of Presid. M Il
ncOln. ha
Mr.; Lincoln has found here a very fr
luab.e friend. 1t is poss bic that wi
fore the end comes, h" W II find h m the
still more dangerous enemy. Dur
: he war | We seen no man wIn on,
10 seemed to me to possess So much wa
the temper of Cromwell as Shrr u.
IN Vain, enthusiastic, fanatical fro
at times gloomy and retic-nt. al be-;
lrrs imnpuleive and talkariv", hv up
he regarded as half mad " hen th. "uI
Is on him. General Sherman pcs gar
SIS character which, nnlrs- | am ser
Staken. is of the stuff of which Di,
at and mysterious actions in his. bel
Y are often made. vic