The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-05-26
Telegraph.
Afternoon OisDsfohss
letter from Gen. sherman,
FrOm Montgomery, Ala.
Affairs In Texas.
wiring the Popular Heart.
Letter from Gen. Warren.


and city officers leave thi7 afternooa on al
exc6rsieu trip to Louisville, on the maii
boat company's new s,eamss Unitsd sates.
MenJsr's baud accompanies them
NAV yoSE, May 25.-rhs funowins is
tho letter OF Sherman, complainins O, the
suppression OF his oiEaial report sreaiy
referred to.
CazF MAS ALExAS0EIA. May 10, 1865
Dear B5lrr-an. am just nrrived. AL my
army will be in to-day. have been loss 10
the world IN the woods for some time, yet
on arriving st tho settlements, dnd hsve
made quite s,i- among tho people at
| home, aud that the most sinister motives
have been ascribed to me. have made
frequent of5cisl reports Of my oaioisl action
in al public matters, and Ell Of them have
been carefully suppressed, whilst the most
/ ridiculous nonsense has been indus,riously
4 spread abroad through sll TIE newspapers
/ Well, you know what importance I attach
I to such matters, aud that have been too
/ long fighting with real rebels, with mus
Eets IN their hsnds, % be scared by mere
non combatants, no matter how high their
civil rank o. station. 10 is amusing to OBJ
serve how brave snd firm some men be-
come when al danger Is passed. have NO
ticod on the field Of bsttle that brave men
never insult the captured or mutilsts the
dead, but towards aud lsEgards always DO.
I cannot now recall the ouossGOn, but Shak-
spears records how poor Fsistaff, the prince
Of cowsrds and wits, rising from tgured
death, stabbed ncain he dead Percy, and
carried aloft ehe dead carcass in triumph to
prove bis valori 30, now, when the rebel
! lou IN our land is dead, many Fslslsds ap-
pear to braudish The evidence Of their val
or, and seek to win applause and aPProPri-
ato honors Tor deeds that never were
done.
/ As for myself, ask no popularity, no re-
ward, for I dare the War Department to
/ publish ny Official letters and reports.
assert that my oficiaI1etters and reports
have been PurPOlo.y suppressed, while all
the power Of the press has bson turned
mauynAntIy against me. do want peace
aud security, and the return of law and
Justice from Maine - the Rio Grande. and
II it does not now exist, low substantially,
litts for State reasons heyond my compro-
hsusiou. I. may be thought strange thai,
one who has no fame but as soldier should
have been so careful TO try and restore the
civil power OF the Gyverumenl, and tho
oel-s.ul igr.sd ctiou of the Federal Courts,
buti1 S. difficult TO discover IN that fact any
I lust cause Of oferse 70 su eDlish sned and
free peep e, but when men choJro to sisn-
der and i15g-e othcrs when thoy can
{ easily inyaat f-et5 lor the purpose. when
+ the pGrp Jsod victim is far away cngaged IN
, the public service Of their own b.oding, but
tla. e Is consolation ia knowing taaE though
2 truth lies ia tae bottom OF we'll, the yam
Z koe5 have perseverance enough to get Il
that bottom.
, Yoars trnIy, W. T. sHrszlr.
Ezv Yo1z, May 25.-The Herald, Mont
e rouery correspondent details Mursoni
- raid through Alaoama. He passed through
D Green vile, marching about four bundre'
/ miles, aod reaching Montgomery on h
o 7th inst. destroying on the way larg
: oganaty Of rebel stores GOV. Watts W.
:. arres5si and reached MontgomeTy on ID
n Il 5th. The people Of al clas. ss appear sat
e. isfed with tho s.sUsti5u. Onion lH9eting
"a largely attended, have been held in variOu
st parts Of tls State.
d Tbs rebel Cen. Forrest issusd an addre.
.e 10 his soldiers, advising Submission o tL
= lave, and cid in the res;0rssion Of peace.
. NEW YoRE, Msy 25,-Texls papers Of q
n. 10Th contain amusing accouuts Of at.emP
10 TO fire the hearts Of the Texans. A NEE
q, ing was held az Chapel Hhl, snd Goa
BE- mit,ee was appointed to devise means % a
.s- stat Nagrudsg 90 contiaue the way. A pr
ne position to conscript ell males, white Al
'y black, over thirteen years Of age, was 7u
p uited. Masters will be compelled % d.
l9 their slaves and lead them in battle. II
=, women are alz5 10 be furnished with We
n. pons 70 defend themselves at home n
measures were 70 be finally submitted
~ Kirby Smith, OF President JET, II at larl
q, They cIa.m 10 be able % bring into q
a field Cd, ,aC0, every one Of whom VIII
ar above thirteen years Of age.
AZ Nav YoaE. May 25.--Geueral War;
5i publishes letter or the subject Of his
!, movaI from command BY the command
NJ Or the 5.h corps; ha says ne was remov
e. after the battle Of Five Forks, and not
b, enemy IN sight. he asked Sheridan
ed the reason Of h.5 r7movaI and De could r
he or would not give any. he reported
'ni G neral Grant, Rho gave him another co
on usnd; he thee, April 9ib, asked an inve'
-. CATION, and iga.n on the 2zd, he e0nld I
-, get court, but was put IN command
ln- Mississippi. He then details the ope
2 a ti0us Of April, from whieh i appears
his received aa order frora General Meade
lly o. port n him i.r duty astsr he had jos
.de sassidaa, whiah be did, taking part a
err battia In FIve Torks